South Region playoffs

[Ron Boerger]

How about this scenario:

Wesley knocks off UMHB
W&J wins at Millsaps

Then, we'll see you all at Cameron Stadium on Saturday, Dec. 6th, for a noon kickoff in the Region Final?

Works for me.

Eliminates airplane trips too. (AA likes that!)

UMHB can bus to Millsaps.   That eliminates a plane trip, too.   

How about busing HSU back to Belton for another game!   

At least Bob's scenario is theoretically possible, Bill.   

[Bill McCabe]

How about this scenario:

Wesley knocks off UMHB
W&J wins at Millsaps

Then, we'll see you all at Cameron Stadium on Saturday, Dec. 6th, for a noon kickoff in the Region Final?

Works for me.

Eliminates airplane trips too. (AA likes that!)

UMHB can bus to Millsaps.   That eliminates a plane trip, too.   

How about busing HSU back to Belton for another game!   

At least Bob's scenario is theoretically possible, Bill.   

I thought we were talking about the NCAA.  They may not have thought of this scenario yet.

[PA_wesleyfan]

Don't let the bean counters here that!!!

[footballfan12]

Pat and Ralph,

I may not be such avid D3 fans. But, I do not think a coach is going to bus his team 8+ hours on a bus to play in an NCAA playoff game. So, you guys make zero sense on that one. So, where do you see a bus trip???

Also, not much talk about Millsaps and W&J. Everyone must think Millsaps is just going to roll to another victory. Should be an interesting one? I think it may be one of the longest football games in NCAA playoffs! The ball may be in the air over 100 times combined. I think if Swallow can complete around 70 percent of his passes W&J will win. That being said, W&J does not fair well in games where their QB throws 50+ times, so Curt Jones will need to run the ball effectively.

Last, it will be interesting to see how W&J defends Millsaps. They do not seem to run the ball much but are very effective when they do. It seems to me that they throw a lot of shorter passes in the 7-10 yard range, more of a spread a defense horizontal approach.

Interested to hear what others have to say. Especially the guys that think a coach would bus his players 8+ hours for a playoff game....

[Teamski]

Pat and Ralph,

  defense horizontal approach.

Interested to hear what others have to say. Especially the guys that think a coach would bus his players 8+ hours for a playoff game....

Um..... the NCAA will only fly teams if the distance is over 500 miles.  So, yeah, a coach may have to bus his team 8 hours if he wants them to play.  Wesley has had some humdingers of a trip this season (Florida, Ohio and upstate NY). 

-Ski

[Ralph Turner]

Pat and Ralph,

I may not be such avid D3 fans. But, I do not think a coach is going to bus his team 8+ hours on a bus to play in an NCAA playoff game. So, you guys make zero sense on that one. So, where do you see a bus trip???

Also, not much talk about Millsaps and W&J. Everyone must think Millsaps is just going to roll to another victory. Should be an interesting one? I think it may be one of the longest football games in NCAA playoffs! The ball may be in the air over 100 times combined. I think if Swallow can complete around 70 percent of his passes W&J will win. That being said, W&J does not fair well in games where their QB throws 50+ times, so Curt Jones will need to run the ball effectively.

Last, it will be interesting to see how W&J defends Millsaps. They do not seem to run the ball much but are very effective when they do. It seems to me that they throw a lot of shorter passes in the 7-10 yard range, more of a spread a defense horizontal approach.

Interested to hear what others have to say. Especially the guys that think a coach would bus his players 8+ hours for a playoff game....

Welcome footballfan12!

Teamski is right!  Welcome to the peculiar world that is D3 football.     As for football in the ASC, McMurry in Abilene TX busses to Clinton MS 577 miles due east on I-20!  There are lots of stories like that in this part of the country, in the ASC and the SCAC.

Help me HSU fans...what are there between HSU (on the north side of Abilene) and Mississippi College's Robinson Stadium?  Five stop lights?  Three in Abilene to get off the campus and on the I-20 and two when you get to the stadium in Clinton?      

(Glad you asked the question.  If you have any question, dumb or not, email me and I will try to answer it for you.  Building the D3fan base is the most important thing on these websites.  I probably speak for most of the veteran posters, too.)

[MajorDad]

Pat and Ralph,

I may not be such avid D3 fans. But, I do not think a coach is going to bus his team 8+ hours on a bus to play in an NCAA playoff game. So, you guys make zero sense on that one. So, where do you see a bus trip???

Also, not much talk about Millsaps and W&J. Everyone must think Millsaps is just going to roll to another victory. Should be an interesting one? I think it may be one of the longest football games in NCAA playoffs! The ball may be in the air over 100 times combined. I think if Swallow can complete around 70 percent of his passes W&J will win. That being said, W&J does not fair well in games where their QB throws 50+ times, so Curt Jones will need to run the ball effectively.

Last, it will be interesting to see how W&J defends Millsaps. They do not seem to run the ball much but are very effective when they do. It seems to me that they throw a lot of shorter passes in the 7-10 yard range, more of a spread a defense horizontal approach.

Interested to hear what others have to say. Especially the guys that think a coach would bus his players 8+ hours for a playoff game....

FBF, I haven't spent any time this week looking at W&J stats and their OPP's. Looking at this past weekend, if this game becomes and aerial show, As was Millsaps game with La Grange, 725yds passing total both teams, i like Millsaps chances in the Red Zone. Even though they gave La Grange 488 total yds, Millsaps had 560 total and scored much more often as depicted by the 51-26 score. It should be something to see for the fans, thats for sure. With all the balls in the air, I think turnovers may dictate the winner of this one...

[Toby Taff]

Pat and Ralph,

I may not be such avid D3 fans. But, I do not think a coach is going to bus his team 8+ hours on a bus to play in an NCAA playoff game. So, you guys make zero sense on that one. So, where do you see a bus trip???

Also, not much talk about Millsaps and W&J. Everyone must think Millsaps is just going to roll to another victory. Should be an interesting one? I think it may be one of the longest football games in NCAA playoffs! The ball may be in the air over 100 times combined. I think if Swallow can complete around 70 percent of his passes W&J will win. That being said, W&J does not fair well in games where their QB throws 50+ times, so Curt Jones will need to run the ball effectively.

Last, it will be interesting to see how W&J defends Millsaps. They do not seem to run the ball much but are very effective when they do. It seems to me that they throw a lot of shorter passes in the 7-10 yard range, more of a spread a defense horizontal approach.

Interested to hear what others have to say. Especially the guys that think a coach would bus his players 8+ hours for a playoff game....

Welcome footballfan12!

Teamski is right!  Welcome to the peculiar world that is D3 football.     As for football in the ASC, McMurry in Abilene TX busses to Clinton MS 577 miles due east on I-20!  There are lots of stories like that in this part of the country, in the ASC and the SCAC.

Help me HSU fans...what are there between HSU (on the north side of Abilene) and Mississippi College's Robinson Stadium?  Five stop lights?  Three in Abilene to get off the campus and on the I-20 and two when you get to the stadium in Clinton?      

(Glad you asked the question.  If you have any question, dumb or not, email me and I will try to answer it for you.  Building the D3fan base is the most important thing on these websites.  I probably speak for most of the veteran posters, too.)

Ralph,
if you go up grape you don't have to hit any lights in abilene.

[Sader4life]

Mark your calendars:
NCAA Division III South Region Final
Saturday 6 December
12 noon CST
#5 University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Crusaders vs #3 Millsaps Majors
Harper Davis Stadium (5,000)

[Ralph Turner]

Mark your calendars:
NCAA Division III South Region Final
Saturday 6 December
12 noon CST
#5 University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Crusaders vs #3 Millsaps Majors
Harper Davis Stadium (5,000)

Sader, do you make it a habit to post things that came become "bulletin board material" on these boards?

[Sader4life]

UMHB is the ONLY team to have won its first round playoff game in each of the last 5 years, and won of only two teams to have played in the Second Round of the playoffs five years straight (Mount Union being the only other one).

[Toby Taff]

I wouldn't be marking anything on my calendar just yet.  Irrespective of the school you support.  I'd be willing to bet that the folks at MUC were marking the calendar for Salem in 2004 when UMHB surprised them and they ended up sitting at home.

[Toby Taff]

UMHB is the ONLY team to have won its first round playoff game in each of the last 5 years, and won of only two teams to have played in the Second Round of the playoffs five years straight (Mount Union being the only other one).

Yes, but 2 of the past 4 years they were at home on weekend 3

[MajorDad]

I wouldn't be marking anything on my calendar just yet.  Irrespective of the school you support.  I'd be willing to bet that the folks at MUC were marking the calendar for Salem in 2004 when UMHB surprised them and they ended up sitting at home.

Agree....

[The Forgotten Man]

Pat and Ralph,

I may not be such avid D3 fans. But, I do not think a coach is going to bus his team 8+ hours on a bus to play in an NCAA playoff game. So, you guys make zero sense on that one. So, where do you see a bus trip???

...

Interested to hear what others have to say. Especially the guys that think a coach would bus his players 8+ hours for a playoff game....

Another point of information: Huntingdon and LaGrange have three 9+ hour bus trips for regular season conference games. And my son thought it was great that they only had two to a room for the playoffs. You gotta love football to play in D3.