South Region playoffs

[Ron Boerger]

That's week 11, actually.

And Ron..

Ain't gonna happen...(I am bound to say that...)

I only talk about possibilities

[religion_major]

I would see Johns Hopkins as a #8 seed getting punished with a flight to Texas as opposed to Bridgewater.  Remember Hopkins is right next to BWI airport where as the nearest airport to BC is at least two hours away.  I would see John Carroll to Thiel, BC to Ferrum and Hopkins to UMHB as opposed to BC to UMHB.  Geographicly is does not make sense to give John Carroll a 500 mile bus ride, JHU as long bus ride and BC a flight when BC could take a short bus ride to Ferrum, John Carroll could have a more reasonable bus ride to Thiel and the NCAA could save money on a bus to the airport for Hopkins and still keep the Texas sub-regional in order.  Just my geographic two cents...

[Hug]

rm,

yep!

[Llamaguy]

Aw llamguy, we would love to have Bridgewater come to Belton!

As would I Ralph. For the South Region Championship! I prefer a little less travel the first two weeks, but thats just me.

Afterall, to get to the Stagg you have to beat good teams each week.
Bring it on!

[Hug]

Who has a link to get to the NCAA regional rankings page?

[Ron Boerger]

http://www.ncaasports.com/football/mens/polls/polls/diviii

[Hug]

Thank you Ron.

[mizzou_mafia]

I posted this on the ODAC board, but think it also fits in well here.

I was just looking at the South Region Rankings put up on Oct 26.  I've been trying to figure out what exactly they were thinking in putting together their rankings.  Here's a thought:  Maybe they seeded the teams the way they wanted them to pair up.  In other words, the seedings were more of a pairing.

I know that the NCAA guidelines advise to keep conference teams from playing each other in the first round, if they can work it out in the geography.  But...

1. Trinity (Texas) 5-0 6-0
2. Ferrum 7-0 7-0
3. Mary Hardin-Baylor 4-1 5-1
4. Thiel 7-0 7-0
5. Bridgewater (Virginia) 4-1 5-1
6. Hardin-Simmons 5-1 6-1
7. Johns Hopkins 6-0 7-0
8. Salisbury 2-0 6-1

At that point I could have seen 1v8, 2v7, 3v6, 4v5...with the committee forgetting about the 'in-conference' thing.

We could follow this train of thinking further and include some of Pat's insights by moving John Carroll to the South.

The 6 seed from the north, John Carroll could fill HSU's spot in the above scenario, and HSU could fill any vacancy left in the West by an IIAC school falling out of the rankings.

[Josh Bowerman]

If that's the case, does HSU get a home game?

[mizzou_mafia]

Well, let's just say of the top 10 in the West Region right now, Whitworth could drive to Linfield, but after that, who's going to fly into Occidental (Pat's projected 3 seed in the West).  Maybe the 6 seed in the South (HSU)...a team that someone would have to fly to anyway.   Of course, it could by UMHB too...

Just some thoughts to make you Texas boys even more antsy..

[mizzou_mafia]

And Josh, if that happens, I'd think HSU would be the road team...UMHB...I'm not sure if they'd get home or away against Occidental...haven't compared those numbers. 

In any case, if the Texas team won, they'd likely get a trip to Linfield in the 2nd round

[Pat Coleman]

Yes, rooting for Pool C teams to lose can help but better for W&J if Pool B teams lose.

[Pat Coleman]

Well, let's just say of the top 10 in the West Region right now, Whitworth could drive to Linfield, but after that, who's going to fly into Occidental (Pat's projected 3 seed in the West).  Maybe the 6 seed in the South (HSU)...a team that someone would have to fly to anyway.   Of course, it could by UMHB too...

Just some thoughts to make you Texas boys even more antsy..

That's always possible, too. I did glance at that possibility last night. Basketball has done it.

[Toby Taff]

Well, let's just say of the top 10 in the West Region right now, Whitworth could drive to Linfield, but after that, who's going to fly into Occidental (Pat's projected 3 seed in the West).  Maybe the 6 seed in the South (HSU)...a team that someone would have to fly to anyway.   Of course, it could by UMHB too...

Just some thoughts to make you Texas boys even more antsy..

Hey, that would open up the possibility of an HSU-MHB Stagg Bowl for the rematch!  Talk about making my education more difficult!  Well, at least that would be between semseters. 

[Josh Bowerman]

NCAA poll released for north and east, but not south or west.   

I suppose they're having intern problems--again.