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(STATS) -- The FCS was alphabet soup even in the days when it was called NCAA Division I-AA, so with the best playoffs in college football beginning on Saturday, its good to know the 24 teams in the field from A to Z.NDSU, er, North Dakota State is the five-time defending champ, but there are plenty of contenders to be the FCS champ.Enjoy all the fun.With this years field …A is for coach Andy Talley. The retiring Villanova coach goes into his 12th playoff appearance with a 2009 FCS title and 257 career wins (229 with the Wildcats) to his credit.B is for the backup quarterbacks. Richmond is turning to its backup to make his first career start in the first round. Charleston Southern, Lehigh, New Hampshire, North Carolina A&T, Wofford and Youngstown State are other teams playing in the first round that havent simply relied on one quarterback to win games.C is for coaches. There are nine who have earned their conferences coach of the year award already: North Dakotas Bubba Schwiegert (Big Sky), Charleston Southerns Jamey Chadwell (Big South), James Madisons Mike Houston (CAA), South Dakota States John Stiegelmeier (Missouri Valley), Saint Francis Chris Villarrial (Northeast), Jacksonville States John Grass (Ohio Valley), Lehighs Andy Coen (Patriot), The Citadels Brent Thompson (Southern) and Sam Houston States K.C. Keeler (Southland).D is for Dakota. Three of the eight seeded teams are North Dakota State (1), North Dakota (7) and South Dakota State (8).E is for eleven. There are 11 teams back in the field from a year ago. None has been better about coming back than New Hampshire, which is making its 13th straight appearance under coach Sean McDonnell.F is Frisco. The growing Dallas suburb is the neutral site host to the championship game for the seventh consecutive season. Toyota Stadium is undergoing renovation, so seating capacity has dropped from 20,086 to about 15,300.G is for great games. Its what we all want during this grand time of the season.H is for home field advantage. Theres only one playoff game without it -- the championship. Eleven of the playoff qualifiers, including six seeded teams, were unbeaten at home in the regular season, and all of the qualifiers combined to go 112-15 (.882).I is for incomparable. Eastern Washington wide receiver Cooper Kupp holds the FCS and Division I records for receptions (402), receiving yards (6,061) and touchdown receptions (68).J is for Jeremiah Briscoe. The Sam Houston State quarterback leads the FCS in passing yards (4,096), passing yards per game (372.4), touchdown passes (52), passing efficiency (187.0) and points responsible for per game (28.9). Hes four shy of the FCS single-season record for touchdown passes.K is for keeping drives alive. Playoff qualifiers Cal Poly, James Madison, Eastern Washington, San Diego, Sam Houston State and Lehigh are the only teams in the FCS whose third down conversion rates are above 50 percent.L is for losses. Central Arkansas, Chattanooga, North Carolina A&T, Richmond, Saint Francis, Samford and The Citadel ended the regular season with a defeat. But that was then, this is now …M is for momentum. Illinois State, once 3-5, surged to an at-large bid with three straight season-ending wins. Sam Houston State has the longest winning streak (11) and is one of 11 teams in the field that havent lost since the calendar turned to November.N is for nicknames. The more unique ones are the Jackrabbits (South Dakota State), Penguins (Youngstown State), Red Flash (Saint Francis) and Toreros (San Diego). The most common is Wildcats (New Hampshire, Villanova and Weber State).O is for offense. Sam Houston State ranks No. 1 in the FCS in points per game and offensive yards per game, while Eastern Washington is No. 2 and 3, respectively, and Jacksonville State is No. 3 and 2, respectively.P is for the Palmetto State. South Carolina has a mini-tournament going on in the first two rounds as Charleston Southern visits Wofford before the winner heads to The Citadel.Q is for questionable calls. Its guaranteed a fan base will second-guess the head coach after a loss.R is for rematches. Avoiding them, that is, after last years field drew criticism for too many rematches. San Diego at Cal Poly is a first-round rematch (Cal Poly won 38-16 on Sept. 10), but there are only two possibilities in the second round (New Hampshire-James Madison and Wofford-The Citadel).S is for seeded teams. North Dakota State, Eastern Washington, Jacksonville State, James Madison, Sam Houston State, The Citadel, North Dakota and South Dakota State are thankful to first-round byes on Thanksgiving weekend.T is for turnovers. They decide so many games. Lehigh has committed the fewest turnovers (eight) in the FCS and North Dakota has the most takeaways (20) and best turnover margin (plus-17) in the field.U is for upsets. Yeah, bring em on.V is for coach Chris Villarrial. After Saint Francis didnt have a winning season in its first 22 years on the Division I level, the Red Flash have posted back-to-back winning records under a seventh-year coach who has them in the playoffs for the first time. North Dakota is the other first-time qualifier, but it didnt join Division I until 2008.W is for wide receivers. The field includes the top seven in the FCS in receiving yards: Saint Francis Kamron Lewis (1,349), Eastern Washingtons Cooper Kupp (1,297), Samfords Karel Hamilton (1,242) South Dakota States Jake Wieneke (1,204) and Dallas Goedert (1,146), Richmonds Brian Brown (1,179) and Lehighs Troy Pelletier (1,140).X is for X-factors. Special teams, senior leadership, injuries, weather, luck -- theyre all included.Y is for Youngstown State. The four-time national champion in the 1990s is back in the field for the first time since 2006, ending the longest drought among the 22 teams that were in the field previously.Z is for bye-zon. North Dakota State pronounces its Bison nickname as bye-zon. Yeah, theyre the five-time reigning national champs, they call the shots.Vapormax Flyknit 2 Baratas . Self was acquired from the Buffalo Bandits in a trade for Alex Hill midway through last season, and made his debut in Rochester on March 16, 2013. Zapatillas Nike Just Do It Hombre . 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Vapormax Plus Baratas . -- The St. Johns IceCaps weathered a wild first period with the help of goaltender Jussi Olkinuora, before finding offensive inroads in the second.Sydney defender Aliir Aliir will miss the AFL grand final because of a knee injury, while one of his fit teammates could feel the brunt of footballs most-unedifying axe.Aliir was unable to train at the SCG on Wednesday, when the Swans confirmed he would not take part in Saturdays season decider against the Western Bulldogs.The 22-year-old, who made his debut in round six and played 13 games this year, suffered a minor medial ligament strain in Sydneys preliminary final.Swans coach John Longmire is contemplating making two changes to the side who smashed Geelong, with co-captain Jarrad McVeigh (calf) and Rising Star winner Callum Mills (hamstring) both able to train on Wednesday.Its likely Harry Marsh or Jeremy Laidler will be dropped if Longmire opts to recall both McVeigh and Mills.McVeigh and Mills demand selection if fully fit and the only thing stopping Sydney from picking the duo will be the fear of both breaking down.Youve got to go in with a fit squad, Swans 2005 premiership skipper Barry Hall said.If one goes down it just makes it that much tougher and Horse (Longmire) is pretty measured, so he wont take a risk if theres any doubt.Mills ... its a soft-tissue injury and thats a concern.I know players want to play in a grand final but, if he does something in the first 10 minutes and he sits out, how are you going to look John Longmire in the eye?Hall added it would test the mettle of Mills and McVeigh, who both trained on Sunday and had been racing the clock to return since their respective setbacks in week one and two of the finals.ddddddddddddeve seen players in the past step aside because theyve been honest ... its quite easy to get caught up in grand-final week and go yeah, Ill get through. Its a tough game, he said.The situation wasnt foreign to Longmire, who ruled heartbroken and hamstrung forward Ben McGlynn out of the 2012 grand final.Swans on-baller Josh Kennedy was confident his coach would make the right call.You dont want anyone really missing through injury, Kennedy said.Theres always those stories every year. Its just part of the game.Therell be a few nervous guys but ... you know that Horse and the coaching staff are going to make the best decision for whats best for the team.Kennedy dismissed any concerns over his own knee niggle.Im feeling good. Im certainly under no cloud, he said.Ted Richards, who announced his retirement in August, isnt expected to be given a fairytale farewell.Richards was listed as an emergency in the Swans semi-final but the Bulldogs dont have nearly as many tall targets as Adelaide.Sydney football manager Tom Harley felt for Aliir, who the club initially feared had done serious damage after landing awkwardly last Friday night at the MCG.Its always a tough situation for players facing some uncertainty over their fitness ahead of a game. Aliir is a young man of outstanding character and a bright future and he will be supporting the team, Harley said. ' ' '