University Athletic Association

[ExTartanPlayer]

Left a couple of my thoughts on the week's UAA-NCAC matchups over on the NCAC board, but I think there are interesting matchups for all UAA teams this week.  Chicago has a nice matchup against a hot-and-cold Allegheny team, CWRU is facing an opponent in a similar position to their own in struggling Wooster, CMU has a nice chance to rebound from last week's tough loss to Wabash against a 2-2 Denison team that they can't take lightly.

[DagarmanSpartan]

Well, I'm hoping that we win the final installment of the Baird Brothers Trophy matchup.

I actually had Robert Baird for microeconomics at Case back in 1991.

SI once called it the most unusual trophy in college sports, or something to that effect!

Moreover, before we move to the PAC, I hope we beat our neighbor Oberlin once or twice more to extend what has to be one of the longest winning DIII football winning streaks of one program over another.

[ADL70]

Do we know Sicre's status for Saturday?

This is the first time since 1999 that the Spartans have a losing record when playing Wooster.  And the first time since 1995 that both teams have losing records coming into the game.

[Li'l Giant]

Anyone know what happened to the CMU player who was taken off on a stretcher in the Wabash game ? I've been meaning to ask all week. I hope that young man is okay.

[DagarmanSpartan]

Good to see Case get back on the winning track!  Looks like the famous Baird Brothers Trophy will remain at CWRU; perhaps we should put it in a shadow box in the Hall of Fame room in Veale!

With two weeks to prepare for an Oberlin team that just lost to lowly Kenyon...............I'm betting on being back over .500 after the next game.

[ExTartanPlayer]

Congrats to CWRU for getting back on track with a hard-fought win.  Oberlin has some quality players and they play hard, but the lack of depth is just killing them.  I would note, Jagran, that Kenyon is much improved from the past few seasons, but I agree that CWRU should take Oberlin.

Nice win for CMU against Denison.  Kalkstein continues to play superb football, and the running game was productive even without THREE of our best running backs.  Thank goodness for Patrick Blanks, roster depth, and a good system...the third-string FB that started today's game, Trentalange, stepped up and played very, very well.  Our defense struggled a bit, although I think Denison's offense had something to do with that - they've been very productive in every game except their loss to Wabash. Denison QB was very impressive.

[ADL70]

On the play that we were stopped on 4th and 1, Wittenberg had twelve (12) players on the defense.  The referees missed it

It was obvious on the CWRU video, if the officials were even paying half attention they would have seen two go out and three come in.    Oh well

Great win (and coaching job) over Wooster and done without Sicre.  Great time to have the open date next week.

[casefldad]

Case is in real need of a week off, various players were hurting and need the time off.  We need to get ready for the UAA games, that is all that is left to play for this year.  Hopefully we will have as close to a full slate of players as possible by the Oberlin game.

[DagarmanSpartan]

Gang,

What do you think of this new avatar?

It combines the Western Reserve Red Cat, Case Institute of Technology Rough Rider, and the CWRU Spartan.

Is it too small?  Or should I keep it?

In any event, I keep hoping that we'll change the mascot to the "Rough Cats."  Our logo would be a Western Reserve "cheshire" Red Cat of old, dressed in a CIT "Rough Rider" cowboy outfit.

It would show the true federation of the two schools.  Remember, the students never chose the "Spartans" mascot, although I'm not totally averse to it.  It was unilaterally chosen by the athletic department.

[formerd3db]

Gang,

What do you think of this new avatar?

It combines the Western Reserve Red Cat, Case Institute of Technology Rough Rider, and the CWRU Spartan.

Is it too small?  Or should I keep it?

In any event, I keep hoping that we'll change the mascot to the "Rough Cats."  Our logo would be a Western Reserve "cheshire" Red Cat of old, dressed in a CIT "Rough Rider" cowboy outfit.

It would show the true federation of the two schools.  Remember, the students never chose the "Spartans" mascot, although I'm not totally averse to it.  It was unilaterally chosen by the athletic department.

As an "outsider", my vote is for you to keep it.  I think it looks good and also reminds everyone of the history and tradition of the two schools with historic football programs that merged, yet also relates the modern era of the Spartans.

[ADL70]

With the teams of the regular possters having the week off it's been quite here.

Meanwhle WUStL ans UChi face the Big Ws.

Bears have the history having a win over the LGs in 2010.

While The Maroon have the chain:

Wabash beat Wittenberg...Allegheny beat Wabash...Chicago beat Allegheny.

[ExTartanPlayer]

Hard to see either UAA team winning, but stranger things have happened. I'd give Chicago a slightly better chance IF Witt has a hangover from last week and Brizzolara can break a big play or two, but it's a long shot. WashU has no chance against Wabash IMO.

[ADL70]

Hard to see either UAA team winning, but stranger things have happened. I'd give Chicago a slightly better chance IF Witt has a hangover from last week and Brizzolara can break a big play or two, but it's a long shot. WashU has no chance against Wabash IMO.

Agreed.  I was grasping at straws to put a positive spin on.

[ExTartanPlayer]

Last week of the NCAC-UAA Scheduling Agreement.

Case Western Reserve (3-3) @ Oberlin (2-4): Oberlin played their best game of the season last week against Denison with their starting QB back in the lineup.  Trap game for CWRU before the UAA schedule starts.  The Spartans have played a number of close games this year and really are walking the line between "good" and "mediocre" thus far.  A win here is key if a winning season is the desired outcome!

Washington U. (1-5) @ Denison (2-4): Hard to figure.  WashU is a puzzling 1-5, surprisingly bad considering their program's consistency, but they may not be as bad as that record looks.  A lot of the losses have been close and some have come against very good teams.  Denison is a team that they should be able to beat if they're going to right the ship at all, but the Denison offense is pretty good (especially their QB and RB).  Interesting game.

Chicago (3-3) @ Hiram (0-6): I think Chicago might be sneaky good this year.  Tough losses early on, but against good competition, and they just beat a decent, if confusing, Allegheny team.  This should establish them solidly at 4-3 entering the UAA schedule.

Ohio Wesleyan (6-0) @ Carnegie Mellon (5-1): Already said a bunch about this game on the NCAC boards.  OWU is dangerous, but hasn't played anyone as good as CMU yet and keeps pulling out close games against lesser competition.  CMU has waxed the two common opponents, while OWU has scraped by Denison and DePauw.  However, I still think this will be a great game, and OWU's strength (passing game) plays into CMU's weakness thus far (pass defense).  I expect the CMU offense to roll all day, but will we get enough stops, or the key turnovers we need?

[DagarmanSpartan]

I sure hope that this isn't the year that our 27 game winning streak against Oberlin comes to an end.

I'm thinking that with two weeks to prepare, we should be OK, but we've already lost three games this season.