FB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[NoNeedToHideMyName]

CUC 33 - Blackburn 14 (the score was something like that)

[baseman201]

Most pretty much had all the game predictions right with exception of Aurora....some also picked CUW over Simpson as well.

Lakeland seemed to hang in there Vs. Whitewater and their starters.

Although as someone said Beaver did come out of the game.

[madfrog]

Most pretty much had all the game predictions right with exception of Aurora....some also picked CUW over Simpson as well.

Lakeland seemed to hang in there Vs. Whitewater and their starters.

Although as someone said Beaver did come out of the game.

Yeah beaver was out around 10minutes left in the 3rd, but they had the rest of their starters in tell the 4th. Lakeland will be on and off this year. Offensively this game they were for sure off while defensively played I guess you could say solid. AND OMFG CUC won.. How on earth did that happen, lol.

[Cougswillwin]

Holy Cow.....Cougs Win!





(In my best Harry Carrey impression)

[Fartcus Smellwood]

CUC defeats Blackburn 33-14. Ridiculous amount of penalties on the offensive side and if that wasn't the case the score could of been a little more. Over 100 yards on penalties.

It is too early to make predictions on who is going to be the conference champ. It is only week 1.

Any word on Eureka or Benedictines scores?

[KickerEC99]

Eureka - 14
Knox - 33

16 flags in the game for a total of 174 yards.

10 for 111 yards were Eureka penalties.

Two penalties occurred and took away interceptions by Eureka.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Benedictine 3, Elmhurst 52.

[baseman201]

Uhm, benedictine ouch.......

yeah, the CUC game could have been alot uglier if it wasn't for the 100 yards in penalties......but it's the woulda, coulda, shoulda game I guess.

Weeks is just awesome, the RBs are studs and the O-Line is more solid then it has ever been.  No more taking CUC lightly for ANY team....honestly, but I guess like Fartcus said it's only week 1, alot of football to be played.

Big test next week against a good Chicago squad, will be the decider on if CUC can get it done this year. 

And as we saw with Michigan today....anything is possible.

[Gomer Pyle]

 First week down:
    Lutherns 23  AU 13.  Lutherns went from 0-10 last year to beating AU.
    Looks like praying does pay off.
    UW_WW-41  LC 7.   LC will probably look at this as a moral victory. 
    Maddog, your guys did score 7. 
    MacMurray "0"    Augie  65!!   MacMurray has nobody to blame but themselves. The Admin got rid/fired/terminated all connected to the football program plus they "had" one of the worst SID`s in the conference bar none. 
   Their football program is in shambles and the prospect for them going
    0-10 is a strong probability. To bad for the players.
    The "believers" got a very nice "W" against Blackburn. Congratulations.
    What happened to Con,Wis ?   This could be the year a wild-card type
    of team (from the usual) has a real chance to step up and win the IBFC.
    Next week we`ll a chance what Greenville has to offer.
    There were other games of course but.........
   
   
   

[Gomer Pyle]

After looking at the Mac blow out by Augie I got to wondering. 65 points!
   That`s a lot points in anybodies book so I did some checking and found
   that is the stand alone, "worst beating" Mac has EVER  had since they have been playing football which dates to 1985. 
    To go along with that, here is a quote from the new Coach. " The Highlanders hope to return to the form of 1996-2002 when they won 6 of 7
  conference championships and reached the NCAA playoffs."
   He recognises the past and has a hand in the worst defeat in MacMurray football history..... Irony is alive and well.     
   

[old 40]

Congrats to CUC as they were the only IBFC team to win.

The Aurora score was a big surprise. Looks like Wisc. Luthern is getting ready for next year in the NAC.

CUW was also a surprise. UWW vs Lakeland showed off the premier QB in Danny Jones, the transfer from Pac Luthern. IMO one of the top QB's in the country. Beaver is certainly the real deal. I hope the fish can rebound and play well against a strong Carthage team.

Looks like this run for the IBFC crown will be a good one. I don't think I am going to change my predictions, it's early. This week will give us a better look at who might be the leader. Can the teams who lost rebound? Who had alot of injuries? Good luck to all next week.

[baseman201]

Old 40-

Actually Danny Jones transferred from Cal Lutheran, not Pac Lutheran, but I will forgive you this time.

I hear that CUWs offense is a little iffy this year.....although the Bears made it to the Super Bowl with just a defense I guess..........

And it's LutherAn.....not Luthern, don't forget about the "A".

After seeing some scores from yesterday, depending on how Greenville does this Saturday, I like Greenville possibly to win the IBC this year and CUC maybe to finish higher then what most people thought.

Will have some predictions later in the week.

[Fartcus Smellwood]

The Cougars play University of Chicago next week at home and this will definately be a true testfor them. The returners are looking for some revenge as U of Chicago demolished them last year. With a stronger defense and a powerful and fast offense, this is going to be one hell of a game.

Who is CUWs next opponent and what is that looking like?

[drucker]

Yes Mac did get destroyed but they are starting alot of freshman and why is this a shocker to anyone? You all were saying mac was bad and didnt stand a chance.

[NoNeedToHideMyName]

I wouldn't write CUW off just yet...Simpson is not a bad team at all. Take a look at their conference and where they historically sit in the final standings.  They are in the mix with Wartburg, Central and Coe which are all pretty good teams in a pretty strong conference.  CUW is still the team to beat in my opinion it's not like they were knocked off by a team that was 0-10 last year. Unfortunately, it will not get any easier next week when they play North Central.   I look forward to watching each team scratch and claw for wins I don't think there will be very many in conference blow outs this year.