Quote from: Redhawk Sighting on October 03, 2011, 04:27:47 PM
Mercy Rule at 100pts.  I don't know what to say.  RC has had some pretty questionable games this year that has made people question how good are they really?  I understand that.  1 week the D is playing well and the next week it's the O that is playing well.  There needs to be a complete game out of RC.  The O only had the ball 7 times and scored 5 of those times against Knox.  My concern isn't the coaching staff having a good game plan together, it's the players feeling defeated that they only beat knox by 6 points and now they are playing the Top team in the conference.  I hope that this lights a fire under them and they come out swinging on Saturday and give the Scotts a challenge.  That's all I have for now.  I apologize if it's scattered, I am trying to write this, do a conference call, and send out an email.   

As I have been saying, we really are better this year. Last year our offense put up a total of 102 pts all season. Halfway through the season this year we already have 99. The problem is as our offense seems to improve each week (with the exception of vs Norby which is probably the best D in conference) our defense seems to have less and less of a clue of what exactly they are doing. I promise we will win AT LEAST two games this year (out of the 5 remaining) if our defense figures itself out this week. And I am fairly certain our next to last offensive play got sent into the head of the NCAA officials office. Apparently the officials blew a call Pass Interference call in the endzone that if it had been called would have almost guaranteed a touchdown and quite possibly the first Knox victory against Ripon in 15 years. It was hard to tell from the stands but from what I've heard, on film there was no disputing the fact that it should have been called.

Quote from: scottie on September 10, 2011, 09:24:08 PM
Looks like the Scots are back into video-game-scoring mode.  KOTR: If Larry is putting up 60 on you, that defense better figure itself out, or the Scots are going to put up a hundo.   

Not a chance, idk what our defensive scheme our coaches were trying to use out there. I certainly have never seen a scheme where (against a pass-heavy offense) you only rush 3 and don't have a flat defender at all. Also, I heard there have been a lot of personnel/starting changes on the defensive side of the ball, as there should have been, so it hopefully that will help. Considering that we scored 42 and had a ton of yards while still throwing 3 interceptions is impressive even considering the fact that it was against Lawrence. They were better than I was expecting, although we certainly helped make them look A LOT better than they were. I'm looking forward to the trip to SNC this weekend to see if we can't do some positive things against a good team. And who knows, maybe if we figure out how to tackle and SNC comes into the game over confident we play it close and have a chance (I am not going to count on that however)

Monmouth @ Grinnell  - Monmouth (If Tanney doesn't get hurt)
Beloit @ SNC - SNC
Larry @ Knox - Knox
Ripon @ Lake Forest - Ripon
Carroll @ Illinois College - IC

Quote from: scottie on September 09, 2011, 10:33:49 AM
Thanks, KOTR.  It's been a rough week and I needed a good chuckle.     But, seriously, I hope we're both undefeated (in MWC) heading into Turkey Week.  Don't look past Lawrence in anticipation of the SNC showdown, however.

We won't be undefeated, that's for sure, but I could see us POTENTIALLY winning 7 MWC games (Lawrence, Beloit, Grinnell, Carroll, Lake Forest, IC, and Monmouth) this year (although realistically I think it will be closer to 4: Lawrence, Grinnell, Lake Forest, and IC)

I know no one asked, and nobody probably cares, but the Knox-WashU game was actually a decent game. The Knox defense forced 5 fumbles and recovered 4, we look really fast and fly around to the ball bu as been our problem in the past, we have very poor pass defense, especially in the red zone. The game may have been a lot closer if it were not for our 5 turnovers, 2 of which were on special teams (the other 3 interceptions, one on 4th down late in the 4th quarter). Our receivers looked really good, we had no dropped passes and some pretty impressive catches. It is the first year in the few years I have been following the team where we are at least 2 players deep at practically every skill position on offense. Our O-line is pretty young (1 senior starter, 2 junior, 2 sophomores) but didn't look out-matched by any means. Too many poor decisions at QB and poor red zone pass defense made this game look worse than it actually was. I was very happy with what I saw from the team on week 1 and really do believe we have an opportunity to put a few notches in the win column this year.

Lakeland @ Carroll - Carroll
Grinnell @ Macalester - Grinnell
Illinois C. @ Millikin - Millikin
Washington @ Knox - KNOX (We are actually looking halfway decent this year)
Lake Forest @ Concordia (IL) - Concordia
Wartburg @ Monmouth - Wartburg
St. Norbert @ St. Thomas - St. Norbert
Beloit @ Chicago - Beloit
St. Scholastica @ Lawrence - St. Scholastica
Ripon @ Wisconsin Lutheran - Ripon

IC @ Beloit--------------------------------------IC 35-32
Ripon @ Lawrence----------------------------Lawrence 14-7
Lake Forest @ St. Norbert-------------------SNC 65-7

Co-Games of the Week
Grinnell @ Carroll------------------------------Carroll 42-37
Monmouth @ Knox-----------------------------Knox 21-20(monmouth goes for the win on 2pt conversion and fails)

I forgot to mention this. Somehow between Lawrence us and Lake Forest we are in last but we were the only 1s that beat decent team. Weird. All well another last place finish for us Prairie Fire. Time to get the turkey roasting though!!!!

Quote from: Kilts and Bagpipes on November 01, 2010, 11:40:26 AM
What a weekend!!  Congrats to St. Norb....ahh...can't go there.  Who knows what can happen in week 10.  So what if Norby loses?  Does that mean with three losses, then it goes to quarters.  If thats the case, then does ripon get in?  Norbert gets in with a win, but what if they lose....who still has a shot?  What is the quarter total going into week 10?

Well if Norby loses they maximum amount of 6-3 teams is 5. Which of them gets in? I don't know im not gonna go back and look at the head to head schedules. Of course Monmouth will lose so that will knock it down to 4 teams. Lawrence will upset Ripon as well, down to 3. IC will beat Beloit so they are a lock the winner of the Carroll-Grinnell game is a lock and Norby losing would be a lock (even though they probably won't) So it would be between Norby, IC, and either Carroll or Grinnell. Tiebreaker is

Carroll at Knox (Homecoming!!!!)-------------------Knox 21-14
Grinnell at St. Norbert------------------------------SNC 49-14
Lawrence at Lake Forest--------------------------LFC 38-35
Ripon at Illinois College-----UPSET SPECIAL!!!------IC 27-24

Game of the Week
Monmouth at Beloit------------------------------MonmNOPE! Beloit 28-27

Quote from: The Roop on October 18, 2010, 06:20:12 PM
Is delusional the only big word that is taught on the Ripon campus ?? Typically I'm more obsequious than that but I think it's a fair question given all the theories about me recently. 

Look at the remaining schedules, do the math and you will see that Beloit is not done yet. NASA is still calculating the probability and hasn't given me odds but Americas Team is still alive.

I think Beloit will win out (@ Monmouth, vs Larry, @ IC) but will that be enough to win conference?

Quote from: Redmen09 on October 18, 2010, 05:32:06 PM

Quote from: KnoxOnTheRise on October 18, 2010, 04:13:10 PM
I'm gonna start the picks a little early this week.

Carroll at Knox (Homecoming!!!!)-------------------Knox 21-14
Grinnell at St. Norbert------------------------------SNC 49-14
Lawrence at Lake Forest--------------------------LFC 38-35
Ripon at Illinois College-----UPSET SPECIAL!!!------IC 27-24

Game of the Week
Monmouth at Beloit------------------------------MonmNOPE! Beloit 28-27

I think thats the first time you've picked Knox to win in your picks

Nah, I picked us to beat Wash U and Larry. I was gonna pick us to beat Grinnell but I didn't want to get laughed at by those mean monmouth boys again    Idk I just have a good feeling about this week, we've been playing a lot better on both sides of the ball and have not given up a special teams touchdown yet. This year has just been crazy with the conference being flipped up down and around every week or 2.

I'm gonna start the picks a little early this week.

Carroll at Knox (Homecoming!!!!)-------------------Knox 21-14
Grinnell at St. Norbert------------------------------SNC 49-14
Lawrence at Lake Forest--------------------------LFC 38-35
Ripon at Illinois College-----UPSET SPECIAL!!!------IC 27-24

Game of the Week
Monmouth at Beloit------------------------------MonmNOPE! Beloit 28-27

Quote from: blu thru n thru on October 16, 2010, 05:10:19 PM
IC just won its 400th game. 31-23

Pretty exciting finish, sorry I never got over to you, I got there a little late and had to leave right away but it was a good game, I do have to ask though, how did IC beat St. Norbert?? I mean we got whipped by em, and in all honesty we kicked butt Saturday, too bad for the 81 yd fumble recovery for a touchdown that killed us. At least we didn't give up and made a pretty good comeback. We really need to work on our kicking game, missed xp and missed short field goal. All well, if your gonna lose might as well lose to a team that you like right? Btw, why are all announcers in the conference terrible? I mean IC's wasn't all that bad, actually probably one of the better ones, but none of them are good, our's is probably the worst. Just a question though.

Ripon @ Beloit - Ripon 17-3
Lawrence @ Grinnell - Grinnell 35-7
Knox @ Illnois C. - IC 35-14
Lake Forest @ Monmouth - Monmouth 42-14

Game of the Week:
St. Norbert @ Carroll - St. Norbert, 21-17