What does a school like Cornell do with its wrestling program?  The press release said Cornell would become a MWC member in all sports.  I only know of Lawrence having wrestling in the MWC and they compete in the WIAC I think.

To all you Green Knight fans,

http://www.snc.edu/athletics/athleticscomplex.html

Updated each Monday.

SNCOLDAD,

I have pics for you, but can't post them.  Files are too big.  Any help?

The goalposts appear to be in place at Schneider Stadium.  The mental picture is starting to come together.   Looks like the field will run true north-south.  Looking forward to Sept.

Go Knights!

Josh Kraemer unofficially won the battle of Ripon alums at the Resch Center tonight.  He looked good on special teams and defense.  Not so sure about Ben Chester, rough game.  Ripon, all 7,420 of ya, do you care at all?  I figure no one else does.

I noticed that Jeremy Gezella (SNC) and Josh Kraemer (Ripon) are on the newly posted Green Bay Blizzard roster.  Great to see MWC guys still playing at another level.  I know GB moved from Arena affiliation to this IFL and the verdict is still out on that league, but it looks like these guys are playing serious ball with some decorated athletes from DI, DII, and so on.

For grins, I checked the La Crosse Spartans roster, and they too have a QB listed from Ripon.  Never heard of the guy.  RedHawk nation, what's the story on these boys?

http://www.lacrossespartans.com/roster.php
http://www.greenbayblizzard.com/News/2010%20Blizzard%20Roster.pdf 

I didn't personally see it last night, but all the fans around me commented on how Coach Gillespie doesn't shake hands after a game.  He departs the court ASAP.  Any truth?  What gives?

Lawrence grad coaching for Blizzard.  Kind of cool. 

http://www.greenbayblizzard.com/NewsDetail.php?ID=329

Anybody got an accurate pronunciation?  I guessed Miller.

I predict that Lawrence will capture all three Midwest Conference Performers of the Week awards.  Good luck boys, get after 'em!

Word is that the report out of Ripon is that SNC is on the way down.  Hmmm.    Provocative.

"You guys want some cookies?" - Corky Romano

BTW, saw some bouldozers today on Lost Dauphin, south of Mel Nicks.  Could it be the start of the new castle?

"Bagpipes and bull****" - William Costigan

Hey Roop,

From my perspective, your perspective was wrong.  Don't care about gossip.  That was my way of poking fun at the media and their sometimes outlandish reporting.  Unfortunately, when conversing like this, no one truly understands one's tone.  Thanks for the scolding though, Chet.

Warthog, awesome idea.  But how "in depth" can that publication really get?  Not enough for me to purchase it.  There are two things in this world that I won't pay for...ok, one, and that's info on my team, my conference..."no ordinary conference" mind you.  I do and will check d3 football.com often.

In closing, I check area newspapers every day and this time a year, with d3 camps open all around, there is no mention of anything.  Go on midwestconference.org and there's no "A word or two with Coach So-and-so."  I'm just curious (about the teams mind you and the football players and their football player-ness) and want to learn more.

A nice article about Lawrence's freshmen class coming in.

http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/communications/media/sportsnews/0809/081409.html

Food for thought:  about this time of year, I'm really looking for quality info on both prep and dIII college football.  In the era of Twitter, Facebook, and blogging, what do you all think about an increase in pre-seasonal information?  I'm not talking about any sort of thing with player blogs or anything (b/c I don't believe players should be posting, etc.).  And I get that a coach might want to keep things secret.  However, what if someone from the Midwest Conference headquarters traveled to schools to check in or set up people on each campus to report in on the team (be it football or volleyball or whatever)?  Do you think there'd be interest?  I mean, if Aaron Rodgers is constipated on Monday morning, we know by Monday noon, or if Bret Bielema gets liquored up at the bar on Friday, people know by Saturday morning.  Do you think more coverage of our teams would attact viewers and readers?  How many of you know next to nothing about this year's team when the first game is less than 2 weeks away?

Did anyone check out that CC video on d3football's front page?  The college is thinking of cutting football, softball, and water polo.  $600,000 or so in savings, $400,000 of that coming from dropping football.  Can someone who understands economics better than I do explain that?

I thought recruiting, especially at the D-III level, was just as much a business as it was trying to build the best team possible.  Based upon my own humble career, I was no five-star recruit, I understood that, and was told that in my sit-down meeting with coach at the end of my senior year.  I wasn't recruited for my "talent" necessarily but also (or rather) for my tuition.  Don't you think if a coach like Purtill can bring in over 100 young college student-athletes and keep them enrolled for four years (whether they play all four years or not), admissions and the college president are patting him on the back?  As much as football costs, if you're "no scholarship", aren't you happy with a sport that needs at least 22 guys to field a team.  Those 22 (or more, almost always more) athletes are pumping in money to that school.  Or is CC scholarship b/c of hockey?  If so, please disregard.

Thoughts?

I try to make at least one every year in De Pere, SNCOLDAD.  I also follow them if they play @ Lawrence and @ Ripon.

Holy cow, the MWC is old!  Speaking of that, has anyone checked out that book that was available on the conference website, written by the Grinnell grad, "No Ordinary Conference" or whatever?  It looked really good, but I never pruchased it.

Lastly, if you're a MWC fan, I gotta say again that Out of the Comfort Zone by Frank Agin is a great read.  It was, and still is I believe, advertised on d3football.com.  Good stuff.  Setting is the mid 80's in the old MWC but would bring back memories for anyone that's traveled throughout the MWC to watch or play football.