fat_old_LB,
There are times when you have to put tradition aside (100 yrs vs 3) when it comes to $ and an education.  My son turned down a full ride to L Erie to play at Mount.  He's a medical NR this year but is now stronger than ever.  The point is now he/we're looking at $60 in loans.  Tough to leave money on the table.
Sports are a means of obtaining a quality education at the least amount of financial burder to your family while being able to continue to play a sport you love.

Typically the CWRU JV squad plays both JCU and BW twice with maybe another local game (Lake Erie, Notre Dame).

Same thing happened at CWRU a couple yrs ago.  Soccer took center stage on Homecoming weekend.  Very odd.......

Raider, that would be great however it was tough enough to get the love with Whalen I dont see it without.  Maybe after beating an improving JCU team...

Saw the kicker last year.  Not overly bummed about missing out on him.  He was pretty much all Shaker had.

Rowe will be a nice fit for CMU.  He's an outside guy similar to Kolesar but not as polished or consistant as yet.  Their 2 outside guys are departing so he will get his chance. 

He would have considered CWRU but they no longer offer his area of study.  Too bad.

Major,

Good luck to you.  Its been good to have met you.  Bittersweet day yesterday as Tim moved the last of his things home.....   I will still be attending some games this fall even though the younger one will be at Mount.  Cant afford all of those Wisc visits.  lol  Be Safe!

Go Spartans!  Go Blue!!  (and now purple!)

Dont forget the loss of Cowdrick, Kolesar and Suitca on O also.  Baum or Hokavar will after find more than Homyk and Nicely to keep that O moving.

Should be a good time.  He'll run into some of the Wabash boys.

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CWRU WR Tim Cowdrick has been selected to play in the DII / DIII All-American Bowl in Charleston WV on Sat March 27th.  Go Tim and represent the SPARTANS well!!

2 Captains from Mentor (OH), DT Cowdrick and QB Mayse

No disrespect to both Rawley and Ross at WR but how can Perto (MUC) and Cowdrick be left off of this team??   And where is Jeff Brown?
                        Rec          Yds        TD
RAWLEY             118         1552       17
ROSS                 163         1798      10
PETRUZIELLO      121         1878       10
COWDRICK          152         2207      17

Any idea how these teams are picked?

No disrespect to both Rawley and Ross at WR but how can Perto and Cowdrick (CWRU) be left off of this team??
                        Rec          Yds        TD
RAWLEY             118         1552       17
ROSS                 163         1798      10
PETRUZIELLO      121         1878       10
COWDRICK          152         2207      17

Any idea how these teams are picked?

baum has the experience, hockevar the size

Tartan, nice work and very insightful and pretty much on the mark with program analysis.  While I have only been a CWRU and UAA observer I can offer this evaluation for the Spartan talent the last 4 yrs in comparison to each other.  This is only one semi-intelligent view....

It goes without saying that Whalen made an incredible difference when on the field yet lets look at the position talent for each year.

QB
Hands down Whalen all 4 yrs.  Mirando played well when on the field and to the best of his abilities but didn't have the pocket presence, field vision and mobility that Whalen does.

WR
The top 4 probably represent best WR group in the country the past 2 yrs, period.  Cowdrick started in 06 with 3 Sr's, (Skolnicki, Brenner, Dudek) with Kolesar seeing playing time while Nicely and Homyk started w these 2 the next year.  Id have to say the 09 group was best in the 4 yrs if only because all 4 stayed on the field.  The 07, 08 and 09 groups were far better the 06 group.  A case can be made for Sujtca at TE during this time as well.

RB
06 had Roesnbury, Jones, Brenner, Checkan and Meyer accounting about 900 yds.  Since then it's been the 4-headed monster of Checkan, Meyer, Busch and Deitman.  Same rankings as the WR's

OL
Id rate the 08 class number 1 followed be 07, 09 and 06.  This yrs group should it could run the ball effectively but could not give Whalen the time he needed to read the D. This is reflection on where the graduation hits took place the past couple yrs while the skill guys stayed in place.

Overall O
08, 09, 07, 06

DL
A surprising and talented group this season played well until they wore down against larger, stronger teams.  Run D was a concern in every game. I'm going with this ranking: 07, 08, 06, 09

LB
It was great to have Jeff Brown in place to play alongside and then fill the enormous void when AA Tom Brew and JohnTiemere moved on.  Sasala and Pelyak complimented Brown well and were 4 yr guys also.  07, 08, 06, 09

DB
AA Bob Bott anchored the secondary the last 2 yrs.  Kingscott was a great addition when his shoulder would cooperate. Other pieces were added and did a decent job but the secondary was better in 07 and 08.  07, 08, 06, 09

KICKERS
Hands down Whalen and Coffey over Calderone in 06.  08, 09, 07, 06

Overall D
This represented the first change of talent at the school.  Once Debs had the D settled he turned his attention to the offensive side.  Tougher to pick one group over another than it was w the O. 07, 08, 06, 09

Like I said just one man's opinion.  I disagree with the talent only being margianlly better and it only came down to Whalen being the man.  Not to take anything away from prior teams and classes, there were upgrades in talent at every position. 

This yrs senior class represents the largest loss of then the school has probably seen. While there is a strong and talented underclass the bar has been raised significantly and the target is on their back.  Keep the streak alive boys!

If he was to move now might be the time.  Hate to see it if it does happen but all move eventualy.

A couple things about Sats game now that it has sunk in a little.  I thought even though the O has been putting points on the board the last 5 weeks we seem to have lost some continuity and flow that we had previously.

The run game has remained solid but our passing game is what Im referring to.  We have seem to have gotten away spreading the ball around to our 4 wr's and and flooding zones and fallen in love with the 3 yard out and bubble screens to Homyk.  He is a great receiver and runs the bubble well but our other wr's preety much became non existant and an after thought.  As an example I think Kolesar only had 1 catch the last 2 games.  I know Whalen didnt have the pass protection of the prior 2 yrs and plays brake down before they should, just an overall observation.  This offense moves best when the run and the pass compliment each other and the playmakers are all involved.

Defensively I dont think I heard English's name one time on Sat yet Im sure he was active.  It looked as though Trine stuck to 4 basic plays: inside draw, counter, toss sweep and the bootleg which we appeared clueless to defend.  Paramore got caught in no-mans land as if he pressured than the QB threw and if he covered he ran.  All game long.

We have talent players on the OL/DL but when we run into a bigger and stronger group up front as we did the we can see the results.  The D gave a great effort initially but seemed to wear done before long.  Our DB's are too small to be expected to make run stops time and time again.

With all this said I cannot tell you how proud I am of this and the previous 2 teams to have accomplished what no one except themselves believed could happen when they walked onto campus 3 yrs ago.  They changed the landscape and dynamics of athletics at CWRU. I wish them all great success moving forward an thanks for the great memories and historic accomplishments.

Go Case!  Go Spartans!!  Go Blue!!!