FB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[Gomer Pyle]

Look at North Park, a team/school that has been struggling in football for many years, they still were able to build their new Helwig Center, which is a beautiful state-of-the art facility.

Wasn't all, or at least a very large majority, of the funds for that complex donated by Mike Holmgren?  At Mac, donations that size are used for art galleries and music buildings..   

  You hit the nail right on the head.

[Gomer Pyle]

  Gomers picks for this saturday,Nov 11th.
   
   (1) Aurora vs Valparaiso: AU (5-4 Over all) finishes out their season with a win over 1-6 Valparaiso. 
    (2)  Eureka vs U of Chicago: No crystal ball needed here. Eureka gets it`s
    10th straigth loss.
    (3) Greenville vs Wash U: Greenville at 6-3 (over all) plays Wash U (5-4)
     at home.
     GC, has had a solid season so far and beating WU at their house will
     make it even sweeter.  GC in a close win.
    (4)Mac vs Blackburn: Mac at 2-7 (over-all) is running on 2 cylinders.
      They have nothing left in the tank. Never did really.
     Blackburn in the past has given Mac some good games, even though
      they lost but this year will be different.
     Blackburn at 3-6 is the better team  and will send Mac packing with a
    final 2-8 season record.
     
   
       
   

[baseman201]

Alright, I haven't posted for awhile.

To all you AU alum to have nothing else to post but how good you guys were from 98-01 or whatever, uhm yeah, we really don't care.  How about you talk about the present and the future of the schools and not live in the past on every post.

"Yeah man, we were like 27-1 against IBC schools", yeah you talk about how piss poor CUC, Ben, EU are, good job, way to beat those teams then.......how did you do in the playoffs?  Oh yeah, didn't win.  Maybe start bragging how good your team is when you win a playoff game, or better yet, in a conference with some competition.

your 98-01 squads probably would have been .500 in a majority of the other conferences, but congratualations though.

In conclusion........I hope CUW wins their playoff game.

[bufan]

CUW should just play at Benedictine.  We are the prostitute of Lisle, IL.  We sell to the highest bidder on anything.  Then again NCC is about a 15 minute jog(literally) from BU's campus, so maybe not a great idea.  I hope they win and I hope it does end up at NCC, they beat them their once they can do it again right?  No, Kam Kniss is going to throw for 4 tds.

And I saw someones post about Mike Kemblowski from Carthage=best LB I played against while at BU.  And they had some freak DT named Kalenowski or something like that=better than langston, but not by much

Pat, would you like me to stand in for you on ESPNews?  I can do that if you need a break!

[Genius]

CUW could have the Packers press box and they wouldn't get a home game. SO what they are 10-0, apparently the people who do the rankings aren't impressed. I'm sure most people outside of the ibfc thinks it was a fluke with them beating north central.

lets run down why they won't/shouldn't get a home game.
pressbox
stands (capacity). away stands are joke
potential ticket sales- are they going to get $3000 people to come at $8 a pop in wisconsin in november
10-0 in a weak conference
not ranked
they won't be the higher seed of whoever they play

Now in this region if they play anyone but Mt Union or Wheaton i think they have a legit shot to win the game. they are big and fast on defense. the run the ball well, don't turn it over. and they can beat you in the air on deep passes and really good PR and KR teams.

But get real, no matter who they play they won't be picked to win by people outside the conference and probably most inside the conference. SO WHY GIVE THEM A HOME GAME!!!!!!

The ncaa wants the playoff system to be fair as far as who gets in the playoffs. At the d3 level they aren't concerned with fair match ups. only ticket sales and paying for teams travel. they are going to give home game to who can sale tickets and keep teams close so they don't have to pay for airflights.

cuw needs more than pressboxes. BUT they have the team makeup that can win on the road.

[FatalImpact]

Alright, I haven't posted for awhile.

To all you AU alum to have nothing else to post but how good you guys were from 98-01 or whatever, uhm yeah, we really don't care.  How about you talk about the present and the future of the schools and not live in the past on every post.

"Yeah man, we were like 27-1 against IBC schools", yeah you talk about how piss poor CUC, Ben, EU are, good job, way to beat those teams then.......how did you do in the playoffs?  Oh yeah, didn't win.  Maybe start bragging how good your team is when you win a playoff game, or better yet, in a conference with some competition.

your 98-01 squads probably would have been .500 in a majority of the other conferences, but congratualations though.

In conclusion........I hope CUW wins their playoff game.

Didn't you go to or are going to CUC a team that is, with the exception of EC, the weakest of this so called "weak" conference........Don't be mad at AU alums because your team has been "lackluster".....SO what were consistently good, we try our best in non-conf to play tough teams to make us better, CUC on the other hand tries to plays teams they can beat and even that might not even happen.....SO dont hate on us

[FatalImpact]

Also good luck to CUW...get the W

[sotha sil]

CUW is trying to host a game at Wisconsin Lutheran which is right near CUW...so the press box isnt an issue...The AD said,from what he was told when turning in the bid, he would be shocked if we lost our bid to host

[FatalImpact]

But get real, no matter who they play they won't be picked to win by people outside the conference and probably most inside the conference. SO WHY GIVE THEM A HOME GAME!!!!!!

The ncaa wants the playoff system to be fair as far as who gets in the playoffs. At the d3 level they aren't concerned with fair match ups. only ticket sales and paying for teams travel. they are going to give home game to who can sale tickets and keep teams close so they don't have to pay for airflights.

cuw needs more than pressboxes. BUT they have the team makeup that can win on the road.

I think CUW gets the home game and wins because they went 10-0 the deserve it......I do not believe that there is that big of a concern with ticket sales at the first game.....Either way I believe CUW gets the W

[Fartcus Smellwood]

Alright, I haven't posted for awhile.

To all you AU alum to have nothing else to post but how good you guys were from 98-01 or whatever, uhm yeah, we really don't care.  How about you talk about the present and the future of the schools and not live in the past on every post.

"Yeah man, we were like 27-1 against IBC schools", yeah you talk about how piss poor CUC, Ben, EU are, good job, way to beat those teams then.......how did you do in the playoffs?  Oh yeah, didn't win.  Maybe start bragging how good your team is when you win a playoff game, or better yet, in a conference with some competition.

your 98-01 squads probably would have been .500 in a majority of the other conferences, but congratualations though.

In conclusion........I hope CUW wins their playoff game.

Didn't you go to or are going to CUC a team that is, with the exception of EC, the weakest of this so called "weak" conference........Don't be mad at AU alums because your team has been "lackluster".....SO what were consistently good, we try our best in non-conf to play tough teams to make us better, CUC on the other hand tries to plays teams they can beat and even that might not even happen.....SO dont hate on us

AHHHHEMMM, CUC doesn't really play weak non conference games. If you want to call Loras, U of Chicago and Rose Hulman weak then go ahead, I could understand Blackburn being weak...but be serious and do some research before you slap a team in the face seeing as you really have nothing better to do.

[bufan]

Sorry I want to clarify something about a post about Kemblowski, he is behind lenny radtke, then him

[79jaybird]

Concordia-Chicago also played Elmhurst 2 years ago.

[TBaggins]

Just to comment on all the AU posts, I have been around all the AU teams from the very beginning of the program that Jim Scott started in '86 (no, I never played for AU), and I must say that it is clear AU is less than a shadow of its former self. The teams of the early 90's and late 90's were great teams, largely because Jim Scott and his staff built a unique program of tough, hard hitting players. Many of those defenses were nationally ranked. My point isn't to put the current AU team down, entirely. I agree with Da One, as a fan it's frustrating and overwhelmingly sad to watch them play these days. They were a force to be reckoned with during the Scott era, now they look like a high school J.V. squad. Again, as a fan it's hard to stomach, because the administration and new staff seems to have destroyed the program.

Some of you guys can talk all you want about how the team is up and coming, etc. etc., and how they beat teams like BU, but give me a break (Fatal), AU looked horrible against BU. That was about as undeserved of a victory as there has ever been in the history of football. The only reason they won is because BU coughed the ball up 5 times. AU was thoroughly dominated in the second half and looked silly (yes, I know a win is a win is a win; however...I was embarassed for AU). The point is--and I'm sorry to all the non AU people who are tired of reading about this--all you current AU cheerleaders need a dose of reality. I'm glad you are all supportive and all still, but you need to get real, just a little bit. The current squad is bringing a tear to the eye of this longtime AU supporter (remember the Indian in the littering commercial? Kind of like that), and I'm sure to the eyes of Scott and his former staff. I'm not blaming the current players, as they seem to give their all, I'm blaming the administration and the new coaching staff. What a shame (complete with sniffles)!

[TBaggins]

Oh yeah, forgot to include the teams from 2000-2004 in that list of great AU squads, which further illustrates my point: the harder the fall from grace!

[aufb05]

T-Bags

Your post was about as lame as it gets and your way out of line trying to imply Coach Scott would ever give credence to your ramblings.  If you don't like the current coaching staff or the AU administration "e" them and tell them all about it. This is not the forum for personal issues.

Finally, trying to pawn yourself off as a Spartan fan, is insulting to AU Coaches (past and present) AU players (past and present) to all the real Spartan fans. I should tell you to go eat S--T and die but my karma points would tank even further.