FB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[Captain_Joe08]

Looking at some of the 2013 schedules and here are the non-conference slates.

Aurora

9/7 vs Illinois Wesleyan (6-4)
9/21 at Albion (MIAA/Nath-Con Challenge) (6-4)
9/28 vs Millikin (5-5)
10/5 vs Maranatha (0-10)

17-23 (.425)

Benedictine

9/7 vs Wheaton (IL) (8-2)
9/14 vs North Park (IL) (1-9)
9/21 at Kalamazoo (MIAA/Nath-Con Challenge) (5-5)
11/9 at Maranatha (0-10)

14-26 (.350)

Concordia Chicago

9/7 at Lake Forest (8-2)
9/14 vs Chicago (4-6)
9/21 at Adrian (MIAA/Nath-Con Challenge) (9-2)
11/16 vs Maranatha (0-10)

21-20 (.512)

Concordia Wisconsin

9/7 vs Augsburg (7-3)
9/14 vs Macalester? (6-4)
9/21 at Trine (MIAA/Nath-Con Challenge) (7-3)
10/12 at Maranatha (0-10)

20-20 (.500)

Lakeland

9/7 at Carroll (WI) (8-2)
9/14 vs Carthage (3-7)
9/21 at Alma (MIAA/Nath-Con Challenge) (1-9)
10/19 vs Maranatha (0-10)

12-28 (.300)

Rockford

9/7 at UW-Stevens Point (2-8)
9/14 vs Loras (2-8)
9/21 at Olivet (MIAA/Nath-Con Challenge) (0-10)
10/26 at Maranatha (0-10)

4-36 (.100)

Wisconsin Lutheran

9/7 vs Ripon (5-5)
9/14 at Olivet (0-10)
9/21 at Hope (MIAA/Nath-Con Challenge) (7-3)
11/2 vs Maranatha (0-10)

12-28 (.300)

[hickory_cornhusker]

The Northern Athletic Conference will become the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference on July 1 (along with Rockford becoming a university): http://www.northernac.org/releases/2012-13/20130606nacc

[WLCALUM83]

The Northern Athletic Conference will become the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference on July 1 (along with Rockford becoming a university): http://www.northernac.org/releases/2012-13/20130606nacc

Makes sense as far as lessening the confusion between the NAthCon and the North Atlantic Conference. Effective next month, if we NAthCon followers so choose, we can start calling "ours" "NACC". 


(NAthCon schools rarely played any from the Northern Atlantic Conference anyway, we weren't geographically close enough to justify any gridiron, MBB or WBB matchups--I went back to 2007 results and from '07-'13  the  sports the schools competed against each other mostly were baseball and softball during a given warm climate early season or spring break tournament.  North Atlantic went 5-3 all-time vs. NAthCon in baseball. Softball all time record is 2-2.)

[WLCALUM83]

A day early "hello" to Rockford University--

(let's see what Pat does with this topic)

[Captain_Joe08]

Also a goodbye from Maranatha. Hope they do well as an independent.

[RFMichigan]

Also a goodbye from Maranatha. Hope they do well as an independent.

I'm curious who ends up on their schedule in a few years down the road. I would imagine putting together a schedule for football as an independent would be difficult. Who are some teams that they will be more competitive with on a year in-year out basis? 

[Captain_Joe08]

Also a goodbye from Maranatha. Hope they do well as an independent.

I'm curious who ends up on their schedule in a few years down the road. I would imagine putting together a schedule for football as an independent would be difficult. Who are some teams that they will be more competitive with on a year in-year out basis?

For them I think maybe one or two NACC teams, A few fellow NCCAA teams, and possibly one or two UMAC squads. It's kinda hard for them to find any opponents that will schedule them with their struggles since the NACC sponsored football in 2008.

[d3fan1515]

http://athletics.ben.edu/news/2013/6/27/FB_0627130637.aspx

Benedictine has put up their schedule for the upcoming year, should be an interesting year with a lot of familiar names gone due to graduation... I have heard rumors of a very solid recruiting class as well as some nice transfers, we shall see shortly as we are only about a month away from Summer Camp!

From my count it looks like BU will bring back 7 returners on D and 6 on O... I am curious to see who will step up this year with Borsellino and Lockton lost to graduation!  I think BU should still have a solid squad back this year and I look forward to seeing them play!

[Pat Coleman]

Also a goodbye from Maranatha. Hope they do well as an independent.

I'm curious who ends up on their schedule in a few years down the road. I would imagine putting together a schedule for football as an independent would be difficult. Who are some teams that they will be more competitive with on a year in-year out basis?

For them I think maybe one or two NACC teams, A few fellow NCCAA teams, and possibly one or two UMAC squads. It's kinda hard for them to find any opponents that will schedule them with their struggles since the NACC sponsored football in 2008.

Who are the NCCAA teams with football?

1515: Every team's schedule is up.
http://www.d3football.com/teams/index

[Captain_Joe08]

Also a goodbye from Maranatha. Hope they do well as an independent.

I'm curious who ends up on their schedule in a few years down the road. I would imagine putting together a schedule for football as an independent would be difficult. Who are some teams that they will be more competitive with on a year in-year out basis?

For them I think maybe one or two NACC teams, A few fellow NCCAA teams, and possibly one or two UMAC squads. It's kinda hard for them to find any opponents that will schedule them with their struggles since the NACC sponsored football in 2008.

Who are the NCCAA teams with football?

1515: Every team's schedule is up.
http://www.d3football.com/teams/index

Here's a link

http://www.thenccaa.org/sports/2012/6/6/FB_0606123813.aspx?path=football

[Pat Coleman]

Many of those are committed to conferences. I can't imagine who from this list they would pick up that they don't already play, short of Trinity Bible and perhaps Kentucky Christian.

[Captain_Joe08]

Many of those are committed to conferences. I can't imagine who from this list they would pick up that they don't already play, short of Trinity Bible and perhaps Kentucky Christian.

That's the thing....I think Maranatha put themselves in a tight spot by leaving the NACC. As RFMichigan stated, it's tougher to put together a schedule as a independent. Add to their recent struggles in football and not a whole lot of teams are willing to keep scheduling them.

[Pat Coleman]

Agreed. I kind of thought this might actually be the end of football at Maranatha, the way it looks. We'll know more after this season, I suppose.

[d3fan1515]

CUW- Pretty sure they return a bunch on both sides of the ball and will most likely have the best offense in the conference...

WLC- Had a great defense last year, not sure how many of those guys they bring back... They did not impress me at all offensively...  However, they did get a new OC, which I think is more O-Minded, correct me if i'm wrong, but he came from CUC? This could be a difference maker if the offense can gel quickly, however they have to have the personnel to run his style of offense, I don't know if they have that just yet!  I see BU and WLC slugging it out for this spot...

BU- Returns a nice number of returning players on both side of the ball... Should be tough defensively, offense will have to get there act together if they are going to compete for conference.  They do bring back a returning QB and a playmaker in Monaco, but after that I don't see much fire power... I hope they were able to bring in more fire power this off season.

AU- This is a team that I really have no clue about, I know they lose their QB due to graduation, as well as their stud TE, in my opinion, he was their best player! I also know they had a stud FR receiver, i believe he was #1...  Defensively they lose their best DL, other then him, I really don't know much about their defense.  In all fairness to AU, they usually get a nice new crop of transfers in the off season, so I am going to keep them here for now until I hear more about what they have coming in.

CUC- They just lose WAY to much talent due to graduation, and I am sure they lost some more due to the coaching change.  I think this may be a tough year for CUC...

RC- I will rank them here for a long time until they show they can win on a regular basis...  They did have some nice players last year though, If they were able to hold onto those key players they may surprise a couple teams this year!

[hickory_cornhusker]

Many of those are committed to conferences. I can't imagine who from this list they would pick up that they don't already play, short of Trinity Bible and perhaps Kentucky Christian.

That's the thing....I think Maranatha put themselves in a tight spot by leaving the NACC. As RFMichigan stated, it's tougher to put together a schedule as a independent. Add to their recent struggles in football and not a whole lot of teams are willing to keep scheduling them.

The fact the NACC now has seven teams could help Maranatha in that there will be an open week for these schools later in the season that might player Maranatha. However due to recent struggles at Maranatha to field a competitive team, I wonder if the NACC and MIAA are talking about changing their challenge series from all seven games in one weekend to one game a week for seven weeks throughout the conference for teams that don't want the bye week late in the year.