Other games of interest 10/3

[Big_Al]

Re: Other games of interest 10/3

It has nothing to do with transparancy. Once you get past the first 4 seeds, the committee has a mandate to keep travel costs down. The only rule that trumps the travel costs is you can't meet anyone in the first round that you already played during the regular season.

We went to Montana in 2001, so it is possible for us to end up on that side of the bracket.

Personally, I don't care. If we can keep up this level of performance through the rest of the season, we should demolish anyone we might meet in the playoffs.

[JayJ79]

Re: Other games of interest 10/3

It has nothing to do with transparancy. Once you get past the first 4 seeds, the committee has a mandate to keep travel costs down. The only rule that trumps the travel costs is you can't meet anyone in the first round that you already played during the regular season.

Actually, the rule is that you can't face someone from the same conference in the first round. They could pair two teams that played in a non-con game against each other in the first round. On the flip side, even if two teams from the same conference that didn't play each other (i.e. the CAA, which I think is the only FCS conference w/o a round-robin schedule) they still couldn't be paired in the first round.

[Big_Al]

Re: Other games of interest 10/3

Well, that's just dumb. Stupid CAA.

Actually, the rule is that you can't face someone from the same conference in the first round. They could pair two teams that played in a non-con game against each other in the first round. On the flip side, even if two teams from the same conference that didn't play each other (i.e. the CAA, which I think is the only FCS conference w/o a round-robin schedule) they still couldn't be paired in the first round.