FlorenceFan

Mattster, What the hell is a tourche? is that like a flaming douche? Safe travels to UND fans headed to GV, and we hope for a great game between GV/UND with no injuries in the not-so-sunny south.

Honestly, I don't know all of the criteria. For all I know, they could actually use reverse alphabetical order by the player who is listed as #77 on the roster. The NCAA has their own rules and don't even follow them all the time. One would assume that a 3 would travel to play a 2, as a 2 would travel to play a 1. SOS was calc'd so much differently this year that I'm not sure they'd be a lot different. UND has 1 loss, while UNA 0 (thusfar, of course).

If you look back at 2003, both UND and UNA were 1 seeds. UNA was ranked higher nationally. UND's SOS was slightly higher (using the criteria that was in place at that point in time. UNA played a D1AA team that was in D1AA playoffs on the road, and won..criteria penalized teams for playing non-d2 teams, no matter the division). Based on the SOS, the decision was correct in making UNA travel (although you'd never know it listening to uninformed fans). This year, all things being equal, UNA (2) SHOULD host UND (3) if both make it that far, while Delta (5) would have to travel to the Alerus. If GVSU wins, GVSU hosts. There will be no more games in Cleveland, MS this year. That will give the goats time to eat the rest of the turf and put some more divots in the field. UNA is the "host" institution every year for the NC game. Braly Stadium is owned by the City of Florence, not UNA. Contract runs through 2009, I believe.

Take a slight detour south and bring her by here...

I saw it with my own eyes..in a hotel in Los Angeles..watching the webcast. There he was, bolts and all. Couldn't really get a feel for the crowd noise during the webcast, but if it was anything like last December, it was probably plenty loud. See ya'all next year.

Proper consumption at the Alerus...from a visitors point of view, and in this order. Down an order or 2 of the cheese curds. Throw in $5-20 worth of beer. Couple sacks full of the bavarian almonds. Hit Peppers on the way out of town, and see if you can make it to Fargo without stopping Have a safe weekend.

http://www.ncaasports.com/images/ncaasport...racket_2004.pdf That's the entire bracket from the NCAA web site. Good luck to all that made it!!

What?? I can't root a bit for both? Either school would be welcome again this year..too bad it can't work out for a re-match.

Come on guys..win out..I want to see you back in AL.

Here's that ABSOLUTE worst scenario for this year.... Albany St. wins the SE...shouldn't happen, but you never know Plays NE whomever.....NE wins the regional semi. National Championship game is 91-0. I don't care who the NW/SW rep is, this is what would happen in this situation. I'm not sure how I feel about the 6 team/region system, even though UNA might have to take advantage of that to even make the playoffs this year. One thing I'm dead set against is the earned access rule, with the conference winner getting an automatic if ranked in the top 10 in the region...that may or may not make them in the top 40 in the country. I'd be all for taking the top 16, seeding and playing, and let's see who truly is the best team. Bottom line, the best team at the time should win the championship.....

Amen on Delta State needing to win out...we're in the same boat with you on that one. All I can say is I'm glad it's 6 teams, and not 4 this year.

I think the shutout streak is much more impressive than Pitt State scoring all those points. To echo what another poster said..a fumble here, an interception there, a punt return, etc. Defense wins championships. You might be on your way to visit me in December. Still a lot of football to play. Good luck in the coming weeks. I can't wait to see the regional playoffs for NW/SW. There should be some excellent games.

The shutout time is absolutely incredible.

UND should be fine, assuming they don't lose again. It might be tougher to get in with more than one loss in the your conference. The realignment of the regions was a bit goofy, in my opinion, adding the GLIAC over to your side of the world. I would guess the NCC will get 2 in the playoffs, GLIAC 2 or 3, and who knows from there. I look for UND and GVSU to fight it out for the right to play either Pitt or TAMUK in the semi's. As far as playing D1AA schools, it was much more detrimental last year than this year, (we know that first hand). You are penalized heavily for playing "down". Jim has a great link to track the regions here: http://siouxsports.com/football/rankings/ssi.php?regionid=1

C/N lost their game due to an excessive celebration penalty called after they scored a touchdown to bring the score to 28-27. They then proceeded to miss the extra point from the 25 yard line. Can you say STUPID???, or maybe the officials were a little over zealous with the flag?? This game was played at Presby, so maybe it was just a little divine intervention. Wingate over Catawba??? Huh--what happened here. Cooter actually predicted this one on the d2 board......might he have borrowed the Sioux's crystal ball? 5 way tie in the SAC now..should get whittled down to 2 before it's all over. Tech beats Delta....no way this should have happened. Delta must have been down after losing to Valdosta, but they should have been ready to fight for their playoff lives. The Delta loss helps UNA as far as the playoffs are concerned. I don't think Delta can get in with 3 overall losses, and they haven't played Central Arkansas yet. Tech still has a couple of tough games left, and given their schedule, they'd better not lose if they want in the playoffs. Valdosta was on cruise control yesterday, their QB went 21 for 21 completions to start the game. Valdosta wins 27-18. UNA/Southern Ark was tied 10-10 at halftime, but UNA dominates 2nd half to pull away 45-24. SAU scores with less than a minute left on the subs, completing a pass on 4th and an acre for 60 yards. UNA-Valdosta in 2 weeks...winner should get a spot in the playoffs.

Early upsets today in the SE region. Carson/Newman falls to Presbyterian and Catawba loses to Wingate. Delta currently losing to Arkansas Tech 14-10, 2nd quarter. Valdosta up by 17, first half Everyone else plays tonight...it's raining everywhere.

I think my friend Cooter might have something to post for ya later tonight... Looks like the Bulldung man was full-o-cr** Bulldog's in the phone booth changing into his GLIACMan superhero costume now. Glad the Sioux are winning..we don't need another hit to our SSI (Delta State). Win out..it helps us!!!

There is a post on the d2 board from Bulldung that says he's not coming, due to an unfortunate instance of personal injury. Guess you'll be able to save a bit on the silly string. Good luck today in the game.

So...how much silly string does it take to make 450 pounds?

Gotta believe that Alerus is worth 14 points to the home team...Don't think Ferris will even score that many. Be sure and give us the stats when this one's over, Bulldog.

I switched back to my baby lion...just for you. Not sure who that was aimed at, or maybe just an attempt to be funny. UNA has no one to blame but themselves for imploding in the last 2 games. Don't count us out yet..there's a whole lot of football left to be played in the GSC. If UNA can get the QB problems resolved, they will be OK. We have to have help to make the playoffs at this point, and certainly can't lose again. The best scenario for us is to have Delta win the GSC outright, and have a couple or 3 tied for 2nd. I'm not sure if the GSC will get 3 into the playoffs, given the fact that the Albany and Ft. Valley in the SIAC are both still undefeated, and may remain so until they play in the final game of the year. My opinion on the SE Region poll at this time...just like the rest....junk. My crystal ball is cloudy, but I'd predict this at the end. 1. Catawba 2. Delta 3. Albany State 4. Carson Newman 5 and 6. Pick 'em Valdosta, UNA, UCA, Arkansas Tech, Ft. Valley, Wingate As far as the Pitt State score, I can't believe they threw the ball at all in the 2nd half. I don't care if they had 3rd and 40, there is no excuse to throw the ball in a situation like this. You also have to fault Rolla's defense for allowing some of this to happen, but come on, 91 points.

He was probably showing a play that he wants future opponents to think about. You may not see the same one again all year. Good coaching, keep the ball, run out the clock and preserve the win.

I think that UWA might be the patsie of the league, but there's no question that Delta's pretty good. I'm sure they were looking forward to playing again after getting whipped in GF. They ran the opening kickoff back 95 yards, and it was all downhill from there. The game was played at West Alabama. Next week will probably go a long way to determining the head of the class in the GSC. It looks like UNA has the offense to win a scoring battle, and our defense looks better than last year. It's hard to tell, because they are truly untested in the second half of a game. We are getting ton's of experience for our younger guys, and hopefully that will set us up with some good depth for later in the year, and for the next couple. Congrats to UND on the win. I enjoyed listening to the game, and posting a few updates for the fans. Glad some of you were able to get the audio working, but sure do wish I could have heard UND's announcers.

Just in case any of you are interested...we're playing football in the south too...90 degrees and 90 percent humidity. Congrats to UND today on their win. Here's some scores of interest in the Gulf South Conference (or maybe not): UNA 59 UAMonticello 21. It was 46-14 at halftime. Valdosta 40 Ouachita 19 Delta St. 59 West AL 7 Central Arkansas 58 Southern Arkansas 31 Harding 28 West Georgia 21 UNA plays Delta next week in Cleveland, MS. Should be an interesting game.

0-0, end of 1st quarter