Bob Eblen - National Columnist
D2Football.com

What a first round. Two overtime games. Three six seeds winning. Three comebacks from double-digit deficits (and nearly a fourth if not for Albany State missing on a last-second field goal attempt). Two teams - Nebraska-Kearney and Hillsdale - won their first playoff games as D-II programs. West Alabama won its first playoff game in 34 years.

Nine Finalists for HHT
HarlonHill.com

A field of 24 candidates has been trimmed to nine national finalists in regional voting for the Harlon Hill Trophy as the NCAA Division II College Football Player of the Year.

The finalists were selected by the NCAA Division II sports information directors in regional voting and will now be placed on the national ballot where all 148 of the division's SIDs will select the award's 24th winner.

When Lions Play, Flags Will Fly
Greg Dewalt
Florence Times Daily

North Alabama has been proficient on offense and stingy on defense this season.

That's been the key to winning 10 of 11 games.

There is another area in which the Lions have excelled in 2009, and it's had head coach Terry Bowden seeing yellow.

Playoff Central
Scoreboard   Bracket
SR1
	California		12pm EST
	Shippensburg		Video
	Edinboro		12pm EST
	West Liberty		Video
SR2
	West Alabama		1pm EST
	Carson-Newman		Live Stats
	Arkansas Tech		1pm EST
	North Alabama		Video
SR3
	Hillsdale		1pm EST
	Grand Valley		Video
	Nebraska-Kearney		1pm EST
	Minnesota-Duluth		Video
SR4
	Abilene Christian		1pm EST
	Northwest Missouri		Video
	Tarleton State		3pm EST
	Central Washington		Video

KSU Names Dickens Head Coach
WKYT 27

Kentucky State University announces that Wayne Dickens has been named head football coach. KSU Athletic Director Denisha Hendricks says Dickens? performance as interim head coach during the 2009 football season was one reason for his selection.