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Quote from: jscwittfan on March 15, 2006, 10:01:49 AM
So....Dan Russ, only 2nd team all region???  I can understand Borchers getting bumped down to third, but Russ second??

Quote from: wally_wabash on March 15, 2006, 10:13:37 AM
Seriously don't tell me that you're going to whine because a player from your team was ONLY second team all-region. What an enormous slap in the face.

Please.

wally--
Your post, whining about the whining, blows a simple and harmless post out of proportion.  It's a legitimate point...let it go.

jcs--
It's all about the stats...for better or worse.
 

Quote from: wally_wabash on January 11, 2006, 08:58:22 AM
Oh relax.  I was on campus for a good two months before I finally started saying "Monon" correctly.   

Wally, are you serious??  I cannot believe that a high school senior heading off to C-Ville to become a full-fledged caveman is not fanatically aware of the Monon traditions-- regardless of era or direct involvement in athletics at Wabash.  It is undeniably a huge part of the Wabash culture.


I do agree with you that it is a tremendous credit to Pat Coleman and this site that ESPN brought him as the D3 expert.  That one gaffe really stuck out to me.

Quote from: WooMix on January 10, 2006, 01:04:03 PM
Witt people are being defensive.  Their reasons for their limited participation on this forum; that they read what we write but chose not to "chime" in does not hold water.  Who does that?  Even in the face of all that is said about their program, both the good and the bad, they choose to stand by the sidelines and watch.  I don't know of any Tigers who does that.  Where is your fighting spirit?  Where is your competitiveness?  You'd rather we argue for and against you while you chose not to defend or support your stance.  Ohh please!

Fighting spirit??  Competitiveness??  This is a message board.  To go a step further, it is a message board that is largely comprised of SID/statistician types who analyze a lot of stats and exchange banter, which is what a sports related board typically is.  It is a TERRIFIC resource for D3 info, but it cannot be taken so seriously.  Case in point:  one Sunday morning I happened to catch the D3 football playoff selection show on ESPN2/ESPNnews featuring Pat Coleman (my introduction to this site).  For crying out loud, he mispronounced 'Monon Bell', one of the most intense and famous rivalries in all of college athletics.  To me, that put this board in perspective.

I could not agree with Mr. Walker more.  As if being the 'evil empire' (seemingly) of the conference doesn't garner each team's best shot night in night out, attaching the #1 in front of Wittenberg should do the trick.  Would some of you insiders shed some light on the evil empire status?  Why doesn't Wooster qualify?

Dan Russ being excluded from any AA lists is a joke.  How does one go from being a 3rd team selection after last season to an exclusion the following preseason?  Obviously, statistics are a huge factor, which hurts Witt players.  The combination of Witt's depth, Bill Brown's rotation and frequent NCAC blowouts all work against making AA lists.  Simply put, anyone who has seen DR play knows he deserves to be mentioned among any AA lists.