FB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[Mr. Ypsi]

But you left off if Hope wins!

Is Olivet out of any possible tie-breaker?

[formerd3db]

Oh yeah. 

If Hope wins, I'm not sure they (uh, we ) get in as Hope would have lost to Albion by 34, beaten Adrian by 34, lost to Olivet by 7; while Adrian would have beaten Albion by 3, and only lost to Olivet by 6.  So I don't think Hope gets in based on that head to head comparison.

On the other hand, if Olivet wins, they will be 5-2, beating Adrian by 6, Hope by 7, and I guess that would depend how much they beat Albion by.  They would potentially go since they beat Adrian if both they and Adrian tie with 5-2 records?

Man, this gets crazy.  What do you think?

[formerd3db]

correction:
Hope beat Adrian by 21.

[wlcalum]

If the three "A's" lose - Albion, Hope and Olivet would be 5-2. I would think Olivet would go as they would have beaten Albion and Hope has lost to Albion and Olivet.

You know this is kind of fun.

Whomever takes it - best of luck in the post season and go out and get a couple of wins for the MIAA!!

[BashDad]

formerd3db:

It is crazy, but will sort itself out--best of luck to Hope this weekend as they contribute to the complication!  Alma will come in mad, though, after their thrashing by Albion.  I do hope the Dutchmen will have the answer. 

Wabash has its hands full with the Bell Game, one boy I know, along with the other seniors, want nothing less than to bring the Bell back to Crawfordsville before their playing days are done.  It's all very exciting and the smack-talking between fans is about what you would expect--I've finally mellowed out and am "remaining on the sidelines" and not getting involved in all that.   It should be a good ballgame on Saturday.  I can't wait for gametime action to get here!  Supposed to be good, crisp fall weather in Indiana, hope the same is true for those of you in Michigan. 

Great time of year!  Best of luck to all d3 football teams in action this weekend--and my best wishes for excellent and safe football play for all!  Fond memories of MIAA football--whoever represents them this year, I wish them luck--unless they are playing Wabash!

Later.

[albinomascot19]

All these tiebreakers can be thrown out if Albion beats Olivet.  I know the guys will definitely be pumped up, and trying to redeem themselves from the loss against Olivet last year.  We will see how it all shapes up after the games on Saturday.  I would have loved to watch the Albion/Olivet game, but I will be going to the Central Michigan/Western Michigan game.  I know we're definitely going to have a lot of people from our college at the game in Olivet this weekend.   Anyway, good luck to everyone in the MIAA......first things, Albion wins, they get the AQ-----otherwise.....we'll see......what else is to follow...     

[formerd3db]

Bashdad:
Thanks, and best wishes to you and 'Bash this weekend.  It wil be an exciting time for sure as you note; dress warm, but hopefully the rain will stay away.  Yes, the MIAA "craziness" will all be sorted out this weekend.  As the others have noted, if Albion wins, then it's settled.  Crazier things have happend.  Again, have a great time this weekend.  Talk to you later.

ablionmascot:
What? You're blowing off your team's potential title game to go to Central MI/Western MI?   That Olivet/Albion game last year was a barnburner and tremendously exciting game.  I remember last year at the Hope/Alma game, we kept hearing the updates and it was entertaining to hear the cheers/groans as that score "swapfest" kept being updated/announced!  Anyway, the Central/Western game is a great longtime rivalry as well (I've been to that before) so I'm sure you'll enjoy a good game and day there as well.  As for missing your Albion game, I guess that's probably okay since most likely your team will win and I'm sure you're banking on that.  I agree with you that it is less probable that Olivet can repeat what they did last year, however, it is not impossible and the strangest things do occur as we all know.

Whatever the outcomes of everyone's games this Sat, I HOPE everyone enjoys the day.  It has been a rather exciting (albeit) strange and "rollercoaster" season in the MIAA this year.

[albinomascot19]

Well my friends had made plans to come down to Western.  My buddy ryan who I have known for 11 years is moving to Florida probably, so it will be our last hurrah.....me, Mike and Ryan, friends for 11 years.  My buddy is coming all the way from Alpena to Troy.  Tomorrow gotta go back home, and then everyone is riding with me tomm night to Western.  Not actually going to the game, just tailgating and hanging out.  I have no interest in going, but my friends want to get together for the last time in a while.  So it will be nice, however I am going to try to detour the plans and try to catch at least half of the Albion/Olivet game.  I know people that have never been to an Albion game, will be there as well.  There is so much support behind this team this year, its remarkable.  I am hoping one of my buddies will be able to inform me of the Albion score on Saturday if I can't catch any of it.   

[wlcalum]

The world is coming to an end. A self proclaimed "mascot" and an alum will skip a title game to tailgate with friends. Woe is me to see the end so near. 

[miaafbfan]

Good luck to all teams today (especially Olivet, Alma, and WLC)!  Let's keep things interesting.

[jdean]

Snce no one seems to be posting on this board, I went to the college site to find that Albion won today 36-19.

[formerd3db]

jdean:
Yeah, that's kind of  and  (ing).  Except for the UAA board which has been almost dormant, we've not been much busier.

Anyway, you are right.  Albion leaves not doubt or confusion for anyone by winning the title outright and the AQ.  Congrats to Albion.  For those who haven't seen the day's MIAA results, they are as follows:

Albion 36 Olivet 19
Adrian 31 Wis Luth 14
Kazoo 41 Tri State 14
Hope 38 Alma 20   

Wow, I am very surprised (but obviously very happy that Hope beat Alma today.  I am equally surprised, though, at Alma's collapse the last few weeks.  They had a chance to wrap it up early, as did Adrian, especially with the way Albion started out the season.  But give credit to the Britons who have seemed to get better each week.  Hope finally decided it wanted to get serious, but too little, too late.  While not a great team this year in all honesty, we did, however, have chances to win the league games we lost, but again did not deserve to.

Olivet fared better than some thought, Kazoo was respectable considering a very, very big rebuilding year for them along with a new coach.  Wis Luth a tough season and even more so to say the least for Tri State.  Hopefully, the latter can start improving - I can't understand why they are so down in recent years after being a rather tough NAIA scholarship team at least one of the years a few years ago.  As for our friends at Adrian, what can you say?   They have this pattern of starting out great, then talking the slide.  Like I've said before, they need to beef up their non-conf schedule to be more competitive, and while they might take a beating doing that for the first couple of years or so, I believe it would help them in the end and future.

Although we'll be rooting for Albion as our MIAA representative, realistically, it will be a tough road for them to advance.  However, as we've all said, anything can happen.   They just might get some luck (which any team needs in the playoffs from time to time regardless of who they are), but I would just add that Albion need alot more of it than they had way back in 1994 when they won the Stagg.  But we'll see what happens.

BTW, congrats to Wabash and Union (NY) on undefeated regualr seasons!  That's awesome.

[formerd3db]

Correction:
"A Typo", my bad.   Kazoo score is Kazoo 41 Tri-State 40 (not 14).  Kazoo wins in a squeaker.

[NW Hope Fan]

Hmmm!
If Hope had somehow gotten past Olivet they would have had respectible season, under the "off year" circumstances. Too bad... Must feel good after the win today, and looking forward to next year. Only a dozen or so seniors leaving, with just a few holes to fill DE, K, OL... I think they'll be OK. Congrats to the Brits. Bring back a few W's from the NCAA!!!

[formerd3db]

realhopefan:
Yes, I concur with you.  The Olivet game was a stinger and disappointment.  Yet, theorizing that if Hope had beaten Olivet, with all the other games remaining the same including the Albion loss, the latter would still be going most likely due to point differential against the other teams I believe.  Obviously, it doesn't matter at this point, anyway.   But yes, hopefully, Albion can press on to represent our league and get past the first round at least.

As far as Hope, they should have a good nucleus, yet a very BIG question mark will be the QB position.  This season's backup QB has good skills and potential, however, the lack of playing time for him this year having been behind the now-departing Schwander will be a a slight hindering factor to begin with, although not impossible to overcome.