East Region Playoff Discussion

[Upstate]

Oh I agree, this isn't a slight on STL or FSU. They had fantastic years and I was using the Regional Rankings done by Pat, Frank and Wally on the podcast.

The committee has shown that it will reward New England area teams with some love during the rankings. I think they are right on the podcast and SU drops out though.

[@d3jason]

Think Albright's loss hurts Salisbury staying in RR. Therefore hurting Frostburg.

[Upstate]

Think Albright's loss hurts Salisbury staying in RR. Therefore hurting Frostburg.

Yeah that's a double whammy...

[Teamski]

Well, instead of JHU, Wesley lands John Carroll in the second round.  Besides being on the road, Mount Union got a pretty easy bracket, the easiest of the lot.....

-Ski

[Upstate]

No east pool C bids...

I hope the guys at ITTH can get the lowdown on who they put up for the pool C bid...

I can't believe they passed 6 times on an East team...

[wesleydad]

Well, instead of JHU, Wesley lands John Carroll in the second round.  Besides being on the road, Mount Union got a pretty easy bracket, the easiest of the lot.....

-Ski

That is if they are any good.  Hobart is no easy game and neither is Johns Hopkins.  Alfred is pretty good too.  Mount will have to work to win those 3.

[pg04]

Well, instead of JHU, Wesley lands John Carroll in the second round.  Besides being on the road, Mount Union got a pretty easy bracket, the easiest of the lot.....

-Ski

That is if they are any good.  Hobart is no easy game and neither is Johns Hopkins.  Alfred is pretty good too.  Mount will have to work to win those 3.

And provided form holds, Mount would have to beat all 3 teams on the road.

[res ipsa loquitur]

Damn, did Hobart get punished for getting in, and for MUC losing?  Instantly, the season went from a possible final 8-or-better run, to a let's-try-not-to-get-blasted-by-50-in-the-first-round campaign.  Mount will be an angry hive of hornets.   F*ck. 

[Upstate]

Well, instead of JHU, Wesley lands John Carroll in the second round.  Besides being on the road, Mount Union got a pretty easy bracket, the easiest of the lot.....

-Ski

That is if they are any good.  Hobart is no easy game and neither is Johns Hopkins.  Alfred is pretty good too.  Mount will have to work to win those 3.

And provided form holds, Mount would have to beat all 3 teams on the road.

Watch mount roll through the bracket and those who have complained about no road playoff games cite the east centric bracket as it not really counting....

[pg04]

Damn, did Hobart get punished for getting in, and for MUC losing?  Instantly, the season went from a possible final 8-or-better run, to a let's-try-not-to-get-blasted-by-50-in-the-first-round campaign.  Mount will be an angry hive of hornets.   F*ck.

Well to be fair, they could have had Mount hosting Hobart, so at least Hobart is at home?

[Frank Rossi]

We posted our interview with the NCAA Committee Chairman as a stand-alone podcast for now -- the rest of the show will be posted over the next day, as explained in the show's prologue.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ith/2016/11/14/in-the-huddlle--liberty-league-football-talk-show

[Upstate]

Ha. The fact that they ranked Frostburg over Fisher is pretty funny. They even ranked Salisbury too to help Frostburg.

The regional chair for the east is from the NJAC correct?

So buy trying to prop up their own team and ignoring playoff criteria they screwed the east from a pool C bid.

[HScoach]

Damn, did Hobart get punished for getting in, and for MUC losing?  Instantly, the season went from a possible final 8-or-better run, to a let's-try-not-to-get-blasted-by-50-in-the-first-round campaign.  Mount will be an angry hive of hornets.   F*ck.

Take advantage of the opportunity of facing the least talented Mount team in 25 years.   The helmets will say "Raiders", but this isn't your daddy's Mount.

[boobyhasgameyo]

Damn, did Hobart get punished for getting in, and for MUC losing?  Instantly, the season went from a possible final 8-or-better run, to a let's-try-not-to-get-blasted-by-50-in-the-first-round campaign.  Mount will be an angry hive of hornets.   F*ck.

Take advantage of the opportunity of facing the least talented Mount team in 25 years.   The helmets will say "Raiders", but this isn't your daddy's Mount.

Then how far have all of the teams fallen in the OAC outside of UMU and JCU?  You guys still murdered the rest of them. 

[Bartman]

Damn, did Hobart get punished for getting in, and for MUC losing?  Instantly, the season went from a possible final 8-or-better run, to a let's-try-not-to-get-blasted-by-50-in-the-first-round campaign.  Mount will be an angry hive of hornets.   F*ck.

Take advantage of the opportunity of facing the least talented Mount team in 25 years.   The helmets will say "Raiders", but this isn't your daddy's Mount.

Hey, no diminishing this potential Statesmen win, the Raiders do hold the trophy, although when I look at the stats from UMU's only competitive opponents Ohio Northern and JCU, it is encouraging. The size of the teams are comparable, Hobart's average Offensive Lineman is 6'3.5" and 287 pounds, while Mount's is 6'2" 288 pounds, Hobart's 4 DLs are 6'1" 264 and Mount's front 3 are 6'1" and 258 pounds, Hobart's LB's average is 6'0" 220 and Mount's are 5'11" /226 , the defensive backfields are similarly sized as are the running backs and receivers with the exception of Shed who is 6'4"....  I hear the speed and quickness is the essential difference between the LL and the top 10 programs and  we will see whether this is proven on Saturday.