FB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[aueagle]

IF OWU put a great product on the field...the numbers tell me 5k is attainable....
City of Delaware...pop. 25,246 - Fastest growing county in Ohio
      Columbus........pop. 747,000 - Not everyone goes to The Shoe
               Franklin County(C-Town).....pop.1 million plus.....
        Ohio Wesleyan enrollment....1909 - Selby stadium 9100
I hear ya cwru70...People can go to Otterbein, Capital...but if the Bishop program
is turned-around the right way, I think it can.
St. Johns averages at Clemens Stadium: 2006-8547/2007-8769/ 2008-7694
             Collegeville has 3,516 people....Enrollment is 1754
I looked at the Wabash & Missippi College numbers and went crazy....There are only 853 Little Giants in a 15,000 person town for crying out loud!!!
     It Can Be Done - It Should Be Done - Build It And They Will Come

[seventiesraider]

The home contest with Case on October 10 will be the first-ever night game at Wooster, following off-season renovations to add lights and field turf at Papp stadium.

Just added 10/10 to my daughters college visitation schedule. At some point she'll figure out it's mostly set around Mount Union's away schedule plus other interesting games.

[zed07]

With Honors Weekend now complete, does anyone have any ideas as to how this year's Wabash recruiting class is shaping up?  I've heard it's going well, but no specifics.

[aueagle]

Too bad about Colorado College football. Any response regarding the open spot in the SCAC? I looked at the roster; one student/athlete from PA, MA, ME, CT,& NY...and they are all SOPH's!!
If I were building a program, I would send them all letters.....Washburn Field is the 8th oldest college football field in the country. 1898....Sad Day For The TIGERS....

[DPU3619]

Too bad about Colorado College football. Any response regarding the open spot in the SCAC?

There will probably continue to be an open spot until Hendrix is ready for action in 2011.  They still have more than the 7 members that qualifies them the AQ, so I don't believe they're particularly concerned.  BSC will be a full time D3 member by the time Hendrix is ready, too. 

[wally_wabash]

It's probably too soon to have anythign concrete, but do you have any idea where DPU might go to fill that now empty slot in the schedule, Wes?

[DPU3619]

Alfred is the only team that is open on the date that DePauw was supposed to play CC. 

However, there's a whole heap that are open in Week 1, which was DePauw's original bye week.  Also, playing one there would move DePauw's bye to right before the Trinity game.  Here's that list:

East Texas Baptist    
Gallaudet                    
Salisbury
Delaware Valley
UW-Eau Claire
UW-Stevens Point
UW-Whitewater

Do note that the first 3 on that list are regional opponents.  Also note that almost everybody on that list except Galludet would make for a very tough football game.  Galludet is probably the first phone call.  Then I'd wager it would be Eau Claire because they're the 'least good" of the teams within bus radius. 

[wally_wabash]

I'd say do the world a favor and schedule one of the UW teams...that way they don't have to play each other twice during the regular season even if only for this one season.   

It's a tough spot for DePauw for sure...not unlike the 2003 season when Kenyon bailed on their NCAC obligations and Wabash was left scrambling for a game.  That game ended up being against Huntingdon in their first year (I believe Wittenberg also picked up Huntingdon that season to fill the gap left by Kenyon).  It's certainly not ideal...I would doubt DePauw wants to play Gallaudet but, as you point out, they may not have a choice. 

[smedindy]

If it can happen to Colorado College, it can happen to many other D-3 programs, especially in outlying areas.

CC does have D-1 sports (hockey and women's soccer) and hockey is a long standing tradition there.

But with a $438 million endowment, it's a shock they dropped those sports.

[DPU3619]

It's certainly not ideal...I would doubt DePauw wants to play Gallaudet but, as you point out, they may not have a choice. 

What makes you say that? 

I would guess that priority #1 is getting a winnable regional opponent.  I would think if you can't get that, then just go get yourself a winnable game.  Losing a regional game means you essentially have to win out.  How feasible of a task is that?  Answer on your own terms, I guess.

[D3_DPUFan]

If it can happen to Colorado College, it can happen to many other D-3 programs, especially in outlying areas.

CC does have D-1 sports (hockey and women's soccer) and hockey is a long standing tradition there.

But with a $438 million endowment, it's a shock they dropped those sports.

Agreed. And I think it's crap the way they handled it from a timing perspective...for both SCAC teams and the CC players...all scrambling now at the 11th hour.

[smedindy]

Really, if the board just voted that the college HAD to reduce expenses, then I don't think they could have changed the timing. Better now than abandoning the sport halfway through the season.

Also, in the article on the front page, it said that hockey expenses were $1 million. True, but the team usually puts over 6,000 people in the stands for hockey - sometimes 7,000.

If you double the season attendance for football, it's less than the smallest single game crowd for hockey.

I wonder what other expenses are being cut at CC and how that will affect their academic programs.

[D3_DPUFan]

Really, if the board just voted that the college HAD to reduce expenses, then I don't think they could have changed the timing. Better now than abandoning the sport halfway through the season.

Also, in the article on the front page, it said that hockey expenses were $1 million. True, but the team usually puts over 6,000 people in the stands for hockey - sometimes 7,000.

If you double the season attendance for football, it's less than the smallest single game crowd for hockey.

I wonder what other expenses are being cut at CC and how that will affect their academic programs.

I get the hockey thing, especially in Colorado. I don't understand the quick ax on football. Typically there is some study into these decisions, perhaps some public (campus/alimni, etc.) discussion. From what I can tell there was none of that...no warning or hint this might happen. The board just woke up one day---in late March---and made the decision. Hard for me to believe that at a well-endowed school with some history in football that it had to play out this way. I wonder in this PC world if the elites at CC were more interested in the impact this would have on Title IX compliance...

[DPU3619]

I would imagine that if Title IX compliance were their main goal, softball would have avoided the cut.  I know they have a hard time fielding a team, but why cut a women's sport too if that's your goal?

[D3_DPUFan]

I would imagine that if Title IX compliance were their main goal, softball would have avoided the cut.  I know they have a hard time fielding a team, but why cut a women's sport too if that's your goal?

True. But football obviously eliminates alot of male athletes...and the president did mention Title IX in his letter explaining things...whatever the reasons...sorry to see it happen.

Hey, Wes, have you heard anything more...and rumblings...regarding a replacement game?