FB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[FalconsFootball]

I could not have said it better myself Redman04

[TBaggins]

AUFB is correct, Pongo (d3nobody) loves the attention so if we stop responding to his ridiculous posts he'll have to go back to downloading porn in his mommy's basement, as d3football fan so correctly noted. Let's hear it for our benevolent administrator who helped clear up Pongo's worst kept secret. Thanks Pat and keep up the good work!

[mac_5_seven]

Mac must be a bunch of real class act these days.  First they decide that they need to run through the Wooster band.  Then after the beatin' they took by them, they decide that they need to run their mouths while playing a clearly weaker team at Tri State and now how they acted last week last week.  Embarrasing......

[Big_Uns]

How dumb is it to say that D3 can't compare to D1? I mean, first of all, a lot of D1 talent drops to D3 because of whatever reason, which means there are some pretty damned good players around, some that could eventually have pro ability.

Second of all, look at some of the results of some of these games. Rowan beat 1AA Robert Morris. Sure, the majority of the talent goes to D1, but there is no way you can give D3 the short end of the stick because there are some pretty good players at this level. That really makes these teams a lot of fun to watch, and their games are a hell of a lot more accessible than D1 games.

[aufb05]

Falcsfb-

Thanks for the update on Con(W) v MAC. how come your SID doesn't do summaries or stats?

[aufb05]

Interesting NCAA Ranking Stats for Con(W) v AU (10/1/05)

Total Offense            CON - 84
Total Defense            AU - 106
Rushing Offense         CON - 22
Rushing Defense         CON - 83
Passing Offense         AU - 147
Passing Efficiency D    AU - 56
Scoring Offense         CON - 40
Scoring Defense         AU - 126
Turnover Margin         AU - 70
Special Teams           CON - 55 (avg.)

[mac07]

I was at the Wooster game and I don't recall when Mac ran through their band. When did this happen?

[Big_Uns]

Interesting NCAA Ranking Stats for Con(W) v AU (10/1/05)

Total Offense            CON - 84
Total Defense            AU - 106
Rushing Offense         CON - 22
Rushing Defense         CON - 83
Passing Offense         AU - 147
Passing Efficiency D    AU - 56
Scoring Offense         CON - 40
Scoring Defense         AU - 126
Turnover Margin         AU - 70
Special Teams           CON - 55 (avg.)

So the team that's featured with each respective stat is ahead of the other team I'm guessing? Meaning Concordia's offense is ranked higher than Aurora's?

[Southfan]

I'm not trying to be a dick AUFB05 but i don't understand your last post.  Are you saying that CON's O is going to be up against a tough D or what?  Seriously, I'm just confused.  I think it's going to be a good game regardless of stats.  Both teams always play hard.

[Gomer Pyle]

 The football season is at the mid way point for some and most of the teams in the IBC are already out of the running.
  There are only (3) teams, Aurora, Con, W and
   Lakeland still in the fray and that will change this
Sat, 10/1 as Aurora and Con,W play. Most years
(1) loss in conference play and your out of contention. That, to me, shows little parity in the conference. Last year was the exception though.
   Here`s how i see this sat shaking out:
    (1) Greenville.....Benedictine: Both teams looking for their first conference win. BU has been tourched pretty bad in their games and i don`t see any change this sat.  As a "football game" pitting 2 winless  teams it should be fun to watch. These guys will just line up and play.
  Greenville gets the "W".
   (2) Eureka.....Lakeland: Unfortunately for Eureka
   Lakeland has something to prove. That being they can play a game with out distractions and still run up the score.Their coach will turn the horses loss this sat........could be brutial. Lakeland was to strong for Bu and they will be to strong for Eureka.
  Lakeland gets the "W"
  (3) MacMurray......Con,Ill: What can you say?
     Con,Ill is winless in the IBC and Mac got hammered last week by Con,W.  Mac  got 2TD`s via the pass but gave up a ton of yards as their "D"
   disappeared. I`m sure the coach will work on his defense but your only as good as you`ve got.
   They have a really good R/B in P. Ereg but if the "O"line doesn`t help him out a little or put another way, if this is a team sport, where is the "O" line?
   Mac`s QB is no slouch either. the boy can play
   but again with out "some" help from the O-line
    the plays can`t/ don`t even get started.
   None of the above problems will come into play
   this sat as Mac is to much for Con,Ill.
    MacMurray gets the "W".
  (4) Aurora.....Concordia,W:  Forget last year. 
   This is a very important game for these teams.
    Loser goes home! By that i mean for the most part  the loser is just about finished as far as the championship goes. Back to that," one and done"
  thing.
  Aurora always seems to have good players  as does CW. Both prgrams have been fairly stable
  over the last few years ( coaching change noted)
  CW leveled Mac last week which says something about their "O" and "D".
   As these teams represent (2) of the big (3) teams in the IBC playing each other i`d say the winner has a leg up on the Conference title.
  I know Lakeland is still in the mix and could well
  change the overall out come but my comments are for this sat only.
  This will be a good game and maybe not as close as you would think.
   Concordia,W  gets the "W".
   As i have no stake in any team/school my comments are un-biased.
   
 
   
 
 

   

   
 

     

[aufb05]

Interesting Gomer-

Greens D is much stronger than it has been in the past years but nonetheless BEN will show that they can play FB, the tangible may be Greens starting QB who was hurt in last weeks game against AU. BEN gets the W

Eureka is doing some nice things but is no competition for LAKE. LAKE gets the W

I have no idea why MAC didn't give Con(W) a game. Their results were embrassing. MAC will take last weeks fustrations out on CON's little brother CON(IL). MAC gets the W

GAME OF THE SEASON - Without stats it is hard to guage Con(W) but they were certainly impressive last week. Their NCAA rankings seem to give them an edge. AU has the talent but seems to be struggling out of the gate. If they are going to pull it off their 1st & 2nd QTR stats will have to change.  AU has gone to the air and their QB knows how to thread the needle.  Con has put MAC away now it needs to do the same to AU leaving LAKE as the only game left to play for a real title. This is the first the first in the series for AU. I don't think AU will let their season end Saturday. Close game AU by 3

[Big_Uns]

Greenville over Benedictine

Lakeland over Eureka

MacMurray over Concordia (Ill.)

and

I'm going to give Aurora the benefit of the doubt that the CUW/Mac game was a fluke, even though the final was just atrocious, but I still think CUW is the better team.

Concordia (Wis.) over Aurora

[mac_5_seven]

Mac07,

Heard ot from a couple of different people.  Hope it's not true...  Off subject, I wonder why homecoming is so late this year.  Any thoughts?

[FalconsFootball]

Aufb05-

       There should be a summary of the game up. If it isn't on the site then look at the score on d3football i know its there.  As far as stats go I'm not sure.  Also what is up with the Concordia Aurora stats? I don't quite follow.

[aufb05]

FALCSFB-

They are the current NCAA rankings for D3 on the different elements of FB by team and by player. I thought they where interesting stats that can give another perspective when trying to secound guess an outcome. They can be found on the NCAA web.