I also know Lockton and some CUC players were at this pro day, does anyone know how they did? I also saw locktons name on the roster for a international scout bowl in alabama and it looked like he was the only d-3 player that is going .. Mainly d2 with a handfull of d-1 guys. Ive also heard that cuc has greatly dropped in size with the new coaching change getting rid of troubled players. As well as ive heard there are some BIG kids coming in to BU next year so hopefully they can fix there o-line struggles they were having next year.

Thats gonna begood for wlc
I wouldnt put bu so far down though, yeah they lost there star running back and star d lineman, but some of the transfers ive seen them pick up, several former d1 and d2 players and alot of oline which was clearly the eagles weakest link
My picks for the upcoming season
Wlc
Bu
Cuc
Au
Cuw
Lakland
Rockford

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Quote from: emma17 on November 21, 2012, 12:09:47 PM
Thanksgiving day football for me was Father and Son games.  Damn I miss that stuff.
Now my exercise is the Turkey Trot (trot seems a bit fast too).

My Turkey Trot will be in Grand Rapids, MI. ... where will yours be?

Ill be in grand rapids as well, forest hills area where im from. Good luck jays and cards.

Cascade here.  Kids went to FHC.

What year did they graduate if you dont mind me asking

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Quote from: emma17 on November 21, 2012, 12:09:47 PM
Thanksgiving day football for me was Father and Son games.  Damn I miss that stuff.
Now my exercise is the Turkey Trot (trot seems a bit fast too).

My Turkey Trot will be in Grand Rapids, MI. ... where will yours be?

Ill be in grand rapids as well, forest hills area where im from. Good luck jays and cards.

Lane should be on the list somewhere (towards the top imo).  He was co defensive player of the year last year. I also agree with the bu players u put .. Both have recieved several all star games, regional combine, and pro day invites from what I heard. Possibly also chris buonavelento at MLB he was second after lockton on total tackles and also recieved some invites with the other two. But I do think that that might be it for the BU team, the oline did horrible, and WR were okay at best you may see shultz on there somewhere, defensivly they were ranked 14 in the nation so you may see some others on there from defense, possible dottelis, or stalarski I belive he had 6 picks. I also think that the aurora qb bevell will be up there and imo is the best qb in the conference, also all starting wr and rb for cuc should be up there somewhere, they are deffinitly a offensive team with there strength in  the skill players. The qb for them is also right there with jimmy bevell.

 my picks:
Lakeland
Cuc
Benedictine
Aurora

aurora wlc should be the closest game. Game will depend on if wlc can stop aus passing attack

Most likley bu will be playing for pride the rest of the season. Last week offense couldnt score .. This week defense let up 34 points. Once they put it together they will be great but right now their just average .. Even next sat against rockford might be a battle. More to come later, hats of to au though and a solid qb.

Benedictines loss last week was because of 6 to and the offense struggling to put it in in yhe red zone... Hopefully jonn gets more touches but I can still s ee them struggling against au ... Ill take bu in a close one though

Cuw will keep rollimg after their impressive win

Cuc will knock wlc out of first place in the race for the ring

Lakeland will have no problems against rockford

My pics

Aurora
Cuc
Bu
Wlc

All of these SHOULD be blowouts, benedictine should have a shutout with their defense .. I would be disapointed if they don't.

Quote from: Captain_Joe08 on September 23, 2012, 12:07:06 AM
As expected

Carthage routed Lakeland 49-9

Milikin handled Aurora 44-20

I was hoping to see Lakeland keep that one a little closer than it was. I'm exited to see the conference battles this weekend, I think the three teams to watch are BU, CUC, and WLC. But I think hope is their for Aurora as well Bevell is a great QB that was doing great against the two time NAC champs BU and I think they would have pulled of that win without losing him. I still think BU is the conference favorite but if they start to get to big headed It wouldn't surprise me to see them finishing 2nd, 3rd, or even 4th. I remember last year when they were losing to rockfodr for a majority of the game. BUt if they can play like they did against North Park or second half of Albion I can see them beating every team by aat least 2 scores. They have a offense powered by Borsellino and the Shultz twins. And a Defense with Lockton, Sakal, Dickert, Davis, Buonavelanto, Theriot, Carpenter, and Kiel. I think their defense is the best in the conference no doubt and offensively they definitely have the skill players that can make plays when needed.

Quote from: d3fan1515 on September 17, 2012, 10:45:08 PM
That is fine, I respect your opinion, but I also disagree with your opinion lol, I do think he is an All American caliber RB! BU was down in a hurry in this game and had to resort to passing the football to get back into the game.  The O-Line was also struggling to get a push against a very good D-Line from Albion.  I don't care who you are, if your O-line is not getting a push it is going to be tough to get many yards up the gut!  Borsellino also only had 7 carries, that is not enough touches to get into a rhythm in the run game, but like I said before due to the score, we had to abandon the run game and start hurling the rock!

Only two games this week in the NAC
Carthage vs. Lakeland, i'm taking Carthage
Milikin vs. Aurora, I'm taking Milikin

After this week it is on to conference play, good luck to the two teams playing this weekend!

I agree with both of you guys at some points. No John Borsellino wasn't a All American RB last year, but in my eyes to be an All American RB you have to have help from your Offensive Line, which is IMO BUs biggest weak spot. I do not think Borsellino has ever had a true oppertunity to become an All AMerican running back and I am afraid he will not get a chance this year either. If he was the running back for a team with a better offensive line such as Wheaton, Mount Union, or even Elmhurst I think he would have a much better chance at being in the running for that All American RB spot.

As for lakland and Aurora this weekend I do not think either will win, I think the only 2 teams that would be able to beat the bottom 2 of the CCIW teams would be BU and WLC maybe CUC on a good day against NP.

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Had to share...


I wish we had marines protecting us from taunting every weekend.

Haha that is awsome!

Quote from: 79jaybird on September 18, 2012, 04:53:01 PM
FOR ELMHURST I SEE:
AUGIE- W
CARTHAGE-W
IWU- L
MILLIKIN- W
NORTH CENTRAL- L
NORTH PARK-W
WHEATON- L
AND OF THE L'S LISTED, ONLY THE WHEATON GAME STRIKES ME A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR A W.

Depending on if wheaton has their starters back I think iwu will be a more likley chance for a w for the jays .. When do they play each team?

Quote from: Captain_Joe08 on September 16, 2012, 01:10:27 AM
The NATHCon wins the first round of the NATHC/MIAA Challenge 4-3.

Benedictine 32 Albion 28
Concordia Chicago 63 Hope 47
Adrian 31 Wisconsin Lutheran 23
Kalamazoo 31 Lakeland 24
Aurora 24 Alma 21
Concordia Wisconsin 13 Trine 10
Rockford 28 Olivet 12

Also Congrats to Rockford for ending their 22 game losing streak with the win today!!

Isnt this 5-2? BUt congrats to all NAC teams showing that this is an upcoming conference!

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So UWW loses to Buffalo State. Buffalo State plays in the E8 conference and is 2-1 on the year. They lost last week to Brockport 38-24. Brockport put up 533 yds including over 180 rush yds on Buffalo State. UWW had 311 yds with only 123 rush yds. Both games were road games for Buffalo State.

That is a head scratcher as much as any result we have seen recently.

All this shows is that on any give Saturday....I expect the rest of the season  to be just as full of surprises as the first three weeks have been.

I agree with this completely, every sat it can be anyones game such as UWWs loss, Wheatons loss and BUs win. And yeah there are always going to be reasons on why the better football team lost such as injuries, suspensions or what not, but that is part of football you are only as strong as your weakest link. A year from now no one is going to be saying ohh we lost because so and so got hurt or we were out our starting QB all that will be seen is the W or L in the stat book.