FB: American Southwest Conference

[umhbalum]

I wonder if the NCAA will be pissed off with our appeal and look to schedule our playoff bracket to be brutal again.

On another note, anyone hear how many games Ohio State is forfeiting 🤷🏻‍♂️

[UMHB03]

So who do we think is coming to Belton?(

We should get the softest opponent available after the murderers row the committee saddled us with last year, but knowing them, we'll probably end up getting a ranked team like Redlands or Berry in the 1st round.

I called it. The committee couldn't bring itself to give us a cupcake in the 1st round even after the travel rule was changed.

[cover2]

UMHB definitely didn't receive any favors on their side of the bracket.  Tough road again but go get it done again!

[cover2]

The real bracket is basically swapping UMHB and amount Union from the D3FB mock bracket!

[zipmac22]

All I can say about the selection for the post season is WOW!

[D O.C.]

Let the games begin!

No injuries

[MonroviaCat]

So who do we think is coming to Belton?(

We should get the softest opponent available after the murderers row the committee saddled us with last year, but knowing them, we'll probably end up getting a ranked team like Redlands or Berry in the 1st round.

I called it. The committee couldn't bring itself to give us a cupcake in the 1st round even after the travel rule was changed.

Once they decided to limit the number of flights, Redlands was the only option.  Couldn't even send Linfield because Redlands can't rematch Chapman in round 1....


From the d3football.com  bracket page:  Redlands, which is likely to be one of the top four teams in the West Region when the final regional rankings are released, does not get a home game, and gets shipped out to play the defending national champion, Mary Hardin-Baylor.

"It was not the original proposal," said Catanzaro. "I can tell that we really wanted to have Redlands host a game out there this year. ... We tried, and that was a no-go with the NCAA."

[UMHB03]

There are two things as predictable as the sun rising- the selection committee putting as many obstacles in UMHB's path as possible, and the selection committee putting as few as possible in Mount Unions. It's actually comical at this point.

[SW66]

Another cakewalk for Mt.

[unionpalooza]

There are two things as predictable as the sun rising- the selection committee putting as many obstacles in UMHB's path as possible, and the selection committee putting as few as possible in Mount Unions. It's actually comical at this point.

Speaking as a nonpartisan here, totally agree.  The West #2 in the first round?  Total BS.  Go crush their butts. (PS: Did you hear Catanzaro wax poetic about Mount's awesomeness on the broadcast?  Embarrassing.)

[UMHB03]

There are two things as predictable as the sun rising- the selection committee putting as many obstacles in UMHB's path as possible, and the selection committee putting as few as possible in Mount Unions. It's actually comical at this point.

Speaking as a nonpartisan here, totally agree.  The West #2 in the first round?  Total BS.  Go crush their butts. (PS: Did you hear Catanzaro wax poetic about Mount's awesomeness on the broadcast?  Embarrassing.)

I'm sure he'll be sleeping in his Vince Kehres pajamas tonight.

[DFWCrufan]

Coach Fred on the Playoff bracket

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4AZyVjEl_I

[UMHB03]

So who do we think is coming to Belton?(

We should get the softest opponent available after the murderers row the committee saddled us with last year, but knowing them, we'll probably end up getting a ranked team like Redlands or Berry in the 1st round.

I called it. The committee couldn't bring itself to give us a cupcake in the 1st round even after the travel rule was changed.

Once they decided to limit the number of flights, Redlands was the only option.  Couldn't even send Linfield because Redlands can't rematch Chapman in round 1....


From the d3football.com  bracket page:  Redlands, which is likely to be one of the top four teams in the West Region when the final regional rankings are released, does not get a home game, and gets shipped out to play the defending national champion, Mary Hardin-Baylor.

"It was not the original proposal," said Catanzaro. "I can tell that we really wanted to have Redlands host a game out there this year. ... We tried, and that was a no-go with the NCAA."

Apparently the NCAA was too clueless to realize that the right pairing could have resulted in a Redlands/Chapman matchup in the 2nd round, and saved them on a flight.

[Pat Coleman]

There are two things as predictable as the sun rising- the selection committee putting as many obstacles in UMHB's path as possible, and the selection committee putting as few as possible in Mount Unions. It's actually comical at this point.

Speaking as a nonpartisan here, totally agree.  The West #2 in the first round?  Total BS.  Go crush their butts. (PS: Did you hear Catanzaro wax poetic about Mount's awesomeness on the broadcast?  Embarrassing.)

As someone who has been in that position probably 10 times in the past -- what did you expect him to do when he was asked the direct question? Contradict the host? Especially on NCAA.com.

[Pat Coleman]

So who do we think is coming to Belton?(

We should get the softest opponent available after the murderers row the committee saddled us with last year, but knowing them, we'll probably end up getting a ranked team like Redlands or Berry in the 1st round.

I called it. The committee couldn't bring itself to give us a cupcake in the 1st round even after the travel rule was changed.

Once they decided to limit the number of flights, Redlands was the only option.  Couldn't even send Linfield because Redlands can't rematch Chapman in round 1....


From the d3football.com  bracket page:  Redlands, which is likely to be one of the top four teams in the West Region when the final regional rankings are released, does not get a home game, and gets shipped out to play the defending national champion, Mary Hardin-Baylor.

"It was not the original proposal," said Catanzaro. "I can tell that we really wanted to have Redlands host a game out there this year. ... We tried, and that was a no-go with the NCAA."

Apparently the NCAA was too clueless to realize that the right pairing could have resulted in a Redlands/Chapman matchup in the 2nd round, and saved them on a flight.

Catanzaro talks about this in our interview with him on the next podcast, but basically, the answer is, we would have loved to do that, but we tried to do that in Texas a couple years ago and it didn't work out, so we can't budget on it.