FB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[Gomer Pyle]

 Got this information from the College Football Data warehouse site.
   Only looked at a few schools but found it interesting none the less.
   The data is about wins,losses,winning percentages, how long the school has been playing football, etc.  Listed in no order I might add.
   (1) MacMurray: 1985-2008
      88 wins   60 losses
      winning percentage....0.595
   (2) Aurora: 1913-2006
        77 wins  70 losses
      winning percentage...0.523
   (3)  Con Wis: 1970-2006
        105 wins  51 posses
      winning percentage...0.671
    (4)  BU: 1942-2006
        68 wins   110 losses
       Winning percentage...0.385

    Any comments??

[neweraibfc]

I'd say that if BU was a single baseball player, it's batting average would be decent.  They seem to be on the right track to turning things around up there, but it's going to take a long curve to catch up to the others. 

Who's ready for some football?

[team/respect]

I would have to say that these win loss don't surprise me at all. I mean how can you not expect CUW to be the team, they are strong and have put up good showings. I also find that Mac's record is shocking, I did not think that they would have that good of a record and I went to their sight and found out that they have had good teams in the past even though they have played some lower teams. I would love to know the rest of the conference. And who is the best out there among the teams?

[79jaybird]

In many ways Benedictine is in the same situation as North Park is in our conference.  They have brought in a good coach who has the right vision, they have started to attract players and recruit more suitable figures,  however, they are 2-3 steps behind the rest of the pack in their conference.  The 2-3 steps behind is not necessarily their fault, just the realities with the nature of the sport. 
I think BU will be much better this year and be competitive in most games.  There are a few schools which might get the better of them, however the Eagles should be able to hang with most of the IBFC Teams.

[Cougswillwin]

Please keep Coach Bob Conwell's family in your thoughts and prayers.  Coach Conwell passed away On June 20th.  I am not sure about what happened for sure, but I am assuming he was still battling a liver disease that nearly took his life two summers ago.  Coach Conwell was a great guy, one of the nicest guys I have ever met.  He will definately be missed!



A couple of "Bobism's".......

"Let's get out of Dodge."
"You gotta."
"Are they good? Yeah....Are they great? No."


Anybody else with any more "Bobism's" I would love to hear them and I know there are other people on here that would love to hear them too.  Once again, please keep his family in your prayers.  RIP Coach Conwell.

[Fartcus Smellwood]

RIP Bob Conwell, you were not only a great person but a wonderful coach. You brought many smiles to Concordia's football team as the defensive coordinator and as the head coach. You will always be remembered here at CUC. Benedictine, sorry for your losses as you guys lost a great coach as well.

please keep the Conwell family in your prayers...

one "Bobism" I always ran into was the the shoulder shrug while saying, "well, you gotta be." and he always wore the jogging suits.

[79jaybird]

I had a chance to speak with Coach Conwell on numerous occasions.  He was a courageous, fearless man who did not let his illness stop him from doing what he loved to do in life.  Peace to Bob and condolences and prayers to his family and friends.

[team/respect]

I also had a chance to speak once or twice with coach Conwell. He always had good advice and you know what really set him aside from most coaches, From what I could tell, was that he cared for all his players, he never really had favorites. And he always loved when football season was around and you could tell that he was a little down when the season ended, I hope that they dedicate that field to him.

[79jaybird]

Which field?  Coach Conwell was a coach at Carthage, Concordia (IL), and Benedictine.  He was a great man that touched many lives.
On this note, I was looking for his obituary in the newspapers this weekend and couldn't find it.  Anybody know which day/which paper I could find his obit?

[team/respect]

I believe that Concordia Chicago is the one that should do so. Again this is just an opinion.

[Mr. Ypsi]

An obituary has been posted on the CCIW board.

[79jaybird]

Well it would have to be CUC or Benedictine, because Carthage is already named Art Keller Field after their legendary coach in the 60's/70's.  IMO, if you had to pick CUC or Ben I would agree with Team/Respect that the Cougars' field should be named. 
Perhaps  Conwell Cougar Athletic Field ??

[team/respect]

That name sounds great. Fits really well together.

[Fartcus Smellwood]

There are two things....1.) It would be a nice deal to name Concordia's Field after Coach Conwell just because he was such an inspiring guy to his players here at CUC and cared for them so much. 2.) I doubt that they do name the field after Coach Conwell because he was fired by whoever here at CUC.
If it were up to the players, it might be done in a heartbeat because the team only has a few select guys who are playing out their last year on the team, all the other guys are alumni 1-3 years already. Since it is up to the school it will never happen because...well, he was fired and probably disliked by some. I don't understand how a guy like Coach Conwell was disliked but sometimes the school wants to go one direction and the Coach wants to go another and that doesn't fly well with some.

I would however, like to see it named after him since he was a great guy and coach. I played for Coach Conwell and never once had a problem with the guy. It was a good time to sit in his office and chat with him for an hour or so, much laughter came from that office.

[team/respect]

You know Marcus you have a great point. The administration was probably upset because of the win loss ratio.

But what the administration doesn't realize is that he was a coach who could help his players with other problems in their life. I know he gave me some great advice and I was not a player.

It just goes to show you that good coaches like that are hard to find and that they are a dieing breed.