tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852975062684137396.post8146841084409293729..comments2023-03-25T09:58:19.440-04:00Comments on IFAF World Cup: World Cup '07: The AftermathUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852975062684137396.post-60999098061532759882007-08-24T17:42:00.000-04:002007-08-24T17:42:00.000-04:00Guys, I'm a football fan from Canada and i find th...Guys, I'm a football fan from Canada and i find this discussion very interesting, especially the info on the size and speed dif between THE DIV'S. I had to look up the schools who play DIV 1 AND 11 TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND was surprised to find out Walter Payton played DIV 11. iS THERE SUPPOSED TO BE A BIG difference between the two?<BR/><BR/>We do have some good COLLEGE Teams up here, ( NOT DIV 1 ) and many of out players are being recruited to the NFL AND TO AMERICAN COLLEGES, BUT WHERE DID Japan come from --surprised me....KIND OF LIKE GERMANY'S EMERGENCE WITH HOCKEYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852975062684137396.post-53558813737631549852007-07-27T14:32:00.000-04:002007-07-27T14:32:00.000-04:00Your assertion that the team that was sent would b...Your assertion that the team that was sent would be in the bottom half of the big D1 conferences is generous.<BR/><BR/>An all-star team of D3 players probably doesn't have the talent of a good D2 team, much less D1. I played D3 football, and I know that there were a considerable number of guys out there who really had no business playing after high school. Some of the guys were really good (I went to UW-Whitewater, 2-time national runner-up) but generally if you're paying your own way instead of getting a scholarship there is a reason for that. <BR/><BR/>D3 guys' skills and technique is right there with other elite athletes, but for the most part guys are 5-10% smaller and about .2 slower than their counterparts at the "Bowl Subdivision" level of play.<BR/><BR/>I agree that it would not be sporting to send the AFC Pro Bowl team over there and win 200-0 however. What I don't want to see is the US lose this tournament by not taking it seriously a la basketball. The articles I read were mainly quotes of how close the Japanese squad was to winning over the great American team. There was no mention of the fact that these guys are good players, but are nowhere near the American elite. That's scary and next time this tournament rolls around we better up the level of players or at least give them longer to come together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852975062684137396.post-17757958443118966432007-07-16T10:55:00.000-04:002007-07-16T10:55:00.000-04:00I agree that US Football gauged the right amount o...I agree that US Football gauged the right amount of talent to take to this event. The rest of the world teams are so far behind the US and Japan is far ahead of all the other world teams. Its going to be a long climb up to any kind of parody.aarond23https://www.blogger.com/profile/02079869250615339809noreply@blogger.com