FB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[old 40]

Anything going on at any of the conference schools? How was evryones recruiting? AU and BU has gotten several transfers as I have read. Any word on CUC? The people at WLC must be happy with the big Freshman class and some good QB's. Anyone know about Lakeland or CUW? Looks like Rockford may be losing their coach. They have given AU some tough battles in the last few years. Who is picking  who for the conference championship? What schools have to rebuild the most? I know AU lost many fine Seniors especially on Defense, I hope they can reload. Some of their young folks will have to step up.

Don't forget to registar on the 2010 Kickoff, it's a good value for $10.00.

[old 40]

I read on football scoop that the Rockford coach is the new Head coach at Washington High School in Iowa. Any news who his replacement might be. I don't know what kind of job that is. Since they came into the NAC they have not won much. I saw them against AU and it looks like they have some athletes but their offense could not move the ball consistently. They did play hard and hung with AU for awhile. If anyone knows anything let us know.

[au dad]

Rockford has an coach

http://www.rrstar.com/sports/college/x1849224640/Babcock-new-Rockford-College-head-football-coach

[old 40]

AU Dad

Thanks for the post. Sounds like this will be a good fit and RU will perhaps be a bit more competitive this. This is also good for the conference.

AU Dad whats your thoughts on AU this fall? Ithink they coukd be real good if their QB steps up. I think their running game will be very good. Defense I worry about. Curious on your thoughts.

[old 40]

Special congrats to Dan Winsey of CUW for being D3.com Preseason All-Ameican 1st. Team Kicker. He is the real deal. I saw him against AU last year and he is a Great kicker with alot of range.

Great Job!  I hope you have a Great 2010 season.

I hope we can get some folks from each school to start contributing to this board. The season is almost here. Most camps start around 8-15 I think.

[FourthAndOne]

Hello Fellas,

It'd be nice to get some people on here from each team. I've been going to BU games the last few yrs so i'll chime in about the Eagles from time to time. Coach Coop is back. I was watching that situation closely because of the offensive struggles the last couple of years. The school paper even took him to task after last season. Every year they say they are going to tweak the offense but it was the same old predictable stuff. Mabey this year??? Ok so i'm not a fan of the offensive scheme but they can put a good defensive plan together. The DC will have his work cut out for him in 2010 as they lost a ton of talent on the Dline and especially at linebacker. I think the D will be soild come conference time. The new non-con schedule is much more favorable this yr. They play Eureka(A) NP(A) and Kalamazoo(H) instead of Elmhurst and NC. That should help alot because in the frist game against Elmhurst  last year BU lost their #1 RB to a knee(out for the yr)  and the #2 RB got hurt in the 4th qtr sat out 4 games and wasn't 100%all year. They then lost a slew of players against North Central the very next week. Not sure who the QB is going to be, last yrs backup looked pretty good in a few games most notably the CUW game when he nearly led a big second half comeback. Also heard of a transfer QB but all I know about him is he's got good size. I'd say BU will be middle of the pack in 2010. Good luck to all the teams have a healthy and succesfull season. I can't wait for football season!  Here's my picks:
1-CUW
2-CUC
3-WLC
4-Lake
5A-BU
5B-AU
7-Rock
8-MBBC

[WLCALUM83]

Welcome to the board!

This poster caught the last few minutes of the IL Eagle win over CUC last year. Your squad's win in that game knocked CUC out of post-season play. (Both times WLC's played CUC, it's been interesting. '08 the Warriors came from behind in 2nd half to win on the road, and then last year --it was CUC's "Muirphy's Law" game.)

[old 40]

I saw the CUW 2010 roster on their FB web site and I see they have 61 Freshmen coming in. Sounds like they are getting it together for a big run. They are over 120 players. I think they will be very hard to beat. They have CUC at their place which will be a very critical game for them. CUW and CUC  will be my two teams to battle for first place. Predicted order of finish to come later. ForthAndOne, looks like he may have it nailed down.

I think AU should be optimistic about 2010 with some key transfers, especially the one from Western Ill., They will need for a couple of young players to step up and they will be OK. No son playing this year but will catch some games.

This is all I have heard about NAC teams. I was told that BU has some high quality transfers. That can put them in contention.

How about posters from some of the other NAC schools. Any info on 2010? Not much time till the season begins.

Anyone has thoughts on their teams non-conference opponents? Looks like CUW has a tough schedule as does WLC.

[old 40]

It's getting close and I am suprised the CUW and CUC guys have not been on the site like previous years. You have alot to be excited about for this year as you guys should be the teams to beat IMHO. AU will be 1-2 years away.

Is the NAC having a media day this year? Last year it was canceled for economics. I hope they have something. I see what the other conferences do and I wonder if the NAC commissioner can get something put together. He should want to promote, at least a conference call? What does everyone else think?

[RFMichigan]

No word on the NAC website about a football media day. Did they do a "conference call" media event last year? I can't remember if it was the NAC or some other conference that I heard did that.

I haven't heard anything about CUC recruiting over the summer. They usually post a roster a week or two after fall camp opens. I was actually kind of surprised that CUW already has a list of freshman and transfers on their website. From what I could tell, the incoming freshman are marked "fr" with no other info, but last year's freshman are marked "fr" with height, weight, etc. It looks like CUW will have about 9 seniors? (I'm assuming the guys marked "jr" who are not junior transfers are the 2010 seniors.) This seems low for them. However they do have about 15 returning juniors-to-be plus a handful of transfers giving them about 30 upperclassmen on their roster which in this league is probably pretty good.

[old 40]

RFMichigan

Good to hear from you. Go to www.cuwfff.net  This is their Football wen site run by football backers. It's good and shows they have alot of support. The roster is posted there. They have over 60 new freshmen players.

Thanks for getting on the board. Good Luck to your team this year which I guess would be CUC based on your moniker.

[Just Bill]

CUC is the coaches' poll pick to win the NAC this season....

http://www.northernac.org/releases/2010/2010_08/20100811a.html

2010 NAC Preseason Poll
1. Concordia Chicago (3), 57
2. Lakeland (3), 54
3. Concordia Wisconsin, 50
4. Wisconsin Lutheran (2), 38
5. Aurora, 33
6. Benedictine, 32
7. Rockford, 14
8. Maranatha, 10

[old 40]

Congrats to CUC for being the favorite to win the championship this year. IMHO they should be the pick. They return most of their high scoring Offense. I was surprised that LC was 2nd. I thought CUW and WLC should be ahead of them. I will pick me preseason guesses the week before the season.

I do have a bold prediction and that is IMHO the MBCC will get their 1st conference win this year.

I am schocked that the cougar faithful are not out howlling on their team being the favorite. Good luck and safe play to all the teams this year.

[Mr. Ypsi]

The thing that jumped out at me is that Wis Lu got TWO first place votes, yet finished a distant fourth.  Some coaches must have pegged them for 7th or 8th.

[MRedbirds77]

I have been following the cuc for the past 5 years since moving near the area from down south. I very happy to hear that they are projected to finish first because that coach has done a great job building that program from the ground up. But folks lets not forget that anything can happen, as we can learn from how last year played out. That being said I am very excited to see cuc play , according to my sources they are returning 19 out of 22 starters. Have numerous players that they can rotate in and still be strong, as well as a transfer from u of i and western il to add to their defense. The QB was named preseason all american by usa football news so congrads to him.  But I also want  to see how au responds to the season they had last year, and what wlc and con wis has to bring to the table. I wish all teams the best of luck this year, should be a very fun season from a fans view