FB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[hazzben]

UWO versus UWP this Saturday!

Does the winner get in? Here's hoping!

About 99% likely. And my guess is it'll be UWO as well. They can be placed on the other side of the bracket please. 

The winner is about as close to a lock as a Pool C candidate can get. I'd be shocked if they didn't get in. And the winner will deserve that spot...

[desertcat1]

UWO versus UWP this Saturday!

Does the winner get in? Here's hoping!

About 99% likely. And my guess is it'll be UWO as well. They can be placed on the other side of the bracket please. 

Master,

you don't want much?    When you live on an Island like we do  you get matched with the runner up in the first round most years..

[WarhawkDad]

UWO versus UWP this Saturday!

Does the winner get in? Here's hoping!

About 99% likely. And my guess is it'll be UWO as well. They can be placed on the other side of the bracket please. 

The winner is about as close to a lock as a Pool C candidate can get. I'd be shocked if they didn't get in. And the winner will deserve that spot...

Agreed.

[MasterJedi]

UWO versus UWP this Saturday!

Does the winner get in? Here's hoping!

About 99% likely. And my guess is it'll be UWO as well. They can be placed on the other side of the bracket please. 

Master,

you don't want much?    When you live on an Island like we do  you get matched with the runner up in the first round most years..

Better yet, send them out to Linfield, I'm sure you guys would like another crack at them. And maybe they can show the Wild Kittens to not mess with the WIAC!       

[Just Bill]

Someone should remind the Pointers' public address announcer that he's not a cheerleader.  PA announcers are neutral narrators of the game.

I've never been to a football game in which the announcer wasn't 100% pulling for his home team. Why would the PA announcer need to be a nuetral narrator of the game? Sorry, I don't agree with this post (unless I'm missing sarcasm?)

That's the expectation set by the NCAA. In NCAA Tournament games it is enforced by the NCAA committee rep on site.

It can be a fine line. Like I said, I don't mind extra enthusiasm for the home team. But leading cheers and begging fans to stand and yell is over the line, IMO. Certainly showing up officials is too, which I've also seen.

[desertcat1]

UWO versus UWP this Saturday!

Does the winner get in? Here's hoping!

About 99% likely. And my guess is it'll be UWO as well. They can be placed on the other side of the bracket please. 

Master,

you don't want much?    When you live on an Island like we do  you get matched with the runner up in the first round most years..

Better yet, send them out to Linfield, I'm sure you guys would like another crack at them. And maybe they can show the Wild Kittens to not mess with the WIAC!       

Yes we would   anybody , anytime..

[retagent]

Not sure if it was or wasn't, but for the record, UW-W has a stronger SOS than Bethel. UW-W is 13th and Bethel is 23rd.

That should flip after this weekend with Bethel playing 7-2 St. Johns and UW-W playing 0-9 River Falls.

How about that. St. John's is 7-2 and one of their victories is against 0-9 UW River Falls- by a field goal w 2 seconds left.
IL Gator -I understand you're only pointing out the facts- but this is another example of why subjectivity is important to balance the pure numbers. The records of the two teams in question hardly tells the story of whether they are a hard team to beat- which really is the point.

I believe that all of you agreed that since St John's only squeeked by UWRF, they were dead meat at St Thomas. OOPS!

If you haven't already fugured out that comparing such things is fraught with danger, let me tell you that right now.

Games against common opponents are not necessarily dispositive in determining how the game will go.

And besides, that was eons ago. Those two teams are not the same teams today.

[KitchenSink]

Barring any overly weird results on Saturday (always a possibility), I have a feeling that UWW and North Central will headline a "quad" in the playoffs, with Bethel and Linfield headlining a different quad.

As long as I am gazing into my crystal ball, I'll say Concordia WI, Franklin, Wittenberg, Illinois Wesleyan, John Carroll and whoever the last Pool C team is (Wabash?  T More?) fills out the bracket.  Osh/Platt go over to the Bethel/Linfield quad with Pac Luth, Redlands, St Norb, Wartburg and St Scholastica.

I know, I just locked in the goofiest Saturday ever coming up, but what the hey .....

[MasterJedi]

Barring any overly weird results on Saturday (always a possibility), I have a feeling that UWW and North Central will headline a "quad" in the playoffs, with Bethel and Linfield headlining a different quad.

As long as I am gazing into my crystal ball, I'll say Concordia WI, Franklin, Wittenberg, Illinois Wesleyan, John Carroll and whoever the last Pool C team is (Wabash?  T More?) fills out the bracket.  Osh/Platt go over to the Bethel/Linfield quad with Pac Luth, Redlands, St Norb, Wartburg and St Scholastica.

I know, I just locked in the goofiest Saturday ever coming up, but what the hey .....

So that leaves the MIAA champion (Albion or Hope) to move South or East?

[02 Warhawk]

Barring any overly weird results on Saturday (always a possibility), I have a feeling that UWW and North Central will headline a "quad" in the playoffs, with Bethel and Linfield headlining a different quad.

As long as I am gazing into my crystal ball, I'll say Concordia WI, Franklin, Wittenberg, Illinois Wesleyan, John Carroll and whoever the last Pool C team is (Wabash?  T More?) fills out the bracket.  Osh/Platt go over to the Bethel/Linfield quad with Pac Luth, Redlands, St Norb, Wartburg and St Scholastica.

I know, I just locked in the goofiest Saturday ever coming up, but what the hey .....

So that leaves the MIAA champion (Albion or Hope) to move South or East?

I wonder if JC would go south? That would balance out the regions.

West: Linfield, Bethel
North: UWW, NCC
East: Mount, Hobart
South: MHB, John Carroll

Then the MIAA champion will be in the North

[KitchenSink]

I flipped a coin between the MIAA and the last Pool C ..... 

[MasterJedi]

I flipped a coin between the MIAA and the last Pool C ..... 

+ k for a fine case of bull****ting! 

[ncc58]

Barring any overly weird results on Saturday (always a possibility), I have a feeling that UWW and North Central will headline a "quad" in the playoffs, with Bethel and Linfield headlining a different quad.

As long as I am gazing into my crystal ball, I'll say Concordia WI, Franklin, Wittenberg, Illinois Wesleyan, John Carroll and whoever the last Pool C team is (Wabash?  T More?) fills out the bracket.  Osh/Platt go over to the Bethel/Linfield quad with Pac Luth, Redlands, St Norb, Wartburg and St Scholastica.

I know, I just locked in the goofiest Saturday ever coming up, but what the hey .....

We'll have to see what Keith comes up with tomorrow. Good luck separating UWW and NCC. They have three common opponents - which seems unusual for two teams in different conferences. And it's not straightforward to learn anything from those common opps. NCC has been placed consistently in the polls all year, from 4th to 6th. UWW has been rising with a bullet, including being 1st in the regional rankings and jumping Bethel this week despite a less than overwhelming game against UWSP.

[hazzben]

I think there's a decent chance Redlands gets sent to UMHB in Rd 1. Since Texas Lutheran got blown up, someone is going to have to go a good distance to UMHB...

[MasterJedi]

I think there's a decent chance Redlands gets sent to UMHB in Rd 1. Since Texas Lutheran got blown up, someone is going to have to go a good distance to UMHB...

Millsaps?