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[old 40]

Look it up

You are very right. It was an amassing year for CUC. Their coach has done a great job putting this program in the right direction. They were down for many years.

Hats off, also, to BU and WLC. Both had very good seasons and look to be moving up in the league. WLC will be a factor for the championship of the NAC.

[Wags40-LC]

My picks in August 14th
1. Lakeland
2. Aurora
3. CUW
4. CUC
5. Benedictine
6. WLC
7. Rockford
8 Marantha

Final  Standings
1. LC
2. CUC
3. Benedictine
4. CUW
5. WLC
6. Aurora
7. Rockford
8. MBBC

After playing in this Conference four four years and CUC proved a lot of people wrong. OLD 40 and the rest of you AU followers. I don't know what happened from this year to last, but they were a dissapointment to say the least.

Can't say I was glad to see AU get shut out after celebrating the championship last year. Mind you players spit and gave inappropiate gestures to the Lakeland fans last year. Glad to know dispite not having the nicest stadium, we're at least humble, well-mannered, classier, and quite frankly the better team this year. Can you see us now Aurora posters. Best of luck getting your program back together.

Think LC owes Benedictine some gratitude after pulling out that victory vs CUC. The celebration when that was announced after the dominanting victory vs AU was terrific.

Proud of Lakeland for their accomplishments this year. This team puts in the morning lifts, extra time after practice doing sprints, and reviews film on their own among doing hours of homework. Here at Lakeland we don't celebrate the nicest stadium or facilities, we celebrate the work eithic, and dedication our teams have.

These guys are hungry and everyone can say what they want but they are going to come after Whitewater. There's some guys on the offense that can make some plays, got some hustlers on special teams, and if the Defense can show up and come full force we will be in good shape. Make a miarcle happen. Stranger things have happened. Zebrowski's offense is predictable anyway.

[FalconsFootball]

As always, I want to see the rep for this conference do well in the playoffs, but this will not be the year.  

LC lost to those two playoff teams by just over 3 touchdowns each.  

As a player, I have faced Zebrowski's offenses, and agree they are predictable.  But when you have the horses, it is still hard to stop.

CUW is a classic example, we had one of the most predictable offenses in the conference, teams would literally call out our plays before the snap.  However most teamns could not stop us anyways, thanks to the rediculous talent on that side of the ball.  

I wish LC the best of luck, play hard and enjoy it, you never know if you'll have another chance at this great experience!

[dizzle52]

"we're at least humble, well-mannered, classier"

This just makes me laugh...I don't think anybody but a brainwashed LC fan/ex-player would believe a word of this....hahahaha

The coaches in the NAC would definitely say that LC is the least humble, well-mannered, and classy team in the conference

Either way who cares...the season is over and LC is the NAC champs....they were the best team at the end and that's all that matters...

As for CUC....once again....good year....good team.....definitely not great....who cares about how many yards they gained/gave up or how many turnovers they caused/committed or any stats for that matter....all it comes down to is they didn't win when it really mattered....when it came down to the conference championship game, they did not play like a conference champion...and that is why they started their offseason....

[dizzle52]

to everyone... if ifs and buts were candies and nuts we would all have a merry Christmas.

good luck to Lakeland and Congratulations for doing what they had to do the whole season to earn it.

You are a wise man Terry

[Blutarsky]

to everyone... if ifs and buts were candies and nuts we would all have a merry Christmas.

good luck to Lakeland and Congratulations for doing what they had to do the whole season to earn it.

You are a wise man Terry

.....and if my Aunt Chris had a pair, she'd be my Uncle Joe.

[bleedpurple]

These guys are hungry and everyone can say what they want but they are going to come after Whitewater. There's some guys on the offense that can make some plays, got some hustlers on special teams, and if the Defense can show up and come full force we will be in good shape. Make a miarcle happen. Stranger things have happened. Zebrowski's offense is predictable anyway.

Wags,
Every program needs loyal backers. You back Lakeland and I back UWW. I have no doubt Lakeland will bring full effort against UWW. If that's what you mean by this statement, I have no disagreement. If you think for a moment that Lakeland will be able to dictate tempo, exert any control over the line of scrimmage, be the more physical or aggressive team, or any such thing, then i'm afraid you don't have a clue what is about to happen to your team.

Rooting for your team to make a miracle happen is appropriate in this case.  "Stranger things have happened" is a phrase that applies to almost any situation. But actually, if Lakeland were to win this game, I'm not sure any stranger thing actually HAS happened. It would blow Appalachian State over Michigan out of the water in terms of an upset. 

[Cougswillwin]

OOOOO!! Oh no he didn't!

[FatalImpact]

It feels good to be back

"we're at least humble, well-mannered, classier"

This just makes me laugh...I don't think anybody but a brainwashed LC fan/ex-player would believe a word of this....hahahaha

The coaches in the NAC would definitely say that LC is the least humble, well-mannered, and classy team in the conference

Well said Dizzle, I played few years, back now against LC, and LC was always  the worst least classy team in the IBFC/NAC, and that's no lie, and from what I heard last year the new coach didn't even have the courtesy to shake his former HC hand after the game, that's what I heard I was not there, but still I played against LC and they had the least amount of sportsmanship I had seen in all my years of playing....players and fans at LC

[BoBo]

These guys are hungry and everyone can say what they want but they are going to come after Whitewater. There's some guys on the offense that can make some plays, got some hustlers on special teams, and if the Defense can show up and come full force we will be in good shape. Make a miarcle happen. Stranger things have happened. Zebrowski's offense is predictable anyway.

It seems his unpredictability has landed him a coaching award (taken from WIAC page):

Voice says that Jim Zebrowski was named the WIAC Assistant Coach of the Year, http://www.warhawkfootball.com/newswire.asp.  I think that it is well-deserved. Seems that this year's team is spreading the ball around to all of its weapons and is a more wide-open and unpredictable.

[badgerwarhawk]

Totally predictable yet managing just over 500 yards per contest.  

Wags, for a dollar I'll sell you a clue.    How many WARHAWK games have you seen in the past couple of years?

[dizzle52]

FatalImpact

He even blew off some of his old players at a game a few years back...real class act

[Wags40-LC]

Hey guys, listen I meant no respect to Whitewater. We all know they are a good team. Zebrowski is a good coach but I am not a huge fan of him after he left Lakeland with only a couple months before the season. They have a crazy run game and play action pass that'll be hard to deal with and congrats to the guy and the team on their awards.

These guys from Lakeland have a lot of heart and it's been great seeing these guys grow as people. The guys are embracing the fact of being the underdog. They are going to fight every play until the end and that should be respected. At Lakeland that's what these guys pride themselves on. May not have the nicest stuff but they are willing to work hard to progress.

I never said we were the classiest in the conference. I meant it by guys were more classy than the AU players swearing and giving inappropiate gestures to our fans last year. Coach D is a great guy and we are glad to have him at LC.  I'm sure whatever offense was taken from him was not deliberate. He has turned this program into the right direction with some quality guys he has brought in. Things are different as far as a respect standpoint toward the opponents.

Good luck to both teams this weekend. Much respect to all.

[FatalImpact]

FatalImpact

He even blew off some of his old players at a game a few years back...real class act

That sounds right dizzle, I wouldn't be surprised Wags, if the problem started with LC fans, when I was playing LC fans were as bout as classy as the players, which isn't very classy at all , so even if AU started it it was one instance where LC was more classy than AU, so that's 1 time versus around 100 times, history speaks for itself

[bleedpurple]

Hey guys, listen I meant no respect to Whitewater. We all know they are a good team. Zebrowski is a good coach but I am not a huge fan of him after he left Lakeland with only a couple months before the season. They have a crazy run game and play action pass that'll be hard to deal with and congrats to the guy and the team on their awards.

These guys from Lakeland have a lot of heart and it's been great seeing these guys grow as people. The guys are embracing the fact of being the underdog. They are going to fight every play until the end and that should be respected. At Lakeland that's what these guys pride themselves on. May not have the nicest stuff but they are willing to work hard to progress.

I never said we were the classiest in the conference. I meant it by guys were more classy than the AU players swearing and giving inappropiate gestures to our fans last year. Coach D is a great guy and we are glad to have him at LC.  I'm sure whatever offense was taken from him was not deliberate. He has turned this program into the right direction with some quality guys he has brought in. Things are different as far as a respect standpoint toward the opponents.

Good luck to both teams this weekend. Much respect to all.

I have no experience to comment on the classy stuff, but the paragraph in bold I can understand and respect. That's the exact approach an underdog should take.