Quote from: old 40 on October 12, 2008, 06:25:10 PM
Looks like AU will walk through the NAC. No one can stop them. They certainly have the top defense and their QB is for sure the best in the league. IMHO, they may beat CUW by 3 TD'S.  There is no one else in the league with the skill and Defense of AU. If they win this Saturday, I think it's all over.

At least BU had some emotion at this game. They showed no emotion at the AU game.

How is M.Baptist doing as far as numbers go? Are they still near 30 players? I hope they can finish the season. It looks like they have a good QB and some receivers. I hope you guys can pull off a upset this year. Good Luck.

Lakeland has played well the past two games and i believe they can at least contend with AU not saying they will but in any case they will contend their offense and defense have been coming around.  I have not seen AU play yet so if they really are as good as everyone says then lakeland would have to pay a mistake free game to win!  I guess we will see when the game comes around

I dont think Aurora is going to run through the conferenc... If they do then i will gladly congratulate them... don't count out concordia wisconsin, or lakeland.... both teams did lose quite a bit but they still have a lot of players from last years conference championship teams.. both teams have good young talent that the older guys on the teams are working with... Both teams know how to win down the stretch... i'm not saying that either lakeland or concordia are going to win but they have been the two best teams in the conference the past 5-7 years and they sure as heck are not going to go down without a fight.

I think it is a toss up in the conference this year.  Usually it comes down to concordia wisconsin and lakeland but due to coaching and player problems at both schools i think that Aurora has a chance to come in and take it this year.  I am excited for the conference play to open! good luck to all teams

Quote from: old 40 on September 21, 2008, 06:50:22 PM

Good job also to Lakeland for their close game with Carthage. I thought it would be a blowout.

I also thought it was going to be a blowout but i also have a few comments on the game. I arrived at the game midway through the second quarter when lakeland was up 21- 12.  I was rather suprised due to the fact that i thought it was going to be a blowout.  Upon watching the game lakeland was moving the ball well and the team was playing fairly well.  The teams went into halftime and carthage was playing the same ball that they were before the half commiting alot of mistakes.  For lakeland though it seemed as though another team came out of the locker room.  I later found out that the coaching staff was yelling and screaming at the players that they werenot playing hard enough or good enough.  I didn't think anything of this at the time because they could have been playing better and maybe a speech would get them fired up.  I then preceded to watch the game and watch the sidelines the coaching staff continued to belittle and berate the team.  This included obcentities that were said and heard by all that were in the stands.  I understand if the f word flys in the heat of the moment but the lakeland head coach continuously let lose with a string of swear words.  This didn't bother me as much until i saw and a heard the head coach belittle a player directly call him "a worthless piece of **** player".  It wasnt said in private it was said so that numerous people in the stands heard including myself.  Is this really what d3 football has become?  During every game that i have attended the annoucer speaks of sportsmanship from both teams. is that considered very sportsmenlike?  From what i understand, this is not the only time the head coach has done this either.  Personally i feel something should be done to uphold the sanctity of the game.  i think this was poor class from the coach and the coaching staff at Lakeland college.  Another thing that bothered me about the game was that the coach was mad at the players for not executing the plays (which they weren't) so the coach had every right to yell at them for that but it works both ways.  The playcalling was absolutely horendous toward the end of game.  Overall the games was played well on both sides by the players but the coaches i feel was a different story.