31.   CSUN is basically out of contention for the conference title and was banned for postseason play due to NCAA probation.

32.   Currently, victories against I-AA teams are phantom wins for I-A schools when it comes to postseason play.

33.   Does one week of postseason play atone for months and months of acrimony and team dissension?

34.   Everyone that gets into postseason play finds a way to convince themselves that they are going to win.

35.   Every year during postseason play, NHL referees are criticized for failing to call penalties routinely called during the regular season.

36.   For nine years, their presence in postseason play had become almost a given.

37.   For only the second time in the past nine years ASU was not selected for postseason play.

38.   For a team that has never even gotten a full-fledged sniff of postseason play, the Rangers are dreaming high-on-the-hog dreams.

39.   Had voters considered postseason play, when Konstantinov and his team excelled, his chances of winning might have been greater.

40.   Had Andersen made the kick, Atlanta would have beaten Jacksonville and knocked it out of postseason play.