FB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[Breckenridgebear]

http://www.thedepauw.com/sports/depauw-s-revolving-door-of-head-coaches-1.2907944

Apparently Long lead Depauw to "two NCAA Div. III championship appearances in 2009 and 2010", according to this article. How did I miss those?

The NCAA playoffs are called the Division III football championship, just like all other NCAA postseason tournament events are named similarly.

If you are thinking about the Division III football championship game, well, that's a different thing entirely.

Pat, the wording made it sound like Long had taken DPU to two Championship games. My comment was more sarcastic as to Long's tenure at Depauw.

[bashbrother]

Does anyone know if any Div. III Officials are filling in on Sundays in the NFL?  I haven't be able to find any stories on this, after hearing it somewhere.   

[Ryan Tipps]

Does anyone know if any Div. III Officials are filling in on Sundays in the NFL?  I haven't be able to find any stories on this, after hearing it somewhere.   

This was posted today on Twitter:
@d3football: Most replacement officials are NOT D-III officials. Unfortunately, Ken Roan, who gave 49ers 5 TOs, is: http://www.d3football.com/seasons/2011/boxscores/20111112_cp9c.xml #d3fb

[DPU3619]

So far, the Wabash read-option game has been terrible.  Other teams are preparing for it, and I think that the "option" part is largely missing.  Take a look at how many times Belton has carried the ball off the read as opposed to scrambling off broken pass plays.  Almost not at all, and not once last Saturday, I believe.  Yes, there is the young offensive line, but without the uncertainty for the defense, teams can get into those gaps.  It's been almost like the defenses are ignoring the threat of Belton pulling the ball since he has not do that more than a couple of times this season. 

The problem with zone read is that teams have figured out how to stop it if you don't have a good counter for it.  Teams can easily force Belton to give the ball by making the backside end stay home.  He'll never keep it that way.  Then, outnumber them on the other side and there's nowhere to go.  But, you're open to other runs if you do that.  As an offense, you have to be able to do other things well.  Some of those other things may not be Belton running the ball.  You need to be able to run it well TO the side the back lines up on to keep them honest on zone read.  That's why a lot of teams are moving towards the pistol or going back under center.  You can't plan for the zone to go a specific direction.

Honestly, 2.9 per carry isn't what we come to expect from the Wabash offense.  They have a lot of negative rushing plays even with the sacks excluded.  That's a system-wide problem, not just zone read.

[Pat Coleman]

http://www.thedepauw.com/sports/depauw-s-revolving-door-of-head-coaches-1.2907944

Apparently Long lead Depauw to "two NCAA Div. III championship appearances in 2009 and 2010", according to this article. How did I miss those?

The NCAA playoffs are called the Division III football championship, just like all other NCAA postseason tournament events are named similarly.

If you are thinking about the Division III football championship game, well, that's a different thing entirely.

Pat, the wording made it sound like Long had taken DPU to two Championship games. My comment was more sarcastic as to Long's tenure at Depauw.

Only if you don't know the NCAA calls that event the NCAA Division III football championship.

[bashbrother]

Steve Young on ESPN... just said "he feels bad for these officials coming out of Div III,  they just are not prepared for the NFL"     

That call was pretty bad

[Pat Coleman]

Tonight's referee called Lone Star Conference games when he was active. That's Division 2, not Division 3.

[wallyworld12]

I cannot wait to head to Crawfordsville on Saturday. Homecoming atmosphere, temperatures expected to be awesome, and a very important football game for both sides.

I think Wabash bounces back in this one, in a big way. Last week was definitely a huge wake up call and I think the Little Giants are going to come out hot and ready to prove that they are the real deal.

Running game has struggled, definitely need the O-Line to step up, etc. etc. Break down the film, fix the mistakes, and be ready to play on Saturday. Chase wins games. Period. Coach Raeburn wins games. Period. Let's hope we can chase the Tartans out of town.

A setback is a set up for a comeback. Onward and upward. WAF!

[wabashcpa]

Steve Young on ESPN... just said "he feels bad for these officials coming out of Div III,  they just are not prepared for the NFL"     

That call was pretty bad

This whole situation is an absolute embarrassment to the NFL.  I do not blame the officials one bit - they are doing the best they can, but this is like asking me to go bat against Justin Verlander.  Probably not going to end well for me.

[The_Bishop]

Steve Young on ESPN... just said "he feels bad for these officials coming out of Div III,  they just are not prepared for the NFL"     

That call was pretty bad

This whole situation is an absolute embarrassment to the NFL.  I do not blame the officials one bit - they are doing the best they can, but this is like asking me to go bat against Justin Verlander.  Probably not going to end well for me.

But at least that would be funny.  This isn't funny.

[wally_wabash]

Steve Young on ESPN... just said "he feels bad for these officials coming out of Div III,  they just are not prepared for the NFL"     

That call was pretty bad

This whole situation is an absolute embarrassment to the NFL.  I do not blame the officials one bit - they are doing the best they can, but this is like asking me to go bat against Justin Verlander.  Probably not going to end well for me.

Crowd the dish and stick an elbow into anything on the inner half.  You're on base...and a hero.   

[smedindy]

Someone will get seriously hurt. I don't know if the real refs could prevent Heyward-Bey's concussion, but some of the stuff doesn't get called and then they way way overcompensate and we see yesterday where anything was a flag on the last couple of possessions.

[Li'l Giant]

Crowd the dish and stick an elbow into anything on the inner half.  You're on base...and a hero.   

...and an amputee.

[bashbrother]

They estimate $150 - $250 million dollars changed hands from betting on the game because of that blown call.... I bet (pun) there are some very upset people today and some that are pretty happy for their own reasons.   Growing up in the Northwest, I wanted Seattle to win,  just not like that.

The NFL's handling of the communication that is coming out this issue is very similar to that of our friends in Greencastle.

NFL - "Our officials blew the call, but the result remains"

[Wabash Hokie]

Too early in the week for game notes from either school. So, after looking at the various box scores for the past few games for each school...

When I think about the CMU/Wabash game this weekend, it reminds me of the joke about hockey -"I went to a fight and hockey game broke out".  I am wondering if we are going to go a football game and a see a track meet break out.  CMU's pass defense looks to be their achilles heal while Wabash's pass offense has been much stronger than their running game.  Even if you take out Depauw's cheap passing yards from last week, CMU's pass defense still looks weak.

On the other hand Wabash's defense showed its own vulnerabilities on Saturday against both the pass and the run.  I don't know whether it was great game planning from Allegheny or poor tackling from Wabash (or a combination of both).  Either way, Allegheny moved the ball on Wabash and CMU, at least from a statistics standpoint, brings a much more potent offense to the game.

It has been a while since I have seen Wabash in a shootout and it may come to pass on Saturday.  I think Wabash will move the ball and score.  In my opinion, it will be Wabash's defense that will determine the outcome of the game for the Little Giants.  Thoughts?