Pool C -- 2007

[Bob.Gregg]

That makes seven before they selected Ithaca.

Pat, my apologies.  You are correct.

[K-Mack]

My god, it was 2nd and 51.

And they ran a draw play that picked up 54.

Just another college football game.   

Did this really happen?

I admit it was my birthday weekend and I was trying to not be too much of a D3 geek by only checking the score occasionally while doing other things instead of listening live.

That's Year-in-review material though. I mean the game already is, but that play ... wow.

It was mine and Mrs Stalkers birthday weekend too.  Still trying to recover and seeing Van Halen tonight.  Woo Hoo!

happy birthday K-Mack

By the way, thanks. Scorpios in the house!

[K-Mack]

It appears to me that the NCAA has made a concerted effort to get the best teams in and this season did a very good job.  I think most of the brackets are fair and as well balanced as they can be.  I also think some posters will never be happy with the results, but as we used to say in the Navy, "the only happy sailor is a bitching sailor."  I think this fits for post patterns and posting up.

I like that. I think that applies for employees.

Some people just gotta be complaining about something. They just started closing the cafeteria at 4 here instead of 8:30 ... so a) we get to leave the building to eat now and b) don't you remember working at some crappy little sweatshop newspaper that barely had a vending machine much less a cafeteria?

Sorry, tangent there.

[Pat Coleman]

They close the cafeteria at 4? Christ!

Then again, you and I both knew that had to be coming.

[Gray Fox]

They close the cafeteria at 4? Christ!

Then again, you and I both knew that had to be coming.

I'm so glad I was able to retire from there.

[Bob.Gregg]

Happy Holidays, AQ'ers!

Happy Holidays!

[Ralph Turner]

In the 2007 Playoffs the seven Pool C bids (*) come from 6 conferences.  Here are the rounds in which the intra-conference playoff match might occur.  (No "re-match" occurred this year.)

WIAC  8-member conference (7 conference games)
UW-W
UW-EC* -- Stagg Bowl  (#6 seed. UW-EC 1-1. Lost to Bethel 12-21 in the second round.)

OAC 10-member conference (9 conference games)
MUC
Capital* -- Stagg Bowl  (#7 seed. Capital 0-1. Lost to UW-W 14-34 in the first round.)

MIAC 9-member conference (8 conference games)
Bethel
SJU* -- Central IA Regional Finals  (#4 seed. SJU 1-1. Lost to Central 7-37 in the second round)

Liberty League 8-member conference (7 conference games)
RPI
Hobart* -- MUC Regional Finals  (#5 seed. Hobart 0-1. Lost to SJF 7-24 in the first round.)

Empire 8  7-member conference (6 conference games)
Hartwick
Ithaca* -- MUC Regional Finals (#8 seed. Ithaca 0-1. Lost to MUC 18-42 in the first round.)

Empire 8  7-member conference (6 conference games)
SJF*  (#2 seed. SJF 2-1. Lost to MUC 10-52 in the Quarterfinals)
Ithaca* -- MUC Regional Finals

Empire 8  7-member conference (6 conference games)
SJF*
Hartwick -- 2nd Round  MUC Regionals

HCAC  8-member conference (7 conference games)
MSJ* (#6 seed. MSJ 0-1. Lost to Wabash 21-31 in the first round.)
Franklin -- UW-W Regional Finals

Does the smaller conference give the team a better chance to earn a Pool C bid by increasing the chances of cherry-picking non-conference (in-region) opponents that give a better OWP and OOWP than another 1-8 or 2-7 (obligatory) conference opponent in a 10-team conference?

[Pirat]

Depends on the situation within the smaller conference;  the location of the smaller conference and luck.  Playing in a smaller conference certainly didn't help Whitworth cherry-pick their way into the playoffs.