Playoffs 2013

[Ralph Turner]

Let's start the discussion.

[Ralph Turner]

Who are the top seeds in each of the brackets?

Does UMHB have the chance to play four at home?

[KitchenSink]

Looks like Mount Union, Bethel, Whitewater and MHB

[mattvsmith]

I haven't been able to look at the playoff material very thoroughly. (It's difficult to read well on a phone.) Some of the bracket looks funny. Wesley vs Johns Hopkins seems unfair. That seems like a second round match up to me.
I'm not sure where Hobart is seeded. Is it #2 or 3? Not really complaining about it. Gallaudet is a good first round opponent.

[KitchenSink]

Mount Union should cruise to the semi's without breaking a sweat.

MHB, watch out for John Carroll.

Possible monster game in round 2, Platteville at North Central.  Bethel probably meets the survivor.

And it looks to me like the committee got as far away from North, South, East, West as possible - whether they were trying to or not.

[wesleydad]

I haven't been able to look at the playoff material very thoroughly. (It's difficult to read well on a phone.) Some of the bracket looks funny. Wesley vs Johns Hopkins seems unfair. That seems like a second round match up to me.
I'm not sure where Hobart is seeded. Is it #2 or 3? Not really complaining about it. Gallaudet is a good first round opponent.

agree Rev.  Hopkins has to be shaking their head right now.  Some lesser teams got easier first round drawers, at least on paper, including the other part of this bracket.  Ithaca hosting Framingham seems off a little.

Hobart should be happy with first round, from their it is tough in most places.

[pumkinattack]

I've been waiting all year for the playoffs with this Hobart team to find out how good they are.  The OAC folks appear to have already penciled in JCU/UMHB in the bracket finals and if they both get through it'll probably be the best/toughest second round playoff game (Hobart/JCU, if Gaulludet or SJF can't stop either team from advancing).

On the one hand, it's a very tough matchup for Hobart (rematch of 2002 when Arth was QB in a muddiest in Geneva), but on the other hand I've been waiting for the statesmen to have a chance to show how good they are (hopefully as good as I think they can be), so it's a heck of a challenge.  Both could be top 10 teams.

[smedindy]

No doubt some of the hosting decisions were about $$$, but after the first round it seems that they decided to let it fly. Which is good.

[MonroviaCat]

No doubt some of the hosting decisions were about $$$, but after the first round it seems that they decided to let it fly. Which is good.

Aside from a team flying to the Pacific Northwest and another to Texas (both of which would be unavoidable in round 2 anyway) what other potential flights to you see?  (I'm curious----not in anyway saying you are wrong).

[smedindy]

Maybe not flights, but I was surprised to see IWU pushed over to Iowa and the West. My perception may be off, but the bracket seemed to make sense from a football standpoint after the usual hosting $$ issues in round one.

[MonroviaCat]

Maybe not flights, but I was surprised to see IWU pushed over to Iowa and the West. My perception may be off, but the bracket seemed to make sense from a football standpoint after the usual hosting $$ issues in round one.

It is a pretty good bracket.  A few head scratchers but I think they set things up for a good Stagg this year!

[Ralph Turner]

Maybe not flights, but I was surprised to see IWU pushed over to Iowa and the West. My perception may be off, but the bracket seemed to make sense from a football standpoint after the usual hosting $$ issues in round one.

The good thing about the Bethel bracket is that NCU and IWU are not bracketed to meet until the round of 8.

[middlerelief]

Maybe not flights, but I was surprised to see IWU pushed over to Iowa and the West. My perception may be off, but the bracket seemed to make sense from a football standpoint after the usual hosting $$ issues in round one.

The good thing about the Bethel bracket is that NCU and IWU won't meet until the round of 8.

I really like the way the brackets are laid out this year, some potential interesting and first time match ups.

I'm a homer for the SJF Cards, who got a very tough draw in JCU in Round 1.  Common opponent in Otterbein, produced same result for each team a shutout win: 28-0.

[MonroviaCat]

What are the rules regarding tape exchange for the playoffs, anyone?

[Kira & Jaxon's Dad]

What are the rules regarding tape exchange for the playoffs, anyone?

I believe, from memory, it is the last two games.