University Athletic Association

[BDTartan]

I was going to bring up the NCAC-UAA agreement, but cwru70 beat me to it.  While I don't exactly know what the purpose of the agreement is, I hope that cwru and Ralph Turner are correct and it will lure 3 NCAC teams over to the UAA in order to get an AQ.  The actual schedule agreement won't be in effect until 08' I believe.

CMU proved that the UAA can actually compete.  Year in and year out is another question.  But then again, CMU looks to be strong again in 07' and maybe another good showing will boost the UAA and get some better recruits through the doors of the UAA schools.

[Superfoot Wallace]

Perusing the AAU website for member institutions, see not a single NCAC member listed, besides former member, CWRU.

Is there a potential for current NCAC member insitutions to apply, be solicited or admitted to this organization?

Generally, consider Kenyon, Denison and Oberlin to be the premiere academic insitutions in the NCAC.  Not a quantitative consideration but qualitiative  per this posters own exposure to alumni from these schools as law school classmates.  In support of my own, Witt has expanded the science curriculum significantly over the course of the last three years.

signed,
the other Wally

[frank uible]

Relative to CMU's ability to compete, there are lots of good high school players in western PA, comparable in number to northeast OH.

[ADL70]

AAU is for research universities.  None of the NCAC schools fit that definition.

[frank uible]

Nowhere in the UAA governing documents could I find limitation of membership to AAU members - only to private research universities located in major metropolitan areas. Not that I should care.

[ADL70]

Frank...I will grant you that AAU membership is not required for UAA membership, the defining factor being "strong graduate programs."  I only point out that all UAA members have been AAU members.  Tufts would fit that definition.

[frank uible]

The AAU website does not indicate that Tufts is a member.

[Ralph Turner]

I was going to bring up the NCAC-UAA agreement, but cwru70 beat me to it.  While I don't exactly know what the purpose of the agreement is, I hope that cwru and Ralph Turner are correct and it will lure 3 NCAC teams over to the UAA in order to get an AQ.  The actual schedule agreement won't be in effect until 08' I believe.

CMU proved that the UAA can actually compete.  Year in and year out is another question.  But then again, CMU looks to be strong again in 07' and maybe another good showing will boost the UAA and get some better recruits through the doors of the UAA schools.

BDTartan,

I don't think that the UAA is setting this up to give the UAA schools a Pool A bid.  I think that it is being done to ensure like-minded opponents for UAA schools.  As I have read its plans, some NCAC schools are obligated to play more UAA opponents than others.

To achieve a Pool A bid for the UAA members, I think that 3 NCAC schools would need to be "loaned" as affiliates to the UAA on a long term basis.

Under my recommendation to provide a Pool A bid, the UAA-4 would provide the core members of the conference to fulfill that requirement.  The "NCAC-loaned-3" would be affiliate members (just like Catholic is for the ODAC and just like Menlo is for the NWC and gives the NWC its Pool A bid in 2008, etc., etc.)  With the minimum 7 members, they would constitute a conference, and those UAA-7 would earn a Pool A bid after 2 complete seasons.

The remaining 7 NCAC members would still keep the Pool A bid for their conference.

As I have read the news releases, I think that the UAA is still in Pool B for the near future.

Here are my thoughts on Pool B as I updated them last summer.

Pool B loses 7 schools from the Presidents AC to Pool A, and Colorado College moves to the SCAC.  I think that the net effect will be one Pool B bid moves to Pool A.

[BDTartan]

Frank - I know about western PA high school football.  In fact, there are quite a few western PA'ers on CMU's roster.

Ralph - As I stated, I am not entirely sure what the purpose of the UAA-NCAC agreement is.  I was just hoping that maybe there was a hidden agenda to get an AQ if at least 3 of the NCAC schools like what they got out of the agreement.

[ADL70]

Hansen names Tom Brew North Region defenive backfield POY.  Joe Brenner and Brian Calderone 2nd team, and John Tiemeier 3rd.

[Pat Coleman]

I don't think we need to publicize that here.

[ADL70]

Tom Brew has not decided whether he will return to use his medical hardship year, according to CWRU.

http://www.case.edu/athletics/varsity/news.htm#s2_page2

[INQBScout]

Is Case going to get any Indiana kids this year? Also, can anyone provide an '07 preview?

[ADL70]

Only 1 IN player on the current roster, so unlikely there would be many, if at all.  Unless you know someone?

Too early to forecast.  Lots of ? about what injured players might return and if any others whose absences last year were unexplained return.  Two good QBs should return, but they need to cut down miscues.  And not much experience at WR.  Seems like a couple of teams won championships using 2 QBs, not that I'm putting CWRU anywhere near that category.  Most of the D returns, with the prospect of Brew coming back as a big ?.  The schedule is easier with two of the new D-III teams on it.   Wooster and the UAA games are the toughest, and the Oberlin game has been close the last few years (but CWRU has won 22 in a row).

[INQBScout]

Only 1 IN player on the current roster, so unlikely there would be many, if at all.  Unless you know someone?

Old age...seems to me I heard of a top RB from IN who might be considering Case...can't remember the kid's name...