The 2008 Playoffs Thread

[PA_wesleyfan]

I hope wdel has the Beavers run in the hi-lights this week.. It was a memorable fun thing to watch from a fans perspective,probably not so much from a coaches view. He took the ball to the left sideline for about seven yards, was boxed in on  and reversed course, went fifteen to twenty yards backwords avoiding three or four would be tacklers, went completely to the other sideline and was forced out of bounds after about a 12 yard gain. The play was brought back for a holding call that happened at the end of the run..

[Knightstalker]

As the saying goes - 'if you remember the 60s, you weren't IN the 60s'.

(BTW, the '60s' were actually about 1965 to 1975.)

I had a reason for starting this post, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was.

[But I vaguely recall I lived thru the 60s.]

I had platforms shoes (and boots); I had a Nehru jacket; I had leisure suits; I had hair halfway down my back; I even had white bucks; but I NEVER had blue suede shoes!

I still have hair halfway down my back.  My high school years were "That 70's Show".  I do get occasional flashbacks to then.

[Ryan Tipps]

I still have hair halfway down my back.  My high school years were "That 70's Show".  I do get occasional flashbacks to then.

Wait, when you say you have hair halfway down your back, do you mean...

long hair:


or hair down your back:

[Bob.Gregg]

puh-LEASE!

[PA_wesleyfan]

I still have hair halfway down my back.  My high school years were "That 70's Show".  I do get occasional flashbacks to then.

Wait, when you say you have hair halfway down your back, do you mean...

long hair:


or hair down your back:

Ahhahahaha

Wait isn't one growing down and one growing up

[Knightstalker]

Both   

[Ryan Tipps]

Both   

lol.....awesome. 

[janesvilleflash]

[PA_wesleyfan]

I think that is on the legal game list in Pa.. And you don't need a special tag..

[Teamski]

LOL!!!!

-Ski

[Ralph Turner]

puh-LEASE!

How about the same, except  in classic "W&J"?



Go Presidents!   

[Ralph Turner]

Match-ups between Pool C and Pool A conference members:

Conference	Teams "C" /"A""......................	Round of Outcome/Potential Match-up
ASC	HSU/UMHB	Round #1 UMHB 38-35
CCIW	Wheaton IL/North Central	Regional Finals
NEFC	Curry/Plymouth St	Regional Semi-finals
OAC	Otterbein/MUC	Semifinals
Pres AC	W&J/Thomas More	Stagg Bowl
WIAC	UWW/UWSP	Regional Finals

[K-Mack]

Match-ups between Pool C and Pool A conference members:

Conference	Teams "C" /"A""......................	Round of Outcome/Potential Match-up
ASC	HSU/UMHB	Round #1 UMHB 38-35
CCIW	Wheaton IL/North Central	Regional Finals
NEFC	Curry/Plymouth St	Regional Semi-finals
OAC	Otterbein/MUC	Semifinals
Pres AC	W&J/Thomas More	Stagg Bowl
WIAC	UWW/UWSP	Regional Finals

Nice chart, but the CCIW is the only one with two teams alive still.

I've been thinking of something similar this week:

Pool C teams who have outlasted the Pool A conf. champ that defeated them in the regular season:
W&J > Thomas More
UWW > UWSP
Curry > Plymouth State

UMHB >> HSU (beat them again)

North Central ? Wheaton

Mount Union won in the reg. sea. and outlasted Otterbein

Interesting to see the Cs were 4-2 this week. Second chances are often appreciated.

The Bs were 1-2.

[K-Mack]

So wow, three No. 1 seeds go down today.

We've got two No. 5s hosting, three still alive, along with two No. 7s.

Not that our poll necessarily agreed with having, say, Whitewater that low, but still a nice accomplishment to go to Oregon and win on the road.

Franklin, W&J big wins ... Wartburg the last-second upset.

Also Wheaton last team in, W&J on the bubble ... Wartburg needed help to clinch in Pool A ... and they all put up two wins and move to the Round of Eight.

Good stuff.

I think Mount Union is also going to be playing a team now that can match up physically. Cortland will probably still have to play its best game ... but they're both coming in way hot, as are Wheaton and Franklin.

Let's see
E: No. 3 Cortland at No. 1 Mount Union
N: No. 7 Wheaton at No. 5 Franklin
W: No. 7 Wartburg at No. 5 UW-Whitewater
S: No. 5 W&J at No. 2 UMHB

And of course, a familiar trio hanging around.

For NC, was Fanthorpe hurt and replaced by Kniss? Looked like he came out on a 3rd down, Kniss was sacked, Fanthorpe played the next series, then Kniss finished the game. I'm guessing injury.

[altor]

Can we make a statement that parity has arrived in D-III?  In some ways it's true; but we still have MUC, UMHB, and UW-W hosting regional finals.

Something I've been keeping track of the last couple years...using the seeds and polls to make playoff "predictions:"

2006
NCAA 25-6
D3Football 25-6
AFCA 24-7

2007
NCAA 23-8
D3Football 26-5
AFCA 26-5

so far in 2008
NCAA 13-11
D3Football 15-9
AFCA 15-9