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[MountUnion12]

Mount Union was the king of division 3 football but winsconsin whitewater is creeping up on us!!

[TxFight]

Check out East Texas Baptist University's road schedule next year

@ Wesley
@ McMurry
@ Louisiana College
@ Mary Hardin Baylor
@ Sul Ross State

In case your keeping tabs, thats a national semi-finalists (Wesley), a national quarter-finalist (UMHB), ASC runner-up (LC), most high powered offense in these here parts returning just about everybody, not to mention how ticked they'll be about ETBUs "upset" last year (McM) and a 14 hour bus ride to the middle of nowhere (SRSU). 

So can anybody else in the nation boast a road schedule of that brutalness?  If ETBU can defend their home turf and win 4 of those 5 I think they have a legit shot at an at-large bid.  The defending the home turf is feasible (Austin College, Texas Lutheran, Hardin-Simmons minus Tiger Killer Feaster, Mississippi College and Howard Payne), but that road schedule would be tough for just about anybody in the nation (minus UWW and Mt. U).

[labart96]

Sounds like a lot to ask a .500 team (i.e., getting a playoff bid) playing a schedule like that one.  Not to mention the fact they were handily beaten by one of those schools (Louisana) and lost (albeit by only six points) to MHB.

Still a great way for ETBU to expand their program and play some of the best teams (like Wesley) in the country.

[02 Warhawk]

This might be a little off topic.....but unless I totally missed it, I don't think Keith put out is 2010 Year in Review column. I usually like reading that in the off-season.

Not sure if that's something he did at the end of every season, or maybe it was just a one-time thing.

[K-Mack]

Not only is it perfectly on-topic, but you are correct; I did not do a Year in Review column this year.

I know I spent some time working on it and I will try to salvage part of it for something in advance of kickoff (not Kickoff) this season -- the best photos from last year at the very least. We had a lot of photographers send it submissions for that so I think it can be done pretty easily.

At the moment, we're already planning Kickoff '11. We have some great ideas for features we want to dig into and longtime questions that need answers.

But if any reader dedicated enough to find this board and read it in July has suggestions for questions that need answering or people (preferably not from your favorite team, as it will help your suggestion seem more credible) that need shine, fire away. I'm all for crowd-sourcing ideas; after all, you guys are the ones Kickoff serves.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Keith, check your PMs.

[02 Warhawk]

Not only is it perfectly on-topic, but you are correct; I did not do a Year in Review column this year.

I know I spent some time working on it and I will try to salvage part of it for something in advance of kickoff (not Kickoff) this season -- the best photos from last year at the very least. We had a lot of photographers send it submissions for that so I think it can be done pretty easily.

At the moment, we're already planning Kickoff '11. We have some great ideas for features we want to dig into and longtime questions that need answers.

But if any reader dedicated enough to find this board and read it in July has suggestions for questions that need answering or people (preferably not from your favorite team, as it will help your suggestion seem more credible) that need shine, fire away. I'm all for crowd-sourcing ideas; after all, you guys are the ones Kickoff serves.

Had a question about the selection process for the tournament. Seems that the committee took a different approach in selecting teams and where they are seeded.  What caused the shift in thought process? Since there's a different committee chairman each year, does it really just depend on who's running the show for that year?

Also, was the change in NCAA selection process the direct result of last season?

[K-Mack]

Keith, check your PMs.

That's a good idea. I think we might take that one and run with it.

[K-Mack]

Not only is it perfectly on-topic, but you are correct; I did not do a Year in Review column this year.

I know I spent some time working on it and I will try to salvage part of it for something in advance of kickoff (not Kickoff) this season -- the best photos from last year at the very least. We had a lot of photographers send it submissions for that so I think it can be done pretty easily.

At the moment, we're already planning Kickoff '11. We have some great ideas for features we want to dig into and longtime questions that need answers.

But if any reader dedicated enough to find this board and read it in July has suggestions for questions that need answering or people (preferably not from your favorite team, as it will help your suggestion seem more credible) that need shine, fire away. I'm all for crowd-sourcing ideas; after all, you guys are the ones Kickoff serves.

Had a question about the selection process for the tournament. Seems that the committee took a different approach in selecting teams and where they are seeded.  What caused the shift in thought process? Since there's a different committee chairman each year, does it really just depend on who's running the show for that year?

Also, was the change in NCAA selection process the direct result of last season?

Also a good idea for us to write about, though a question probably best answered around playoff time. Also it's tough to get committee members except the chairperson on the record.

I think to a degree it does depend on the makeup of the committee, because the criteria is written loosely enough for interpretation. I think also the reaction from previous years helps determine the course the committee hopes to set.

Sometimes though it's just the pool of available teams. Last year there were six undefeateds with legit claims at the 4 top seeds and 9 teams in line for the 6 pool C bids. Doesn't matter what a committee does then, not everyone will be happy.

[Pat Coleman]

And remember that last year the committee was held to the letter of the law by the overall Division III championships committee. The addition to the criteria for this upcoming season looks like an attempt by the football committee to write in the common-sense flexibility it has had in previous years.

[02 Warhawk]

And remember that last year the committee was held to the letter of the law by the overall Division III championships committee. The addition to the criteria for this upcoming season looks like an attempt by the football committee to write in the common-sense flexibility it has had in previous years.

[Mr. Ypsi]

K-Mack, something very weird just happened.  I tried to reply to your PM (3 times) and got an error message that no such poster as K-Mack exists!

Have you been banned and Pat forgot to tell you?!

[pg04]

I wonder if the dash in his handle causes issues in the PM system.  I know I read somewhere else (I can't remember where, now) that someone else's name made it impossible to send PMs to them.

[Mr. Ypsi]

I wonder if the dash in his handle causes issues in the PM system.  I know I read somewhere else (I can't remember where, now) that someone else's name made it impossible to send PMs to them.

I've successfully sent him PMs before.  And this one was just 'quote' and 'reply', so I know I ddn't mistype his handle.  A mystery.

[pg04]

Never mind, I need to read further back to see that you had sent him one before correctly.  Hmmm