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[DadofBashWarrior..]

Benedictine lost...anyone have any comments on what happened???

I saw 3 of their games last year...I was surprised at the outcome as well as reading several posts predicting BU to win...


Anyone???

[Captain_Joe08]

Benedictine lost...anyone have any comments on what happened???

I saw 3 of their games last year...I was surprised at the outcome as well as reading several posts predicting BU to win...


Anyone???

One Word: Turnovers. Benedictine lost four fumbles and was intercepted twice despite getting over 400 yards of total offense.

[Captain_Joe08]

Northern Athletics Standings after Week 4

1. Concordia Chicago 4-0 (1-0)
2. Wisconsin Lutheran 3-1 (1-0)
3. Aurora 2-2 (1-0)
4. Concordia Wisconsin 2-2 (1-0)
5. Benedictine 2-2 (0-1)
6. Rockford 1-3 (0-1)
7. Lakeland 0-4 (0-1)
8. Maranatha 0-4 (0-1)

Next week's conference games:

Maranatha at Concordia Wisconsin: Concordia opened a lot of eyes after shocking Benedictine are they in for a let down?
Rockford at Lakeland: Kinda odd to see Rockford with the better record here. Gut check for Lakeland here.
Benedictine at Aurora: Gut check for the defending NathCon champs. Aurora looks to hand the Eagles to their third straight conference loss.
Wisconsin Lutheran at Concordia Chicago: GOTW....Both teams still have to face Benedictine, but this is one of the games that could decide who becomes the conference champ this year.

[Captain_Joe08]

Week 5 Picks

Maranatha at Concordia Wisconsin: Well the Falcons opened many eyes after stunning Benedictine last week. They get their third straight win here against a struggling Maranatha team. Falcons 45 Crusaders 10

Rockford at Lakeland: Taking Lakeland here....Outside of beating a terrible Olivet team the Regents haven't shown me anything to think that they can a NATHC team other than Maranatha. Muskies 39 Regents 13

Benedictine at Aurora: The Eagles must be a little steamed after putting up 400+ yards of total offense in a 6-0 loss to CUW last week. That's what six turnovers can do to you. Aurora took Maranatha behind the woodshed last week. IMO Aurora is still a bit of a unknown team for me here. Eagles 34 Spartans 14

Wisconsin Lutheran at Concordia Chicago: One of a few matchups this season that could go a long way to decide the conference title. WLC rallied after getting behind against Lakeland early to match their best start in program history> The Cougar Express ran over Rockford to remain unbeaten. This has the makings of a shootout here and I think WLC's D gets one more stop to win this game. Warriors 31 Cougars 28

[RFMichigan]

My picks for the weekend:

Maranatha at CUW: CUW steps up and takes what Benedictine gives them - a win. CUW's looking to get back to the ranks up the upper echelon after a couple of impressive wins, and Maranatha will not stand in their way. CUW

Benedictine at Aurora: Benedictine has really been up and down so far this year, but I think they take out their frustration of last week's turnoverfest against the Spartans this week. Benedictine

Rockford at Lakeland: Rockford's improving but not there yet. Lakeland

Wisconsin Lutheran at CUC: An important contest with the winner taking a big step toward the conference championship. I like Concordia's offense, but their defense is still not elite yet. I think that WLC is a solid all-around club. They couldn't win against a physical Adrian team, but I don't think CUC is as physical as Adrian. The winner of this game is the team that wins the turnover ledger. I see a close CUC win at home. 

[WLCALUM83]

My 10/6 guesses:

CUW
Aurora (my "against the grain" pick)
Lakeland  (Muskies are due to get a win, anyway)
WLC  in a tight one (Warriors, however, can't afford to get off to a slow start on the road.)

[irisheagle]

Benedictines loss last week was because of 6 to and the offense struggling to put it in in yhe red zone... Hopefully jonn gets more touches but I can still s ee them struggling against au ... Ill take bu in a close one though

Cuw will keep rollimg after their impressive win

Cuc will knock wlc out of first place in the race for the ring

Lakeland will have no problems against rockford

[Captain_Joe08]

WLC with a stellar goal line stand to deny CUC a score and are at the CUC 32. Scoreless so far in the first.

[RFMichigan]

CUC gets a 80 yard pick-six from Matt Rolf with WLC driving late and down by 5 to salt the game away for Concordia, 21-9. WLC out-gained by Concordia by almost 100 yards but had two costly turnovers and 58 yards of penalties to CUC's 5. Big win for the Cougars.

Aurora pins a 41-30 loss on Benedictine giving BU two conferences already. If BU is going to repeat they are going to need a lot of help not to mention righting their own ship.

CUW takes care of business against Maranatha.

[irisheagle]

Most likley bu will be playing for pride the rest of the season. Last week offense couldnt score .. This week defense let up 34 points. Once they put it together they will be great but right now their just average .. Even next sat against rockford might be a battle. More to come later, hats of to au though and a solid qb.

[Look It Up]

CUC Cougars the lead in John Grochowski's Small Colleges column in the Chicago Sun-Times today: http://www.suntimes.com/sports/15681898-419/stepped-up-defense-key-for-concordia.html

[Captain_Joe08]

Week 6 NAC Games

Lakeland at Maranatha: Muskies make it two in a row.

Rockford at Benedictine: Is Benedictine not as good as everyone thought they would be? They roll Rockford here.

Concordia Chicago at Concordia Wisconsin: CUC rallied to beat WLC in the 4th last week. CUW could make a huge statement if they could upend the Cougars here.

Wisconsin Lutheran at Aurora: Can't sugarcoat it.....WLC had CUC right where they wanted them. They were running the ball for 5, or 6 yards a carry on that drive after CUC went ahead 14-9 and were in the red zone. Then Shaw throws a pick six.....Ouch.....I'm still not 100% sold on Aurora yet after they beat Benedictine. I think with the impending weather forecast for tomorrow It'll stay on the ground and I think WLC bounces back.

[WLCALUM83]

My week 6 guesses:

Lakeland
Benedictine
CUW (another "against the grain")
Aurora (A. the Warriors haven't won down there yet, and B.  they've had a bad case of the "ill-timed turnover blues" in both of their losses)

[irisheagle]

 my picks:
Lakeland
Cuc
Benedictine
Aurora

aurora wlc should be the closest game. Game will depend on if wlc can stop aus passing attack

[WLCALUM83]

CUC & CUW going to OT tied at 44!

whoever loses falls into a 4-way tie for 2nd