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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Apr 25, 2023 16:24:52 GMT -5
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Post by cruskater31 on Apr 26, 2023 7:57:16 GMT -5
This could greatly benefit the "power" conferences if geography is eliminated. The MVFC and Big Sky would not have to beat up on each other in the 1st and 2nd round (even the quarters) because of the geographic considerations of the 1st round.
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hcdad22
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Post by hcdad22 on Apr 26, 2023 12:18:17 GMT -5
Interesting format. I took a look to see how this would have impacted us in the play-offs the last 4 years.
2019 - Most likely No Impact, Monmouth would have gotten that 9-16 seed, we most likely travel there based on geographic preference. Based on the current play-off rules, still not sure how we did not get a home game. Our endowment is nearly 10X that of Monmouth, did they really out-bid us?
2020 - Spring 2021, No Impact, every team was seeded 1-16.
2021 - We do not get to host a home game, given we were not a top 16 team. Outside of Villanova no eligible Northeast play-off teams in the top 16. We would have taken a long trip somewhere.
2022 - Little Impact, we get a first round bye being a top 8 seed. Opponent, most likely different.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Apr 26, 2023 13:19:36 GMT -5
Interesting format. I took a look to see how this would have impacted us in the play-offs the last 4 years. 2022 - Little Impact, we get a first round bye being a top 8 seed. Opponent, most likely different. It's interesting to think -- would we somehow have been better off losing to Fordham, getting an at-large bid to the playoffs, hosting a game in the first round (winning), going on the round in the second round (winning), and then playing someone else other than SDSU in the quarters? There's a strong argument to be made HC was the second best FCS team last season. We certainly played SDSU much tougher than anyone else in the playoffs. |
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Post by HC92 on Apr 26, 2023 13:55:19 GMT -5
Interesting format. I took a look to see how this would have impacted us in the play-offs the last 4 years. 2022 - Little Impact, we get a first round bye being a top 8 seed. Opponent, most likely different. It's interesting to think -- would we somehow have been better off losing to Fordham, getting an at-large bid to the playoffs, hosting a game in the first round (winning), going on the round in the second round (winning), and then playing someone else other than SDSU in the quarters? There's a strong argument to be made HC was the second best FCS team last season. We certainly played SDSU much tougher than anyone else in the playoffs. We basically had two bye weeks this year between the actual bye and the de facto bye (UNH). Might have been tougher if we had to play two good opponents and then SDSU. |
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Post by Ignutz on Apr 26, 2023 18:53:06 GMT -5
Interesting format. I took a look to see how this would have impacted us in the play-offs the last 4 years. 2019 - Most likely No Impact, Monmouth would have gotten that 9-16 seed, we most likely travel there based on geographic preference. Based on the current play-off rules, still not sure how we did not get a home game. Our endowment is nearly 10X that of Monmouth, did they really out-bid us? 2020 - Spring 2021, No Impact, every team was seeded 1-16. 2021 - We do not get to host a home game, given we were not a top 16 team. Outside of Villanova no eligible Northeast play-off teams in the top 16. We would have taken a long trip somewhere. 2022 - Little Impact, we get a first round bye being a top 8 seed. Opponent, most likely different. I wouldn’t be surprised if Monmouth outbid us in ‘19, but I expect that that would be more tied to the infancy of our football resurgence - and not reflective of our much larger endowment. Given our four-plus years of success, and the new “management” in the LAC and in Fenwick, I don’t expect that we’ll be outbid in the coming years. |
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