FB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[SaintsFAN]

I can't be a Colts fan now... They've already won a Super Bowl with Manning.  Just doesn't sit right with me.  Thats like me saying I'm a SFran Giants fan now or last year the Yankees..  Ya digg?

[KYGrizzly]

That's why I have been a Cleveland Browns fan for life. You can't blame me for being a wagon jumper.

[dc_has_been]

I do not want to hear any complaining about who you are fans of for a NFL team!  I've been a fan of the Detroit Lions since birth and I've dealt with more suffering than the Brown fans or Bengals combined!

[KYGrizzly]

I do not want to hear any complaining about who you are fans of for a NFL team!  I've been a fan of the Detroit Lions since birth and I've dealt with more suffering than the Brown fans or Bengals combined!

No argument there, but at least you had a team to pull for from 1996 - 1998.

[dc_has_been]

Going 19-29 is not a team to pull for.  They have had only 10 seasons with a winning records, and that's including two 8-8 seasons that I really don't count as a winning season in my 31 years of being a fan.  The last one was in 2000 at 9-7.  Oh yeah they are 1-8 in the playoffs during my life time too.
On a more related note, if Franklin wins, how does everyone see them sizing them to the rest of their North competition?  Also, where do you see them getting seeded. I'm thinking a 5 or 6 against Wheaton or Witt.

[altor]

On a more related note, if Franklin wins, how does everyone see them sizing them to the rest of their North competition?  Also, where do you see them getting seeded. I'm thinking a 5 or 6 against Wheaton or Witt.

It's really hard to tell without knowing how they plan to do the "geographic" groups.  Do they send Mt.U East?  Do they bring UWW North?  Do they include DePauw and/or Th. More in the North?

I do see a likely matchup at Wheaton, ONU, Witt, or Trine.  My gut tells me ONU or Witt are the most likely.

[Pat Coleman]

Link to our projected bracket on the front page of D3football.com. We had to tackle those same issues you're pondering.

[dc_has_been]

Pat, I saw your projections which I can't say I'm a fan of w/ UWW being the north #1 and Franklin having to face them for a first round game.  If Hanover wins Saturday then I would fully agree with it, but I think Franklin is better than an 8 seed.  Still with how loaded the north is, it is very hard to argue with where you put them.

[Pat Coleman]

I could send Franklin to Wartburg as a "7" in the West -- that was about my only other option. But I couldn't send Hanover there because of distance, so it wasn't a good fit today.

[GRIZ_BACKER]

I could send Franklin to Wartburg as a "7" in the West -- that was about my only other option. But I couldn't send Hanover there because of distance, so it wasn't a good fit today.

Franklin an 8 seed??? sorry you are wrong on that.  Will not happen

[Pat Coleman]

Put together a 32-team bracket, follow all the rules for travel and avoiding conference rematches (outside TX) and show me the scenario that worked. Because that's what I did and this is how it came up.

Propose a real alternative.

[altor]

Pat, I have trouble believing that this committee will do that much rearranging of the traditional regions.  They had similar opportunities last year with DPU and Th More, but did not use that to their advantage.

Also, in the interest of "balancing the brackets" (another thing that I don't think this committee attempted to do last year), is importing two more undefeated teams into an already stacked region really the appropriate thing to do (not counting the UWW/UMtU rotations since that's basically a wash)?  That UWW quarter-bracket has a grand total of two losses.

If Dick Kaiser were still chairing this committee, I'd be excited about the possibilities that they could come up with.  The chair last year gave no indication that they spent any time trying to think outside the box.

I wish I could take up your offer and create my own bracket.  However, I don't have the time to look up all the mileage stuff, especially when more questions will be answered in only a few more hours.

[Pat Coleman]

Pat, I have trouble believing that this committee will do that much rearranging of the traditional regions.  They had similar opportunities last year with DPU and Th More, but did not use that to their advantage.

We believe 10 South Region teams will be chosen (if the season plays out that way). How can they not rearrange?

[SaintsFAN]

with 10 minutes left in 2nd Quarter in KY...

MSJ  0
TMC  16

MSJ has 1 first down and Thomas More has 14.  This is going to get ugly...

                  MSJ  TMC
1st downs     1  14
Rush yards   -7  71
Pass yards   30  81
Total offense 23  152
Penalties     5-60  1-5
Turnovers       0    0

[dc_has_been]

Wow, DC loses to Bluffton!  I am once again ashamed of our program.  Way to end the season strong DC