Quote from: Jake Feldman on October 02, 2026, 10:10:20 PMI'd hate to be a troll, but ...

Then don't troll. What you posted isn't respectful at all.

Catholic University has a satellite campus in Tucson, Arizona. Relatively new endeavor.

Quote from: CarollFan on September 30, 2026, 01:27:15 PMI would think in the early rounds of the playoffs the Nescac AQ would be playing East teams.

They could be playing anyone within 500 miles in the early rounds.

Quote from: nescac1 on September 29, 2026, 11:07:33 AMNPI is very hard to measure for NESCAC teams without a single non-league game historically.

NPI is very easy to measure -- it just doesn't have as much correlation to a team's success if you aren't playing any non-conference games.

It's an Achilles injury, right? Seems like November or December is the best case.

Quote from: Ralph Turner on September 29, 2026, 02:19:33 PMHow about a Scorigami helmet sticker for the Rockford player who got credit for the safety on Aurora.

A defensive two-point conversion!

It would be interesting to see if the OAC No. 2 is required to play in this game, even, or if it can pass on the opportunity.

D3 Datacast is reporting what has actually happened, while Hansen Ratings indeed is doing a projection of how it will shake out when all is said and done.

Those two are the gold standards on these things and my go-to source for such info.

Eventually the NCAA will start publishing NPI for football and that is the official number, but D3 Datacast's track record is great. They've been tracking NPI for as long as we've been doing it in D-III and they've got it down to a science, sometimes with better data than the NCAA (and usually able to get the NCAA to correct their data if it's wrong).

It's the only one I've heard of.

Not how it was done at IWU last year. Click for larger size.

Quote from: ADL70 on September 25, 2026, 11:44:54 PMSorry I missed the emoji
But that didn't make it funny

That's just your opinion, man.

Quote from: Titan Q on September 26, 2026, 07:47:14 AMThe "two deep" in IWU's game notes is created before the first game of the season and isn't updated.  It's a preseason depth chart to give fans/media personnel an idea who the top guys are coming in. It's not meant to be a week-to-week/real time thing...and not billed as such.

Just for the record, this is atypical.

Quote from: Titan Q on September 26, 2026, 07:47:14 AMlong-time chat board clown Mark/AndOne/NextManUp/GusD.

Oh. I should have figured.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on September 26, 2026, 12:40:29 AMI should've noticed that error of Mark's regarding who is ultimately responsible for the configuration of a two-deep, Pat, but I let myself get distracted by his colorful metaphor regarding signal flares in fundaments.

There was plenty to pick apart there -- no harm in dividing and conquering.

Quote from: GusD on September 25, 2026, 06:24:09 PMwe know that from time to time SIDs will list a starter on the two-deep that has very little or no chance of playing at all. Whether an honest mistake or a deliberate attempt to deceive an opponent would be a subject of conjecture. 

If so, it's at the behest of a coach. Do you think that the SID decides who is on the two-deep?

Greg -- I guess it doesn't pay to try to be funny on the PAC board?