FB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[Gomer Pyle]

Catch22: Your "Predictions" are duly noted. 
     
baseman201:  Sounds like you know a thing or two about Jacksonville and or MacMurray.
  About Blackburn, don`t be to quick to concede the win To Mac.
  I`d say the game will be a toss -up. 
 

not_in_myhouse: You said," I`m picking them( MacMurray) to win the Conference Championship."
  As that is so intellectually penetrating,  maybe you can elaborate on how/why you came to that possible conclusion.      
   
   

[79jaybird]

I was not implying that just because some famous people attending MacMurray, qualifies it as a dump/not a dump.  I was implying that many famous people thought high enough of the college to invest 4 years of their lives at that insitution.  Obviously, they did not think the place is/was a dump.
I have been to MacMurray 2-3 times and did not think the college and town of Jacksonville were dumps.  Rural, one horse towns yes- but not dumps.

[catch22]

Gomer,

Do you any predictions for incoming season? Last year of the Illini-Badger Conference? Who will win it?

[79jaybird]

The way I see the IBFC's final year winding up is this
1) Concordia WI 
2) Aurora
3) Benedictine
4) Lakeland
5) Greenville
6) Concordia
7/8 Eureka or MacMurray

Interesting matchup when Concordia WI  faces off against North Central in the rematch from last year's playoffs. We will get a chance to see if both teams are as good (or better) than last year's group.

[illinihscoach05]

Mac will always beat Blackburn - they get better players from Florida usually, Chicago area, and from programs up north in Illinois.  Blackburn on the other hand usually relies on players from smaller programs in the central and southern regions of Illinois and thus are seldom competitive.  Blackburn has only beaten Mac once, in 1995 with the best team that Blackburn ever had.  That was also the year Blackburn defeated Illinois College for the only victory in that series.  For all their hype from this new coach, who came from Oregon and has NOT impressed many coaches in central and other regions of Illinois (making RECRUITING PITCHES at clinics that he was supposed to be talking about techniques etc. to HS coaches in the area).  I have heard about their recruiting class for this fall.  Not really impressive!  Mac wins this game by 2 - 3 TD's and I feel will win some others as well.

[Gomer Pyle]

79jaybird:  You said in part,"Rural one horse towns yes-but not dumps."
    Your observation is on the record.   
    Looks like you and baseman201 do agree on some things.
   
   
     

[Pat Coleman]

illinihscoach, you are already on the record as not liking this guy. Perhaps you were passed over for the job? You seem a little bitter.

Nice article about the new "savior" at Blackburn - guy lost his job because a bunch of players at Lewis & Clark in Oregon quit and the Prez cut the program in MID-SEASON (yes-MID SEASON) then told this so called "guru" to take a hike!  Now he is going to be the guy to rebuild a "struggling" Blackburn program.  Yeah right!  The idiot president at what many around here call "Dumb-burn" and the "Bumblin'Beavers" hires this guy who thinks he is some kind of god in the coaching profession without checking up on him - check out the AD she hired too.  What a mess!

[Gomer Pyle]

Gomer,

Do you any predictions for incoming season? Last year of the Illini-Badger Conference? Who will win it?

like I said, yours is sound. I `ll wait a bit till there is more information to
   be had before I weigh in.
   Last year was a good one for some of the "also" rans in the IBC.
    A little bit of parity and this final year could be interesting.   

[Gomer Pyle]

illinihscoach:
    Mac, on average, over the past 5 years has beaten Blackburn by the
    score of 36-11. 
    Plus Blackburn only has an enrollment of about 585 as shown on the D-3 site.  Small school, as I`m sure you are aware of.
    You said in part," Mac will always beat Blackburn,"  As the facts tend to
    back you up,  your pick for this year of winning by 14-21 points seems
    safe.   
    As bad as Mac has been the last few years beating Blackburn this year
   may well be their only win. Maybe. Not much to be said about that. 
    One last thought. When they (Mac) move to their new conference, I
      truly believe the other schools will treat them  like the proverbial rented
     mule.
     
         
     

[baseman201]

See Jaybird, we agree more then you would like to think.

Thank you Gomer.

I predict CUW winning it this year, though I have this feeling that Greenville has a great shot.  But like most teams in the past, the first round is as far as any team from the IBC will go....unfortunately.

[Pat Coleman]

    One last thought. When they (Mac) move to their new conference, I
      truly believe the other schools will treat them  like the proverbial rented
     mule.

The SLIAC? I think you overestimate the SLIAC. Remember, Principia and Eureka will be in that league.

[Gomer Pyle]

    One last thought. When they (Mac) move to their new conference, I
      truly believe the other schools will treat them  like the proverbial rented
     mule.

The SLIAC? I think you overestimate the SLIAC. Remember, Principia and Eureka will be in that league.

    My bad.  Eureka has given Mac some good tussels over time 
    but the ending is always the same.........They get the "L."
    Principia gets "E" for effort.  Can`t think of anything else.
    I still think Mac gets treated like a rented mule.
     Slow day Pat?     
   

[Titanwatcher]

illinihscoach, you are already on the record as not liking this guy. Perhaps you were passed over for the job? You seem a little bitter.

Nice article about the new "savior" at Blackburn - guy lost his job because a bunch of players at Lewis & Clark in Oregon quit and the Prez cut the program in MID-SEASON (yes-MID SEASON) then told this so called "guru" to take a hike!  Now he is going to be the guy to rebuild a "struggling" Blackburn program.  Yeah right!  The idiot president at what many around here call "Dumb-burn" and the "Bumblin'Beavers" hires this guy who thinks he is some kind of god in the coaching profession without checking up on him - check out the AD she hired too.  What a mess!

Am I the only one who wants to know what Pat does?

[raiderguy]

Just a shout out for Illini-Badger Conference hitting page 200. Congratulations.

Would Lakeland be a favorite to win the conference this year if Coach Z was still there? They will sure have a test again this year with WW as the opener.  

[Pat Coleman]

I tend to remember posters who rag on coaches from Maryland to Oregon.