FB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[baseman201]

Uhm, I wouldn't really say the IBC has ever been "stacked".

Considering the best team in our conference got beat pretty bad in the playoffs last year, and the year before was the same outcome.

But back to this MAC comment, Brady Quinns brother going to MAC??  Say what now??

[FatalImpact]

This conference is strong, maybe not as stacked as others but we're strong

[FatalImpact]

Is Brady Quins bro really goin' to mac, if so, all he should really think about it, and also he can only make that team better

[baseman201]

Fatal, I wouldn't consider the 2nd worst conference in D-III "strong".

[FatalImpact]

then you either havent played in a while or just dont care

[FatalImpact]

I beg to differ, our conference is strong, other conferences are just a lil stronger....200

[Pat Coleman]

That's a big dose of denial you're taking there, then. If the IBC is "strong" then there aren't even words to describe other conferences, since almost every other league is better, and most leagues are light-years better.

[baseman201]

First off, thank you very much Pat, most appreciated.

Well, I do pay attention to the conference which is why I dissagreed with you, and I am only a couple years out of playing in this conference (played in 2004 and 2005).

And just because I say this conference isn't strong doesn't mean I don't care.  I wanted so much for CUW to beat North Central last year to give the IBC their first playoff win (knew they wouldn't beat NC a second time though).  But you do have to be realistic sometimes and the realization is this conference isn't strong or good. 

Now I hope in the future it changes with the formation of the NAC and we get a playoff win.  But in my opinion the IBC is better off not even existing, starting fresh and new is the best thing to happen to all the teams, whether they are playing each other in the same conference or not.

[NCC_alum62]

I gotta agree with Baseman here...

2006: No team (aside from CUW) won more than one non-conference game. Compare that to other conferences that play a 3 game non conference schedule and the level of talent they play.

Considering that Concordia (IL), Greenville, and MacMurry's non conference win was against Blackburn, whom I consider well below the IBC "standard." (They went 3-7 IND beating teams that were a combined 5-23)

Concordia (WI) had a great win against NCC in 2OT, but Simpson and Wisconsin Lutheran are not winning programs (Simpson 3-7, WLU 0-10)  Concordia then got trounced in the play-off game 35-6

Benedictine beat NPU (1-9)

You have to play against at least .500 competition and beat them to be considered "strong" I wouldn't call most of the games played by IBC teams (with the exception of CUW) in non-conference competitive

[matblake]

Well, I do pay attention to the conference which is why I dissagreed with you, and I am only a couple years out of playing in this conference (played in 2004 and 2005).

And just because I say this conference isn't strong doesn't mean I don't care.  I wanted so much for CUW to beat North Central last year to give the IBC their first playoff win (knew they wouldn't beat NC a second time though).  But you do have to be realistic sometimes and the realization is this conference isn't strong or good. 

Your conference is your conference, no matter the level of strength.  That is what is so much fun about this site.  It is a place for discussion and debate, but at the end of the day, it is about the entire experience of Division III football, no matter the results that take place on the field for your team each season.l

[NCC_alum62]

I would agree that IBC teams have gotten BETTER...no doubt.  The conference outcome shows that there is greater parity within the conference, that makes me believe that its no longer just one or two teams that are good enough to win the conference.

[bacardi101]

You know what is the funniest thing about the MacMurray football program? It is the former players such as larry and anthonyB. They are the ones that make this college terrible. They think they can come on here after all is said and done with their college careers (which larry  yours will always be tainted) and talk all this crap about how bad it was. The only mistake Mac made was hiring the worst head football coach mcray. WOW did he not know how to coach in a big game. Everyone knows that Mac couldnt win the big game with him calling the plays.

Also I think that the firing of the football coaches needs to be cleared up. They got fired because they didnt have their masters. Thats it. And the Haslam left because he got a WAY better job at ASU.

So if larry or Anthony can come up with another excuse on how mac sucks they need to look at how the recruiting went on. WOW did mac recruit either complete idiots. The recruiting went down hill when mcray took over.

Did you know the GPA was under a 2.0 as a team last season. And the people that dragged that down are thankfully gone.

And as for losing good players, mac didnt lose anything but overrated players, the only one that hurts is payne. Other wise that schwart kid over rated. that pat kid looked like a big dumb idiot that didnt know how to play. and that bruhner kid is probably in rehab center for steroids.  But who cares right larry got a ring....oh wait he didnt!

[catch22]

Bacardi101 so what you are saying is Mac will improve on its record from  lasty year's team, since the guys you mention are gone?

Question did you ever see the field? or are you just mad because you did not play? and if you are at Mac who recruited you?

And who would want to go a school like Mac when you have IC down the street, better facilities, better parties, better looking girls.

Its like the greasers versus the socials.  The smart people left Mac, face it the school will be close after the 2007 season, our degrees will probably not mean a thing, you fat bastard.

[bacardi101]

You are right i used to go to mac, when we were good. not when you guys came in and put that place into a sh@t hole. I got my two rings and i EARNED THEM!! you might have not gotten them. I just know what i see, and why wont you donate money to make it look better. I do, I try to make mac look respectable. You on the other hand are a low life who made mac bad. I know what i saw i know what i heard. Mac will improve from last year because they have heart they stuck it out, they dont cry and they are TEAM PLAYERS!!!!!!!

[catch22]

Bacardi101 WOW now who is upset, temper, temper, Mac was a ****hole before we both got there, realize this fact, and lets move forward, when a college goes down hill like Mac has been doing for some years, you must look at the top, not just the football program, went south, but so has the entire campus,and those people have left, and  that football field that I played on, I am still pulling rocks and glass out my ass because of the field, Mac will not win a single game next year because of people like you Sphuler. Be a man and say who you are, or go play frisbee with Chris Fouts on Rutledge lawn, or miss every block, so I will get the hell beat out of me because of you. Our degrees may mean something in a 100 years.