University Athletic Association

[BDTartan]

Congrats to Aaron Lewis on being named 1st Team Academic All America and for receiving an invite to the Aztec Bowl.

Also congrats to Trent Sisson and Brian Freeman for being named 2nd Team Academic All America

[ADL70]

CWRU makes it 5 NCAC games for 2007.  OWU will come to Case (Western Reserve) Field on Nov 10.  OWU was already on the schedule for 2008 & 2009.  Hiram is also on tap for those years when the schedule is all NCAC and UAA teams (including former UAA football member Rochester).

http://www.case.edu/athletics/varsity/fall/football/misc/future%20schedules.htm

[ADL70]

Kudos to UAA's All-Region picks:
WUStL (S)
Drew Wethington 2nd Team

CWRU (N)
Tom  Brew 1st Team
Joe Brenner 2nd Team
John Tiemeier 2nd Team
Brian Calderone 3rd Team

CMU (S)
Aaron Lewis 1st Team
J P White 1st Team
Derek Wisnieski 2nd Team
Andrew Althouse 2nd Team
Michael Reggie 2nd Team
Travis Sivek 3rd Team
Anthony Ciotti 3rd Team
Rich Lackner COY

[ADL70]

Here's to UAA's D3 AAs:

2nd: Aaron Lewis and J P White-CMU

3rd:  Tom Brew-CWRU

And CMU's final ranking #22

[ExTartanPlayer]

Congrats to Tom Brew also on being one of the final 10 for the Gagliardi Trophy.  Best of luck to all UAA teams this offseason in preparation for 2007.

[ADL70]

FWIW-CMU was 19th in AFCA final poll.

Maybe CMU's success and CWRU's win over ODAC champ W&L will boost UAA's cred.

[BDTartan]

I agree with you that those things should give the UAA some credibility, but I'm just going to wait until about August and see what people think then.  CMU has a very strong team coming back, and I am sure WUStL will continue to be decent team. 

[BDTartan]

Then again, the UAA has been a bit unpredictable as of late.  Remember that CMU was tied with Case for 3rd in the UAA in the preseason polls.

[formerd3db]

cwru and BDtartan and colleagues:

Just out of blind curiosity, do you see any potential UAA football expansion in future years at all?  I realize that Johns Hopkins and Washington U and Rochester were members in the past, but was just wondering if expansion is a dead issue.  If it isn't, who, in your opinions, would be likely and appropriate candidates?

[formerd3db]

Oops, my bad!   Scratch Washington U from my last post - didn't mean to type that in there!  That's what happens when one gets old(er), mind thinking slower, and "spastic" typing fingers!

[ADL70]

Rochester is still in the UAA, they just don't compete in football.  They do have CWRU and CMU on their schedule in the next few years,  My guess is more conference games, less travel, and AQ will keep them in LL for football. They played in an ECAC game this past post-season. They had dual membership until LL expanded.   Hopkins never competed in football and has been gone several years.  They have played Rochester and CMU in football in years past.

All UAA members are members of the AAU, an organization of research universities. Short of a complete athletic de-emphasis by one of the Ivies, only MIT of current AAU members would seem a fit.  Perhaps the upcoming NCAC-UAA scheduling agreement will lure three teams to depart the NCAC in football as associate members of UAA.  Credit to Ralph Turner for that idea.

[frank uible]

Tufts would be a fit.

[formerd3db]

cwru:

Thanks for the follow-up and detail on history of the league.  I was aware that Rochester was still in the league, but not fb, which is what I had meant to say.  However, I somehow forgot or was unaware that JH didn't participate in the league in fb in the past.  Anyway, I can understand what you mention about any further potential expansion; could potentially work, but will be interesting to see if anything were to eventually develop.

frank:
I supposed Tufts would be, although certainly the far travel distance might be a factor.  On the other hand, some could say that being an aspect about the previous and current UAA members, although the universities apparently (obviously) have accepted that.  Certainly, Tufts or MIT would have to be willing to fund the travel costs.   

[frank uible]

Brandeis and Tufts are in about the same location, and Brandeis manages non-football UAA travel.

[ADL70]

I thought of Tufts, but they aren't a member of the AAU, which seems to be a common thread for membership.