Here's another one: 

I THINK THE D3FOOTBALL TOP 25 RANKING HAS ACCURATELY REFLECTED JCU'S RISE INTO PROMINENCE BASED ON THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE EACH WEEK, AND WE'RE NOT BEING OVERLOOKED AT ALL!!!!!!!!

Here's another JCU backer.  Frequent reader/infrequent poster.

This will be my 19th straight Mt. Union/JCU game, so I know better than to jump on with wild predictions and inflammatory remarks.  But I don't want to disappoint, so here goes.

I'M CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC OF OUR CHANCES TOMORROW!!!!

OUR STATISTICS THUS FAR CAUSE ME TO THINK JCU MATCHES UP WELL AND THAT WE'RE IN FOR A COMPETITIVE GAME TOMORROW!!!!!

OUT OF THE 20 OR SO MT. UNION POSTERS I READ, THERE MAY BE ONE OF YOU THAT IS UNDERESTIMATING JCU!!!  THE REST OF YOU HAVE THOROUGHLY ANALYZED THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF BOTH SIDES AND MADE COGENT POINTS!!!!

WOOO!!!!!!

Hi all,

I'm the director of the John Carroll University Pep Band.  Just found this thread, (although I notice we've been mentioned on it already.  Cool.)

The JCU Pep Band is celebrating it's 20th year.   We've played at all JCU Homegames, playoff games, and all BW and Mt. Union away games for that time.  (We also play all mens and womens home basketball games and playoff games in the spring.  We've also played at the DIII basketball finals in Salem for nine years in a row now.)

We'll be at the huge Mt. Union/JCU game this weekend, on the other side of the field from the Mt. Union marching band.  Can't wait.

Quote from: seventiesraider on February 28, 2011, 03:11:06 PM

I think if you looked closely it was a Pep/alumni/faculty band. What people won't do to keep from spending 7 bucks at the gate  

That's what I thought.  Yeah, that wasn't us playing that song.  Trust me, after hearing after every Mt. Union touchdown for the last 15 years, I am SICK of that song...   

Quote from: seventiesraider on February 26, 2011, 10:06:49 PM

JCU-Fan-You guys were very good. Thanks for playing our fight song (whether you knew it or not)

What's the Mt. Union fight song?  There's a song that the Mt. Union band was playing often.... that's not the Mt. Union fight song?

It was fun playing back and forth with the Mt. Union band.  They've got an excellent brass section.  A very good sound.

Quote from: ScotsFan on February 26, 2011, 04:14:28 PM
They should have plenty of time.   

Seriously though, the women's game should be over no later than 5 pm giving them a good 2 1/2 hours to head south on 77 to Marietta!  It might be cutting it close, but I think they should be able to pull it off.  Kudos to you and your band mates for attempting to pull this off.  You should post updates on how your day has been going!

We made it with time to spare.  Great games, both of them.  It's a shame JCU didn't come out on top of either of them.  Really impressed with both the lady Raiders, and the men Pioneers.  Very good teams.  Hope you represent the OAC well, and if the Pioneers do make it to Salem, the JCU Pep Band will be there too.  (We've got to stay neutral, since we're the house band, but I've got to admit, I quietly root for OAC teams when they make it.)

Quote from: David Collinge on February 24, 2011, 09:14:30 PM
When a women's #7 seed makes an unexpected run at a championship, do we call them a Prince Charming?

Nice... I like that. 

Can't wait to see the ladies in the championship.  First road trip the band's ever taken for a ladies playoff game...

Both the JCU Men and Women are in the championships today.  The JCU pep band will be at both games.  Wish us good speed.  This will be the craziest double-header we've ever pulled.

JCU beats Mount today by about 25. 

To respond to an earlier post, Moran is playing two full lines again. 

The second line looks rather green, but showed some promise.  I was trying to keep track of +/- per line throughout the game, but lost count.

Knightslappy,

Is there a post where you explain the abbrieviations/calculations?  I'd love to know more about your method...

Quote from: ste24vie on February 24, 2010, 09:21:01 AM
I think Kirbus is a VERY GOOD player, maybe the coach is keeping him from all-america status with the shared playing time. I do know that Coach Reynolds at OC would play him til he couldnt breathe. Two coaches with different philosophies, one keeps em fresh and one plays em til they cant walk.....Whose seems to be working? 

Yeah, I love Moran's system.  Not only does it let you play an up-tempo game all game, but it's perfect for getting experience for younger players.

As for Kirbus, I think he's under-appreciated.  You're by no means the only person that doesn't buy in.  But he's quietly sitting at #2 on the Streaks' all-decade scoring list, with a chance to pass Mimms if JCU goes deep enough this year.   That includes the team that went to the final four.

Also, Rudy was DIII Hoop's pre-season first team All-American this year.  So at least he's getting noticed by some folks.  I agree, though, there's something about his style of play that brings him in under the radar.

Quote from: ste24vie on February 21, 2010, 07:22:22 PM
The key is .......JCU is clearly NOT the dominant team that the preseason polls predicted. They have  home court advantage, which is a huge factor and TEAM WORK WITH NO GREAT PLAYERS.

With 1300 points and counting for his career, I might label Rudy Kirbus a great player, especially considering he's on a team that splits minutes rather equally among 12 players.

Quote from: ScotsFan on February 11, 2010, 12:44:51 PM

As ste24vie touched on, JCU won it's 7th straight and remain atop the OAC as they outlasted Ott in a defensive oriented game, 103-93.          

My only complaint about that is that JCU wasn't at home.  We would have gotten free chips and salsa!

Quote from: Toph on November 30, 2009, 11:43:15 AM

Quote from: JK on November 30, 2009, 11:25:52 AM
If the early season results are any indication, it looks like my Crusaders may struggle this year.  I mean, you don't lose Nate Stahl and everyone else they did and get better, but I thought they had the personnel coming back to be decent.  A loss to Etta is a bad sign...

JCU didn't look unbeatable Sunday.  I realize it was against a very good Wooster team, and JCU is still the heavy favorite in the conference, but...anything can happen.

Also, it's early in the year.  Hopefully, they'll fix that whole missing easy layups and foul shots problem quickly.

I wish I had the stats... I'd like to know if our 3-point percentage was higher than their shots-in-the-paint percentage, because I could swear it was. 

On the other hand, it's great to have a solid three point game... that could be the answer to the problem with our smaller size.  We haven't had what I'd call a knock-down three-point shooter since J. J. Richardson.  (Am I dating myself?)

Congrats, JCU on a great win!  This'll be a fun team to watch this year.  A great win for the home crowd.  (Plus, the stands were full.  That was great to see.)