University Athletic Association

[ADL70]

260 is not big for UAA OL.  Last year's All-UAA OL was 6'1 260 (graduating CMU T), 6'5 280 (returning CMU starter mentioned by BDT), 6'2 275, 6'3 310, 6'1 300, and 6'4 240.

Further facilities upgrade for CWRU
http://www.case.edu/athletics/varsity/news.htm#s2_page2

There as also been a significant donation toward the new fieldhouse at 115.

CWRU facilities will get showcased as they host the Cuyahoga Co. All-Star Game June 13.

[DagarmanSpartan]

cwru70,

Tell me more about this Field House donation.

I hadn't heard anything in that regard.

[frank uible]

For God's sake - put Warren Lahr's name on something. He was a Pro Football HOF - calibre player. How about a plaque at the northeast corner of Ford and Bellflower where his fraternity house (Delta Kappa Epsilon) once stood?

[ADL70]

Maj-
It was the largest part of a donation for naming the outdoor track for Bill Sudeck and creating a Sudeck award.  The donation was a quarter mil.  The naming is a bit redundant and confusing as I have seen the indoor track also referred to as the Bill Sudeck track.  Maybe they'll rename that after Jerry Harback.

http://observer.case.edu/Archives/Volume_40/Issue_25/Story_2706/

Frank-
As per above, money talks.  Facilities get named for people who were on campus more than 4 yrs.  Now a Warren Lahr award for top DB, that might be possible.

[DagarmanSpartan]

WOW!!!!

That sounds really fancy!

So that means that we'd have an additional weight training facility on North Side to go along with the large, renovated weight rooms in Veale Center, and additional locker rooms?

Goodness!

NO ONE in Division III will have athletic/workout facilities comparable to ours at that point!

Gosh.  What a change from the days when I was in school!  How much more money do we need to raise in order to make this a reality?

[ADL70]

I don't know what the budget would be.  While the new field house would give CWRU magnificent facilities, there are a number of schools in DIII with fine facilities as well.  I wouldn't claim that CWRU's would be incomparable.

CWRU's Esther Erb just won the 10,000 at the NCAAs to go with her Fulbright.  Oh yeah, she also sang the National Anthem for the Indians.  A true scholar-athlete.  She goes for a double in the 5k on Saturday.  If I remember correctly that is her best event.

[DagarmanSpartan]

cwru70,

Point taken.  I stand corrected.  I'm sure that there are other schools that have/will have comparable facilities.  But overall, I'd bet that none will have BETTER facilities.  Back when I was in school, I would have considered our athletic/workout facilities to be a major recruiting liability.  No longer!

As for Erb, she is truly amazing.  A great distance runner, great student, and tremendous all-around person.  She's definitely a shining example, and a credit to our university!

frank,

Yeah, Warren Lahr would be a good one to name something like that after, as would Doc Kelker, and Phil Ragazzo.  All were high quality college and/or NFL players from CWRU's (technically WRU's) earlier glory days as a "big-time" college football team in the 30s and 40s.

Here's some info on them:

Ragazzo (1941 UPI All-NFL)

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RagaPh20.htm

Lahr (one-time all-NFL, and one-time Pro Bowler; 2nd most career interceptions in Cleveland Browns' team history with 40)

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LahrWa20.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Lahr

Kelker (former All-American in 1938; a member of the 1962 Sports Illustrated Silver Anniversary All-American team; led Western Reserve to a 28 game winning streak during the late 30s)

http://www.case.edu/pubs/cnews/1998/4-16/kelker.html

[ADL70]

Still nothing official on recruiting, but I managed to dig up the scoop on four.

Jake Adams  Cincinnati Princeton  6'2 195 LB/TE  2nd team in the tough Greater Miami Conference  selected for SW Ohio All-star game

Bryce Coleman  Solon  6'2 210 TE/DL  3 year starter has a highlight video as TE most of the highlights are blocks on running plays for the run heavy Comets  That fits well with the CWRU offense that has thrown very little to the TE the last two seasons  http://youtube.com/watch?v=e6PJHb_3zwk&feature=related

Rich Doolin Bethel Park (PA) 6'1 225  TE/DL  All conference DL

Josh Murphy  Kettering Fairmont  6' 180  P/RB/LB   HM All-Dist P averaged 36.5 yds

[PlaidMan]

I thought the TE from Solon was deciding between Oberlin and CMU. Good job, CWRU. Eric Wiseman, and running back from Tioga NY, 5'9 200 is going to Carnegie. Ran for 2382 yards his junior and senior year in 15 games.

[blue4now]

Ths 2 TE's will definitely be useful with the loss of 3 OL.  Nick Spring injured his shoulder once again and wont be returning.

I hope they like to block becasue I dont think Cowdrick, Kolesar and Nicely are coming off the field.  Then throw in Homyk, Webster and TE Sutca.

The RB will be joining an already crowded backfield of Checken, Meyer, Dietman, Bush, Jones and Sasala.

This years preseason scrimmage will be against JCU.  Go Spartans!

[DagarmanSpartan]

Gang,

Lindy's 2008 College Football Preview Issue is out.

In their Division III Preview section, Case is picked #10 in their pre-season Top 25.

GO SPARTANS!!!!

[ADL70]

PMan-My source is an entry on the Solon HS website dated 5/1

Blue4-Tough news for Spring.  Are these lifting injuries?  Is it career ending or does he have a shot at pulling a Zagorski and returning for a triumphant senior year?

I sense a Mentor connection, so you should be aware of the Solon TE.  Is there a chance a Cardinal or two will move on to CWRU as in the past?

The kid from Bethel Park would seem to be more a DE prospect and the kid from Kettering a punter.

Has Bush fully recovered from his injury?  And what about Cowdrick?

Do you have date, time, and place for the scrimmage?

And, by the way, welcome.

Maj-Lindy's is great for pub, however unrealistic.

[blue4now]

Yes, Spring did it working out.   He is done and is transfering to OSU.  Only Cardinal I know of is Sharpe a NT.

Cowdrick is doing well.  Spent all his time in the weight room.  He's working on getting his speed back but he will be ready.  Havent heard anything else except WR Eric williams who had knee surgery and wasnt expected back isnt listed on the spring roster.

I agree with your assessment of the others.  Another DL cant hurt with the loss of Brew, Teurtscher and Tiemeier.  Cowdrick got hurt when he got rolled blocking inside.  A true blocking TE is needed.  As much as Whelan didnt do a bad job when he inherited the punting chores, I dont like my QB doing the work.  This risk is too great. 

This can be another good team.  A 10 ranking is deserved but without an overly demanding schedule it can be easily be lost so focus and dominace will be the keys.

The Case/JCU scrimmage should be Aug 30th.

[blue4now]

I was killing some time and going over some NCAA numbers.  (yes, I need to get a life...)  I looked at WR stats of the top 30 passing teams in DIII football.  In looking at the top 3 returning underclassmen WR's on each team here is where our top 3 of Kolesar, Nicely and Cowdrick rank going into 2008.....

Receptions per Game
1 Augsburg 22.8
2 Guilford 22.3
3 Trinity (Tex.) 16.3
4 Gust. Adolphus 15.6
5 Case Reserve 14.8
6 Wis.-River Falls 14.5
7 Catholic 13.9
8 St. Thomas (Minn.) 12.8
9 Western New Eng. 12.5
10 Howard Payne 10.1


Yards per Game
1 Augsburg 300
2 Guilford 255
3 Trinity (Tex.) 218
4 Gust. Adolphus 216
5 Catholic 216
6 Case Reserve 206
7 Western New Eng. 157
8 Wis.-River Falls 156
9 Howard Payne 144
10 St. Thomas (Minn.) 126

Go Blue!       Go Spartans!!       Go Case!!!

[ADL70]

Thanx Blue4

Adams may be the real deal.  Two fellow GMC second teamers at LB signed with scholarship programs and a third is going to Mount Union.

LB, C, and LG are the question marks for next year.  Protecting Whalen is a priority no other QB returns with a varsity completion.