FB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[baseman201]

Wow, 16 pts, WLC shut down the run and Marotta threw 4 INTs, ouch.

[old 40]

I caught the AU and BU game. Congrats to Coach Cooper and his BU Eagles. This is the 4th. time I have seen these 2 teams play and thought they looked the best since he has been there. Good hard fought game.

I thought AU struggled with their Defense especially on the line.  I thought the AU Defense would completely shut down the BU Offense. They will have to improve. AU will bounce back and get CUW in 2 weeks. Should be another Gret game.

Looks like WLC is going to be tough to beat. They have a big time receiver with a very good running game. They should roll till their mathc with CUW.

[old 40]

Guesses for this week OCt. 10

MBBC at AU- AU rebounds strongly 46-12.

RC at CUC- CUC rebounds 56-13

BU at CUW- Game of the week, BU always plays them tough. CUW eeks out win 21-20 OT

WLC at LC- Very close game. WLC has 2 very good RB's, a great receiver maybe the best in the league and a very good QB. WLC28-LC27.

[WLCALUM83]

WLCALUM83's 10/10 guesses:

Aurora
Concordia-Chicago
Concordia-WI in tight one
Lakeland--(could look like a "trap" game for WLC-potential to be an interesting battle, but I don't expect the Muskies to lose their Homecoming game.

[dizzle52]

Picks for the week:

AU all over MBBC

CUC lights up the scoreboard on RC

BU upsets CUW

WLC ruins LC's homecoming

[baseman201]

44-9 CUC all over RC,

Marotta tears it up through the air again,

what were some other scores?

[old 40]

Intersting area to check out. The strength of schedule area. Through 5 games. CUW is based on 4 because of the Valpo game 1AA(not a region game)

SCHOOL     RECORD        OPP.WIN%     OPP.OPP.WIN%
CUC              4-1                .250                 .478
AU                3-2                 .240                .516
CUW             2-2*              .525                 .434
LC                 2-3                .633                 .479
WLC              2-3                .550                 .393
BU                 2-3                .517                 .448
RC                 0-5                .423                 .387
MBBC            0-5                 .387                 .373

I don't know exactly what all this says other than some of the NAC teams played schools that have good records and some schools played some teams with poor win %. I see AU's opp. opp. have a good winning %, the best of any of the other schools opp. opp. win %.
     

[OldMan-IBFC5146]

Glad to be on here finally.  So were at the half way point and we see CUC at the top of the mountain.  Well do not worry because the second half will prove that this conference has changed, but not as much as it looks like. Here are my predictions for how the season will end.

1.  CUW 7-3(7-0)  No one is beating these guys in the NAC.  Did I mention one of those losses is to a D-1A school in Valpo by only 3 points?  This team is going to absolutley going to crush everyone but LC.  Benedictine was a fluke.  Once again they will win out.  Cream of the Crop.
2.  Lakeland 6-4(6-1)  Only loss will be to CUW.  Their offense seems to be clicking on all cylinders and the defense looks just as good, if not better than the team we saw after the fluke CUC upset last year.  A solid team that will crush everyone but the Falcons.
3.  Benedictine 6-4(5-2)  A very good football team, not pretenders like CUC.  Huge win against AU will pay dividends.  Cooper has done a nice job getting numbers and some really good players to make their physical style of play a moderate success in the NAC.
4.  Aurora 6-4(4-3) The BU game will hurt them, but so will LC and CUW.  A good team but not dominate by any means.  The Aurora we are used to seeing, that big nasty physical team, is just not there anymore and it will show.
5.  WLC 4-6(3-4)  Not a bad team at all, but still with the bottom feeders of the NAC.  A very good running game and a fairl good defense should keep them in a few contests, but they still have a way to go before they can be considered contenders.
6.  CUC 5-5(3-4)  A team that should probably be undefeated right now, CUC goes back to form the 2nd half.  The cupcake schedule they had will be exposed the last half of the season, along with their undersized defense and shaky, undiscipline offense, as we saw against WLC.  This is not the same old CU, but it is not the real deal just yet.
7.  Maranatha 1-9(1-6) I have no idea who to pick for the bottom of the barrel, but from what I hear and read Rockford is about as bad as it gets.  Keep in mind the date, 11-7-09 because Rockford and MBBC square off that day in the NAC's version of the Toilet Bowl.
8.  Rockford  0-10(0-7)  No offense.  No Defense.  No chance.

Hopefully this board gets going again.  It has been kind of dead as of late.  I have been reading this thing for about 6 years now and always had wanted to get in on the discussion.  Hope to hear back from some of you guys.

[OldMan-IBFC5146]

WEEK 7 PICKS

BU v MBBC
The Eagles run all over Maranatha all day.  42-7

CUW v AU
The Falcons play a close one for a while but pull away late in the game.  28-13

WLC v RC
The Warriors do anything they want against the Regents.  56-7

CUC v LC
The Muskies avenge last year and more as the dominate the Cougars.  42-14

With the exception the CUW/AU game it could be a pretty boring week of football in the NAC.  The only game I admit I could be wrong about is CUC, but I just dont see a young, small, and weak CUC team sneaking up on Lakeland again.

[old 40]

IBFC5146

Welcome to the board. Must be a former CUW player. The Falcons have certainly been a very consistent good team in the last 10 years.

I thought you were right on with some of your comments. I don't know if anyone will go 7-0 this year. Maybe a 3 way tie like 2004. CUW will be very dangerous and I like their chances. If they win this week, I agree that they will coast the rest of the season.

IMO, AU has not come on like I thought they would. They are missing the QB they had last year along with some other very key players on both sides of the ball. BU is really improved from what I saw at the AU game and was very impressed, I think they will win out and finish in 2nd. Don't know much about the LC group and no one on the board ever comments on them. WLC will sneak up on someone this year if you are not ready for them.

You might be a bit too critical on CUC. I say give them a chance. They are 4-1 and we will see how they handle CUW, AU and LC. I think they will get LC worse than last year. but will get pounded by AU and CUW.

Again welcome and look forward to your continued observations. Good Luck to your CUW Falcons this week. Predictions later.

[old 40]

Congrats to the CUC Cougars.

Nice article on the Around the Region-Midwest. Sounds like they are on the march to the championship. Their offense is racking up points and yards on everyone. Looks like no one has stopped them or figured them out, the stats are quite impressive. They mentioned that their defense has found a stopper in their NT with their two ILB. Sounds like its their year.

Great for a NAC team to get some print for a feature article. Check it out.

[dizzle52]

Picks for the week:

BU kills MBBC

AU squeaks by CUW in a great game

RC is terrible.  WLC destroys them

LC over CUC
I've watched CUC be a really bad team for too many years to buy into the cougar hype yet

[WLCALUM83]

WLCALUM83's guesses:

Benedictine
Aurora
WLC
Lakeland

[old 40]

Guesses for this week;

AU at CUW; The game of the week. Defense anyone. AU wins in OT 20-17

WLC at RC; WLC buries Rockford 38-7

CUC at LC; Does Cougar magic work again this year? They are on a roll. CUC wins 52-48 on last second screen pass.

MBBC at BU. BU in a romp 48-6.

[JRicks16]

Tomorrow should tell us alot in this conference.

I say AU in a tight one
WLC in an easy one
And CUC shows they are for real tomorrow