FB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[D3_DPUFan]

*Wes, D3DPU - I'd kill to hear you guys do a Jim Mora impersonation.

That's beautiful...well done.

[Bash-Dad #84]

I have only been lurking on this board for a short time, since I have a freshman on the Wabash team. After attending the scrimmage this summer vs. Wheaton college, I took my first sip of the Little Giant kool aid. By the time my wife and I were sitting covered with snow at the UWW playoff game, I was drinking it in huge gulps! After we watched the ball go through the uprights at the end of the Bell game, we went down on the field to see the players. I asked my son "what now?". He looked me in the eye and answered, "win a national championship". He was completely serious! I think these players all understand the importance of winning the Bell game, especially the seniors, but they all know that there is even a higher prize to be attained in the playoffs. I don't know much about all the records, etc. that have been written about here, but I already know how great it is to be a part of a 1st rate program, and we are all excited about the new coach and a new chapter in Little Giant football!

[wally_wabash]

He's probably thinking "That's it? We're gonna need a bigger case".   

Perhaps they're planning on doing just that with some of the cabbage they put together from the new capital campaign.   

Of course, he's a Mount Union guy.

He's a Wabash guy now, LG.   

[KitchenSink]

...  It's a lot harder to be the clear #1 team and get teams that will throw the kitchen sink at you every week than it is to be the #3 team and play with reckless abandon and nothing to lose. 

Hey, fellas - Keep me out of this.  Thanks.   

[smedindy]

I have only been lurking on this board for a short time, since I have a freshman on the Wabash team. After attending the scrimmage this summer vs. Wheaton college, I took my first sip of the Little Giant kool aid. By the time my wife and I were sitting covered with snow at the UWW playoff game, I was drinking it in huge gulps!

'Bash kool aid goes well with TWR, of course! 

[joepieters]

Funny, my 'bash kool aid is TWR.

[BashBacker#16]

Have you guys heard the recruiting story involving Georgia coach Mark Richt involving ping pong - and him pounding recruits?  Jim Rome was pretty funny discussing it today on his show.

http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2008/02/05/recruiting-mark-richt-ping-pong-master/

Ever hear any stories about Chris Creighton's ping pong skills?  Better yet, there is a classic story about Chris Creighton vs. Jake Knott (at CC's house) that is pure CLASSIC!  Maybe BashDad can share specifics...he witnessed...

[BashDad]

Creighton would take Richt. Should I just paste that email I passed to y'all during Witt week?

Sorry for the silence re: coaching search. Still somewhat in mourning.

How are you feelin', 16?

[BashBacker#16]

3,

That would be great if you could post the original version.  I could not find it, but it was good, really good.  I think these guys would enjoy it.

CC would take Richt.

On your other question, I think we'll be ok bro.

Keeping the faith...WAF!

[BashDad]

That night was unbelievable.

We were in CC's basement. Pizza by the fireplace. Braveheart on the TV with the sound turned down. What amounted to the "kids" screwing around on the table-- vice, me, tanney-- and then CC thoroughly thrashing Michael Ruffing. Jake-- if this were a movie-- steps out of the shadows and doesn't say two words. They start throwing punches at each other from across the table, paddles in hand, throwing down the ball and stepping back, catching it. Sweat and spitting, shouts of points. It was too much. Never seen CC have to cull confidence like that. He was getting beat and tossing the ball back like he was still in control. He wasn't. Jake won the first game-- which, i think, was suppose to be it. CC says he wants a rematch. Jake smirks. They go again. Harder. CC lets out a curse-- he's down early. He gets a point and gets cocky, says the score a little louder than he should, still losing, his chest out. Anyway, he gets the lead, loses it, gets it again, and they play until someone wins by two. Creighton gets it. Holy God. I think all of us were pretty stunned. Thought it'd last forever. Two bears jumping at each other. Genuine venom. Jake throws down his paddle, gives a reluctant handshake and walks out. Creighton twitches he's so excited and, when Jake leaves, gives a smile like he'd just won a championship. I guess he had.

Whew.

[smedindy]

I really would have loved to have heard the Kenyon locker room or huddles when CC was their QB.

[wabco]

Gentlemen

This is no longer the time of Creighton.  It is now the Era Of Eric The Red.  While ping pong at Kenyon might be marginally interesting, I am more interested in what Reaburn is doing now to lead the Little Giants.  What recruits, what new O sets, D sets, new adds to coaching staffs, work with the players.

[wally_wabash]

Gentlemen

This is no longer the time of Creighton.  It is now the Era Of Eric The Red.  While ping pong at Kenyon might be marginally interesting, I am more interested in what Reaburn is doing now to lead the Little Giants.  What recruits, what new O sets, D sets, new adds to coaching staffs, work with the players.

To that end, there is a pretty good interview from The Bachelor with Coach Raeburn. 

Hopefully he'll get his assistants in place very soon and bust some hump on the recruiting trail as we get into deposit season. 

[Superfoot Wallace]

Gentlemen

This is no longer the time of Creighton.  It is now the Era Of Eric The Red.  While ping pong at Kenyon might be marginally interesting, I am more interested in what Reaburn is doing now to lead the Little Giants.  What recruits, what new O sets, D sets, new adds to coaching staffs, work with the players.

From the 2AC board:

If memory serves me correctly, I think Coe was a team that waited to make their offensive calls until they were lined up and could see what defense they would be facing on a particular down.  This made for some excellent play calls that I know torched BV's D for long plays/TDs.  I'm assuming they did this against every team and not just BV.  From what I've heard about Wabash, crowd noise may be louder than at your average IIAC game, so it will be interesting to see whether Raeburn is able to shout calls from the sidelines like he could at Coe.  If not, his playcalling and style of offense might be less aggressive due to the fact that he would have to guess which defense his team will face on a given down.

The idea of an audibled game in the fashion of Johnny Unitas is intriguing. Or the Jim Kelly "K-Gun" for that matter.  BeaverofYore seems to be of the impression that Raeburn made the audibles from the sideline, which I personally find hard to believe.

Kelly's background as a run n shoot quarterback in college mixed well with audibling from under center in the pass game.  This at the line mix is probably more conducive to routes optioned mid play on coverage as well. 

Personally am more a fan of the Unitas' under center audibled run game.  Blended the college T game well with the pro set and still nascent passing game.

This is one of the reasons am such a proponent of T systems as the QB learns to recognize fronts and acknowledges what weapons are in his arsenal, not for the sake of pass protection but weakest area to attack.  Recognition of the number 2, that is safety with potential for blitzing, is staple to most pass protections and is really where most quarterbacks pre snap reads end.

Red Faught, the legendary Franklin College coach, employed an audibled run game within his pass happy proprietary one back and feel this is a lost art in the one back that has differentiated into spread schools and run n shoot schools.  Of the three phases, line, backers and secondary Faught had a unique system from pre snap to drop back.

Have heard it rumored Creighton has a little pistol accumen as well.  Regardless, the trend in the conference has been toward a little more finesse on offense and bend don't break on defense, though there are some stalwart remnants. 

Should Coach Raeburn employ the cover two as advertised, think there should be some return to this all or nothing approach to defense.  With Tutsie having left Warren, were he to make himself available to the LG's the personnel might be eased in the transition as he is of the 4-4 cover 3 mold.

signed,
Gary Blackney

[bigwheels77]

wabco
  i think the vast majority of us reading this page are in the dark as to what "Eric the Red" is doing for the program. I thought the Creighton talk was interesting, while your tone was not amusing. Why do you guys make this page one track all the time? There are other things going on outside of Wabash Football.

What does everyone think of Kevin Hart... the kid that offered himself a scholarship to Cal?