Comments on: Playoff bracket released

By: dmmorlan

dmmorlan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:59:33 +0000

I submit that Willamette is the best team not to make the playoffs. I know we Wildcats are not unhappy that we don’t have to play them again.

By: ScotsFan

ScotsFan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:43:04 +0000

Of course UST has considerable talent as well, and I am sure they will demonstrate that from the first kick-off to the end of the game. My point is, Monmouth may not. They have got to step it up. I have watched them play terrific football from start to finish, but not the past couple weeks.

By: D3FBALLFAN

D3FBALLFAN — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:11:46 +0000

Very Interesting how none of the top 10 teams are on Mount Union’s side of the bracket.(except for Wesley). Mount Union plays an easy schedule and don’t play any good teams outside their division and then these bracket creators give them an easy playoff schedule.

Whoever makes it to the championship from the right side of the bracket will have earned their spot in the championship…and hopefully they are not too beat up to not pull off a win in the championship.

Hopefully Next Year, the bracket creators will start creating fair brackets by dividing up the top 10 ranked teams throughout the brackets instead of placing them all on one side of the bracket(with the exception of Mount Union). I wonder if these creators of the brackets are Mount Union fans since they always get an easy playoff schedule.

By: njdaniel

njdaniel — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:28:39 +0000

I’m expecting a really good and pretty close contest here. UST comes from a conference that is quite a bit more difficult and only lost to the #4 team by a FG in OT, but Monmouth has beaten their opponents by a bigger differential and have the advantage of home field.

It’ll be interesting to see how they match up

By: Pat Coleman

Pat Coleman — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:25:22 +0000

The outcome of the Monmouth / UST game is going to depend entirely upon whether the Scots apply their considerable talent from the moment the game starts. If they start play on the field with the same flat performance of their past two games, they won’t stand a chance.

MWC play may have resulted in a lack of intensity by the Scots toward the end of their season. My hope is that they recognize this in themselves and will show up ready to play a complete game, realizing that they can’t expect to wait until the second half before they get serious.

Any chance that St. Thomas has considerable talent as well?

By: BellTower

BellTower — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:25:19 +0000

Wow, must’ve struck a nerve, sorry. For the record, I’m actually, I’m pulling hard for the Scots!! To clarify, I certainly wasn’t trying to compare two Monmouth teams separated by 5 years. Rather, I was simply making the point that the MWC hasn’t fared well in the expanded D-3 playoff era (.167 winning percentage as a conference). Good luck on Saturday and make sure 1) your boys double cover UST wide receiver Fritz Waldvogel and 2) DO NOT kick the ball his way!

By: ScotsFan

ScotsFan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:12:09 +0000

The outcome of the Monmouth / UST game is going to depend entirely upon whether the Scots apply their considerable talent from the moment the game starts. If they start play on the field with the same flat performance of their past two games, they won’t stand a chance.

MWC play may have resulted in a lack of intensity by the Scots toward the end of their season. My hope is that they recognize this in themselves and will show up ready to play a complete game, realizing that they can’t expect to wait until the second half before they get serious.

By: GoScotties

GoScotties — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:54:50 +0000

So by “more competitive than past teams” you mean that they are specifically better than 2005 and completely ignoring 2008 right? There is absolutely no statistical relavance to your argument. IT WAS 5 YEARS AGO. For one thing, the entire team is different. Secondly, MC beat an average Carroll team 6-3 and came back from 20-7 down at that half to beat St Norbert 28-20. They were about as soft as a MWC champ could be. It was really the break through for them and it set the groundwork for where they are today.

That’s like saying that Monmouth has no business winning the MWC in 2009 because they were 3-7 in 2000. Or how about this one…St Norbert beat St Thomas in 2003 and Monmouth “waxed” St Norbert 52-24 in 2009 so there is NO WAY St Thomas can beat Monmouth…are you serious?

Look, if you think UST will win, fine, I wouldn’t be totally shocked either, but to cite a game that happened 5 years ago as the reason is just plain ignorant.

By: BellTower

BellTower — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:47:20 +0000

GoScotties, I hope you’re right that this year’s version of Monmouth is more competitive than past teams. In 2005, an undefeated (10-0) Monmouth team, which had defeated their opponents by an AVERAGE of 28 points/game, got waxed 62-3 in a first round NCAA playoff game at St. John’s… They better bring their “A game”!

By: GoScotties

GoScotties — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:19:35 +0000

See my comment at 9:15 if you think I, or anyone following Monmouth, has a lack of respect for UST. I refer to them being a possible “team to beat” in two separate statements.

My last statement in that comment simply refers to the fact that if MC can handle UST, I think they can play with anyone in the bracket…unfortunately it sounds like the brackets are without seeds and may not be brackets at all.