FB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[formerd3db]

formerd3db:

I thought I'd answer you here, given how busy the OAC Board is.

I actually STILL haven't been to the Stagg Bowl -- though I work with a guy who was a part of the Wabash team in 1977 that played Widener for the Title in Alabama.  Our recently departed VP of Sales (just yesterday, actually) is a JCU graduate.  We have a Regional Sales Manager who was a barefoot kicker for Dubuque.  Our Sales Training Manager graduated from St Thomas.  Finally, I have a customer in Iowa who was a pretty good RB for Dubuque.  So there's quite a bit of D3 talk in the office, which is cool. 

I'm still planning to head to the Stagg Bowl -- it will probably be a couple years since Cora is now with us (she's 8 months and stole daddy's heart from day 1)  Anyhow, how are your daughters doing?? 

Never did I think on October 2nd, 1999 that I'd meet a friend from the opposing sideline -- of course, I also didn't think I would be completely knocked out like that... But I did have it coming with some of the "talk" going between myself and that defense.  They had hit me quite a few times before that and I wasn't happy about it.

I still get migraines from that day and a few before it -- namely a game against Osh Kosh in 1998 where I attempted 50 passes and was hit on probably 45 of them. 

Hope all is well for you and your family.

No problem SaintsFAN.  You and I scan most of the boards in our region anyway, so I know we keep current.  Thanks for the memories, but, even more seriously, I am sorry to hear that you still have some effects after all these years.  I guess that just goes to further prove that concussions are far more serious than mistakenly assumed in past decades as has been discovered with all the research that has been done recently.  While your headaches are certainly a concern, what you are experiencing hopefully will not be any worse.

Congratulations to you and your wife on your beautiful daughter.  I commend you for being the dedicated father/husband you are.  Having had two daughters of our own, I know what your feelings are!  Always keep that because we only really get one "go around" at that.

As far as the Stagg, as I mentioned, going to one with you and some of our other colleagues some day is one of the items on my own "bucket list".  We'll make it happen, I am confident.  Your time frame seems reasonable and, at least for now, works for me also.  BTW, I'm dating myself here, but I played against your work associate that year-I'm sure he recalls that game as it was played in a horrendous rainstorm at times and a thunder delay occurred at the beginning.  We were the only team to beat them that year, except for their Stagg Bowl loss.  I was rooting for them in the Stagg Bowl.  Anyway, I have great memories of that game and season.

Thanks for asking about our family.  Daughters are doing well, as are my wife and I.  Some changes currently going on, but all is good.  Wishing you and your wife and daughter all God's blessings for the upcoming holiday season and in 2015 and beyond.  I'll PM you sometime in the near future to relate more update.  Thanks for yours.  And...keep on keeping those guys on the other boards in line-you do a great job at that!

 

[formerd3db]

Hope released its schedule for next season and league schedules for 17/18 http://athletics.hope.edu/sports/fball/history/future_schedule     Happy to see the Albion game moved to back end of the schedule.

I think the only game that is new or not known for next year is playing at Elmhurst.  Seems like I remember the league offering a news release on all the MIAA/CCIW games last year.

I'm with you regarding the Albion game being moved back to the end of the schedule.  While all the league games are important, to me, the Hope/Albion rivalry is like the end of the season Michigan/Ohio State game.  That said, the moving back/moving forward towards the beginning of the schedule has been a pattern for years.  The league has had kind of a cycling/rolling scheduling plan with the teams rotating through the slots. The other games, Alma, Olivet, Kazoo and Adrian have pretty much then been in between, rotating among those slots as well, although the Kazoo and Adrian have usually been towards the end of the schedule often.  Way back in my day, senior year schedule had Olivet, Albion, Alma, Adrian and Kalamazoo. Personally, I always liked playing Olivet, Alma and Albion in October as it was neat to see the fall colors on their historic campuses.  Still, having your most intense rivalry at the last game of the season is always great.   

[Captain_Joe08]

Hope released its schedule for next season and league schedules for 17/18 http://athletics.hope.edu/sports/fball/history/future_schedule     Happy to see the Albion game moved to back end of the schedule.

I think the only game that is new or not known for next year is playing at Elmhurst.  Seems like I remember the league offering a news release on all the MIAA/CCIW games last year.

Speaking of Challenge Series. Here is the tenative MIAA/NACC Challenge series schedule

Benedictine vs Adrian (auto-bid vs auto-bid)
Lakeland vs Trine (IMO I think Lakeland gets Trine with the head to head win over WLC)
Wisconsin Lutheran vs Albion
Concordia Wisconsin vs Hope
Rockford/Concordia Chicago/Aurora vs Olivet
Rockford/Concordia Chicago/Aurora vs Kalamazoo
Rockford/Concordia Chicago/Aurora vs Alma

I could figure out the three way tie at the top but I can't figure out the three way tie at the bottom of the NACC. The only team that was by themselves in the standings was Concordia Wisconsin at 3-3. Everyone else was either 5-1 or 1-5.

[Captain_Joe08]

Well I wonder how the CCIW/MIAA Challenge will work since CCIW has 8 teams and MIAA has 7 like the NACC had before Maranatha left in year one of the NACC/MIAA challenge.

[ExTartanPlayer]

Well I wonder how the CCIW/MIAA Challenge will work since CCIW has 8 teams and MIAA has 7 like the NACC had before Maranatha left in year one of the NACC/MIAA challenge.

I thought it was just "North Central doesn't play" to resolve the CCIW/MIAA thing?

[Mr. Ypsi]

Well I wonder how the CCIW/MIAA Challenge will work since CCIW has 8 teams and MIAA has 7 like the NACC had before Maranatha left in year one of the NACC/MIAA challenge.

I thought it was just "North Central doesn't play" to resolve the CCIW/MIAA thing?

That's how they did it this year; haven't heard whether that will be the same for future years.  (Perhaps it is that the CCIW defending champ will not be included, in which case Wheaton would be the one next year.  Likewise I don't know if St. Norbert is signed up to be the honorary eighth team for the MIAA again.)

[OC_SID]

Well I wonder how the CCIW/MIAA Challenge will work since CCIW has 8 teams and MIAA has 7 like the NACC had before Maranatha left in year one of the NACC/MIAA challenge.

St. Norbert (Wis.) College became the eighth "MIAA" school to make up for the difference. St. Norbert played North Central in 2014. I am not sure what the plans are for 2015.

[ADAWGISADAWG4LIFE]

Well I wonder how the CCIW/MIAA Challenge will work since CCIW has 8 teams and MIAA has 7 like the NACC had before Maranatha left in year one of the NACC/MIAA challenge.

St. Norbert (Wis.) College became the eighth "MIAA" school to make up for the difference. St. Norbert played North Central in 2014. I am not sure what the plans are for 2015.

The pairings are out officially and can be found here:

https://t.e2ma.net/message/48pce/crlfqb

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The pairings are out officially and can be found here:

https://t.e2ma.net/message/48pce/crlfqb

The most interesting release on that page is clearly the one about Adrian adding Women's Wrestling.

[Craft_Beermeister]

The pairings are out officially and can be found here:

https://t.e2ma.net/message/48pce/crlfqb

The most interesting release on that page is clearly the one about Adrian adding Women's Wrestling.

Women wrestling.  Wow.

[Mr. Ypsi]

The pairings are out officially and can be found here:

https://t.e2ma.net/message/48pce/crlfqb

The most interesting release on that page is clearly the one about Adrian adding Women's Wrestling.

Women wrestling.  Wow.

Down, boy!  They will wear clothes and wrestle on mats, not in mud or jello, or whatever you were imagining!

[formerd3db]

Pat:

I just wanted to congratulate you and Keith on a great post-Stagg Bowl podcast.  That was one of the best you guys have done, IMO.  You both really put things in perspective and had some great overview of the various facets of the game, the teams, the people, etc.

Thanks again for another great year of D3fb.com and making this site possible for all of us.  Wishing you both and your families (and all your staff) a blessed Christmas and New Year's holiday season.

[Raider 68]

To all the MIAA Posters, Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year!

[waxx]

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The most interesting release on that page is clearly the one about Adrian adding Women's Wrestling.
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Adrian is adding more and more less than traditional(not sure if that is the best way to describe it) sports and activities. One motivation I have read, not directly related to Adrian, for small schools to do this is that the cost of the program is far less than the tuition from the student-athletes it will bring to the school.

[ADAWGISADAWG4LIFE]

Adrian is adding more and more less than traditional(not sure if that is the best way to describe it) sports and activities. One motivation I have read, not directly related to Adrian, for small schools to do this is that the cost of the program is far less than the tuition from the student-athletes it will bring to the school.

It also is a Title IX issue as far as opportunities for womens sports, though I know that using athletics to drive enrollment growth has been a big part of the fantastic turn around on campus at Adrian College.