FB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[gobash]

I'm happy to read here that my views of Mummert were not very far off from what the rest of you seem to think.  We were trying to get the Wabash lacrosse program off the ground in 98-99 as a club team and had teams on the road to Crawfordsville for a four-team tournament.  THAT MORNING Mummert made us call the tournament off, after he promised us the use of Mud Hollow, because he thought it had received too much rain and was afraid we'd tear the field up.  All of the teams coming from MI and WI had already left, and we got to tell them to turn around and go home when they arrived.  Thanks, Vern.

I'm very glad Dean Bambrey is taking over.  He'll be fantastic in the role.

[BashDad]

http://courierpress.com/news/2008/may/19/reitzs-austin-chooses-wabash/

[BashBacker#16]

BashDad,

Nice find, thanks for posting.  I wish we could get Deig's little brother who led Reitz in tackles at MLB.  24 sacks is strong - any idea how big he is?  I believe he is one of our Indiana North/South All Stars.

[bashbrother]

16,

DE–Craig Austin, Evansville Reitz, 6-4, 230, Sr.

LB–Chris Deig, Evansville Reitz, 5-10, 195, Sr.

[BashBacker#16]

Lindy's 2008 College Football Preview:

"Wabash #7 - New coach Erik Raeburn has the talent."

Mount #1
UW-W #2

[aueagle]

BB#16....Tell me the football annuals are out. I placed my order for Athlon's (ship in June) and I am still waiting for the green light from Street & Smith's (Sporting News). If Lindy's is out, B&N, here I come!

[OldTymer20]

Steve Hymes to return for 5th year at OWU....take's medical redshirt.

[aueagle]

OT 20's first post is a BLAST...I hope your information is correct. After the news over the winter and the development, Steve is needed not only for his talent, but, leaderships as well. Maybe the news can lift the Bishops.

[wally_wabash]

That is good news for the Bishops and that officially puts them into the "sleeper" category.  With no Wabash on the schedule, who the Bishops haven't beaten since Wabash joined the league, OWU could quite conceivably make a run in 2008.  We'll know by Oct. 1 whether the Bishops are for real....their first two conference games are @ Wooster (9/20) and home against Witt (9/27). 

[aueagle]

wally: The Bishops open with CMU, then the two you mentioned (COW/Witt). The past 2 seasons OWU opens with a string of defeats. A very tough Case team rolls into Delaware on Oct 18. I agree....Oct 1 tells the story...Bishops are "Up or Out" of NCAC play...2 defeats can't win a championship. It makes me sad to think, that the shot OWU has at a conference run, is because we don't play a powerhouse LG team. It seems OWU has been a "Sleeper" for to long.....

[wally_wabash]

That kind of a schedule is definitely a double-edged sword,  On one hand a pair of victories to open NCAC play is going to make for 7 weeks of a thrill ride for Bishop fans.  A pair of defeats and OWU spends the next 7 weeks playing out the string. 

[wally_wabash]

The Post Patterns itch is coming back... 

I know this has been bandied about a bit here and there but as it is now official, I think it is worth mentioning here...the Board has officially approved plans to install a synthetic surface at Little Giant Stadium (I would guess FieldTurf will be the synthetic of choice) as well as the construction of a synthetic turf practice field for football, a new soccer field, and the construction of a very very very badly needed baseball stadium.  These projects should be finished sometime next summer. 

A couple of years ago I was pretty adamant against installing a synthetic surface at Little Giant Stadium.  But for whatever reason the task to keep the grass in top form for gameday has become too much to handle so the switch to rubber grass and recycled tire pellets makes too much sense to not do.  New, dedicated facilities for soccer and baseball will hopefully help those programs continue to improve and get Wabash competitive in those sports as well. 

[BashDad]

Wally,

glad the itch is back. is the turf supposed to be ready for this fall or will it too be a year away?

any word on Hudson fixing that damn hitch in his motion? with a new crop of young receivers I'd expect some growing pains, but he should be a fine one.

werdup.

rh

[cave2bens]

"At the conclusion of his report, Fred recommended, and the Board approved, the construction of new baseball and soccer fields and the installation of synthetic turf on the football field (and football practice fields) with completion expected in the summer of 2009."
                                                 - excerpt from the aforementioned Trustees Report
                                                                    rcvd  5/29/2008  1422 hrs

Hope that helps - great call from BB16 (I think  ) about a month ago...

[wally_wabash]

Wally,

glad the itch is back. is the turf supposed to be ready for this fall or will it too be a year away?

any word on Hudson fixing that damn hitch in his motion? with a new crop of young receivers I'd expect some growing pains, but he should be a fine one.

werdup.

rh

I don't know anything about the construction schedule.  My feeling is that the turf install won't happen until after track season ends in 2009 and will be ready for opening day that fall.  I could be surprised though (depends on how far along in the process of contracting the work, etc. etc.) and they might start on it this summer.  Pure speculation on my part here...I really have no info on what kind of schedule they've set for these additions.  16 might have an ear a little closer to the ground on this...

As for the hitch...I'm declaring 2008 the Year of the Hitch™!  You watch, BD...by the time #14 is done playing in 2009, at least half of the dropback passers in D-III will be "hitching".