East Region Playoff Discussion

[sjfcards]

Hopefully a team from the east can step up and suprise some of these imports.  Maybe give the east some credibility. 

[tecmobowler]

I hope so too, but I'm afraid this is not the year.

[rams1102]

Here are my thoughts for the bracket :

1. Mount Union
2. Del Val
3. Montclair (as a homer, but could also be #4 + less miles ME to NJ)
4. Alfred
5. Albright
6. Main Maritime
7. Hopkins
8. Susquehanna

[theoriginalupstate]

Here are my thoughts for the bracket :

1. Mount Union
2. Del Val
3. Montclair (as a homer, but could also be #4 + less miles ME to NJ)
4. Alfred
5. Albright
6. Main Maritime
7. Hopkins
8. Susquehanna

Flop 7 and 8 and I'd like to see it...

[DanPadavona]

This may be the worst year I can ever remember for Eastern Football.  The closest team we have to being a national powerhouse is Del Valley, who soundly lost to Wesley.  If D3's projection is correct, Maine Maritime at UMHB might be one of the ugliest blowouts in the last decade.

I'm really hoping a true Eastern team steps up and pulls a big upset to help rebuild our credibility.

[pumkinattack]

I'd be intrigued by Maine Maritime-UMHB the same way I was interested in getting a hold of the Faces of Death VHS tape when I was a kid. 

There's no way to prove anything this year with the D3 projections, unfortunately, because UMHB and MUC will play teams they will beat soundly then play each other.  The rest of the field will play each other than play the MUC-UMHB winner. 

[Boxer7806]

Their is no intrigue in the MHB vs Maine game. None. Zip. Zilch. Nada. Zero. Just 4 hour flights of misery for Maine.

[rams1102]

This may be the worst year I can ever remember for Eastern Football.  The closest team we have to being a national powerhouse is Del Valley, who soundly lost to Wesley.  If D3's projection is correct, Maine Maritime at UMHB might be one of the ugliest blowouts in the last decade.

I'm really hoping a true Eastern team steps up and pulls a big upset to help rebuild our credibility.

With a little more "O" we could make things interesting. Beat Rowan in their place and beat a highly touted Kean team. Only allowed (2) field goals.

[theoriginalupstate]

I'd like Maine to fly to MUC just to see if MUC can put up 100....

[dlippiel]

dlip concurs with the general consensus here regrading the East. dlip comes into each season truly hoping the East will produce a team and/or teams that will be natiaonally competitive and bring the East some serious respect. Respect that the East has not felt in many years now. dlip is very happy for Maine and feels they deserve a ton of credit for their win against Curry. Yet he also believes they will get ****ing homogenized if they make the trip to Texas. If we look ourselves in the mirror, in comparison to the second tier of D3 football (dlip considers this the top 10 teams in the nation and U Rubba Dub and MUC on the top tier) the East is porous at best. ****!

[HScoach]

dlip concurs with the general consensus here regrading the East. dlip comes into each season truly hoping the East will produce a team and/or teams that will be natiaonally competitive and bring the East some serious respect. Respect that the East has not felt in many years now. dlip is very happy for Maine and feels they deserve a ton of credit for their win against Curry. Yet he also believes they will get ****ing homogenized if they make the trip to Texas. If we look ourselves in the mirror, in comparison to the second tier of D3 football (dlip considers this the top 10 teams in the nation and U Rubba Dub and MUC on the top tier) the East is porous at best. ****!

Great descriptive, and very technical term.  +k

[pg04]

Our predictions were pretty true,  Maine at Montclair, Albright at Alfred, Susquehanna at Del Val ... with MUC hosting Washington and Jefferson

[DanPadavona]

This is expanding the subject a bit, but I'd like to see Wesley leave the barely functioning ACFC and join the NJAC as an Eastern Region member.  Maybe allow West Conn or Morrisville to bolt for the ECFC, or fill out the Empire 8.

Some good match-ups for Round 1.  I'll be interested to see if Albright goes on the road and wins at Alfred, which wouldn't surprise me considering the strength of the MAC relative to the Eastern Region this season.  I hope Susquehanna brings their A-game, but I think Del Valley will lay the smack down.  Montclair should take care of business before being sacrificed in Alliance.

[Boxer7806]

I'd like Maine to fly to MUC just to see if MUC can put up 100....

Heck if they beat Montclair (crazier things have happened) then you will get your chance to see it.

[Frank Rossi]

We just finished our "In the HuddLLe" interview with Dr. Joy Solomen, Chairwoman of the NCAA Division III Football Championship Committee.  I have to admit, I learned some things during the call -- and I'm sure readers will want to hear what she said about strength of schedule issues, the East as a whole and the way to avoid Mount Union at the top of the East Bracket every year.

Tune in at http://inthehuddlle.com at 7:30pm EST for the interview and a lot more.