South Region playoffs

[Bill McCabe]

Trust me I am far from engraving the National Championship trophy or making reservations for the Stagg Bowl. I just honestly think that Thiel or W&J could compete with a Mount Union team in a playoff type atmosphere. I am not saying they would be them, but it would be a game that was interesting to both sides for a good portion of the game.

Unless W&J has improved their team speed, I don't think they will match up with Mount.

[PittTBCW]

I am sure glad that DIII football does it right and has a playoff system. I especially like that 4 more teams get in this year. I wish that the NCAA would do something like this in DI-A.


Pat,

How do I get Karma up?

[Bob.Gregg]

How do I get Karma up?

I just helped you....

[PittTBCW]

Thanks

Bob


I will tell Dawson you said hello.

I coach with him

[ThielFan]

Oh, let's be reasonable. Being down 21-0 to Waynesburg is the equivalent of being down 56-0 on Mount Union. That's just reality. Mount Union doesn't make unforced mistakes.

Pat,

Let me get this right then...If being down 21-0 and coming back vs Waynesburg is the same as being down 56-0 and coming back vs Mount. Wow you are really turning into a Tomcat fan!!! (HAHA)

I love all of the Thiel doubters!!!

Pitt, I think you are missing the point here... if Thiel makes those kind of mistakes they did on Saturday against playoff quality opposition, you are going to be down a lot more than 21 points, and you're NOT going to be able to get back into the game.  I love Thiel, but they ARE mortal.  They've had three really close games that all turned out in their favor, and I'd love to see them turn out a decisive victory against a really good opponent before I'm going to mention them in the same breath as Mount Union, or Rowan, or anybody else.  That being said, they've put themselves in a really great position to win the PAC and even possibly go to the Division III playoffs.  If they manage that, then they'll get a chance to prove their credentials on the field against the nation's best.  Until then, it's one game at a time, going 1-0 every week.

GO CATS!

[spliskin]

Pat,

How do I get Karma up?

Quit being a knuckle-head on these boards and your Karma might climb. Thiel has improved greatly, but you're being ridiculous with your statements and asking to get knocked down. Nobody on the face of the earth, except those with emotion tied to the T-Cats, will believe they can compete with Mount Union. All they need to do is keep winning games to put themselves in position to take a shot. Your like Thiel's worst nightmare with your prognosticating & boasting. You keep saying "Stay focused men, one game at a time, Yada, Yada", and you keep focusing on sh*t that is irrelevant & may never even happen. Take your own advice and focus one week at a time.

[evacuee]

Are conference champs always seeded higher than Pool B bids? 

[Llamaguy]

Are conference champs always seeded higher than Pool B bids? 

Nope. As Pat stated earlier, the selection committee selects 32 teams to be in the playoff. 21 enter as Conference champions (Pool A), 4 enter as Pool B(teams in conferences without an auto-bid), 7 enter as Pool C teams. 4 new spots in Pool C this year, which are available to any remaining Pool B teams and any non-Conference champions not already in the playoffs.

Once the field is set at 32, then they are split into 4 regions of 8 and each seeded comparatively amongst those 8 in each region. That being said, seeding does not mean you host or match-up 1 vs. 8 , etc. The almightly travel dollar dictates who plays who in the early rounds of the playoffs. But atleast we have a playoff so I can live with that.

[evacuee]

I'm just looking for Trinity to win out and head to Abilene to play HSU.  My guess is that if HSU wins out, UMHB will likely not make it due to Howard Payne's record and the fact that they would have 2 losses.  If Trinity and HSU are unbeaten, and the ASC only sends one team, will that seal up a Trinity at HSU first round game?

[Ron Boerger]

Yep.

Probably the only way for Trinity to get a home playoff game is to win out and have either ETBU or UMHB win out.   TU would likely host the ASC runner-up in that scenario. 

[Llamaguy]

I'm just looking for Trinity to win out and head to Abilene to play HSU.  My guess is that if HSU wins out, UMHB will likely not make it due to Howard Payne's record and the fact that they would have 2 losses.  If Trinity and HSU are unbeaten, and the ASC only sends one team, will that seal up a Trinity at HSU first round game?

If they are the only 2 Texas teams to get in thats very possible. You still have a few options to stay home though:

• ETBU - only 1 in region loss to HSU and should they beat UMHB would probably get in.
• Depauw - only 1 in region loss and if gets in would probably go to HSU, although they could just send them to Trinity to see what would have happened in the regular season. Trinty would get home field by being undefeated.
• Hundington - only 1 loss in region. It would take alot of other 1 losses to lose in region, but is possible.

If there are 3 deep South region/ TX teams in I think HSU & Trinity host week 1(ie. someone flys in to play one of them) and the winners play each other in the 2nd round. This is the previously know "Texas Sub-regional bracket". 

I would have also mentioned Centre but assumed Trinity will give them their 2nd in region loss.

[Ralph Turner]

What would be interesting is what to do with a single Texas playoff team.

HSU could be placed anywhere the committee wished.

Every opponent is a flight, as might it be with Linfield if there is no Pool B/C for the NWC runner-up.

[Toby Taff]

Ralph,

Don't Texas teams like road games?

My question about Trinity vs ASC #2. Hasn't that worked out poorly for TU over the past couple of years?

[Ralph Turner]

UMHB, they do like road games there in Belton, don't they!

If, DPU won the SCAC, and Trinity did not get the Pool C, and ETBU/UMHB/HPU folded, then what does the HSU bracket look like?  Where do you seed HSU?   On top and flying up to 3 teams into Abilene?

One other queston for someone with a Streets and Trips...

I think that Huntingdon in Montgomery is just under 500 miles from ETBU in Marshall TX by the way that I would drive it.  Am I correct? 

[Ron Boerger]

Ralph,

Don't Texas teams like road games?

My question about Trinity vs ASC #2. Hasn't that worked out poorly for TU over the past couple of years?

Trinity only played "ASC #2" last year.  They travelled (and lost in OT) to conference (tri-) champion ETBU the year before.