Congrats to Josh McDaniels! 

Great to see him get the position and I've been telling everyone out here in Washington all about him for the last 4 years.  They didn't believe me when I said he would be an O-coordinator soon.  Very happy for Josh and his family.

conso

Congrats to ONU, well done in playing one heck of a game.  Enjoy this victory it's a special one.


conso

yeah, I knew Golic was off, I was thinking of something else.  It's hard to remember players from Cleveland, I can give you all the Canton players b/c they normally stay in state which helps.

conso

London went to St. Francis, PA on a basketball scholarship.  Then came to JCU b/c his high school coach was our D-coordinator.  I believe London had an offer from Michigan to play football (pipeline to there from VASJ think, Howard, Golic, Grbac), but wanted to try and play basketball instead.

tdubs,

Obviously I haven't b/c I've been in Washington State since then, since then MUC, ONU, JCU, Cap all have upgraded from what I hear, which is good but I was ranking when I played. 

I like the rank em thing, so I'll throw my three cents in about where I liked to play.

#1  JCU, of course I'm biased, but I will say being there from 96-99 might have been some of the best years ever, plus the greatest game was held at Wasmer in 99.  I know our field was crap, but I spent too many hours on it to not love it

#2  MUC.  I played 3 or 4 high school games at the battlefield in Alliance on top of the 3 games against MUC.  I loved the field, hostile atmosphere, the smells, really crappy locker rooms, and being back in Stark County.  Always had good games there and against MUC.

#3  Muskingum.  Don't think there is a better field to play at on a cool, crisp autumn day.  Definitely loved making the trip down there and would have gone down every year to beat up on them.

#4  Heidelberg.  Had my greatest game on their new field and absolutely fell in love with the field turf concept.  Never really minded the trek out there and was happy to play the berg instead of Tiffin

#5-6  Otterbein and Marietta.  I'll always be a fan of playing under the lights so that's why these two are tied. Going to Marietta always felt like high school football all over with the crappy locker room and nothing but mud field, yet the games were always fun trying to stop their running game.  Otterbien had a nice setting as well and enjoyed some close contests there in dealing with their passing game

#7  Capital.  I'm sure things are better now, but what a horrible practice field of a stadium to play in.  The ONLY redeeming value for me was having played some good games there.

#8  BW.  Seriously, how could you even call that cement wasteland a field.  Never liked going there, annoying to head over to the west side.  But loved playing BW when it was the last game of the year.  Played against some great players and enjoyed the rivalry.

#9  ONU.  Worst field ever.  1998, real muddy so what is ONU's solution to cover up the mud on the sidelines?  Gravel!  What a brilliant idea, I think I'm still picking out stones from my arm.  Trip sucked.  Hotel sucked.  Players were usually annoying to play against.  Overall disliked the entire experience.

#10  Hiram, seriously the worse place to finish your collegiate career at.  I don't know what the OAC was thinking taking BW away from the end of our schedule but I'd like to thank them for making my last game the most unmemorable, boring, pathetic game of my career.

4u,

thanks for the update on Arth and

Congrats to Doeder!

conso

concerning the MUC '99 game, it sure looked like a fumble to me both on film, but on the field as well since I recovered that darn ball.  Also, Z did knock the receiver unconscious which would lead to a more likely than not probability of a fumble.  But I haven't looked at the film since the day after that game and refuse to watch my copy so maybe someone who wasn't on the field at the time had a better view, by this time, anything is possible.

check check, is this on....



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