The 2008 Playoffs Thread

[Bob.Gregg]

Pres. Obama wants to fix DI, maybe being an Oxy alums he will fix D3 next.  LOL

Until very recently, he hasn't shown to be free-flowing with his cash.  Doubt you'll see a check to the AA to cover flights for Oxy, or anyone else coming from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

[pg04]

I can't believe 6% of people thought Mount Union would be the high seed most likely to lose this weekend (Courtesy of the front page survey that Pat just posted)

[Ron Boerger]

I can't believe 6% of people thought Mount Union would be the high seed most likely to lose this weekend (Courtesy of the front page survey that Pat just posted)

I think they're just hoping.   

[Bob.Gregg]

I can't believe 6% of people thought Mount Union would be the high seed most likely to lose this weekend (Courtesy of the front page survey that Pat just posted)

I think they're just hoping.   

Actually, if this was about "hoping" it would approximate 98% (unanimous outside Alliance....)

[@d3jason]

Besides Wesley/Muhlenberg, which I will be broadcasting. I think LaGrange/Millsaps. Two great stories there. Or UMHB and Hardin-Simmons... Now I can't decide....

[gordonmann]

President Obama isn't an Occidental alum.  He started his undergraduate work there but graduated from Columbia.

[retagent]

dc - Look at it this way. If things go as you hope, Oxy will have two home games if they can TCB at Willamette. This is the same number of home games they would have had if the top two seeds would have won their first two games. And, with the added bonus of seeing the West Region final at Oxy. Of course this is all hypothetical, but I'm just trying to snap you out of your whine. I'll send you some Wisconsin cheese if you want. Of course, all of the above is theorhetical. Bottom line is, you still have to win four to get to Salem, and you can't duck winning teams at this time of year.

[Sabretooth Tiger]

President Obama isn't an Occidental alum.  He started his undergraduate work there but graduated from Columbia.

He is not an Oxy graduate, but he is an alumnus:  "a man or boy who is a former student of a school, college or university"  The New Lexicon Webster's Dictionary of the English Language (1988 ed.)

I am making the trip to Oxy v. Willamette and I think it would be my first choice regardless.  If, however, I had to take my alma mater out of the mix, I'd probably opt for the UWW v. St. Johns match.

[dc_has_been]

retagent- I'll take some cheese for sure & I also do know you have to win to get to Salem.  I just don't know how confident I am in Oxy beating a very good Willamette.  If Oxy does "TCB" then I will be enjoying a round two game instead of sitting at my computer listening to all the games.

[TigerOldSchool]

President Obama isn't an Occidental alum.  He started his undergraduate work there but graduated from Columbia.

He is not an Oxy graduate, but he is an alumnus:  "a man or boy who is a former student of a school, college or university"  The New Lexicon Webster's Dictionary of the English Language (1988 ed.)

I am making the trip to Oxy v. Willamette and I think it would be my first choice regardless.  If, however, I had to take my alma mater out of the mix, I'd probably opt for the UWW v. St. Johns match.

Oxy has a definition of Alumnus which the college recognizes,  outside of the dictionary version.  I think it is completion of 10 credits, maybe 12, which is the equivalent of Fresh. year plus one trimester of Soph.
In comparison Graduate requires 35 (I think, it's been a few decades). 

I am hoping for a win and rd2 home game against SJU to relive the glorious '85 playoff in which Pat Guthrie called his own number, unbeknownst to the coaching staff and entire O-line who blocked the other direction, with a naked bootleg for the victory clinching TD untouched.

[TigerOldSchool]

No Tooth
It's not Pat
(But I know how to reach him if you are looking)

[old ends]

Besides Wesley/Muhlenberg, which I will be broadcasting.

If the broadcasting booth is heater..I would like to join you..if not I'll freeze like the rest of the fans

Not really just going to enjoy the game

[Ron Boerger]

Besides Wesley/Muhlenberg, which I will be broadcasting.

If Muhlenberg wins you can tell everyone on the air that I said I was an idiot for picking the wrong team.  

[K-Mack]

dc - Look at it this way. If things go as you hope, Oxy will have two home games if they can TCB at Willamette.

Had to Google that one. Never seen it acronymized before.

*makes up words*

[Mr. Ypsi]

dc - Look at it this way. If things go as you hope, Oxy will have two home games if they can TCB at Willamette.

Had to Google that one. Never seen it acronymized before.

*makes up words*

Wouldn't expect a 'kid' like you to know it!

I hadn't seen the acronym in probably 25 years, but it's been on several boards the last couple of weeks - must be a comeback.

[OMG, does that mean bell-bottoms might come back, too?! ]