old school,

i was a former fan in the lmc, not a former fan of the lmc.  since i am no longer a student, i thought i had made it clear that despite my graduation, i am still a fan of the lmc. hope that clears it up.

and since i'm here, i'll throw down my pre-season picks.

1. green whites
2. mequonians
3. bird flu
4. engineers
5. crapies
6. nurses
7. friars
8. baptists

poy--u guessed it, bj miller time

gregory:

as a former fan in the LMC, i loved the conf. tourney.  It made the regular season champ prove their title, and gave everyone else, the baptists included, .  the marian upseta chance to go dancing a few years back was one for the ages, and that is what makes college sports so great.  if a reg. season champ can't pull it off in the tourney, (i dont buy the "off night" excuse), then should they be reppin' the LMC?

and true, the tourney is not a huge money maker, but the kids obviously do it for the love of playing.  so let them, and us fans, enjoy one last hooray of the bball season.

biz-natch

p.s. everyone else sucks, 'specially the edgewood bird flu.  wlc takes the title with the largest 6th man backing ever, minus yours truly.

wlcalum

to partly answer your question about the officials being reprimanded, i am pretty sure that each coach fills out paperwork for each ref crew for each game.  how much clout those reviews of the stripes holds w/ conference big whigs--i don't know, but from the looks of it, no changes have been made.

i remember as a captain talking to the refs quite a bit concerning calling penalites, and while you may be bugging the crap out them, they at least know what to look for.

i'm going to the wlc/olivet game this weekend, and will be quite surprised to see more than 2 holding penalites against them the whole game.  i'll even keep track.

hopefully the boys can right this ship before season is done. its gonna have to be a real solid performance on our part just to have a chance.

oh yea, i pick albion

wlcalum:

i was at the albion/wlc game and concur with some of your remarks. the refereeing was not the greatest, they called more holding calls on both teams in the last 5 minutes of the game, (when the score was 41-0) than in the first 55.  however, i also think that wlc did a poor job of trying to get off of blocks and if they had tried to do so, would have attracted attention to the fact that they were being held. 

every offense holds now days, but getting away with holding has a lot to do with what team you are on, and what your personal reputation is in the conference.

for instance, i recall the left tackle from alma, peters #55, a great player in the miaa who played in the d III senior bowl in mexico.  he held, but he was good at it, and had the reputation as being the best lineman in the league going into his junior and senior years. i can't recall one holding call going against him the 2 times we played. 

another would be olivet. with that many people in a compact formation, you could get blatantly held on every play and never get a call just because its too hard for the referee to see it.

i believe teams like wlc and tri-state don't get as much respect from the miaa officials in regards to "getting calls."  thats just what i have seen, and may be a reason for the umps going out of their way to get in the faces of players. i agree w/ wlcalum, the refs handled the game in an unprofessional way, bigtime.

so i'm sure i'm not the only one who has an opinion on this issue, but i had to support the minority voice in the room.

biz

hey, just another wlc alum here, except a former football player as well.  great to see the boys get a 'w' finally, and my man sellers (seiler) get some recog. in the process.

looking around the MIAA, i didn't think that kzoo was hurting that bad to only gain 4 yards on the ground and only 115 overall. wow, i knew they were struggling but not to that extent.

also, how does olivet not even have 1-100 yard rusher?alma's def. must be tough as nails to only give up 190 net rushing yards. that, and alma racked up over 300 yards on the ground, and lambourn having 168 yards on 9 carries and 2 td's is quite impressive.

one more note, i was wondering who made the decisions for players of the week.  follow up question, has there ever been co-players of the week? here is my reasoning:

OFF:  Kehl, WLC--217 yards, 25 rushes, 2td
                            68 yards, 4 receptions, 1td
         Brehm, Alma--43-27-0   311 yards, 4td
DEF:  Lewis, Adrian--6 solo, 1 assist, 3 tackle for loss, 2 of
                                 which were sacks, 1 forced fumble

let me know if any of y'all can help me out, thanks, tha biz