FB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[Mr. Ypsi]

Formerd3db-

It's River FOREST by the way not River Falls.  It's ok, I will forgive you this time.

They felt that naming the school Concorida University of Chicago would bring more students since more people know about Chicago and have heard nothing about River Forest.   I think it's a change for the better.

I guess 'of Chicago' is not TOO dishonest - if I recall correctly, the city line is probably less than a mile away!  (My brother taught at Oak Park-River Forest HS for 30+ years.)

[formerd3db]

Formerd3db-

It's River FOREST by the way not River Falls.  It's ok, I will forgive you this time.

They felt that naming the school Concorida University of Chicago would bring more students since more people know about Chicago and have heard nothing about River Forest.   I think it's a change for the better.

Formerd3db-

It's River FOREST by the way not River Falls.  It's ok, I will forgive you this time.

They felt that naming the school Concorida University of Chicago would bring more students since more people know about Chicago and have heard nothing about River Forest.   I think it's a change for the better.

I guess 'of Chicago' is not TOO dishonest - if I recall correctly, the city line is probably less than a mile away!  (My brother taught at Oak Park-River Forest HS for 30+ years.)

baseman201:

My apologies.   I knew I was going to make that mistake in typing in River Falls instead of River Forest (believe it or not, I do know the difference between those schools in WI and IL i.e. both Concordias and the UW-RF)!  I guess in my rush to post, I inadvertantly typed in just what I wanted to avoid.  Sorry.  Anyway, I think you are probably right about the name change.  Hopefully, with the new fb staff and facilities, they can improve the program.  I remember playing them "way back when" in my day.  Best of luck to them this year.

Mr. Ypsi:

I think you are right also.  Yes, it is just a few thousand feet away basically.  Nice area though.  BTW, hope all is well with you and yours.

[baseman201]

haha, ok I forgive you just this once.

Yeah, the border to Chicago is just down the street, but close enough right??

yeah, I think Pries will pull it together with everyone he is bringing in.  But no one will know until the season starts now will we.

Mr. Ypsi-

Your brother taught there huh?  See if he knows a teacher there named Todd Black.  He was an old coach of ours and played for River Forest back in the mid 80s (when we were a winning team).  He even made the Chicago Bears roster and played a couple games for them.  Anyhow, ask your brother if he knows anything of him.

[TruCountry95]

The smell of Fall Football is in the air! The sound of pads popping and play calling is echoing out of every football College and University in the Nation. 

The Illini-Badger Conf. last year had a good showing. Lakeland and Con-Wisc, battled it out while sleeping giants of Aurora and Greenville awoke and gave Lakeland and Conc-WISC conference title hope scares that someone may have to share. Then the rest of the IBC looked forward to Winter Break and next season.

This year a similar picture will develope as Greenville will make a STRONG run for the IBC Championship Title. 

Greenville took some SR losses this season, but regained because each of those SR's were sharing alot of playing with their 2006 replacements.
QB Lee Thompson is gone but to fill his shoes will be Dominic Kegal. Conc-WISC remembers "Dom" for the 61yd pass he threw to Bryson Taylor to give GC the lead with 4:00 remaining in the game.  "Dom" is back and so is his run and gun technique that makes him look like a white Michael Vick.

The huge GC Offensive Line is all back this fall with exception of Derek Robinsion. He shared playing time as a result of injuries with Aaron Mingo and Casey Schwartzlose who both return this season as "Shake & Bake".

Defensive will be quick and big like last year. The DL all return this season and Mark Shopp returns also. QB's from around the IBC remember him because he picked off 1 or 2 of their passes. 

My Predictions this year for the IBC  is....

1) Greenville College Panthers
2) Lakeland College
3) Aurora
4) Concordia WIS
5) McMurray
6) Eureka
7) Benedictine
8) Concordia (IL)

Good Luck to everyone in the IBC this year and God Bless!!!

[79jaybird]

Truecountry95,

While I agree Greenville is going to be better and an exciting group,  I wouldn't put them into the 1 or 2 category yet.  That's not to say I don't think they are capable of getting there, I think they have a lot of "ifs" on defense to sort out first.
Yes, there O-Line will be a strong anchor, but I focus more on the D-Line. (and that goes for all teams)  Each and every team needs a strong D-Line because there has to be penetration and a D-Line presence, otherwise the opposing Offense is going to have a field day.  For Greenville's sake, I hope they prove me wrong and finish at the top.

[superstar]

aurora u all the way....  bar none.  arent they always favored?  ha.   

[Doctor Swole]

Long-time viewer, first-time poster.

I'm curious as to why Benedictine isn't up there on everyone's lists. Can someone answer that?

Last year, people on here were saying how now that Benedictine has a new coach in Cooper that they would be so much better, etc.

Well...they won 2 more games last year than the year before...so why aren't people acting THIS year on the board like they were LAST year?

BU has basically the same team this year. They lost two key players....the rest return. In addition, they have added some 50 freshman/transfers....giving them their biggest numbers in years.

So my question is....why aren't people singing Benedictine's praises like they were last year? Is it that these same people last year found out that they were wrong, or what?

[Gomer Pyle]

Doctor Swole:  Easy.   If you`ve noticed this site hasn`t woken up yet.
     Any day now the pronosticators will come alive and i`m sure somebody
     will bring up BU.
    As far as last year goes BU did rise from the ashes (sort of) and win more games. I`d say their biggest win was against an under achieving
   MacMurray team. 
   You said in part,".......why aren`t people singing Benedictine`s praises......
   ..." to that i say, if they do "something" this year they`ll get it.
   Potential and results are to different things. If BU has a good year the fat-
  lady will sing their praises no doubt.
   
     

[79jaybird]

Just because you have brought in a new coach. (And I think Cooper is a very good coach with a good fb mind), doesn't mean you will instantly rise to success.
I usually tell people it takes 3-4 years when you bring in a new coaching staff.
Until Benedictine starts putting together consistency (and not just W's),  they will not be having a chorus of singers backing them up.
I think Benedictine will be better, but they will still have the "old" image with them, until they start winning ballgames and improving.

[FatalImpact]

You see the thing with BU last year was that they had nowhere to go but up and this board recognized that.......This yaer they will need to step up.......they dont rate high due to history.......My preseason list stiil holds true for me....check the archives if u wanna see.............

[Doctor Swole]

To Gomer:

Well I asked why people aren't singing Benedictine's praises because last year at this time...people (especially AU alums) were acting as if Benedictine was going to meet Mount Union in the Stagg Bowl (obviously an exaggeration) because of the hiring of Cooper. So in turn, I question why after an improvement of last season (of the record)....why aren't they getting similar treatment (if not better) than last preseason? Especially when they've only lost 2 key players.

To 79:

I agree....just because you bring in a new coach doesn't mean you will instantly rise to success. But, I remember reading last year (as I said to Gomer above) about how Cooper is this great coach (mostly by AU players), etc.

I figured that AU "chorus" would be back again. Where are they?

Also, I just noticed that Benedictine has dropped Carthage and added North Park to try and weaken their schedule. Will that be a good game considering North Park has improved with the help of Mike Holmgren's donations to upgrade the NPU facilities?

[79jaybird]

Doctor Swole,  I was somewhat surprised when I saw IBC dropped Carthage to pick up North Park.  I don't know what the ground(s) were for this change and would be interested in finding out.
North Park, while their record the last few years has not been great, is not a team to take lightly!  Ask Elmhurst or some of the other schools where NPU has nearly upset the favorite the last few years.
IMO, I think North Park is at a higher level than IBC right now, but again anything could happen.
IBC plays Elmhurst/North Park/North Central from the CCIW.  Not a bad 3 game non conf. slate.  There have been talks in the past of having Benedictine join the CCIW (mostly due to geography), but nothing ever availed.

[Chili dog]

who are the two key players that BU has lost?  Id think there was more than jsut 2.  Bob sanchez has a huge sack.

[Doctor Swole]

Jaybird,

It was not a surprise to me when I heard BU dropped Carthage, considering Carthage has dropped BU big 3 years in a row. I think the grounds were simple...they knew they had no chance at competing with Carthage, so rather than play one of the best in the CCIW, play one of the worst. And no, that is not to say North Park is bad, because North Park would be right smack in the middle in the IBFC.

As for your other comment, I have never heard such a thing, but that is honestly scary. If BU were to join the CCIW, that would be silly. They are already one of the worst teams in the IBC, which is probably the worst conference in the nation. One could only imagine how bad they would be in one of the top conferences.

[Genius]

79jaybird,

your post shows your lack of research or knowledge of the conference. Greenville had one of the better defenses in the conference. Neither CUW nor Lakeland scored more than 19 against them. Behind CUW, i beleive that have the best DL coming back. All 3 starters are back, 1team all conference #65 had 9.5 sacks last year.

Unless they lost a bunch of people in the offseason they had a bunch of starters coming back on Defense. The question is whether they will have an offense this season. Because they certainly didn't have one last year.

1. CUW
2. Lakeland
3. GC
4. Bene
5. Aurora
6. Mac
7. Eureka
8. CURF

i put lakeland at #2 off general principle. But they have the most of any team to replace.