GC at Kenyon - Grinnell lost their qb to graduation, therefore they lost their only shot at scoring

BC at Macalester- Beloit played a good defensive game last year and they do it again and win a close one

IC at Millikin- Offense for IC should be good, but they don't return a lot on D.  Milikin wins at home in a close game

KC at Eureka - I'm with Maverick and it hurts me to say it, but Knox beats Eureka easily

UW-Oshkosh at RC -  Oshkosh wins in a game not much closer than last year

Wartburg at MC - This one is tough because I hate to go against my scots.  Tanney shows signs of being a star and the D shines for both teams.  It will be close. The game will be decided by less than 7 either way, but my gut says the Scots will pull it out at home

Olivet Nazarene at SNC - SNC wins easy

CC at Carthage - The return of Rogers to the lineup helps CC beat Carthage and put their name in the running for the MWC title this year

LFC at Washington (MO) -  Lake Forest plays tough D year end and year out.  THey will do it again and win

Norbert gets UW-W in the first round.  It's another tough bracket in the west this year.  I think Norbert will play tough, but I don't think they can get past Whitewater at Perkins Stadium.

Blue Boys @ Pioneers> IC is on a roll and they go into a home game with Monmouth, which will be the game of the week next week, on that same roll and in second place in the conference.
Blue Boys 45 - Pioneers 28

GAME OF THE WEEK
Green Knights @ Red Hawks> Wow, this could be the best game of the year.  Ripon was shut down last week by the Scots and the Green Knights just keep rolling lately.  Even though Ripon has home field against Norbert, I think that St. Norbert is too powerful. (I would love to see the Red Hawks win this week though....GO RIPON!!!!)
Green Knights 28 - Red Hawks 7

Buccaneers @ Vikings> Beloit's offense is really bad and Lawrence has a pretty good defense.  That doesn't add up well for the Bucs.
Vikings 24 - Yucs 0
 
Prarie Fire @ Pioneers> Carroll's season went down the drain when Rogers got hurt.  The Prairie Fire are still in shock after the outcome of the last 2 weeks.  It's not that Carroll wins the game, it's that Knox finds a new way to lose it. 
Pioneers 21 - Knox 14

Foresters @ Fighting Scots> Daniels has a chance to break a school record for rushing on Homecoming this week.  Lake Forest has a tremendous D, but it doesn't make up for their lack of offense.  Daniels runs and breaks the school record with ease.
Fighting Scots 42 - Foresters 0

I just saw that after this weekend Dante Daniels is currently # 1 in the nation in ypg.  He is averaging 169.6 ypg while the second place guy is only averaging 158.4.

Way to go Dante and that big OL at Monmouth

Big win today at Bobby Woll Memorial Field.  MC 24-14

Daniels breaks 1100 yards on the year by running for 247 and 2 TDs today. 

The defense was big today with the D line winning the battle up front.  The Ripon FB Perkins left the game in the third with what looked like a calf injury and another kid for Ripon was lit up and knocked out on a kickoff return.  I hope that both of these players bounce back for their big game next week against Norbert. 

Illinois College at Beloit---   IC continues to roll and moves to 5-1 in the conference, IC 31-7

Lawrence at Knox--- Knox runs the option and runs it well.  Lawrence makes it a good game, but comes up short.  Knox 24-17

Grinnell at Lake Forest--- Grinnell got a win last week and Lake Forest lost a game in which they didn't have much of anything on the offensive side.  Grinnell keeps it rolling and Pfalzer accounts for 21 points, GC 35-21

Ripon at Monmouth-- Monmouth has forgot about last week and will prove it today.  Ripon can run, but they don't have enough of anything else, MC 45-14

Carroll at St. Norbert--- This game would have been the game of the week if Rogers weren't out for the season....Norbert rolls again, SNC 31-10

Norbert did in fact play a heck of a football game today.  The defense was all over the place and really confused the young MC qb.  Even though I hated to hear the bell at the end of the game I must say that I have great respect for St. Norbert because they played like a conference champ should play like.  They still have a tough one at Ripon though.....no one is talking about them

Quote from: southsox on October 06, 2006, 12:14:44 PM
The predictions on this site baffle me for this game... let's analyze the stats---
Lawrence avgs. 21ppg  against Monmouth, St. Norbert's, etc

Lake Forest avgs 14 vs IC, Beloit, SNC

Regardlessof defensive ability... WREN RUNS WILD!!! (LAW-176 ypg rushing, LFC 126 ypg)

The only reason that Lawrence has such a high avg. is because they put up 45 against Grinnell (53 ppg on D), which is the least amount that Grinnell has given up this year.  Lawrence only scored a total of 20 points against Monmouth and St. Norbert.  This won't be that close of a game

My bad on the homecoming comment....I had recieved information that it was St. Norbert's homecoming this week.

Pioneers @ Blue Boys> Simple thought here......IC is moving up in the standings, while Carroll is moving down in the standings
Blue Boys 31 - Pioneers 14

Buccaneers @ Red Hawks> Faulds scores 4 times against Beloit and Ripon rolls into their matchup against Monmouth next week at 5-0 in the conference.
Red Hawks 45 - Bucs 13

Prairie Fire @ Pioneers> Knox "runs" with their near upset last week, while Grinnell has a let down from a good showing last week against Monmouth.
Prairie Fire 41 - Pioneers 18 


Scots @ Green Knights> Last years game was an instant classic with a huge comeback by the Scots in the 2nd half.  Tanney is gone this year, however the Scots are turning back to a 2 deminsional offense with Mundt at qb.  Norbert has a great pass-catch combo with Craig and O'Connell.  This year will be just as good as last year, but the Scots spoil homecoming in De Pere in front of what almost sounds like a home crowd because of the amount of Fighting Scots faithful that will be making the trip. 
Scots 17 - Knights 13

Foresters @ Vikings> LF got on the board last week with a dominating first victory.  They roll again this week against a team with out a good offense.
Foresters 24 - Vikings 0

to go along with the Gameday trend.....I would be finding a large foam Scots head and putting it on right now. 

Time for the picks of the week....

Ripon at Carroll – Carroll's D is good enough to shut Ripon down.....CC 21-17

Lawrence at Illinois College – Jennings is good, but Lawrence proves that they are a pretty good team   LU 24-21

Monmouth at Grinnell – Monmouth follows up last years 69-14 win with another 60 point performance.  MC 62-7

St. Norbert at Knox – Knox has a running offense that is pretty good, but SNC is too good, Norbert 35-14

Beloit at Lake Forest – Lake Forest follows up their narrow loss last week with their first win of the year, LFC 14-7

We are all doing well down here in good 'ole Monmouth.  It's been a fun year so far

What happened at Norbert today???  Only 14-7 against Lake Forest.  I realize that Lake Forest has a pretty good defense, but only 14 points?

early stats from the MC-Carroll game...


Rushing-- Crocker, 109   
                Daniels, 114

Passing-- Mundt, 273 yards, 2 TDs

Recieving-- Haffner, 10 catches 191 yards and 2 TDs



Great game out of the freshman at QB and the defense looked strong all day

The backup QB is looking pretty good right now against the top D in the conference so far this year.  GO SCOTS!!!!