Quote from: Kira & Jaxon's Dad on December 06, 2021, 12:52:41 PM

Quote from: lfter on December 06, 2021, 12:42:42 PM
    I just found out about the travesty of Mount Union hosting the Semi-Final game.  I rarely agree with the guys on D3football.com, but they got this one right!  The rules are that the defending champion when undefeated and no common opponents host all the way to the Stagg Bowl.  The rule was written ten years ago specifically for Mount Union.  If a rule change is in order, a genuine, non-corrupt leader will change it BEFORE the season, not in the middle of the play-offs! 
    I am an NCC Alum but coached football for a while at an NAIA school.  I have long been an advocate of schools leaving Division 3 for NAIA.  The athletes are treated better and the schools can give money for athletics.  The system was always fair which is more than I can say for the NCAA.  I as one am going to pressure the NCC administration to make a formal complaint to the NCAA about this to make it as painful as possible so the committee thinks twice about travesties like this again.
    As far as the team goes, I know that coach Thorne will use this to get his team more ready than ever and all that frustration will be put into Mount Union

NCC Administration issuing a Formal Complaint to the NCAA

NCAA:  "Oh no a "Formal" complaint from a DIII School, what will we do?" (crumples up paper and throws it in the trash can).

A formal complaint is a call from the President of the school to the Division three council of Presidents,  They then can table the issue for correction,  won't happen by Saturday but can lead to a long term fix

    I just found out about the travesty of Mount Union hosting the Semi-Final game.  I rarely agree with the guys on D3football.com, but they got this one right!  The rules are that the defending champion when undefeated and no common opponents host all the way to the Stagg Bowl.  The rule was written ten years ago specifically for Mount Union.  If a rule change is in order, a genuine, non-corrupt leader will change it BEFORE the season, not in the middle of the play-offs! 
    I am an NCC Alum but coached football for a while at an NAIA school.  I have long been an advocate of schools leaving Division 3 for NAIA.  The athletes are treated better and the schools can give money for athletics.  The system was always fair which is more than I can say for the NCAA.  I as one am going to pressure the NCC administration to make a formal complaint to the NCAA about this to make it as painful as possible so the committee thinks twice about travesties like this again.
    As far as the team goes, I know that coach Thorne will use this to get his team more ready than ever and all that frustration will be put into Mount Union

Quote from: cciwman on September 21, 2021, 12:13:46 PM
As the rankings are debated, one team which has not been mentioned is St. Johns.  If you watched the St. Johns vs Aurora game, you saw two teams competing to the end and both with visual flaws during the game.  A week later, Aurora got waxed and probably would not have scored if it weren't for a NCC fumble inside the 10.  I don't think there is any question Wheaton and the rest Top 5 teams are in a group by themselves.

Then again, you have the NCAA Division III rankings and St. Johns is listed 5th.  https://twitter.com/NCAADIII/status/1440030808157220872?s=20 .  Just goes to show you many voters don't pay attention and that is sad as they are no where near the team they have been the past couple years.

I'm a North Central fan through and through and yes NCC is a much better team than Aurora but making comparisons between Aurora's game with St Johns and NCC is like comparing apples with oranges, not only do they match up differently but NCC came in fresh while Aurora played two tough teams in a row and that first game with St. Johns had to have taken something out of them

Just my take! Fun game to watch at Wheaton tonight. Robinson, NCC's stud tight end, missed the game due to COVID, and Wheaton had Greenfield's number. My favorite aspect of the NCC offense was that they showed several weapons to choose from and were still very effective; on the bad side, they need to handle the turnovers and mistakes (dropping a duck of a pass at the 3-yard line). On defense, NCC was all over the field making plays, rushing the passer, and stopping the run, several gang tackles.  The poor kicking game will be a big concern.  Wheaton was tough, and if a couple of breaks go their way, it might have been different.  Their O and D line played tough, which appears to be their strength. NCC didn't have as much inside run game as I would like and struggled at the goal line. Not much pressure on the QB either.  I am glad NCC won, but it's a long season, and both teams will get better just like last year. Both will be serious contenders to win the crown.  It would be great to have an all CCIW Stagg Bowl!

I was impressed not only with NCCs talent at the skill positions but the overall team speed on Defense,  AU was running for their lives all night !  Next week will be fun

  Thanks !!   Enjoy the game !

  Does anyone know where there is live video of the NCC - Bethel game ?

    I hope your right but we need to see more from them down the road than we have against the last few rated teams they played.  I think Coach Thorne will have them mentally prepared enough not to make many mental errors reducing penalties and turnovers

Quote from: Titan Q on December 01, 2013, 01:43:53 PM

Quote from: NCCAlum48 on December 01, 2013, 01:16:29 PM
I think NCC has to be a double digit underdog in this game. 

"C'mon man!"

I think whether or not NCC wins depends on the Defense.  They can not give up as many yards as they did against either Wheaton or Platteville

     The lesson is to let him run for his life and see if the stats are still the same

As a former O Lineman you learn to live with the following:

When you do crappy you get all the criticism, when you do well, the back gets all the credit

Quote from: AndOne on September 21, 2013, 06:45:09 PM
Several extraordinary statistics in association with NCC's dominating 41-14 victory over UW-Stout today. However, the most outstanding may be the passing stats compiled by last week's CCIW offensive player of the week Spencer Stanek who today hit on 24 of 26 attempts for 278 yards and 4 TDs. For good measure he ran 6 times for 50 yards (8.3 average) and another TD. On the surface, it sounds like there is a pretty good possibility of Stanek being named offensive player of the week for the 2nd week in a row.

------  Over 674 and 585 total yards in past 2 weeks,  love Spencer but I'll hope for the Offensive line as Off Player(s) of the Week

Quote from: BashBacker#16 on November 20, 2011, 07:52:08 PM
A quote from Illinois College quarterback Michael Bates from the post game interview:

"Number 33 is obviously a big dude in there and he directs them," said IC freshman quarterback Michael Bates. "He has the play sheet on his wrist and he tells them what to do. He tells everybody what to do. Every tackle goes through him. We tried to get a little mis-direction stuff going with me and it just didn't go because of him. He's a heck of a football player. He was the key."

A quote from the IC coach from the post game interview:

IC Coach Campbell Garrett said the Wabash defense was "by far the fastest defense we've played  all year. They were really fast. Number 33 is a heck of a football player and he's surrounded by some other great players who are extremely talented. They're big and you can look at the heights and weights but their speed is what is going to keep them progressing throughout the playoffs."

Illinois College plays in the Midwest Conference, not near as strong as the CCIW so IC Coach saying "by far the fastest Defence they have played against all year" is not saying much.  The Blueboys rushed for just 29 yards and picked up 193 passing. Their total offense of 222 yards was substantially below their 499 yard offensive average.  If the Blueboys can't do any better than that against IC they are in for a very long day against NCC

Quote from: Augie6 on October 24, 2011, 10:10:24 AM

Quote from: newcardfan on October 24, 2011, 08:05:14 AM

Quote from: lfter on October 24, 2011, 07:32:37 AM

Quote from: AndOne on October 23, 2011, 10:02:31 PM

Quote from: Augie6 on October 23, 2011, 06:42:41 PM

Quote from: lfter on October 23, 2011, 11:13:49 AM
First post ever:   A comment on NCC's ranking with UWW/Mount Union.   I believe it's time for the playoffs to be set up so that NCC shows up in the same half of the brackets as Mt Union instead of UWW.  Comments ?

Why?

Exactly, Augie6
And, Mt. Union would be how much of an advantage over facing UWW?

The people at NCC believe UWW is better than UMU and I for one am tired of the same 2 teams in the finals. In addition distance does not matter.  Benedictine adn Aurora have made the play-offs the last few years and NCC has played St. Norbert and Franklin respectively

Since when? They believe that BOTH of those teams are equally great! That said, the road to Salem goes through BOTH UWW AND UWU. NC wants to be in the play-offs and they don't care where they go and who they play. They have to be ready to play anyone on any day. They learned that lesson the hard way in week 1. They still have to take care of business this week and next and not look too far down the road.

Ifter,

Ok, I get that you think NCC might have a better chance of getting to the Stagg Bowl through MU than UWW (although many people would disagree with that opinion).  But why should the NCAA set up the playoffs so that NCC could have a more favorable match-up (understanding that's in your opinion).  In my mind, the NCAA did NCC a huge favor last year by seeding the Cardinals above UWW and giving them the opportunity to play the Warhawks at home.  Despite playing very well, they didn't get it done.  The bottom line is, someone has to beat one of those two teams to be deserving of anything that may be perceived as beneficial.  Personally, I would love to see another team (or two) in the Stagg Bowl besides UWW or MU.  But I think that the NCAA has been doing the right thing by keeping those two teams on opposite sides of the bracket and should continue to do so.  There is no question we have had the best two teams playing for the National Championship for several years running, which is the way it should be.

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Looks like I am going to get my wish !!!!  NCC and Mount Union in the same bracket and to top it off they might even get another crack at Redlands !  Can't wait to get this going !!

Quote from: AndOne on October 23, 2011, 10:02:31 PM

Quote from: Augie6 on October 23, 2011, 06:42:41 PM

Quote from: lfter on October 23, 2011, 11:13:49 AM
First post ever:   A comment on NCC's ranking with UWW/Mount Union.   I believe it's time for the playoffs to be set up so that NCC shows up in the same half of the brackets as Mt Union instead of UWW.  Comments ?

Why?

Exactly, Augie6
And, Mt. Union would be how much of an advantage over facing UWW?

The people at NCC believe UWW is better than UMU and I for one am tired of the same 2 teams in the finals. In addition distance does not matter.  Benedictine adn Aurora have made the play-offs the last few years and NCC has played St. Norbert and Franklin respectively