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Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #113816] Tue, 17 April 2012 13:46 Go to next message
Hoffdad
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Only 11 days until regionals. These conversations are usually pretty
good and I was interested on how people would seed these 12 teams. I
know the other 4 spots are possible D3/Dev schools so I figured to
just stick with these 12 D1 Schools to start. I haven't really been
paying too close attention so my seeds probably will be off base a
bit. I attended Chicago Invite and watched all the Notre Dame games.
So I am going most off of that tournament and what score reporter is
showing.

1. Michigan State (MI 1)
2. Michigan (MI 2)
3. Illinois (IL 1)

Those 3 are the clear top 3. I think Michigan State looks to me like
a clear #1. Michigan and Illinois I guess could go either way but
looks like Michigan has had the better season and higher RRI, so
probably Michigan?

4/5 - Looks like its between Notre Dame (EPL 1) and Western Michigan
(MI 3). Notre Dame had the better season but Western Michigan is 1-0
against Notre Dame. I don't know the rules for how to seed them.

6. Eastern Michigan (MI 4)
7. Ball State (EPL 2)
8. Indiana (EPL 3)
9. Northwestern (IL 2)
10. Purdue (EPL 4)
11. Eastern Illinois (IL 3)
12. Illinois State (IL 4)

6-12 Im a little shaky on, so don't hold me to those. That is just
seeding off a quick score reporter glance.

13-16 These other 4 teams aren't necesarrily 13-16. North Park and
Michigan B seemed to have good seasons and could move up. I think it
just depends on who decides to go to D1 Regionals or D3 instead,
right?. How does this work exactly? They all get to decide if they
want to compete in D1 or D3 or Dev?

Hoffman
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #113889 is a reply to message #113816] Wed, 18 April 2012 04:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
ÜBER
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I believe head to head is the go to...so ND would be seeded 5, despite that nice season
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #113897 is a reply to message #113889] Wed, 18 April 2012 05:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
highsmith
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4 and 5 will be in the same pools anyway so it's not too big of a deal no matter which way it goes.
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #113956 is a reply to message #113897] Wed, 18 April 2012 09:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
huckbucket
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This is assuming there will be pool play. It is likely that with 2 bids, It will be right into a 16 team double elim bracket like it was two years ago.

silly highsmith, trix are for kids
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #113985 is a reply to message #113956] Wed, 18 April 2012 12:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
BurningCouch6
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Where's the like button when you need it?
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114474 is a reply to message #113985] Mon, 23 April 2012 11:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
redefine
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bump
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114531 is a reply to message #114474] Mon, 23 April 2012 17:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
NickR
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On Monday, April 23, 2012 3:58:12 PM UTC-4, eric wrote:
> bump
> --
> Posted from http://www.rsdnospam.com

they're up and everybody is wrong
http://scores.usaultimate.org/scores/#college-open/tournamen t/10698
it looks like they went each first place team from the three DI sections then the second place team from each of the same sections (excluding Ball State who I guess declined to go) and so on.
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114537 is a reply to message #113816] Mon, 23 April 2012 18:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
adamwright08
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Score reporter now has no pools or bracket, they may be changing things.
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114541 is a reply to message #114537] Mon, 23 April 2012 18:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Skiddy-O
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what did it have? was it pool play? bracket play?
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114542 is a reply to message #114541] Mon, 23 April 2012 19:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
redefine
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check the spreadsheet for the seedings, subject to change

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmMBGZ9FwopndDd 6aUVxeFhkY1ZxekR0TFRBbkQzZ2c#gid=4
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114543 is a reply to message #114541] Mon, 23 April 2012 19:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
adamwright08
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It was 4 pools of 4 teams, and the championship bracket was up, but the backdoor bracket was not. Seeds for the top 4 were Illinois, Mich State, Notre dame, and then Michigan.
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114545 is a reply to message #114541] Mon, 23 April 2012 19:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
BurningCouch6
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>what did it have? was it pool play? bracket play?

Pool play. First 4 as follows:

1. Illinois
2. MSU
3. Notre Dame
4. Michigan

The Sunday bracket play, if seeding stood, would have produced semi-finals matchups between Illinois/Michigan and MSU/ND.

However, I believe the TD had Illinois and Illinois-B, as well as Michigan and Michigan-B in the same respective pools.
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114547 is a reply to message #114545] Mon, 23 April 2012 19:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
adamwright08
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BurningCouch6 wrote on Mon, 23 April 2012 19:04
>what did it have? was it pool play? bracket play?

Pool play. First 4 as follows:

1. Illinois
2. MSU
3. Notre Dame
4. Michigan

The Sunday bracket play, if seeding stood, would have produced semi-finals matchups between Illinois/Michigan and MSU/ND.

However, I believe the TD had Illinois and Illinois-B, as well as Michigan and Michigan-B in the same respective pools.



Correct, Both Michigan and Illinois had their own B teams in their respective pools.
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114549 is a reply to message #114545] Mon, 23 April 2012 19:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
redefine
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Seeding:
1. Illinois
2. MSU
3. Notre Dame
4. Michigan
5. Northwestern
6. Western Michigan
7. Indiana
8. Eastern Illinois
9. Eastern Michigan
10. Purdue
11. Illinois State
12. Michigan B
13. Loyola Chicago
14. Southern Illinois
15. Chicago
16. Illinois B
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114564 is a reply to message #114549] Mon, 23 April 2012 22:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Twoorii
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If they do the pools "properly" they wouldn't be

Pool A:
1,8,10,15

Pool B:
2,7,9,16

Pool C:
3,6,12,13

Pool D:
4,5,11,14


at least from the 2008 tournament manual ( but they should definitely just do a 16 team bracket to start, way cooler)
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114569 is a reply to message #114549] Tue, 24 April 2012 04:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
highsmith
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redefine wrote on Mon, 23 April 2012 22:10
Seeding:
1. Illinois
2. MSU
3. Notre Dame
4. Michigan
5. Northwestern
6. Western Michigan
7. Indiana
8. Eastern Illinois
9. Eastern Michigan
10. Purdue
11. Illinois State
12. Michigan B
13. Loyola Chicago
14. Southern Illinois
15. Chicago
16. Illinois B


Why/how did Eastern Illinois get ahead of Eastern Michigan?

Eastern Michigan wins head-to-head (by 6), USAU Rankings, RRI Rankings, and win's vs common opponents...
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114570 is a reply to message #114531] Tue, 24 April 2012 04:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
highsmith
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NickR wrote on Mon, 23 April 2012 20:31
On Monday, April 23, 2012 3:58:12 PM UTC-4, eric wrote:
> bump
> --
> Posted from http://www.rsdnospam.com

they're up and everybody is wrong
http://scores.usaultimate.org/scores/#college-open/tournamen t/10698
it looks like they went each first place team from the three DI sections then the second place team from each of the same sections (excluding Ball State who I guess declined to go) and so on.



Seems like a weird way to seed in some ways.

This put Eastern Illinois ahead of Eastern Michigan when Eastern Michigan won EVERY category against them.

EIU wins in that type of seeding though, because they finish third in their section, while EMU finished fourth.

The same would go for Northwestern, too. It's almost punishing teams for having a stronger section...because the fourth team in the Michigan section beat the second team in the ILL section 13-5.

Meh, guess the moral of the story is do better at sectionals!

-James Highsmith
#17 Eastern Michigan
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114592 is a reply to message #114570] Tue, 24 April 2012 08:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
ndfarley3
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Seeds are final and format is up (Seeds below). Not sure that this
format is actually a fair tournament structure as the winners of each
semi are the bids to nationals. With this format you could have two
teams finish the tournament with their only loss being to the champion
with one team moving on and the other staying home. As an example,
Illinois and MSU could both have a single loss to Michigan but MSU
would go to Nationals. It puts the determining factor on the initial
seeding instead of allowing Illinois the chance to play MSU on the
field for the final bid.

Seeds:
1 Michigan State
2 Michigan
3 Illinois
4 Notre Dame
5 Indiana
6 Western Michigan
7 Eastern Michigan
8 Purdue
9 Michigan-B
10 Northwestern
11 Eastern Illinois
12 Illinois State
13 Loyola-Chicago
14 Southern Illinois
15 Chicago
16 Illinois-B
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114595 is a reply to message #113816] Tue, 24 April 2012 08:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Kyle Weisbrod
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What's currently published is not an approved USAU 16.2 format. It should/will be changed to have a backdoor bracket.
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114598 is a reply to message #114595] Tue, 24 April 2012 09:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
huckbucket
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It's already taken down (for the second time)
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114600 is a reply to message #113816] Tue, 24 April 2012 09:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
BurningCouch6
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Seedings are permanent, however, huckbucket.
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114601 is a reply to message #114600] Tue, 24 April 2012 09:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
adamwright08
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Someone must really want the semis to be Illinois-Mich and MSU-ND.

Previous seeding was :
1.Illinois
2.MSU
3.ND
4.Michigan

and now it flips to

1.MSU
2.Michigan
3.Illinois
4.ND
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114602 is a reply to message #113816] Tue, 24 April 2012 09:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
huckbucket
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im not concerned about seedings "burningouch6... whoever you are... I'm concerned about the tournament having an approved format
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114603 is a reply to message #114601] Tue, 24 April 2012 09:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Hoffdad
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I don't believe the "previous seedings" you are talking about were
seedings at all. Based off the sheet the regional director was using,
he put those teams in that order because Illinois/MSU/ND were the
three winners of their conferences, so he just had those three at the
top of the list. So there was no flip in seedings. Seedings look to
be set now though because it says the National Director OK'd them.
Looks like they are just working out the schedule now.

Also, I'm hearing that Ball State is not playing at regionals because
they played with an ineligble player at conferences. So they are not
allowed to compete at Regionals.


On Apr 24, 12:35 pm, Adam Wright <adamwrigh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Someone must really want the semis to be Illinois-Mich and
> MSU-ND.
>
> Previous seeding was :
> 1.Illinois
> 2.MSU
> 3.ND
> 4.Michigan
>
> and now it flips to
>
> 1.MSU
> 2.Michigan
> 3.Illinois
> 4.ND
> --
> Posted fromhttp://www.rsdnospam.com
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114606 is a reply to message #114603] Tue, 24 April 2012 10:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
BurningCouch6
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If Ball State is out and there is no replacement team from one of the D-III schools, then it should be 16.2.2 ( http://www.usaultimate.org/assets/1/Page/FormatManual_7108.p df) [pp. 81].

Which would look like this:

1MSU
4Notre Dame

2Michigan
3Illinois

Winners of these two games play each other for 1st place. Losers fall into 2nd place bracket. Loser of finals plays a backdoor game.

Essentially this means that the minimum amount of games for one of the top four teams is two games, and they would advance to Nationals (1st).
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114608 is a reply to message #114570] Tue, 24 April 2012 10:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
yngve
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Hey Highsmith,

Are you the guy from Eastern Michigan who was injured on Sunday of Chicago Invite? Someone told me you were a baller.
I play for Northwestern, I was out and a few other of our best guys were out that weekend. I'm looking forward to seeing how we measure up with both of our squads at full strength. I'm excited we get the chance to play you guys again, you guys always bring it. Here's to a good game and staying injury free.

Can't wait,
Kevin Yngve
Northwestern #11

Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114611 is a reply to message #114606] Tue, 24 April 2012 10:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
bslade86
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If all those teams went 3-0 in pool play, yes, the regionals winner would only have two more games (4th round saturday and 3rd round sunday), while the others would have either 3 (win 4th rd saturday, play round 3 and 4 on Sunday) or 4 (lose 4th round saturday, play rounds 2, 3, 4 on Sunday).

But they have to win their pool first.
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114613 is a reply to message #114606] Tue, 24 April 2012 10:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
southbendultimate
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1. There is a replacement for Ball State. I don't know which team it
is but there are 16 teams seeded without Ball State in there.

2. That 16.2.2 format says to use that bracket after pool play. So
if you win your pool then it would A1 vs D1 and B1 vs C1 in Semis on
Saturday. Everyone else would be moved to the bottom bracket to play
for 2nd. So either format there is plenty of games to earn your way
to nationals.



On Apr 24, 1:10 pm, Aaron <ziegl...@msu.edu> wrote:
> If Ball State is out and there is no replacement team from
> one of the D-III schools, then it should be 16.2.2
> ( http://www.usaultimate.org/assets/1/Page/FormatManual_7108.p df)
> [pp. 81].
>
> Which would look like this:
>
> 1MSU
> 4Notre Dame
>
> 2Michigan
> 3Illinois
>
> Winners of these two games play each other for 1st place.
> Losers fall into 2nd place bracket. Loser of finals plays a
> backdoor game.
>
> Essentially this means that the minimum amount of games for
> one of the top four teams is two games, and they would
> advance to Nationals (1st).
> --
> Posted fromhttp://www.rsdnospam.com
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114654 is a reply to message #113816] Tue, 24 April 2012 15:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
DirkDiggler
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It's difficult to see how Illinois is not #1 when you look at regular season results against common opponents:

Iowa - Illinois lost 9-15, 9-15, 7-12. MSU lost 5-13, 5-13.
Whitman - Illinois won 13-10. MSU won 15-11.
Luther - Illinois won 15-9 and 13-12, lost 15-14. MSU lost 7-13.
Dartmouth - Illinois won 13-12. MSU lost 10-14. Michigan won 11-7.
UCSD - Illinois won 15-11. Michigan won 11-6.
Florida - Illinois won 14-8. Michigan lost 12-14.
Georgia - Illinois won 15-12. Michigan won 13-11.
Ohio - Illinois won 11-9. MSU lost 7-12. Michigan lost 9-12.

One stat about these scores:
Comparing common opponents between Illinois and MSU...Illinois is 5-4 and MSU is 1-5
Comparing Illinois and Michigan...Illinois is 5-0 and Michigan is 3-2.

If you chose to include Michigan Indoor and Sectionals, the conclusion doesn't really change.
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114771 is a reply to message #114654] Wed, 25 April 2012 13:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Skiddy-O
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http://scores.usaultimate.org/scores/#college-open/tournamen t/10698

bracketplay
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114785 is a reply to message #114654] Wed, 25 April 2012 21:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
bjm
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Usually head to head matters before RACO, and MSU beat Illinois, apparently:

http://scores.usaultimate.org/scores/#college-open/seeding/1 0698

Not sure about the rest of your argument, especially regarding Illinois vs Michigan.
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114786 is a reply to message #114785] Wed, 25 April 2012 21:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
DirkDiggler
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bjm wrote on Wed, 25 April 2012 23:19
Usually head to head matters before RACO, and MSU beat Illinois, apparently:

http://scores.usaultimate.org/scores/#college-open/seeding/1 0698

Not sure about the rest of your argument, especially regarding Illinois vs Michigan.


From what I was told, the head to head win was a mutual forfeit, with the winner being decided by a rookie-rookie foot race.
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114790 is a reply to message #114786] Wed, 25 April 2012 22:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
adamwright08
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DirkDiggler wrote on Wed, 25 April 2012 21:36
bjm wrote on Wed, 25 April 2012 23:19
Usually head to head matters before RACO, and MSU beat Illinois, apparently:

http://scores.usaultimate.org/scores/#college-open/seeding/1 0698

Not sure about the rest of your argument, especially regarding Illinois vs Michigan.


From what I was told, the head to head win was a mutual forfeit, with the winner being decided by a rookie-rookie foot race.



You are correct, theres a video on MSU's twitter if you dig back to march.
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114794 is a reply to message #114790] Thu, 26 April 2012 00:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
BurningCouch6
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http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=3100757438624&set=vb .137264076309632&type=2&theater

Not sure if this link works. Start at 7:38 if you want to see MSU beat Illinois. Start at 0:00 if you want to see how to get laid.
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114795 is a reply to message #114794] Thu, 26 April 2012 00:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
adamwright08
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Heres just the race.

http://yfrog.com/2m9gzz
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114856 is a reply to message #113816] Thu, 26 April 2012 22:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
GLregion
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Hm, weird seeing Michigan, the 2nd place finisher in their conference, seeded above Illinois and Notre Dame...winners of their conferences.

MSU must be pretty pleased with the draw though
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114861 is a reply to message #114856] Thu, 26 April 2012 23:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Skiddy-O
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GLregion wrote on Thu, 26 April 2012 22:15
Hm, weird seeing Michigan, the 2nd place finisher in their conference, seeded above Illinois and Notre Dame...winners of their conferences.

MSU must be pretty pleased with the draw though


Not weird at all seeing Michigan seeded over Notre Dame. They literally have the edge in EVERY criteria. Head-to-head, common opponents, USAU rankings, etc...

Maybe a little weird over Ill, but they do have the better USAU ranking and pretty comparable season results.
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114862 is a reply to message #114856] Thu, 26 April 2012 23:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
hostilnakfor
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will wrote:
> Hm, weird seeing Michigan, the 2nd place finisher in their
> conference, seeded above Illinois and Notre Dame...winners
> of their conferences.
> MSU must be pretty pleased with the draw though

I remember stomping all over Michigan whenever we played them. It was
like back in football playing the little village next door.
--
John the Sensei. John the Revelator.
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114864 is a reply to message #114856] Thu, 26 April 2012 23:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
toucansam
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winning a conference in no way guarantees a top seed. think about if the 2nd place finishing team at NC regionals (so probably a top 5 team overall) had to be seeded behind UConn or whoever else comes out of the Metro East at Nationals just because UConn won their region. That would be utterly absurd.
Re: Great Lakes Regionals Seedings? [message #114878 is a reply to message #114864] Fri, 27 April 2012 02:19 Go to previous message
hostilnakfor
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toucan sam wrote:
> winning a conference in no way guarantees a top seed. think
> about if the 2nd place finishing team at NC regionals (so
> probably a top 5 team overall) had to be seeded behind UConn
> or whoever else comes out of the Metro East at Nationals
> just because UConn won their region. That would be utterly
> absurd.
Michigan has more lakes than Illinois. Hell, they have some great lakes
and Illinois sits landlocked. Thos Michigan guys sit at the bottom of a
lake and play ultimate frisbee underwater! Illinois goes in with Red
Sea offense again and again, and then Michigan gie

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