FB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[Stinger]

Welcome to our MIAA board kazoodad.  Glad to have you and best wishes to your son for his senior season.  Although your son will miss out on the new facilities at Kazoo, at least he'll have the fantastic experience of playing in a big DI stadium when you guys play at Waldo this season.  I kind of wish Hope was playing you guys down there this year for that instead of up at our place - just for the different atmosphere!

Anyway, hopefully, our friend stinger, a long-time Kazoo poster here on our board will return and join you in providing us with the Kazoo faction and side of things this year.

The new facilities at K are a welcome addition and have been a sore spot for alumni athletes for many years. It's nice the Board came through for the student-athletes at K. Of course it didn't come without a fight from the neighborhood, but but when all said and done, it is a huge step for the College. Of course it will not solve the inherent recruiting challenges at K, but a huge step in the right direction.  Quite possibly, the challenge of recruiting young men helped a bit in the decision. 

Good luck to your son this fall, kazoodad. I had the privilege of attending school and working with Coach Zorbo . Absolutely a stand up man. See you at Homecoming.

[TUAngola]

Boya and Thunderhead

Yes, I remember both those instances from last night.  And it was #21 on St Francis who had the big lick on our receiver.  I wouldn't have thought much of it but he had to start jack jawin about it, "look at me I'm a stud".  I was waiting for a scuffle from the Trine players...but nothing!  It sure got the fans fired up in my section.  Where is the leadership from the guys on the field?  You gotta defend your own.  We just trotted back to the huddle.  The fans were so waiting for Trine to lay the wood, and it may have happened only once all night. 

Boya...I do remember you!  I think it happend when Hargraves had his lid knocked off, yes?  Here comes this crazy dude running across the front of the stands screaming his head off.  I loved it!  I was waiting to see what our players reactions were...it was like...eh...whatever dude.   No passion whatsoever.

There needs to be leaders on the field this year.  I hope someone has the "gonads" to step up.  Maybe one of the senior O-Linemen...Badger? Hendricks?  Come on, O-Linemen, step it up.  On D...Bedwell, Braun, Kaase, Reinig...anyone...anyone?

I did notice one bright spot from last night.  Even though Blackport didn't play I noticed his presence on the sideline (and no it wasn't because our QB's were wearing red jerseys ).  He was into it.  Looks like he yelled encouragement, patted guys on the back as they were coming off the field.  Talked to both Hargraves and Rauch.  Seems maybe he could be our leader we need??  Same with Mario, he was right there too.  That's it!!  Our 2 leaders did not play!! 

[ThunderHead]

TUAngola

I noticed the Blackport and Williams presence as well on the sidelines. As a matter of fact, Blackport was always coming out and helmet patting the defense coming off the field, and high fiveing the lineman and wr's. He probably learned more then a little on leadership spending time under Kirk Cousins at MSU. Also, a few parents mentioned that Blackport and Mario Williams and a few other WR's get along really well, so they might have fed off each other, or either that, they're both obviously competitive guys, and probably didn't like watching their squad getting their faces kicked in, and although they felt helpless to do anything on the field, probably thought they could at least encourage guys. Either way, it was good to see.

I was really glad you let your feelings be known Boya, and although I agree with TUAngola - the teams just kinda looked at you like "whatever", I'm sure some took the message to heart. Well done!!!

[LetItRain]

Mario Brown, not Williams.   

[BOYA87]

Id like to think some of the older guys still know me pretty well and respect what I have to say.  So I hope they dont take any of these posts as a negative put down but more of a cautionary warning to make sure we get our minds right!

I agree that Blackport showed a great amount of enthusiasm, excitement and care for the team and what they were doing on the field!  Mario has always been a joy to have on the field and a great positive energy!  I think the offense will look completely different with him healthy on the field. 

On defense I would like to see Renig and Shoemaker lead both with their play on the field and their attitudes.  One thing I loved seeing last night was Kyle Sherwood finally getting chippy with USF.  I am not a fan of fights or stupid penalties but at that point in the scrimmage I was just happy to see someone stand up and smack someone in the face!

[TUAngola]

boya, forgot to ask, how did your softball team do last night? 

[formerd3db]

FDF:

I'm an idiot!  My bad; indeed Hope starts classes the week before LD.  Somehow, I have been getting the calender mixed up of recent as for some reason, I seem to be mixing up and/or trying to merge two weeks into one - if that makes any sense.  Must be that is the sign of my old age and memory lapse of having old memories appear/injected into modern times.  (by that, I mean when I played, and for many years, the final scrimmage was always the Sat i.e. 2 days before LD, with LD off and no classes; however, that has not been the case for several years because of having the first game now being played on the Sat of Labor Day weekend).

Anyway, thanks for clarifying the actual schedule.  All that being said, I still do not like that Hope has classes on Labor Day.  I am aware of reasons why that was made policy, however, I do not agree with it.  I know that a good number of faculty as well as students do not like it either, but, of course, they/we have no say in such decisions.  I assume you will be at the scrimmage tomorrow.  There may be a chance of occasional showers, although it is projected to be warm also, yet perhaps not quite as humid/hot as it has been the last 2-3 years for the scrimmage.

stinger:  Great to have you back posting and thanks for the update on Kazoo's renovations.  I agree with you that it was too bad the surrounding neighborhood made such a "stink" about the project initially.  The truth is that their concerns were very bogus and unrealistic.  I'm sorry, however, that was just another example of some arrogant, "uppity, nose-in-air" attitudes that some people think they have to do.  The upgrades to that facility and area will be very nice and in no way will change or cause problems in logistics, noise, congestion, etc., etc., as some of those complainers erroneously alleged.  The very fact that the stadium, field(s), etc., have been there for decades, negates their arguments (and furthermore, the lights would not add or be of any more brightness in the area than those from Western Michgian and Waldo and those complexes right across the stree.  For crying out loud, the amount of time those lights would be on and the number of dates for such is negligable.  Those people could put up with that minute aspect in such instances, however, again, that in reality doesn't even apply because it really is a non-issue.

[formerd3db]

Hey Raider68:

I hope you are doing well.  Are you going to take in a scrimmage at Mount or a nearby DIII school before the first games or are you waiting until opening weekend?  Also, you are creeping up there on posts and k+!  Great!

[Flying Dutch Fan]

d3db - Unfortunately I won't be at the scrimmage tomorrow - a church outing to Binder Park Zoo instead.   I look forward to hearing your comments on what you see and how the Dutchmen are progressing.

As for combining the weeks together - I 've been doing the same lately - probably beacuse I'm so anxious for the long weekend next week.

[TUAngola]

More information and video from Ft Wayne TV news channel from last night's scimmage (not sure if this link will work).  If not, copy and paste.

http://www.wane.com/dpp/sports/college/wane-football-usf-vs-trine-scrimmage-august25?ref=scroller&categoryId=20101&status=true

Went to the USF athletics website to see if they had any news from the scimmage.  A couple paragraphs and photos.  QB #11 (1 of 2 guys who is battling for the starting job) is a transfer from Eastern Michigan and the #21 kid who had the big hit on the TU receiver is a transfer from Ball State.  DI guy felt big time knocking a DIII guy on his arse...

[Uncle Rico]

But I hope some of the Trine players read this board and I hope they take it to heart!  This was a wake-up call and I hope the message was received!  Winning conference 3 years in a row doesnt do anything for Trine this year and it wont win Trine any games!  We are not entitled to anything and not a single team is going to get off the bus and roll over for us because of what we did in the past!  In fact it is the exact opposite.  we are going to get every teams BEST game because they want to knock off the top dog.  If this team doesnt find an identity it might just happen!

I was not there, but based on what I read and comments from sources I would like to comment. 

First, well said BOYA87.  Previous teams played with a chip on their shoulder because of the lack of respect.  Hopefully this years team will get that same attitude because everyone is counting on them to be down and want to knock them off.  If I were a senior I would not want my last year to be a letdown.  I believe the talent is there, but they need to bring a "I'm gonna kick your $%#" attitude.  No one is going to lay down for them because of past success.  If anything, this years team has more to prove.  Sherwood does not take any crap and I love his on the field attitude.

I believe the coaches will be quick to nip poor attitude in the bud if that truly is going on.

I do not see the big deal about no jerseys being worn by Trine.  From what I recall neither team ever wore their game jerseys in past scrimmages.  Not sure why they would have expected otherwise this time.  Perhaps that is all tied in to St Francis coming in with a different attitude.  From what I recall Trine played as well or better than St Francis in previous meetings, and maybe St F was more determined to change that around.




   

[sflzman]

I was told alma looked good and won their timed quarter part of the scrimmage 21-7 against an apparently very solid looking north park team

[ThunderHead]

More information and video from Ft Wayne TV news channel from last night's scimmage (not sure if this link will work).  If not, copy and paste.

http://www.wane.com/dpp/sports/college/wane-football-usf-vs-trine-scrimmage-august25?ref=scroller&categoryId=20101&status=true

Went to the USF athletics website to see if they had any news from the scimmage.  A couple paragraphs and photos.  QB #11 (1 of 2 guys who is battling for the starting job) is a transfer from Eastern Michigan and the #21 kid who had the big hit on the TU receiver is a transfer from Ball State. DI guy felt big time knocking a DIII guy on his arse...

Now TUAngola - You can't blame the kid for being physical, it's football. I love a kid who gets jacked up about knocking the piss out of someone. I wouldn't want it any other way. It's not his fault he was playing a D3 team that looked like it didn't know they were playing tackle football. 

[Raider 68]

Hey Raider68:

I hope you are doing well.  Are you going to take in a scrimmage at Mount or a nearby DIII school before the first games or are you waiting until opening weekend?  Also, you are creeping up there on posts and k+!  Great!

formerd3db,

Hope all is well! I received my season tickets this week, the Raider 1st game is 9-10-11 against UW- Oshkosh at home. Have not heard about the first scrimmage as yet and wait until
first game. Are you going to see Hope, against IWU a tough one!

[miaafbfan]

I was told alma looked good and won their timed quarter part of the scrimmage 21-7 against an apparently very solid looking north park team

Great to hear!  I hope to see a much-improved Alma this season.