Quote from: badgerwarhawk on July 31, 2015, 12:24:58 PM
Being selected a pre-season All American is great but being selected a post season All American is better.  In the 2014 season of the eleven players named to the offensive first team just over half (6) finished the season on the first team.  One finished on the second team and two others were designated honorable mention.  One other was injured and did not play. However being named to the pre-season second team seems to be the kiss of death.  Of those eleven only three either moved up to the first team (1) or remained on the second team (2).  The other eight were not named. 

Strong programs are strong programs for many reasons not the least of which is having better players.

From a former player's perspective, being an All-American in the postseason usually puts you on the pre-season list the next year.  Also being a postseason All-American in D-3 at any team level - first, second, or third still means you were one of the best. 

In the spring of 1997, I played in an All-American game in New Jersy with Mike Maslowski, the UW-LX center(?), and an OLB from UW-Stout.  We played at a different level than most of the other players.  The national defensive player of the year in 1996 would not have made first team all-conference in the WSUC that year.  The quality/level of play at that time in the WSUC was superior compared to other conferences.  I wonder if their is still a large disparity in quality of play between the D3 conferences and players? 

I would be concerned with who leaves with LL.  In the higher divisions the whole staff will follow the Head Coach to his new team.  Who will stay and who will follow?  IE Jerry Kill has the same staff from the beginning.

Fred(DR)Falcon,

I am insider on UW-RF's problems and they go in many directions. 

Funding--very little due to the fact that the Chancellor is not pro-athletics. As well as how this affects facilities/recruiting

Coaching--The previous coaching staff was tired and burnt out by the lack of support (OG), and one coach (AK) was totally overwhelmed because he had to do everything when he was here--I am sure he is loving UWW

Competing with D-2 schools for the same athletes--These high school athletes get offered a small scholarship to go play at a school where it will still cost them more in tuition/room and board but they can tell everyone "I got a scholarship!"

Plus who wants to come play for a perennial losing team. 

These are just a few of things that Coach Walker and his staff will have to overcome.  They are very young and up to the challenge--but it might take a while.  I think that the Coaching staff is starting to realize that it takes a different style of play to beat teams in the WIAC versus the teams they play in non-conference.

As an Alum,  I am strongly behind the team but saddened by the continuous losing seasons.  Let's bring back the Pride and winning ways of the mid-nineties

Go Falcons

I believe they stopped running triple option around 2005-2006 plus what does UWS/UWEC/UWLX run as far as offense?

As a Falcon Alum of the 90's, I see such a disparity between UWW/UWSP/UWP/UWO and UWL/UWEC/UWS/UWRF.  Any ideas on what the reason is for this?  I would imagine funding is a big issue?  Is location for recruiting also different due to the D-2 Minnesota schools coming into the Northwest region of Wisconsin?

Also is there a way to actually view how much funding is being allotted to each team since they are public universities?  If anyone has any ideas on how to get this info, it would be interesting to see the differences. 

Also, what is the staffing situation for each team?   At UW-RF --- The HC, OC, and DC are considered 50% football and 50% teaching.  They have one other paid coach that does athletic equipment/towels along with coaching to make a very small salary.  What are the other universities doing?

I feel like there is such a disparity between the top four and lower four.  It just does not seem competitive at all.

Remember that Coach Bullis (asst. D-Co UWW) worked against that offense everyday for about 15 years while at UW-RF.

Quote from: fredfalcon on November 05, 2011, 06:34:31 PM
RF 28, LaX 21 in o.t. for first Falcon win for Matt Walker. Falcons trailed whole game, tying it in the fourth q. Lax q.b. threw his second int. during o.t. after Falcons went up 28-21. It was first RF win in something like 21 years over Lax. I don't think John O. ever beat LaX.

Watch out EC, next week at RF.

1994 was the last UW-RF win against UW-L.  The UW-RF team went 7-3 that year.  Coach Harring was not very happy after that loss and stated in their local paper that River Falls would not win another conference game that year.  UW-RF went on to lose to UWW and UW-SP

Adam Kowles -wishbone QB for UW-RF-WSUC Player of the Year in 1995- Very tough, quick, smart, and actually threw the ball quite well

Travis,

I played 1992-1996.  What position did he play?  What years did Glenn W. Play?

Woody

Back in the mid nineties, when I played for UW-RF, we had a tendency to be up by a lot of points by halftime.  We would play the back-ups alot in the second half.  This helped by rebuilding internally through giving them playing time.  Their experience and confidence grew each week.  Then when one of the starters went down or it was their turn to start the next year, they fit right in.

With the talent at UWW, when you can get the back-ups playing time, it only builds for the future.  It will only make it harder for the rest of the WIAC to catch up. 

As a fan of UW-RF, I can relate to UWW but hate that it will only make it harder for them to catch up.

UWW should have advantage on the defensive side with Coach O's option offense.  They have Kevin Bullis running their front seven.  He worked with Coach O throughout most of his years of running the bone and defending it during practice.

Dubuque football VS UWW and the WIAC ---Not even worth the comparison!  Even UW-RF would do well against Dubuque!!!

I am not sure the fascination with Stan!  I believe that Lance was a better choice by far, than Stan would have been.  If UWW had chosen Stan Z., they would have come back to the rest of the conference.

The blitzing reflects the overall talent level which should improve with recruiting.

UW-RF ran the same defense last week against UW-O.  Pretty much blitzing on every play! 

UWW finds a way to win.  And like any great team, they come out after halftime(making adjustments) and look like a different team.  UW-RF is very young on the interior of their O-line and lack team speed in the back half of their defense.  I believe it will take 2-3 years to make a difference at UW-RF due to the lack of recruiting over the last 5 years.  It seems like Coach Walker will do great in getting recruits with speed and talent to come to UW-RF in the coming years.

Does anyone know if there will be a live video feed on the UW-EC website?