FB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[hazzben]

ha! I was actually gonna make a comment about how we've never actually landed on the moon

But yeah, the North is crazy. Granted I think we'd all agree Mount Union should be 1, but how can you justify that jump now, after NCC handles the former #1 north team  My only thought is that they were waiting for UMU to have one more 'quality' win to justify jumping them, despite their weaker SOS. But yeah, strange is right...

[MasterJedi]

Not surprised myself, I knew they'd put UMU at the top of the bracket by the end of the rankings no matter what. I'm surprised UWW hasn't moved up though but after next week we should and if anything the NCAA should put us in the number one bracket.

[bulk19]

Since the WIAC has 2 coaching vacancies for next year, has anything started at RF or LAX such as creating a search and screen committee or will it be the AD's call at either place?

Anyone with insights?

New UWL AD Josh Whitman was quoted in the local paper as saying that the school will begin a national search around Dec. 1. The finalists will go through a search-and-screen process before Whitman makes his choice.

[WarhawkDad]

Anyone know why voice's blog has not been updated.  I certainly hope nothing is wrong

http://www.voiceseyeonfootball.blogspot.com/  

Nothing since Steven's Point.


WarhawkDad

WarhawkDad

Thanks for your concern.  I apologize for the lack of updates over the post month or so. I am in the process of developing a Warhawk men's and women's basketball blog. Voice's Eye on Warhawk Basketball Blog is a project I'm very excited about and I'm looking for it to go online on November 15th.   I've spent maybe too much time on its development.   I also over-extended both physically and mentally in the days leading up to my induction into the UW-Whitewater Athletics Hall of Fame a couple of weekends ago. It was one of the highlights of my career and again I was deeply humbled to recieve the honor.  

The post by WarhawkDad has kicked me in the butt and its time to get up off the mat and get busy blogging again.

Voice

That was not my intent at all.  I was concerned, because I look forward to seeing something weekly  Congrats on the Award, it is an outstanding accompishment and well deserved!  Only you know how much you can take on......and you give so much to Warhawk nation, who am I to complain!

[janesvilleflash]

I think they don't want WW and Mount to meet in the Stag.  Somehow they will meet prior, if they keep winnin g.

[bleedpurple]

I think they don't want WW and Mount to meet in the Stag.  Somehow they will meet prior, if they keep winnin g.

People have suggested this to be the case the past few years. At the end of the day, the Selection Committee did not re-arrange seedings to cause a change.  My opinion remains the same.  The Committee should rank the teams on merit. If that means UW-W potentially faces Mount prior to Salem, then so be it.  If it means they potentially meet in the Stagg so be it. 

I don't think anyone could argue about the quality of football that has been on display on ESPN over the past 5 seasons. 

[BoBo]

I think they don't want WW and Mount to meet in the Stag.  Somehow they will meet prior, if they keep winnin g.

People have suggested this to be the case the past few years. At the end of the day, the Selection Committee did not re-arrange seedings to cause a change.  My opinion remains the same.  The Committee should rank the teams on merit. If that means UW-W potentially faces Mount prior to Salem, then so be it.  If it means they potentially meet in the Stagg so be it. 

I don't think anyone could argue about the quality of football that has been on display on ESPN over the past 5 seasons. 

If there was ever a time during the past 6 years where having Mount and UWW play prior to the Stagg, and it still being legitimate, this isn't the year, IMO. I believe that year would have been '08 when UWW had the loss to UW-SP late in the year. Instead, The NCAA sent UWW packing to Salem, Oregon and Belton, Texas. I think a semi-final match-up that year could have been made without raising an eyebrow. This year? I think it would require a lot of explaining...just my opinion. 

[hazzben]

I think they don't want WW and Mount to meet in the Stag.  Somehow they will meet prior, if they keep winnin g.

People have suggested this to be the case the past few years. At the end of the day, the Selection Committee did not re-arrange seedings to cause a change.  My opinion remains the same.  The Committee should rank the teams on merit. If that means UW-W potentially faces Mount prior to Salem, then so be it.  If it means they potentially meet in the Stagg so be it. 

I don't think anyone could argue about the quality of football that has been on display on ESPN over the past 5 seasons. 

If the national committee feels that UWW and UMU are the top two #1 seeds, which would seem likely, they'll arrange the brackets so they'd meet in Salem.

And as much as people might get bored with purple on purple each year, the solution should be found on the field, not in a committee. Those recent staggs have definitely been entertaining!

[WarhawkDad]

I think they don't want WW and Mount to meet in the Stag.  Somehow they will meet prior, if they keep winnin g.

People have suggested this to be the case the past few years. At the end of the day, the Selection Committee did not re-arrange seedings to cause a change.  My opinion remains the same.  The Committee should rank the teams on merit. If that means UW-W potentially faces Mount prior to Salem, then so be it.  If it means they potentially meet in the Stagg so be it. 

I don't think anyone could argue about the quality of football that has been on display on ESPN over the past 5 seasons. 

If the national committee feels that UWW and UMU are the top two #1 seeds, which would seem likely, they'll arrange the brackets so they'd meet in Salem.

And as much as people might get bored with purple on purple each year, the solution should be found on the field, not in a committee. Those recent staggs have definitely been entertaining!

The reality is that UWW and UMU have been the top two teams in DIII the last 5 years, they beat everyone in their way to get to the Stagg Bowl.  There is nothing to suggest from this season's games so far that they are not the top two teams in the country again.  With one week to go, I still think UWW and UMU will end up as number one seeds on opposite ends of the bracket.

[02 Warhawk]

I think they don't want WW and Mount to meet in the Stag.  Somehow they will meet prior, if they keep winnin g.

People have suggested this to be the case the past few years. At the end of the day, the Selection Committee did not re-arrange seedings to cause a change.  My opinion remains the same.  The Committee should rank the teams on merit. If that means UW-W potentially faces Mount prior to Salem, then so be it.  If it means they potentially meet in the Stagg so be it. 

I don't think anyone could argue about the quality of football that has been on display on ESPN over the past 5 seasons. 

If the national committee feels that UWW and UMU are the top two #1 seeds, which would seem likely, they'll arrange the brackets so they'd meet in Salem.

And as much as people might get bored with purple on purple each year, the solution should be found on the field, not in a committee. Those recent staggs have definitely been entertaining!

+1...100% agree. If DIII wants a new Stagg Bowl, the football programs should take the step forward...rather than the committee forcing UWW and UMU's hand.

[Pat Coleman]

1- the chairs of the regional committee aren't given extra votes when it comes to ranking the regions.

2- highly unlikely - and unethical - for the 8 regional chairs/national committee members to be working together & in contact with one another to try such a move.

Not true. The national committee can overrule the regional committee's ranking at any time. That does give every regional chair (East, North, South, West) a voice over everything. As Ypsi said, no guarantee it happens, but I know it happens on occasion because I hear from coaches on the regional committee who tell me about their rankings being overturned at the national level.

As for why the North would want UWW moved in -- I'm sure it doesn't. But the North gets two votes to everyone else's six.

[Pat Coleman]

Does anyone else wonder why - when you click on an "Around the Region", you get a page with half the column.  Then you have to click again to get the whole column.  Why not just take us right to the whole column page?

I wents tuh college, but I dunno dis one.  Is there some Key Advertising on that half column page, Pat?

(The above question is submitted with all due respect to the ownership.  Thank you, Godfather)

No problem, there's a couple of reasons.

One -- we wanted the columnist pages to have a little different look to them, because this is special content (not a school's game story or press release) and we wanted them to look the part.

Two -- there are things on that half-column page that are not elsewhere, such as that columnist's twitter feed (when that columnist has one of their own, otherwise, it's our overall feed) and that columnist's archive.

However, we didn't want to put the entire column on that page, because we would end up with a lot of white space. The column itself would go for several screens deep (more if it's Around the Nation!) but the second column (mug shot, archives, twitter) doesn't go nearly as deep and the third column (the one ad, the other columnist links and scoreboard in season) is similar. So for a lot of the page it would be column, followed by a lot of white space to the right.

That was our thinking.

[KitchenSink]

A thousand thanks for the explanation, oh omnipotent one.   

[02 Warhawk]

There's a good story about AJ and Booker on the D3football home page. Talks about overcoming adversity, and taking advantage of opportunities presented to you.

Very inspiring column.

[Raider 68]

I think they don't want WW and Mount to meet in the Stag.  Somehow they will meet prior, if they keep winnin g.

People have suggested this to be the case the past few years. At the end of the day, the Selection Committee did not re-arrange seedings to cause a change.  My opinion remains the same.  The Committee should rank the teams on merit. If that means UW-W potentially faces Mount prior to Salem, then so be it.  If it means they potentially meet in the Stagg so be it. 

I don't think anyone could argue about the quality of football that has been on display on ESPN over the past 5 seasons. 

If the national committee feels that UWW and UMU are the top two #1 seeds, which would seem likely, they'll arrange the brackets so they'd meet in Salem.

And as much as people might get bored with purple on purple each year, the solution should be found on the field, not in a committee. Those recent staggs have definitely been entertaining!

The reality is that UWW and UMU have been the top two teams in DIII the last 5 years, they beat everyone in their way to get to the Stagg Bowl.  There is nothing to suggest from this season's games so far that they are not the top two teams in the country again.  With one week to go, I still think UWW and UMU will end up as number one seeds on opposite ends of the bracket.

WarhawkDad,

Agree! +k