Quote from: football2007 on April 27, 2007, 04:04:05 PM

There has been some talk about a possible trip, but for now Carthage has to fund the trip to Whittier, CA, which I am sure isnt cheap. I know that WIU has made the trip to Europe but I am not sure about any other CCIW teams.

How does fundraising work at Carthage.  Does the team fundraise for this or the school etc.  I was involved in a lot of fundraising for my son's private HS.
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At Carthage, we have a lift-a-thon that occurs every spring and that raises money for the entire team to use for the next season. We bought new home and away jerseys recently.  Also, the president of the college really likes football and he is more willing to spend money on the team than other sports.

NCC Alum-They all played JV as well

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Quote from: matblake on March 23, 2007, 02:25:25 PM
I think everyone would agree that it would be great for the conference to have North Park move into a more competitive level.  What I think people would disagree on is who they would like to see the Vikings break their current conference losing streak against.  That team, whomever it may be, will not be happy.  They were close a number of times recently (v Elmhurst & Millikin 05).  Here is rooting for them, unless they are playing Wheaton. 

When was thier last conference win?

October 7, 2000  North Park 31 Elmhurst 21

That is certainly a long time between conference wins.

Quote from: football2007 on March 23, 2007, 11:27:41 PM
Sounds like they need some OL, hope they're coming!!!!

I have not seen any updates on thier website as far as a recruiting class or a season preview yet, but they have 13 OL that were not Seniors on the 2006 roster...Thats a pretty good number of bodies without the typical large freshman class they get every year so 2007 they could have over 20 available and probably will.

No denying this last year's group was very special
LT   6G Glassman, Ryan  (Three Letters, 6'5 266) All Conference/ All Region / All American                     
LG   67 O'Connor, Nate   (Two Letters 6'1 278)                     
C    59 Keil, Erik     (Four Letters 6'5 275)                       
RG   58 Vuturo, J.P.  (Four Letters 6'5 278)                         
RT   77 McDonald, Andy  (Three Letters 6'4 245)

All 5 are listed as being the starting group for every game last season. And all five are gone.  Its hard to guage any returning talent since I'm not familiar with them (Son of Tailgater would know best since he's a recent grad)                   

We would rotate the second offensive line in for about 3 or 4 series a game.  The second team line did get a fair amount of experience, but not starting or playing an entire game experience. the second line last year had 3 juniors, 1 soph, and 1 freshman.

I think D1 needs a playoff and a season of bowls to generate the revenues for the smaller schools and the ones that dont make the playoff.  the BCS top 10 should have a playoff to determine the champ and the rest of the bowl eligable teams could compete in other bowls to make the schools happy monitarily. Thats just my opinion of D1 football post season ideas

Wow we have been passed by the OAC and now trail them by about 30 pages we need to talk about the rumors and prospects of next year and not leave the board blank for days at a time. Even though its the holidays, we need to get back to the level of the OAC board like we were before the Stagg Bowl

Quote from: 79jaybird on December 23, 2006, 12:54:52 PM
Keil59,  hey hey  I checked the board this morning and voila!  Santa gave me icon back. 
Hope all have safe travels and a great Holiday.  (Hopefully you avoided Denver Int'l)

Funny you should mention Denver Int'l, my families flight was cancelled and we couldnt get a flight until Christmas day, the airport was closed until yesterday i believe and we were supposed to leave thursday, but thats weather. Hope all have a fun and safe holiday.

Dont fret Jaybird, I can still see your bluejay icon when you post.

Quote from: 79jaybird on December 09, 2006, 08:00:10 PM
Sons of Thunder, fair enough but my sources are on the coaching staff and players that played during the 70's and 80's at Wheaton. 
When I was playing at Elmhurst the people (at each school) that I talked to, told me the major rivalries were
Elmhurst/Carthage
Augie/IWU
Millikin/IWU
Wheaton/NC

Now with the rise/fall of some schools, there have been recent changes, but this is what I was told and I was at Elmhurst between 1998-2002.

At Carthage, I thought we had more of a rivalry against IWU because we simply didnt like them. For the argument for Elmhurst, we have been playing close games but there isnt the same dislike for their players as the IWU players. Just my thoughts on our rivalries

Quote from: BoBo on December 09, 2006, 04:46:53 PM
Eventhough I am pulling for Whitewater and would love to see them win, it might be foolish to bet against Mount Union in Salem.  What do you think?

I agree. I'm pulling for the upset, but you gotta like MUC in this because of their history and great players and coaches in a place they've been many times in the last few years.

Quote from: Son of Tailgator on December 07, 2006, 10:39:51 AM
I just looked at the Pickem board and saw that I have only missed 4 games and that I still have 3 of the final 4 picked correctly. I have Mt. Union and UW Whitewater in the championship game, but I said the total score of the game would be 63 points (if anybody cares or is wondering). Not sure why I thought 63 points would be scored in the Stagg Bowl.

Good job Ryan, im rooting for you because im in a lowly 900th place or so.

Great day for football. Good luck to both teams

 

Quote from: Mugsy on November 29, 2006, 09:55:18 AM
In the D3Football playoff brackets:

Tied for 37th: Son of Tailgater
Tied for 69th: usee, bgbully81, Mugsy

Way to go Ryan, and others. I wish i was good at predicting. Im at 1250th place

Carthage also has big shoes to fill in the offensive line, they lost five senior starters with a combined 135 starts between them. the second team did get some experience this year as they were rotated in some games, but they will need to step up right away if carthage wants to have a chance.

It was a good run for Wheaton and NCC. They each had a great year. 

Kill 'em all let the paramedics sorte 'em out