Pool B

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PA_wesleyfan

Um Conrad!!!!

Giving quizzes all day in class today????
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Quote from: PA_wesleyfan on September 18, 2007, 04:53:41 PM
Um Conrad!!!!

Giving quizzes all day in class today????

Just during my planning time.

Bob.Gregg

Quote from: Conrad on September 18, 2007, 12:25:20 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on September 18, 2007, 11:48:09 AM
It's really only instructive to look at regional records, or records against D-III teams, for something like this. Games against non-D3 teams almost never get taken into consideration.
Well that makes a helluva lot more work for me! ;D

Actually, it'll make a lot less work.

Let things ride for another month.  Then, scoop the top 10 "B" eligible teams and work from there.  No sense (short of dealing with utter boredom) to even start tracking "B" teams yet.
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2007 Football Handbook is out.  There are 3 Pool B bids this year.  (Also, 22 Pool A bids and 7 Pool C Bids.)

AUPepBand

Okay, please forgive Pep's laziness because Pep knows the info is somewhere on this website (is there any D3 football-related info that isn't?) but how does that compare to 2006?
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Quote from: AUPepBand on September 22, 2007, 05:47:58 AM
Okay, please forgive Pep's laziness because Pep knows the info is somewhere on this website (is there any D3 football-related info that isn't?) but how does that compare to 2006?
The Strength of Schedule calculation changes from the Quality of Wins Index (QOWI)   calculation to a more formal power index considering opponents' winning percentage (OWP) and the opponents' opponents' winning percentage (OOWP) and instructions as to how to calculated it.

Also, the Presidents AC earned its Pool A bid.

2006 D3 Football Handbook

ADL70

Forgive me if I missed it, but the Handbook still doesn't tell us how many Pool Bs does it?
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Quote from: Ralph Turner on September 21, 2007, 05:27:06 PM
2007 Football Handbook is out.  There are 3 Pool B bids this year.  (Also, 22 Pool A bids and 7 Pool C Bids.)
Good morning, cwru70.

Three teams this year, as we suspected.

In 2008, we wonder:

if the Northwest Conference gets it Pool A (taking one from Pool B).

if the Northern Athletics Conference will earn a Pool A bid in their first season (as most of them pick up where the IBFC left off).

if the moving of Brockport State to the NJAC will impact the Pool B numbers.

Ralph Turner

Tonight in the Northwest Conference, Willamette 33, Linfield 32.

Linfield is 0-1 in the Northwest Conference and 1-1 in the West Region games.  The Wildcats have 5 in-region games (all NWC including Pac Luth) left.  Linfield must run the table to earn a bid.

K-Mack

Question was asked in the Dose, figure my answer would fit in the conversation here:

Quote#  northwr87 Says:
September 28th, 2007 at 8:53 pm e

You guys said you thought Case would make the playoffs even after losing to Wash U at home. What then do you think about Wash U's playoff chances after their win at NCC?

Quote#  D3Keith Says:
September 29th, 2007 at 11:43 pm e

Re: Wash U.

Pool B (non-automatic bid conferences) is guaranteed three of the 32 playoff slots, then extras are grouped in with the Pool A (automatic bid conferences) runners up for the 7 at-large bids.

So to accurately project what Wash U's chances are, we'd first have to know the strength of those two pools.

Just sticking to the three spots in B, the PAC is no longer a Pool B conference, getting its automatic bid this year. That leaves the NWC, ACFC, UAA and independents (somebody let me know if I'm forgetting anyone)

So Wash U's resume is going to go up against that of Linfield, Wesley, Salisbury etc. for the three spots.

The Wheaton loss was bad in that case, but technically it's a loss to a North Region team and Wash U. is in the South, which, without getting too technical, is a good thing for Wash U.

To be blunt, I'd say Wash U. has to run the table, which means winning at Carnegie Mellon and sweeping the UAA, to be able to stack up with the best of the NWC and ACFC, although Wesley and Linfield each already have one loss.

So stay tuned.
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Please remember K-Mack, Missouri and Illinois are states that are in Administrative Region #4, so that Wheaton/WashUStL game was "in-region", just like HSU-Linfield.

The Northwest Conference may be sweating a Pool B Bid, especially if Pac Luth, Willamette, Linfield and Whitworth have the usual NWC knock-down/drag-out. :)

K-Mack

Quote from: Ralph Turner on September 29, 2007, 11:59:06 PM
Please remember K-Mack, Missouri and Illinois are states that are in Administrative Region #4, so that Wheaton/WashUStL game was "in-region", just like HSU-Linfield.

The Northwest Conference may be sweating a Pool B Bid, especially if Pac Luth, Willamette, Linfield and Whitworth have the usual NWC knock-down/drag-out. :)

Oh yeah, I forgot about how they changed the in-region rules.

Which is fine, I never liked them anyway.

Short story long, I don't get too into playoff specifics until we get down to the wire, as you can spend hours analyzing the chances of teams that go out and eliminate themselves.

Week 7 or 8, we can start seriously talking criteria, and I'll be remembering all the little details around then. In the meantime, let these guys establish their bodies of work.

If today's top 25 carnage was any indication, doesn't look like there will be 9-1 teams sitting home Selection Sunday this season.
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Pat Coleman

Good news is that we mark regional games on the schedule to avoid confusion. :)
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K-Mack

Quote from: Pat Coleman on September 30, 2007, 12:18:46 AM
Good news is that we mark regional games on the schedule to avoid confusion. :)

Avoiding confusion, how's that working out, smart guy?
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Great for people who check the schedule. :)
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