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badgerwarhawk

#8985
January 13, 2015, 09:53:18 AM
"Strange days have found us.  Strange days have tracked us down." .... J. Morrison

Uncle Rico

#8986
January 13, 2015, 05:09:50 PM
New head coach at Trine.  Former assistant Abbs takes over.  Land now the Assistant Vice President for Athletics at Trine.
 
http://trinethunder.com/sports/fball/2014-15/releases/201501139m2xio

My son liked playing for Abbs and thinks he is a good coach.  Go Thunder!   :)




"Back in '82 I could throw a football a 1/4 mile"

formerd3db

#8987
January 14, 2015, 04:33:30 PM
Quote from: Uncle Rico on January 13, 2015, 05:09:50 PM
New head coach at Trine.  Former assistant Abbs takes over.  Land now the Assistant Vice President for Athletics at Trine.
 
http://trinethunder.com/sports/fball/2014-15/releases/201501139m2xio

My son liked playing for Abbs and thinks he is a good coach.  Go Thunder!   :)

Thanks for the update Uncle Rico.  I missed that.  Sounds like it was the right time and opportunity for Land to have a new chapter in his life.  Yet, at the same time, a great opportunity for Abbs.  As the administrators in the press release indicated, it should make for a solid/smooth transition and continued re-progress for the program by having someone who has been involved with it and knows the system.   Quite a large pool of candidates applied, yet that seems to be the norm these days for DIII and DIII-a hundred applications+ is very common when these jobs open up.

Wishing Land the best in his new career chapter and also for Abbs (except against Hope! :o ;D :)) 

"When the Great Scorer comes To mark against your name, He'll write not 'won' or 'lost', But how you played the game." - Grantland Rice

SaintsFAN

#8988
February 23, 2015, 10:28:16 AM
Quote from: formerd3db on January 14, 2015, 04:33:30 PM
Quote from: Uncle Rico on January 13, 2015, 05:09:50 PM
New head coach at Trine.  Former assistant Abbs takes over.  Land now the Assistant Vice President for Athletics at Trine.
 
http://trinethunder.com/sports/fball/2014-15/releases/201501139m2xio

My son liked playing for Abbs and thinks he is a good coach.  Go Thunder!   :)

Thanks for the update Uncle Rico.  I missed that.  Sounds like it was the right time and opportunity for Land to have a new chapter in his life.  Yet, at the same time, a great opportunity for Abbs.  As the administrators in the press release indicated, it should make for a solid/smooth transition and continued re-progress for the program by having someone who has been involved with it and knows the system.   Quite a large pool of candidates applied, yet that seems to be the norm these days for DIII and DIII-a hundred applications+ is very common when these jobs open up.

Wishing Land the best in his new career chapter and also for Abbs (except against Hope! :o ;D :))

Did you get my PM, formerd3db??
AMC Champs: 1991-1992-1993-1994-1995
HCAC Champs: 2000, 2001
PAC Champs:  2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Bridge Bowl Champs:  1990-1991-1992-1993-1994-1995-2002-2003-2006-2008-2009-2010-2011-2012-2013 (SERIES OVER)
Undefeated: 1991, 1995, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2015
Instances where MSJ quit the Bridge Bowl:  2

formerd3db

#8989
February 23, 2015, 08:53:41 PM
SaintsFAN:

I did and thank you.  I have intended to reply back sooner, however, was out-of-town for the weekend and had a busy work day today.  I will send you a reply PM this evening...in fact probably right now.
"When the Great Scorer comes To mark against your name, He'll write not 'won' or 'lost', But how you played the game." - Grantland Rice

SaintsFAN

#8990
February 24, 2015, 11:05:21 AM
Quote from: formerd3db on February 23, 2015, 08:53:41 PM
SaintsFAN:

I did and thank you.  I have intended to reply back sooner, however, was out-of-town for the weekend and had a busy work day today.  I will send you a reply PM this evening...in fact probably right now.

I read your reply and I shall return in kind very soon.  Probably tonight though.  I'd like to re-read what you've sent me.

AMC Champs: 1991-1992-1993-1994-1995
HCAC Champs: 2000, 2001
PAC Champs:  2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Bridge Bowl Champs:  1990-1991-1992-1993-1994-1995-2002-2003-2006-2008-2009-2010-2011-2012-2013 (SERIES OVER)
Undefeated: 1991, 1995, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2015
Instances where MSJ quit the Bridge Bowl:  2

Raider 68

#8991
August 10, 2015, 11:08:01 AM
Former3db,

What is the outlook for the MIAA this fall, who emerges as the favorite to win the conference and who will be the surprise team.

Hope you have had a great summer! :)
13 time Division III National Champions

sac

#8992
August 11, 2015, 05:14:06 PM
Hope pre-season roster, 137 with 12 out of state players
http://athletics.hope.edu/sports/fball/2015-16/roster?sort=number

formerd3db

#8993
August 17, 2015, 07:37:41 PM
Raider68:

Apologies for the delay in this response.  Regarding your question, I guess I figure it will be pretty much similar to last year, at least for now.  I would Hope (no pun intended) that we will be right up there, but we have a few key players to replace and hopefully those who are next in line will be ready to step up.

BTW, I was glad to see that the attempt to unionize college football players was smacked down today with the ruling.  As I voiced my opinion on that last year when the movement was launched and in progress, that was an absurd idea.  IMO, Colter and his "accomplice" from UCLA are nothing but users and takers-we have too many of those in that mind-set today, unfortunately and sad.  Anyway, I hope your summer went well and trust you are ready for the season like the rest of us. :)
"When the Great Scorer comes To mark against your name, He'll write not 'won' or 'lost', But how you played the game." - Grantland Rice

sac

#8994
August 19, 2015, 03:08:49 PM
MIAA Pre-season poll

1.  Adrian     9pts
2.  Albion    16pts
3t  Olivet    17pts
3t  Trine      17pts
5.  Hope     23pts
6.  Kzoo      31pts
7.  Alma      34pts

Flying Dutch Fan

#8995
August 20, 2015, 11:17:24 AM
2016, 2020, 2022 MIAA Pick 'Em Champion

"Sports are kind of like passion and that's temporary in many cases, but academics - that's like true love and that's enduring." 
John Wooden

"Blame FDF.  That's the default.  Always blame FDF."
goodknight

TUAngola

#8996
August 22, 2015, 11:40:52 AM
Trine 2015 roster up:  http://www.trinethunder.com/sports/fball/2015-16/roster

160+ roster with 90+ freshman.  Offense should be loaded, most everyone back.  Masiewicz at QB is getting looks from the pro level I hear.  The big question is whether the defense is improved in 2015.  They lost a couple very good D-linemen.  Trine just wasn't very good at all on D last year, couldn't stop anyone, we had to outscore the opponents to have a chance, it was like basketball on the football field.  Season starts less than 2 weeks away, with a Thursday night game at Zollner against Manchester.  Can't wait to see what this year's Thunder will do under new head coach Abbs.  I doubt the coaching philosophies will differ much than from coach Land.

Another record enrollment for the University overall, I believe they are now over 2000 on the Angola campus alone.  New on campus residence hall too, this one overlooking the west endzone of Zollner Stadium.

DBQ1965

#8997
August 24, 2015, 09:40:22 PM
Does Hope have a scrimmage with another team coming up?
Reality is for those who lack imagination 😀

formerd3db

#8998
August 24, 2015, 10:10:01 PM
Quote from: DBQ1965 on August 24, 2015, 09:40:22 PM
Does Hope have a scrimmage with another team coming up?

No.  First, Hope was one of the few DIII teams that still held to the traditional Intra-squad Final controlled game type scrimmage as opposed to most other schools who have been scrimmaging other colleges in a final exhibition scrimmage in the past decade+ or so.  These are what I called the "Spring Games" of August, somewhat like the DI annual final Spring Game after spring practice season.  As I'm sure you know, this was kind of like a semi-game day as parents, friends and fans of Hope football attended, in a game day like atmosphere, with a set number of controlled plays, hired refs, etc., etc.

Second, Coach Kreps last year, for the first time (at least as far as I know, otherwise it was a long long time going way back even before my own playing days there), held the final scrimmage two weeks before the first game instead of the Saturday before to cut back on injuries to key players.  Of course, we all know that is a risk at any time.  However, this year, Coach K has decided not to have a scrimmage at all and just a limited regular practice.  While that is a change in tradition, I can understand his reasoning.  We'll see if it makes a difference this year.
"When the Great Scorer comes To mark against your name, He'll write not 'won' or 'lost', But how you played the game." - Grantland Rice

formerd3db

#8999
August 24, 2015, 10:13:33 PM
Hey, BTW, friends, I'm sure that most you quietly noticed that we (our MIAA board here) finally made it to page 600 for posts! :)  Obviously, nothing anywhere near compared to several of the other boards, nonetheless a "milestone" for us! ;D

Looking forward to posting with all of you here again this season (even when we might disagree on some aspects.  ;) :)).
"When the Great Scorer comes To mark against your name, He'll write not 'won' or 'lost', But how you played the game." - Grantland Rice
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