FB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[Captain_Joe08]

I think WLC starts their camp tomorrow.

[d3fan1515]

BU had 136'players report to camp!

[RFMichigan]

What's the early word on any of the camps this summer?

OT - I saw that Lonnie Pries brought 75 freshman into Concordia AA this year.

[d3fan1515]

Looks like CUC brought in a big FR class, good for them, they needed the depth after so many players left the program. 

[Pat Coleman]

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[RFMichigan]

Looks like CUC brought in a big FR class, good for them, they needed the depth after so many players left the program.

True. Although the roster is currently not showing, it looked as though there were only about 23 or so holdovers from the previous year. This will be a rebuilding year for CUC.

[Captain_Joe08]

Due to construction on the Alternate routes around the Zoo interchange in Milwaukee. The main entrance to the Wisconsin Lutheran College Raabe Stadium on Watertown Plank Road is closed. To enter you must take the Underwood Parkway a little west of the main entrance and enter at the side gate closest to the stadium.

[Pat Coleman]

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[WLCALUM83]

Heard WLC had a scrimmage vs. UW-EauClaire today-didn't find out anything further.

[Captain_Joe08]

First week of D3 College Football is one week away. Here is the first slate of NACC non-conference games. 2012 records are in parenthesis.

Augsburg (7-3) at Concordia Wisconsin (7-3, 6-1)
Concordia Chicago (10-1, 7-0) at Lake Forest (8-2)
Lakeland (2-8, 2-5) at Carroll (8-2)
Illinois Wesleyan (6-4) at Aurora (5-5, 4-3)
Rockford (2-8, 1-6) at UW-Stevens Point (2-8)
Wheaton (8-2) at Benedictine (5-5, 3-4)
Ripon (5-5) at Wisconsin Lutheran (7-3, 5-2)

Although they are not in the NACC anymore.....

Marantha Baptist (0-10, 0-7) at Martin Luther (4-6)

[d3fan1515]

I have the NACC going 2 & 5 this week, I hope the conference can prove me wrong! Good luck to everyones team!

Augsburg at Concordia Wisconsin-  CUW
Concordia Chicago at Lake Forest-  Lake Forest
Lakeland at Carroll-  Carroll
Illinois Wesleyan at Aurora- IWU
Rockford at UW-Stevens Point- Stevens Point
Wheaton at Benedictine-  Wheaton
Ripon at Wisconsin Lutheran- Wisconsin Lutheran

[WLCALUM83]

My opening week guesses:

Augsburg
Lake Forest
Carroll
Aurora
Stevens Point
Wheaton
Wisconsin Lutheran

[Captain_Joe08]

Augsburg (7-3) at Concordia Wisconsin (7-3, 6-1): Could be an interesting game.

Concordia Chicago (10-1, 7-0) at Lake Forest (8-2): CUC gets drilled by a solid Lake Forest team.

Lakeland (2-8, 2-5) at Carroll (8-2): Over by halftime.

Illinois Wesleyan (6-4) at Aurora (5-5, 4-3): Can't really get a good read on Aurora from year to year.

Rockford (2-8, 1-6) at UW-Stevens Point (2-8): Pointers roll right along.

Wheaton (8-2) at Benedictine (5-5, 3-4): Wheaton is too strong for the Eagles to handle here.

Ripon (5-5) at Wisconsin Lutheran (7-3, 5-2): Warriors D shuts down the Hawks option attack.

[RFMichigan]

In order of confidence:
Lake Forest over CUC
Carroll over Lakeland
Wheaton over Benedictine
UWSP over Rockford
IWU over Aurora
WLC over Ripon
CUW over Augsburg

I must be pessimistic about the conference when my two least confident picks are my only two NACC wins.

[beastmode]

Week 1 Guesses
Lake Forest over CUC- CUC is starting one of two freshman quarterbacks and lost too many impact players from last year for various reasons. Could be a tough year for the Cougars
Carroll over Lakeland- Carroll is just too tough for the Muskies.
UWSP over Rockford- Rockford is improving but this one will not even be close either
IWU over Aurora- I don't know much about Aurora as a team this year but IWU is just on a different level than Aurora
Wheaton over Benedictine- Wheaton is going to be a good program this year and Benedictine lost a lot from last year. It will be interesting to see what Benedictine does this year
WLC over Ripon- WLC is going to be tough this year. Adding Janousky as OC is a huge step for them. Adding that to a defense that has been pretty stingy for some time is going to make them close to a complete team
CUW over Augsburg- CUW is the preseason favorite for the conference. They were only one overtime loss away from winning conference last year.