University Athletic Association

[WashUDad]

That was a humble comment....Solid win by WashU, but not a thrashing by any means... And, WashU lost the game against Case last year, so how did playing 'stronger' teams help them there?

How was my initial statement trolling .. I was stating that Wash U's schedule has consistently been harder that Case's.  casefldad brought up the game last year.

And how was this belittling teams here.  I merely replied to the Case fan's. It seemed to me that they were the ones that were trying to belittle my replies by bringing up our records  and trying to troll. 

[Pat Coleman]

How about the other five or six comments you posted, though?

[WashUDad]

Just getting in the last word... I wasn't the one questioning records.  I am sorry I have upset the Case forum  errr UAA forum... or you.... By my comments....

[WashUDad]

... The four years I have been here. Y'all have gotten ahead of yourselves.  Play a stronger pre conference schedule and the you will be better prepared for both conference and post season .... Bears Win!!!

Wittenberg was on this season's schedule (as well as Oberlin that just beat Wabash).

Next season has Linfield and Trinity (okay Trinity is down this year).

I don't think anyone took WUStL for granted, but take away the one big play and maybe it's a different outcome.

Remind me when the Bears made the post season.

My next posts were directed here....

[wildcat11]

... The four years I have been here. Y'all have gotten ahead of yourselves.  Play a stronger pre conference schedule and the you will be better prepared for both conference and post season .... Bears Win!!!

Wittenberg was on this season's schedule (as well as Oberlin that just beat Wabash).

Next season has Linfield and Trinity (okay Trinity is down this year).

Looking forward to the trip and seeing another part of the the DIII landscape.

[ExTartanPlayer]

Just getting in the last word... I wasn't the one questioning records.  I am sorry I have upset the Case forum  errr UAA forum... or you.... By my comments....

WashUDad, if you really need someone to point out how much of a tool you came off like in that series of posts, there is little hope for you to contribute anything meaningful here.

Yes, WashU has played the toughest nonconference schedule over the last few years.  Great.  It hasn't exactly translated into a boatload full of conference titles and playoff berths.  The four UAA schools have competed RELATIVELY equally against one another since my affiliation with UAA football began (2004), each school was won at least one conference title during that span, and a few teams have probably stood out as the "best" that the UAA has produced (2006 CMU and 2007-09 CWRU). 

WashU has generally put a consistently "decent" team on the field and has scored a few nice wins during that time, but they have not advanced to the playoffs once, while Case Western and Carnegie Mellon both have (and both teams validated their inclusion by winning at least one playoff game).  Asking how many conference titles that Case has "one" or how deep they've gone in the playoffs seems a touch silly when CWRU is clearly ahead of WashU by both of those metrics over the past decade.

[DagarmanSpartan]

Gang,

I just wanted to mention that SIX of eight UAA schools made Lumosity's list of the Top 50 "smartest" colleges, with five in the Top 25.

http://blog.lumosity.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Lumositys-Smartest-Colleges.pdf

#7: Washington U: St. Louis
#16: Chicago
#17: Carnegie-Mellon
#21: Emory
#24: Case Western Reserve
#31: Rochester

This simply adds to the notion that the University Athletic Association is indeed the "Ivy League" of NCAA Division III.

[ADL70]

XTP--Check your PM.

Spartans and Tartans meet hoping to get help from Chicago for a share of the title.

CMU got Blanks back last week (injured for losses to OWU and WUStL), meanwhile CWRU will want to win one for Billy Deitmen and may be as healthy as they have been in several games.  I think it will be a close game, but if it turns out to be a shoot-out CWRU may be bringing a knife to a gunfight.

[jam40jeff]

Good game for the offense to end the season on a positive note.  Amazing how many close games there were this year.  The 4 losses were by an average of 2.75 points, with the biggest loss being by 4 to Wittenberg.

[casefldad]

Great victory!  Great way to end the season.......  Except for a couple of errors, Case controlled the game....
Emotional tribute to Billy D....
Enjoyed the season....  Can't wait for next year....
Good luck to all that participated here...

[ExTartanPlayer]

True, Jeff. Shows how thin the line can be between "good" and "really good" teams at this level (reserving the "great" label for teams another level up such as Mount).  My junior and senior year, statistically, the teams were very similar. Junior year was the undefeated playoff team; senior year we finished 6-4 with losses by 1 (missed go ahead 2 point attempt with 1 minute to go), 6, 4, and 3 (and this was an OT loss to CWRU that ultimately decided the UAA that season). There wasn't a huge difference in last year's 8-2 CWRU and this year's 6-4 team other than a few timely kicks and turnovers.

[ADL70]

Spartans were 9-1 last season.

[ExTartanPlayer]

Spartans were 9-1 last season.

Ach, you're right, I knew that. Brain cramp.

[ADL70]

Congatulations to Washington's Bears winnng their first UAA title since their string of four straight from 2001 thru 2004.

A measure of redemption for the Spartans in a season where if something could go wrong it usually did.  Kalkstein's receivers did him no favors, as a number of catchable balls went imcomplete.  CMU was 1 of 8 on third down and held to 47 net yards rushing.


Crucial injuries hurt. While the D played great, they did not come up with the number of turnovers they have in years past.  The offfense was inconsistent and kicking game miscues made the difference in a couple of games.  Not sure if there is a stat kept for most kick blocks, but if there is, the Spartans' 11 would likely threaten the season total blocks record.  Individually Watson was credited with 5 and LaFleur 3.

Next season the defense must be almost completely rebuilt, since only two or three starters will return.  All UAA RT Cullen Dolan will be the big loss on offense.  But the schedule takes a quantum leap up with games with Linfield and Trinity (nothing official on the tenth game, but Westminster would seem to fit for week six)

For the numerologists, yesterdays stats show Spartans with 242 net rushing, 242 net passing, and 24.2 punting average.

[jam40jeff]

242 net rushing

Nice!

242 net passing

Great!

24.2 punting average.

Buzz kill.