FB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[SpartanHouse]

SNC and Aurora will be top 2.

Norby is an extremely tough place to play.

Why? Legit curious why you feel that way.

I view the NAC as not much different than the MWC. SNC will be a tier above every team except AU now that BB is there. Norby gets good crowds and every time Monmouth has played there it's been cold and windy. Good atmosphere.

SNC issue is their offense. For whatever reason, they have gone hybrid wingT and you can not win in the playoffs w that offense. Too predictable and don't have the players for it.

My question was about why SNC is a tough place to play.

As for the offense, you mean the offense SNC ran when they drilled Trine on the road a year after Monmouth got boatraced by the same program?

Trine fumbled the ball 6x that day and threw 3ints. SNC defense scored 14pts. Trine's QB the year prior was one of the top 5 players in country. He makes all the difference.

SNC plays tremendous defense.

[WW]

SNC and Aurora will be top 2.

Norby is an extremely tough place to play.

Why? Legit curious why you feel that way.

I view the NAC as not much different than the MWC. SNC will be a tier above every team except AU now that BB is there. Norby gets good crowds and every time Monmouth has played there it's been cold and windy. Good atmosphere.

SNC issue is their offense. For whatever reason, they have gone hybrid wingT and you can not win in the playoffs w that offense. Too predictable and don't have the players for it.

Can't claim to be an authority on SNC's offense, but if you're talking about what I think you're talking about, that's more of a situational set rather than an offense identity. Otherwise, the last few years they really seem to customize the O to the strengths of the available skill set, which have been highly variable.

Really impressed by what Aurora's taking on in the NC schedule--at St. John's, at North Central. Jeez, were the Patriots and Buccaneers not available?

[SpartanHouse]

SNC and Aurora will be top 2.

Norby is an extremely tough place to play.

Why? Legit curious why you feel that way.

I view the NAC as not much different than the MWC. SNC will be a tier above every team except AU now that BB is there. Norby gets good crowds and every time Monmouth has played there it's been cold and windy. Good atmosphere.

SNC issue is their offense. For whatever reason, they have gone hybrid wingT and you can not win in the playoffs w that offense. Too predictable and don't have the players for it.

Can't claim to be an authority on SNC's offense, but if you're talking about what I think you're talking about, that's more of a situational set rather than an offense identity. Otherwise, the last few years they really seem to customize the O to the strengths of the available skill set, which have been highly variable.

Really impressed by what Aurora's taking on in the NC schedule--at St. John's, at North Central. Jeez, were the Patriots and Buccaneers not available?

SNC went all in on a version of the WingT about 3-4 years ago. Fired their OC and all.

Love to see what AU has done with their schedule. Curious to see how it plays out for them

[Rhythm21]

SNC and Aurora will be top 2.

Norby is an extremely tough place to play.

Why? Legit curious why you feel that way.

I view the NAC as not much different than the MWC. SNC will be a tier above every team except AU now that BB is there. Norby gets good crowds and every time Monmouth has played there it's been cold and windy. Good atmosphere.

SNC issue is their offense. For whatever reason, they have gone hybrid wingT and you can not win in the playoffs w that offense. Too predictable and don't have the players for it.

Can't claim to be an authority on SNC's offense, but if you're talking about what I think you're talking about, that's more of a situational set rather than an offense identity. Otherwise, the last few years they really seem to customize the O to the strengths of the available skill set, which have been highly variable.

Really impressed by what Aurora's taking on in the NC schedule--at St. John's, at North Central. Jeez, were the Patriots and Buccaneers not available?

Yeah, Beebe is trying to get the Spartans playoff ready early. I love what we have coming back and I think the NCC game will give us an indication of how far Aurora can go. There's a chip on our Seniors' shoulders because of that playoff loss to St. John's. They've spent nearly 2 years thinking about the 4 points they lost by, so I expect AU to come out swinging week 1. Should be a great season, look forward to Saturday.

[DuffMan]

There's a chip on our Seniors' shoulders because of that playoff loss to St. John's. They've spent nearly 2 years thinking about the 4 points they lost by, so I expect AU to come out swinging week 1. Should be a great season, look forward to Saturday.

I still have nightmares about that game.  This Saturday should be fun.  I don't really know what to expect out of the Johnnies--lots of question marks.  Safe travels to all making the trek north!

[gbpuckfan]

SNC preview:
https://fox11online.com/sports/college/new-conference-same-expectations-at-st-norbert-college

[WLCALUM83]

Updates:  Benedictine 10, Kenyon 3  Half

               NE Wes 21, Eureka 0 Approx. 8 min left in 1st Qrtr

               Rockford 14,Grinnell 0 About 4 min left in 1st Qrtr

               CUW/MLC and SNC/Loras both scoreless late in 1st Qrtr

               I'm leaving Aurora/St. John's to those on the MIAC board.)

[WLCALUM83]

Updates:  Halftime:  NE Wesleyan 28, Eureka 6
                         
               Late 2nd Qrtr:  MLC 7 CUW 0 (Aguilar, 20 yd TD run)

               Loras/St. Norbert still scoreless late in 2nd

               Rockford 14, Grinnell 0 midway thru 2nd

               Benedictine 10, Kenyon 10 midway thru 3rd Qrtr

[WLCALUM83]

Further Updates:  MLC/CUW tied at 14 with under a minute to go til half

                          SNC over Loras 7-0 (Kohl 28 yd TD run)

                          Benedictine/Kenyon tied at 17 just over 2 min left in 3rd Qrtr

                          Rockford 21, Grinnell 0 Half

                          NE Wes 28, Eureka 6 2nd Qrtr  (streaming issues here).

[WLCALUM83]

Benedictine 24, Kenyon 17 End of 3rd Qrtr

[WLCALUM83]

Updates:  Benedictine and Kenyon are going to OT tied at 31!

               Rockford 41, Grinnell 0  14 1/2 minutes left

               Loras & St. Norbert tied at 14 late in 3rd  (Green Knights just got a long kick return for the tying TD)

               CUW 28, MLC 14, Start of 4th Qrtr 

[WLCALUM83]

NACC Final:  Benedictine 34, Kenyon 31  OT  (IL Eagles D holds Kenyon, then gets the FG for the win herre).

Others:  Rockford 48, Grinnell 6  Just under 8 minutes left

            Loras and St. Norbert tied at 14  less than 13 minutes left

            CUW 28, MLC 14  Less than 10 minutes left.

[WLCALUM83]

Finals:  Rockford 48, Grinnell 13.

           CUW 28,MLC 21

           St. Norbert 21, Loras 14

[gbpuckfan]

Final
Loras 14
St. Norbert 21

Loras moved the ball pretty well all day but had too many plays for loss. Loras put together one very long nice drive for a TD. The second score was a short field after SNC muffed a punt at its own 15.

SNC had an early lead. Then got a 95 yard Kickoff return for a TD to tie it at 14, right after the Duhawk short-field TD that was the huge play.

SNC got one final drive to take the lead. And then forced a fumble on what was Loras' last chance.

I haven't looked at the stats but guessing Loras outgained SNC. The Loras QB was a lot to handle.

A good win to start the season for the Green Knights.

[WLCALUM83]

Halftime scores:  CUC 23, Beloit 0  (Bucs had a golden opportunity after a big gainer late in the 2nd quarter, but on one of the ensuing plays, a pass was deflected and intercepted in the end zone by Concordia-Chicago.)

                         WLC 10, Lake Forest 6