Does anyone know if Augie or Carthage will be scrimmaging anyone this year?

Hey team/respect-- I think you are on the right track with the right attitude!  It's not the buildings you remember, it's the people and the experiences you had.

If you are right, and the new coach at Mac is stressing academics, he's doing his players a favor.  Sure, everybody wants to win every game, but not very many do.  College sports is about relationships and teamwork.  It has been proven time and again that a group of athletes playing as a team is a more formidable opponent than great athletes playing for themselves. 

Usually it's the individuals who are more concerned about recognition for themselves rather than the team that end up unhappy, no matter how good they are.  They never get enough recognition. 

Michael Smith made a great statement a few years ago when he retired from the Vikings at the peak of his career.  He said something to the effect, "football is what I do, not who I am."

Catch 22 is right when he says "life is not fair."  Sometimes it's not.  But there's no point in sitting around and bitching and moaning about it.  Get on with it.

It seems since text messaging became popular, the English language has taken a beating.  I don't particularly care for the abbreviations, but as long as I can understand the comment I would rather spend the energy discussing relevant topics instead of the bickering back and forth.

IMHO ok?

Is there a possibility that CUC will improve this season?  Website says they got a new DC.

I have been reading the posts from the guys trashing Mac because they didn't get a dinner or a
plaque.  Looking at the past results on this site it looks like after winning two conference
championships, Mac changed coaches and the last 4 years haven't been as good and gradually
getting worse.  From what I read, the old coach was let go along with other coaches because he
didn't have the degree to teach.  I don't know why the old coach didn't have a dinner before he left.
Even if he was fired its a shame he didn't do something for his players.  If I had to pay for it out of
my own pocket and all I could afford was pizzas, we would have had a dinner.

Looks like Mac got a new HC from Endicott.  Will be interesting to see how he does.  According
to the Endicott website they started football in 2003 and he was there at the beginning. He was a
DC before he got to Mac. Looking at Endicott stats on NCAA there are some interesting
numbers.

http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/rankings?doWhat=archive&sportCode=MFB

Endicott went from nothing to one of the best defenses in the nation in 3 years.  Maybe Mac got
the guy they need to rebuild the program.

Of the teams that finished with winning records last year, who has the best coaches?

Any new coaches in the conf besides Mac.  Anybody know anything about him?

I was looking at Aurora's stats versus the conference last season and generally speaking they were pretty middle of the road for the conference but they managed to finished tied for second.  Not sure how they did that, but if they have a lot of experienced players returning, things should be even better next season.

Does anybody think Aurora has what it takes to win it all this year?