FB: Northwest Conference

[PA cat]

Bottom line is- win one at a time- play them wherever the game is scheduled. I'm anxious to see the 'Cats with a chip on their shoulder. Coach Smith will know how to handle this snub professionally.

[Gray Fox]

Strange playoff selections!!

Linfield is in the same bracket as two Calif, teams (West region), 3 Texas teams (South), one Delaware team (South) and one New York (East) team. 

And if we are fortunate to win 3 games, we could play Mount Union in the semis!

WOW!   The NCAA really shook it up this year.

George

GO CATS! GO!

This saves a lot of money if form holds.

[D O.C.]

downtown48, where you been all season. Missed you.

[PA cat]

linfield guys, looks like we may get the match up we have talked about on occasion in the past.  i dont know if anyone was as lost as i was as i watched the show, thought they had just put them up in any order.  i really like it as it takes all the whining out of it, or most of it.  good luck in round 1, will really hope to see you in round 2.  always like seeing new teams.

Like seeing new teams, too. After all of our whining Wesley had the much higher SOS. We both take care of business in the first round and then see you in round 2!

[criswyly]

I ain't lookin past CLU....

[criswyly]

Would have been more interesting to have someone different in the first round though.

[GO LC]

Go LC...if you would have heard #7 running his mouth and posturing last year on Palentine Hill you might understand a little better. And come on, calling a player by name and number disrespectful?  Wow pretty sensitive. You don't think the cats get that everywhere they go.  Comes with the territory of being a target.  After this year, don't expect anyone to feel sorry for
LC any longer.  Time to buckle up the chin strap.

That's a kid most likely in support of his team.  I'm sure he was wishing he could have been on the field.  How do you think he felt seeing what was happening.  The bottom line is...Linfield has been winning for years.  There is no question about that and it's agreed that the better team won.  Sensitive no..  Welch's dad is a guy that has been a coach for a lot of years but he's a dad first and isn't the type of guy to stand around and have grown adults hollering out his kid's name or any other kid's name and number to get him and calling him a skinny something or other.  That's a personal attack and that's something he's not gonna sit there and listen to and not say anything.  Was anyone asking for sympathy??  I don't think so.  All of the Pio supporters are happy with their season and hope to keep getting better.  The best team won and wish the Cat's success in the playoffs. 

[bluenote]

Screwy bracket if you ask me.....why not send CLU to UMHB and Redlands to Linfield for a change of pace? Why not?...because CLU probably would have a good chance of knocking off UMHB in the 1st round. Look at the other brackets....only 1 or 2 very tough teams in each bracket whereas we have 5-6. Dumb. We SHOULD have a chip on our shoulder after that shaft.

[D O.C.]

Cannot overlook ANY team in this second season, BUT, I have been opening my mouth about Wesley for a couple of years....

(I WOULD trade places with UWW if they let us  )

Wow, take care of business and potentially playing solutes, Wesley, UMHB and UMU consecutive weekends.

[PA cat]

Let's just have CLU join the NWC and take care of this issue only ONCE a year.

[Pat Coleman]

According to this bracket, Linfield is rated by the committee at the same level as- Centre, Kean, and Johns Hopkins. Hmmm. doesn't look like regional rankings mean much.

No. At the same level as Kean, Illinois Wesleyan and North Central. Remember the bottom brackets are mirror images of the top.

[Pat Coleman]

Screwy bracket if you ask me.....why not send CLU to UMHB and Redlands to Linfield for a change of pace? Why not?...because CLU probably would have a good chance of knocking off UMHB in the 1st round. Look at the other brackets....only 1 or 2 very tough teams in each bracket whereas we have 5-6. Dumb. We SHOULD have a chip on our shoulder after that shaft.

Looking at what Trinity and Redlands have done this year, scores and the like, I'm not sure your count matches mine.

[PA cat]

According to this bracket, Linfield is rated by the committee at the same level as- Centre, Kean, and Johns Hopkins. Hmmm. doesn't look like regional rankings mean much.

No. At the same level as Kean, Illinois Wesleyan and North Central. Remember the bottom brackets are mirror images of the top.

Point taken. Looks like it's time to earn our way to Salem. Getting through this end of the bracket would be a historic feat- and fun to watch!

[Las Vegas Wildcards]

Screwy bracket if you ask me.....why not send CLU to UMHB and Redlands to Linfield for a change of pace? Why not?...because CLU probably would have a good chance of knocking off UMHB in the 1st round. Look at the other brackets....only 1 or 2 very tough teams in each bracket whereas we have 5-6. Dumb. We SHOULD have a chip on our shoulder after that shaft.

Looking at what Trinity and Redlands have done this year, scores and the like, I'm not sure your count matches mine.

Pat, is there a typo in the D3 playoff bracket concerning the date of the national title game? I see December 16th listed, but that doesn't make sense, because that date falls on a Friday.

[Pat Coleman]

News from some weeks back:

http://www.d3football.com/notables/2011/09/stagg-bowl-moves-to-friday-night