FB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[au dad]

Here is all you need to know about AU today.

6 INTS, 3 Fumbles and a blocked punt!!!

You are NEVER going to win doing that!!!

[WLCALUM83]

au dad--

Believe me, WLC can relate, the Warrior's earlier home game against Concordia-WI WLC was the team committing the turnovers!

[au dad]

WLC--

Please don't take that as a slam on WLC. When a team turns it over that much, you have to capitalize to win. WLC did and deserves all the credit for causing all those turnovers...and AU deserves all the BLAME!!

[WLCALUM83]

No offense taken.

[tm343407]

Btw Pat,

Concordia (IL) scored the two-point conversion in the second overtime to win the game. On the front page, it says it was in the first overtime.

[OldMan-IBFC5146]

Wow, I must say I am impressed.  I certainly was shocked when I heard CUC beat CUW, in 2OT no less.  What a gutsy call to go for 2, but it paid off.  Congrats to CUC on the huge win.  I was equally impressed by the performance of WLC against AU.  The conference is certainly turning around and becoming more evenly matched.  I look forward to seeing what happens in the coming weeks.  It looks as if the conference is CUC's for the taking.  I will be most interested to see how a team that has never been on top responds to the challenges of two pretty decent teams that could play spoilers in the hunt for the NAC title.  Good luck in the coming weeks to all of the teams.

MY PICKS-WEEK 9
WLC over BU:  WLC's defensive front shuts down the BU run game and propels them to a close win.  27-21
RC over MBBC:  RC's defense is the difference in a close one between these two struggling clubs.  21-14
CUW over LC:  CUW rebounds after a heartbreaker and shuts down their rivals from the north.  24-14
AU over CUC:  This will not be a popular pick, but going to AU after the tough game could be a trap for CUC.  31-28

[dizzle52]

Does anyone know what happened to Aurora? Injuries? Are some people not playing that should be? They have really been a disappointment.

Congrats to CUC on a really big win! All they have to do is win out and they are headed to the playoffs

AU lost a lot of key players for their NAC championship a year ago....mostly on the line....and you are not going to win a ton of games if you can't run the ball or protect the qb....and of course 10 turnovers in one game is impossible to win behind

[old 40]

Congrats to CUC, from what I have seen it was the game of the season so far. Your 2 wins from the playoffs.

Also congrats to WLC in their stunner against AU. I was at the game and came away saying this team has really improved over the last 3 years. IMHO they have the 2nd best QB in the NAC and only a freshman. Their running game was a good 1-2 punch.

AU can't make those errors and be in any game. I know they lost some linemen but they should be able to reload as they have had good recruiting classes the last 3 years. They have 2 good RB's. Looks like they have not found out how to use them. Someone needs to coach the line up. If they figure it out they may be able to pull off a upset this week over CUC and win their last game over an average LC team. A team they hammered last year.

Old Man-IBFC5146

I think you may be right on the AU/CUC game. Could be an emotional let down for them and on AU Senior day could be a big boost for AU.

I also thinki CUW will handle LC this year as they only beat MBBC 19-0. CUW have their senior QB back and I think he is pretty good and does not make errors. I saw him against AU last year and he almost pulled the game out. He should be able to pass all over the LC secondary like the CUC team did.

[WLCALUM83]

WLCALUM83's guesses:

WLC:  (hopefully a bit more motivated, after Benedictine came back from 10 pts down on them last year).
Maranatha:
Concordia-WI;
Concordia-Chicago

[RFMichigan]

So while walking the dog last night I was thinking about the possible "conference champion scenarios" that could play out in the NAC. Very simply, if CUC and CUW or Lakeland win out they tie for the conference championship and CUC (?) gets the AQ. But according to my late night brain, there are still a TON of possibilities! I believe that there are five teams realistically still in the hunt for at least a tie for the championship. I think I even figured out a way that there would be a four-way tie for first at the end of the year. (So I'm not even going to ask how the AQ gets figured out then.)

Should be an interesting two weeks.

[old 40]

My Guesses for the week

RC &MBBC- MBBC in a close game 21-18

WLC &BU- WLC slips by by throwing the bal 28-24. BU shuts down the run.

CUW &LC- CUW wins cheese bowl 20-14. LC offense folds under pressure.

AU &CUC- AU surprises a flat CUC team on alast minute FG 31-28. AU needs to win out to gain respectability for the year.

Good Luck to everyones team.

[baseman201]

Just got an update

CUC - 14
AU - 0

3 minutes into the game.......

Wow what a difference a year makes

[baseman201]

CUC - 28
AU - 6

[Eyeinthesky]

Half Time of the LC CUW game

23 LC to 13 CUW.



Sounds like LC's offense is firing lasers and CUW's Offense isn't doing enough to punch it in.

[Eyeinthesky]

Some Halftime stats:

LC total yards 226, CUW 111
LC Time of Possession 18:00, CUW 12:00