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CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 5:20 pm
by Col Hogan
The facts are as plain as the nose on your face...can the CAA repeat again???
Most major preseason publications this summer rank Richmond and Villanova in the Top 5, James Madison and New Hampshire in the Top 10, William & Mary in the Top 15 and Massachusetts and Maine in the Top 25.
League teams have gone 59-17 against out-of-conference I-AA opponents, including playoff games, the last two years.
The only other league with much of a claim to being the CAA's equal is the Southern Conference, which has gone 8-5 against the Colonial in head-to-head playoff games since 2000, while winning four titles in that span. Three of those titles - and five of those head-to-head wins - belong to one school: Appalachian State.
The CAA, meanwhile, has had six different teams reach the semifinals since 2000.
Colonial teams have played for the title in five of the last six years - with Delaware winning in 2003, JMU in 2004 and Richmond last year. (The CAA took over the football branch of the Atlantic 10 before the 2007 season.)
http://www.dailynews-record.com/sports_ ... 790&CHID=3
So, I say 2009 will see another 5 CAA teams (minimum) in the post-season...with at least one making the finals...
That leaves the other spot for...
Let the CAA envy begin...
Re: CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 7:28 pm
by dbackjon
No Iona. No 5th playoff spot.
Re: CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 8:07 pm
by Col Hogan
dbackjon wrote:No Iona. No 5th playoff spot.
Is that it...
Re: CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 8:13 pm
by dbackjon
Col Hogan wrote:dbackjon wrote:No Iona. No 5th playoff spot.
Is that it...
My contribution
Re: CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:22 pm
by AZGrizFan
UMass goes 7-4 and misses the playoffs. AGAIN.
Losses to K-State, @ Maine, JMU, & Richmond. You guys are TOAST.
Re: CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:42 pm
by Grizalltheway
AZGrizFan wrote:UMass goes 7-4 and misses the playoffs. AGAIN.
Losses to K-State, @ Maine, JMU, & Richmond. You guys are TOAST.
No big deal, all their fans have to do is latch onto whatever CAA team makes it the farthest, and try to act like their success somehow makes their team better.
Re: CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:53 pm
by AZGrizFan
Grizalltheway wrote:AZGrizFan wrote:UMass goes 7-4 and misses the playoffs. AGAIN.
Losses to K-State, @ Maine, JMU, & Richmond. You guys are TOAST.
No big deal, all their fans have to do is latch onto whatever CAA team makes it the farthest, and try to act like their success somehow makes their team better.
.....bunch of fuckin' bandwagoners....
Re: CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:00 pm
by BlueHen86
Grizalltheway wrote:AZGrizFan wrote:UMass goes 7-4 and misses the playoffs. AGAIN.
Losses to K-State, @ Maine, JMU, & Richmond. You guys are TOAST.
No big deal, all their fans have to do is latch onto whatever CAA team makes it the farthest, and try to act like their success somehow makes their team better.
As opposed to Big Sky fans who know the team is Montana every year...
Re: CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:12 pm
by Grizalltheway
BlueHen86 wrote:Grizalltheway wrote:
No big deal, all their fans have to do is latch onto whatever CAA team makes it the farthest, and try to act like their success somehow makes their team better.
As opposed to Big Sky fans who know the team is Montana every year...
There's something to be said for consistency.
Re: CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:22 pm
by CatMom
League teams have gone 59-17 against out-of-conference I-AA opponents, including playoff games, the last two years.
We play 2 FCS, 1 FBS and a DII in a season. What is the CAA breakdown? Just wondering.
I'm not on the bandwagon.... thank you very much
The polls, while having 3 of our 8 teams ranked, well, I'll wait and see how that shakes out.... for us and everyone else.
(I won't hold my breath 
)
Re: CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:25 pm
by CatMom
I'd love to see the CAA fall on its face... then what would the selection committee do???
Re: CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:44 pm
by BlueHen86
CatMom wrote:I'd love to see the CAA fall on its face... then what would the selection committee do???
12 team playoffs.
Texas St. won't be one of them.
Re: CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:49 pm
by CatMom
BlueHen86 wrote:CatMom wrote:I'd love to see the CAA fall on its face... then what would the selection committee do???
12 team playoffs.
Texas St. won't be one of them.
Don't bet against us. I would bet on us but I don't have any $$$
I'm an eternal optimist or an idiot, take your pick
(think very carefully before you reply)
Re: CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 4:48 am
by Col Hogan
AZGrizFan wrote:Grizalltheway wrote:
No big deal, all their fans have to do is latch onto whatever CAA team makes it the farthest, and try to act like their success somehow makes their team better.
.....bunch of ****' bandwagoners....
Says the fans from the only team the Big Fluffy has sent to the semis or finals for decades...
CAA envy noted...
Re: CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:27 am
by AZGrizFan
Col Hogan wrote:AZGrizFan wrote:
.....bunch of ****' bandwagoners....
Says the fans from the only team the Big Fluffy has sent to the semis or finals for decades...
CAA envy noted...
When UMassoftwoshits passes the Griz for NC titles and appearances, THEN I'll become envious. Until then....
Re: CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:28 am
by AZGrizFan
BlueHen86 wrote:Grizalltheway wrote:
No big deal, all their fans have to do is latch onto whatever CAA team makes it the farthest, and try to act like their success somehow makes their team better.
As opposed to Big Sky fans who know the team is Montana every year...
Nah. They're a bunch of bandwagoners too.
Re: CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:13 am
by ASUMountaineer
I thought the CAA was an association not a conference. I'm sure they will be.
Re: CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:56 am
by houndawg
Col Hogan wrote:AZGrizFan wrote:
.....bunch of ****' bandwagoners....
Says the fans from the only team the Big Fluffy has sent to the semis or finals for decades...
CAA envy noted...
Is UMass's AD still the honcho of the selection committee? Seems like the CAA gets their teams spread through the brackets pretty well while other leagues with multiple entries get to play each other to get to the semis.
Re: CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:03 pm
by wideright82
houndawg wrote:Col Hogan wrote:
Says the fans from the only team the Big Fluffy has sent to the semis or finals for decades...
CAA envy noted...
Is UMass's AD still the honcho of the selection committee? Seems like the CAA gets their teams spread through the brackets pretty well while other leagues with multiple entries get to play each other to get to the semis.
1 & 2 from the CAA played each other in the Quarters this year
Re: CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:08 pm
by bandl
houndawg wrote:Col Hogan wrote:
Says the fans from the only team the Big Fluffy has sent to the semis or finals for decades...
CAA envy noted...
Is UMass's AD still the honcho of the selection committee? Seems like the CAA gets their teams spread through the brackets pretty well while other leagues with multiple entries get to play each other to get to the semis.
???
2008 Quarterfinals - Villanova @ JMU
2006 Quarterfinals - UNH @ UMass
2004 Quarterfinals - UD @ W&M
Re: CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:10 pm
by danefan
CatMom wrote:League teams have gone 59-17 against out-of-conference I-AA opponents, including playoff games, the last two years.
We play 2 FCS, 1 FBS and a DII in a season. What is the CAA breakdown? Just wondering.
I'm not on the bandwagon.... thank you very much
The polls, while having 3 of our 8 teams ranked, well, I'll wait and see how that shakes out.... for us and everyone else.
(I won't hold my breath )
Its about the same, but few DII teams. Delaware always plays West Chester but that's an in state rivalry. Maine has St. Cloud this year because they got bought out of the game at Florida State. FCS OOC generally tends to be a couple Ivy's, PL, and NEC for the North divison and Big South and MEAC teams for the South, with some Socon and MVFC teams as well. FBS opponents tend to be MAC, Big East and ACC with the occasional misfits falling in there sometimes (Kansas State this year).
All tough schedules though. New Hampshire may have the easiest schedule with St Francis and Dartmouth.
Composite schedule here:
http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx? ... 20Athletic
Re: CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:12 pm
by Col Hogan
houndawg wrote:Col Hogan wrote:
Says the fans from the only team the Big Fluffy has sent to the semis or finals for decades...
CAA envy noted...
Is UMass's AD still the honcho of the selection committee? Seems like the CAA gets their teams spread through the brackets pretty well while other leagues with multiple entries get to play each other to get to the semis.
Someone always brings up this red herring...while never questioning their own conference rep on the subject...
Who ever represents the CAA has one vote...
If that person is the head of the selection committee, he/she still only has one vote...
If the SOCON rep...or the Big Sky rep...or the OVC rep...or the reps from any other conference are that weak that they can be forced to vote as the committee head wants...then that is the problem of those conferences...
So, if the CAA, with one vote, got five teams in the playoffs...either the CAA is that good....or your conference rep is that bad....
WHICH IS IT?????
Re: CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:16 pm
by BlueHen86
Col Hogan wrote:houndawg wrote:
Is UMass's AD still the honcho of the selection committee? Seems like the CAA gets their teams spread through the brackets pretty well while other leagues with multiple entries get to play each other to get to the semis.
Someone always brings up this red herring...while never questioning their own conference rep on the subject...
Who ever represents the CAA has one vote...
If that person is the head of the selection committee, he/she still only has one vote...
If the SOCON rep...or the Big Sky rep...or the OVC rep...or the reps from any other conference are that weak that they can be forced to vote as the committee head wants...then that is the problem of those conferences...
So, if the CAA, with one vote, got five teams in the playoffs...either the CAA is that good....or your conference rep is that bad....
WHICH IS IT?????
It could be both.
Re: CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 5:09 am
by houndawg
CatMom wrote:I'd love to see the CAA fall on its face... then what would the selection committee do???
Pick five CAA teams for the playoffs.
Re: CAA # 1 Conference Again???
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:15 am
by Col Hogan
houndawg wrote:CatMom wrote:I'd love to see the CAA fall on its face... then what would the selection committee do???
Pick five CAA teams for the playoffs.
So, your conference rep must be pretty dumb to vote for that....