FB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[Big_Uns]

I agree, so what if you have the reputation of being a losing team. Now Eureka went and tarnished the whole program as quitters.

The record defeat for all of college football is a 222-0 win by Georgia Tech over Cumberland if I remember correctly.

Maybe it's just me, but in my mind, this doesn't even compare to the embarrassment suffered when you walk out of the middle of a game.

[TruCountry95]

Does anyone know anything bout Wash U. I went to their post page in the University Athletic Confm but all that page was talkin about was music and the band battles at the games or something. Nothin about football.
I think GC will beat Wash U this Saturday. Wash U reciever is going for that 82 yards for that big record (4 consecutive years with 1,000+ yards). But we have Mark Schopp and they should really match up well. I just think GC defense will stop Wash U. Plus Wash U more than likely expects the Greenville Panthers from last year. Good luck to all the teams this week.

[sica-sica]

baseman201,
                     what about all the 7a and 8a school. plenty more players to choose from than the small luthern schools.with all the good high school players in the chicagoland area,there is no reason they can`t recruit alot of them.there are plenty of good high school players that would go there if the recruiting was done right.look at all the other local college`s football programs.

[fball fan]

Ok, this is the first time i have ever typed on this message board. I play for the Eureka College Red Devils. i visit this site from time to time to listen to what people are saying around the conference. Lets get one thing straight Eureka was ready and willing to come out of that locker room. People are on here writing some B.S. and i couldn't believe my eyes as i read some of these posts. We the players were told that after a lighting strike, the teams must wait 30 minutes before resuming play. We were also told it gets dark at CUW's field at 4:30. I left the game field at 4:10 and there was still lighting. We waited with pads on for fifteen minutes to resume play before being told the game was being cancelled. As for number #9. He is a great kid and a great FRESHMAN player. He had a dispute with a coach and was asked to leave the field.
We came to that game with 32 healthy bodies (or at least able to play) and we would have finished the game with 11 players if we had to. This team was put in a hard situation, losing a coach half way through the summer, and having about a dozen quality players quit because of it. However, by an act of God we hired one of the best coaches i have ever had the honor of playing for. And i have never been more proud to be a part of a TEAM, than i am of this one. So before passing judgement and calling us quitters, take a walk in our shoes.

[curfalum]

It seems like all of the people posting info about CURF know a bit about what is happening over there.  The story as I know it is that Hynes was hired and after one season, didnt want anything to do with the challenge of turning around the football program.  After a failed attempt at landing the athletic director position, he managed to get the job of Dean of Students (a strange promotion for a head football coach).  In the meantime, he failed to recruit for that upcoming season and left the brunt of it on his assistants at the time, Conwell and Smith. Coach Conwell took over the program and after a bad season attempted to hire his own coaching staff.  The administration would not let him hire his own staff and he settled for two coaches that were approved by the administration (finally hired in July).  The staff managed to do a decent job bringing in 20-25 players starting the recruiting process in late April.  The administration had the option of hiring the staff in December but balked on the opportunity.  

To get to the point, Hynes fired the entire staff and the athletic director that beat him out for that position.  How he rose to that status so quickly, to be able to do that is a testimony to his ability to b.s. his way into positions.  He surronds himself with people who are less than intelligent and has found the perfect school that buys into his crap about knowing what he is doing.  The program at Lakeland took a dive when he was in charge, but CURF in all their intelligence has put their faith in him to build their program from a position that he is most comfortable, a position that he can deflect all true responsibity and blame when it is obvious that he dug a bigger hole for the program to climb out of.

How can recruiting be the problem and how can the administration know if  the staff can recruit or not.  Managing to land 20 some players so late indicates that they might be decent recruiters if they had a full recruiting season under their belts.  

The events at CURF are not so surprising and just another big reason why there is no loyalty or support from an alumni base that is dying for something to be excited about and support.  They make it impossible to do that.  Not everyone that has been a part of that program is a hypocrite that hides behind their Lutheran faith.  And to the point of Lutheran recruiting, thats fine but variety and opening the doors to other Christian beliefs is what CURF needs to do in order to be competitive in all phases of the collegiate experience.  They are failing miserably.  

[gc_fan]

TruCountry95 -  on the Wash U website http://www.bearsports.wustl.edu they have 12 pages of game notes with all sorts of stats, preview of the game etc.

[Gomer Pyle]

Does anyone know anything bout Wash U. I went to their post page in the University Athletic Confm but all that page was talkin about was music and the band battles at the games or something. Nothin about football.
I think GC will beat Wash U this Saturday. Wash U reciever is going for that 82 yards for that big record (4 consecutive years with 1,000+ yards). But we have Mark Schopp and they should really match up well. I just think GC defense will stop Wash U. Plus Wash U more than likely expects the Greenville Panthers from last year. Good luck to all the teams this week.

  Navigate D3 for all the information you need on Wash U.
    They`ve got an "ok" QB, a weak running game an a good Wr. Well, better than good, as he stands to maybe break a lot of D3 records this saturday.
   Either way he`s had a stellar career at WU.
   If Greenville can shut him down....maybe......
   but i`ll stick with WU.
   
   

[Gomer Pyle]

I gotta say I lost respect for EC this weekend.  I thought it was admirable of them to show up every week even when the odds were stacked against them.  But to cancel the game at half was pretty rediculous.  It ruined a lot of seniors last game.  That was not the way you want your last game to go, to not even get the chance to knowingly walk of the field for the last time and get the ovation you deserve for all the hard work and dedication you have put in. 

The refs were over heard telling CUW's head coach that even if the lightening delay were up EC's players were not going to return to the field.

Whoa, i think this is the first time we've heard of this

anyone care to elaborate more?

  Check out the D3 scoreboard,week 10.
   CW...63   Eureak..0 in the first half!
    Read the "release"  about the game. May help to explain some.
   Most, if not all you guys played ball at a high school some place or another and you know when a storm  with or with out lightning came along the game was stopped,cancealed and in some cases re-scheduled. Looks like that`s what happened here.
  Senior day or what ever aside, safety is always first and foremost.  Does any player want to get zapped by a lightning bolt? I don`t think so.
  Think what you want but IMO, they made the right call.
   Eureka gets to play Chicago this week-end who,
   is the conference leader.  The score could be worse than the CW one if for no other resason than they will play 4 quarters.
   
     

[Gomer Pyle]

Hey guys just checking in.....I went out and watched the MAC scrimmage today at Freesen Field.. They are looking better than the 2002 team.. the offense is VERY powerful as always and the defense is magnificant.. The new D-coordinator has put together a "goon" squad!! The best of luck to the highlanders this year... Has anyone else been to watch any other IBFC scrimmages??

  Looking over past comments i saw this and was wondering if MICRO still thought the same thing?
  That Mac team(2002) was un-defeated in conference play, 10-0: First team to do so in school history. Ranked 14 in the nation (D3),
   and got to play Wabash in the NCAA play-offs.
   They got beat but so did Wabash later on.
   This years Mac team came no where near the
    standard set by the 2002 team! IMO.
   
 

[EyeintheSkY05]

Since were talking All-IBFC CUW and Lakeland should basically dominate the first teams I mean from both sides you can basically pick who you want. The positions that mostly stand out are the lines CUW's Langston and Allen were destroyed people all year on the D-Line and their O-Line the Left side of the line was tremendous every game I went to when it went to the left side you can bet on at least five yards they had John Mask who is now a 3 year starter always steady and I think a transfer kid who is pretty good Bailey I think his name is. Lakeland's D-Line was very physical thanks to Benton and Zeck and O-Line looked ok at time their QB made them look better than they were they barely could run the ball.

[FalconsFootball]

I agree that safety is first and formost.  The thing is the head ref was HEARD telling CUW head coach that even if the delay was up EC was not planning on coming back out.

I know EC has been through a lot and that is why I always had a great respect for the guys on that team, playing for the true love of the game.  Yet we need to remember that CURF has had even more problems and have never done anything like this.  I also know that we sat in the locker room for 10-15 minutes before coach Gabe came in and told us the game was finished because of lightening.

I hope I am wrong about EC and good luck to them in their last game; something CUW seniors did not get.

[uamusme]

  Check out the D3 scoreboard,week 10.
   CW...63   Eureak..0 in the first half!
    Read the "release"  about the game. May help to explain some.
   Most, if not all you guys played ball at a high school some place or another and you know when a storm  with or with out lightning came along the game was stopped,cancealed and in some cases re-scheduled. Looks like that`s what happened here.
  Senior day or what ever aside, safety is always first and foremost.  Does any player want to get zapped by a lightning bolt? I don`t think so.
  Think what you want but IMO, they made the right call.
   Eureka gets to play Chicago this week-end who,
   is the conference leader.  The score could be worse than the CW one if for no other resason than they will play 4 quarters.

Yeah I have no problems with a game being cancelled for safety. From the comments that were posted it sounded like it was a coaches call...

That being said... all I wanted to find out was if the game was cancelled for some other reason, what was the players reactions. Since apparently it was  genuine concern for safety, I have no qualms with it.

[disgracetofball]

Big uns I think your trashing of Pongo was pretty stupid.  The only funny posts are about teams walking off the field and quitting, check that, sad posts.  I would like to know how many times that has happened in d3 (along with the non-conference record of the IBFC, still waiting on that one).  The fact is that this conference shouldn't even have a message board.  When your #1 team  loses by 60+ to anyone it's a nonpoint.  Don't give me that UW crap either.  They pool their players just like anyone else.  It doesn't matter about Lutheran, Catholic or whatever other stuff you want to put in there.  The fact of the matter is that it is the schools fault.  I don't blame the players.  There is no reason that schools like CURF and Ben should not have good teams.  If they just recruited from the area they would be doing pretty damn good.  I think it will be great when this conference parts its ways because then recruits will not make their decisions based on the past records and will look to be part of something new.

[Big_Uns]

I just thought that the "ugly stepbrother" comment was funny. I apologize. I'll never have a sense of humor again.

[fishguy]

Congrats to Lakeland for being ranked 10th in the NCAA North Region ratings this week - always good to see an IBFC club get some additional recognition. d3fb.com speculation has LC playing at Wabash in the playoff opener - time will tell.