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I guess my point is is that there are tons of other events that go on behind the scenes besides the game. So the Florence committee has done a lot to make the game an "event" and to be honest the only reason I would hate to see the game go is not knowing whether or not the next city would continue the Harlon Hill and the DII Hall of Fame. No one else may care about this but anything else to promote DII is imperative in my opinion.

We were actually trying to be nice and play a DII "provisional" team that has re-started football after 50 or so years. Next year they are full blown DII. They are also thinking about joining the GSC. Yes it was a cream puff game but next year we would get 9-11 points instead of 2 because they will not be provisional anymore.

Actually playing a DIAA school can yield a DII school 8 points on the current scale. The max per game is 14 so when UND beats NDSU they will get 8 points each year no matter if it is on the road or at home. Playing a non DII school only yeilds a team 2 points for a win. That is what cost UNA this year.

I am just wondering what other great venue you think deserves the game. I think that Florence has done some great things for DII. The creation of the Harlon Hill trophy is one. The creation of the DII Hall of Fame, did anyone even know that there is such a thing now. No other city has even bid on the game in about 7 years. THe last was Fargo to be exact. I know The NCAA rep very well so that is first hand info. No offense but I am sure the stadium is nice in Fargo but what else is there to do there on the second week of December. There were several thousand more tickets sold than what was in attendance. The committee cannot make people attend and all the NCAA is worried about is total revenue. NDSU has not been here in years but I can remember when they came and the fans loved it in Florence and people who came this year still love the game being here. Reference the article in the Florence paper about the GVSU players looking for old friends as they got off the plane. Anyway, there were still over 7,000 people there and that is not far off from the avergaes that both teams played in front of this year.

Well sorry but the contract has been extended until 2006. So hold that arguement until '05.

"By Division II policy, we don't have automatic qualifiers except for sports that have 48 or more teams in a tournament," said Murray. "As a result, we came up with a new concept called earned access. "The concept is this. When the final regular-season poll is taken in each of four regions (Northeast, South, Midwest and West), if your conference has a representative in the top 10, your conference will automatically earn access to the NCAA tournament." First off, of the 24 teams to be chosen for the field, six will come from each of the four regions. Since there are 14 conferences in Division II football, that leaves 10 more slots to be filled.

Correct me if I am wrong but does it not state that the conference champion gets the automatic bid not the highest regionally ranked team from that conference? That could cause some interesting scenarios as well.

They actually confiscated close to one hundred rude/crude signs from the GVSU fans before or during the game.

Actually the game has been renewed in Florence until 2006 just to clarify that. I have no clue what he means by not seeing you next year.

Plus they would have caught GVSU off guard and probably could have gotten the play off before they had time to call a TO and get the right personnel on the field.

My dad was standing next to Lennon, he is head of the chain crew for the championship game, and he told the QB that when they score they were going for 2. The QB looked back and Lennon said you heard me and to call this play for "2" and win the whole thing. I guess he was tired of standing in the rain.

What a jacka**. Hopefully next year the bracket will be where the South and the North meet in semis and then UNA can put them out of their misery. NO one will ever do 3 in a row anytime soon.

I am e-mailing Oregon's AD right now telling him that his coach needs to be fired for calling that TO.

That means they are planning to go right to it after the timeout. It may be a long one for the players.

My bro is the TV official and he just called me and said that they are going to try and wait a few minutes. Kickoff is not until 3:08 anyway.