Pool C -- 2007

[KitchenSink]

It's not just you.

There's no D in this game.  I swear they only get ballcarriers out of bounds to end plays.

[Ron Boerger]

53-35 Whittier, 13:12 left.   Another one play drive by the poets, 67-yard inside handoff where the back was untouched. 

Poets should start going for two, their backup PK is now 1-5.

[KitchenSink]

They're 1 for 3 going for two  (so far).

Here comes another chance - Pick 6.

[KitchenSink]

My god, it was 2nd and 51.

And they ran a draw play that picked up 54.

Just another college football game.   

[Mr. Ypsi]

Now 61-35, so I guess they got the two!

[Mr. Ypsi]

re: Scoreboard, it is now 67-42 with 3 minutes left.  Does either team have a defense?

[gordonmann]

Our final playoff projections are posted here.

Have a good night, everyone.

[Jonny Utah]

Actually, guys, it CAN be considered....

"Should a committee find that evaluation of a team's win-loss percentage during the last 25 percent of the season is applicable (i.e., end of season performance), it may adopt such criteria with approval from the championships committee."

I asked this week and was told it was not being considered.

It should be.  Or maybe its not needed? 

[johnnie_esq]

Our final playoff projections are posted here.

Have a good night, everyone.

Out of curiosity, what is the reasoning behind not including Waynesburg?  They have only one in-region loss...is it because their SOS is lower?

[usee]

Our final playoff projections are posted here.

Have a good night, everyone.

Out of curiosity, what is the reasoning behind not including Waynesburg?  They have only one in-region loss...is it because their SOS is lower?

these questions will likely be better answered on the daily dose page where the playoff projections are.

[Bob.Gregg]

Actually, guys, it CAN be considered....

"Should a committee find that evaluation of a team's win-loss percentage during the last 25 percent of the season is applicable (i.e., end of season performance), it may adopt such criteria with approval from the championships committee."

I asked this week and was told it was not being considered.

It should be.  Or maybe its not needed? 

Interestingly enough, Johnny, after telling us that the committee isn't going to consider those tidbits of information, Pat used them to select Ithaca because they're playing better down the stretch...

[Bob.Gregg]

Our final playoff projections are posted here.

Have a good night, everyone.

Out of curiosity, what is the reasoning behind not including Waynesburg?  They have only one in-region loss...is it because their SOS is lower?

Waynesburg has been bubble at best since losing to W&J.  Then, the Jackets dropped a game to first-year transitional Geneva.  If Waynesburg's primary criteria doesn't put them in, the secondary criteria loss won't put them in either.

The 7-1 in-region record alone isn't going to be enough, I don't think.  And the OWP ranking of 186 doesn't help the cause.  But, this is the first year with this revised criteria.  We'll find out this morning just how much weight is put on what criteria.

[Bob.Gregg]

Here's what we're going to find out in the next 45 minutes:

1)  The six teams with one in-region loss ALL have lower OWP rankings than 12 two-loss teams.  Which teams will records count more than lower OWP rankings?

St. Johns--87
Plym.State--101
St.JohnFisher--115
Whitworth--122
Mt.St.Joseph--152
Waynesburg--186

Wheaton--24
Hobart--25
Wartburg--30
Millsaps--38
St.Olaf--39
Capital--46
DePauw--54
Wittenberg--55
Ithaca--64
CoastGuard--65
Dickinson--78
Rand-Macon--79
MontState--84

EauClaire--108 (I meant to write that, but it disappeared the first time I posted it...)

2)  Is an In-Region Loss an In-Region Loss?  Or, as has been stated elsewhere on this site, is a loss to Mt. Union not really a loss, because, they are, after all, Mt. Union?

We shall see soon...

[Schwami]

WOW 

Didn't see that one coming.  This will take some time to digest.

Eau Claire is in, Whitworth is out.

The real surprise is the way the brackets are split up.  Maybe the NCAA is making a real attempt to create greater balance among the various regions.

[Ralph Turner]

In the 2007 Playoffs the seven Pool C bids (*) come from 6 conferences.  I have also included the ACFC Pool B bids in this list.  Here are the rounds in which the intra-conference playoff match might occur.

WIAC
UW-W
UW-EC* -- Stagg Bowl

OAC
MUC
Capital* -- Stagg Bowl

MIAC
Bethel
SJU* -- Central IA Regional Finals

Liberty League
RPI
Hobart* -- MUC Regional Finals

Empire 8
Hartwick
Ithaca* -- MUC Regional Finals

Empire 8
SJF*
Ithaca* -- MUC Regional Finals

Empire 8
SJF*
Hartwick -- 2nd Round  MUC Regionals

HCAC
MSJ*
Franklin -- UW-W Regional Finals

ACFC  (Pool B)
Wesley
Salisbury -- 2nd Round W&J Regionals


I apologize for the brain burp!  Thanks to altor. +1