FB: Middle Atlantic Conference

[wilkessid]

WUDLINE:

Although I love your enthusiasm in regards to your team (and a very good team it is), please do not make things up to prove your point.  All three of the players that you mentioned in a previous post, Schmidt, Rock and Prothro, did indeed play in the game against Wilkes.  I am not providing this information to stir up any controversy, but lets make it perfectly clear that the Wilkes defense did indeed shutout out Widener with all of your weapons.  Good luck with the remainder of the season.

[splik]

Simba
That is a cool picture and I'm far from being a lycoming fan. 

If....rember, I said if, both Widener and Del Val win out until their game and Widener wins, does Del Val get a pool C bid? I say probably because Del Val has been ranked all year and Widener would be a quality. 
Obviously, I am putting the cart before the horse here, but just out of curiosity.....

[Chum Slam]

The Pool C Bid is not guaranteed for DelVal, if you remeber back only 3 years age. A one loss top ten Widener team (who had advanced deep into the playoffs each of the previous 2 seasons) was not given the Pool C bid.

[gordonmann]

Chum's right, though the chances at getting a Pool C bid are better for Del Val now than they were for Widener then simply because there are more C bids to be had.

We're starting to track the Pool C picture informally on the Daily Dose and will do so more formally as the site rolls along.

[bossman05]

Hey Chum Chum and Slik......

B4 worrying bout dvc and the playoffs yous guys should worry about  ur tough game on the road this week at kings(no easy task)

then u guys also have a tough salisbury team on ur sched which is also on the road(although not a conf game)

then coming up to face a tough dvc team which almost hasn't lost at home in like three years

one game at a time fellas..........

[WUDLINE]

Wilkes SID
Please let me clear up my statement. Schmit played the first three series before he had to leave the game because of a torn hamstring suffered against Penn. This injury caused him to be out of action until the Moravian game. Prothro carried the ball one time before he left the game due to a seperated shoulder caused in an inter squad scrimmage during camp. Rock played the first half before leaving due to  soreness from a knee surgery. I should have used the word Healthy. My remarks were not intende to slight Wiles in anyway. They are a very goog football team.

[formerwu]

I agree that the matchup between WU and DVC is a bit far off at this point.  We do have some tough road games coming up.

Hopefully there will be a big game in Chester at the end of the year.

[gordonmann]

Former Wu:

If you mean the DVC/Widener game, it's in Doylestown again this year.

[splik]

remember I said IF they both win out

is homefield a big deal in this game?

[4man]

Here's a scenario that I'd be interested in learning about the outcome:

I'm not sure how this works so if someone can enlighten me, I'd greatly appreciate it.  If Widener and DVC both finish out their seasons unbeaten, then coming into the final game Widener would have 1 loss.  If Widener would happen to beat DVC, giving them their first loss, both teams would be standing at a record of 9-1 overall and 8-1 conference.  Since they would both be standing with a single loss would they be co-Mac champs?  Who would move on to the playoffs?  How is it determined? 

Thanks for cluing in the clueless 

[Lyco80]

4man,

I think WU would win based on a head-to-head tie-breaker scenario.  However, I may be wrong.

When it comes to the murkly world of D-III playoff selections I am never quite sure as there are things that happen in that process that rival the NCAA D-1 basketball tournament selection bordering on the unexplainable.

I welcome other posters' corrections if I erred.

All the best.

[rams1102]

Widner, should they run the table should win, due to the hear to head, and they schedueled an good team(Salisbury) out of conference.

[gordonmann]

If previous experience is any indication, the MAC would declare DVC and Widener co-champs.  This last happened with Widener and King's shared the title in 2002.

The conference's AQ would go to Widener since they would have the tie-breaker advantage with a head-to-head victory.

[WUDLINE]

In the past the MAC would declare two champions and give the team that had not been to the playoffs for the longest period of time the automatic playoff bid. It is my understanding that they changed that rule after the Widener/Kings situation. The first tie breaker is now head to head. The Wu/ DVC situation will play itself out. However, it will get tricky if WU beats DVC and Wilkes continues to win out. Then we will have three teams with one conference loss that have lost to one another.

[4man]

Thank you for your input.  I hadn't even considered Wilkes in that scenario which sounds like that would make the situation even stickier.   I guess we'll all just have to wait another 4 weeks to see what the final outcome will be.  Good luck to all!