I meant to include this in my bowl post but I completely forgot! Probably because I won't be able to watch these games, but alas I will do my duty and bring them to you here.
Right now, of course, there's Eastern Washington and defending champs Villanvoa on ESPN2 in a semifinal match.
As usual, all times Eastern and all predictions wrong.
11:00: Delta State vs. Minnesota-Duluth (Division II Championship @ Florence, AL; ESPN2): All the marbls here once again in Florence. Both these teams are prior champions (Delta St. in 2000, Duluth in 2008) so they've got the credentials.
Noon: Georgia Southern @ Delaware (ESPNU): This is the other DI-AA semifinal. Supposedly due to the confluence of Christmas and New Year's Day on consecutive Saturdays this year the title game won't be held until January 7th. Whatever you say, NCAA. Anyway, this will be Southern's 4th game to Delaware's 3rd, a consequence of the 20 team bracket this year (in which Delaware was also the third seed).
3:30: Wisconsin-Whitewater vs. Mount Union (Division III Championship @ Salem, VA; ESPNU): Business as usual in the Division III final. These two have met every year since 2005, and both have been dominant in their runs to the title game once again.
I also wanted to comment on UMass saying they're trying to join the MAC for 2013. That's a long ways off, but the MAC goes to 14 teams that could resolve some of their infamous scheduling issues with 13 teams. To create balanced divisions, I suspect one of the Ohio teams would be asked to move to the west. But, still, the NCAA has to lift its moratorium for schools trying to make the jump to I-A (which is also an issue for the schools the WAC wants to invite).
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