FB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[ThunderHead]

UR - Just because I hooked you up with your Trine Blue Gatorade I figured I would hook you up with a special playoff addition of "Albion Purple Blast". Enjoy. 

[sac]

The MIAA is 3-16 in first round playoff games.


If you take out Albion's National Championship run in 1994, the MIAA is 2-18 in the playoffs. 

Thanks for that little ray of sunshine!    

Trine was 2-1 in first round games (wins verse DePauw and Case Western, loss against Wheaton), so perhaps that MIAA jinx is broken and Albion will shock the world with a playoff victory as well!     What color gatorade do I need for Albion???  Purple and Gold?   Not sure that will be enough help, but one can only hope.......

My mistakes, I failed to notice MIAA.org playoff history was not updated for 2010.

So the MIAA is 4-16 in first round games, 3-19 in the playoffs.   still 

[Raider 68]

UR - Just because I hooked you up with your Trine Blue Gatorade I figured I would hook you up with a special playoff addition of "Albion Purple Blast". Enjoy. 

Thunderhead,

Nice Pic +k!

[Uncle Rico]

UR - Just because I hooked you up with your Trine Blue Gatorade I figured I would hook you up with a special playoff addition of "Albion Purple Blast". Enjoy. 

Thunderhead,

Nice Pic +k!

ThunderHead with DOUBLE-DIGIT karma!  Now I have seen everything!  I am a little worried, this must be a sign of the apocalypse!    

[Uncle Rico]

UR - Just because I hooked you up with your Trine Blue Gatorade I figured I would hook you up with a special playoff addition of "Albion Purple Blast". Enjoy. 

Doesn't taste nearly as good as the Blue, but it will have to do for now......

[formerd3db]

What? No comments/discussion by any of our Albion colleagues here during playoff week #1 before their big game with UWW?  What goes you Albion guys?

BTW, also, good luck to Mr. Ypsi and his alma mater IWU in their first playoff game quest.

[Mr. Ypsi]

What? No comments/discussion by any of our Albion colleagues here during playoff week #1 before their big game with UWW?  What goes you Albion guys?

BTW, also, good luck to Mr. Ypsi and his alma mater IWU in their first playoff game quest.

Do we have any Albion guys other than Rule Britannia?  (I already warned the WIAC board that they weren't going to get any "You've never seen a team like ..." trashtalk from the MIAA - the WIAC (and, specifically, UWW) are too well known here for any stupid boasts.  I will be thrilled if Albion can hold it to under 30.)

As to IWU/Monmouth, I am confident that overall IWU is the much better team, but a 'super-QB' like Alex Tanney (holder of several all-time d3 records) scares the bejeezes out of me.  (I well remember what Chad Rupp (Franklin) did to NCC in 2008.)  IF we keep him fom going off for 4-5 TDs, I'm pretty confident of victory.  I'm hoping that our defense will put him on his back before he can get off those killer passes.

[formerd3db]

Mr. Ypsi:

Yes, D306 is an Albion poster, although since he has moved away from Michigan to help in some extended family aspects, he isn't able to post as often as he had done so in the past and/or would perhaps like to.  He did have some posts here this fall season, however.  We used to have a couple of other Albion posters also, however, they have been AWOL I believe. .  I would have liked to hear all our Albion supporter's opinions on the upcoming game as I believe they would obviously know their team somewhat better than the rest of us other MIAA team supporters who only saw them against our respective teams.

Thanks for your perspective on the upcoming IWU playoff game.  Your alma mater just might surprise you.  Also, how about that Eastern Michigan team as they won again last week.  I think that Ron English just might have a winning season this year.

In addition, I wasn't sure if you and the others here saw this, but Hope College is playing DI Western Michigan University in basketball on November 30th and it is NOT an exhibition game, but rather will count as an official game in this year's schedule it is my understanding.  I think that is great and will be a real neat experience for the DIII guys.  My only concern, however, is that, in one sense, it might have been nicer to have this with one of Hope's past outstanding teams a few years ago as Hope's teams in recent years have not quite been the powerhouses that they were in some of those past years.  Nonetheless, it should be a neat experience for them as I mentioned.  I just might try to make the "jaunt" down there to see the game.  Remember about 4-5 years ago when Wheaton played Northwestern of the Big Ten in a "real" game and took them to the buzzer?  As most everyone knows, some of the Big Ten and other DI teams have been playing the smaller schools early in the basketball season the past 3 years or so, although those games have been designated as "exhibitions" and not a regular season game.  Kind of a ridiculous "semantic nomenclature" IMO - just count it as a regular game if you are going to play it, although I suspect that has to do with the NCAA rules regarding the total number of "real" games teams play each year.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Yeah, EMU will almost certainly win AT LEAST one more game (probably two) and GO BOWLING!  Amazing!  And the troll in me says: yeah, so English takes a real job!  I so hope I am wrong, but that is the history at EMU.  My positive side says: English hasn't done enough YET to get the really big bucks, so we keep him at least one more year, then God smiles and we get another Ron English on the upswing!  History says scenario 1; optimism says scenario 2; we shall see.

I'm pretty confident we take down Monmouth (though Tanney scares the hell  out of me) and in the d3 Pickems I even have IWU upsetting UST!  In fact, 'homer' that I am, I then have IWU beating DelVal, before losing to UWW in the semis.  I also have NCC beating everyone (including UMU) right up to the Sragg, though losing to UWW in the ultimate game.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Well hello there....long time reader first and most likely only time posting.  But just wanted to touch on the following

What? No comments/discussion by any of our Albion colleagues here during playoff week #1 before their big game with UWW?  What goes you Albion guys?

Tried looking through old posts but I couldn't go back far enough to find a post that touches on this.  If people know how to search the archives...look to the MIAA mens basketball board and look for the last post by Mark Bavarro around Nov-Dec 2004 or Jan 2005.  It hints at continuing "to keep fighting the good fight" and signified the end of all veteran Albion posters until D306 and Rule Britania came along.  Some of you long time posters may recall those times.

Around the end of 2004/early 2005 particular "powers that be" made it hazardous for Albion posters to post on these boards.....I hope a similar fate does not ever befall the boards on which Thiel fans post.

[sac]

Mr. Ypsi:

In addition, I wasn't sure if you and the others here saw this, but Hope College is playing DI Western Michigan University in basketball on November 30th and it is NOT an exhibition game, but rather will count as an official game in this year's schedule it is my understanding.  I think that is great and will be a real neat experience for the DIII guys.  My only concern, however, is that, in one sense, it might have been nicer to have this with one of Hope's past outstanding teams a few years ago as Hope's teams in recent years have not quite been the powerhouses that they were in some of those past years.  Nonetheless, it should be a neat experience for them as I mentioned.  I just might try to make the "jaunt" down there to see the game.  Remember about 4-5 years ago when Wheaton played Northwestern of the Big Ten in a "real" game and took them to the buzzer?  As most everyone knows, some of the Big Ten and other DI teams have been playing the smaller schools early in the basketball season the past 3 years or so, although those games have been designated as "exhibitions" and not a regular season game.  Kind of a ridiculous "semantic nomenclature" IMO - just count it as a regular game if you are going to play it, although I suspect that has to do with the NCAA rules regarding the total number of "real" games teams play each year.

Not only all that, but Western is one of the favorites in the MAC (MAC West favorite) and would probably feel anything short of making the NCAA's would be a disappointment.

[sac]

Santino DiCesare of Hope was this week's play of the week

http://www.d3football.com/awards/playoftheweek/2011/week11


also, what is Hope wearing? 

[rome]

And the search is on for another coach....my word.

BRING IRV BACK BY ANY MEANS....

NO IRV...NOEL DEAN....

[miaaol]

As an Alum of Olivet it is hard to see how fast and how far we have fallen.  We won the MIAA only 5 years ago and now we are once again the laughingstock of the MIAA.  If you truly want to build a program you need a yonuger coach who wants to be at that level long term.  Hiring another old retired High School coach simply wont get it done.  Irv was obviously the exception, he could be hired by any team in America and they would improve over night.  There are not very many Irv Siglers out there.  He got the guys to buy in and it showed.  We would have ran through a 10 foot thick brick wall for Irv.  I really dont have an answer for who we should look at.  Irv is obviously off the table but I think he would be a great guy to have help out with the search.  I hope it turns out well. 

[sac]

just in case readers haven't figured it out, Olivet's head coach Rich Hulkow, retired....

http://www.olivetcomets.com/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111117zrlp39