South Region playoffs

[Bill McCabe]

Why would the NCAA abandon the Texas Sub-regional? 

[HSC85]

HSC is within 500 miles of Centre, Thomas More, JHU, Wesley, Salisbury and possibly others in other regions.  The KY schools are more than 500 miles from JHU, Wesley and Salisbury.  It makes sense to see HSC and CNU go to some combination of JHU, Wesley, or Salisbury.  By doing this you still have a guaranteed bus game in the second round even if there would be two upsets.  I predict a Texas sub-bracket.  I just do not know the team that would be flown in to fill it out.  It could be HSC or CNU.  However with a flight, it could be anyone. 

[CruGuy]

No way the NCAA will pay for three flights to Texas with three schools there.  McM at Trinity (or given today's result maybe even Trinity at McM  ), bet on it.   Way too much precedent for the AA to start worrying about being fair at this stage.

There was a point today when I was following JHU, ahead by 4, and Trinity, only up 7-0.

I could imagine McMurry at #3 in the South Region.

Pat and company have Trinity (#4 south) going to UMHB (#1) now and McM (as a #7 in the west region, really??) going to Linfield.

As an alum of UMHB, I didn't like that bracket at all. Easily the worst possible scenario for a well established #1. I don't see the NCAA shipping McMurry out west though. Makes too much sense to have Texas sub-bracket.

[Ralph Turner]

D3football.com has projected the best of possible brackets, geographic proximity considered..

It is possible for McMurry to meet UMHB in Salem for the Stagg Bowl.

All of one, one for all!

We find out at 5pm CST.

[Toby Taff]

D3football.com has projected the best of possible brackets, geographic proximity considered..

It is possible for McMurry to meet UMHB in Salem for the Stagg Bowl.

All of one, one for all!

We find out at 5pm CST.

I'm for a potential all ASC Stagg

[Ralph Turner]

South Region teams are scattered over all four brackets!

UWW bracket:  Thomas More and CNU

Tommies bracket:  Johns Hopkins

Mount Union:  Centre hosts Hampden-Sydney

UMHB bracket:  Redlands at UMHB; McMurry at Trinity TX; Hobart at Wesley

[D O.C.]

Congrats for getting your team in there before you're out the door, Old Timer.
Will you get to see Saturday's game, Ralph?

[Ralph Turner]

Congrats for getting your team in there before you're out the door, Old Timer.
Will you get to see Saturday's game, Ralph?

I cannot get to SAT but I hope to drive down to Belton the next weekend if we beat TU.

The poignancy for the Seniors is that the first game they played as Freshmen was against Trinity at Stevens in 2008, a 48-18 loss. As sophs, they lost the first game of the Mumme era to Trinity, 31-26 on an incredible "double fumble"/fumble and strip.

http://www.d3boards.com/index.php?topic=3803.9795 and following posts

[Ralph Turner]

The UMHB bracket is this year's candidate for the "Bracket of Death"

#4  hosts  #14
#15 hosts #19
#5 hosts #8
#7 hosts RV #31

[Teamski]

I am excited!  This is gonna be cool!   

-Ski

[D O.C.]

I have reason to believe this is the best "South" bracket ever.

[wesleydad]

hard to argue that.  take out hobart who is unranked and you still have 7, 4 in the top ten, ranked teams.  dont recall seeing that in all the years of "south bracket"'s since i have been following d3.  it will be fun to see how each region fars against the other with the cross over games.  there has been debate about how to compare regions when they dont play each other, well this will put that out into the open.  cant argue actual game results.  only 2 more days until game time. 

[D O.C.]

wesleydad....what board do Wesley fans play on?  I cannot find them all year - lucky you.

[wesleydad]

DOC we are on the acfc board.  not many of us, me, teamski, pawesleyfan, and waterboy for the most part.  beenhittohard is a transplanted mount fan who travels to wesley to see good football, compliment to wesley.

[CNU85]

Wesleydad,

Give me a short scouting report on Kean if you have time. Good luck tomorrow!!