FB: Upper Midwest Athletic Conference

[AO]

I think both teams definitely showed that september inexperience.  We had some freshmen defensive backs make a few mistakes in the last minute of the first half alongside a fumbled kickoff return, or else Augsburg might not have put one in the endzone Saturday.  Hopefully Auggie can make some adjustments and pull a win a couple games they're not supposed to.

Not only the officiating, but the chain gang was struggling on Saturday.  There were at least 3 or 4 times where because the down marker was off by a couple yards, the offense would get backed up on numerous series making it 4th and 2 rather than 4th and 1 and 2nd and 12 rather than 2nd and 10.  Fun game to watch though, eh?  Had a pretty good crowd.  The pep band which hasn't existed for the last 20 years made a reappearance as well.

[Eagles99]

I thought NWC won the physical battle, they pounded Augsburg on Saturday. If the throwback is caught on the KO Return NWC wins by three scores.

[cwm1276]

Congrates to Rockford for their win over Westminster.   Would be nice to meet Northwestern for a rematch in the UMAC championship game.

[Eagles99]

Jon Butler if you are out there, we have the Saints Bowl coming up this weekend with the NWC vs Crown game.

[Beaver_SID]

Even though Blackburn College Football has taken its fair share of hits in the last couple years, Blackburn can still pride themselves over recent victories in Men's Basketball and Baseball. Being a student on campus, I feel the work program offers valuable hands on experience for use as a stepping-stone into the real-world workforce. Food Services and Janitors are not the only jobs offered here at Blackburn (I for example work in the Sports information Dept). I will agree that our facilities are highly lacking, there have been recent renovations done to the football field and Home men's locker room, but of course visiting teams do not see the locker room, when has any school decided that their opponents needed somewhere nice to get dressed? As for the student body, Blackburn prides itself at offering a low cost education, while that doesn't constitute the overall pick of the litter students it does offer a higher education for the less fortunate. Also, Blackburn is renowned for their Science departments, obviously not their athletics. With a new $5 million dollar Laboratory Building in the process of being completed Blackburn has obviously allocated a mass quantity of funds, for a college of only 600 students, to improve educational facilities first before pursuing athletic enhancements.
As for student athletes engaging in unlawful activity, I as a student have never personally heard of such an event taking place at Blackburn.

[Just Bill]

Congratulations to St. Scholastica on your new football program.  I look forward to seeign it down the road.

[Ralph Turner]

Congratulations to St. Scholastica on your new football program.  I look forward to seeign it down the road.

Congratulations to St Scholastica!

I assume that this will permit Principia to return to the South Division in 2008, and give a divisional line-up such as this.

North -- Crown, Martin Luther, Minn-Morris, Northwestern MN and St Scholastica

South -- Blackburn, Eureka, Greenville, MacMurray, Prinicipia, Westminster MO.

[Pat Coleman]

That would provide a more logical alignment, definitely.

[Eagles99]

Congratulations to St. Scholastica on your new football program.  I look forward to seeign it down the road.

Congratulations to St Scholastica!

I assume that this will permit Principia to return to the South Division in 2008, and give a divisional line-up such as this.

North -- Crown, Martin Luther, Minn-Morris, Northwestern MN and St Scholastica

South -- Blackburn, Eureka, Greenville, MacMurray, Prinicipia, Westminster MO.

I would agree that these teams will be how things are split up.  How long do you think it will take Scholastica to become competitive.

[Pat Coleman]

Depends on the definition of competitive. The league isn't very competitive overall so they could be competing with Northwestern, Morris, Rockford and perhaps Greenville for the title as soon as their third year if the right coaching staff is hired and the rest of the league doesn't improve.

[Tezbaseball]

Merry Christmas to everyone on the UMAC board

[Ralph Turner]

Congratulations to St. Scholastica on your new football program.  I look forward to seeign it down the road.

Congratulations to St Scholastica!

I assume that this will permit Principia to return to the South Division in 2008, and give a divisional line-up such as this.

North -- Crown, Martin Luther, Minn-Morris, Northwestern MN and St Scholastica

South -- Blackburn, Eureka, Greenville, MacMurray, Prinicipia, Westminster MO.

Okay, where are we now with the UMAC?

You are 2 teams short of a Pool A bid, and Trinity Bible doesn't count.

Your independents include Finlandia MI (non-football) and Macalester.

Is Bethany Lutheran adding football?  I cannot find the Presentation web site by either google or aol search engines.

[Pat Coleman]

We have a link from our Presentation schedule/results page -- it's presentation.edu.

[Ralph Turner]

We have a link from our Presentation schedule/results page -- it's presentation.edu.

Tells you how bad my search engines were working that day! 

[Gray Fox]

Depends on the definition of competitive. The league isn't very competitive overall so they could be competing with Northwestern, Morris, Rockford and perhaps Greenville for the title as soon as their third year if the right coaching staff is hired and the rest of the league doesn't improve.

They are off to a good start with a good coach.  Whittier may have not have won many games,  but they played at 100% for sixty minutes.  This will be a great opportunity for players.