From a story headlined, “Take
Down the Jolly Roger” by Robert Husseman, sports editor, McMinnville N-R/News-Register
11/24/2015 …
“Perhaps a thought should be spared in commendation for the Northwest Conference, the Siberia of NCAA Division III. Little-known and –understood, let alone seen, by the Eastern-oriented powers that be, the conference wrangled two bids for the D-III football playoffs out of the selection committee.”

“Perhaps a thought should be spared in commendation for the Northwest Conference, the Siberia of NCAA Division III. Little-known and –understood, let alone seen, by the Eastern-oriented powers that be, the conference wrangled two bids for the D-III football playoffs out of the selection committee.”
