FB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[NoNeedToHideMyName]

Am I impressed....yes.  Am I sold...no. I want to see a string of wins and I'm still waiting on that d to hit. but good job.    

[WLCALUM83]

Final:  WLC 18, Rockford 7

Also heard Benedictine routed Maranatha.

[old 40]

Congrats to BU for picking up their first win. Also to AU for beating the champs for the last two years of the IBFC. IMHO, they have it wrapped up. They looked very good yesterday. CUW were the only ones with a chance to stop AU. AU will roll in the next four.

Congrats to CUC on a big win over Lakeland.  I heard they passed and ran all over Lakeland.

Good Luck to everyone next week.

[Mr. Weiner]

I am glad to see the young Cougar football squad pull out a win against the Muskies. It was a crazy atmosphere at CUC and the cougars deserved the win the way they played. Offense came out early and scored first and I think from then on (yes, in the first quarter) they sent the tempo. The team never gave up.

Props to #10 with the winning touchdown catch.

[iitwi88]

AU proved today that they are indeed the team to beat in the NAC.....best defense, QB, and RB in the conference; great o-line.

who cares who you play in non conference as long as you bring it during conference and AU has done it.  But speaking of non conference, AU did play a darn good IWU team and almost pulled it out....

anybody have any more updates from the NAC?

so i was at the AU CUW game and i think that concordia might have been the better team on the field but did anyone see some of the calls that the refs had been making in the game.

[FatalImpact]

AU proved today that they are indeed the team to beat in the NAC.....best defense, QB, and RB in the conference; great o-line.

who cares who you play in non conference as long as you bring it during conference and AU has done it.  But speaking of non conference, AU did play a darn good IWU team and almost pulled it out....

anybody have any more updates from the NAC?

so i was at the AU CUW game and i think that concordia might have been the better team on the field but did anyone see some of the calls that the refs had been making in the game.

See now what you're doing here is trying to justify the Falcons loss, and while I heard it was a good battle, IMHO the better team won, AU will most likely walk through the conference, Justify the loss how you will but hands down the better team won on Saturday

[footballguy1]

AU proved today that they are indeed the team to beat in the NAC.....best defense, QB, and RB in the conference; great o-line.

who cares who you play in non conference as long as you bring it during conference and AU has done it.  But speaking of non conference, AU did play a darn good IWU team and almost pulled it out....

anybody have any more updates from the NAC?

so i was at the AU CUW game and i think that concordia might have been the better team on the field but did anyone see some of the calls that the refs had been making in the game.

I was also at the AU/CUW game and there is now way that CUW is the better team.  I think the game that CUW played was pretty much there best effort while AU was not even close to their best football.  I also think that none of the refs calls determined the ballgame one way or the other....they were not very good, but they were not very good for both teams....AU is the best team in the NAC and will run the table

[NuTS]

In defense of iitwi88, I too was at the game and noticed the questionable officiating.  That afternoon I checked the NAC website to confirm what I suspected.  In the first 5 games this season CUW had 188 total yards in penalties ( 37.6 per game ).  Saturday they were assessed 124 yards of penalties.

That being said, I also think that AU is a good football team and may still have won the game.  This past Saturday was not CUW's best showing and if these teams were to play 10 times they may well split 5-5.

Good luck to both teams for the remainder of the season.

[FatalImpact]

I was not at the game but I have very reliable sources that told me that a mojority of CUW's penalties were unsportsmanlike, and that all were just, from what I hear they were playing a little dirty

[NuTS]

Your source is close.  Three penalties for Unsportsmanlike Conduct (41 yards).  I know the first UC penalty was for something said after a scramble for a loose ball that CUW came up with but was awarded to AU.  The flag was not thrown until after all the action had stopped, I'm sure the CUW player must have said something questioning the call but not for dirty play.  The other two I'm not sure about but you know what they say:  the ref always catches the second guy.     I feel both teams played a clean hard fought contest.  I am not questioning AU's quality or the win that they deserve.  I am just disappointed with the inconsistant officiating.

[Mr. Weiner]

Aurora- 5-1 (3-0)
Wisconsin Lutheran- 3-3 (2-1)
Concordia Wisconsin- 2-4 (2-1)
Lakeland- 2-4 (2-1)
Concordia Chicago- 2-4 (1-2)
Benedictine- 1-5 (1-2)
Rockford- 1-5 (1-2)
Maranatha- 0-6 (0-3)

With a little less than a month left, where do you all see these teams moving? Any shockers?

[old 40]

AU appears to be the class of the league having seen them 3 times. There could be a couple of trap games but they should be able to handle anything.

CUW will come back and be respectable this year. They gave AU a Great Game Saturday. Yes the officials were bad but you have to play through those things. CUW did have better stats especially on passing. It was a suprise to see them throw on AU as much as they did.

I like WLC to be a dark horse in the last 4 games. They will upset someone. They beat AU last year but this is this year.

IMHO, I think Lakeland is out, apparently they have no defense. CUC proved that as did Rockford. I think they are still a dangerous team if they find some defensive players.

Rockford could surprise someone as could CUC if you are not careful. It looks like Lakeland found out the hard way. Rockford has beaten AU the last 2 years but this is a new year.

AU should run the table but I think there may be a surprise.

[WLCALUM83]

IMHO, WLC should win at least 1 more game. I'd be satisfied with 3 in-conference Warrior wins--a fourth would be icing on the cake for this poster.

[WLCALUM83]

WLCALUM83's picks for 10/25 match-ups:

Concordia-Chicagoover Maranatha Methinks CUC will wear down the Crusaders late in this one.

Aurora over Rockford

Lakeland over Benedictine IMHO, this is the most likely of the four to go either way.

Concordia-WI over WLC --Falcons have always had WLC's number.

[sotha sil]

Being honest, i am not sure cuw will come back from this loss.  After seeing the games and hearing what i have about the new head coach, I do not believe in these falcons.  The players seem uninspired and/or unwilling to listen to the new coach.   I know alumni have lost the interest they used to have and its kinda sad.  We used to love watching the young talent come in and progress.  We loved meeting new coaches and being involved in alumni events.  Now, the players don't respect what has been done, new coaches ignore/brush off alumni that come in and many of the alumni events have been cancled.  School pride for the football team also looks to be at a low.  It's a sad time at C,U.....doubleU