FB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[Rhythm21]

No games this weekend with a final score closer than 3 scores difference. But next week, we get Benedictine v. St. Norbert. The biggest surprise to me in the league so far is Lakeland being winless. I thought they would be middle of the pack, but they haven't looked like The Land of previous years. Looking forward to hopefully much more competitive games next weekend. I have BU beating St. Norbert, but after last weeks results, it could be the exact opposite. AU continues to roll. We knew the offense was legitimate, but the defense continues to impress. The streak is now 24 NACC wins in a row. Next week will be against WLC.

[SpartanHouse]

Holy smokes in the conference awful this year.

[RFMichigan]

Aurora and Concordia Wisconsin next week for the NACC bid to the NCAA playoffs. (I will be surprised if it is not Aurora.)

[WLCALUM83]

Final:  Aurora 42, Concordia-WI 0  Spartans get the NACC AQ.

St. Norbert, Benedictine, and Lakeland end their 2022 season with wins. (IL Eagles did it in come-from behind fashion at home.)

[Captain_Joe08]

Looking at the Lakefront Bowl Matchup it will most likely be.....

Concordia Wisconsin vs Monmouth (has Head to Head tiebreaker over Ripon)

[Captain_Joe08]

Aurora gets UW-Whitewater.....

[Rhythm21]

Looking at the Lakefront Bowl Matchup it will most likely be.....

Concordia Wisconsin vs Monmouth (has Head to Head tiebreaker over Ripon)

Obviously not the result CUW wanted, but a nice finishing touch to a quality season. Happy for those seniors! Hope they get the NACC the inaugural victory and a 1-0 lead over the MWC.

Aurora gets UW-Whitewater.....

Not an ideal draw, but the way the geography maps out generally means in any given year, the NACC champ will draw a team like Mt Union or the WIAC/MIAC/CCIW champ in the first round. I like our offensive line, think they'll give the WIAC championship defense their money's worth this Saturday.

[Rhythm21]

History of NACC football champions --
( ) indicates shared title that year:

Lakeland: 09, (14), 15, (16), 17
Aurora: 08, (16), 19
Benedictine: 10, (11), (14)
CUC: (11), 12
Eureka: 18
CUW: 13
WLC: (14)
Rockford: -
Maranatha: -

*Lakeland leads with 5 total, 4 in a row during the Michael Whitley era.

*Aurora and Benedictine are tied with 3 each (2 outright for AU, 1 outright for BU)

*CUC has back to back titles from 2011 to 2012 (2012 being the outright champion)

*Was surprised to realize CUW has only one NACC championship to their name which came in 2013.

*WLC's title came in 2014 amidst a 3-way tie with Lakeland and Benedictine.

*Eureka surprised everyone (except maybe Eureka) and won the title in their inaugural NACC season.

*Rockford has struggled to get back on track since the NACC's inception, but their program is headed in the right direction.

*Maranatha dissolved their football program before winning one.

UPDATED--

History of NACC football champions --
( ) indicates shared title that year
*20 indicates the shortened 20-21 spring season (In which, championship game was cancelled):

Lakeland: 09, (14), 15, (16), 17, (*20)
Aurora: 08, (16), 19, (*20)
Benedictine: 10, (11), (14)
CUC: (11), 12
Eureka: 18
CUW: 13
WLC: (14)
Rockford: -
Maranatha: -

UPDATED--

History of NACC football champions --
( ) indicates shared title that year
*20 indicates the shortened 20-21 spring season (In which, championship game was cancelled):

Lakeland: 09, (14), 15, (16), 17, (*20)
Aurora: 08, (16), 19, (*20), 21
Benedictine: 10, (11), (14)
CUC: (11), 12
Eureka: 18
CUW: 13
WLC: (14)
Rockford: -
St. Norbert: -
Maranatha: -

UPDATED--

History of NACC football champions --
( ) indicates shared title that year
*20 indicates the shortened 20-21 spring season (In which, championship game was cancelled):

Aurora: 08, (16), 19, (*20), 21, 22
Lakeland: 09, (14), 15, (16), 17, (*20)
Benedictine: 10, (11), (14)
CUC: (11), 12
Eureka: 18
CUW: 13
WLC: (14)
Rockford: -
St. Norbert: -
Maranatha: -

After the 15th season of NACC football, Aurora jumps Lakeland (both have 6 NACC titles, Aurora has 4 outright, Lakeland has 3 outright.) Benedictine has 3 titles, 1 outright.
Concordia Chicago has 2 titles, 1 outright. Both Eureka and Concordia Wisconsin have 1 outright title each. Wisconsin Lutheran has 1 shared title.

[Captain_Joe08]

Aurora leads Whitewater 21-14 at halftime.

[Captain_Joe08]

The curse is over!

Aurora 33
Whitewater 28

Final

[Rhythm21]

The curse is over!

Aurora 33
Whitewater 28

Final

What. A. Game!!!
Aurora's offensive line lived up to the billing, Cam Moore was the best athlete on the field, Swanson stayed composed and made big time throws, Chretin showed the country he is one of the best backs there is, Burress made a tremendous play when AU needed it the most, Aurora's front seven held the line and pressured UWWs talented QB, defensive backs allowed some big plays late after some injuries took their toll but were not intimidated by the athletic WRs on Whitewater. Madsen is so shifty, Romious and Margarejo were flying around, I mean . . . I could go on and on about the players on Aurora that made this win happen, beating a 6 time national champion, the conference champion in the highest ranked conference in the country in a game nobody gave them a chance to win. But I'll finish with, Congrats to the single greatest team in NACC history. Keep on going, we're all behind you!
Go Spartans!!!!

[Captain_Joe08]

Aurora will play Alma next weekend. Damn it feels weird typing this.

[kiko]

North Central guy here...

Congrats to Aurora.  Beating a purple team -- especially on the road -- is a phenomenal accomplishment and a big step for your program.

[Rhythm21]

North Central guy here...

Congrats to Aurora.  Beating a purple team -- especially on the road -- is a phenomenal accomplishment and a big step for your program.

I still remember that 2nd round game NC had against Mount Union, one of the best football games I've ever seen. I hope that's the same trajectory AU has going forward!

[Rhythm21]

Aurora will play Alma next weekend. Damn it feels weird typing this.

I know, that's so wild! I like that matchup too. If our defense keeps playing the run like they did against UWW, we have a realistic chance of winning that game. Honestly, it's one of the best draws in the playoffs the NACC has ever received. All it took was knocking out a national power in the first round, haha