FB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[tigersports]

oh, so I was off by 15 miles.  my bad.  Is 500 miles a magic marker?  Is the choice of route or computer program the reason that Oxy has to play the #1 team and defending champ?!?!

[LigerLover]

Well as for yesterday's game my prediction was right on.....Josh Jones deserves to be D III player of the week with his 5 touchdown receptions, that has to be some kind of record ( also 199 tds receiving ). Collins had another great game and the defense regrouped and played well after letting CMS get a few easy scores.

The Bracket. Well, I think it is a load of horse**** that the number 6 team in the country has to play the number 1 team in the first round. I am so sick of hearing about the closeness of opponent argument. If it is too costly for the NCAA to pay for plane tickets let the school pay for it. It is tiresome to see bottom of the bracket teams play each other in the first round.

No matter though, I know for a fact that a rematch with Linfield in their house has been on the Tigers mind for the past year and I anticipate a more mature and more experienced OXY team than last year to show up and play the game of their lives. Which offense is better OXY with 485 yds a game and averaging just over 41 pts a game or Linfield 472 yds a game and averaging 49 points per game? Collins or Elliot? well I think that  this will be a shootout to remember, and YES I think that Collins and the OXY offense are better. My prediction for the game....I know its early but I have been waiting for this all year.....OXY 49 LINFILED 48.

[OxyFan21]

Liger,
I hope you are right.  Perhaps we can teach the NCAA how to use internet flight search options.

[back2back]

As Linfield was Oxy's final game last year and the Wildcats are running essentially the same schemes, it'll be interesting to see what kind of adjustments Oxy can make for Saturday's game. I'm of the oninion that the Tigers gameplan well, so it might get interesting. And keep in mind that Oxy came out on fire in the game against Linfield last year, so they may have a legitimate chance at the upset.

Well, we'll see, won't we?

[johnnie_esq]

oh, so I was off by 15 miles.  my bad.  Is 500 miles a magic marker?  Is the choice of route or computer program the reason that Oxy has to play the #1 team and defending champ?!?!

500 miles is the line in the sand the NC$$ uses to determine between bus trip and plane trip.  So those 15 miles are huge, even though I will bet the Coe team actually drives the longer route to get to Moorhead faster.  It's stupid-- I'm with you, given that half of Wisconsin and Illinois is North region, and half is West region. 

In essence, the reason is because of the NC$$ wanting to fly as few teams as possible.  One of the big draws for NC$$ over the NAIA is that the NC$$ will pay for flights; since the NC$$ is bursting at the seams as far as number of schools playing D3 football, we're pretty much at their mercy, since the alternative is NAIA.

[Kilted Rat]

In case anyone wants a word document printable bracket, here's one I threw together today complete with records of all competing teams.

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[Wildcat'64]

LigerLover......So you think the final score is going to be 49-48 in favor of OXY.....I suspect you're going to have a tough time convincing many Cat fans of that fact.....one thing is for certain though -- at the end of the game the Cats will LEAVE NO DOUBT as to who is the best team on the West coast!

[redlandsfan]

I really hope the Oxy players and coaches are not crying as much as you guys.  The fact is, if your going to win the west, your going to have to beat the best.  Who cares if it comes rount one, two, or three, but the road to the championship goes through Linfield...deal with it and sack up!!!

It will be a good one!

[wildcat11]

Liger,

I'll take the offense that won the Stagg Bowl last year and has piled up their stats vs. teams not named Colorado College and Lewis and Clark.

[LigerLover]

Hey Redlands Fan...your an idiot....i hope redlands is resting up and preparing for next week......OH WAIT....Redlands season is over...how bout You cry about that...as for your dumb post... Yeah the road to the championship does go through Linfield and if you read my post I said how pumped up OXY is to play them....However looking at this situation like an normal intelligent fan I know that this is not the most ideal situation. By saving the better teams for later match-ups you get rid of the border teams early this makes for better match ups in the later rounds which makes for better match ups...also the end of the season rankings are more realistic.... Oh and we will see who the best offense is next saturday.

Redlands fans get off Linfields nuts and cheer for the sciac....you guys are a joke and just because your team never has won a playoff game don't hate on us because we have  taken the only thing you can claim (a sciac title) from you the past 2 years.....we are looking beyond the sciac and to win playoff games not just go and get knocked out in the first round like you guys.

[LigerLover]

yeah I posted better match ups twice

[rockcat]

I'm glad that MOST of Oxy's fans are classy people.

I had a good time watching Oxy yesterday.  I think I'm going to try to climb up their planes landing gear of their flight north to the Catdome. 

[desertcat1]

As Linfield was Oxy's final game last year and the Wildcats are running essentially the same schemes, it'll be interesting to see what kind of adjustments Oxy can make for Saturday's game. I'm of the oninion that the Tigers gameplan well, so it might get interesting. And keep in mind that Oxy came out on fire in the game against Linfield last year, so they may have a legitimate chance at the upset.

If that's what you call on fire bring some more.

I remember the VERY first play for the Cats went something like this   E to C  =  TD..   good luck.. and the t skin is on the catdome wall.

[redlandsfan]

Ligerlover,

First of all I back the SCIAC first and formost, but in this day and age of picking games, and voicing opinions I say Linfield will win, and will win big.

Second of all I am not an idiot...I was a better football player than you will ever be...I know more about the game than you do, and I can be unbiased on the game. 

Finally...if any team is crying its Oxy fans.  I want to see one guy come on here and say...."bring on Linfield,"  I have not as of yet.  I bet the players are excited to go up and play..why are you not?  Are you just too poor and can't afford a plane ticket?  I  know that when my Redlands boys go to the playoffs we travel...but maybe thats because the academics at Redlands are superior, and we get better jobs!!!

So whos the idiot now???

PS-  I am sure you will comment on my misspelled words, and punctuation but I am too busy to check everything....you IDIOT!

[desertcat1]

Well as for yesterday's game my prediction was right on.....Josh Jones deserves to be D III player of the week with his 5 touchdown receptions, that has to be some kind of record ( also 199 tds receiving ). Collins had another great game and the defense regrouped and played well after letting CMS get a few easy scores.

The Bracket. Well, I think it is a load of horse**** that the number 6 team in the country has to play the number 1 team in the first round. I am so sick of hearing about the closeness of opponent argument. If it is too costly for the NCAA to pay for plane tickets let the school pay for it. It is tiresome to see bottom of the bracket teams play each other in the first round.

No matter though, I know for a fact that a rematch with Linfield in their house has been on the Tigers mind for the past year and I anticipate a more mature and more experienced OXY team than last year to show up and play the game of their lives. Which offense is better OXY with 485 yds a game and averaging just over 41 pts a game or Linfield 472 yds a game and averaging 49 points per game? Collins or Elliot? well I think that  this will be a shootout to remember, and YES I think that Collins and the OXY offense are better. My prediction for the game....I know its early but I have been waiting for this all year.....OXY 49 LINFILED 48.

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