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Now halfway through the Summit season, the "pod" statement highlighted above has proven to be of some merit. Of the 36 games played, this prediction was correct in 75% of the games (27-9). What has also proven true is that the "pods" are not as far apart as originally thought, in that no team in Pod 1 has exceeded expectations and no team in Pod 2 has fallen further backwards (see "parity"). I list the teams below in order of projected final seeding (assuming that the second half of the season plays out with the same trends as the first), along with their original projected record and the +/- so far. SDSU 14-2 16-0 -1 PFW 11-5 11-5 E OMA 11-5 11-5 E USD 7-9 11-5 -2 NDSU 7-9 11-5 -2 ORU 7-9 3-13 +2 WIU 7-9 3-13 +2 UND 5-11 3-13 +1 DEN 3-13 3-13 E Seeds 4-7 appear to be a dogfight. Where ORU finishes in that range will depend a lot on when E-man is reinserted into the lineup - and how effective he is post-injury. All in all , I'm pleased at the growth of this team from the beginning of the season. If E-man hadn't gone down with an injury, I'm confident that we would be 6-2 right now, and who would have predicted THAT earlier in the year!

Please make it stop....