Timewilltell - I would love to go see GC play Blackburn or see GC play in any game.  However, I am now living in Washington State so obviously won't make it.

speaking of rosters......the Greenville roster is now posted on their website, I counted 93 players on it.

according to the roster I saw, nobody is wearing #9 this year

Gomer.....I just looked at the Mac roster for this year after you pointed out that it is now posted.  Yes, the numbers go to #94 however I also noticed that not every number is used, with several numbers skipped so when you actually count the names, I came up with 53

I am a Greenville alum and used to work for the Football team as a student manager.  I have kept quiet because I am now living in WA and don't know much about the current team other than what you guys already know, however I should say that on the greenville website, I have seen the list of Greenville Football recruits and so for the fun of it, on my own I have done websearches on them.  I realize on paper it is one thing, and on the collegiate football field it is another thing, but I should say that some of the recruits do look pretty impressive.  Here is one of them, a guy who could possibly step in to replace Bryson Taylor at WR. http://www.democratherald.com/articles/2006/11/16/sports/high_school/4prep01_fred.txt

I have no stats or anything, as I was working and could not listen.....but final from Greenville......... Greenville 44 - Blackburn 13

Here is a curiosity ? - I just learned from the Washington University Media Guide (in opponent information for the season) that Greenville has 42 letter winners and 17 starters returning this season.  Anybody know about the other IBC schools - how many letter winners returning? how many starters?

as a Greenville fan, sounds like a great move, it will be nice to be able to stay in the same conference for all sports.  I remeber the last seaon of competion with the SLIAC there were co-champs with MacMurray, Greenville, and I believe Westminster all being co-champs.  I am curious why Principia is the other school chosen for the north division, why not one that is further north, like a Eureka or Mac?

This does not have to do with Basketball per-sey, but on the d3football.com page the headline is that the SLIAC conference is going to be sponsoring Football again starting in 2008.  There are 4 schools from Minnesota (Martin Luther, Minnesota-Morris, Crown and Northwestern) that will join, creating 2 divisions.  Principia will join them to create the north division, Greenville, Blackburn, Wesminster, Eureka and MacMurray will make up the south division.  As far as Basketball goes, I believe these new schools will still stay in the UMAC so it will have no effect.  Rich Meckfessel, the SLIAC commish says "Even the four SLIAC schools that do not play football are enthusiastic about this."

Big_Uns - as of now the SLIAC Conference does not sponsor Football, they did at one point and then dispanded that when Principia went Independent (then joined UMAC) Westminster and Blackburn joined UMAC.  Currently Greenville and MacMurray hold dual affiliation with the SLIAC for all sports except Football and IBC for Football.  You are correct in that Eureka is joining the SLIAC but they will still stick with the IBC for football until it is disbanded.

I found this post from November 2005, on the UMAC post pattern from Matt Hill, AD at Northwestern College in MN and commishioner of the UMAC conference....

It looks as though the SLIAC and UMAC conference football teams are going to form a new football alliance under the SLIAC name starting in 2008.  By 2010 the league will have an AQ.

A meeting was held in St. Louis on Monday and the presidents and athletic directors from the UMAC and SLIAC colleges have tentatively agreed on a 10-team 2-divison league.

The league will add MacMurray, Greenville, and Eureka, and lose Rockford and Marantha to the Lake Michigan

On a side note (that I am posting) not the commish - the UMAC currently has a "dome day" that is played in the Metrodome at the end of the season to determine the conference champion, with the 2 divisions, it would not surprise me to possibly rotate the dome day every other year between the Metrodome and Edward Jones Dome (home of the Rams) in St. Louis.

fcnews - William Jewell is located in Liberty, MO (north of Kansas City), would that be too far especially for most of the IL schools etc.

Hope - thanks for your analysis - great stuff!!!

Thanks for the info, I appreciate it.  I am aware of the Blackburn program having served as a student equipment manager for the Football team at Greenville from '97 to '00.

I hear that Blackburn is without a coach right now, anybody else know anything?