Spirit of DIII at it's finest.

With talk of some possible rule modification in the future, as it pertains to out of region games, let's look at a DIII program with a long and storied history. Beloit College. I won't site each case in which Beloit has defeated a team that is now a DI, because those games happened a long time ago, and possibly even in a galaxy far far away.......................

If rules are amended to allow out of region games to count as in region because they occur during holiday breaks, I really don't care. The occasional win against somebody from the other side of the country doesn't matter as much as what you do against teams you regularly face. For the sake of argument a "regular" opponent is someone that you have played 20 or more times. If you disagree with "The Roop", get your own blog and write your nonsense there.

Regular opponents for Beloit are as follows: Carleton, Carroll, Carthage, U of Chicago, Coe, Cornell, Grinnell, Illinois College, IIT (Armour Tech), Knox, Lake Forest, Lawrence, Monmouth, Northwestern (WI), Ripon, Rockford, St. Norbert, St. Olaf, Washington U, and Wheaton. Hard to believe that there are only 20 teams on that list. 14 of which are current or former conference members. Of the teams on the list only Carleton, St. Norbert and Washington U. have winning records against Beloit.

In conclusion, I don't see a need to modify any existing rules as there is already a way to count games against out of region opponents. It's called the NCAA Tournament. Win your in region games first and then you can go after bragging rights games when they matter most. Here ends the lesson.....................

Saints Rest or bust............

As expected it sounds like there will be many in attendance for the "Grand Roopening" on Friday, I hope everyone has a safe trip there and back home again. Paparazzi should not be a problem as "The Roop" has switched from using doubles this year to clones instead. Thanks to the revenue sharing plan that the D4 schools have, Daisy Moses Medical College has created one of the finest genetics labs in the country; so creating the clones was not a problem. The use of doubles in the past for personal appearances was not without it's problems. Doubles could learn "The Roops" mannerisms, but could never get the voice quite right. Those in attendance will quickly realize why "The Roop" will never record an album. Trust me, it's more irritating than junk email.

The only downside for this weekend is that I'll only have one of my clones available. The other one is chairing a MENSA Seminar the same day and can't assist. So the plan is to switch cars with the other one somewhere west of Rockford and hopefully send the media circus on to Decorah so the Saints Rest crowd can fully enjoy the "Roop Experience" in peace.

While I never disclose what my personal appearance fee is, I can say that it is sufficient in this case for me to do a limited number of mug signings while I am there. However, under no circumstances will I autograph waffles. Photos with "The Roop" will be available for a fee, unless you are a right wing conservative; then of course there will be no charge. Video greetings to send to a friend or family member can be made, for a bigger fee naturally. Your language choices for the greetings are limited, in descending order, to English, Russian and Spanish.

I hope everyone enjoys their visit but only Beloit fans will enjoy the game.