FB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[D O.C.]

See Ya!

[RFB]

Oxy will be one and done. This is where actually scheduling someone helps you.

[xfactor82]

Yeah, we assumed Redlands would be good this season.

[RFB]

Yeah, who gets the last laugh now? Oxy players can tell their families they will be home for Thanksgiving just like Redlands.

[scandihoovian]

Well, Pat talked about strength of schedule hurting CLU, and I'm sure that was something of a factor.

BUT

You cannot tell me that $$$ were not a bigger factor at this point.  Not when throwing the Kingsmen into the mix would have meant an extra flight.  The proof's in the pudding, in no other sport would you see the #1 and #5 teams in the country set to play each other in the first round.  It's unfair to both Oxy and Linfield after the great seasons they have had.

[plulute2clu]

Well, CLU...the winning streak lives on!  It was a great year!  I enjoyed being there!

As the Linfield boys have been saying for years, we just have to leave no doubt!  True, but it still sucks that we didn't get the chance.  Particularly with the highest in region winning percentage of all Pool C teams.

[OxyFan21]

RFB,
I'm sure our kids will prepare as well as they can and play hard.  Last time I looked at the calendar, we're still playing at least one more week than your Dogs.  So, don't hate too much. 
Not sure who we could have had on our schedule to prepare for Linfield. 

It would have been nice to host, but...

[scandihoovian]

An additional thought.  The games our conference needs in order to show strength in the region are against the IIAC and MIAC, not more competition up and down the coast.  The midwesterners can keep thinking that they've got a better brand of ball until they're forced to face reality. Like Concordia-Oxy 2004.

[Wildcat'64]

OXY Fan 21,
I feel for our SCIAC brethern and I think you all got screwed in the process.  Cal Lutheran should have gotten in compared to a two loss team in the East and OXY deserved a home game in the first round after your great season and high rankings.

Oh well, there's nothing we can do about it now but just play the hand we have been dealt.

I just don't think the West Coast is receiving a fair shake in the process.

[D O.C.]

Is Ric Fukashima back to playing?
Will he play the 19th?
Oh! not giving up inside information, eh?
I'd like to see the best game possible.

[Foss]

Well SCIAC, maybe Cal Lutheran didn't deserve to make it into the West. But when I see the piles of rubbish that made it into other regions, I think they were one of the top 32 teams. Bad break there.

So much for seeing different teams play each year. Oxy is a top 6 team and they have to travel to the defending national champs? Uh......okay. I guess we should just get used to playing each other every season in order to save the NCAA money, regardless of who is undefeated, ranked high, conference champ, etc.

[RFB]

Oxyfan,

Just a little playful ribbing. Oxy did get screwed but they now get to see what Redlands had to face when they made the playoffs. This exact scenario has happened in their four playoff apperances(90,92,02,03). It is tough to have to play the best team in the West and country on the road.

[tigersports]

This selection is:

a) Just one big pile of cr*p
b) The result of a stacked playoff committee
c)  Clear evidence that the committe is not concerned ONE BIT with competitive fairness
d) Just one big pile of Cr*p
e) A complete unawareness of the abundance of cheap flights from any Midwest cornfield to LAX
f) A travesty
g) Just one big pile of cr*p
h)  All of the Above -- and then some

[OxyFan21]

I hear you, but I would have loved to see a fair shake.  I may be wrong, but I don't believe the Redlands teams you're talking about were ranked #5/#6 in the country, right?

I just don't think a flight from lets say...Texas (with Southwest Airlines, America West, etc) could be all that expensive for the wallet...

Undefeated this year, no losses since Game 1 of last year...two wins in the playoffs last year, one on the road in North Dakota...and we get Linfield this year...

Not making excuses, just having a hard time justifying it.  I was on the AA.com website ready to book into LAX.  Oh well.

[OxyFan21]

They must think that LAX isn't that big of an airport.  And that LAX doesn't have any flights from the Midwest or East Coast at all even though Oxy is probably located in the largest urban city in all of D3....Oh, and maybe they forgot Ontario airport...or Burbank, 10 minutes from the Oxy campus. 

Oh, there were no options other than making the #5/#6 team in the country play on the road...right.