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emma17 · November 17, 2025, 03:39:56 PM

Quote from: USee on November 16, 2025, 05:49:36 PMNot sure I would consider DePauw a favorable home game. They are much better than usual this year. Took JCU to the wire. They have an explosive offense and a top 10 run defense. I think UWP got a better draw than UWW.

I agree DePauw is a tough draw.

A question for you as you follow closely (or Pat if he sees this): I am a bit confused about something I thought I heard on the ATN podcast. I thought Pat asked why DePauw has to travel to UWW. In the NPI rankings I see, UWW is 18 and DePauw is 21.

I'm sure I'm missing something, any idea?

USee · November 17, 2025, 04:41:05 PM

DePauw @UWW seems pretty straight forward to me based on NPI. Pat would know more than me....

Pat Coleman · November 17, 2025, 04:54:46 PM

The NPI makes perfect sense there and I don't recall raising a question.

WRMUalum13 · November 17, 2025, 08:31:18 PM

Quote from: fredfalcon on November 16, 2025, 12:25:38 PMNCC2010--Maloney is a freshman and primarily a passer. And he's comparable to Blaha? Tough to believe. And unless I missed something, MU has one sophomore qb and all the rest are freshmen. Also tough to believe.

As a UMU fan I'll chime in here. Maloney is a redshirt freshman (medical waiver from last year) he's a dual threat guy, but makes more plays with his arm than legs. This is the most excited the Purple Raider fan base has been about a QB in a long time. To the point we're all worried about him getting an offer from a bigger school.

02 Warhawk · November 17, 2025, 11:00:07 PM

Quote from: USee on November 16, 2025, 05:49:36 PMNot sure I would consider DePauw a favorable home game. They are much better than usual this year. Took JCU to the wire. They have an explosive offense and a top 10 run defense. I think UWP got a better draw than UWW.

More favorable than d3football's projection. Which was @ SJU I think.

Like I also said, I'm in no way saying UWW wins. This could be another Rockford first round matchup like a few years ago where they smoked us at the Perk.

bleedpurple · **Yesterday** at 07:22:28 AM

Quote from: emma17 on November 17, 2025, 03:39:56 PM
Quote from: USee on November 16, 2025, 05:49:36 PMNot sure I would consider DePauw a favorable home game. They are much better than usual this year. Took JCU to the wire. They have an explosive offense and a top 10 run defense. I think UWP got a better draw than UWW.

I agree DePauw is a tough draw.

A question for you as you follow closely (or Pat if he sees this): I am a bit confused about something I thought I heard on the ATN podcast. I thought Pat asked why DePauw has to travel to UWW. In the NPI rankings I see, UWW is 18 and DePauw is 21.

I'm sure I'm missing something, any idea?

Pat didn't ask why DePauw has to travel to UW-W. If travel wasn't a factor and everthing rode on the NPI rankings, being ranked 18th in this format of a tournament wouldn't normally gain a team a home game. That would go to the top 16 seeds. But as we know, other than establishing the field, the NPI isn't the "be all, end all". Geography still gets that title. UW-W benefitted from that this time around. It isn't scandalous or anything, but it was a good question for Pat to ask on behalf of those teams in the top 16 who didn't get to host.

USee · **Yesterday** at 09:04:52 AM

To be clear, if I'm reading correctly what Bleed is saying is that if the games went strictly by seeding neither UWW nor DePauw should host (the top 16 should be 2nd round hosts) but geography (which is code for "costs") won out and UWW and DePauw were paired together and then the higher seed of that matchup was declared the host.

bleedpurple · **Yesterday** at 09:13:26 AM

Quote from: USee on Yesterday at 09:04:52 AMTo be clear, if I'm reading correctly what Bleed is saying is that if the games went strictly by seeding neither UWW nor DePauw should host (the top 16 should be 2nd round hosts) but geography (which is code for "costs") won out and UWW and DePauw were paired together and then the higher seed of that matchup was declared the host.

Yes! This! Thank you, USee!

emma17 · **Yesterday** at 01:38:40 PM

Quote from: USee on Yesterday at 09:04:52 AMTo be clear, if I'm reading correctly what Bleed is saying is that if the games went strictly by seeding neither UWW nor DePauw should host (the top 16 should be 2nd round hosts) but geography (which is code for "costs") won out and UWW and DePauw were paired together and then the higher seed of that matchup was declared the host.

Ahh, this is the answer, thank you Usee. I appreciate your ability to boil down these complex issues to something even I can understand.

emma17 · **Today** at 11:22:28 AM

I was watching the IL high school football playoffs- class 8a (IL largest class). Mt Carmel of Chicago played Lincoln Way East last Saturday in quarterfinals. Lincoln Way East QB Williams committed to USC, like his favorite player Caleb Williams.
Mt Carmel has the most physically dominant team I've seen in all the years I've followed. Per announcer- approx 13 kids w D1 opportunities. Receivers are all big time and roster shows O Line averages 291 pounds (a bit inflated I'm sure but they are big).
All the talent and the #1 ranking in IL having beat the best of the best including Moeller of Ohio.
Announcer was talking about their QB and said he has one offer so far, from UWW.