Quote from: VOJ on November 12, 2007, 04:29:43 PM

Quote from: cheese on November 12, 2007, 03:21:27 PM
MIAC AWARDS - could be another Bethel sweep!!

MVP - Wetzel (perhaps Penz?)
Stamm - Tommy Davis - leader of a dominating Bethel O-line
COTY - Johnson (Meidt didn't earn too much respect this year, but perhaps Horan with the nice job he did up at Concordia)

Back at work today and none of my co-workers here in Sioux Falls, SD can believe there were 10k at a D3 game in St. Paul on Saturday - great game and atmosphere.  

Also, great looking waitresses at Old Chicago after the game!!

I will give you Wetzel for the MVP...they won the conference and he is a big reason why...
Can the Stamm go to a D lineman?  IF so...Gunderson is twice the guy Davis is...you have to game plan for the All-American, no one game plans for an O lineman who holds alot

Coach of the year should go to Johnson, he had to replace alot...although Horan did a great job after a tough start...Bethel fans should be happy they are playing Concordia Wi...they might lose to Concordia Mn

This begs the question as to whether or not either Concordia or Bethel would have gotten in had Cord beaten Bethel in the 3OT game earlier this year.  

Either way - somewhat disapointing year for the Cobbs, so close to 9-1 and another playoff shot.  Its nice to see after the year they had last year, but still disapointing to lose 2 games by 3 points.  

Good luck Johnnies and Royals - it would be nice to see a rematch

I felt like coming out of the woodwork for this weeks cobbers/johnnies game - Maroon & Gold and I are hoping to make it to Stiffy fest if I can get myself out of bed on saturday morning...its Oktoberfest at Gastov's in Minneapolis friday night.   

Anyways looking forward to a good game on saturday - see you then

Congrats to all the MIAC All Conference players - Carr somewhat suprised me but the more I think about, the more sense it makes.  He was a play maker.

Thought it was good to see Kevin Williamson on the first team as a back, and then simulataneously on the second team as a punter.  Does that mean he gets 2 awards? 

Good luck to the Johnnies this weekend -

Quote from: Greenbayguy on November 13, 2006, 03:53:43 PM
Without a doubt Horan has brought some great enthusiasm to Cobberville, and I trust they will rebound to the top echelon of the conference.

Any more talk of him looking at other options, or will he be a lifer like Jake and Blinky?  8)

I haven't heard anything.  He just had his 4th child recently.  His family is all up in the Fargo/Moorhead area.  It would have to be a pretty nice offfer for him to leave.  The only one that I could maybe see him taking is if NDSU offers him something - since it wouldn't require a relocation. 

Wow - crazy weekend in college football.  USC moves up to the #3 spot in the BCS.  I have a feeling if Ohio State loses this weekend, they and Michigan will still be #1 and #2.  

Anyways - looking at the brackets, I'll have to piggy back that Bethel got a tough draw the first round compared to the Johnnies.  Not to look past Central, but the WIAC has always been a much more competitive conference that the IIAC.  Its also tough that not even the Royals could get a home game in the first round.  

Also - ran into Coach Horan this weekend.  He's obviously disapointed in the way the year turned out, but its pretty optimistic about the Cobbers chances next year.  He's a real intense guy, and I'm guessing he's going to recruit like a absolute mad man this year - look for a strong incoming freshman class in '07.  

Otherwise - good luck Johnnies and Royals - make the MIAC proud!

Quote from: Whoa Nelly on October 19, 2006, 03:41:17 PM
Cord Glory,

I think the ultimate reason for the Cobbers play this year is the crappy job you did mowing my yard and cleaning my bathroom your freshmen year during two-a-days - and I was even nice enough to bring out bug spray.  I know it seems like a long time ago and completely irrelevant, but this is all your doing.

Are you living in the Twin Cities now?

Respectfully yours,

Whoa Nelly

Ahh...its seems like just yesterday. 

Moving up this weekend - we should hang out.  It would be like old times...but I'm not moving your lawn, or cleaning up red hair from your bathroom floor.   Just thinking about that makes me want to vomit. 

Quote from: DustySJU on October 19, 2006, 10:35:37 AM
Cobber/UST;

Unfortunatley the mighty have fallen, look for a stunning Tommie victory in Moorhead.

If anyone is interested I can relay the chant we shared as we rumbled west in our RV drinking red wine and swallowing Copenhagen, it's enough to make me throw-up writing about it...

As for BU/STO;

STO is on a heavy upswing and despite BU's renewed play the Ole's have shown to be a worthy opponent and will not waste time going up by at least 28 at halftime.

Tommie goes into next weekend vs Johnnie with fire in their belly and looking for the most important victory in club history... too early to predict October 28th however I can tell you now it'll be tight... maybe 2003 tight with a field goal deciding.

In other news Frank grabs a helmet and leads GAC to a last second victory over MAC... it'll be close.

Developing.....

I wish I could disagree with your prediction of the cobber / tommy game...but I'm not sure what to expect saturday.  I'm pretty confident Horan will have them fired up, but it looks like the Tommies have improved somewhat from last year.   The thing that scares me the most is the big play threat that Thiesen poses, assuming he's playing saturday - if history has shown us anythign this year, its that our secondary isn't the greatest ever assembled. 

The other thing that bugs me is that I can't really pinpoint a major reason as to why the cobbs have dropped off so much this year.  A guy could point to the absence of Schumacher, but that alone wouldn't cause this big of a drop. 

My theory is that it has something to do with North Korea going nuclear. 

Apparently I've open a bag of worms on this one - just wanted to clarify what i said in my prior post, which was that more than one player told me the story about Meidt at different times in the night.  There definetely could have been a misunderstanding to what was said, as Oldtimefan pointed out.  But when you hear the same story from different people at different times, it makes you wonder.

I played against Meidt at Bethel and at St. Olaf, and have known about him for years having grown up in West Central Minnesota, not far from Minneota, Meidt's home town.  I think his reputation may have preceeded him on this one, since no one who was actually on the field really knows for sure what was said.  He's definetely an intense guy who is probably yelling alot of things during the game, probably all of which are just stuff trying to fire up the players in a positive way.

Needless to say, we could argue why the starters were in - but I don't think Horan was doing anything wrong having Williamson in the game at that point.  We were getting our asses handed to us.  

Quote from: USTBench on October 16, 2006, 02:05:51 PM

Quote from: Cord Glory on October 16, 2006, 12:31:15 PM
A couple more thoughts on the Cobb/Ole game on saturday.  

St. Olaf definetely has some weapons on the field - their QB put the ball where he needed to and their recievers made the plays they had to.  
On offense for Cord, the only yards we could gain were on the 3-4 personal fouls on the Ole's for late hits.  Otherwise we basically couldn't do anythign on either side of the ball.  

I also talked with a bunch of players after the game, and apparently in the 4th quarter, when the cobbs gave Williamson the ball on a dive play, Meidt could be heard yelling "Thats their starting fullback. Take him out!"  

2-3 different players told me that same story, so you can take it how you want.  But absolutely classless if it is true.  Thats all I'm going to say.

That's the kind of killer instinct you need to have to be successful. I mean, look at Larry Coker's squad.

I think that if I were in a huge intra-state-college football fight, the last thing I would use for a weapon would be my helmet.  I would actually double check to make sure its strapped on, and then go look for a training scissors or something.   Or possibly the first down marker.   

A couple more thoughts on the Cobb/Ole game on saturday.  

St. Olaf definetely has some weapons on the field - their QB put the ball where he needed to and their recievers made the plays they had to.  
On offense for Cord, the only yards we could gain were on the 3-4 personal fouls on the Ole's for late hits.  Otherwise we basically couldn't do anythign on either side of the ball.  

I also talked with a bunch of players after the game, and apparently in the 4th quarter, when the cobbs gave Williamson the ball on a dive play, Meidt could be heard yelling "Thats their starting fullback. Take him out!"  

2-3 different players told me that same story, so you can take it how you want.  But absolutely classless if it is true.  Thats all I'm going to say.

Interesting article in the Star Tribune about message boards -

http://www.startribune.com/142/story/716285.html

I like this quote from a local coach

"I never put much into it before because there's no credibility on those boards," he said."

I wonder if people think that about us?

Interesting article on graduation rates at the U

http://www.startribune.com/512/story/706607.html

I understand the numbers may be a little off, but not by that much.  I wonder what the grad rates on average are in MIAC schools?

A couple thoughts on the BU - CC game. 

The Bethel D was good, but it was more of the cobbers shooting themselves in the foot.  CC was in the red zone 5-6 times it seemed and could never get anything out of it.  Rodel also made some poor throws and some bad reads on the option.  We only made it to the pitch on the option 9-10 times...it was hard to watch. 

We also have a pretty young secondary - which BU picked on throughout the day, especially on 3rd downs.  This may be my persistent dislike for Bethel talking, but I don't think they're as great as some may think.  The cobbs are off to a tough start and will need to make some personel changes if they're going to have a chance this weekend.  But based on the way the games have gone the last few years, I'll still expect to see a great game.

Quote from: Whoa Nelly on September 11, 2006, 04:01:18 PM
No one will know about the Cobbs until about the 3rd Quarter on Saturday.  Wierd things happen in rivalry or other well-hyped games...ask Notre Dame this year.  A few years back Cobbs lost to a below average MSUM team they probably would have beat 8 times out of 10.  Cobbs came back that year and St. John's was their only conference loss.

As the over-used cliche goes, "that is why they play the game."

Whoa Nelly - you coming to the game Saturday?  Maroon and Gold and I will be there - if you brought Fischer with we could all stand around and reminisce about jumping out your first floor window during winter olympics.

Quote from: Mighty Royal on September 11, 2006, 03:31:25 PM
Old-
Do you know if Porta will be playing?  The only way I see CC winning is if they pass for 350 yds on the day...no way can they run over BU.  If BU cuts down on turnovers (I think this will be nipped in the bud after this last weekend), they should have no problem this weekend.  Just going on what CC has done thus far this season (which is only 1 game I believe) and the loss of their Senior class last year.

Quote from: USTBench on September 11, 2006, 03:27:14 PM

Quote from: oldbethel27 on September 11, 2006, 03:21:11 PM

Be carfeul what you wish for MR - I remember Linfield last year that said no way Cord would ever run the ball against them, but it happened.  And the only loss in the backfield was Schumacher, albeit a big loss, but Rodel definetely can run the ball with the best of them.  The Cobbs have also led the league in rushing the last several years. 

Also, as far as judging the Cobbs on their one loss to moorhead, you have some legitimate claims.  I personally think that because MSUM had a completely different spread offense than they have run in the past, coupled with the younger secondary and linebackers for concordia, that they were a little unprepared to face that offense.  Bethel has an offense that is a little more familiar to our coaching staff and players.

I'll be at Bethel on saturday to see it, but I'm guessing it will be a pretty competitive game with both teams running the ball pretty well.