East Region Playoff Discussion

[dlippiel]

Dlip thinks Linfield would completely exploit Wesley's defense. He hopes not but...

[wesleydad]

Dlip thinks Linfield would completely exploit Wesley's defense. He hopes not but...

so we have a shoot out then.  Wesley would exploit their defense too.

[stlawus]

Well SLU draws Mount Union.  It was a good season :/

[wesleydad]

Salisbury/Cortland match up will be interesting.  Wesley/Framingham is another one.  The other east teams will likely be gone after week 1.  Mount and UWW on same side of bracket.  Yes, someone knew in the show.

[pg04]

Good Luck to the Salisbury/Cortland winner, who earn the right to fly all the way to Oregon to lose by 60. Seriously no east team may even make it to round 3 this year. I guess they deserve it.

[D3MAFAN]

They gave Albright the raw end of the deal IMHO...As far as the winner of the Salisbury and Cortland St teams going out to Linfield, I think Cortland has the better chance because they have the ability to be balance, however Salisbury has the option, which is difficult to prepare for in one week when you haven't played against it, but Linfield defense is very very good and Salisbury Defense can't stop anyone so you are right.

[Div3Fan]

Good Luck to the Salisbury/Cortland winner, who earn the right to fly all the way to Oregon to lose by 60. Seriously no east team may even make it to round 3 this year. I guess they deserve it.

So true...

[pg04]

Although Norwich is outside of the range of Mount Union, I don't understand why Norwich ended up with an easier opponent than St. Lawrence. I get distance but the competition level is not even close!

[Div3Fan]

They gave Albright the raw end of the deal IMHO...As far as the winner of the Salisbury and Cortland St teams going out to Linfield, I think Cortland has the better chance because they have the ability to be balance, however Salisbury has the option, which is difficult to prepare for in one week when you haven't played against it, but Linfield defense is very very good and Salisbury Defense can't stop anyone so you are right.

One week they are going to play the worst team in the playoffs, and the next the, arguably, best. I feel bad for Albright.

The SU/Cortland game is interesting. Two teams that flipped into the other's conference.
I think Salisbury will win, and get to enjoy a hopefully scenic flight out west.
I'd argue going West is much worse than coming East, so I expect the game to be a no contest.

[Div3Fan]

Although Norwich is outside of the range of Mount Union, I don't understand why Norwich ended up with an easier opponent than St. Lawrence. I get distance but the competition level is not even close!

I have many questions about the bracket this year, including yours. How does ONU get in over UWP? 

[@d3jason]

The were probably ranked behind Whitworth and Whit was the last team in

[jackson5]

How the committee thinks that St Lawrence deserves that seed is beyond me. Send Norwhich, Framingham or WNE their over them.

Then how Norwhich gets Albright at 6-4 when WNE gets John Hopkins is ridiculous

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

How the committee thinks that St Lawrence deserves that seed is beyond me. Send Norwhich, Framingham or WNE their over them.

Then how Norwhich gets Albright at 6-4 when WNE gets John Hopkins is ridiculous

Easiest answer to that... most of those schools are outside of 500 miles from Mount Union:
- Norwich: 630 miles
- Framingham: 609 miles
- Western New England: 558 miles

You are going to have to pick teams inside of 500 miles to make that argument.

[dlippiel]

Dlip thinks Linfield would completely exploit Wesley's defense. He hopes not but...

so we have a shoot out then.  Wesley would exploit their defense too.

You rock WD but that's not what Dlip meant...he meant without Wesley being able to keep up...and he feels Linfield's D would outperform Wesley's D which woul inhibit a shootout where Wesley comes out on top. That is a damn good Linfield team. Of course Dlip WOULD LOVE to eat crow on this...but he doesn't think we would have to.

[dlippiel]

How the committee thinks that St Lawrence deserves that seed is beyond me. Send Norwhich, Framingham or WNE their over them.

Then how Norwhich gets Albright at 6-4 when WNE gets John Hopkins is ridiculous

Easiest answer to that... most of those schools are outside of 500 miles from Mount Union:
- Norwich: 630 miles
- Framingham: 609 miles
- Western New England: 558 miles

You are going to have to pick teams inside of 500 miles to make that argument.

Regardless of the stupid 500 mile rule this sucks for SLU...however dlip's rebuttal to his own displeasure of SLU going to Mount is that SLU should have not lost to Morrisville or Hobart. If they were 10-0 and LL champs again, regardless of the stupid ****ing 500 mile rule, SLU and the rest of our LL brethren would have much more of a idealistic beef.