South Region playoffs

[mizzou_mafia]

If HSU & DePauw don't get in, the question is does South Region #1 play #3 UMHB in round 1?

Plenty of precedent, unfortunately.  So, again, UMHB gets screwed out of a home game.

Worked out ok last year. 

Be nice for the home fans to be able to see a few more games though.

[Ron Boerger]

Gee, is that the sound of cursing coming from Pat & company as they re-jigger the predictions?   

[Llamaguy]

Gee, is that the sound of cursing coming from Pat & company as they re-jigger the predictions?   

Yup! Had HSU won they actually had a chance of hitting all 32 teams this year. Now lets see how they do. That last spot is a toss-up.

[mizzou_mafia]

That last spot is a toss-up.

I'm liking your Alfred choice more each time I look at it Llama, as they only have 1 loss in region.

[Bob.Gregg]

It's been a long week today!

Good night.  See you all bright and early in the morning.

[Ron Boerger]

Yep.  I guess "overnight" (as in "overnight tonight we'll give you one final set of projected playoff pairings") means "before you get up tomorrow."     'nite!

[pakownr97]

Anybody still up?

[Toby Taff]

If HSU & DePauw don't get in, the question is does South Region #1 play #3 UMHB in round 1?

Plenty of precedent, unfortunately.  So, again, UMHB gets screwed out of a home game.

Worked out ok last year. 

Be nice for the home fans to be able to see a few more games though.

We travel well, and SAn Antonio IS nice this time of year.

[Matt Barnhart (kid)]

New poll posted.


Previous Question: Assuming the following schools won't make the field of 32, who would have made the most noise in the playoffs?

DePauw - 9 (17%)
Hampden-Sydney - 12 (22.6%)
Howard Payne - 8 (15.1%)
Huntingdon - 2 (3.8%)
Methodist - 4 (7.5%)
Salisbury - 4 (7.5%)
Washington & Jefferson - 14 (26.4%)
Washington & Lee - 0 (0%)
   
Total Votes: 53

[Bill McCabe]

I don't think it really matters who you play when in the playoffs.  You have to win them all to be champions.  However, do the schools get any sort of financial benefit by advancing further into the playoffs?  If that is the case, then homefield should carry more weight.

[Ron Boerger]

Pretty sure the gate money goes to the AA (to help pay for all that travel).  A number of schools don't charge anything normally for fb games, and the AA mandates the gate in the playoffs.  Of course there is concession money to be had, programs, and the like, but even then the AA limits what you can sell. 

[Bob.Gregg]

D3 projection:

SOUTH

Trinity (Texas) (A)
Thiel (B)
Occidental (A)
Mary Hardin-Baylor (A)
Wesley (B)
Ferrum (A)
Bridgewater (A)
Johns Hopkins (A)


Johns Hopkins @ Trinity
Bridgewater at Thiel
Ferrum @ Wesley
Mary Hardin-Baylor @ Occidental

Let's leave Occidental in the West, move Whitewater to the North, W&J in the South.

UMHB at Trinity
Johns Hopkins at Thiel
Ferrum at Bridgewater
W&J at Wesley

[Bill McCabe]

Bob.Gregg, I like your scenario better.

[pakownr97]

Let's all make a pact right now.  No matter what happens to our team at 1:00 EST today, we will all thank the NCAA for giving us a 32 team playoff system where our teams will prove their worth on the field.

I'm a Bridgewater alum, so we will probably be b!+ching that we wanted a home game.  The Texas teams will probably be b!+ching that #3 seed should get a home game.  Hampden-Sydney will probably be b!+ching they missed the field, again.  No one will be happy.  

So let's thank the powers that be that this will all be settled on the field.  Not by Pat or the AA or BCS or anything else.  To win this thing your team (or mine) will have to win at sometime on the road against a great team.  If we are seeded lower than we like, then its up to our teams to go out and prove we were robbed.

In other words, let's keep this all in perspective.  After all this is D3, not D-1A.  No one's life will be lost over these seedings.

Hope we all have a great day.

[pakownr97]

Bob Gregg,

I like your matchups, too.

I hope you are correct.

Can't believe I'm agreeing with a W & J guy.