FB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[OxyFan21]

It frustrates me too.  I know we do have an SID, just not sure why it takes them 2-3 days to get things posted.  Ranked or not, stories/scores should be up immediately.

 

[redlandsfan]

Oxyfan,

Your totally correct about SID's and posting their information sooner.  Everybody always talks about the SCIAC and that they get no respect, but we really have nothing to argue because we bring it upon our selvs.  It does take the SID's days to post things, its rare to find your game on the radio, and so on.  The SCIAC needs to get these people more involved, or we are not going to be looked at on the national level!!

[wildcat11]

It frustrates me too.  I know we do have an SID, just not sure why it takes them 2-3 days to get things posted.  Ranked or not, stories/scores should be up immediately.

That is pretty funny because our S.I.D. is so on top of his game that he even wrote a story with complete stats for Linfield's Alumni/J.V. game.

Linfield Sports

[rockcat]

WC11,

I think Kelly Bird has to be one of the best SID's in the country.  He is always timely and the website is as good as you will find anywhere at any college level.

[redlandsfan]

Wildcat11,

Whats the deal with your alumni/JV game???  Is it full contact?

[desertcat1]

Wildcat11,

Whats the deal with your alumni/JV game???  Is it full contact?

Get real, this is not "sju no contact"  football .. 

[redlandsfan]

Thats a cool idea...I had just never heard of such a thing.  It would be fun t o play in one of those.

[Pat Coleman]

Scandihoovian, I just feel with their low QOW they will either be the last one-loss team selected, and two-loss teams might go ahead of them. On the criteria, CLU isn't great, and anecdotally they are worse (non-conference opponents 5-20, only loss is by 32 points, third Pool C team in the West rankings, etc.).

[EagleRockKid]

Luckily the Oxy defense was able to make some adjustments in the second half versus La Verne or we may have seen the kind of upsets we've been seeing lately around the nation in DIII football. The Oxy offense must have possession of the ball in order for Collins and the other weapons to get going.

Seems teams have figured out the Oxy defensive weaknesses, center of the D-line and the Defensive backfield.  Losing Stowers and Gutierrez back there due to knee injuries has really hurt.  I think a couple of minor changes in the Oxy D will be necessary if they want to win any games in the playoffs.  Fukushima should be back by then so the Offense will be able to score points.

[Gig Harbor Cat]

If they come north first round, they are history.  If they give the Cats that kind of room its game over

[Sabretooth Tiger]

I don't see an Oxy -  Linfield pairing in the first round.

[rockcat]

Sabertooth,

If history is any judge than you may be right.  Since 2000 Linfield has played their first round game against teams from the midwest four times.  Of course things will be different with playoffs being expanded but my guess is that the Cats get the Iowa team to open things up. 

I still think there is a chance that Oxy gets a home game to open things up.  It may be a rematch of their first round game against Concordia.  Of course the NCAA may get cheap on everyone and send all those midwest teams on road trips leaving the two west coast teams to meet.   If that's the case then there will be purple frisbees flying around the Catdome once again.  If La Verne can put up that many points what will Linfield do?

[scandihoovian]

Scandihoovian, I just feel with their low QOW they will either be the last one-loss team selected, and two-loss teams might go ahead of them. On the criteria, CLU isn't great, and anecdotally they are worse (non-conference opponents 5-20, only loss is by 32 points, third Pool C team in the West rankings, etc.).

Thanks for your reply, Pat.  Sounds like they need a few teams to lose on Saturday - and maybe PLU and Menlo to pull off upsets 

[rockcat]

It was your boy Eaglerockkid that gave us the analysis about how Oxy's weakness is in their secondary and d-line.  If they can't get a pass rush and can't cover receivers it would be a long day.

[Sabretooth Tiger]

rockcat,

Oxy had Willamette at home for the first round last year.  Concordia was Oxy's second round game played at the Fargo Dome.  That got the Tigers to the 3rd round/regional finals at McMinnville.

And I just noticed that the newest d3 polll is out . . . five of the top 10 teams are in the west as follows:  (1) Linfield, (2) UW Whitewater, (3) St. Johns, (6) Oxy, (10) Concordia-Moorhead . . . I'd say that the west is being noticed . . . even Cal Lutheran got a vote.