Rick Coles from Ripon College was inducted into the Wisconsin's Coaches Hall of Fame over the weekend.  I would like to congratulate him on this big accomplishment!!!

Quote from: gbpuckfan on November 25, 2013, 05:48:41 PM
Changing gears a moment: how many full time staff members do each MWC football team have?

Ripon has 2 I believe.

Quote from: Pat Coleman on November 25, 2013, 02:43:09 PM
I don't think he resigned by choice, from the looks of things on social media. If that's the case, you might well see him coaching again.

Well this just got interesting.  Because a coach with that success, why would a school send him out the door?   SNCSID, anything you can fill us in on?

So this next comment has nothing to do with the out come of the MC RC game.  This comment to is to go with fulbakdad's comment..  The individual that was doing the talking during the MC game via the webcast needs to have a little more excitement.  He put me to sleep.  Have a great week.

Quote from: TitanPride on November 06, 2013, 02:01:09 PM
Illinois College is 8th in this week's West Region rankings.

Redhawk Sighting -- don't forget that IC put 55 up on the Foresters a few weeks ago. 

My bad...  2nd team this year..... 

Quote from: fulbakdad on November 03, 2013, 10:28:22 AM
Well Roop, I'm glad you're pulling for us.  I didn't get to see all of the game yesterday, only the first half and then bits and pieces of the second.  It's tough having two sons playing football at the same time.  From what I saw, it was a game LFC shouldn't have lost......That's not a slight to Ripon, you played a good game.  But Lake Forest just couldn't keep going in the second half.  There was a blink of hope in the first half, but that died in the second.....

First off, hats off to the camera work and announcers of the Ripon game yesterday.  The best I've seen in the three years of watching MWC.  The only problem was the constant buffering during the second half.  I wish I was a computer nerd who could figure this out, but it seems to be much worse this year compared with the last two.


The Ripon offense did a good job of grinding yesterday.  I like the option because it just keeps coming at you.  I remember talking to a Defensive Coordinator at Ithaca who said he hated playing Springfield College.  Because you spend all year on your defense and then have one week to get ready for the option, then turn around and get things straight again. 


I guess it's kind of late for changes, but something's got to happen if we are going to see a different outcome in two weeks.

Two weeks to prepare for SNC

I too watched it via computer.  saw all through the 3rd quarter, i started having issues during the 4th.  What a game.  When ripon was pinned at their 3 yard line and had to punt out of the end zone and it was returned for a TD, that is when I started to get worried.  But the RC D did a great job holding the LFC to only 1 score. And then the O started to click and take up time.  Their first half stats vs. their 2nd half stats are crazy.. I believe Ripon is the first team this year to put that many points up against LFC. 

Quote from: fulbakdad on November 01, 2013, 05:55:46 AM
Redhawk,

No, won't be out this weekend.  We fly out for the home games.  That's expensive enough coming from New Hampshire! lol.

The Lake Forest Offense will need to achieve more than 4 first downs against the Option or it will be a very long day.....

Go Foresters!

Here is my prediction for the game, the deciding factor for the "W" is going to be who comes to play more and who wants it more between Ripon's Option and LFC's Defense.  That is where the battle will be decided tomorrow.  LFC has a strong defense and RC's offense is tricky to stop.  So it's going to come down to that.  I'm excited to be there tomorrow to watch this battle live.  I think the LFC O and RC D will be quick series..... 

Quote from: fulbakdad on October 31, 2013, 05:39:11 AM
Some congrats out to a couple Lake Forest players.  Kudo's to Jon Gurchak the Lake Forest punter, field goal kicker, kicker extraordinaire for being named the MWC Special Teams Player of the week.  And also on the Midwest Player of the Week honor roll was DB Ed Dobernig who was named Midwest Defensive Player of the week. 

Dobernig and LB John Preston (fulbakson) were also named to the D3football Team of the Week.

All the above for the strong defensive and special teams play that won last Saturday's game against Cornell.  All 3 of the Foresters scores were either set up or scored by the defense.

Big game this weekend... I think the LFC vs RC game is the GOW....  You going to make the trip?   

Quote from: The Roop on October 22, 2013, 11:31:05 AM
Amber from February on the Luxor "Fantasy" calendar is Mrs. The Roops celebrity look-a-like. Not Loni Anderson.

Regardless of what this conversation is, THANK YOU for making me search "Luxor Fantasy"  That just made my morning...  Keep up the good work!!!

Quote from: gbpuckfan on October 19, 2013, 05:22:48 PM
Ripon ties Grinnell in the last minute to send it to OT.

Grinnell misses the FG, Ripon gets a FG. Ripon wins 33-27.

Correction, Grinnell misses FG, Ripon scores a TD to win. Great game. Ripon drives to score with under a minute, kicks a suprise onside kick and recovers to go for the W.  Unable to score puts them in OT... 

Quote from: Redhawk Sighting on September 27, 2013, 11:14:37 AM
Beloit @ Grinnell - GC ..... Agree
Cornell @ Monmouth - MC ..... hmmm agree 
Illinois C. @ Ripon - IC ...  RC
Lake Forest @ Knox - LFC ...  Knox
St. Norbert @ Carroll - SNC ... Carroll

There is no way that RC is going to lose on homecoming to IC after last week's loss to SNC.  I also think Knox is going to get a W against LFC.. The games have been to close so far for LFC and they have come home with a W, the streak ends tomorrow.  As for the SNC/Carroll game, I think Carroll is a better team and it's home for them.  I see Carroll winning by 3.

Just to beat everyone to the punch....  I was WAY off!!!  I'll admit that the Carroll and Ripon game suprised me.  However I only saw parts of the RC game on the Ipad so I am unable to comment much, but I will say that the pick-6 might have been the dagger for RC..

Beloit @ Grinnell - GC ..... Agree
Cornell @ Monmouth - MC ..... hmmm agree 
Illinois C. @ Ripon - IC ...  RC
Lake Forest @ Knox - LFC ...  Knox
St. Norbert @ Carroll - SNC ... Carroll

There is no way that RC is going to lose on homecoming to IC after last week's loss to SNC.  I also think Knox is going to get a W against LFC.. The games have been to close so far for LFC and they have come home with a W, the streak ends tomorrow.  As for the SNC/Carroll game, I think Carroll is a better team and it's home for them.  I see Carroll winning by 3. 

Quote from: gbpuckfan on September 25, 2013, 10:42:56 PM

Quote from: The Roop on September 24, 2013, 10:59:24 PM
1. Who will be the two teams that take out Monmouth ?? Beloit really needs tie breaker help as they don't play Lake Forest this year. 2. Why is UW-Whitewater always ducking the Bucs ?? I'm getting tired of seeing Chicago as the non-conference game every year.

When was the last time a MWC team beat a WIAC team? SNC has had some pretty good teams (relatively speaking) and I don't think the Knights have beaten a state team since downing Platteville in 1983. I know Ripon came close with UWO a few years ago. Point is, if you basically have no chance of winning, is it advantageous to play?

That said, I still wish SNC would play UWO or UWSP. They play in other sports. But since the playing field isn't really all that level, is it a good idea?

"No change of Winning"??  So with that logic does that mean that Lawrence and Beloit should forfeit the rest of their season??  The great thing about football is any Saturday anyone can win.  Now would I bet my years pay on a MWC team beating a state school anytime soon..... NO....  But to make a comment saying that it's not "advantageous to play" is ludacris.  The great thing about a team playing a state school is it's a different level of play and a learning experience.  If you go back and look at my other posts you will see that I think the MWC has a lot that it needs to improve to be considered a top teir conference.  In order to get another team into the play-offs is going to take years of have a strong conference and making it a couple rounds in the play-offs.  It's not there yet... 

UGLY first half. RC offense can't get anything going and the defense has short yardage to play with. Then this deep pass td.

Week 3 Games
Grinnell @ Lake Forest - LFC ---- This may be closer than we think!!!
Knox @ Carroll - CU
Lawrence @ Beloit - LU ----- I'm going with BU...  I think at home they could pull this off!!!! 
Ripon @ St. Norbert - SNC ------ obviously I am picking RC.  The biggest factor in this game is the offense; they can't come out flat and go almost 2 quarters w/o scoring.  They need to come out scoring from their first possession and the defense needs to play like they have the last two weeks and I feel that RC can come out on top!!!!!  Wish I could be at this game..