In week 5, the team replaced Lester with the former Notre Dame Quatrerback Kevin McDougal and the team went 5-1 in the rest of the season ( winning their last four in a row ), coming from behind to make the XFL playoffs at 2nd place in the Eastern Division.

Starting with the 2013 season the Pioneer Football League will now have an automatic bid into the FCS division I playoffs.

I am appreciative of his hard work and the imprint that he left on our team .” Over the span of five seasons with the Bulls, Skiles compiled a record of 165-172 (. 490 ), and guided the team to the playoffs three consecutive years before getting fired.

Although San Antonio now had new offensive threats in Tony Parker and Manu Ginóbili, during the playoffs, it was Duncan's performance in the semi-finals against the Los Angeles Lakers which was singled out for praise by Popovich, who stated: " I thought in Game 5 and Game 6, he was astounding in his focus.

Colgate began playing in NCAA Division I-AA, now known as Division I FCS, in 1982, and made the Division I-AA ( now FCS ) football playoffs in 1982, 1983, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, and 2008.

The basketball teams have made regular appearances in NCAA Division I playoffs.

After the Colts routed the Denver Broncos in the wild-card round of the 2004 playoffs, he told reporters that the Colts ' opponents in the next round of the playoffs, the Patriots, were " ripe for the picking ," and said " I think they're not as good as the beginning of the year and not as good as last year " ( when they won the Super Bowl ).

Hockey legend Phil Esposito would later tell Primeau that " During the 04 playoffs, when you and the Flyers took the Lightning to seven games, you were the most dominating player I ever saw.

" That series was probably the most excitement I saw around here ," proclaimed Clark, who had 20 points ( 10 goals and 10 assists ) in his 21 games during the ' 93 playoffs.

After the playoffs, Morenz addressed the trade rumours, telling a reporter that he would only play for the Canadiens, saying that " when I can't play for them, I'll never put on a skate again ," though the Canadiens ' management knew he was too passionate about hockey to quit.

These conferences had not previously received bids to the Division I FCS football playoffs ( formerly the Division I-AA ) tournament.

We like to think we're the NFL's toughest conference, even though I didn't play well enough to get us to the playoffs this year ".

* RYAN: Why should I say anything different here than I said all last playoffs last year?

The football team was in the 2005 playoffs as the top seed in the North I, Group III bracket, and won the first two rounds, beating # 8-seed Teaneck High School 40-6 and number-four Ramapo High School 41-13, and then crushing third-seeded Parsippany Hills High School 46-0 in the sectional finals.

* promotion playoffs for Liga I, Liga II and Liga III

This method is supposed to prevent matchups between large and small schools within a classification, although in practice this is not always the case ( for example, in the 2006 playoffs, Southlake Carroll, the Division I champion, had a lower student enrollment than Cedar Hill, the Division II champion ).

For AA and A as well as for six-man football, the UIL divides schools into separate Division I ( large ) and Division II ( small ) districts at its bi-annual redistricting session ; separate playoffs are held for each division with the top two teams from each district eligible.

For Class A basketball, similar to the six-man football setup the UIL divides schools into separate Division I ( large ) and Division II ( small ) districts prior to the beginning of the season, and separate playoffs are held for each division with the top two teams from each district eligible.

Andy Lytle, Sports Editor of The Toronto Star, wrote of the Leaf team eliminated from the previous season's playoffs, " I do not suppose that Toronto was so weakly represented in the N. H. L.

Floyd ended his NBA career with a 93-235 overall record, including the playoffs, admitting in interviews that, as an NBA coach, " I wasn't very good at it ".

In their first season in Division 1, Temple posted a 12-2 record, and advanced to the 2011 Division I National Collegiate Rugby Championship playoffs, where they reached the round of 16 before losing to top seeded Bowling Green.

Hasbrouck Heights made the 2nd round in the North I Group I state playoffs in 2006, beating Pascack Hills High School 9-3 in the opening round then losing to ultimate winner Bogota High School 24-17 in the semifinals.

No one would catch them, except the Padres in the playoffs.

The Cowboys were eliminated by the ( eventual Super Bowl Champion ) Giants in the divisional round of the playoffs, the first NFC No. 1 seed to do so since the playoff re-alignment.

In doing so, the Flyers wrapped up the Patrick Division title with 14 games to spare and the No. 1 overall seed in the playoffs.

A healthier squad fared better in 1993 – 94, posting the franchise's first-ever winning record at 42 – 40 and returning to the playoffs as the No. 8 seed versus the Atlanta Hawks.

In a tight Western Conference, the Jazz finished 53 – 29 and lost the division in a tiebreaker with the Denver Nuggets, ending with the No. 5 seed, matched up with the Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs.

But the No. 2 seeded Storm lost to the # 3 Los Angeles Sparks in the first round of the playoffs in three games, and ended Seattle's season at 23 – 14 overall.

No playoffs were held at the end of the season.

The Colonels advanced to the Division I-AA playoffs as the conference champion, based on their 32 – 29 overtime victory over then fifth-ranked Texas State, but eventually lost to the then No. 3 ranked Furman Paladins, 14 – 12, in Paladin Stadium in Greenville, S. C.

The playoffs began with a first round sweep of the eighth seed Vancouver Canucks before enduring a seven game scare by the Los Angeles Kings in the Western Semi-Finals before cakewalking past the St. Louis Blues in five games, setting up a Stanley Cup Finals matchup with the Eastern Conference's No. 1 seed New Jersey Devils.

In their inaugural season, the Cavs compiled a 30 – 18 record and made the playoffs as the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference.

They would compile a record of 19 – 2, and enter the playoffs the No. 1 seed.

* 1896 State League Champions, No playoffs.

* 1906 Virginia League Champions, No playoffs.

* 1964 Southern League Champions, No playoffs.

No playoffs were contested for semi-final losers, meaning that two bronze medals were awarded in each event.

Entering the playoffs with an official Bye and home field advantage, the Power is ranked No. 1.

They have been to the playoffs six times and have won six playoff games, three of which were victories during their run in the 2008-09 NFL Playoffs.

In the 1978 season, the Falcons qualified for the playoffs for the first time and won the Wild Card game against the Philadelphia Eagles 14 – 13.

The next week, their dream season ended at home with a loss to the Cowboys 30 – 27 in the divisional playoffs.

In the strike-shortened 1982 season, the Falcons made the playoffs but lost to the Minnesota Vikings, 30 – 24.

In 2000, the Falcons suffered through another horrendous season finishing 4-12 and once again missing the playoffs.

The Falcons finished the 2001 season with a record of 7-9 and missed the playoffs.

Their season ended with a loss to Donovan McNabb and the Philadelphia Eagles 20 – 6 in the NFC divisional playoffs.

The Falcons went 11 – 5, winning their third division title and earning a first-round bye into the playoffs.

In the divisional playoffs, the Falcons defeated the St. Louis Rams 47 – 17 in the Georgia Dome, advancing to the NFC Championship, which they lost to the Eagles 27 – 10.

The Falcons finished the 2008 regular season with a record of 11 – 5, and the # 5 seed in the playoffs.

On December 21, 2008, Atlanta beat the Minnesota Vikings 24 – 17 to clinch a wild card spot, earning a trip to the playoffs for the first time since 2004.

The Falcons would go on to lose in the wild-card round of the 2008 NFL playoffs to the eventual NFC champion Arizona Cardinals, 30 – 24.

Although they failed to make the playoffs in 2009, the streak ended when the team rallied to win their final three regular season games to record back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in franchise history.

In 2010, with a regular season record of 13 – 3, their best regular season record since the 1998 Super Bowl season, the Falcons secured a third straight winning season, their fourth overall divisional title, and the top overall seed in the NFC playoffs ; however, the Falcons were overpowered by the eventual Super Bowl XLV champion Green Bay Packers in the NFC Divisional Playoffs 48 – 21.

" On September 28, the Diamondbacks defeated the Colorado Rockies to secure a position in the 2007 playoffs.

After the Padres ' defeat at the hands of the Milwaukee Brewers on September 29, the Diamondbacks secured both the NL West title and home field advantage throughout the NL playoffs.

* 1989 – Ron Hextall becomes the first goaltender in NHL history to score a goal in the playoffs.

The major league champion is determined by playoffs that culminate in the World Series.

Five teams make the playoffs from each league: the three regular season division winners, plus two wild card teams.

in 2012, the playoffs were expanded again so that two wild card teams face off in a one game wild card round to determine which team advances to the division series, with the playoffs then continuing as it had before 2012 ( though with the possibilty of a fifth seed being in the playoffs and a fourth seed being out ) after the end of the wild card round.

After 1993, it was implemented for good when Major League Baseball restructured each league into three divisions, but their next playing was in 1995 due to the cancellation of the 1994 playoffs.

After 1993, it was implemented for good when Major League Baseball restructured each league into three divisions, but their next playing was in 1995 due to the cancellation of the 1994 playoffs.