University Athletic Association

[DagarmanSpartan]

Gang,

Did anyone else here see the article on the d3football.com main page about Washington U's recruiting class?  A whopping 41 players!

I sure hope that Case can keep up!

The other thing that impressed me is how WashU's 41 players have an average SAT score of 1400+.  That's what I like about the UAA.

Its athletes are truely SCHOLAR-athletes.

[wally_wabash]

The other thing that impressed me is how WashU's 41 players have an average SAT score of 1400+.  That's what I like about the UAA.

Don't they score the SAT out of 2400 points these days?   

[DagarmanSpartan]

Hey, I'm just quotin' the article.  They must not have converted to the new scale.

Their average ACT was 31.7.

[ADL70]

That's an average size recruiting class for WUStL.

Still nothing official from CWRU.

Found this cache of CWRU pix.   Pix from every game.

http://community.webshots.com/user/casefootball

[ExTartanPlayer]

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.

That graduating CMU tackle was a lot closer to 230 than he was to 260, hahaha.

CMU O linemen are typically between 240 and 260, usually with one or two bigger boys (recently RT B. Freeman and graduating C A. Ciotti).  This year's line might be a touch bigger than last year's - the replacements on the left side are a little bigger than the boys that they are replacing.

Welcome to all the new UAA players and good luck to all UAA teams this year.  I will be attending grad school at UPitt and will be at Gesling on Saturdays to cheer my friends on.  Go Tartans!

[ADL70]

That graduating CMU tackle was a lot closer to 230 than he was to 260, hahaha.

As you would know best.   

Good luck w/grad school

[DagarmanSpartan]

cwru70,

I found this:

http://www.ohio.com/sports/high_school/19814474.html

Quote: • Eric Street, Coventry, Case Western Reserve University. Street, a wide receiver/defensive back, was an All-Portage Trail Conference selection to the first team as a senior and the Comets' Offensive Player of the Year.

Do you have any inside info?

[ADL70]

Nice find, Maj.   No inside info.  There's a junior DB at CWRU, Kevin Street, from the same high school.  Pretty good bet they're related.  He hasn't played much.

Eric Street is listed at 6'1, 170.  He was HM All-District as a WR.  Looks like he played DB too.  He was selected Coventry's male athlete of the year.  Coventry is a DIII football program.  Won't be many openings at either WR or DB for the next couple of years.

CWRU's website is starting to look toward the fall, boasting the Lindy's ranking and listing the opening of camp (would that be the agoge?) in exactly two months from today.

I also just read that Jerry Schuplinski, head coach of Trinity High School in Garfield Heights, has been hired as an assistant coach.  He's a JCU grad (no surprise).

My search also turned up this:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080420190426AAYzDED

[DagarmanSpartan]

On another note, The Sporting News college football annual has Case ranked #12 in their pre-season Division III rankings.

Gosh, I sure hope we can live up to all the pre-season hype we've been getting!

FWIW, The Sporting News, which recently merged with Street and Smith's, is BY FAR the best college football annual, and it has BY FAR the best Division III preview of any of the major college football annuals.

Their one paragraph write-up on Case spoke particularly about QB Dan Whelan, who will only be a junior this year, and will undoubtedly be a pre-season DIII All-American next season.

[ADL70]

There were a number of So QBs who had good years last season.  Hudson and Huffman at Wabash and Witt had higher efficiency ratings than Whalen, but Whalen was all region.  The loss of two all region lineman could hurt CWRU's passing attack in 2008.

CWRU is going to be last in UAA in posting its 2008 roster.  CMU's site now has added 41 players for 2008, 39 frosh and two sophs.

I don't see a 6'3 260 lineman though.  There is a 6'2 255 C.

[ExTartanPlayer]

This year should be another interesting season in the UAA.  I'm not sure if this has been mentioned recently, but in the last four years each of the four teams in the conference has won the title...and arguably none of the teams that did so would have been favored entering the season (maybe Wash U in 04, but certainly not Chi in 05, CMU in 06, or CWRU in 07).

With that in mind, I'd say this could be as interesting of a UAA season as we've seen for a while.  Case is undoubtedly the strongest - on paper.  But the other three teams all return enough talent to expect a very competitive conference season.

CWRU is especially strong at QB and WR, also returning a fair number of starters from the defense.  CMU lost a gazillion rushing yards, but returns a strong group of offensive lineman and a lot of experience in the defensive back seven.  Wash U's strength looks to be at QB and in the secondary (especially the secondary).  Chicago lost of a couple of impact LBs (Fernandez and Insalaco) but brings back a freshman stud on the DL and some experience at QB.

Overall, a pretty interesting mix there.

Also looking forward to the UAA-NCAC agreement, if for no other reason than the possible development of some new rivalries and more consistent scheduling.

Signing off for now,

ex-TartanPlayer

[Mr. Ypsi]

On another note, The Sporting News college football annual has Case ranked #12 in their pre-season Division III rankings.

Gosh, I sure hope we can live up to all the pre-season hype we've been getting!

FWIW, The Sporting News, which recently merged with Street and Smith's, is BY FAR the best college football annual, and it has BY FAR the best Division III preview of any of the major college football annuals.

Their one paragraph write-up on Case spoke particularly about QB Dan Whelan, who will only be a junior this year, and will undoubtedly be a pre-season DIII All-American next season.

Excluding this site's Football Kickoff, of course!

[Pat Coleman]

On another note, The Sporting News college football annual has Case ranked #12 in their pre-season Division III rankings.

Gosh, I sure hope we can live up to all the pre-season hype we've been getting!

FWIW, The Sporting News, which recently merged with Street and Smith's, is BY FAR the best college football annual, and it has BY FAR the best Division III preview of any of the major college football annuals.

Their one paragraph write-up on Case spoke particularly about QB Dan Whelan, who will only be a junior this year, and will undoubtedly be a pre-season DIII All-American next season.

USA Today's is better. This will be the third or fourth year it's been written by someone who follows Division III football day-in and day-out. Keith has written the preview once and I've written it three times.

With three quarterbacks returning from last year's D3football.com All-American team and two preseason teams, I doubt there will be room for Dan Whelan. Undoubtedly? Hardly.

[Pat Coleman]

USAT's should be on newsstands on Monday, by the way.

[ADL70]

I was never able to find USAT last year and I live in a major metropolitan area.  I will search again this year.

ex-Player   I have mentioned the parity before.  With very few points changed any of the top three could have won last year's championship.

Unfortunately Chicago has dropped a bit.  There is not one QB listed among their incoming freshmen, so I don't see them challenging any time soon.

Pat, I took Maj's comment on Whalen to be the 2009 season, but that may have been because I don't see it happening in 2008.