Extra Point - Final Playoff Predictions
By Matt Dougherty, The Sports Network

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - There were a few close calls, a couple of upsets and some clutch wins from teams battling for their postseason lives. When the dust finally cleared with Cal Poly’s 35-10 victory against Idaho State, the I-AA committee was left with a relatively easy job of selecting this year’s field of 16.

The first change to the brackets came early in the day, in a game I attended in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Lehigh, who began the day with control of the Patriot League automatic bid in its hands, couldn’t close the deal against archrival Lafayette. The Leopards rallied for two fourth-quarter touchdowns to score a 23-19 victory and claim a share of the Patriot League crown.

While the Leopards walked into the postgame press conference with the Patriot League trophy, they didn’t claim the automatic bid. Colgate, a 34-7 winner at Georgetown, earned the Patriot League berth by virtue of its win over the Leopards earlier in the year. The win changed the Patriot League automatic spot, and Lafayette head coach Frank Tavani hoped it provided a reason to include a second team from the conference.

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