Okay, here goes.

That......"feeling."

Well, it's our 4th straight such feeling when facing a playoff OT game. Lost 4 straight (Central, St. Thomas, UW-Oshkosh, and now...Chapman).

Ouch.

Quote from: D O.C. on November 23, 2019, 11:29:56 PM
This feeling?
Everything stopping abruptly?
2011 double OT loss to St. Thomas.

Hey, D O.C.!

Great game, no doubt. And Congrats to Chapman. They deserved it.

That said, do you want to hear an extreeeeeeemely inconvenient truth....or not?

Quote from: (509)Rat on December 19, 2018, 03:53:38 PM

Quote from: D O.C. on December 18, 2018, 08:36:14 PM
I see the national 2nd place finisher is 1-3 in '16 - '17 - '18.
This pattern has appeared 3 other times
I'd have thought the were so invincible there must be more 3 straight undefeated seasons. Only 1 I see. Then there's that 3 season drought of no bacon.
I never counted the teams in the north before. I may be off, but I counted 42. The West, 63.
Now, some sitting in Akron wonder why that matters.

I'm not sure what this means but man OxyD O.C. is fun 

Not positive but I think Opiate-DOC  is saying UMU has won 1 of the last 3 Staggs, and is also mentioning their season records as of late.

Anyway, this got me thinking of their dominance against everyone except UMHB and UW-W. After starting 4-0 against UW-W, they've went 2-6 (including 5 straight Stagg Bowl losses to them) for an overall H2H of 6-6. They're 2-3 against UMHB. 

9 of their 12 losses this millennium have been against these two schools, who they are a combined 8-9 against.

Yeah DOC, that was quite the photo. Appropriate it was w/ Elliott, I imagine.

Quote from: retagent on December 15, 2018, 09:33:53 AM
Did anyone see a bit of a parallel between Blake Elliot and T J Oshie, oops, Josey, in the way they were used against UMU? Bringing him into the backfield to get him more involved in the offense seemed to coincide with UMHB taking over the game.

Sorry art, I was taking a jab at Brockport, not you.

Yes, thought the same. Saw this in Collegeville in 2003 during the West Region final. Elliott was focused on and held to about 20 yards receiving so Coach moved him to the backfield in the 2nd half and he ended up w/ about 140 yards rushing.

Mount kept lateraling b/c it was 4th and 21 and the WR caught the ball 5 yards beyond the line of scrimmage. He was right next to the sideline, but couldn't step out or they would have given up possession.

What a luxury to have the athletes to get away w/ some of those 4th quarter decisions and still win a NC.

I recently met someone who is from near Belton. His kid actually played at SMU.

He said given UMHB's location, the amount of talent in the surrounding areas is insane, even by TX standards. Then you add in the facilities.

It's somewhat surprising these Stagg Bowl wins didn't start sooner, as the school was making deep playoff runs only a few years after it started the program.

Given the fact it looks like UMHB is going to be in the NWC champ's playoff "region" for the foreseeable future, it's hard for me not to take serious notice of what is being created down in Belton. And the likelihood of seeing them a lot (and possibly fairly early) in the postseason.

Now they've decided to start beating UW-W by 3 scores - a team they had a worse record against (0-5) than they did the 'Cats before getting their first W.

On the plus side, I'm encouraged that SJU was right there w/ them, and Whitworth hung w/ the Johnnies for a half+. Although football math such as this isn't always the most reliable. So I'm not sure just how big of a gap there was between UMHB and the NWC champ this season. Out of respect for the 'Cru and what they've accomplished, I'm going to error on the side of "substantial."

That said, I can't wait for the 'Cats to hopefully get back into the postseason next year. I like what I believe we'll be capable of in 2019.

And heck, there might be two NWC teams if Whitworth has a season like this year's again. Looking forward to that NWC matchup, as well.

Quote from: MonroviaCat on November 28, 2018, 11:54:15 PM

Quote from: D O.C. on November 28, 2018, 10:36:37 PM
Merry Christmas, Foss!
Uh.... Wasn't 2008 the last playoff miss?
Then to the good run in 2009?
Level Coppage & all?

i think that's what he said.  It was just worded a little oddly.  Should have made perfect sense to you Doc!   

Yep, it was clear as mud. Right in DOC's wheelhouse.

I'm fine w/ the scheduling. We play who we play, esp if we can get D3 opponents. Rowan finished 4-6 this year. The 'Cats should be fine, esp given the conference's history against East Coast teams. I would wager this will be the first time many of the players have went this far east - chalk it up to a cool life experience.

BTW, the last time Linfield was coming off a yr we didn't make the playoffs was 2009. That yr, we made it to the semis. We lost to UW-W in Wizzy, and led by a TD in the 4th. We lost by the same margin they beat The Mount on a neutral field in the Stagg.

I'm looking forward to next season, esp the way we finished this yr.

Quote from: hazzben on November 24, 2018, 11:41:16 PM

Quote from: Redtooth on November 24, 2018, 11:25:38 PM
I wonder if East Region apologist (and podcast expert that proclaimed the hardest bracket being the one Brockport was seeded #1 in) Frank would like to share with us here in the MIAC Board how the NCAA Selection Committee got it correct with the brackets that were clearly flawed from the moment they were done......Brockport and Frostburg were both clearly overrated and overseeded.

Left side of the bracket
#2 vs.#3
#5 vs. #11

Right side of the bracket
#1 vs. #23
#14 vs. unrated
(This overview was courtesy of OZ)

In my best Frank Rossi voice:

QuoteThis only goes to show how truly tough the East was this year. I went on record as saying Brockport had the toughest road to the Semi's given the parity in their quadrant. This doesn't show us at all that the East is weak, just how deep and talented the East truly is.

The East is a joke. But at least if Johns Hopkins beats RPI we won't have another scenario like this year playing out again, where unbeaten West teams lose out to unbeaten East teams because of previous years playoff results.

Non #1 seeds that could have won that bracket this year: Bethel, SJU, North Central, Whitworth, SNC (??), Hardin Simmons ...

LOL. Yeah, plenty of teams, some not even in the playoffs, would have had a legit chance of winning that bracket.

Good luck next week. Incredible stadium down there in TX.

Quote from: DuffMan on November 19, 2018, 03:16:48 PM

Quote from: wildcat11 on November 19, 2018, 01:49:26 PM
Whitworth has a punchers chance and we all know that the Rats are developing a good reputation for throwing hands.

So, they're the Bethel of the NWC?

Haha! I knoooooooooooow what you mean by this, Duff. 

Maybe I'm just not giving Whitworth enough credit, but I honestly don't see how your Johnnies don't win this by 3-4 TDs. And it's not because Whitworth isn't good. It's just that this seems to be one of the best SJU teams in awhile. If you can beatdown STU & the Royals the way you did, I'm having a hard time seeing how a Whitworth team can hang w/ you, esp after flying out to MN. I actually think you guys have a legit shot of taking down UMHB in the quarterfinals.

Quote from: MonroviaCat on November 18, 2018, 12:52:02 PM

Quote from: Foss on November 18, 2018, 12:08:34 AM
Congrats Whitworth.

D3 schools know what they're signing up for regarding the auto playoff bids. But the downside is the inevitable results w/ some of the conference champs being allowed to "compete."

Some of the scores today were simply absurd for playoff teams. 84-6??? 56-0 before halftime???

Who doesn't think SJU's 3rd or maybe even 4th stringers win that game? I don't know if matchups like this even qualify as competition.

As has been discussed already---"access" is the priority in D3 not getting the best 32 teams into the playoffs....  And consider this, if this was a playoff field made up of the best 32 teams, Randolph Macon probably isn't in the bracket---because they had a chance to "compete" they beat a team that many felt was potential quarterfinalist......

Aware of the "access." The Martin Luther, and a number of other results from yesterday, are more the norm for some of these teams compared to RM's. Some of the Johnnie fans sounded almost sorry for the ML players. If SJU leaves its starters in we might be talking 120-6ish after it was done w/ its "competition."

Congrats Whitworth.

D3 schools know what they're signing up for regarding the auto playoff bids. But the downside is the inevitable results w/ some of the conference champs being allowed to "compete."

Some of the scores today were simply absurd for playoff teams. 84-6??? 56-0 before halftime???

Who doesn't think SJU's 3rd or maybe even 4th stringers win that game? I don't know if matchups like this even qualify as competition.

Quote from: D O.C. on November 11, 2018, 11:38:24 PM
Thoroughly enjoyed Redtooth's rantiness.
(and learned a new word!)

That was one interesting post and perspective by a previous AD. I completely respect the fact he was willing to share that.