FB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[fulbakdad]

85 in Concordia camp this summer.

[baseman201]

Yes I was talking about Concordia Chicago, hmmmm, maybe I need to look.again!

[Captain_Joe08]

Yes I was talking about Concordia Chicago, hmmmm, maybe I need to look.again!

Yeah there a few Concordias in NACC.

[Captain_Joe08]

NACC Preseason Poll is out!

The coaches picked Benedictine as the favorite to win the league this year.

Poll:

1. Benedictine 92 (9)
2. Wisconsin Lutheran 83 (4)
3. Lakeland 69 (1)
4. Concordia Wisconsin 63
5. Aurora 40
6. Rockford 25
7. Concordia Chicago 20

[Captain_Joe08]

Anyone that is interested, there is an NACC pick 'em on the Pick 'Em boards.

[fulbakdad]

Good luck to Concordia today!  The one in Chicago! lol

[Ryan Stoppable]

IT'S GAMEDAY!!!!!

Week One - Saturday, September 5
North Park at Concordia Wisconsin, 1:00 pm
Rockford at Lawrence, 1:00 pm
Wisconsin Lutheran at Lake Forest, 1:00 pm
Illinois College at Aurora, 1:00 pm
Beloit at Concordia Chicago, 2:30 pm
Benedictine at Central (IA), 6:30 pm
Lakeland at Carroll, 7:00 pm

[Captain_Joe08]

North Park leads CUW 23-16 in the 4th
Wisconsin Lutheran is tied at 24 with Lake Forest in the 4th
Illinois College leads Aurora 39-13
Rockford blowing out Lawrence 52-14 in the 3rd
CUC leads Beloit 28-17 in the 2nd

[Captain_Joe08]

North Park 23
Concordia Wisconsin 16

Rockford 52
Lawrence 17

Illinois College 53
Aurora 20

Concordia Chicago 51
Beloit 50

Both teams combine for 39 points in the final quarter.

Wisconsin Lutheran 38
Lake Forest 37

(2OT)

WLC erased a 24-3 halftime deficit.

Benedictine and Lakeland to come later.

The NACC goes 3-1 against the Midwest so far.

[Captain_Joe08]

Benedictine holds on to be Central (IA) 21-19

Lakeland and Carroll heading down to the wire tied at 27.

[Captain_Joe08]

Lakeland 34
Carroll 33

Final-OT

NACC goes 5-2 overall and 4-1 against the Midwest this week.

[Ryan Stoppable]

Lakeland 34
Carroll 33

Final-OT

After penalties moved the ball inside the 1, the Lakeland defense was up to the task and stuffed a 2 point conversion run to seal the victory.

[fulbakdad]

Concordia Chicago goes for 2 point conversions TWICE in the last 4 minutes of the game.  Scoring on both to get the win.  The last one with 14 seconds left.  One things for sure, Coach Awrey has brass ones!

[baseman201]

Yeah, sometimes you need the brass ones to win games.  CUCs offense has definitely improved and looks good, can't complain about 51 pts, their defense on the other hand...

Watched the game on live stream and was happy to see a really good transfer sophomore QB running the offense. (The 6'11" QB freshman came in and didn't do too badly either) Hopefully they can build on all the young guys they have, as long as they stick around.

[Rhythm21]

Only week 1... but the NACC came to play!
CUC looks like the Cougars of 2012 (Undefeated regular season) with an offense dynamic enough to win games they probably shouldn't.
Benedictine has a Freshman wide receiver (Matt Fleming) who has elite speed and his 2 touchdowns sealed the victory over Central. The defense looked great through 3 1/2 quarters but got a little too conservative late in the fourth and gave Central a chance to come back.
Wisconsin Lutheran's Mitch Skarban looks like a matchup nightmare and WLC won that game in the second half.
Rockford started O'Malley, freshman QB, and he was impressive against a subpar Lawrence squad. Rockford looks like it finally has some pieces to build a program around under new coach, Jim Shroeder.
Lakeland's QB Whitley showed he is dual threat and LC's defense came up big in OT.
Exciting week 1 for the NACC. I hope they can keep this momentum rolling through the non-conference schedule and leap a few conferences in the power rankings.