Congrats to the Purple Raiders on another title.  Now all we will have to hear out of the rest of the country is how Mount is the only team is a mediocre OAC.  Cap and B-W played Mount better than all of those other "heralded" programs that the voices on this site want us to believe are dominant.  Kudos to the effort of the Warhawks, but if it wasn't for the kickoff return in the second quarter the game would have ended up much uglier than it finished.  Once again Congrats to the Raiders.

Statement games this past week.  BW and Wilmington continue to flick away over rated Capital and neophyte Ohio Northern.  Guess it come down to the Jackets and Quakes once again.

Looks as though all of the hype about ONU "owning" the OAC was just that.  I can handle a blip in the schedule hadn't they lost to B-W in Ada today by 16 in a game they were never really in.  Guess Cap and JCU are the two clubs to step to the forfront of the OAC.

The Capital people can be defensive but facts are facts over the last decade.  I see B-W took the measure of the other champion in OAC women's hoops, Wilmington, today.  The Quakes have the Crusaders number so guess it will have to be B-W and Wilmington in the title game once again in Berea in late February. 

I will attempt to share these thoughts without offending anyone, but I know that is rarely possible.  I cannot believe that so much attention is paid to the Captial Crusaders in this year's rankings so far.  There are two teams who in the last decade have been the class of the OAC and deserve recognition and accolades.  They are Wilmington and B-W.  Capital has a fine program and an excellent coach, but facts are facts.  They were the elite for many years, but times ahve changed.  Cap is a very good program but by any standards pale in comparison to the national title captured by the Quakers and the consistent domination in conference of the Yellow Jackets.  Lo and behold, this week Capital is ranked above B-W who beat them soundly in Bexley earlier this season.  The Jackets' losses are to a Top Four Scranton team narrowly and a exceptional Wheeling Jesuit club.  Yet, B-W remains in the shadow of a over-rated Crusader.  The Quakers are the second best team (and program) in the conference also and proved it in Bexley tonight.  Its about time the nation (and its voters i the polls) realize that the class and power in the OAC belongs in Berea and Wilmington NOT in Bexley.  Use your heads and the facts instead of living in the past.