FB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

MIAA in Exile · October 29, 2011, 10:23:03 PM

Congrats to Albion for clinching a share of the MIAA title...and I think the auto bid as they have beaten the only teams wh could tie them. Well done Brits.

sflzman · October 29, 2011, 10:27:13 PM

Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on October 29, 2011, 09:19:39 PM
Quote from: sflzman on October 29, 2011, 08:57:14 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on October 29, 2011, 08:47:19 PM
Iowa (but they just lost to (gasp!) Minnesota)

Haha why do I sense surprise in your "voice"

To the best of my knowledge, EMU has never beaten a Big Ten team. This year I would take them by three touchdowns over Minnesota! Having not seen the game, I can only conclude
that the Gophers played out of their minds, or the Hawkeyes played their worst game of the millenium - and probably both at once to get that result!

Minnesota played how they did in the USC game. Solid d. Ran the ball authorititevly. Limited mistakes and TOs and Iowa had absoltelt ZERO answer to anything involving he name Marquise Gray

sac · October 30, 2011, 01:14:45 AM

Earlier this year I was convinced I had seen one of the 2 or 3 worst Big Ten teams in the past 3 decades when I saw Minnesota.

Sometimes teams get better, clearly Marquis Gray did. Never underestimate what emotion can do for 18 to 22 years old kids in an athletic event.

Mr. Y---EMU could hang with most of the bottom half of the Big Ten, they aren't bad this year. They are 0-18 vs the Big Ten all-time, all since 1990 (which seems odd).

http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/confres.pl?start=1920&end=2010&team=Eastern+Michigan&limit=50

As a matter of fact, EMU has never beaten a team from one of the major BCS conferences.

sac · October 30, 2011, 01:16:35 AM

Clearly no one on here is an MIAA expert......I don't think anyone picked Albion to win the league.

Mr. Ypsi · October 30, 2011, 01:29:39 AM

Yeah, after decades of frustration, EMU will probably go bowling this year!

They certainly should beat both Kent State and Akron, and have a decent shot at beating Ball State and NIU, finishing somewhere between 7-5 and 9-3. I'm not used to this sort of behavior!

I am a HUGE Ron English fan.

So which big-time school will steal him away this winter?

(The last time we went to a bowl (1987?), the coach was immediately hired by Cal.)

Has anyone detected that I'm a very nervous Hurons (not Eagles) fan?

Mr. Ypsi · October 30, 2011, 01:34:20 AM

BTW, congrats to the Brits for winning the AQ!

I confess I thought 3rd at best, and after seeing what Alma almost did to my Titans, I figured 4th.

sac · October 30, 2011, 01:35:10 AM

Quote from: ThunderHead on October 28, 2011, 05:21:10 PM

I'm sure I would, have you read it? Do you recommend it?

I have not read "3 and out", but have read several excerpts and a lengthy commentary by the author. It seems well written, and the author had some unreal access. The general consensus from the M blog I follow is its a must read if you like Michigan football and it will break your heart.

Its not a book I will read any time in the near future, maybe a few years from now. (but then I'm just not a big fan of sports books anyway)

sac · October 30, 2011, 01:37:12 AM

Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on October 30, 2011, 01:29:39 AM
I am a HUGE Ron English fan. So which big-time school will steal him away this winter? (The last time we went to a bowl (1987?), the coach was immediately hired by Cal.)

English is from California, I wouldn't be surprised if he interviewed for the Arizona job. UCLA will probably be open as well.

ADAWGISADAWG4LIFE · October 30, 2011, 02:35:49 AM

Hats off to Albion. They played a solid game and capitalized on turnovers which was huge. The turnover bug was Adrians downfall today, not many times will you have 5 INT in a game and expect to come out on the winning end, especially when one is a pick 6. Albion did a good job of being in the right place at the right time and taking away the deep outside throws, I hate to give them credit as I hate to see them beat Adrian when all the cards are on the table, but they executed when needed today including two big TD runs that were about as well executed as I can recall seeing, one for Clinton Orr and then one for his backup after Orr went out. I hold out some hope that if Adrian runs the table and ends at 9-1 they may end up with an at large bid, but we have all seen in the past that the selection committee is unlikely to give an at large birth to an MIAA team. All Adrian can do now is win out and hope for the best (A Tri State win in week 10 for a split title, I refuse to call it Trine) and still end with a fine season, thought it is always disappointing to some close and see the chance slip away.

Uncle Rico · October 30, 2011, 03:41:26 AM

Welcome back ADAWGISADAWG4LIFE!

sflzman · October 30, 2011, 10:57:15 AM

Quote from: sac on October 30, 2011, 01:16:35 AM
Clearly no one on here is an MIAA expert......I don't think anyone picked Albion to win the league.

I picked "An A school to contend with Trine" is that close enough?

Quote from: Uncle Rico on October 30, 2011, 03:41:26 AM
Welcome back ADAWGISADAWG4LIFE!

And a welcome from me as well!

Stinger · October 30, 2011, 11:58:12 AM

Let me apologize Adidas. I had been spending all afternoon trying to talk down my fellow Spartan fans. Had an itchy trigger finger. My bad.

adidas28 · October 30, 2011, 01:43:55 PM

Quote from: Stinger on October 30, 2011, 11:58:12 AM
Let me apologize Adidas. I had been spending all afternoon trying to talk down my fellow Spartan fans. Had an itchy trigger finger. My bad.

No need to apologize! If i dish it out I have to take to it in return, and you can tell by my amazingly high number in the Karma category that I like to dish it out.

Sorry your Spartans lost (not very sorry, I am a Wolverine fan) but still sorry.

ThunderHead · October 30, 2011, 04:18:42 PM

MSU certainly didn't play well, and took it on the chin. I think Roushar (OC) paid a little bit for his predictably and KC definitely made some mistakes and forced the ball when he didn't have too. I'm disappointed MSU didn't adjust to the the split field bracket coverage and two high shell look during the early stages of the game. I felt like MSU really tried to stress the ball into the deep seams when the under zones or "shot zones" were open after clearing routes.

It also surprised me MSU didn't work to establish the run game against a four and five man front with the backers breaking to the seams and hooks. It was a 4 v run, 7 v pass most of the game, yet MSU simply showed no interest in going between the tackles against their High 2 coverage shell. As a result MSU often ended up in OPS (obvious passing situations), and the results were less then favorable. But alas, I'm sure they'll learn from it, Octobers been a LONG but rather successful month for them, I'm sure they're glad to get into November.

As for the MIAA - congrats to Albion. I really felt their pre-conference schedule would aid them down the stretch in MIAA conference play, and obviously it paid off. Props to them for really testing themselves during the pre-conference. While I though Adrian would beat them it isn't all that surprising to me that Albion won.

Again congratulations to Albion.

formerd3db · October 30, 2011, 04:26:43 PM

Randon thoughts after yesterday's games:

1) Well, I am absolutely shocked that Adrian had a letdown and lost to Albion. Which makes our (Hope's) loss to Albion that much more disappointing. While Albion has obviously improved over the weeks, still, I'm not sure whether they or Adrian would be the best team to represent our conference as far as having a chance to advance to the second week of the playoffs.

2) As many of you have already mentioned, indeed, Alma is having a very tough season. I'm sure Coach Cole and his coaching staff and the entire team are more than frustrated. A nice win at home for Kazoo to stop their slide the past 2-3 weeks. Still, disappointing that they only drew in the mid-600's for attendance for that home game played in Western Michigan University's Waldo Stadium.

3) Michigan State played as I thought they would against Nebraska. My previous opinion on them still stands. We'll see what happens.

4) In following up on Mr. Ypsi's and sac's posts regarding Eastern Michigan; wow, they stand at 5-3 and have an outside chance at the MAC title game. They should beat Kent State, although the other games will be tough. Still, they only had just over 6,600 for their Homecoming game win over Western Michigan. Pretty sad for a D-I team, although obviously, we've discussed this topic before. Wabash has had crowds in the mid 5,000's, so they are drawing almost as good (actually better if you average the home game attendance). Anyway, I agree that if Coach English has Eastern in a winning season, he will again be a "hot prospective" coaching candidate for some other bigger school, returning to that status he had before taking the Eastern Michigan job. Some have said that job would be a "career killer" for most coaches. Obviously, time will tell for his case scenario. If he is smart, he'll "get the h___out of Dodge, oops, I mean Ypsilanti" if he gets the chance!

Regardless, it is good to see Eastern Michigan with a winning record so far, although they've been blown out by Michigan and Toledo. Also, you guys were mentioning Eastern's record against some of the bigger teams. Since we are on the topic of past oppoents, although this one is small, how about remembering this record? - Eastern last played Hope College in 1958 and lost to Hope 19-7, the second year in row. Wow!

BTW, since Eastern beat Central Michigan, what are you opinions about what that does to the status of Dan Enos' job? I realize this is only his second year there, however, it seems they are going backwards instead of making progress, at least from what I've seen/heard.