I'm somewhat surprised by the score of Beloit, but not the outcome. I was not able to see the game so what happened? As for my comment of Beloit V. Carroll as GOY I meant it was GOY for Beloit. THat game imo was more imporant for Beloit as it was a rivalry game and would be a test of whether or not Beloit had a decent team. Next week I guess we'll see if Beloit bounces back. 

The Beloit v. Carroll game should be the G.O.Y. Carroll as always will have playmakers and bring it in this rivalry game. Beloit this year has a ton of experienced players coming off a great season. I have always thought that Beloit games would be better at night as townsfolk came out in good # the last time the game was in Beloit, and you actually get a large part of the student body to come and be rowdy. The keys for the game will be special teams and the play of both schools LB and DB corps. I would give Beloit the edge on special teams this year with Reich doing the kicking and Christiansen and his company of returners. I would give Beloit the edge at LB which has had a pretty darn good stable of backers. If Barratti, Raizyz, and Bauman have great games I feel it will be a long night for the CU running game. Secondary is up in the air, CU DBs have been a roven coidity, depending on the line up Beloit could do very well or suffer. Remember last year's game was very tight and based on some questionable reffing at the goalline BC could have won that game. should be very close.

Some quick questions as I am now back in the desert:

Does Ripon have that outside linebacker back, I believe he was #7, and do they have the other weapons necessary to take on Monmouth, SNC, and Carroll?

Will Grinnell finally get out of the cellar of the conference? Will Lawrence do better this year or will they continue to struggle?

Has knox improved on their recruiting or will they continue to be i th bottom half of the conference?

Besides Tanney what other weapons does Monmouth have returning on offense? Will they go undefeated in conference play?

What has Beloit done to replace the losses of whitmore, Anderson, Williams, Allen, Eith, and Tapp? Have they brought in linemen that can step up and fill these gaps and allow Steward and company o dat around the field!?! IS Goldufsky back to full health and will he play DT or DE?

Quote from: snzuluz on August 21, 2009, 10:25:35 AM
If you are talking about UW-Plattville, their academics are not strong and it is in the middle of no where WI...

Your athlete when he gets done looking at schools, need to answer this question -

If I were to have a season ending injury do I see myself completing my degree at this school? If he can answer yes, then he is choosing the school for all the right reasons - ACADEMICS FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He also can google top schools for engineering if he wants...most college kids change their major though around 5 times, so maybe looking for a school that has a GREAT internship in engineering and where their students are getting jobs in engineering is also an important factor in choosing a school...

You can play football but if the school has no real internships or their graduates in any major aren't getting jobs in their chosen field, then the football might be nice, but his academic degree won't mean much...football won't put bread on the table!

www.oscrecruiting.com is a nice site to look at for recruiting matters

As to you comment about Platteville, from everything I have heard they have a great engineering program. And as for your coment about being in the middle of nowhere most of the D3 schools are in smaller towns, so your comment is not of much use. I suggested looking at other schools as well the likes of Carnegie Melon, RPI, Rowan, Wabash, etc.

Quote from: ADL70 on August 09, 2009, 06:24:20 PM
Carnegie-Mellon runs the wing-T, not usually a QB oriented offense.

Case Western Reserve runs the spread and had its starting QB selected for the Gagliardi award as best player in D3 as a junior last year.  Head Coach Greg Debeljak was a coach of the year finalist and as a D3 assistant coached QBs who played in NFL Europe or got NFL tryouts .  They have won twenty-one consecutive regular season games and were in the playoofs the last two years.

Case is also a great engineering school, especially bioengineering, but it isn't cheap.

The Spartans have their first player in my memory from Arizona this year, Tyler Hugus, from Scottsdale Notre Dame Academy.

Yeah I looked at Case and was a little concerned about the expense, but with his academic caliber our QB should get a ton of financial aide. I was also intrigued by the Notre Dame Prep player as they played us last year in the playoffs. Than you for the information!

I am a former D3 football player who is in his first year coaching back home in Southern Arizona. I have been asked by several of my players about the recruiting process at the D3 level and if I could point out schools that would meet their interests. I have given them a list of small schools to ook at and I got a few more involved questions ranging from academic interests, to tuition, to where can I go if my acadeics aren't very strong but I want to earn a degree and play? Also many of my players have no idea of what is out there school wise as we are insulated into thinking about NAU, U of A, and ASU from birth and many arents are not comfortable about their kids leaving AZ unless it is to a D 1 institution.  Most importantly we have two outstanding players, a QB and OT that could go on and have great careers if they can get into a D2 or D3 school. here's a break down of the scenarios:

QB- Takes all AP courses, near perfect GPA, great athleticism and is looking for a school that has a great engineering program. I have already advised him to look at Carnegie Mellon, MIT, RPI, and UW-Platteville. While I believe he would get financial aide  anywhere due to his athletic and academic skill I was wondering if anyone could advise me on other good schools and ones that are not very expensive?

OT- A man child on the field, smart , good blocking angles, runs faser than a good number of our LBs  and some skill players. I've been advising him about the Southern California leagues, the WIAC, Monmouth, St, Norbert, St. Johns, and Sul Ross. Any other tips would be great.


LAstly, to any coaches that see this, recruit in the states of Arizona and New Mexico. there is a lot of talent that either goes unused because they are not icked up by the D 1 and FCS schools or it rots on the bench. any advice or contacts would be greatly appreciated.