FB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[JK]

Capital D with another stand deep in their territory.  Offense takes over at their own 10, leading 27-0 heading to the 4th qtr.

[JK]

Adrian scoops and scores on a Capital fumble on the first play of the 4th.  27-7 Cap.

Assman a little dinged up (ribs) and hasn't played since about the middle of the 3rd qtr.

[JK]

Capital answers Adrian's defensive TD on the next drive with a 4 play drive ending with a TD pass from back-up QB Alexander to Evan Blake.

34-7 Cap.

[JK]

Adrian answers right back.  34-14 Capital, just under 12mins to go.

[JK]

Capital wraps it up 34-14.  Stats to follow.

[JK]

Some unofficial stats from the Cap broadcast team:

Capital 286 passing yards
Assman 10-16, 134 yds, 2 TD
N. Alexander 125 yds, 1 TD

Rushing- DeAndrea 9 carries/ 47 yds

Receiving- Alexander 6-113 yds- 2 TD
Evan Blake 4-62 yds- 1 TD

Adrian QB McGee had 115 passing yards, and their other "QB" Niplock did a little of everything, including being Adrian's leading rusher and having 6 catches.

Good luck to Adrian the rest of the way.   Have fun MIAA fans...

[hope1]

hope lost by  3  today   they need help in extra point  missed 3 of them  today a big difference in the game and a big fumble   on the kick off return

[OC_SID]

Wittenberg scores at the 9:43 mark of the first quarter, Olivet scores at the 9:43 mark of the second quarter to tie the score at 7-7. The Tigers answer with a touchdown but miss the PAT kick for a 13-7 halftime lead.

[sac]

Hope is on a rather dubious streak, today's loss to IWU is now the 13th consecutive non-conference loss in a row, 12th in the regular season.  This dates back the 2004 opening win over John Carroll 21-20

DePauw 35, Hope 14
Wheaton 45, Hope 28
John Carroll 38, Hope 13
DePauw 38, Hope 12
Wheaton 48, Hope 7
Central, Iowa 24, Hope 13
DePauw 23, Hope 14
Wheaton 35, Hope 21
Mount Union 49, Hope 0 *** NCAA Tournament first round
UW-River Falls 54, Hope 24
Central, Iowa 36, Hope 17
Wheaton 42, Hope 7
Ill. Wesleyan 28, Hope 25

With games at Carthage, Eau Claire and a homer with Wheaton.......this streak might continue into 2009.  Though admittedly I know nothing of these teams.

Probably should point out Hope is 23-5 vs the MIAA in the same span with an outright title in 2006 and shared in 2007..........and also 15-1 in their last 16 MIAA games.

FWIW

[Uncle Rico]

Trine rolls 41-13 against Manchester.  Starters were rested most of the 4th quarter.   Trine barely won 14-9 last year against Manchester.

[sac]

We were watching the ND game today, and the announcer said something like "....not a bad play from the converted ND QB."

and someone who shall remain nameless deadpans "What was he Methodist?"

[formerd3db]

Hope had just as much chance to win the game today as did IWU.  Too many mistakes, most inexcusable; aside from the poor special teams play particularly on kickoffs and the missed PAT's, the fumble on a potential scoring drive hurt, although the biggest hurt was giving up the long pass leading up to the TD right before the half.  This has happened for 4 straight years now (secondary giving up the long ball).  While IWU is a good team and deserved the win, Hope could have easily won the game as well.  IWU had huge linemen, a great QB and, of course, the CCIW's probable best WR.  Again, they are a good team and should compete well in their league this year.

Overall, a most disappointing opening season loss again for Hope and especially in front of a very nice Community Day crowd.  Great weather, although it did "spit" some rain for a few minutes just before and at the half, but that blew away and it was very warm for the rest of the game.   

On a side note, Mr. Ypsi (a CCIW poster and IWU alum and Eastern Michigan prof) and I did get a chance to meet and have a nice visit at halftime.  A nice gentlemen, although we knew that from his great posts in the past.  It is always great to meet our fellow posters/colleagues when the opportunity arises - nice to put faces with posting names.

I think Hope may have a chance for a win at their other non-conference games except for Wheaton, although certainly the other two games will be tough to win.  Hopefully, they'll rebound.

My personal feeling was that Butler would beat Albion today.  Butler is not the same lowly DIAA team it has been the past 3-4 years when it played Albion.  Other MIAA scores are about what I expected as well - and as most of you others had figured.  Bluffton is not a very good team.

Anyway, nice to see a good number of you posting.  Let's keep it up. 

[D306]

Overview fo the Butler VS Albion Game
Great Weather, large crowd 3500-3700 fans.
Butler had a group of friendly fans who seemed to enjoy the area and game.

Butler was the superior team, with Albion playing very tough early on. Butler's size and skill positon play stayed focused and pulled a solid win.

The Brits scored first on a solid drive and a field goal.
Butler used the screen pass, slant passes, and 3 step drop very well.
Last year Butler ran the ball hard on Albion, in a change of direction this year and a marked improvment in line play on defensive line, Albion was pretty tough on the run.

Both offenses seem to struggle with consistant ball movemet, though Butlers mix of quick outs and timely power runs moved the chain on most drives. Late in the game a huge punt return by Butler set them up for a TD which then changed the tone of the game as Albion then had to try to open up the passing game to catch up. This lead to 3 and outs and Butler field postion for the final score.  20 -6.

A serious loss for the brits was Senior RB Bacurella is out probably for the season to a knee injury.  He is a hard running back who was a key to the running game.

The defense was much improved for Albion, with a good mix of rotation by coaching with the hot weather. Adjustments for the short and slant passs will be made and Albions defense will be good this year. I thought the DL played well, held the corners, and applied pressure though the 2 and 3 step quick outs make it tough to get to QB they did force short reads. LB play was rotation of players with a few new faces.

Offensivley Albion still is developing the OL and a consistant attack. Some QB rotation was shown this week with 2 Qb's seeing time. A little change of pace with these changes. This maybe something that is seen most weeks.
Albion has some size with a 2 tall TE and some speed in slot recievers.

Solid kicking game for Albion should be solid all year, A timing issue on a missed FG.

Overall Albion will be pretty solid and will finish higher than the coachs poll prediction. Young team showing signs of being a player. Get a little more on Offensive drive capability and it will be interesting.

[miaafbfan]

How about some picks for this week?

Saturday, September 13
Defiance, Ohio at Adrian, 7 p.m. ET Adrian
Thiel, Pa. at Albion, 1 p.m. ET  Albion
Alma at Illinois Wesleyan, noon CT  IWU
Hope at Carthage, Wisc., 1 p.m. CT  Hope
Kalamazoo at Rockford, Ill., 1 p.m. CT  Rockford
Elmhurst, Ill. at Olivet, 1 p.m. ET  Elmhurst

[D306]

I will go with:

Adrian
Albion
IWU
Carthage
Rockford
Elmhurst

I hope to see a few more MIAA wins but I think these are the results

I do not see a clear MIAA winner this year wide open race for the conference