University Athletic Association

[ScotLass]

P.S. Case won the de facto NCAC title as well by completing a perfect 5-0 season against NCAC teams.

Ummmm...congrats on winning the UAA and an opportunity to head to the playoffs, but to win the NCAC, de facto or otherwise, would require you playing 7 conference teams. It's a bit of a stretch for you since Wabash is 7-0 and Witt 6-1 in conference and of course you haven't played either of them as every team in the top 2/3 of the real NCAC has (ummmm...even Hiram at 0-10 has). Got to compare apples to apples before you start claiming anything beyond what you have earned 

[ExTartanPlayer]

Congrats to Case on the playoff berth.  Make it two straight years with a playoff victory for the UAA.

[UAA Follower]

Congrats to CWRU for a great undefeated season and a no.2 seed in the playoffs. We are pulling for you to get a first round win for the program and the UAA. Also, congrats to the other UAA schools for fine seasons. So many schools now are finding out the tough football played in this league by outstanding student athletes.

[ADL70]

ScotLass--Maj meant the "original" NCAC.     If CWRU gets by Widener they'll get the chance to play Wabash.  Hope Whalen can get back to close to 100%.

Widener is a very worthy opponent.  Definitely a "name" program.  Made the semis in 2000 and won two national championships.  Haven't had a losing season since who knows when.  A "W" would definitely boost the UAA rep!

I saw them play at Wittenberg in the 1979 playoffs.  A game Witt won on a last second 40+ yard FG.

Looks like D is their strength as they average scoring fewer than 20 ppg.

[DagarmanSpartan]

cwru70,

Judging by what you just said, that might be an advantage in our favor, IF we get Whalen back.

We have a very good defense of our own, and if their offense is that bad, we might shut them down.

The only question is whether we can put our #1 offense on the field, one that can generate enough points to win.  I'm sure that we can do that with Whalen.  I'm not as confident otherwise.

[ScotLass]

ScotLass--Maj meant the "original" NCAC.    

Oh, okay.

Gang,

I'd still make the argument that Case should be awarded the NCAC title if we beat OWU.

After all, we'll be 5-0 against the NCAC at that point.

Incidentally, we rolled to 8-0 with a 35-3 win over Chicago today, and clinched at least a share of the UAA title.

From this post on the NCAC board I gathered we were talking current NCAC.
Best wishes against Widener and again congrats on what Case has earned. 

[wally_wabash]

P.S. Case won the de facto NCAC title as well by completing a perfect 5-0 season against NCAC teams.

You seriously have to let this go.  You didn't win squat. 

If it weren't for the fact that I really don't want to drive to Cleveland, I'd be pulling real, real hard for a Wabash/CWRU game so that this nonsense could get put to rest. 

[ADL70]

Wally--we all know that's a foolish boast.  [CWRU would only be co-champ   ]

But 10-0, soundly beating the third place NCAC team and of of the fourth place teams including (w/out starting QB and #1 WR) OWU who played Witt pretty tough and beating a team that beat North Central is a bunch more than squat!  Oh yeah CWRU won both its trophy games.  Maybe you're just ticked you lost the Bell and the NCAA seeded CWRU higher.

Hope to settle it on the field.

[wally_wabash]

Maybe you're just ticked you lost the Bell

You really have no idea...but that couldn't be less relevant to my gripe here. 

[ADL70]

CWRU's site has that they will be streaming video of the playoff game v Widener.

Pat if I remember correctly you have said that broadcasting a playoff game is difficult to work out.  Is that likely to happen?

[BDTartan]

I'll just throw this in on this little discussion.  There is no doubt that CWRU would have competed for the NCAC had they actually been it this year, but they are not so let's throw every single thing MajorSpartan says out the window.  At times it seems as if he needs a brain filter to stop all the garbage from coming forth, but this is America.  Secondly, to wally-wabash......I don't care who you are, what you know, or anything else.  Last year, Millsaps beat Trinity, a perennial power no less, and I'm sure everybody assumed that they would beat CMU in the playoffs because of who both teams played in the regular season.  Do you happen to remember the result??  21-0 CMU.  By the way Spartan fans, good luck, but be prepared for a large dose of humble pie the deeper you get as the Tartans found out at Welsey.  I say put up or shut up, which means let's see what happens on the field.  I could care less, but I've learned a few things this year and I'll just let them settle it on the field.

By the way, it's my understanding that CMU has a chance to play in an ECAC bowl game.  That information will be released today supposedly.

[WUDLINE]

Congrats to CWRU on your playoff bid. Boy the NCAA really threw us all a curve yesterday. I will be making the trip out to Cleveland this week to watch WU and CWRU play, and I was wondering what to expect? How are they as a team, what are the facilities like, and can anyone give me a weather report?

[Pat Coleman]

CWRU's site has that they will be streaming video of the playoff game v Widener.

Pat if I remember correctly you have said that broadcasting a playoff game is difficult to work out.  Is that likely to happen?

They've made it a little easier, I think, on the NCAA process end. What's most difficult, as we found with D3Cast work this year, is setting up video in a new place on a week's notice, but since Case has been doing it all year this should be much easier.

[ExTartanPlayer]

CMU will host Gettysburg College in an ECAC game this week on Saturday.

Good chance to help out the UAA's reputation; if CMU and Case both win, victories over the MAC and Centennial would be a nice statement for the quality of the four-team conference.

Of course, losses will have the opposite effect...

So let's win.

[plaidfanatic]

Congratulations to Case Western.  Good luck in playoffs.  I think you will surprise some teams in the playoffs just like CMU did last year.