FB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[diehardfan]

Dang, you're old! 

ARRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!  Can't sneak this past CardinalAlum on any board.

You can run, but you can't hide!

Karma to both of you for making me laugh. 

Incidentally, Mugsy, I think that means that you were a freshman in high school the year I was born.

[Mugsy]

Dang, you're old! 

ARRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!  Can't sneak this past CardinalAlum on any board.

You can run, but you can't hide!

Well I certainly can't run like I use too... jog is about the extent of it.

[Mugsy]

Karma to both of you for making me laugh. 

Incidentally, Mugsy, I think that means that you were a freshman in high school the year I was born.

In one word... OUCH!

[Chili dog]

sorry bluphi and yes i read your post.  I jsut turned 23 and i dont care how old I am I love football and would even play if i was 50.  Its been 15 yrs of ball and its really starting to show some ware and tear on my body.  as Im sure everyone who evea played ball that long would feel.

[BluPhi35]

sorry bluphi and yes i read your post.  I jsut turned 23 and i dont care how old I am I love football and would even play if i was 50.  Its been 15 yrs of ball and its really starting to show some ware and tear on my body.  as Im sure everyone who evea played ball that long would feel.

chilidog

you're just turning 23 and complaining about wear and tear.  wait until you get my age!  i'm not quite 40yrs old but i'm close enough and my whole body is off aligned.  i'm still ballin' but it's on another level (instructional). 

i remember when you first started returning punts.  you were a little jittery but you got better on kickoff returns.

[BluPhi35]

what are the predictions for this week?

[footballisfun]

Coe over Aurora
Benedictine over North Park (Not sure about this one dont know that much about North Part)
CU-Chicago over Chicago University (I think this will be a good game)
CUW over North Central
Greenville over Blackburn (duh)
Lakeland over Carthage (Another good game)
MacMurray over Rockford

These predictions are with me not knowing very much about the out of conf. teams.

[BluPhi35]

Coe over Aurora
Benedictine over North Park (Not sure about this one dont know that much about North Part)
CU-Chicago over Chicago University (I think this will be a good game)
CUW over North Central
Greenville over Blackburn (duh)
Lakeland over Carthage (Another good game)
MacMurray over Rockford

These predictions are with me not knowing very much about the out of conf. teams.

this is going to be a very exciting weekend of football.  four of the five teams are evenly matched with talent.  it's no doubt that these games are all going to come down to SPECIAL TEAMS!!!!!!!!  HERE'S MY ALL-STAR PICKS: North Park over Ben (NEW system, new STAFF, new BELIEFS) slug match of the week
Greenville tops Blackburn by 3
Concordia drops to Univ of Chgo in final minutes( 3-3-5 def holds on)
CUW spanks NCC (scoreboard won't show it)
Lakeland falls to Carthage (two highly aggressive teams, alot of Unsportsman penalties but the team that establish self-control will prevail)

MacMurray and Rockford (this is the only game that i think will get out of control score wise but i give the nod to Rockford)

there you have, hysteria all in a nutshell.   i'll be doing alot of driving this weekend....[/left] 

[Big_Uns]

Some thoughts on the Carthage/Lakeland game:

1. Lakeland lost 75-14 last week to Whitewater and immediately Gomer Pyle was all over it. Lest we forget, Lakeland lost by the same amount (61 points) to Whitewater last year and still won the conference.

2. From what I saw during that game, Lakeland played better than they did last year, though the scoreboard didn't show it. The defense is faster (believe it or not and seriously have two great linebackers in Wagner and Sims) and they held All-American Justin Beaver to 52 yards on 11 carries, but Derek Stanley could very well be an NFL prospect, and there aren't many people in Division III able to cover this guy this year. No matter where the ball was thrown (which was almost always on target since Jacobs is very good as well), he seemed to come down with it. Stanley, coupled with three very costly mistakes by Lakeland in the first half kept this game from being a lot closer than it was. The Muskies drove the ball into the red zone on their opening drive to get turned away on a penalty that knocked them out of field goal range.

3. From what I've heard, Carthage lost a good number of guys, especially on a defense that is nothing like it was two years ago.

Prediction: Lakeland's receiving corps may be deeper than originally thought. Isiah Calhoun could see more snaps this week after making two tremendous catches in the Whitewater game. The Muskie receivers repeatedly burned Carthage's defenders last year, but Maiuri had trouble getting them the ball. Lakeland's O-line should hold up against the Carthage defenders this year, thus giving Brad Wilk enough time to get those receivers the ball. If this happens, Lakeland should win.

[BluPhi35]

first off, i feell what you're saying about last week but that contributes to the over aggression for this game.  Both teams are going to come out trying to prove toughness and ultimately opening weaknesses. 

second,  nfl prospects or not it's not going to the athleticism that "wins" it's the "wits".   these guys are going to battle mentally before the ball is even kicked.  i would like to think that they guys you spoke of are veterans and are able to get there younger teammates focused.  i've seen both teams in my time on both good and bad experiences but i've always sought out the wise players.  both teams can ball and both have been known to be boastful.  with that being said,  which team is going to show maturity and weather the storm?

[Gomer Pyle]

   Who gets the "W" for games on Sept 9th?
   
    Aurora
    BU
    Chicago U
    Greenville
    Lakeland. even though they lost last year to the Redmen....
    Rockford
    Con, W.

   Big_Uns:   Was just stating the facts. 

[Chili dog]

It will be a good weekend of football.  And it will all be topped off Sunday at 3:15 when the chicago bears get even more redemption on brett favre's tormenting us for the past decade+ as our defense causes 2 interceptions and 4 sacks.  One in which brett favre gets up from only to be concussed enough to see DITKA's face in the heavens laughing down on him with walter in the background doing the superbowl shuffle. 

Bears 247
Packers -5

As far as games of the weekend NCC and CONC will be a great game and both defenses are going to have a day. 

NCC- 17
Conc W.- 28

[Mugsy]

Some thoughts on the Carthage/Lakeland game:

1. Lakeland lost 75-14 last week to Whitewater and immediately Gomer Pyle was all over it. Lest we forget, Lakeland lost by the same amount (61 points) to Whitewater last year and still won the conference.

2. From what I saw during that game, Lakeland played better than they did last year, though the scoreboard didn't show it. The defense is faster (believe it or not and seriously have two great linebackers in Wagner and Sims) and they held All-American Justin Beaver to 52 yards on 11 carries, but Derek Stanley could very well be an NFL prospect, and there aren't many people in Division III able to cover this guy this year. No matter where the ball was thrown (which was almost always on target since Jacobs is very good as well), he seemed to come down with it. Stanley, coupled with three very costly mistakes by Lakeland in the first half kept this game from being a lot closer than it was. The Muskies drove the ball into the red zone on their opening drive to get turned away on a penalty that knocked them out of field goal range.

How can you possibly rationalize "things were not as bad as they looked" for a 61 point loss?

1. True enough... Lakeland "held" Beaver to 52 yards on 11 carries, but he probably only played a half and UW-Whitewater didn't need him anymore than that.  If he played an entire game, chances are he would have had more.

2. The Muskies took the opening drive down into the redzone, but came away with nothing due to penalties... yeah... but they couldn't capitalize due to penalities.  Nice drive + penalites = 0 points.  Close = 0 points.

3. You can't say "take away 3 costly mistakes and the game would have been closer"...  Every losing team could then point to x number of plays and say "if we did things better or different" we would have won or it would have been close.  How does the saying go?  If if's and but's were horseshoes and hand grenades... or Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades...  61pts is NOT close.

Lakeland may have played better this year against UW-Whitewater and they may still win conference this year, but you can't rationalize a 61pt defeat into something less than a complete blowout - IMO.

[BluPhi35]

It will be a good weekend of football.  And it will all be topped off Sunday at 3:15 when the chicago bears get even more redemption on brett favre's tormenting us for the past decade+ as our defense causes 2 interceptions and 4 sacks.  One in which brett favre gets up from only to be concussed enough to see DITKA's face in the heavens laughing down on him with walter in the background doing the superbowl shuffle. 

Bears 247
Packers -5

As far as games of the weekend NCC and CONC will be a great game and both defenses are going to have a day. 

NCC- 17
Conc W.- 28

chili dog

i born to disagree with you regarding the Green Bay game and i'm not a Cheese Head.  i will agree with you on the NCC game.

[79jaybird]

IMO, I don't think the games are going to be ask close as many might think.  Here are my predicts:

North Central 28  Concordia WI  10
Carthage 13 Lakeland 10
Coe  24   Aurora 13
Chicago 21  Concordia IL  17
North Park 28  Benedictine 7
Greenville 35  Blackburn 7
Rockford 21  Macmurray 10
I don't see how many of you can pick against North Central at home, considering they almost knocked off Capital and had such a great team last year?  I know they lost a lot of guys, but still it is tough to pick against the Cards in this one.