FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[BDB]

The two churches that make up the parish I attend in the Sioux City Diocese in northwest Iowa will be locking the church doors five minutes prior to Mass starting. When that horrific school shooting in Minneapolis happened last August the parish council decided steps needed to be taken in the facilities plan to address the potential for active shooters, etc. Very sad sign of the times!

As for the return of football, what is the word about this year's St John's squad from those more in the know? Starting the season with a tough test against La Crosse!

Sounds like they're finally getting serious about people being there in time to say the Rosary before Mass.

And just try being one of those that leave right after Communion! 

[faunch]

The two churches that make up the parish I attend in the Sioux City Diocese in northwest Iowa will be locking the church doors five minutes prior to Mass starting. When that horrific school shooting in Minneapolis happened last August the parish council decided steps needed to be taken in the facilities plan to address the potential for active shooters, etc. Very sad sign of the times!

As for the return of football, what is the word about this year's St John's squad from those more in the know? Starting the season with a tough test against La Crosse!

They might want to replace the windows with bullet proof glass or something tha a bullet cannot penetrate. The Annunciation shooter shot through a window. 

[AndrewB]

NPI question here:
If both Bethel and St John's lose in week 1.  How does the Whitewater vs Carleton game work for NPI?  If Carleton finishes 3rd in the MIAC, is it important for Whitewater to run up the score as much as possible?  With only 11 at-large bids this year vs 13 last year, could the Carleton score differential determine if a 2 lose Whitewater vs (St John's/Bethel) gets the invite?

[CarollFan]

NPI question here:
If both Bethel and St John's lose in week 1.  How does the Whitewater vs Carleton game work for NPI?  If Carleton finishes 3rd in the MIAC, is it important for Whitewater to run up the score as much as possible?  With only 11 at-large bids this year vs 13 last year, could the Carleton score differential determine if a 2 lose Whitewater vs (St John's/Bethel) gets the invite?

Running up the score doesn't affect NPI.

The way NPI for a game is calculated is there are 3 components you add up and then multiply by a home or away factor.

The 3 components are:
1) 40 points for a win
2) 60% of opponents NPI a.k.a. ONPI
3) Game winning bonus. If opponents NPI greater then 54 then GWB = (ONPI - 54) * .25.

You add up these 3 components and then for a home win multiply by .9 basically reducing by 10%. For an away win you multiply by 1.1 increasing the sum of the components by 10%.