FB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[ADAWGISADAWG4LIFE]

matblake:

Thanks for the karma, I jsut really think that Bye doesnt have what it takes to be any MIAA school, let alone Hope. 

Love your signature quote as well, UHF, great flick.  Find the marble in the oatmeal and you get a drink from the fire hose!

[matblake]

Thanks for the karma, I jsut really think that Bye doesnt have what it takes to be any MIAA school, let alone Hope. 

Maybe not, but I hear their math department is pretty good.   

Love your signature quote as well, UHF, great flick.  Find the marble in the oatmeal and you get a drink from the fire hose!

If you can find the dvd version, definitely get it.  Al does the commentary and it is really interesing.  He even remembers street addresses of buildings and such in Witchita, KS where the movie was filmed.

[wlcalum]

Adrian at Bluffton - no bluff here, Adrian big
Thiel at Albion - Sorry Albion, cold showers for you.
Alma at UWEC - Going with the WI team.
Valpo at Kazoo - have played Valpo before and they get the V.
Witt at Olivet - Witt with the win.
Defiance at TSU - Thunder claps again.
WLC at Concordia - going with the WI team again  ... WLC rides back across town with the loss. Sorry boys.

[HOF]

Booko back this week?  If so, they'll really handle the BYE.

Adrian at Bluffton....Adrian big, but does their cupcake schedule ever have any tough preseason games.  I guess I'd like to see them upgrade their schedule so we can see if they're the real deal.  It seems like every year they start out really good and then finish 4-3 in the MIAA.  I'm not sold on them yet.  I do like the offense they run and think they can score some points after watching them for a half against Defiance.

Thiel at Albion...Coach Rundle will pull one off here.  Albion after the chips fall will always be there.

Alma at UWEC...On the road, in Wisc....sorry Scots...no Josh Brehm....though McKenzie McGrady is making some believers.

Valpo at Kzoo...Valpo...Homer Drew playing....count on the DI-AA non schollys...

Witt at Olivet....thinking about attending this one....Witt will win....where was the Clasegns kid from last year...what about Lonnie Jones....that is the problem with the Vet....players never stick around.....

Defiance at TSU....Defiance...I like their style....eventhough Adrian hung 35 on them....I think there D was very good....they held a decent Otterbein team to 14 points.....count of DC winning 6 to 7 games....

WLC at Concordia....Concordia....new coaching staff up there doesn't slow them down....

I heard UM fired Carr today....they hired some Chinese guy named Win Sum Soon....

[ADAWGISADAWG4LIFE]

HOF:

Oddly enough back in my first two years with the program when we finished a combined 4-16 over two seasons we played some very good competition.  Both of those years our non league schedule included Baldwin Wallace, Carthage, Thomas More and Defiance.  It seemed odd at the time as we played many freshman and had little experience in those games but schedules are made in advanc, it did pay off the next two seasons.  Carthage stayed on the schedule through my Junior season and we finally beat them, that was the turning point in recent history for the program (02-03 season that is).  Since then we have played the likes of Franklin, Heidlberg, Bluffton, Westminster.  I think we caught Franklin at the right time as when we played them they were in the similar building phase of the program, at least thats how it appears based on their performance recently.  I know that Huntingdon(AL) has been added to the schedule for this season and from all I have been able to find out about them they should be a tough team.  Unfortunately they wont be on the schedule for next year as they have joined a conference.  However I do believe that Capital(OAC) has been added to the Adrian schedule for next season.  Defiance is the one constant and I would be surprised to see them off the schedule at any point in the near future.

[Stinger]

Stinger:

Glad to see you on the board.  We'll look forward to your contributions once your Kazoo Hornets get into action this weekend.  BTW, perhaps this has been discussed before and, if so, my apologies for bringing it up again.  However, why is it that Kazoo has chosen to only schedule 9 games istead of 10?  They seem to be like U of Chicago at times in this aspect.  I realize Kazoo is on a different academic schedule and that one possible reason is no students would be around to attend a home game at the start of Sept (at least the students at Kazoo who would actually show up for a game ), however, in one respect that wouldn't matter as Brooks could schedule an away game for the first game of the season.  Perhaps they are attempting to save $ by delaying bringing in the players a week later, but if so, I think that is somewhat "different".  Then again, I guess that we shouldn't complain because at least Kazoo has a fb team and that is the important factor.

BTW, are they going ever going back to having those black and orange horizontally striped sleeves on their jerseys?  I always thought those were neat - kind of "throwback to tradition"  

Sorry for the delay, FD3DB.  Was travelling the past few days.  I have to say, I'm not really connected into the Football program. However I do hear a little of what's going on.  There are many unhappy football alumns.  From what I hear it's getting to a pretty scary point.  The school is doing very little to help the program survive.  And I think it's pretty much in survival mode now.   K just can't (or doesn't want to) compete with Albion, Hope, Adrian, etc when it comes to financial aid.  The same kid that would get a $3K package to K would get $10-12K at Albion. It's tough. But I also think Coach Brooks needs to take a look at his practices. I don't care how tough it is, you can't bring in 15 recruits and have a football program. They don't have to be 5 star recruits at this point, they just need numbers.   

In all honesty, their goal is probably just to be able to field a team as the season progresses.

[ADAWGISADAWG4LIFE]

stinger:

I have always heard that Kzoo imposes a quota on recruiting for football, that there incoming freshman can only be a certain percentage of the freshman class or something along those lines.  Have you ever heard of anything like that?

[Stinger]

I've never heard of a quota, not sure how that would work or how legal it would be.

The fact is that admissions needs to work a little closer to the program and the coaching staff needs to get out and recruit kids in MI, IL, OH and IN, not in Carolina, Florida, Texas, etc.

[Pat Coleman]

Fairly certain a private school can do as it pleases there.

[miaafbfan]

Picks for Sept. 15th:

Adrian at Bluffton:  Adrian
Thiel at Albion:  Thiel
Alma at UW-Eau Claire:  Alma
Valpo at Kazoo:  Valpo
Wittenberg at Olivet:  Wittenberg
Defiance at Tri-State:  Tri-State
WLC at Concordia:  Concordia

Good luck to all MIAA teams this weekend.

[bulldogalum]

Defiance at Tri State:  Tri State
Valpo at Kzoo:  Valpo
Alma at EauClaire:  Eau Claire
Thiel at Albion:  Thiel
Adrian at Bluffton:  Adrian
Wittenberg at Olivet:  Wittenberg
WLC at Concordia:  WLC

Meanwhile, I'll be sitting in Michigan Stadium, hoping to see something better than I saw last week.  Hey, at least I know I'll hear two good fight songs.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

A band/fight song competition between the two schools might be more interesting than the game   

[D306]

DC VS. TSU   TSU at home, I'll pick the mild upset   TSU
Vaqlpo VS Kazoo  Valpo Kazoo needs numbers bad
Alma VS Eau Claire  Ill go Eau Claire at home I think it will be tight
Thiel vs Albion  Albion at home and improving, Albion in tight one.
Adrain VS. Bluffton Adrian in control early, holds on for win.
Wittenberg VS Olivet  Hate to say it road team puts it to MIAA here
WLC VS Concordia  Home game for Concordia have to go with them, I am light on info here.

A lillte better weekend for the MIAA, lets hope everyone leaves healthy for the MIAA league play to start.

U of M vs ND hard to believe these 2 have been reduced to a Joke Game. How the mighty have falling. See no quick fix for either this year. Though I think U of M will win this game. Have to find some DB'S and learn how to tackle, looked like HS kids with the number tackles they missed the last 2 weeks.

Upset special Wisconsin goes down this weekend, as Big Ten continues to look bad this year.

[wittdad]

You MIAA guys shouldn't be so sure about Witt over Olivet. They are playing a lot of freshman. 15 on the 2 deep list for this game. Lost a lot from last year but the coaching staff appear, at least from the scrimmage against Muskingum (OAC) and the Capital game, to be using a lot of in-experienced players. Maybe trying to beef up for next two years having the soph QB. O-line is half young and was easily penetrated by senior laden Cap Defense, but some much bigger guys on the sideline. QB spent some time on his rear, even limping toward end of game. Don't place your bets yet.

[D306]

Correction

I meant Ohio State goes down this weekend.

Wisconsin plays another easy game.
No huge upsets like the U of M fiasco anytime soon.
Coachs are pointing to the U of M game as this is why every game every play is important