FB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[Gomer Pyle]

  Gomers picks for the saturday, Nov 4th.

    (1) BU vs CU-W: BU may be thinking about a win saturday, but CU-W will
         march to another "W".  Lose to BU, I don`t think so.
     (2)  CU-C vs Greenville:  Will GC be ready to play after last weeks tough
       loss?  Can CU-C, who is having a nice season, not so much in "W`s"
      but in progress, pull off an up-set? You think? 
       Not going to happen.
      (3)  Lakeland vs Aurora:  Lakeland is not the "Pain train" of old. They
       are just a  mediocre team living on past glories.
        Aurora can win this game. LC goes in the tank.
      (4) Mac vs Eureka: Two bottom feeders going no where. These teams
      are playing for the rights to the "Toilet Bowl" trophy. 
       Mac wins this one cause they have a very good RB and a senior QB,
       even though they lack an "O" line.
                   
         

[Gomer Pyle]

  Maddog:  You got a "ghost" writer on your staff?

  You said in part,"........................but good looking like me and a born LEADER."       
   
    To that i say, 

[FBfan01]

maddog,
how is sanniac the frst team kicker. there are other kickers with 15 more pts than him? also, roberts beats any other punter in the conference with his accuracy and power. and, steinmetz has to be FIRST team PR, he is the best. sanniac is not the best kicker in the conference!!!

[Genius]

fbfan,

cuw has the best offense, so the kicker gets to kick 5 pats a game. More opportunities to show you can kick does not mean you are the best kicker.

kicking % Sanniac is the best stats wise.

Maddog,

Stienmietz is offensive player of the year, i include his returns skills as offense.

Before the season i was the only one giving props to  Gillispie. Everybody was on Mac's RB jock. Now that it is all most the post season i realize Gillispie is good but a product of his oline. he ran through open holes, didn't do much on his own. Mac's RB or Eureka's RB are the 2 best RBs in the conference.

Mask (cuw) best OL. #84 wr (cuw) is the best WR . He doesn't get the touches that  Taylor (GC) or White (LC) but he is does it all.

QB- Lewis from cuw is first. Accurate, few INTs and is dual threat. I give a toss up with Wilk (LC) too many ints and Kegel (GC) too many fumbles for 2nd team.

[Bondtec]

I agree with FBfan01 that if someone is going to put together their all-conference picks they should include special teams.  As for the best kicker, that is hard to say.  Kicking has so many variables (holder, snapper, coach's preference) so I think it is hard to compare, but the only thing we can look at is the stats.  So here goes.  According to the IBC website the kicking breaks down like this:

Field Goals
Mai 3-9(33.3%) Ranked #3 in conference
Sanniec 5-9 (55.6%) Ranked #1 in conference

PAT
Sanniec 17-20 (85.0%) Ranked #1 in conference
Mai 32-40 (80.0%)  Ranked #3 in Conference

Scoring
Mai 41 pts 4.6 pts/G Ranked #1 in conference
CU-W has played in 9 games so far
Sanniec 32 pts 4.0 pts/G Ranked #2 in conference
GC has played in 8 games so far

I don't know where FBfan01 got his stats to say that there are kickers with 15 more points than Sanniec.

Kickoffs
Sanniec 54.5 yard average
Mai 54.1 yard average
This stat is hard to judge because onside kicks, sky kicks, and squib kicks can ruin the averages.

Awards
Mai Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 2
   3-3 on PAT and 1-2 on FG
Sanniec Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 6
   2/2 on FG from the 28 and 27 yardlines, sending the game into overtime with his last.  He was also 2/2 on extra points.

This is the excerpt from the IBC website.  Also, Sanniec's field goals against Eureka allowed GC to win 26-20.  Mai doesn't have any late game heroics so to speak, but that is because his team was always winning.

Lastly, which kicker is more important to their team.  This is the best way to break the tie.  Mai has 41 pts of his teams 319 total points (12.8%). Sanniec has 32 pts of his teams 158 total (20.3%)  Statistical, Sanniec has been more important to his teams total offense.  Also, to note, Mai has twice as many PAT attempts than Sanniec.

These two men are very good kickers, but as the stats will tell you Sanniec is the better of the two.  This is just stats and nothing more.  I had the opportunity to see all the kickers in the conference, and these two are the ones that stand out, but Sanniec, on paper, is the better kicker. 

[Gomer Pyle]

  Bondtec:
      Stats are always good.

[sotha sil]

wow, that is some research...i was on gillespies back also before the season...but i see him every week and i think he is the best...should of seen him against north central...plus he has NFL toughness...undersized great heart...that said steinmetz is another player that does amazing things...he is 160 pounds, returns kicks, runs inside and out, catches passes...and is basically the full back on iso plays...amazing guy who should at least be on scholarship somewhere

[bufan]

Sotha sil-  Not to nit pick and I havent even seen those running backs from CUW, but NFL toughness?  2 things i say to that.  If Dan Morgan, Ray Lewis, or Urlacher hit him, your telling me he would want to do it again?? If he is mentally sane, then he would walk away, if he was conscious.  Another thing, NFL toughness to me is Terrell Owens gettin tackled by his collar by Roy Williams and his ankle/leg snapping in 345 different directions, then just walking on it immediately after.  That is what I see as NFL toughness.  And again, maybe he is that tough, its possible, but that is what I judge people on when I think of NFL toughness.

[sotha sil]

its fair enough...but what i mean is...AG would run at Ray Lewis full speed and not flinch...he would do what ever he could to block, run over or around him...he would do whatever it took to win and never ever flinch...all im saying is he is NFL tough...can take any beating and will give out all he has...the kid never quits...hes amazing basically...not saying he is a NFL player but he has NFL toughness for sure

[bufan]

Yeah I understand better now, makes perfect sense.
I guess Ill make predictions since I've been alternating weeks for whatever reason.

AU-LC: Dont care

CUC-GC: GC 34, CUC 12

EC-MC: MC 26, EC 16

BU-CUW: BU 21, CUW 19

[FatalImpact]

BU-CUW: BU 21, CUW 19

Please Tell Me You're not serious....BU has a snowball's chance in hell to win this game, dont get me wrong they've improved but BU will not......WILL NOT.......win this game

[Cougswillwin]

Last regular season post for me.....



Cougs Will Win!!!!

[sotha sil]

CUW wins ?-0...defense shows...collier, steinemtz and siolka have big days if offense shows..

LCvs AU- white catches 3 tds in easy win..but score remains decent

GC wins 28-7..weeks throws for a bunch of yards and picks but has a rushing td

ec vs mac- macs rb rushese like 75 times for 300 yds like any other time they play a team thats weak...mac wins #2

making predictions are fun...even though i have no clue what im talkin about

[HOW IT IS]

Just to let everyone know, MACMURRAY JUST FIRED ALL THE FOOTBALL STAFF AND THE BASEBALL STAFF BECAUSE THEY DONT KNOW HOW TO MANAGE FUNDS OVER HERE, SORRY TO HEAR THIS BECAUSE THIS COLLEGE IS FREAKING WRONG AND WILL BE SHUT DONW IN A YEAR.

AND THATS HOW IT IS

[RubberBiscut]

Just to let everyone know, MACMURRAY JUST FIRED ALL THE FOOTBALL STAFF AND THE BASEBALL STAFF BECAUSE THEY DONT KNOW HOW TO MANAGE FUNDS OVER HERE, SORRY TO HEAR THIS BECAUSE THIS COLLEGE IS FREAKING WRONG AND WILL BE SHUT DONW IN A YEAR.

AND THATS HOW IT IS

Is this true, I need some infor. this sounds very juicy! who will coach the last game!

7400west- were you at I thought you would have something to say about my dog comment a few days ago!