FB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[d3fan1515]

DWinzee, it has been stated on previous pages that CUW will be a good team this yr, I don't think they are a dark horse, I think they will be right up there with the rest of the top teams. Good luck to CUW this weekend!

[hazzben]

Concordia Wisconsin announcer just advocated a running clock for blowouts once Bethel went up 48 - 0. His argument...it's just D3 football.   

Someone from the school should explain to this doofus that simply because it's D3 doesn't mean it should follow high school rules (which is essentially his argument). This is college football!

[MRedbirds77]

CUC really showed up to play today and took away any doubts in my head. 28-10 was the final and besides all the formations and tons of playmakers they have on offense their defense held a great offensive chicago team to just 10 points. The cougars to my understanding play a hard team in michigan after their bye week, but if they can get a victory up there, CUC will come rolling into conference. I knew that wr # 1 was good but they got another amazing playmaker in a wr young kid # 25. I am excited about these cougars and if their defense keeps showing up, the rest of the NAC better be ready for this high powered team. Hope all the other teams played well and remained injury free...

[Pat Coleman]

Concordia Wisconsin announcer just advocated a running clock for blowouts once Bethel went up 48 - 0. His argument...it's just D3 football.   

If D-III football can't even get respect from a D-III football announcer, we're in trouble.

[formerd3db]

Concordia Wisconsin announcer just advocated a running clock for blowouts once Bethel went up 48 - 0. His argument...it's just D3 football.   

If D-III football can't even get respect from a D-III football announcer, we're in trouble.

Concordia Wisconsin announcer just advocated a running clock for blowouts once Bethel went up 48 - 0. His argument...it's just D3 football.   

Someone from the school should explain to this doofus that simply because it's D3 doesn't mean it should follow high school rules (which is essentially his argument). This is college football!

Yes, I agree with you guys.  They need to fire that idiot!

[baseman201]

Just ask Pierre Garcon or Fred Jackson if it's just "DIII football"!!

[hazzben]

Just ask Pierre Garcon or Fred Jackson if it's just "DIII football"!!

Exactly...and Fletcher and Shorts and Turk...

[Gregory Sager]

The "doofus" or "idiot" in question is apparently Matt Menzl, who has broadcasted Falcons football games for the past decade. He's an alumnus of CUW and is listed on the school's website as its director of broadcasting. While his bio indicates that he broadcasts a lot of high-school sports, he also has a pretty extensive set of gigs on the high-amateur and pro circuits: Milwaukee Iron football games (Arena Football League), Green Bay Bullfrogs (Northwoods League, a summer amateur baseball league), and the pregame show for the basketball games of the D1 UW-Green Bay Phoenix.

In other words, the guy is not only a D3 alumnus and veteran D3 broadcaster, he's also a pro. All of which makes it completely inexplicable to me that he would say something like that on the air. To advocate a running clock in a blowout because "it's just D3 football" is to completely disrespect both your product and your employer on the air. There's gotta be some sort of an explanation behind this, because it just doesn't seem logical to me that a professional broadcaster would do such a thing.

[RFMichigan]

CUC really showed up to play today and took away any doubts in my head. 28-10 was the final and besides all the formations and tons of playmakers they have on offense their defense held a great offensive chicago team to just 10 points. The Cougars to my understanding play a hard team in michigan after their bye week, but if they can get a victory up there, CUC will come rolling into conference. I knew that wr # 1 was good but they got another amazing playmaker in a wr young kid # 25. I am excited about these cougars and if their defense keeps showing up, the rest of the NAC better be ready for this high powered team. Hope all the other teams played well and remained injury free...

I will have to say that I had fear and trepidation when CUC played Chicago because, after the Lake Forest outing, I was afraid that Chicago would run up and down the field on the Cougars. However, the defense was pretty stout and and least didn't give up a bunch of monster plays. They were the recipient of two timely turnovers and a missed field goal when Chicago was moving the ball on occasions when the outcome was very much in doubt.

Some observations:
Positives:
1) The defense didn't give up huge plays.The defensive backs played smart football, knew their assignments and reads on pass plays, and kept Brizzolara under control. They also did a decent job of run support so that the Chicago running backs didn't turn 8 or 12 yard gains into 60 yard TD's.

2) Their kicking game seems to be much stronger yardage-wise than in past years. The kickoffs were relatively deep (5-10 yard line) and the punter seems that he could average 35-40 yards net. They did get a punt blocked when it seemed the punter was a little too close to the snapper, but the next time he was a few yards deeper and got the ball off cleanly.

3)  Jake Kohler is a really nice quarterback. He brings a few things to the game that the past CUC quarterbacks didn't - namely a running option. He's 6'3" - 230lbs. for goodness sake with a little speed. Plus his height allows him to have a little better vision downfield, and he did make some awfully nice reads a few times when he was under pressure or scrambling around. His line for the game was really good.

4) The running back(s) who are replacing Copeland don't have the same straight-line speed, but they - Maddox especially - is pretty shifty and a little more powerful. Frankly, I was wishing they would run the ball with the running backs a little more.
Negatives:

1) They lost two starting offensive linemen to injuries and the injuries didn't look good. They're not that deep at the O-line position anyway, and now they down to playing some young kids.
Yikes.

2) CUC took too many penalties in a somewhat chippy game.

3) Chicago was often able to get past the D-line often on running plays, but I think interior running is a strength of Chicago, and CUC didn't let the running game get away from them.

4) Kohler was under constant pressure. I think alot of that was working in two inexperienced lineman. However, it's what they've got now and they're going to have to learn to better pass block if CUC is to have real success.

All in all, it was a pretty nice win for Concordia. The next two games will be equally if not more challenging. Adrian is really strong and Benedictine is, of course, the conference favorite for a reason. We'll see how things go in the next few games.

[Pat Coleman]

In other words, the guy is not only a D3 alumnus and veteran D3 broadcaster, he's also a pro. All of which makes it completely inexplicable to me that he would say something like that on the air. To advocate a running clock in a blowout because "it's just D3 football" is to completely disrespect both your product and your employer on the air. There's gotta be some sort of an explanation behind this, because it just doesn't seem logical to me that a professional broadcaster would do such a thing.

Agreed. Matt's even called a couple games for us in the past and I would use him again if I could afford to pay him. I'm guessing that this was misheard or misinterpreted, because Matt has been there for a while.

When I saw the original post, I took it as a sign that Matt had moved on, because I know that's not something he would say.

[old 40]

Looks like the NAC is shaping up to be a good run for the championship. Can you you believe that MBBC is 2-0. Thats Great and a Great Job by those kids and their coaches. I hope this week will be a good week for the NAC.

This weeks games
AU @ IWU- Very good game and close in score. AU brings the A game and upsets IWU 24-21
WLC @ Minn-Morris- Easy win for WLC 28-7
Alma at RC- Bad day for RC Alma wins 36-13
CUW @Carthage- CUW comes up short by a point 28-27, Carthage wins on last play of game
Macalaster@MBBC- MBBC makes it 3-0. MBBC wins 18-7

Two weeks till the conference openers. Good Luck to everyones team.

[WLCALUM83]

My week 3 guesses:

IL Wes
WLC
Alma
Carthage
MBBC

[d3fan1515]

I agree with WLC Alum, I'm taking the same pics.

[old 40]

Was just looking at the NAC website and noticed 3 non conference games left before the NAC race starts. IMHO it looks like a 4 team race AU, CUC, BU and CUW will come on big despite 0-3 record. AU has to have their QB back to win it. It should be a good run at the championship.

What does everyone think about your teams chances after the non conference games.

Games this week:
Hope@LC- Hope wins 31-0 as LC has not scored this year.
BU@Kalamazoo- Very close game in WMU stadium. Kzoo wins 28-27
CUC@Adrian- CUC pulls the upset 31-28.

[WLCALUM83]

My Week 4 guesses:

Hope
Kzoo
CUC