CruAlum, you made some valid points and Wesley willd definitely have to run the ball better than it did against Muhlenberg. However, I think that the quarterback's specialty is scrambling and and finding open receivers and that may play into Wesley's hands. The QB can make big plays with his improvisational skills and they can lead to negative plays i.e. big sacks but either way should be interesting...

The real matchup is the Wesley interior Defense versus the UMHB Orun offense. Thats a battle of goliaths and something is going to have to give one way or the other.

I played against Wesley last year and saw the game this year. Just from watching that game it llked to me as if the Wesley O had lost some of that explosiveness. Not to take away from the Mule D this year (they had a great game) but last year the Wesley O just looked a little more potent. Although they may not have wanted to chance big plays with their defense playing lights out. Which brings me to my next point. I thought the Wesley D was going to be worse than last year since they didn't have Robinson. Boy was I wrong. Your middle lineback is one hell of a player and that was probably the most physical secondary I have seen in D3. Good luck in Texas, represent the North sub brack down south!!!

Wow, all of you guys picked Hardin Simmons. I just like the formula of running the ball and defense especially in the postseason. Although it looks like it should ba great game. Real hard for me to gage either Texas team though all the way from ATown... although according to the NCAA's it is somehow located in the ...South?

I will be there without a doubt, maybe I will see you there. It should be a good one. No precipitation in the forecast (seems like this is the exceptio this season) just supposed to be a little above freezing! But you can't complain as long as you still have a game to go to. Sometimes you take for granted how great it is for your team to be playing in November especially in D3 when there are about 200 teams that aren't.

I am a brand new member of D3boards and wanted to say hello to everyone on the board and that I have been watching these boards for a while and am very familiar with D3 football especially the South Region.

I saw some of the posts back and forth between muledaddy and a couple of other posters most notably Ron and just wanted to throw my two cents in because franky...that's what these boards are for. While I do believe Wesley to be the favorite for the upcoming game I don't see the legitimate argument when it comes to quality opponents. Muhlenberg beat a quality Johns Hopkins team and lost an overtime game to a quality Moravian team. Most other teams in the South Region really don't have much more than that. I am very curious to see how Johns Hopkins fairs against Catholic and Moravian against Salisbury considering the Centennial is considered to be a "weak conference" by most ... which is warranted ( I guess) based on past playoff performances. I am predicting two Centennial Conference ECAC wins by very narrow margins with the home field advantage tipping the scales.

Wesley is bigger faster stronger than the Mules. But they are on the road, have a week to prepare for a multiple offense that has more big play threats than last year (can't load the box as much as you could last year) and a defense that is still going to blitz you from all over and a more experienced secondary. Mules will lose if they have turnovers and penalties (big problem last couple of weeks). Last weeks wake up call hopefully (you know who I am rooting for) has these guys ready to bring it against a perennial powerhouse. Ace in the hole is the "Duke" Donnelly Mules by a field goal. Muhlenberg is ranked exactly where they should be I see nothing wrong with this ranking except that Wesley is the best 7 seed by far in the NCAA's and they got screwed by a hurricane and this game would probably be in DE otherwise.

Either way we will see go Mules!!!