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[redswarm81]

Also, a Division I aside ... BC has no chance tonight. Root for Tech.

D'oh!!  I'm so fed up with Boston.

I was looking good there right until the end.

The slurping of a team that looked hella beatable for 56-58 minutes was rather annoying. They aren't winning jack.

Boston is actually a great city, but yeah, anywhere with obnoxious sports fans shouldn't be allowed to have that much success at once. Wait until the Celtics get rolling again, you think you've heard the worst of it?

Who is on the cover of this week's Sports Illustrated?

The Boston Celtics!   

So there is hope!  Go SI Curse!

[old ends]

Today there are 5 DIV III games being played at the MetroDome in Minneapolis. Is there anywhere in the East that such an event could or has taken place. It would be nice even though it started at 9:00AM.

Also Pat Coleman's verbage on Vagaries proves that some of us do listen to our English Teachers or Profs.
Latin--vagus--def: wandering
English--vagary (plural vagaries)-- an erratic notion or action

[HScoach]

Also Pat Coleman's verbage on Vagaries proves that some of us do listen to our English Teachers or Profs.
Latin--vagus--def: wandering
English--vagary (plural vagaries)-- an erratic notion or action

Hmmm.  And I thought he was just using a fancy word for cooter.........

[K-Mack]

Today there are 5 DIV III games being played at the MetroDome in Minneapolis. Is there anywhere in the East that such an event could or has taken place. It would be nice even though it started at 9:00AM.

Well, in theory, any conference could pull it off, and for most (aside from the ASC, UAA, SCAC and maybe a few others I'm forgetting), finding a central location within a few hours for most schools would be possible.

But it's definitely a unique idea. You don't even have to like the UMAC to enjoy football on top of football. Think of it as New Year's Day come early, D3 style.

I'm here now and I'm actually pretty impressed, given the way a D3 game could get lost in such a big building, it's actually got a nice feel to it, with the dome's reverb and the use of the big board for the day's stats.

I'll blog about it at least a few more times over at the Daily Dose, so if you're just at home puttering around, stay with us tonight. Check out the photos from Dome Day and the Del. Val.-Widener broadcast. C'mon, what else you gonna do, go out and have a beer? 

[smedindy]

The ICAC and HCAC did that a few times at the Hoosier Dome. I'm sure the NCAC could do it there too if most of the teams wanted to travel to Indianapolis.

[K-Mack]

Yeah, I imagine it's a decent expenditure, so it's got to be something all teams are on board with and something all teams feel they need to make their season.

I guess if I was any kind of reporter, I'd find out why the UMAC feels it's such a good idea.

I think it's cool.

Threw a couple more posts up about my experience here today, not that that's the full story or the full experience, but it's a glimpse at least. Enjoy it now before we go all crazy with tomorrow's results.

[K-Mack]

Wow, I'm geeked about The Game deciding the ODAC title.

Probably should just link to p. 748 of the ODAC board rather than rehashing ... but not even up to do either right yet.

[Ron Boerger]

You guys have to see this ... the crazy ending of Trinity-Millsaps!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHbzQoXuxdU

[Schwami]

 

Thanks for that link Ron.

How many laterals were there on that play?  Could it have been a record for most laterals on one play?

[Ron Boerger]

I've heard 14 and 16.  Hard to tell from the video.  I was there but counting laterals was the last thing on my mind!

[K-Mack]

You guys have to see this ... the crazy ending of Trinity-Millsaps!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHbzQoXuxdU

We were literally JUST talking about how to incorporate clips of plays like that one on YouTube on our site.

Will watch now.

[Ron Boerger]

From the SCAC board:

ESPN has it and word is, it may run tonight.

[Pat Coleman]

I pulled it into Ron's story on our page.

[K-Mack]

That was TigerDad who posted that?

Great clip. Good call too.

We had already contacted our contact at the network to get that on TV. I'll bet anything that's all over TV by tomorrow night.

Great work, great ending ... you know, there was a lateral play in one of the UMAC games at the end, and it took about two laterals before someone threw one forward. At the time, I'm thinking 'how hard is it to just make sure you throw it backward?'

People make that play look so difficult, right? You just stay behind the guy with the ball, stay active, and if you have the ball, don't get tackled and always throw it backwards.

But then you know, watching that Trinity clip ... amazing how many times someone just threw it and a Millsaps guy reached for it and a Trinity guy caught it. And all it takes is one guy to drop it and it's over.

I mean, in essence, that's an exciting play because the longer it goes, the better it gets ... the more tired the defense is, etc.

Millsaps had to be thinking 'good Lord, just let me get close enough to tackle you ... gaaah!"

High drama at its best. Millsaps has now lost twice in very tough manners.

[K-Mack]

From the SCAC board:

ESPN has it and word is, it may run tonight.

Ah yes. Like I said

(posts first, reads last way too often)