FB: USA South Athletic Conference

[CNULifer]

At least we play the best, hit hard and have fun.

and that is what football is all about.

[Llamaguy]

Good point Ralph! I should have elaborated further in that the scheduling goal is to also go 10-0 so "said" playoff team can avoid going to play in TX! Now if HSU takes care of business this weekend a 10-0 BC with a weak QOWI still won't avoid that trip. You can bet that if we do make the playoffs this year and go to TX I will be there to meet you in person though.

Boy you guys at BC would AVOID playing all the tough games if you could.  I tell you what, if you don't want to go to texas, let CNU go for you.  You guys are like a bunch of girls.

No wonder you keep talking about panties.

Sorry Lifer but I see why your Karma line looks the way it does. I was refering to the fans avoiding a trip to Texas. The team could care less where they play in the playoffs as long as the field is regulation and has uprights. I feed 50-75 fans weekly at Stone Station and its alot easier to haul my pull behind grill 20 miles than all the way to Texas.
I assume you played at CNU so I wouldn't want to steal your "moral" victories against Top 10 opponents. As for the Top 25 comparison, I'm sure Kid is already on the scene and I too would be interested to see the results. Based on the fact that neither the USAC or the ODAC normally has more than 1 team in the Top 25, BC's playoff victories alone should more than cover your 1 big regular season win a year.

[narch]

Question then, Had there not been a fumble at the goalline Week 2 would you still be saying it hasn't hurt them? They would have 2 losses and no doubt that the only way into the playoffs is to win the NEW balanced USAC.

since it didn't happen we'll never know...to this point, a tough ooc schedule has never hurt cnu...if cnu loses to averett but wins out and averett wins out it could help them...i think they'd have an outside shot at the tournament because of schedule strength...it's happened before, you know - unfortunately for your eagles, if they lose the conference, they're done

Of course you would say that Narch. When was the last time Methodist was in a playoff football game?

hasn't happened yet

And don't say that its a cheap way to get into the playoffs b'cus actually its the SMART way. BC can compete with any of the South region team anytime, they just choose to do it when the chips are down in the playoffs.

i never said it wasn't the smart thing...just not the way i would prefer to see my team operate as a fan, if i had a choice...i'm not making judgement on coach clark and his philosophy (the monarchs haven't exactly scheduled ooc powerhouses lately, either), just saying if i had to choose between the two as a fan, i'd rather have a coach who challenges his team to the max and let's the chips fall...as a fan, you're entitled to espouse the scheduling philosophy that you choose, but i suspect that if b'water played cnu's schedule and vice-versa, you'd still be singing the praises of the b'water scheduling philosophy - i think your preference has more to do with the team and person doing the scheduling than it does the scheduling philosophy itself, and that's certainly understandable

A good analogy would be you playing the toughest schedule in the nation for Methodist baseball. You can't tell me you wouldn't miss the playoff atmosphere just a little. Agree?

happened two years ago...the monarchs had one of the toughest schedules in the country and 30+ wins and were left out...it sucked, and i was pee'd off as a fan, but the monarchs didn't take care of business in the conference tournament...how is that a good analogy to bc's football schedule???

[Llamaguy]

 Narch, a 9-1 Bridgewater without a conference championship would more than likely receive a Pool C if nothing else based on past playoff performance. It ain't fair but its the way it works sometimes.

You are right it isn't a good analogy b'cus BC hasn't missed the playoffs in the last 6 years!

[Ralph Turner]

...  I tell you what, if you don't want to go to texas, let CNU go for you.  You guys are like a bunch of girls.
...

Goodness, CNUlifer. If you are this active with your posts next September when the Captains come to Belton (it is a home-and-home, isn't it?), you will provide so much bulletin board material that the CRU will be waiting.

In the history of the D3 Playoffs since 1999,  "Texas"  (the ASC plus Trinity) is 7-2 against non-Texas teams in Texas.  When Texas teams go on the road, they are still 3-2 at their opponents plus the 2 Stagg Bowl losses, Trinity in 2002 and UMHB in 2004.  That is why no one wants to come to Texas for the playoffs.

Remember, that 2004 UMHB won on the road at Trinity, at HSU, at Bridgewater, at Mount Union for the first time since 1994.

If UMHB has the chance to play you again this playoff season, I think that they will relish the opportunity.

[Ralph Turner]

Narch, a 9-1 Bridgewater without a conference championship would more than likely receive a Pool C if nothing else based on past playoff performance. ...

Llama, past playoff performance was dropped from the criteria a few years ago.

[cnusfinest54]

WOW even the great Pat C. is a Bwater fan. THE THING THAT STARTED ALL OF THIS WAS THE COMMENT MADE BY OLINEMOM. SHE STATED THAT BWATER HAS A HARD TIME FINDING TEAMS TO PLAY. YOU CANT CRY ABOUT FINDING TEAMS TO PLAY IF YOUR COACH IS DUCKING THE GOOD ONES END OF DISCUSSION.

Question then, Had there not been a fumble at the goalline Week 2 would you still be saying it hasn't hurt them? They would have 2 losses and no doubt that the only way into the playoffs is to win the NEW balanced USAC.


Come on Llama don't even go there with the what ifs. Last time I checked IF IT WASN'T FROM AN EXXXXXXXXTTTTTTTTTTTTEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNDED CLOCK BWATER JUST MIGHT NOT HAVE MADE THAT LEAP INTO A NATIONAL POWERHOUSE. And then Pat wouldn't be able to come on here and say "well they have gotten a lot closer than CNU".  A lot of the success that your team has gotten now came from a game that they SHOULD HAVE NEVER PLAYED IN. And kid is real good with stats, pictures, and video clips. I think the Rowan clip was titled "when time stood still". I watched that clip and THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL YOU GET TWO PLAYS OFf IN LESS THAN 10 SECONDS. So don't you ever talk what ifs with me.  Yeah your home clock operator probably got a NICE GIFT IN THE MAIL FROM BC ALUMNUS.  

But I will give you BC fans some credit. Your following is SO GREAT NOW THAT YOU EVEN GOT THE BC BLINDERS ON THE CREATOR OF THIS WEBSITE.

Its just real funny how you guys try to forget your dirty past. WOW!!!

[CNULifer]

If UMHB has the chance to play you again this playoff season, I think that they will relish the opportunity.

I just hope we can get to playoffs again.  it is a fun experience.  don't really care who we play.  UMHB should want us bad.  we made them look bad.  we have 7 new starters on D and they got 10 pts.  now they are averaging over 30 a game along with everyone else in texas.  BC does like them cause thay don't play D like us.  with all this rah rah going on I would like to restate that I just hope we make the playoffs.  more games more fun

Narch, a 9-1 Bridgewater without a conference championship would more than likely receive a Pool C if nothing else based on past playoff performance.

Hate to burst your bubble but if CNU loses 1 in conference and BC does the same we have you with the strength of out of conference opponents.  That is why I root for UMHB on their board.  They win and our stock rises.  If you do lose though, you might want to rethink that whole hey were smart thing.  you may just think yourself right out of the playoffs.

oh yea thanks for letting everyone know that the Mighty Captains beat you twice.

and I never played a down in college.

[narch]

You are right it isn't a good analogy b'cus BC hasn't missed the playoffs in the last 6 years!

nor is their schedule among the toughest in the nation (as is the case with monarch baseball)

Narch, a 9-1 Bridgewater without a conference championship would more than likely receive a Pool C if nothing else based on past playoff performance. It ain't fair but its the way it works sometimes.

i don't think you'll have anything to worry about, 'cause i don't see any of the odac teams really challenging bc for that title, but it would be interesting to see how bc fans reacted if they did go 9-1 and miss the playoffs...i bet there would be more than a few bc fans questioning the scheduling philosophy...maybe not publicly, but it would happen - there certainly would be a group of fans that said "told you so"

[cnusfinest54]

Narch, a 9-1 Bridgewater without a conference championship would more than likely receive a Pool C if nothing else based on past playoff performance. It ain't fair but its the way it works sometimes.

You are right it isn't a good analogy b'cus BC hasn't missed the playoffs in the last 6 years!

You would think this team has more National titles than Mount Union. The nerve of this guy to say something like that. And yeah he might say he was joking but the fact of the matter is you had the nerve to post that because deep down thats how you really feel.
Talk about forgetting your past.

Look I don't have any problems with BC fans, players, etc. I love how you guys are die hard for your team because I'm that way for CNU. So don't ever think that this CNU fan is ever jealous of anything that BC has accomplished in the last 6 years.

[CNULifer]

Goodness, CNUlifer. If you are this active with your posts next September when the Captains come to Belton (it is a home-and-home, isn't it?), you will provide so much bulletin board material that the CRU will be waiting.

Someone on the ASC board said UMHB got a week 1 pass.  Does CNU get one too?  I think UMHB took us a little lightly.  they saw a team in flux that did not make the playoffs the year before.  The embarassment of going back to Benton with a loss to a team that their local paper had said they would demolish would be all the bulletin material they should ever need.  I never said anything bas about UMHB.  Imerely pointed out on the ASC board that they played poorly in their secondary for one game.  I will say this though.  If we go down to Benton and win next year, all of you who gave any of us CNU guys a hard time better kiss our collective Karma.  

If any CNU fan does not agree I apologize for including you in my rant.

[CNULifer]

Hey finest,

if you are who I think you are, did you get held a much as 97 did in 2004 against W&J?

I was there and his shirt looked to be stretched out on every single play.

[Ralph Turner]

CNULifer, I think that you are smart to root for UMHB.  I think that the committee will look favorably on CNU head-to-head with UMHB.

[CNULifer]

I be smart cuz I gots my edgumication from CNU.  Not that uppity school in bridgewater where they teach how to live in the past.

[Llamaguy]

Narch, a 9-1 Bridgewater without a conference championship would more than likely receive a Pool C if nothing else based on past playoff performance. ...

Llama, past playoff performance was dropped from the criteria a few years ago.

Yeah I know that Ralph, but you know as well as I do that there are conferences that go 9-1 and are considered way below a 3 loss OAC school for example. I'm just saying the history would subjectively come into play with the committee. IMHO