Which player on your team do you think will be the breakout star or impact player this year?  For EC, I think that WR Mogged will play a huge part in their passing attack.

First scrimmage is tomorrow for EC. Traveling to Milliken. Who else is having them this weekend?

My son was saying at least 85. I didn't want to say more than that without knowing for sure. So, any info on Crown before Kickoff comes out on Tuesday? I already bought mine and am waiting very impatiently.

Not sure if it a record but it is the most they have had in a long time. I know Kickoff covers this but I am trying to get some life into this board.

With camps going on, how does everyone numbers look like? Eureka has about 85 in camp with 51 returning play. This includes 16 starters.

With less than two months before the season starts, how does your team look for the upcoming season?

DadofBash.... Hopefully it will be a great game. It will all depend on which team shows up. If the defense from first half of Knox and offense from second half of Knox, the game should be exciting. If either  side from theNorthwest game, well then it will be over by the end of the first quarter (sad to say.)

Tough loss but it is hard to pin it on either the offense or defense. Offense only put up 3 in the first half while the defense pitched a shutout. Second half was the opposite. Game was decided on last play with Knox getting about 2.5 yards from the 2 yard line. It was just enough to score.

Not sure about Knox but Eureka had 21 freshman getting their first playing experience with several of the starting and others getting serious playing time. Hopefully, they will realize that D3football is harder than high school. If they do, the future should be fine.

I never really looked at the complete list but yea when there is enough players listed for each D3 team to have two or three players, the list might be too long.

Another question, is there any other posters for UMAC teams? I would really like to hear from other teams fan base to get their thoughts on their teams.

Eureka will be playing Knox College in the 3rd annual Lincoln Bowl at Knox. EC offense has 6 starters coming back including preseason All American Blake Robles along with his favorite target from last year, Dorrell Baugh. On defense, EC returns only 3 starters and could start as many as 3 to 5 freshman with up to 8 freshman seeing playing time.

With kick off less than one week away, what team does your school play and how do you feel about the upcoming season?

DadofBash....Offensively,  Millikin ran several sweep plays with the WR. Sometimes used WR as decoys then handed off to RBs. They did burn our DBs on several play action plays for long gains/TDS. WRs were fast as well. When they got a step on a route they were able create separation.  Defensively, Millikin was able to stop our offense inside the red zone better than I would have liked. However, their defense seemed vulnerable when we drove the length of the field. They did stop our straight runs but our draws seemed to catch them unaware.

Millikins o-line looked big but had some trouble with our speed pass rushers. They also were going up against several freshman players on our d-line. Overall, both teams seemed ready to play. Hopefully our freshman learned what to expect at the collegiate level. Several players came from winning high school teams, so hopefully, they will want to continue their winning ways.

Quote from: DadofBashWarrior.. on August 19, 2014, 10:42:51 AM
DevilDad ...just a FYI ordering Kickoff the preseason analysis of all teams and info is well worth the $11...it is also a way to payback this great site for it's contribution to your life.

Plan on getting Kickoff again. I have ordered it the past two seasons and look forward to reading this years edition when it comes out.

With four teams receiving first place votes, I think this season will be interesting for the first two weeks do conference play. Eureka plays Northwestern in week 2 at home then travels to Greenville in week 3. I believe Eureka has a chance to be 2-0 after these games but at the same time I would not be surprised if they are 0-2 either.

I don't think the conference winner will be undefeated this year. At the end of the year, there might a two or three teams tied for the championship.  Really looking forward to watching Eureka play this season. Hopefully, the defense will be able to set up after losing several key members to graduation. With the offense returning several key places (qb, wr, o-line), they will be able to the pigskin in the end zone.

Eureka will be scrimmaging against Miliken in a couple of weeks. I think that will be good to show the freshman on defense what to expect this year.  And You are right about hosting EC this year. All of EC away games are against the top teams in the conference.