FB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[d3fan1515]

I'll take BU, Hope and Adrian.

[MRedbirds77]

I think the same as above BU,Hope, and Adrian.. I want to say the cougars are a very good team and can upset Adrian, but still too early to tell what is going to happen.If CUC pulls this one off against a undefeated and very good Adrian team, they should be good to take the conference, but CUC needs their defense to come to play and can't loose anymore O-Line because I am not sure of this but they have to be running low on depth there because they lost two players at that spot last game.. This should be good weekend for the NAC and even though I am unable to attend CUC's game this week, I think they come up alittle short., but I am excited for BU vs CUC next weekend. Good luck to all the teams this week.

[baseman201]

After seeing CUC against Adrian on Saturday, I am more confident CUC may have a chance to run the table this year. 

They came oh so close to beating a quality 4-0 Adrian squad.  Adrian beat Augustana last week by almost the same score.  Augustana has played all their games close to high quality opponents too, they are good as always, even though the 0-3 record may not show it.

So, I am hoping this shows something for CUC and that they are at the top for winning the NAC.

This next weekend we will probably see though as CUC and Benedictine go at it.  If CUC can get it done there, I don't see why they can't win out and make the playoffs for the first time since......since....Reagan was in office??

[RFMichigan]

After seeing CUC against Adrian on Saturday, I am more confident CUC may have a chance to run the table this year. 

They came oh so close to beating a quality 4-0 Adrian squad.  Adrian beat Augustana last week by almost the same score.  Augustana has played all their games close to high quality opponents too, they are good as always, even though the 0-3 record may not show it.

So, I am hoping this shows something for CUC and that they are at the top for winning the NAC.

This next weekend we will probably see though as CUC and Benedictine go at it.  If CUC can get it done there, I don't see why they can't win out and make the playoffs for the first time since......since....Reagan was in office??

That was an extremely exciting and competitive game Concordia played at Adrian. I was just amazed how CUC's defense, although overmatched physically, just fought and battled and fought against a very talented and physical Adrian squad. If they would have pulled that one out, it would have to have been one of the most impressive wins Concordia has ever had - an ugly win - but a huge win. (I mean, Koehler was under constant pressure; good thing he's about 230 lbs. because he took some monster hits. Plus, Adrian did put up 450 total yards. But CUC came up with big plays when they needed them and played gritty, tough defense.)

This Saturday's game in River Forest will just be a war. Benedictine has got to feel like a wounded tiger, plus now with the conference season starting, they can look at the game vs. CUC as a "new start" to the season. Concordia will hopefully look at the Adrian game as a validation that their defense can play against high-octane, physical offenses and stand toe-to-toe with the big boys.

The game will probably come down to whoever makes fewer mistakes - big games like this usually do. Hopefully CUC will take the first step towards a conference title which has eluded them in the last two years (both times at the hands of - Benedictine).

[d3fan1515]

I wouldn't crown CUC just yet, I'm not convinced Adrian is that great of a team despite beating Augie, Augie is 0-3, Husson is 0-3, and defiance is 0-4, this schedule by Adrian does not impress me! I'm not saying CUC can't win the conference championship, they definitely can and I think AU and CUC are probably the leaders at this point as BU has really looked brutal the last couple of games! That being said it is a new season now and BU has as much fire power as any other offense in the NAC. These next two weeks r huge for BU as they play CUC and then come home to play AU, hopefully we can come out of this stretch 2-0 and make a run for the NAC championship! Good luck to all teams.

[old 40]

The first week of the NAC race for the championship.

AU@LC- Looks like a big AU win 48-7
MBBC@WLC- WLC runs to win WLC wins 38-16
CUW@RC- CUW a big winner. 42-6
BU@CUC- The Game of the week in the NAC. Home field is going to be the slight difference. Whoever plays the best Defense, Wins. CUC 32-BU31 in OT.

Good luck to everyones team this week.

[MRedbirds77]

I was looking at the stats and play by play from the Adrian game and CUC didn't seem to play even close to a good game against them. One stat that really impressed me since I thought their secondary was very weak, that Rolf kid who plays safety had 17 tackles and 2 ints, look for him to really start making a name for himself... I think CUC vs BU is the game of the week. With the Cougars at home and I am thinking there is going to be a very big crowd there and a great atmosphere, I say the Cougars finally beat BU. And this is going to stir things up, but I say CUC by 10+

[WLCALUM83]

WLCALUM83's guesses:

Aurora
WLC (It'll be tighter than in other years, but it's the Warriors' Homecoming)
CUW
Benedictine in a tight one (hungrier--due to break out of slump)

[d3fan1515]

Aurora
WLC
CUW
BU- should be a good game, Can't wait to see how BU responds after consecutive defeats!

[RFMichigan]

I was looking at the stats and play by play from the Adrian game and CUC didn't seem to play even close to a good game against them. One stat that really impressed me since I thought their secondary was very weak, that Rolf kid who plays safety had 17 tackles and 2 ints, look for him to really start making a name for himself... I think CUC vs BU is the game of the week. With the Cougars at home and I am thinking there is going to be a very big crowd there and a great atmosphere, I say the Cougars finally beat BU. And this is going to stir things up, but I say CUC by 10+

Yes, Rolf played well, although when your free safety is making 17 tackles, that isn't a good sign. However a number of those tackles were on special teams where he was a demon. 

As far as CUC not playing a good game last Saturday, well, statistically they didn't, but that was because Adrian, their opponents having a total of one win so far notwithstanding, is a pretty stingy outfit. It's going to be a great game (I hope) this Saturday.

[Look It Up]

WLCALUM83's guesses:

Aurora
WLC (It'll be tighter than in other years, but it's the Warriors' Homecoming)
CUW
Benedictine in a tight one (hungrier--due to break out of slump)

I'm not sure that Benedictine will be the hungrier team in RF tomorrow. Keep in mind that CUC was denied the NAC title and a playoff appearance each of the last two seasons because of losses to Benedictine - 15-14 on the last day of the 2009 season and 47-41 in a wild one last year. Don't know who's gonna win this one - it should be a great game - but Concordia will definitely have motivation.

[baseman201]

Don't forget it's CUC's homecoming too, I hope they can pull one out for the large crowd that will be there.

Should be exciting!!

[baseman201]

Yuck, BU whooped CUC 43-21,

Looks like the homecoming atmosphere didn't do it for them,

BU is definitely the favorite and will most likely represent the NAC in the playoffs....in my opinion of course, 

[Zeus51]

Was at the BU vs CUC game today.... VERY impressed with BU today and their performance.... Defense came to play today, cuc's qb was pressured the whole game and bu forced 7 turnovers. Both corners Taylor and McWilliams had a pick and completely shut down cuc athlethes ...offense was running on all cylinders, led by borsellino's 3 touchdowns and 150+ rushing yds, both recievers Austin and Schultz scored and played well, and the qb Brown was very impressive, his best game all year.... Not disrespect to cuc but they were completely over matched today in all aspects of the game and this game could have easily been worse for cuc if they didn't score on defense and bu scored twice more when they were inside the 10


Can't wait to see the BU vs AU match up next week for BU homecoming

[d3fan1515]

Well said Zeus, I don't know what got into the BU football team, but that was an entirely different team out there!! Hopefully the team i saw play against NPU and KZOO are gone and are never seen or heard from ever again!! What an impressive performance by BU yesterday, the defense flew around and made plays, the DLINE pressured the QB all day long and the DBS blanketed receivers!! The BU defense only gave up 14 points, Concordia had a pick 6 in the game and to give up only 14 points to the athletes Concordia has is pretty impressive.  I don't think anyone else in the conference has the athletes that Concordia has, I know other teams are going to bring other things to the table, but i don't think anyone else in the conference has the speed that Concordia has.  Speaking of speed, if anyone was at the game, did you see #1 Borsellino blow by everyone in Concordia's secondary on his 67 yd TD run?? Once he hit that sideline he was GONE!!! Another kid i was very impressed with was # 81 Schultz, that kid has some great hands and great playmaking ability, he also had a huge game! 

Now, onto the next one, which is a HUGE rivalry game between AU and BU on BU's homecoming.  I expect a big crowd at the Sports Complex in Lisle and I know AU is going to come out HUNGRY after the tough loss they suffered against Lakeland.  Stay hungry BU we have a long way to go!!!