FB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[ACRULZ]

HOF:


Adrian's non-league schedule is not as tough as other teams I will give you that.  But if I am head coach, I would rather be 3-0 or 2-1 coming into league play as opposed to 0-3 or 1-2.  I think the psyche of a 3-0 team is much better than that of the latter; no matter what type of competition you play.  And if you look, Defiance just beat Otterbein, which is a solid program.  And as ADAWG mentioned, from talk around these boards Huntingdon is no slouch!

[ACRULZ]

Forgot one thing...Good Luck to all the MIAA teams this weekend!  Lets show the country that last weeks shut-out was just a fluke!

[sac]

The last two MIAA Champions, Hope in 06, Albion in 05 both started the season 0-3 outside the conference.  In fact the 03 Champs, Hope, started 1-2 outside the league.

It seems only Alma has won a conference Championship with a winning non-conference record in recent seasons, in both 04 and 02.  And I would argue Hope and Albion played very tough non-conference competition.

Food for thought, and weird.

[HOF]

ACRULZ:  I'm with you on the mojo for a team and the good start, but I always can't tell if Adrian is for real and can compete for the prize until they do so against some MIAA teams.  Nothing against Bluffton and the other down teams they've played in the past, but I do like to see teams battle the tough preseason foes since the at large is the league champion.  You know what I mean?  I also think since I was able to watch Adrian in person two weeks ago, that they'll be right there in the end.

ADAWG:  I'm really glad to hear the Bulldogs added Capital (eventhough they appear to be a bear!  Who got that on the schedule?!?!?!?!).  The Huntingdon add is good too.  Always nice to bring some out of region football your way.  Why all the changes in the schedule?  I mean ever since the last couple years I always saw the same teams on the preseason schedule.  Defiance, Heidelberg, Bluffton, etc.

That leads me to another question outside the box for all to answer.  Who does the scheduling at most MIAA schools?  Head Coaches, ADs, assistants, GAs, etc.??  I know at the big DIs the ADs handle it for the most part with some consulting, but at the DIII level the coaches have their hands on it.  I'd be interested to hear.   

Good luck to all teams and especially to those two teams playing in the big house who are playing not to lose, instead of playing to win.  Never a good thing right there.

[ADAWGISADAWG4LIFE]

HOF:

At Adrian, at least last season, Aaron Klotz, the assitant head coach was in charge of scheduling and he set the schedule for what should be the next couple years.  Before Klotz, long time Adrian AD Henry Mensing had been responsible for the schedule and always did a good job with it.  Adding Huntingdon was a good move and should be a good game this year, however they had to pot out of the game down at their place in '08 now that they have joined a league.  Heidlberg actually  opted out of their contract with Adrian and dropped us from the schedule after the 61-14 loss they suffered in 2004 which put Adrian in the pinch to add Huntingdon and also Westminster last year as a one year stop gap.  The Berg decided to actually go out of region and try to schedule some games I believe out east to hopefully add a recruiting edge out that way.  Hopefully it works out as the Berg has a proud football tradition that has fallen on hard time recently, but thats a whole other post all together.  I personally think it would be good to see the MIAA and the OAC reach some sort of agreement where they play each other in the season openers as I know the OAC only has one non conference game.  I think it would be nice to see the 1st place teams play each other and so on down the line.  It may not bode to well for the MIAA but if you want to beat the best you have to play the best right?

[DEACONBLUE]

Ahh, game day eve.  Tomorrow - tailgating, listening to the pre-game radio show, soaking in the festivities of a home opener, and a MIAA sweep.  Oh the good life.

Hope fans, you should have no problem with Bye. We had them last week...they're nothin.

[sac]

I hear Martin is trying to get them on the schedule in Ann Arbor next season.

"If your going to play a bye, you might as well play the best bye out there"

[Mr. Ypsi]

I hear Martin is trying to get them on the schedule in Ann Arbor next season.

"If your going to play a bye, you might as well play the best bye out there"

They've already scheduled them this year, under the alias "Eastern Michigan".

[ADAWGISADAWG4LIFE]

I hear Martin is trying to get them on the schedule in Ann Arbor next season.

"If your going to play a bye, you might as well play the best bye out there"

They've already scheduled them this year, under the alias "Eastern Michigan".

HA

[ACRULZ]

I hear Martin is trying to get them on the schedule in Ann Arbor next season.

"If your going to play a bye, you might as well play the best bye out there"

They've already scheduled them this year, under the alias "Eastern Michigan".

Now thats funny!

[dc_has_been]

Is Olivet still on top of Witt?  Looks like the MIAA might be bouncing back nicely from last week.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Despite the appreciation from ADAWG and ACRULZ, I owe EMU an apology - they beat NIU today!  Looks like the bye week was actually today - they're up 10-0 on ND after 7:26 of the 1st quarter.

[ADAWGISADAWG4LIFE]

Mr. Ypsi:

Must admit I was shocked to see the EMU win as well, I saw them play last weekend against Ball State and they did not look like  a team that would crack the win column anytime soon.  I would imagine NIU is going to have a bit of a down year, but hey maybe EMU is on the up and up.

On a side note, Adrian vs. Bluffton is a final, Adrian 20 Bluffton 0.  Havent seen any stats yet, but it appears in the score to be another strong showing for the Adrian defense, congrats!

[Mr. Ypsi]

It's now UM 31, ND 0 at the half!

Maybe the national jokesters will finally leave Michigan alone and switch to Notre Dame (like a just world demands)!

[sac]

Take bye, give the points against ND.

My, my now thats a bad football team.