FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

evacuee · March 13, 2007, 10:19:11 AM

I would have posted the link, but it was really weird looking. It was almost three full lines long. Not important. What is important is that highly seeded Texas teams won't have to play each other to advance. This is at ncaa.org. Go to the bottom and click on Division III.

Division III football recommends changes to bracket process

March 09, 2007

The NCAA News

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The Division III Football Committee is recommending that the geographic-proximity principle that is applied once the championship field is seeded and bracketed can be broken to protect highly seeded teams.

Currently, teams are seeded in four eight-team regions. The eight teams are seeded with each of the top four seeds receiving a first-round home contest. However, if two of the teams are within 500 miles of each other, and can create a pairing where a flight can be avoided, those two teams are paired regardless of how they are seeded. The policy is in place to promote regional competition and eliminate flights if two postseason participants are within driving distance of each other.

For example, it could be possible for Team A, which is a No. 2 seed and Team B, which could be a No. 4 seed, to play each other in the first round of the championship. In that scenario, one of the teams seeded five through eight would host a first-round game instead of going on the road.

The committee, which met January 30-February 2, wants to create a more equitable policy in which two teams that have earned the right to host because of their seed play at home rather than face another high seed on the road early in the championship.

The recommendation will go to the Division III Championships Committee. If approved, it would take effect with the 2008 championship.

The Division III Football Committee is also recommending that the squad size for all rounds of the championship be increased from 52 to 56, and that the travel party size grow from 62 to 66. Committee members cited additional access for student-athletes and accommodating teams' specialized packages (such as dime or nickel defenses or multiple wide receiver sets) as reasons for making the change. They also noted that many conferences already allow more players to travel in the regular season than is allowed currently for championship participation.

Other recommendations:

That Division III football programs be allowed an evening walkthrough on the days teams only practice once during the five-day acclimatization period. Divisions I and II already have that legislation in place.

Pay official evaluators $100 each per game to attend every contest of the championship.

Members reasoned that games should be evaluated, so as the tournament advances, it increases the probability that the best officials are assigned to work those games.

depauwtigers1 · March 13, 2007, 04:31:49 PM

Hey 3619,

Apparently, also as in your day-to-day life.

Please expand on this theory of life.

DPU3619 · March 13, 2007, 11:11:17 PM

Quote from: depauwtigers1 on March 13, 2007, 04:31:49 PM
Please expand on this theory of life.

Allow me to bold the important part for you.

You are so biased because you and TR are homies that you make your own perceptions about DePauw and turn them into fact, much like what you said many recruits' parents would do.

Quote from: depauwtigers1 on March 11, 2007, 08:09:08 PM
Those parents that finance their sons education will not take the situation jokingly. As in sales, "perception is reality."

Not that far off, am I?

DPU3619 · March 14, 2007, 12:36:09 PM

Story on the DPU website this morning. OC Kit Cartwright left to go to the CFL and coach for Winnepeg.

http://www.depauw.edu/news/index.asp?id=19083

Guess I can't blame him for that. I'd probably leave a D-III school to coach in the CFL too, but that's just me.

depauwtigers1 · March 14, 2007, 02:35:13 PM

3619,

Who said anything about facts? What gets posted are merely opinions. Do you not think that families considering DPU will have an opinion on the sorority issue.
You can butt heads with me on T.R. all you want, but I do know what is wrong and/or right when it comes to the treatment of coaches by college administrations.

frank_ezelle · March 14, 2007, 02:35:49 PM

After the concerns that were brought up about who would Huntingdon schedule with the SCAC expanding to 8 league games, it is good to see that they and LaGrange have joined a conference (http://www.d3football.com/).

Any Hawk fans around with a viewpoint on this? I still hope Millsaps and Huntingdon will continue competition in some of the other sports. It's a much easier trip to make than most of the league games that both teams will have in the future.

Hawks88 · March 14, 2007, 06:13:12 PM

I like this development very much, Frank. The guaranteed seven games a year will take away a lot of Coach Turk's stress of trying to fill the schedule every year. I am very excited about HC being able to play for a conference championship and can hardly wait for 2010 and the shot at the AQ.
One concern that I have stated on the Independents board is whether those conference games will count as in region in '08 and '09 before the AQ kicks in. Since the main 6 SLIAC schools are in the north region and in a different 'administrative' region, I'm not sure what it would do to our Pool B chances if those were to not count.
That is a very small concern though and with all the positives that come with it I think this is definitely a great thing for the Huntingdon football program.

INQBScout · March 14, 2007, 09:20:28 PM

QuoteStory on the DPU website this morning. OC Kit Cartwright left to go to the CFL and coach for Winnepeg.

I believe Kit worked with Winnepeg's HC or one of the assistants there when he was at Penn State...seems to be a no-brainer move...

DPU3619 · March 14, 2007, 11:15:54 PM

Quote from: depauwtigers1 on March 14, 2007, 02:35:13 PM
I do know what is wrong and/or right when it comes to the treatment of coaches by college administrations.

Coach, we know. You've made your point a time or two thousand. Wake me up when the horse is finally dead enough that even you won't beat it anymore.

In fact, I've got a proposition for you. From now on, at the bottom of my posts pertaining to DePauw football, I'll just go ahead and throw your two cents in for you so you won't have to waste your time. Let's give it a test drive, shall we?

Coach Cartwright left for the CFL today to go coach for his friend in Winnepeg. Here's what depauwtigers1 thinks:

Quote from: depauwtigers1
Yet another sign of mismanagment of DePauw football by Bob Bottoms, James Lincoln, Page Cotton, the entire DePauw administration, and especially Matt Walker for letting another good coach leave. This has big ramifications on recruiting because Matt Walker can't keep coaches on staff. He's a horribly unqualified head coach who will take the program into a nosedive and make no longer a top-tier Division III program in five years or less.

Whaddya think, huh? Pretty good, right? I think I nailed it. I'll certainly accept critiques from all parties.

depauwtigers1 · March 14, 2007, 11:54:53 PM

3619,

No, your little self forecast is off! I think the guy has a great opportunity in the CFL. Best of luck to him. His departure has nothing to do with DPU coaches and administrators.

You should be more worried about what is happening with the football teams achievements in strength development this off season.

What do you think the plan is for Spring practice? Who will be in charge of the offense this Spring and what will the Spring agenda be for the offense.

What will the team look to achieve this Spring, goals for team improvement. Has there been a position and personal review, so that every positional segement can set performance goals, in order to field a team next season that will win more than 4 games?

This is what the Mt. Union's, Whitewaters, Wesley's, and Wabash's are doing.

Come on now 3619, lets give the guys a chance to be good again! Stop thinking like Jimmy and the gang.

DPU3619 · March 16, 2007, 02:05:42 AM

I am assuming you were asking those rhetorically and don't actually care what the answers are, but I'll give you my thoughts regardless.

I'd assume Coach Long would be running spring ball since he's the Asst. HC. I don't know who's going to run offense, though. In fact, I don't even know when spring ball starts. I would imagine the decision on a new OC would be a rather swift one regardless of whether they promote from within or not.

The spring agenda probably won't include many drastic changes for the offense. Gotta get some meat on the big fellas so they keep making those holes for #31. I thought the O was fairly balanced last season and the D was pretty solid considering both units had fresh faces in places. The O put the D in some bad situations with turnovers (see College, Millsaps). That's got to be a point to improve on.

We both know 6-4 is 6-4, coach. I don't need to tell you that. But a few poorly-timed miscues and turnovers turned what could have been 8-2 into 6-4.

Came out of the red zone empty on a handful of possessions against the Black Flag. You only get down there against that group so often, gotta capitalize when you do. Couldn't keep Centre out with under a minute left. Who knows what happens if they kick the FG and it goes to OT? Gave Millsaps the football 5 times. It's the little things.

The offense returns a lot. A lot of that group up front comes back. It's the defense I'm concerned about. Losing guys like Hertel, Farrow, Lewis, Berigan, and Sylvester hurts. That's a lot to lose off that defense.

Dunno about position reviews. I could ask around for you if you care that much.

jaycee · March 16, 2007, 12:05:24 PM

DPU 3619

Your assumption that your alma mater will move 'swift' to replace the OC position may be incorrect. Your fearless leader Jimmy inacted a hiring process last year that includes; posting the position publically, having a search committee review all applicants, personally reviewing the applicants himself (to be assured everyone is doing their job) and bringing numerous candidates on campus for an interview. That process took 7 weeks last year. If history repeats itself, another spring will be waisted. Sure they can go out there some fundamental things and condition. However, good teams use this time to install their systems so they spend time on execution in the fall.

You also mention 'the little things matter', I agree. This is the problem you and DPU fail to see. When you have a head coach who also coaches baseball the little things will suffer. When you take 7 weeks to hire coaches, the little things will suffer. When you are recruiting with less than a full staff, the little things will suffer.

You and other alums need to stop making excuses and demand some changes. This should be a premier D3 football program and it is not. Start asking yourselves 'Why not'?

DPU3619 · March 16, 2007, 03:52:20 PM

Um... thanks for your input. I guess.

I think you're handling this like the sky is falling, but to each his/her own I suppose.

depauwtigers1 · March 16, 2007, 09:03:12 PM

Has anyone noticed the job board feature on the home page? What a great tool for people to use. DePauw has not posted the new coaching job on this site. Just another example of not moving with any urgency.

It really is simple. Take care of the things that affect your players. Hiring coaches gets done within two weeks by programs that desire to be good. This would be another example of the "little things" that build a winning program. Creating search commitees, dragging decision time frames, & hiring with hidden agendas hamper the progress of securing quality coaches. Waiting for June is a bad idea. The coaches that are available at that point are usually around for a reason. Quality hires usually do not drag past March.

Quote from: DPU3619 on March 16, 2007, 03:52:20 PM
Um... thanks for your input. I guess.

I think you're handling this like the sky is falling, but to each his/her own I suppose.

The sky is falling, and faster than one might think. The problem here is that the DePauw puppet masters do not know how things should be done in a timely and efficient manner. Head coaches know candidates for their openings, they are the best resource to get the task completed. Plus, it's their job!

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depauwtigers1 · March 16, 2007, 09:30:11 PM

3619,
I appreciate your summary on the Tigers Spring agenda.

The "horse will be put to rest" when some heads roll in that "high on the hill" administration. Two of those people underestimate the perseverance and individual qualities of those that have been knicked by their juvenille decisions.
People that get caught in the crossfire, don't take it personal, its just business!