johnnydoom good point. UWW and Mt. Union have been juggernauts but both were bounced this year earlier than usual. The WIAC is really strong with UWW being historically really good but UW Oshkosh has also been strong and this year LaCrosse made it and River Falls was ranked much of the year. Lance Leipold came from UWW before going to Buffalo and now Kansas where he has brought that program to a respectable level which is saying something....I was hoping he'd get hired at UW (Wisco) but the timing was not right. I guess it worked out ok with getting Fickle.but we shall see. I'm ok with however the playoff system shakes out, if that means it's only a few select teams that are repeats than so be it, at least there is a chance for an upset and when the upset happens it's huge! Also they have to prove it in the bracket against different conferences, different styles, neutral fields, etc. Basically teams like Wisconsin have next to no chance to get in unless they go undefeated....now they do with a good year. That's the biggest take away for me, have a good year and you should.have a chance vs. the system now.