FB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[SaintsFAN]

How great is it seeing Brady and company getting frustrated and beaten by the Colts??  I love it.  20-10 with 9:42 left.  Run up the score on the Colts, cheaters!

Be VERY wary of premature gloating when facing Brady - 24-20 Patriots with 3:15 left!

And this is NOT gloating the other way - not with 3:15 and facing Manning!

Yeah this sucked ass last night.  I was hoping Tom Brady was going to decapitate himself when he was head butting his offensive lineman.  Somebody needs to pop dude in the mouth.

I was also watching probably the most assinine show last night.  Apparently there's alot of conspiracy theories and 9/11.  People actually think our government blew up the WTC to further along personal agendas.  Not only did I watch because I was offended (my brother was in the WTC), I was also pissed by the time the program was 30 minutes old. 

Thoughts on HCAC teams in the playoffs:

I hope there's only one team     BIG game this weekend.  Sayer, I guess I got my answer. 

[Adam Sayer]

Na...I've just been busy. Normally, like my boy Tressel, I like to keep things close to the vest during Bridge Bowl week. After the game...different story. I'll yap and throw my 2 cents in until you get even more tired of me talking.

My Fantasy team (Tom Brady and Randy Moss included) hung 195 points this week (I have yet to put up less than 100). It also helps when you have Adrian Peterson and Reggie Bush playing HB for ya .  How anyone cannot be excited about what Peterson is doing is beyond thought. This kid may put up 2,000 in his rookie year! I was hoping the final score of the game last night would be something like 42-41 Colts, but I'll take what I got.

W&J may end up in the North too. We really haven't discussed that. That would set things up like this in my opinion:
1. MUC (10-0)
2. W&J (10-0)
3. Wabash (10-0)
4. Wheaton (9-1)
5. Case (10-0)
6. FC (9-1)
7. MSJ (9-1)
8. MIAA Champ

Kevin...I guess you kind of get my thoughts on the game

[GrizzlyBall]

What more do you need to hear about football than the fact is that FC put up 672 of total offensive yards. Not saying DC wasnt good or anything i am just saying they scored on a haily mary at the half to their all-american receiver, who was a great guy by the way, and i didnt see much of anything else. What more about football do you need than the fact that Rupp was 27 of 38 for 437 yards and six TD's. RJ ran for 161 yards on 15 carries and this is the fourth straight game we have put up 50 or more. Maybe i was wrong when i say dominated. FC played a great game and had a great game plan and DC put up a fight. Sorry if any of you think i was running my mouth earlier.

[fc_alum_84]

Another Wabash/FC tilt according to your projection Adam.  Not sure what the outcome would be but it sure would be fun for both schools as this renewed rivalry is one of the best in Indiana from a competition standpoint.  Wabash and Franklin are dead even in points after two games the last two seasons. Both games went down to the final tick.

Based on strenght of schedule, etc FC probably should be ranked ahead of Case but probably wont be based on lack of history in the playoffs.  Either scenario is certainly better than a trip to Mt Union the first game.

[dc_has_been]

I personally think Franklin would be getting the short end of the stick if they get seeded in the 6th spot.  I do understand our conferences rep., but their only loss was to a top 10 team by two points.  I do think that Franklin can hang w/ just about any team in the North even if W&J is added, except Mount of course b/c they are just sick.  
MSJ needs to not mess up this Saturday, so that they will have a shot at the playoffs too.  If they get locked in at the 7 th spot they will have to face some tough competition, but I think they could come out w/ a win as well.

[fc_alum_84]

I only saw MSJ play once this year (FC game).  They play solid defense.  Holding DC to zero points is not easy.  DC can move the ball.  MSJ lacks some of the offensive firepower that I saw in the last 2-3 season but they are no slouch.  They held FC to 28 which is the season low btw. 

One thing that might be in Franklin's favor is the knowledge that they were left out altoghether last year after beating Wabash and only losing to MSJ by 6.  This year's record proves they are not a fluke.  That may get them some additional love.  Plus this year they are ranked high enough to get immediate 4/5 seed attention and Wabash is at #8 which certainly helps strenght of schedule as well as MSJ likely being 9-1. A good road loss and a good road win along with consistent 20-30 point winning margins (ringing up 55 on a winning DC squad didn't hurt either).

[Mr. Ypsi]

Na...I've just been busy. Normally, like my boy Tressel, I like to keep things close to the vest during Bridge Bowl week. After the game...different story. I'll yap and throw my 2 cents in until you get even more tired of me talking.

My Fantasy team (Tom Brady and Randy Moss included) hung 195 points this week (I have yet to put up less than 100). It also helps when you have Adrian Peterson and Reggie Bush playing HB for ya .  How anyone cannot be excited about what Peterson is doing is beyond thought. This kid may put up 2,000 in his rookie year! I was hoping the final score of the game last night would be something like 42-41 Colts, but I'll take what I got.

W&J may end up in the North too. We really haven't discussed that. That would set things up like this in my opinion:
1. MUC (10-0)
2. W&J (10-0)
3. Wabash (10-0)
4. Wheaton (9-1)
5. Case (10-0)
6. FC (9-1)
7. MSJ (9-1)
8. MIAA Champ

Kevin...I guess you kind of get my thoughts on the game

That looks fairly reasonable IF CUW gets moved West, but I'm not sure there is room for them in that bracket (unless the SCIAC team gets moved South).

[propower64]

Adam,
Why would they move a #1 seed from the south region into a #2 seed of the north region?  New to this playoff stuff and just trying to figure out the system.
www.grizzlyball.com

[Pat Coleman]

propower64: They probably wouldn't move W&J over. They have not moved high seeds in the past.

[victorybell_57]

why is case ahead of FC? no losses, ok. but their coference is loaded with academic talent, not as much football talent. in any event, the head coach at case should get national D3 coach of the year if they win the 10th game. it has long been a struggling football school who simply couldn't get football players to meet their academic standards. he has obviously done something very right there. has anybody seen the new football stadium they built? he has done a remarkable job at a very tough job, i wish them continued success.

oh, and go grizzlies.

[SaintsFAN]

I personally think Franklin would be getting the short end of the stick if they get seeded in the 6th spot.  I do understand our conferences rep., but their only loss was to a top 10 team by two points.  I do think that Franklin can hang w/ just about any team in the North even if W&J is added, except Mount of course b/c they are just sick.  
MSJ needs to not mess up this Saturday, so that they will have a shot at the playoffs too.  If they get locked in at the 7 th spot they will have to face some tough competition, but I think they could come out w/ a win as well.

I'm telling you guys W&J is on a different level than any of the teams I've seen this year.  They'd have put up 40 on MSJ last weekend.  It was sick how good their QB and skill guys are. 

Adam, thats cool.  No worries....I just want to know what you are going to eat for breakfast after you wake up from that dream   

I still think Capital will get into the playoffs this year.  One way or another...probably as the North Region's pool C . . . and if they do they will be a very tough out. 

84,

Speaking of great Indiana football...how great would it be to see Hanover and Notre Dame play??

[fc_alum_84]

ND would need points  haha

[KYGrizzly]

Victory Bell,

By the pictures the stadium looks pretty nice. It looks like they do not have any seating on the visitors side similar to MSJ's Stadium.

Does anyone think that the outcome of Case's game witth OWU will have any bearing on the seeding of the two teams since OWU played both of them. Franklin defeated OWU 34 - 21 in the first game of their season.

FC-Alum84 already said this once, I also was on the field after the game and heard the Defiance coach congratulate the team and asked them to go out and represent the the HCAC Conference well in the playoffs. Thumbs up to the coach for being a class act.

[altor]

Why would they move a #1 seed from the south region into a #2 seed of the north region?  New to this playoff stuff and just trying to figure out the system.

The handbook doesn't really address it.  What it says...

Once selected, teams will be grouped in clusters according to natural geographic proximity. Teams will then be paired according to geographic proximity. A team may be moved to numerically balance the bracket, if geographic proximity is maintained.

(geographic proximity means within 500 miles)

In any seeding process I have been a part or heard of, if you have to move a team in the bracket, you move the lowest seeded team possible.  For instance, in the D-1 basketball tournament, they have a rule that two teams from the same conference can't meet until the regional finals.  So, if the standard seeding would break this rule, they move the lower of the two seeds to a different region.

The geographic distance between Waynesburg and W&J is so small that (assuming Waynesburg makes the field) I have trouble believing they would move W&J into the North rather than Waynesburg if it became an issue.

[dc_has_been]

I don't think Capital should get a pool C bid.  W/ losses to Otterbein & a very close game against Muskingum I don't see them deserving a pool C bid in the North.  A little bias b/c I think if they get a pool C bid they will get it over MSJ.

W & J does look to have a high powered offense, but MSJ has put some high numbers up too.  They both put up 50+ against Hanover this season.  So maybe they put up 40, it doesn't mean they are walking away w/ a W.