2011 UPA COLLEGE SEASON UPDATES

http://www.usaultimate.org/news/2011-usa-u...season-updates/

Theres been a few more changes that you guys need to be aware of. The big one is the are redrawing the regions and since some of you won't click the link here's the main change:

Boundary redraw/bid allocation – In order to reduce travel times, optimize the size of Series events, and increase meaningful competition, the geographic breakdown of teams and bid allocation process will be revised as follows:
o College regions will be redrawn and increased in number from eight to ten. One automatic bid to the College Championships and Division III College Championships will be awarded to each region in each division (Open, Women’s). The remaining 10 bids to the College Championships will be awarded through strength wildcards.
o Regions will be further broken down into sections/conferences with an emphasis on maintaining relatively stable sizes (optimally 6-12 teams) and moving towards grouping teams based on both geography and similar qualities. Where team densities make it possible this will include school size and BCD team groupings. Bids to Regionals will be based on a mixture of automatic and strength bids based on regular season rankings.
o Some areas of the country will be organized slightly differently than other areas, based on the density and characteristics of teams in each area. All areas will move along a similar developmental track towards consistency as the number of teams grows.The size of regional events may be dependent on the number of teams participating in the College Series from that region. This will serve to create more meaningful competitive opportunities while still providing incentives for participation and growth, in light of moving to all strength-based bids. Total post-season playing opportunities will still be increased based on the offering of more regional tournaments for the various divisions.
o A preliminary breakdown of the new regions and sections/conferences will be released to college teams and the Ultimate community for comment by September 10, 2010. Feedback will be collected through the USA Ultimate message board as well as through surveys of college teams.

Awesome Bowl

Mark it on your calendars: AWESOME BOWL: http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=awesome+...3042&ref=ss

Hat tourny here in Springfield the Saturday before the Superbowl. It's gonna be awesome.

MLC

Should be the beginning of November, something to keep an eye on to get a bid in early since they fill up fast:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.d...7bd373d880bdb2#

free couch/chair

We have a couch and chair (not matching) if anybody's interested. First come, first serve. You have till wednesday to claim them, then we are going to donate them. Just let us know if you want to look at them.

hoodie and jacket

Glasson, I think I left my frizzbears hoodie and jacket in your vehicle after the Branson tourny. Did you happen to find them?