FB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[ACRULZ]

Lets not crown Trine champions just yet.  Remember they still have to play Adrian.  Adrian ROLLED over two teams that Trine struggled with...K-Zoo and Hope.  Albion will be no easy task either.  However it shakes out it will be fun to watch.  Go Bulldogs!!!

[LetItRain]

No one (least of all we Trine fans) believe this season is wrapped up.  Albion and Adrian are two gigantic hurdles standing in our way.  No one said anything about Trine already winning the title.  All I said is that Trine is being recognized as a Top 25 team and I wanted to acknowledge that and congratulate the team.  It's good for Trine and it's good for the MIAA to have a team (or teams) that are recognized nationally since NONE of the MIAA teams get a lot of respect nationally.

[D306]

With the defense I have seen Trine play and the points scored by other teams, I would not count out Albion in the game VS Trine this weekend


Trine is the favorite and should be, but Albions defense is pretty good, the offense has struggled, turnovers killed and lack of execution on 5 trips inside the 30 vs Adrian was hard to stomach. Each week previously Albion's O has improved, I see this being a VERY Close game.

Let It Rain I do not believe you are calling for Trine as the league Champ already, and I am glad to see Trine Nationally Ranked, the MIAA needs a representative, possibly 2 in the Playoffs.


If I had to guess the league Champs when the season is done I would pick Adrian, certainly will have a better feel after this weekends games good luck to all and stay healthy on the field.

[Uncle Rico]

I hope that Trine is not letting all the attention get to them mentally. Mike and Mike show, rankings, defeating Franklin, etc... To be honest, I would be concerned that has been a distraction.  They best not lose sight of the first goal...Win the MIAA.  If they stay focused and take each game one at a time they will do fine. 

Adrian should be considerd the MIAA favorite.  They were considered by many to be the favorite from the get-go.  Trine was predicted to finish 4th or 5th. 

I think that if Trine gets back to attacking their opponents and seizing momentum they will do fine.  Albion and Adrian are too good to be approached any other way.  If Trine kicks back and thinks they can simply turn it on or off at will, they will be disappointed in the end. 

[Uncle Rico]

Lets not crown Trine champions just yet.  Remember they still have to play Adrian.  Adrian ROLLED over two teams that Trine struggled with...K-Zoo and Hope.  Albion will be no easy task either.  However it shakes out it will be fun to watch.  Go Bulldogs!!!

Very true.  Adrian is the top dog (no pun intended) in many peoples eyes. 

Even though those were both road games for Trine, and they were Kzoo's and Hope's Homecomings, Trine coulda-shoulda-woulda done better against them.  The only positive I saw in the Kzoo game was that the boys learned they can come back despite the odds and score.  They learned to never give up on themselves, and that is a huge lesson.  I was also encouraged on how the defense adjusted at half time.  Hopefully it was a wake up call.

I look forward to a great game with Albion!  And not ANY further than that for now.   

[ACRULZ]

Just to clear things up...by no means did I mean that Adrian has the MIAA all wrapped up!  They have a good Alma team to play this Saturday, that should be first and foremost to them.  Then finishing with Trine and Olivet will be no easy task!

[fc_alum_84]

The MIAA still has some late season drama unlike the HCAC.  FC plays a home game with RHIT (very winnable and would be a mild upset at the least if FC were to lose).  FC wraps up with seemingly hapless (wo)manchester and as some of the folks on the HCAC board have paraphrased "the worst Hanover team to ever take the field"

[riverrat6806]

whats everyones thoughts on this weekends play?
a few big games, whose gonna win'em?

[MIAAfan44]

I am going to be at home for the next few weeks, and want to listen to some MIAA games.

Are there any good broadcasters in this league?

[hope1]

i think hope will get there 1st  in today over olivet

[riverrat6806]

Adrian Up Early On Alma 24-10 at the half.

After a slow start, The Bulldogs seem to be gaining momentum in the Second Quarter.
Lets see what the second half brings.

[Parker45]

Trine vs Albion..... 30-7final Trine wins. It was good to see them play a solid game. It has been a few games since the looked sharp.   

Also here is a shameless plug on a web site of mine for game pics

http://hceimages.exposuremanager.com/g/trine_-vs-_albion

[riverrat6806]

Championship is decided this week.

Trine holds the better ranking in the North, however they are facing a ranked Adrian team also.

When it comes down to it, Who is the Underdog this week?

Trine does come to Adrian, does this play a factor?

It will be one for the books. Argueably(sp) the best Trine/Tri-State team in a decade, facing a very determined, tough Adrian team who has yet to lose a home game this year and is 11-3, since 2006 at home in their new home.

Close to call, But I Like ADRIAN

[ACRULZ]

Adrian - Trine will definitely be the game to watch in the North Region.  I know this may be no surprise but I am picking Adrian to beat the Thunder!  Adrian is on a roll their defense looked solid against Alma yesterday and their offense is absolutely unstoppable.  McGrady did give Adrian some fits at times however.  The Scots managed to sneak in a late score against Adrian's second string defense.  But all in all I expect a great game between the Thunder and the Bulldogs Saturday.  Besides Capital, Adrian has rolled through most of its competition this season, hopefully that trend continues!  Good luck to all!

[formerd3db]

Some Random (IMHO) Thoughts Post-weekend of Nov 1st games:

1) Hope finally breaks the losing streak, thus avoiding the potentially longest losing streak in the history of football at our school.  Vert nice fall weather for a game, especially for Nov 1st, mediocre crowd (although not unexpected given the circumstances of the season to date ).  Hope played much better obviously than in past weeks, however, still "not quite there yet".  Missed passes by inches, some poor tackling fundamentals still haunting them, which seems to be the "story" of the season.    While the players (and coaches, of course) were very happy to get the win, they seemed to be just going through the motions at times and no enthusiasm or hustle - walking back to the huddle, walking to and from time-outs - i.e. just "no zip", and some inadvertant comments overheard that many just want to get the season over with .  This is understandable to some degree, although to their credit, they did not give up.  A nice win for them and there were some positive aspects i.e. the kicking game much improved (see Hope's website for recap of the game in these regards).

I will say that, overall, Olivet is not a bad team from what I witnessed and they hit hard, have good size and speed for the most part, yet just didn't play that good and missed some opportunities.  But they are having the kind of year Hope is and seem to be reverting back to "their usual mode of operendi" in past history.  Kind of ironic in a sad sense that the two teams who tied for the MIAA championship last year both have only 1 win so far this year.  Then again, that's just the way it goes sometimes.

2) As some of our colleagues have commented already, Trine has seemed to start putting it more together, at least yesterday when blowing out Albion, the latter being a solid team as evidenced when we (Hope) played them at Albion.  A slight surprise there after Trine having a pair of close wins the past few weeks - yet as I said before, Trine made those games close when they should not have been as Trine was blowing people away in much of the game action.   They just made some mistakes to make it close.

3) In relation to #2 above, as has been mentioned by others as well, Trine-Adrian will make the decision.  It obviously comes down to who wants it the most.  It will be a tough challenge for Trine being that it is at Adrian's home turf.  I could see this one going either way, but have the feeling that the home advantage gives Adrian the edge; also Adrian seems to be on a crescendo i.e. toward a peak.  On the other hand, I would not count Trine out.  This will be a neat game to watch.

4) More re: Adrian.  I am slightly surprised that they are managing well less than 2000 people in attendance for home games, especially since they are in the race and having only 1 loss.  Even at their Homecoming vs. Kazoo, there was only just over 3300 in attendance.  Perhaps this will change with the league title up for grabs this weekend.

5) Alma comes to Hope and while the former was blasted yesterday, it will still be a tough game for Hope even with it being on Hope's home field.  Alma's aerial attack is always an "artillery attack" and given Hope's difficulties in the secondary all season long, it could be a tough afternoon.  Hopefully, (for us Hope fans , they will step up to the occasion and at least contain Alma in that regard.  Yet Hope's offense will need to play like they did yesterday as well as the kicking game could be a factor in regards to winning the game. 

6)  I hope the weather will hold out to be nice for the final two weekends of the regular season, but that is always uncertain at this time of year in November.  I guess we've been blessed in that regard this past month - well, actually all season to be sure.

It is good to see some new posters on our board joining in with our veterans and some good discussions.  Thanks for sharing everyone and we'll look forward to more of it for the remainder of the season and the playoffs, of course, with regards to which team ends up representing our MIAA.  It just might be the year that our representative team wins a first round game since Albion's 1994 national championship season.  But...still two more games to go before worrying about that.