FB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[uamusme]

were good and LC is good there will be a shift in power soon...

Um... I'm wondering where this shift is... I mean ... AU won a couple, then Mac, then CUW then the Split, then Lakeland... we seem to not have a shift, but a revolving door when it comes to our playoff representitive...

If you're talking about power in the conference... and CUW being not powerfull now and shifting to powerful... I think you're wrong. There was a shift of power 3 years ago when Zebrowski came to Lakeland. He took a passing team and with basically the same players minus about 3 freshman starters and turned them into a contender... So I guess unless you are talking about GC or BU jumping up, or a resurgence of Mac, I think you're mistaken... because CUW has been on/near the top of the conference for about the last 4-5 years.

[augievike93]

I was recurited HEAVILY by Auggie so I know what they are about.

Yet you still don't know how to spell "Augie."  Amazing....

[vikes35]

Going to have to disagree about diversity. I would say that most of our players are white, but we are starting to get more minorities on to the campus and the football team. The problem is that there are very few that apply. Augie tries to make it accessible but the numbers just aren't there. If we can't get a larger minority population in that is not our fault as long as we are trying that is all people can ask of the school.

To all of the IBFC guys I am not saying anything against the conference as you guys are good and can play a tough game (I saw that yesterday) I was just saying that the CCIW is one of the toughest conferences in DIII, and it is going to send a rep to the playoffs that is probably better than the IBFC. It was not a cut and I am sorry if it came across the wrong way. I am sure the people who do not have thin skin are able to admit that, hopefully next year is the year, and good luck to all.

As for active players posting on the board, I was only talking about what seemed to be a couple of obvious ones. Grover1728 if getitboi is an active player he seems to be talking trash with his comments. I was just pointing out that CCIW players are told to stay off the boards because they should be focused on the games they play not the computer screens. It seems to me that if an active player is on a board it is taking from his concentration towards actually playing football, and I am sure many coaches and CCIW fans agree with me. If coaches have no problem with it in the IBFC that is fine with me, I just think they might get players who are more focused if they told them to stay away from the boards.

Also if the shift of power concerned is the fact that the IBFC will be better than the CCIW next year or in the near future lets get serious. The CCIW is going to return teams from Wheaton, North Central College, and Augie that are going to be able to compete with most in the nation next year. The IBFC is a good but not great conference, but lets not get carried away with how good they really are. It will be tough next year for the IBFC to get a playoff win against the CCIW if the matchup went that way.

[Augie6]

GetiTBoI,

IMO, don't think it's a big deal whether active players (or those recently "retired", grover and baseman) are posting on the site or not.  I think it can add a little more interest to some of the discussions that occur on this site.  However, please be careful about describing non-active players posting on this site as "fake Chris Berman's or Mel Kiper Jr.'s".  A large number of posters on this site are former DIII player's who have excellent insights and truly understand DIII football.

As for the respect issue, we played against a lot of different teams with much lower talent levels than we had during my 4 years at Augie.  The teams I had respect for were the one's who played hard to the whistle, didn't give up and didn't feel the need to talk a lot of "trash".  Most of the teams we played against met this criteria.  In my mind, the respect I had for them wasn't about the final score, it was about the effort they gave.  Based on what I've heard and read about yesterday's game, it sounds like Lakeland met this criteria.

[superstar]

To all of the IBFC guys I am not saying anything against the conference as you guys are good and can play a tough game (I saw that yesterday) I was just saying that the CCIW is one of the toughest conferences in DIII, and it is going to send a rep to the playoffs that is probably better than the IBFC.

I dont think anyone argues about the cciw being a tougher conference than the illini badger.  i played for aurora 2 years with an independent schedule and two years in the ibc.  we went 14 and 0 thru the ibc those two years and got screwed on an at large bid which would of allowed for a great matchup in 1999 against augie.  we had the a top 5 rush defense and all kinds of weapons on offense.  i forget who got in insted of us but i believe that  the ibc would of beat the cciw that year.  every year at this time it drives me nuts that we didnt get that opportunity.  so i had to bring it up.  that sucks about lakelands qb being hurt.  i thought that this year would of been comparable to 1999 and it would of been a great game.  of course 1999 never happened.  would of could of should of.  this is about illinois football verse ohio now.  i am tired of mount union so i hope augie opens up a can on their azz.

[Brick]

Who cares is There are not many minorities at Augie....Augie is a school that prides it's self on being a student first and an athlete second....GeTITboI if you were so heavily courted by Augie I'm sure Coach Barnes talked with you about this....

[dansand]

For what it's worth, since we're talking about diversity, fully 1/3 of the players in Augie's basketball program are African-American.

[Gomer Pyle]

 Open question: Anybody heard anything reguarding Coach Frey at Tri-State?
   

[baseman201]

Oh yeah, Grover and I went to a private high school with only one black guy in the school, and come to think of it no hispanics either.............

Anyhow, the only black kid in the school gets kicked off the basketball team for being at a party, yeah..................thought it was kind of funny, pretty ironic...............Has nothing to do with the IBFC and D-III football, but the season is over anyhow.................yeah..............................I am done

Hope you enjoyed the story

[gc_fan]

Gomer, I don't know if this is any more than you know, but Frey is no longer at Tri-State (an assistant is listed as the interm Head Coach) also, last monday there was a job announcement for the Head Coach position there on footballscoop.com.  As far as where Frey is now, I have no clue

[Gomer Pyle]

Gomer, I don't know if this is any more than you know, but Frey is no longer at Tri-State (an assistant is listed as the interm Head Coach) also, last monday there was a job announcement for the Head Coach position there on footballscoop.com.  As far as where Frey is now, I have no clue

That`s what i thought ( no longer the head FB coach).
    He departed Mac about 3 years ago to a better job (Tri-State)... So he thought.
    But after winning only (2) games out of (30) looks like the Admin at Tri-State had had enough.
   
   
   

[bufan]

Augie, i agree that current players should not be able to post on here, or atleast their coaches should disallow it.  I remember my freshmen year, our coach found out this other kid did, and went ape sh*t.  Its a good rule that your coaches do that and even better that the players abide by it.  As for the crime scene in Rock Island...I am a firm believer that Augie got lathargic after the 1st quarter, and for whatever reason arent as good in the 2nd, every team has some sort of quarter they funk in.  Im sure Augie will not "funk" in the MT Union game, no matter what the score is, they wont be slumping.

GeTiTboi - I agree CUW would have given them a game more so.  CUW d-line was better and running back were superior to Lakelands.  And I dont care what the all conf. said, im telling u a fact based on blocking them.  CUW has probably been the best team in my opinion all 4 years at BU, except maaaybe AU last year, but i believe AU beat them 24-7 or so.

And I find it admirable that Mauri played on a bum leg, but was it a stress fracture or are we talking Joe Theisman?(probably not joe theisman but I mean a legitimate break?)

[maddog8]

Ryan had a clean break through the fibula actually I am totally supprised he did play but then againt I 'm not because of his heart for the game, his team and the conference. Had he been healty he would have made a bigger difference in the score. He did well under the surcomstances, throwing for 181 yrds and (2) TD's throwing off his right leg not using his left leg which a right handed QB throws off of. BU FAN-Lakeland was clearly the best team the conference had to offer, CUW no didcredit but you could not have represented us any better, if you could of you would have beaten us when YOU HAD A 14 POINT lead WHICH YOU LOST!. Drop the topic you lost the game and it is over, Would-hv,, Could-hv, Should-hv, you guys are killing me. All you had better was the RUNNING BACK that is IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[formerd3db]

bufan:
Just and FYI.  That's been the "unwritten" rule on all the boards since the inception of this website (and certainly is the rule for almost all the head coaches of the DIII schools as far as we know) i.e. that current players (and/or coaches) are not to post on this website during the season.  Most people do not have a problem with them doing so during the off-season. 

[sotha sil]

maddog, to say we ONLY had a better RB is crazy...would you honestly only take our RB if you could have the best talent from CUW? the stats do not always speak of the talent....you know there are plenty of guys at CUW you would not blink before you jump on the chance to take them for lakeland....not to say the other way around isnt the same