Wednesday, November 20, 2002 :::
Mt. Union, John Carroll, and Baldwin-Wallace, as predicted, all finish the season 8-0 in games not between two of the three. The 28 team playoff field has been announced; Mt. Union gets one of the four byes, while Carroll starts at a Hobart team this weekend that went 8-1 against a much weaker schedule than Carroll had. Expect the home crowd to be disappointed. B-W was left out because a conference (at least one with an automatic bid) is not allowed more than one at-large bid. Bridgewater, which gets a bye, is largely untested, but faces no real competition in its first game; their quarterfinal matchup will be interesting, though. Unfortunately, two of the best teams in the field are matched in the first round in Trinity, TX; the winner of that should have no real trouble in the second round.
::: posted by dWj at 10:46 AM
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