University Athletic Association

[Pat Coleman]

Well Diles has only been AD since April 2005, and there have been no changes in the full-time (there's that phrase again) football staff since then.  And one of the criticisms from the tennis team about their coach, who has been retained and given a vote of confidence by Diles, was her refusal to recruit.

But the Observer article pretty well should put this issue to bed.

My citation was not referring to football coaches.

[ADL70]

I understand.  My comment was to suggest that football recruited even before the current AD.

[UAA Follower]

Apparently, Maj will not have his mind changed by anything we say. He experienced a call from a coach in the early '90s and has generalized that if that is how it was then, it must still be that way. But, my how the game has changed since then.

ScotLass, you have a pretty good handle on things except rest assured that national databases are not just for the D-I prospects of the world. High school football players and coaches are sent prospect cards by not only companies that compile these databases but also the athletic departments and college coaches themselves. A good high school coach will be diligent about completing these cards and returning them, not only for the blue chip prospects, but the D-II and D-III prospects on his team, too.

A D-III coach can't rely upon just those names he is able to locate on his own. These databases have become important resources in identifying potential recruits that fit the school's admission standards. He can then follow up by calling and/or mailing potential recruits directly with the info he has obtained from these databases.

Look at the roster of the four UAA schools that play football. These prestigious schools have a national roster. Though a majority of the players may come from the vicinity of the schools, do you really think that the coaches from those schools also went to see high school games in Michigan, Florida, Ohio, New York, and California? More likely, in most cases, the players were identified through prospect cards and data bases as described above.

Best of luck to all UAA teams today.

[TartanFann]

Good Luck today CMU.

[ADL70]

Chicago beat Macalester 21-13.  Last year Chicago won big.  Mac is better based on its showing in first two games.  Chicago's starting QB was injured last week and DNP.  A little used SR filled in well at the end last week, but struggled and was repalced by a FR.

[ADL70]

Three turnovers for CWRU already.  10-3 Woo with Scots on CWRU 30 after fumbled KO.  End of 1  Arrgh

And the video stream isn't working.

10-10 and the video is now starting to work.

[ADL70]

CWRU  13 COW 10  Half   Wooster has only 4 first downs.  If only the Spartans can continue hold on to the ball.

Stream is down again.  

Where are those nerds when we need them? 

[ADL70]

Did the nerd crack get me -2k?  It was meant as a joke.

Stream is back, but video is more a succession of stills.

Look above for the context of nerds.

[Li'l Giant]

Any score update on Wooster/CWRU?

[ADL70]

30-17 CWRU  Final  Fireworks and Fishfry!!!

All three Scot scores were set up by turnovers. 

Total Offense  CWRU 452  Wooster 173

One monkey down, two to go.
CMU loses to Allegheny  24-21 another tough loss.

WashU upsets #14 North Central  16-13.

[ADL70]

First 4-0 start since 1985.  First 4 game winning streak since 1998.  5 straight going back to last game of 2006.  Last 5 game streak was 1991.

[BDTartan]

What a flippin' disaster at Gesling.  What looked to be a good game at half turned into a stinker.  The way CMU played, I expected them to come out of the 14-14 tie at half and pull away from the Gators, but the QB Facemeyer had five turnovers in the second half, putting the D in horrible situations.  To give the D credit, they only gave up 10 points off of those turnovers, which always seem to come right after the D makes a stand and the O gets the ball.  You can't be a starting QB at any level when you throw a pick and fumble four times in ONE HALF.......it may be high time to start looking for a new signal caller for the Tartans.  But hey, as I stated before, the coaches get paid to coach...I don't.  I don't know where CMU goes from here, but I'm sure that the bye week coming up should help out a bit.

[DagarmanSpartan]

cwru70,

We're looking good, and I'm very glad to see us get the Baird Trophy back.

We've dominated all four opponents this season.

The only thing is, I'd be willing to bet that none of our four victories so far this season have been against teams that will finish the season with winning records.  I mean, don't get me wrong; great teams win the games that they're supposed to win.  But until we beat a team with a winning record, how do we know if we're really a good team?

On another note, if we beat OWU later this season, should we not rightfully be declared NCAC champions?
cC
We'll be 5-0 against the NCAC at that point!



Just kidding!

[ADL70]

BDT  That performance shocked me.  Wouldn't expect that with his experience.  Three of the fumbles looked to be on sacks so you gotta put a little of that on the O-line.  According to his coach CWRU's Whalen had an off-season program to reduce his fumblitis.  Academic Bowl will be interesting. I wouldn't want to be Randolph Macon as I'm sure the Tartan's will rebound in a big way.

Maj   Getting past that week 4 hurdle is huge. Even if this isn't Sutton's Wooster or even Shafer's (sp?).  How do the Spartans get up for a team that Denison beat 42-0?  If we had Allegheny on the sched we could at least have a shot at the original NCAC champ.  I still wish they were on the 08 and 09 sched and not Hiram.  OWU played Wabash tough, even though neither team had its #1 QB.

Huge win for WUStL, although time will tell if NCC was deserving of that ranking.  Still that is a bigger win than CWRU's.  They did it with D and pasing as they had no rushing offense.  Seems clear they have reloaded.

[BDTartan]

cwru70, Facemeyer looked like Charlie Frye yesterday........those sacks shouldn't have caused fumbles, he saw them coming from a mile away.  Actually, two of those fumbles were unforced....one on an attempted handoff on a wrap and one when he was trying to throw on the run and the ball popped out when he was cocking back.  The pick was just a horrible throw to a wide open guy sitting down behind the LB's and in front of the safeties.  Facemeyer tried to throw a bullet and threw way high right into the hands of the safety who returned it 40 yards or so to set up Allegheny's go ahead score.  I'll say two of those five turnovers were legit if you look at it as a sack, but as I said, he looked like Charlie Frye back there.  He saw them coming, didn't get rid of, and then decided to drop the ball when he did get hit.  I don't know, the D had some busted plays that led to some of the Gator's scoring, but when its a 14 all tie at half and you put your D in that type of situation where they shut somebody down and then your O immediately gives the ball back you can't expect to win against the worst team in the country.  Yes, the O-line didn't do the greatest job, but at a certain point in that game Allegheny was just teeing off on us because they were up by 10 with under ten to go.  I would tee off against a rushing team like that too.  Oh well.....a little note for futrue opponents of Allegheny.....they are the worst holding team I have ever seen at this level.  My brother said the ref actually warned him about punching because my bro was trying to swim over to break their hold on his jersey.  He said every play, grab a jersey and try to take you to the ground.  Of course, the refs can't call it every play, but hey, you still have to play by the rules.