FB: American Southwest Conference

[cgmatch]

Who is to even say that LC would not have beat UMHB.  Maybe it's a good thing for the CRU!!!

Just trying to rattle a few cages!!!


Have a safe week to everyone traveling, and best wishes to those who have been affected, are being affected and will be affected by the weather that has been going on down south.

[Norman]

I bet (and hope) none of the D3football.com voters will reply to you.  So here is a brief explaination;

TLU lost by a combined 15 points to the #2 (MHB) and #13 (Trinity) teams in the country.  Both games were on the road too.

Basically, there are games that can be considered "impressive losses."

TLU began the season ranked "#30" ... I'm pretty sure starting 0-2 by losing to the #2 and #13 teams by a combined 15 points warrants respect and a drop of only four spots (to "#34").

OKAY: what about your #13 team bairly beating Austin College a few weeks ago.  HAVE YOU SEEN THOSE GUYS PLAY??  They are awful.  My major point is this.  To a certain extent, in D3 football you can have a national poll.  I just feel like it is humorous to see an 0-2 team ranked.  I will keep my mouth shut until McM upsets #21 in the nation.  Then I will be asking why McM isn't ranked in the top 20 next week.

[sthrncwby]

Just win all the games and there shouldnt be a problem.  The three way tie a couple years back was a huge mistake.  TLU went to the playoffs and didnt deserve to be there.  UMHB should have gone, they were the better team that year.

[cover2]

I think you mean ETBU went to the playoffs, not TLU. 

[cgmatch]

I thought it was ETBU that went to the playoffs?

[Kelly Boggs]

It was 2003 and it was ETBU that was in the playoffs. The Tigers lost to Lycoming 13-7 in the second round of the playoffs. They beat Trinity in the first round.

[cgmatch]

Sorry about the double post cover2

[Pat Coleman]

Norman:

They are not ranked. Twenty-five teams are ranked. Everyone else is "Others receiving votes" and that is why they are clearly delineated as such in our poll.

[Bill McCabe]

Just win all the games and there shouldnt be a problem.  The three way tie a couple years back was a huge mistake.  TLU went to the playoffs and didnt deserve to be there.  UMHB should have gone, they were the better team that year.

While I'm a UMHB fan, ETBU did what they had to under the rules to make the playoffs.  The Cru let the game get away from them against ETBU, but ETBU made a lot of big plays in that game.

[Norman]

Norman:

They are not ranked. Twenty-five teams are ranked. Everyone else is "Others receiving votes" and that is why they are clearly delineated as such in our poll.

I understand that they are not recognized in the D3football.com poll.  However, I am not some idiot that it just making things up.  Read:

http://www.tlu.edu/athletics/football/news/050920_polls.html

[Ron Boerger]

So go complain to Don Hansen; nobody here has anything to do with his ratings.  A few people gave TLU votes in the D3football.com poll, and exactly one coach gave TLU one 25th place vote in the AFCA poll.   

BTW, kid's team isn't Trinity, it's Bridgewater.   

[Pat Coleman]

Norman,

What Ron said. We couldn't care less what Don Hansen ranks teams as.

[CruGuy]

I was just wondering if the crusaders not playing their game this weekend has any conference championship/playoff implications...if that triangle deal that was mentioned earlier up the board was to happen and umhb, hsu, and tlu all had one conference loss and if umhb had one less conference win than both of them, would that affect the ranking any ?

[sthrncwby]

sorry about the misprint TLU/ETBU.  I saw HSU play both ETBU and UMHB that year.  UMHB was the better of the three.  Yeah, any given saturday... you can win or lose.  I know.

[sthrncwby]

I bet (and hope) none of the D3football.com voters will reply to you.  So here is a brief explaination;

TLU lost by a combined 15 points to the #2 (MHB) and #13 (Trinity) teams in the country.  Both games were on the road too.

Basically, there are games that can be considered "impressive losses."

TLU began the season ranked "#30" ... I'm pretty sure starting 0-2 by losing to the #2 and #13 teams by a combined 15 points warrants respect and a drop of only four spots (to "#34").

Yeah but to be 0-2 and still be on the board like that is not right.  I doubt they have a chance at the conference championship.  Not impossible, but I doubt it.

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