FB: American Southwest Conference

[QB Jock Itch]

Agree with everyone, it was no surprise that Luke looked very good running the offense, Jase looked good as well. I believe D Thomas is the CRU-cat and will continue to come in on certain packages. Markeith n Duncan ran great, KJ punt returns were top in the world, WRs block SOOOOO good!! Defense the best!!

Injuries will be something to watch but they have a few games before playoff start that they can rest some and get others some playing time. All and all solid game. Go CRU!!

[Coolrey]

I was at the game and I will say this.  Having 3 guys that can roll in and execute like these 3 did is an absolute advantage and a royal pain in the butt for a defensive coordinator.  UMHB can win with any one of these 3 and they each possess enough unique set of skills that you would essentially have to devise 3 different game plans depending on who is in.  Granted, that wasn't Mount Union out there yesterday, but based on what I saw, each of these guys are very capable.  I trust that these 3 have the bigger picture in mind and are accepting of the reality that if one of them gets on a hot streak than he would be the guy to go. I think the change-up that is presented when they rotate can be problematic to a defense, but only if they all 3 perform up to their ability.  Chances of all 3 under-performing at the same time?  Very slim, which is the beauty of this situation.

[DFWCrufan]

Me and my oldest recently graduated missed hoco this year, (family members being needed to be cared for) but caught the game. Again, smooth, confident,  Jase kinda put it to Mcmurry since he started his career there, from personal experience nothing like showing your prowess with a organization you were once part of.

We still see LC and ETBU away.... I am confident though... I wonder should we bring "sorry Seniors" signs to ETBU?

[HSUDAD]

While it is not nearly as exciting as a quarterback conundrum (jk, I get it, we have to have something to talk about right)...here are some thoughts on the Cowboys.

First the bad, waaaaayyyyy too many careless penalties Saturday that kept Southwestern hanging around, seven of which extended drives.  Second, to the DB's coach from Southwestern, not cool to be barking obscenities during pre-game from the 50 yard line toward the HSU players, I get trying to hype your team up, but I would leave it to your players.
(especially if you don't have the secondary to back your barking up, they were torched all day). 

Which brings me to the good!  For two years I have wanted to see a vertical passing game (other than a scramble drill that ends up being a deep ball), and for the past two games I have seen that.  The addition of Kevi Evans and Rae Milsap at receiver, as well as finding a replacement to Hemphill in the form of Bryson Hammonds has opened things up tremendously for our offense.  It is exciting.  Now I am not going to say "Bring on the Cru" or anything stupid like that!  I will say though when we left the Cruthedral a few weeks back, I was not looking forward to a rematch in the playoffs, just felt like we didn't have any answers offensively.  The past two weeks has given me some hope that we can at least make a better showing than we did the first time. 

Of course all this is contingent on the Cowboys taking care of business, making the long trip to Mississippi and then following that up with our "cross town" game with McMurry, and of course getting one of the at large bids.....

[Toby Taff]

While it is not nearly as exciting as a quarterback conundrum (jk, I get it, we have to have something to talk about right)...here are some thoughts on the Cowboys.

First the bad, waaaaayyyyy too many careless penalties Saturday that kept Southwestern hanging around, seven of which extended drives.  Second, to the DB's coach from Southwestern, not cool to be barking obscenities during pre-game from the 50 yard line toward the HSU players, I get trying to hype your team up, but I would leave it to your players.
(especially if you don't have the secondary to back your barking up, they were torched all day). 

Which brings me to the good!  For two years I have wanted to see a vertical passing game (other than a scramble drill that ends up being a deep ball), and for the past two games I have seen that.  The addition of Kevi Evans and Rae Milsap at receiver, as well as finding a replacement to Hemphill in the form of Bryson Hammonds has opened things up tremendously for our offense.  It is exciting.  Now I am not going to say "Bring on the Cru" or anything stupid like that!  I will say though when we left the Cruthedral a few weeks back, I was not looking forward to a rematch in the playoffs, just felt like we didn't have any answers offensively.  The past two weeks has given me some hope that we can at least make a better showing than we did the first time. 

Of course all this is contingent on the Cowboys taking care of business, making the long trip to Mississippi and then following that up with our "cross town" game with McMurry, and of course getting one of the at large bids.....

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that all 3 of those will be taken care of. Bellhaven's defense is not bad, but HSU should over come them pretty easily.

[CowboyAlum261]

While it is not nearly as exciting as a quarterback conundrum (jk, I get it, we have to have something to talk about right)...here are some thoughts on the Cowboys.

First the bad, waaaaayyyyy too many careless penalties Saturday that kept Southwestern hanging around, seven of which extended drives.  Second, to the DB's coach from Southwestern, not cool to be barking obscenities during pre-game from the 50 yard line toward the HSU players, I get trying to hype your team up, but I would leave it to your players.
(especially if you don't have the secondary to back your barking up, they were torched all day). 

Which brings me to the good!  For two years I have wanted to see a vertical passing game (other than a scramble drill that ends up being a deep ball), and for the past two games I have seen that.  The addition of Kevi Evans and Rae Milsap at receiver, as well as finding a replacement to Hemphill in the form of Bryson Hammonds has opened things up tremendously for our offense.  It is exciting.  Now I am not going to say "Bring on the Cru" or anything stupid like that!  I will say though when we left the Cruthedral a few weeks back, I was not looking forward to a rematch in the playoffs, just felt like we didn't have any answers offensively.  The past two weeks has given me some hope that we can at least make a better showing than we did the first time. 

Of course all this is contingent on the Cowboys taking care of business, making the long trip to Mississippi and then following that up with our "cross town" game with McMurry, and of course getting one of the at large bids.....

Agree that the offense looked great on Saturday, especially considering we really took our foot off the gas pretty early.
My biggest concern after the game was the number of blown coverages and awful defensive penalties we had. Both are really uncharacteristic of our defense, so hopefully the coaching staff will close any vulnerabilities that Southwestern managed to find.
Now the question becomes who do we root for to help us not land in Belton in the first round?

[Toby Taff]

While it is not nearly as exciting as a quarterback conundrum (jk, I get it, we have to have something to talk about right)...here are some thoughts on the Cowboys.

First the bad, waaaaayyyyy too many careless penalties Saturday that kept Southwestern hanging around, seven of which extended drives.  Second, to the DB's coach from Southwestern, not cool to be barking obscenities during pre-game from the 50 yard line toward the HSU players, I get trying to hype your team up, but I would leave it to your players.
(especially if you don't have the secondary to back your barking up, they were torched all day). 

Which brings me to the good!  For two years I have wanted to see a vertical passing game (other than a scramble drill that ends up being a deep ball), and for the past two games I have seen that.  The addition of Kevi Evans and Rae Milsap at receiver, as well as finding a replacement to Hemphill in the form of Bryson Hammonds has opened things up tremendously for our offense.  It is exciting.  Now I am not going to say "Bring on the Cru" or anything stupid like that!  I will say though when we left the Cruthedral a few weeks back, I was not looking forward to a rematch in the playoffs, just felt like we didn't have any answers offensively.  The past two weeks has given me some hope that we can at least make a better showing than we did the first time. 

Of course all this is contingent on the Cowboys taking care of business, making the long trip to Mississippi and then following that up with our "cross town" game with McMurry, and of course getting one of the at large bids.....

Agree that the offense looked great on Saturday, especially considering we really took our foot off the gas pretty early.
My biggest concern after the game was the number of blown coverages and awful defensive penalties we had. Both are really uncharacteristic of our defense, so hopefully the coaching staff will close any vulnerabilities that Southwestern managed to find.
Now the question becomes who do we root for to help us not land in Belton in the first round?

I'm not sure there's any one you can root for to help that. HSU is at the mercy of the committee.

[CowboyAlum261]

While it is not nearly as exciting as a quarterback conundrum (jk, I get it, we have to have something to talk about right)...here are some thoughts on the Cowboys.

First the bad, waaaaayyyyy too many careless penalties Saturday that kept Southwestern hanging around, seven of which extended drives.  Second, to the DB's coach from Southwestern, not cool to be barking obscenities during pre-game from the 50 yard line toward the HSU players, I get trying to hype your team up, but I would leave it to your players.
(especially if you don't have the secondary to back your barking up, they were torched all day). 

Which brings me to the good!  For two years I have wanted to see a vertical passing game (other than a scramble drill that ends up being a deep ball), and for the past two games I have seen that.  The addition of Kevi Evans and Rae Milsap at receiver, as well as finding a replacement to Hemphill in the form of Bryson Hammonds has opened things up tremendously for our offense.  It is exciting.  Now I am not going to say "Bring on the Cru" or anything stupid like that!  I will say though when we left the Cruthedral a few weeks back, I was not looking forward to a rematch in the playoffs, just felt like we didn't have any answers offensively.  The past two weeks has given me some hope that we can at least make a better showing than we did the first time. 

Of course all this is contingent on the Cowboys taking care of business, making the long trip to Mississippi and then following that up with our "cross town" game with McMurry, and of course getting one of the at large bids.....

Agree that the offense looked great on Saturday, especially considering we really took our foot off the gas pretty early.
My biggest concern after the game was the number of blown coverages and awful defensive penalties we had. Both are really uncharacteristic of our defense, so hopefully the coaching staff will close any vulnerabilities that Southwestern managed to find.
Now the question becomes who do we root for to help us not land in Belton in the first round?

I'm not sure there's any one you can root for to help that. HSU is at the mercy of the committee.

I know there's no real way to know where we'll go until selection time, but I have to imagine that whatever plays out in the NWC will probably influence what ends up happening with HSU and UMHB.
If Linfield sneaks into the field, and we end up with Whitworth, Linfield, UMHB, and HSU, what does the committee do? Presumably UMHB will host the SCIAC champion, but do they send HSU up to the northwest? Or do they have Linfield and Whitworth play each other and send HSU to a different part of the country?

[crufootball]

While it is not nearly as exciting as a quarterback conundrum (jk, I get it, we have to have something to talk about right)...here are some thoughts on the Cowboys.

First the bad, waaaaayyyyy too many careless penalties Saturday that kept Southwestern hanging around, seven of which extended drives.  Second, to the DB's coach from Southwestern, not cool to be barking obscenities during pre-game from the 50 yard line toward the HSU players, I get trying to hype your team up, but I would leave it to your players.
(especially if you don't have the secondary to back your barking up, they were torched all day). 

Which brings me to the good!  For two years I have wanted to see a vertical passing game (other than a scramble drill that ends up being a deep ball), and for the past two games I have seen that.  The addition of Kevi Evans and Rae Milsap at receiver, as well as finding a replacement to Hemphill in the form of Bryson Hammonds has opened things up tremendously for our offense.  It is exciting.  Now I am not going to say "Bring on the Cru" or anything stupid like that!  I will say though when we left the Cruthedral a few weeks back, I was not looking forward to a rematch in the playoffs, just felt like we didn't have any answers offensively.  The past two weeks has given me some hope that we can at least make a better showing than we did the first time. 

Of course all this is contingent on the Cowboys taking care of business, making the long trip to Mississippi and then following that up with our "cross town" game with McMurry, and of course getting one of the at large bids.....

Agree that the offense looked great on Saturday, especially considering we really took our foot off the gas pretty early.
My biggest concern after the game was the number of blown coverages and awful defensive penalties we had. Both are really uncharacteristic of our defense, so hopefully the coaching staff will close any vulnerabilities that Southwestern managed to find.
Now the question becomes who do we root for to help us not land in Belton in the first round?

I'm not sure there's any one you can root for to help that. HSU is at the mercy of the committee.

I know there's no real way to know where we'll go until selection time, but I have to imagine that whatever plays out in the NWC will probably influence what ends up happening with HSU and UMHB.
If Linfield sneaks into the field, and we end up with Whitworth, Linfield, UMHB, and HSU, what does the committee do? Presumably UMHB will host the SCIAC champion, but do they send HSU up to the northwest? Or do they have Linfield and Whitworth play each other and send HSU to a different part of the country?

Not sure if you follow Logan Hansen on Twitter or not but we have been having a conversation about this. His model has Linfield as the 6th most likely pool C team behind John Carroll, St. Thomas, HSU, Muhlenberg and Wheaton so it would seem you would want any or all of them to lose. I wouldn't wish a conference rematch on anybody out there but if Linfield is in the field it would seem they have to replay Whitworth  which leaves HSU, the SCIAC champ  and UMHB. Guess they could still make UMHB and HSU play each other in the first round and then fly the SCIAC champ somewhere else though.

[HSUDAD]

While it is not nearly as exciting as a quarterback conundrum (jk, I get it, we have to have something to talk about right)...here are some thoughts on the Cowboys.

First the bad, waaaaayyyyy too many careless penalties Saturday that kept Southwestern hanging around, seven of which extended drives.  Second, to the DB's coach from Southwestern, not cool to be barking obscenities during pre-game from the 50 yard line toward the HSU players, I get trying to hype your team up, but I would leave it to your players.
(especially if you don't have the secondary to back your barking up, they were torched all day). 

Which brings me to the good!  For two years I have wanted to see a vertical passing game (other than a scramble drill that ends up being a deep ball), and for the past two games I have seen that.  The addition of Kevi Evans and Rae Milsap at receiver, as well as finding a replacement to Hemphill in the form of Bryson Hammonds has opened things up tremendously for our offense.  It is exciting.  Now I am not going to say "Bring on the Cru" or anything stupid like that!  I will say though when we left the Cruthedral a few weeks back, I was not looking forward to a rematch in the playoffs, just felt like we didn't have any answers offensively.  The past two weeks has given me some hope that we can at least make a better showing than we did the first time. 

Of course all this is contingent on the Cowboys taking care of business, making the long trip to Mississippi and then following that up with our "cross town" game with McMurry, and of course getting one of the at large bids.....

Agree that the offense looked great on Saturday, especially considering we really took our foot off the gas pretty early.
My biggest concern after the game was the number of blown coverages and awful defensive penalties we had. Both are really uncharacteristic of our defense, so hopefully the coaching staff will close any vulnerabilities that Southwestern managed to find.
Now the question becomes who do we root for to help us not land in Belton in the first round?

I'm not sure there's any one you can root for to help that. HSU is at the mercy of the committee.

I know there's no real way to know where we'll go until selection time, but I have to imagine that whatever plays out in the NWC will probably influence what ends up happening with HSU and UMHB.
If Linfield sneaks into the field, and we end up with Whitworth, Linfield, UMHB, and HSU, what does the committee do? Presumably UMHB will host the SCIAC champion, but do they send HSU up to the northwest? Or do they have Linfield and Whitworth play each other and send HSU to a different part of the country?

Not sure if you follow Logan Hansen on Twitter or not but we have been having a conversation about this. His model has Linfield as the 6th most likely pool C team behind John Carroll, St. Thomas, HSU, Muhlenberg and Wheaton so it would seem you would want any or all of them to lose. I wouldn't wish a conference rematch on anybody out there but if Linfield is in the field it would seem they have to replay Whitworth  which leaves HSU, the SCIAC champ  and UMHB. Guess they could still make UMHB and HSU play each other in the first round and then fly the SCIAC champ somewhere else though.

If Linfield were to get in, this is the same scenario I saw playing out.  Linfield vs Whitworth; UMHB vs HSU and only having to fly the SCIAC champ somewhere.  Then again, honestly I have been shocked the past two years with us playing Linfield and not UMHB first round.  You never know what will happen I guess. 

[CowboyAlum261]

While it is not nearly as exciting as a quarterback conundrum (jk, I get it, we have to have something to talk about right)...here are some thoughts on the Cowboys.

First the bad, waaaaayyyyy too many careless penalties Saturday that kept Southwestern hanging around, seven of which extended drives.  Second, to the DB's coach from Southwestern, not cool to be barking obscenities during pre-game from the 50 yard line toward the HSU players, I get trying to hype your team up, but I would leave it to your players.
(especially if you don't have the secondary to back your barking up, they were torched all day). 

Which brings me to the good!  For two years I have wanted to see a vertical passing game (other than a scramble drill that ends up being a deep ball), and for the past two games I have seen that.  The addition of Kevi Evans and Rae Milsap at receiver, as well as finding a replacement to Hemphill in the form of Bryson Hammonds has opened things up tremendously for our offense.  It is exciting.  Now I am not going to say "Bring on the Cru" or anything stupid like that!  I will say though when we left the Cruthedral a few weeks back, I was not looking forward to a rematch in the playoffs, just felt like we didn't have any answers offensively.  The past two weeks has given me some hope that we can at least make a better showing than we did the first time. 

Of course all this is contingent on the Cowboys taking care of business, making the long trip to Mississippi and then following that up with our "cross town" game with McMurry, and of course getting one of the at large bids.....

Agree that the offense looked great on Saturday, especially considering we really took our foot off the gas pretty early.
My biggest concern after the game was the number of blown coverages and awful defensive penalties we had. Both are really uncharacteristic of our defense, so hopefully the coaching staff will close any vulnerabilities that Southwestern managed to find.
Now the question becomes who do we root for to help us not land in Belton in the first round?

I'm not sure there's any one you can root for to help that. HSU is at the mercy of the committee.

I know there's no real way to know where we'll go until selection time, but I have to imagine that whatever plays out in the NWC will probably influence what ends up happening with HSU and UMHB.
If Linfield sneaks into the field, and we end up with Whitworth, Linfield, UMHB, and HSU, what does the committee do? Presumably UMHB will host the SCIAC champion, but do they send HSU up to the northwest? Or do they have Linfield and Whitworth play each other and send HSU to a different part of the country?

Not sure if you follow Logan Hansen on Twitter or not but we have been having a conversation about this. His model has Linfield as the 6th most likely pool C team behind John Carroll, St. Thomas, HSU, Muhlenberg and Wheaton so it would seem you would want any or all of them to lose. I wouldn't wish a conference rematch on anybody out there but if Linfield is in the field it would seem they have to replay Whitworth  which leaves HSU, the SCIAC champ  and UMHB. Guess they could still make UMHB and HSU play each other in the first round and then fly the SCIAC champ somewhere else though.

If Linfield were to get in, this is the same scenario I saw playing out.  Linfield vs Whitworth; UMHB vs HSU and only having to fly the SCIAC champ somewhere.  Then again, honestly I have been shocked the past two years with us playing Linfield and not UMHB first round.  You never know what will happen I guess.

I just have a hard time believing that the committee would give a #1 seeded defending national runner-up a top 10 team in the first round, especially if it would only cost one extra flight like it has the last two years. If Linfield doesn't make it in, a Whitworth/HSU game and a UMHB/SCIAC game would seem to be what is most likely, given what's happened the last two years.

[HSUCowboy2015]

While it is not nearly as exciting as a quarterback conundrum (jk, I get it, we have to have something to talk about right)...here are some thoughts on the Cowboys.

First the bad, waaaaayyyyy too many careless penalties Saturday that kept Southwestern hanging around, seven of which extended drives.  Second, to the DB's coach from Southwestern, not cool to be barking obscenities during pre-game from the 50 yard line toward the HSU players, I get trying to hype your team up, but I would leave it to your players.
(especially if you don't have the secondary to back your barking up, they were torched all day). 

Which brings me to the good!  For two years I have wanted to see a vertical passing game (other than a scramble drill that ends up being a deep ball), and for the past two games I have seen that.  The addition of Kevi Evans and Rae Milsap at receiver, as well as finding a replacement to Hemphill in the form of Bryson Hammonds has opened things up tremendously for our offense.  It is exciting.  Now I am not going to say "Bring on the Cru" or anything stupid like that!  I will say though when we left the Cruthedral a few weeks back, I was not looking forward to a rematch in the playoffs, just felt like we didn't have any answers offensively.  The past two weeks has given me some hope that we can at least make a better showing than we did the first time. 

Of course all this is contingent on the Cowboys taking care of business, making the long trip to Mississippi and then following that up with our "cross town" game with McMurry, and of course getting one of the at large bids.....

Agree that the offense looked great on Saturday, especially considering we really took our foot off the gas pretty early.
My biggest concern after the game was the number of blown coverages and awful defensive penalties we had. Both are really uncharacteristic of our defense, so hopefully the coaching staff will close any vulnerabilities that Southwestern managed to find.
Now the question becomes who do we root for to help us not land in Belton in the first round?

I'm not sure there's any one you can root for to help that. HSU is at the mercy of the committee.

I know there's no real way to know where we'll go until selection time, but I have to imagine that whatever plays out in the NWC will probably influence what ends up happening with HSU and UMHB.
If Linfield sneaks into the field, and we end up with Whitworth, Linfield, UMHB, and HSU, what does the committee do? Presumably UMHB will host the SCIAC champion, but do they send HSU up to the northwest? Or do they have Linfield and Whitworth play each other and send HSU to a different part of the country?

Not sure if you follow Logan Hansen on Twitter or not but we have been having a conversation about this. His model has Linfield as the 6th most likely pool C team behind John Carroll, St. Thomas, HSU, Muhlenberg and Wheaton so it would seem you would want any or all of them to lose. I wouldn't wish a conference rematch on anybody out there but if Linfield is in the field it would seem they have to replay Whitworth  which leaves HSU, the SCIAC champ  and UMHB. Guess they could still make UMHB and HSU play each other in the first round and then fly the SCIAC champ somewhere else though.

If Linfield were to get in, this is the same scenario I saw playing out.  Linfield vs Whitworth; UMHB vs HSU and only having to fly the SCIAC champ somewhere.  Then again, honestly I have been shocked the past two years with us playing Linfield and not UMHB first round.  You never know what will happen I guess.

I just have a hard time believing that the committee would give a #1 seeded defending national runner-up a top 10 team in the first round, especially if it would only cost one extra flight like it has the last two years. If Linfield doesn't make it in, a Whitworth/HSU game and a UMHB/SCIAC game would seem to be what is most likely, given what's happened the last two years.

I am going to second that. It's not the rankings that make me believe this, but from past history I think that UMHB will get the "lesser" opponent and then the committee banks on HSU winning their game is Spokane. (Hopefully we come through unlike last year). Here's to hoping that this is what happens. I like what HSUDAD has said, after our loss to UMHB I was very very worried about us as an offense moving forward. I have been critical of our OC as of late, but need to give him credit for making adjustments of getting Rae Millsap and Kevi Evans more involved, and moving Hammonds into the RB position. I feel better if we have to go into Belton than I would have, but we all know what UMHB is about. Should be a fun couple of weeks ahead!

[crufootball]

While it is not nearly as exciting as a quarterback conundrum (jk, I get it, we have to have something to talk about right)...here are some thoughts on the Cowboys.

First the bad, waaaaayyyyy too many careless penalties Saturday that kept Southwestern hanging around, seven of which extended drives.  Second, to the DB's coach from Southwestern, not cool to be barking obscenities during pre-game from the 50 yard line toward the HSU players, I get trying to hype your team up, but I would leave it to your players.
(especially if you don't have the secondary to back your barking up, they were torched all day). 

Which brings me to the good!  For two years I have wanted to see a vertical passing game (other than a scramble drill that ends up being a deep ball), and for the past two games I have seen that.  The addition of Kevi Evans and Rae Milsap at receiver, as well as finding a replacement to Hemphill in the form of Bryson Hammonds has opened things up tremendously for our offense.  It is exciting.  Now I am not going to say "Bring on the Cru" or anything stupid like that!  I will say though when we left the Cruthedral a few weeks back, I was not looking forward to a rematch in the playoffs, just felt like we didn't have any answers offensively.  The past two weeks has given me some hope that we can at least make a better showing than we did the first time. 

Of course all this is contingent on the Cowboys taking care of business, making the long trip to Mississippi and then following that up with our "cross town" game with McMurry, and of course getting one of the at large bids.....

Agree that the offense looked great on Saturday, especially considering we really took our foot off the gas pretty early.
My biggest concern after the game was the number of blown coverages and awful defensive penalties we had. Both are really uncharacteristic of our defense, so hopefully the coaching staff will close any vulnerabilities that Southwestern managed to find.
Now the question becomes who do we root for to help us not land in Belton in the first round?

I'm not sure there's any one you can root for to help that. HSU is at the mercy of the committee.

I know there's no real way to know where we'll go until selection time, but I have to imagine that whatever plays out in the NWC will probably influence what ends up happening with HSU and UMHB.
If Linfield sneaks into the field, and we end up with Whitworth, Linfield, UMHB, and HSU, what does the committee do? Presumably UMHB will host the SCIAC champion, but do they send HSU up to the northwest? Or do they have Linfield and Whitworth play each other and send HSU to a different part of the country?

Not sure if you follow Logan Hansen on Twitter or not but we have been having a conversation about this. His model has Linfield as the 6th most likely pool C team behind John Carroll, St. Thomas, HSU, Muhlenberg and Wheaton so it would seem you would want any or all of them to lose. I wouldn't wish a conference rematch on anybody out there but if Linfield is in the field it would seem they have to replay Whitworth  which leaves HSU, the SCIAC champ  and UMHB. Guess they could still make UMHB and HSU play each other in the first round and then fly the SCIAC champ somewhere else though.

If Linfield were to get in, this is the same scenario I saw playing out.  Linfield vs Whitworth; UMHB vs HSU and only having to fly the SCIAC champ somewhere.  Then again, honestly I have been shocked the past two years with us playing Linfield and not UMHB first round.  You never know what will happen I guess.

I just have a hard time believing that the committee would give a #1 seeded defending national runner-up a top 10 team in the first round, especially if it would only cost one extra flight like it has the last two years. If Linfield doesn't make it in, a Whitworth/HSU game and a UMHB/SCIAC game would seem to be what is most likely, given what's happened the last two years.

I am going to second that. It's not the rankings that make me believe this, but from past history I think that UMHB will get the "lesser" opponent and then the committee banks on HSU winning their game is Spokane. (Hopefully we come through unlike last year). Here's to hoping that this is what happens. I like what HSUDAD has said, after our loss to UMHB I was very very worried about us as an offense moving forward. I have been critical of our OC as of late, but need to give him credit for making adjustments of getting Rae Millsap and Kevi Evans more involved, and moving Hammonds into the RB position. I feel better if we have to go into Belton than I would have, but we all know what UMHB is about. Should be a fun couple of weeks ahead!

I would think and hope so too but I won't believe it till I see it. Of course all of that is relying on Linfield making the field at all which at this point is 50/50 at best. Will be interesting to see how the regional rankings come out.

[skunks_sidekick]

50/50?  Hardly.  There will be have to be some crazy stars alignment, witches doing chants, and the committee doing ganga to make that happen.  OR, a bunch of teams losing in the last few weeks. 

It is almost Halloween!   

[SaintsFAN]

50/50?  Hardly.  There will be have to be some crazy stars alignment, witches doing chants, and the committee doing ganga to make that happen.  OR, a bunch of teams losing in the last few weeks. 

It is almost Halloween!   

Its ganja (I've heard)