FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[DuffMan]

Two very good teams and a good game.  Go Johnnies!

[sju56321]

Without the turnovers I think bethel might have won or sju on the final drive, but would have been different game-but Sju did what they needed to do.
If bethel plays Wartburg in first round they could very well win.

[faunch]

I'm still not sold on the Johnnies. Not much of a running game and had too much trouble with the blitz. I'll eat crow if wrong but i think we win one playoff game...depends on the draw.

[GoldandBlueBU]

I'm still not sold on the Johnnies. Not much of a running game and had too much trouble with the blitz. I'll eat crow if wrong but i think we win one playoff game...depends on the draw.

I'm sold!  That offense is really, really good with Seyverson at the helm.  Congrats to SJU- good health for the playoffs!

[DuffMan]

I was impressed with SJU's Hoyt today.  Only a freshman, he made some great plays on balls to Kidder. (edit: I just looked at stats, and Kidder had 13 catches.  I didn't seem like it, to me.)

Niewald sure had a day!

Can Drews transfer back after this season? 

[hazzben]

Playmakers all over the place, great game. Bracket will be interesting, looks like SJU could get Lake Forest as its 2 seed, that'd be a great draw.

[SJU13]

BU should move up in the rankings despite losing. They are a top 15 team. Maybe higher.

If beating the snot out of opponents doesn't move the needle maybe a smaller margin of defeat against a top 5 team will 

Passing attack had a few uncharacteristic drops and overthrown balls while still managing to sling it for over 400 yards, 5 tds, and no picks.

Matt Jung is not real.

Looking forward to the madness that'll be this playoffs

[DuffMan]

Passing attack had a few uncharacteristic drops and overthrown balls while still managing to sling it for over 400 yards, 5 tds, and no picks.

Yeah, I was thinking that Aaron was having an off day (and I still think it was a sub-par day for him), but most QBs would love a stat line like that.

[DuffMan]

NPI #s have SJU as #1 seed overall and Bethel as the 6th pool C team in.

[DuffMan]

I'm glad to be done with this championship game crap.  Gary mentioned it in the post game--in reality, both of these teams played a playoff game today, and it was a physical battle with a number of injuries.  I hope both teams can recover and get healthy for playoffs.

[art76]

So who will be playing who next week? Here are the bottom 16 from NPI:
16. NPI 167 Alfred State
15. NPI 81 Northwestern University MN
14. NPI 62 Mount St. Joseph
13. NPI 54 Pomona-Pitzer
12. NPI 39 Maryville TN
11. NPI 35 Mary Hardin-Baylor
10. NPI 34 Trinity TX
9. NPI 33 UW LaCrosse
8. NPI 32 Centre
7. NPI 31 Wesleyan CT
6. NPI 30 Coe
5. NPI 29 Kings PA
4. NPI 28 Bethel MN
3. NPI 27 Berry
2. NPI 26 Texas Lutheran
1. NPI 25 Whitworth

[DuffMan]

How bad is the ECFC if their champ is 167th in NPI?

[art76]

So who will be playing who next week? Here are the bottom 16 from NPI:
16. NPI 167 Alfred State
15. NPI 81 Northwestern University MN
14. NPI 62 Mount St. Joseph
13. NPI 54 Pomona-Pitzer
12. NPI 39 Maryville TN
11. NPI 35 Mary Hardin-Baylor
10. NPI 34 Trinity TX
9. NPI 33 UW LaCrosse
8. NPI 32 Centre
7. NPI 31 Wesleyan CT
6. NPI 30 Coe
5. NPI 29 Kings PA
4. NPI 28 Bethel MN
3. NPI 27 Berry
2. NPI 26 Texas Lutheran
1. NPI 25 Whitworth

Easy ones:

Northwestern at Bethel
Alfred State at Kings
Pomona-Pitzer at Whitworth
Mount St. Joseph at Maryville
LaCrosse at Coe
Centre at Berry
Mary Hardin-Baylor at Texas Lutheran

One flight: Trinity TX at Wesleyan CT

[art76]

Easy ones:

Northwestern at Bethel
Alfred State at Kings
Pomona-Pitzer at Whitworth
Mount St. Joseph at Maryville
LaCrosse at Coe
Centre at Berry
Mary Hardin-Baylor at Texas Lutheran

One flight: Trinity TX at Wesleyan CT

But because BU played NW earlier this year, I'm guessing BU gets LaCrosse and Northwestern gets sent to Coe. Also, I didn't check out those Texas teams to see who has played each other already this year.

[art76]

Hmmmm - these two sites don't agree on who is in the tourney and who is not:

NCAA: https://stats.ncaa.org/season_divisions/18386/selection_rankings/current_rankings

datacast: https://d3datacast.com/npi/football/

I used the NCAA stats in my posts above.