I went to the Adrian and Trine JV game on Sunday at Trine. It was a good turnout with about 750 people at the game. Mostly Trine. But tail of two teams. Adrian definately had the better team but a complete lack of disicpline. The mistakes were embarassing and the coaching squad had a hard time controling their players. One costly penality after another.I spent my time on the Adrian side and the discussion was about the elidgibility of many of the JV players. Over 50% were on acedemic probation. That is a Huge number and it was mostly centered around their recruiting binge in Floridia. Most of those boys have or will head home.The Trine squad played hard and lacked the talent of Adrian. However, one of their JV quarterbacks number 7 as i don't know his name was an excellent player. Adrian won 21-20 but it was not as close as the number stated as Adrian took a knee on the Trine 1.

The Trine Website is awful. No question about it. I would think between there great computer science department and the computer engineering guys that they could  come up with something professional.

Quote from: sflzman on August 09, 2012, 02:59:55 PM

Quote from: miaafan4life on August 07, 2012, 08:47:09 PM
http://alma.prestosports.com/sports/fball/2012-13/roster

Alma's Roster ^ Including Incoming freshman
Highlights of Incoming Freshman. That were available online.
#19- Blake Ordiway...http://www.hudl.com/athlete/522810/#highlights/1996336
#7- Derek Talaga...http://www.hudl.com/athlete/611214/#highlights/7538439
#29- Fabrice Constant...http://www.hudl.com/athlete/320094/#highlights/7913393
#33- Trevor Camanse...http://www.hudl.com/athlete/40818/#highlights/7730412
#38- Caleb Marcus...http://www.hudl.com/athlete/412722/#highlights/1130368
#5- Brent Luplow...http://www.hudl.com/athlete/277797/#highlights/7450372
#46- Brandon Slater...http://www.hudl.com/athlete/817948/#highlights/8931187
#59- Trevor Willnow...http://www.hudl.com/athlete/100366/#highlights/2302792
#80-Justin Gipfert...http://www.hudl.com/athlete/117537/#justin-gipfert
#81-Shawn Mcdonald...http://www.hudl.com/athlete/40852/#highlights/7652617
#86-Joe Prokes...http://www.hudl.com/athlete/276087/#highlights/5768866
#8- Logan Goins...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-ns4oK9jB4

Next up. In a couple hours. Hope's highlights of incoming freshman.

The one that is intriguing to me is #29 Fabrice Constant.  You can find some track info if you google him.  Seems like the Scots stumbled across some speed with that one.

The best i found for him was; This might not be his best but must be what he regularly runs

Fabrice Constant    12 Varela                   11.60Q  NWI  1

Not that fast and the video shows that he is getting caught. As i am looking at the numbers of past players under 11.1 is impressive. I am waiting for more schools to show there roster but is anyone under 11.0?

I can verify Trine, Adrian, Alma, Hope have JV teams. I would think OC and Kalamzoo also have them

Quote from: miaafan4life on August 07, 2012, 08:47:09 PM
http://alma.prestosports.com/sports/fball/2012-13/roster

Alma's Roster ^ Including Incoming freshman
Highlights of Incoming Freshman. That were available online.
#19- Blake Ordiway...http://www.hudl.com/athlete/522810/#highlights/1996336
#7- Derek Talaga...http://www.hudl.com/athlete/611214/#highlights/7538439
#29- Fabrice Constant...http://www.hudl.com/athlete/320094/#highlights/7913393
#33- Trevor Camanse...http://www.hudl.com/athlete/40818/#highlights/7730412
#38- Caleb Marcus...http://www.hudl.com/athlete/412722/#highlights/1130368
#5- Brent Luplow...http://www.hudl.com/athlete/277797/#highlights/7450372
#46- Brandon Slater...http://www.hudl.com/athlete/817948/#highlights/8931187
#59- Trevor Willnow...http://www.hudl.com/athlete/100366/#highlights/2302792
#80-Justin Gipfert...http://www.hudl.com/athlete/117537/#justin-gipfert
#81-Shawn Mcdonald...http://www.hudl.com/athlete/40852/#highlights/7652617
#86-Joe Prokes...http://www.hudl.com/athlete/276087/#highlights/5768866
#8- Logan Goins...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-ns4oK9jB4

Next up. In a couple hours. Hope's highlights of incoming freshman.

Wow this is fantastic. Thanks for sharing

I am shocked. I did not expect Trine to be on top with the team Albion is fielding this year.

Quote from: formerd3db on August 05, 2012, 08:06:39 PM
Bricklin1132:

Just as an FYI, OC_SID is the overseer of the Olivet website and I agree with you that it is an excellent website and he does a great job.  Also, it would not be surprising that Olivet could very well have a huge number of recruits.  That is not uncommon with new coaching staffs coming in, yet certainly as you say, with a guy like Musielewicz, that is a plus.  Also, former Hope standout football player/former Olivet College coach Mike Sparks is back for his second stint on the Olivet staff and that is a plus also.

I do not know where the 122 # came from.  Perhaps that is the entire # of all players that are expected to report; perhaps that was how many potential new players i.e. recruits were contacted.  More likely it is the former.  Remember also that all the schools have attrition the very first week so the # that report will drop a fair amount by the end of the second week usually. 

All that said, it will be exciting to see what will transprie in the MIAA this year with all the new changes ranging from coaching staffs and new fields/stadiums, etc.

I agree 122 sounds like a solid football number for OC. YEP! it will be exciting. I am looking forward to week 1. August 8th the football players move in and we will learn alot over the next couple of weeks.

Olivet normally does not have a Freshman class size that exceeds 320 kids. If there are 160 boys it is hard to believe that 122 are football players. If so there are many that are not talented and had no where else to go. But the one thing i will say about Olivet is that they have Dan Musielewicz formally of Trine. He is great on the computer and a great recruiter. So i think they may have an edge in 2 or 3 years. Dan and company probably could not recruit many quality players since many there good connections were already commited to Trine when they left Trine. But if i were them i would recruit as many as possible and sort it out in camp.It seems that is what they did. If you look at Olivet's web site it looks great. I think Dan has alot to do with the new look Olivet has a tough road ahead. It will be interesting on what happens this year? Will they get the one win? I think yes.

Looks like Trine posted a season outlook:

http://www.trine.edu/athletics/mens_sports/football/

Not very good and not much to say.

They update their site in a timely manner. Lot's of schools have zero information at this point. But they look to be the leader in the MIAA.

Albion just released a nice 2012 season outlook:
http://www.albion.edu/sports/mens-sports/football/4876-briton-football-program-sets-lofty-goals-for-2012

I was at a North Park football recruitment day in December and met the coach and many of the players. They are a running team and only pass a couple times a game. i was not impressed with the coaching staff, program and or the school itself.They do recruit very well and were desperate for running backs. Not sure what they recruited but in December they didn't have anybody significant. They normally rotate 5 in during each game to grind down the defense but they were very light in that department. Mike Holmgren of GB Packer coaching fame is a big donor at the school and they named the football stadium after him. I spent about a half an hour watching there game film and was not impressed. Very sloppy, mistakes and a lack of discipline. It will be interesting to see how Hope handles this first game. The North Park defense certainly looked better than the offense.

I think Hope does an excellent job. There website is easy to navigate, they update the roster and they have a preseason outlook. Look at the other schools and you find nothing. With there new field and a staff that really has it together they are going to be a good solid team. This will be a good season.