FB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[rusty shackleford]

two teams would be 1-2 in games among the top4 if a tie occurs they are lakeland and AU.... BU and CUW would be 2-1 among the top 4....

BU has to beat CUW for this to happen......they take the head to head

BU wins and lakeland wins - lakeland is in
Bu wins and lakeland loses- BU is in
CUW wins they are in

[NCAA Football]

Has BU ever made the playoffs.  Wow, if they did, that would be great, especially after their not so great start.  They have been playing well though, ever since conference play began.  Just imagine if they wouldn't have lost to CUC. 

[lem4094]

I do not believe BU ever made either NCAA or NAIA playoffs.  They did have a couple 9-1 seasons (Early 70's then one in mid 80's).  Those would be the seasons they had the record deserving of going.

[Gomer Pyle]

I do not believe BU ever made either NCAA or NAIA playoffs.  They did have a couple 9-1 seasons (Early 70's then one in mid 80's).  Those would be the seasons they had the record deserving of going.

  Benedictine has never won the IFBC Championship.   My source was :
   Answers.com, which went back to 1976.   
  The BU Record Book shows a 9-2 season in 1971 and 9-1 in 1986.
  Lem4094,  don`t mean to step on your toes, just want to keep it
   accurate.

[lem4094]

No worries.  I understand completely.  I was going from memory (which begins to get worse with time).

[lem4094]

While we are talking about BU, Where is all the complaining that was here earlier this year about the coaching staff?  Someone wanted Cooper's head on a plate.  Does he/she still have the same stance since the Eagles have ripped off 4 consective W's?

[bufan]

thank you lem.  i forget that guys name on this board but he has been absent for the last month, since BU went on a streak.  Tough game ahead for sure but they are definitely a confident bunch now.  the key matchup will be CUWs run defense versus BU's run offense.  After my years at BU the last 20 postings or so about BU possibily being a representative is still trying to register.  But am very proud of the guys who are still there that i played with, for sticking it out during some terrible seasons.  I think it was you LEM that pointed out the loss to CUC, which is a good point.

[FalconsFootball]

No offense, and I mean I am really not trying to offend you,  but I don't think BU's offense is much of a threat for CUW's defense in the rushing game.  CUW, as usual, has been great against the run.  After Whatching BU play I don't beleive they have the talent to truly threaten CUW.

[cardinaldad]

two teams would be 1-2 in games among the top4 if a tie occurs they are lakeland and AU.... BU and CUW would be 2-1 among the top 4....

BU has to beat CUW for this to happen......they take the head to head

BU wins and lakeland wins - lakeland is in
Bu wins and lakeland loses- BU is in
CUW wins they are in

Thanks for the clarification.

[Timewilltell]

Falcs- sorry, but the run defense I saw Saturday at Greenville by CUW was average at best. Now, not sure if they had players missing or injured. But the one play I remember the most was a 60+ yard QB sneak right up the middle of the defense.

I bet BU will take some hints from the tape on the Greenville victory.

[madfrog]

you are crazy if you think lakeland has a better shot in the playoffs then cuw. lakeland has good receivers who can catch well in traffic. that is all they have offensively. protection is suspect, running game none existent, qb makes bad decisions. Defense is pretty good. Cuw has less weaknesses then lakeland. they can pass a whole lot better than lakeland can run (both of the team's weaknesses). CUW has better special teams although lakeland's are good.

now cuw most have thought they were going to show up and win against GC. it is one thing to lose but to get blown out. i guess the team d3football picked from the start finally showed up.

Crazy and Smart. Lakeland has better odds of hanging with a more dominate team than CuW does. Lakeland does not lose to below average teams like CuW manages to do. Lakeland will lose a game here and there to very tough teams out of conference(as in a carthage not talking about a UW), but would never get blown out by a Greenville team that has been struggling. Lakeland is the obvious choice to who would preform better in the playoffs. CuW could not handle UWW OR UW-Oshkosh scores would be more lopsided than the Lakeland games. CuW beat lakeland yeah thats true 35-28 at home I believe. Nothing new here Lakeland Struggles with figuring out how to stop CuW offensive game plan, been that way for a while now.

Enough with this 4way Tie BS, Benedictine can't beat Lakeland so I doubt CuW will manage to lose to another team that can't beat Lakeland. If CuW loses to Benedictine then my point will be even more clear. However still even getting a worst Team in the playoffs will be  lol first round game 70-0 Beating to whoever they play.

[FalconsFootball]

Yeah I heard it wasn't very good but GC has better players at those positions than BU, that was the basis for my comment.  I also hear the problem was 9 fumbles by CUW 6 of which were lost.  that can tire a defense out and leave them more susceptable to giving up plays like that.  However, thats still no excuse. 

[NCAA Football]

thank you lem.  i forget that guys name on this board but he has been absent for the last month, since BU went on a streak.  Tough game ahead for sure but they are definitely a confident bunch now.  the key matchup will be CUWs run defense versus BU's run offense.  After my years at BU the last 20 postings or so about BU possibily being a representative is still trying to register.  But am very proud of the guys who are still there that i played with, for sticking it out during some terrible seasons.  I think it was you LEM that pointed out the loss to CUC, which is a good point.

yeah, where has "you have to be kidding me" gone.  looks like hes not paying attention to d3 football again.  anyway, BU fan, i agree that it is going to be a difficult matchup, but i think that BU can control the ball and keep their defense off of th field, they have a good chance of winning the ame, but it will definately be close.

[NCAA Football]

Benedictine loses to Concordia Chicago 21-10.

So who is going to side with Jon Cooper now? He's lost to the worst team in the IBC (with the exception of Eureka). It doesn't get much worse than this. "Oh he's still building his team." Not an excuse. He's in year 3.

"Oh but NCC and Elmhurst are the #1 and #2 teams in the nation" excuse doesn't work anymore. They lost by 2 scores to a TERRIBLE team. They are also terrible.

What does Jon Cooper do all week? He does not gameplan. What does Jon Cooper do all offseason? He does not recruit good players. He's pathetic. He should be fired, as I've said all along.

If Murray and Mitchell lost their jobs for poor performance, Cooper should've been fired after yesterday's game.

Cooper came into Benedictine with an attitude. He knocked Benedictine's past teams by saying this is the "new" Benedictine" and that the "old" Benedictine had to go, the "old" Benedictine was bad, blah blah blah. Guess what? The old Benedictine was a lot better than when he came. If you're going to come into a school acting like some big shot who is going to change things, then change them...for the better, not for the worse. I'm just tired of people siding with Cooper when he has done noting but fire good coaches to bring in "his" guys, lose games, and recruit a bunch of scrubs. It's time for him to be fired or retire on his own.

Jon Cooper is proving why Aurora never hired him as a head coach. There's a reason he was an assistant for almost 20 years. It's showing right now.

Benedictine will go 1-9, maybe 2-8. That is not progress.

Benedictine administration, if you're reading this, start accepting applications, because this ship is sinking.

All i have to say is great job so far BU, you've definately surpassed that 1-9/2-8 record that you were "supposed" to finish with. 

[cudub]

you are crazy if you think lakeland has a better shot in the playoffs then cuw. lakeland has good receivers who can catch well in traffic. that is all they have offensively. protection is suspect, running game none existent, qb makes bad decisions. Defense is pretty good. Cuw has less weaknesses then lakeland. they can pass a whole lot better than lakeland can run (both of the team's weaknesses). CUW has better special teams although lakeland's are good.

now cuw most have thought they were going to show up and win against GC. it is one thing to lose but to get blown out. i guess the team d3football picked from the start finally showed up.

Crazy and Smart. Lakeland has better odds of hanging with a more dominate team than CuW does. Lakeland does not lose to below average teams like CuW manages to do. Lakeland will lose a game here and there to very tough teams out of conference(as in a carthage not talking about a UW), but would never get blown out by a Greenville team that has been struggling. Lakeland is the obvious choice to who would preform better in the playoffs. CuW could not handle UWW OR UW-Oshkosh scores would be more lopsided than the Lakeland games. CuW beat lakeland yeah thats true 35-28 at home I believe. Nothing new here Lakeland Struggles with figuring out how to stop CuW offensive game plan, been that way for a while now.

Enough with this 4way Tie BS, Benedictine can't beat Lakeland so I doubt CuW will manage to lose to another team that can't beat Lakeland. If CuW loses to Benedictine then my point will be even more clear. However still even getting a worst Team in the playoffs will be  lol first round game 70-0 Beating to whoever they play.

Its not as if CUW loses to below average teams consistently, so i dont  understand that logic.  It seems as if the GC game was a bit of a fluke to me.  If you look at who CUW has lost to in the last 2 years North Central, Simpson, and GC, those teams are not bad.  Just because Lakeland gets destroyed by whitewater doesnt mean they have a better chance to beat them, im sure CUW would have gotten equally demolished.  And i dont know what the score of the LC Carthage game was, but i believe it was not close (right?).  I would say concordia put up a better fight against a better NCC team than LC did against an average CCIW team.

To me the bottom line is that the IBFC no matter who wins, is going to have a tough time in the playoffs.  Im not saying that CUW is far and away the best team, but i think they have a slightly better chance in the playoffs than does lakeland.  I say this 1. because they beat them.....seems like a logical measuring stick to me.  And 2.  Because CUW has shown (besides last weekend) that they have a very good defense, capable of shutting teams down.