Monday, November 24, 2003 :::
The Chicago Fire lost yesterday, 4-2, to San Jose in the MLS Cup. We looked pretty good in mid-field, but they had much more success finishing than we did.In other "Wide World of Sports" news, the division 3 football playoffs started this past weekend; Wheaton beat Hope College, 55-45, and plays Baldwin-Wallace this Saturday. Wheaton is undefeated, but B-W will be easily the best team they've played all year, and it should be interesting. (B-W's only loss is to Mt. Union, which regular followers of division III football know hardly counts.) The winner of this game plays Mount Union or Wisconsin-LaCrosse next; one has to guess Mount Union, but LaCrosse is also a very good team. This is probably the toughest quarter of the bracket, and if (when) Mt. Union gets to the semifinals, it will have some experience against some tough competition under its belt.
The Wartburg-Linfield game is worth noting in the other candidate for toughest quarter of the bracket; the winner of this game may well face Mt. Union in the Stagg Bowl, though one never wants to count out St. John's, especially when they're undefeated. St. John's had a couple close games late in the season, though, and it may come down to whether they took away the right lessons from those.
::: posted by dWj at 3:59 PM
