FB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[frank uible]

I remember when the Lions were world champions (1952, 1953 and 1957 - don't remember the 1935 championship season) and when the Wolverines were 2-7 on the season (1962). Saw live the 1952 and 1957 championship games and all of the 1962 Michigan home games except for the Ohio State one. Upon reflection there is a reason that I did not see live Michigan's 1962 home game against Ohio State - it was an away game.

[Stinger]

Wolvies 0-2
Irish 0-2
Spartans 2-0
Lions 1-0
Hornets still undefeated.

It's been a pretty nice couple of weeks for this poster.

[DutchFan2004]

I haven't heard the injury update for him as of yet.  He is a tuff kid and if he can return he will.  I was shocked to hear that your QB got hurt.  I didn't see him get hit.  I thought maybe your coaching staff had wanted to see what your backup could do after that second INT.  I will be rooting for him to recover.  He played well until he got hurt.  Your back up didn't do poorly.  He has a good arm and if he hasn't had much game time then I would say he did better than expected. 

The real surprise was that your D line appeared to be out of shape.  The 3rd quarter they had their hands on their hips and walking slowly back to the huddle after every play.  In the 4th quarter your whole defense appeared to be gassed and thats when we started to get the rushing stats.  Before then you seemed to have the running game in check but couldn't stop the pass.  Good luck the rest of the way.

[formerd3db]

DutchHawk:
Thanks and best of luck to you guys as well.

DutchFan2004:

I think you analysis is right on.  Unfortunately, our secondary has been the "Achilles heel" so far, and it did appear that the defensive line was "sucking air" in the 4th quarter.  Anyway, thanks for the well-wishes for our QB as well as our team the rest of the way; and again, hopefully your player will be able to return.  Reciprically, I wish you guys the best of luck the rest of the way too.  Who knows?...a rematch of Hope/Central in the playoffs?? Probably not, but it has happened before (Alma/Witt, Hope/Wheaton).

[formerd3db]

Stinger:

Glad to see you on the board.  We'll look forward to your contributions once your Kazoo Hornets get into action this weekend.  BTW, perhaps this has been discussed before and, if so, my apologies for bringing it up again.  However, why is it that Kazoo has chosen to only schedule 9 games istead of 10?  They seem to be like U of Chicago at times in this aspect.  I realize Kazoo is on a different academic schedule and that one possible reason is no students would be around to attend a home game at the start of Sept (at least the students at Kazoo who would actually show up for a game ), however, in one respect that wouldn't matter as Brooks could schedule an away game for the first game of the season.  Perhaps they are attempting to save $ by delaying bringing in the players a week later, but if so, I think that is somewhat "different".  Then again, I guess that we shouldn't complain because at least Kazoo has a fb team and that is the important factor.

BTW, are they going ever going back to having those black and orange horizontally striped sleeves on their jerseys?  I always thought those were neat - kind of "throwback to tradition"  

[formerd3db]

bulldogalum:

Now where did you hear that?   Anyway, hope you are doing well.

[DEACONBLUE]

Doesn't this recent autumn weather flood one with memories of football all the way back to the old backyard.  Must be in the blood. 

Anticipating Tri-State's home opener against Defiance on Saturday.  I can use some background information if any of you have the time.  To those that witnessed the Bulldog victory, how would you assess DC?  I know the pass to WR Dillon lit it up against Otterbein last week, yet I'm suprised the yardage did not yield more points.  Adrian seemed to have figured the game out, any black and gold secrets of success out there?

Secondly,  how has the MIAA and the Heartland matched-up historically?  We just played Manchester, Defiance is on Saturday, and Franklin is next week.  The Heartland pre-season poll ranks them in that ascending order.     

[ADAWGISADAWG4LIFE]

DEACONBLUE:

The key to Adrian being able to shut down Luke Dillon was the fact they were able to put alot of pressure on Vetter.  Im not alone in saying this and I think many DC fans on the HCAC board would agree, Vetter would make a better RB than a QB.  He is very athletic and able to create some plays with his feet, but is lacking in the overall QB skills department.  The pressure was key to creating no throws or poor throws to all the receivers not just Dillon, but I think Adrian is also well suited with the CB's and safeties they have.  Even with this pressure defense DC was still able to rack up some pretty good yards and also control the game in time of possesion. 

DC's defense seemed to do a pretty good job shutting down the run, except for a QB sweep that Adrian ran quite a bit and had great success with, Niblock one of their two QB's ran for 100yds on 14 carries.  However RB's had a tough go netting 5 yards on 10 carries.  The OL for Adrian is not its strong point at this time so depending on how TSU looks up front things could be different.  Adrian did feature a pretty good passing game against Defiance and has some solid receivers who can make teams pay, DC was susceptible to the big play giving up TD's of 55, 40 and 36yds during the game.

I do know that DC lost many of its stud defensive players last year, I believe pretty much their whole front seven but they still go with the 3-4 aggresive stunting and blitzing defense so Tri State will have to be ready for that.

Best of luck to the Thunder this weekend and hopefully your program continues on the up and up.

[DEACONBLUE]

ADAWG,

Thanks for the great detailed analysis on both sides of the ball, it is very useful.  Like you implied- each contest creates its own chemisty, yet it helps remove some of the mystery before game time.  Now it will be fun mentally comparing strenghts and weaknesses of both teams and see if they play out as imagined.  Thanks again for your time.

[ACRULZ]

ADAWG:

I was at the Defiance/Adrian game.  Defiance gained most of their rushing yards (85 yds) via the QB scrambling for his life from the Adrian LB's and lineman.  Most of the second half Adrian's second defense was in as well.  So those stats can be somewhat misleading.  Also, ADAWG, I hear through the grapevine that there is a bit of a rift between you and AC?!?!?!  But anyway, here are my picks for this week:

Adrian over Bluffton (BIGGGGG time blowout here!)

Thiel over Albion (some may be surprised)

Eau-Claire over Alma (Wisconsin schools are tough!)

Valpo over K-Zoo (The Hornets get their "first" loss)

Wittenberg over Olivet

Tri-State over Defiance (Go get'em Thunder!)

WLC over Concordia

[formerd3db]

I have to go with ACRULZ in regards to this week's picks:

Adrian over Bluffton
Thiel over Albion
Wis-Eau Claire over Alma
Valpo over Kazoo (DIAA team much improved)
Witt over Olivet
Tri-State over Defiance
WLC over Concordia
Hope has a "bye" weekend

[ADAWGISADAWG4LIFE]

ACRULZ:

If you would like to discuss my status with the college, I would prefer to do so in private not on the public forum.

As for the defensive stats I spoke with the D coordinator at Adrian and he conveyed that info to me as well, he said that even though they gave up over 100 rushing yards he really didnt mind because of the number of carries it took for them to get there.  I have nothing but confidence in the defense at Adrian and know that it will be extermely well coached and well prepared every week.

[ADAWGISADAWG4LIFE]

Picks for the week:

Adrian over Bluffton (I agree with ACRULZ this could be very ugly)
Albion over Thiel (Thiel had one strong year and was 5-5 last season)
UW-Eau Claire over Alma
Valpo over Kzoo
Tri State over Defiance (Vetters still the QB right?)
Concordia over WLC
Wittenberg over Olivet (forgot this one the first time)
Hope over Bye

[ADAWGISADAWG4LIFE]

ACRULZ:

Check your messages.

[matblake]

Picks for the week:
Hope over Bye

+k for you ADAWG.  That's one good way to make sure you get one in the win column!