University Athletic Association

[Mr. Ypsi]

Has there EVER been a post from someone from the University of Chicago?? With the UAC/NCAC agreement,  Wabash will play U Chi for the first time since 1939 (when they were in the Big Ten) and I would wonder if anyone in Chi has ever displayed any enthusiasm.

Once Amos Alonzo Stagg retired, most UC students don't realize that anything has occurred at the stadium since Enrico Fermi used it for other purposes!

Pehaps someday they will recognize that 'pigskin' has returned.

[ADL70]

08-You'll be more likely to get info on the NCAC board.  Last season they lost their starter in week one.  They went with a tandem for a few games, but I think a freshman ended up playing most of the last few games.

MacLeod-Mirando's dedication seems to have paid off.  It has been reported that he's headed to Fla as a GA with Urban Meyer.  Speaking of formations, did you notice CWRU's eight man line on that first touchdown?

Mr. Y-I know Chicago refers to Stagg as retiring, but he hardly did that.

[Monsters of the Midway]

Just wondering from those from Case on the hiring of Coach Kaufman to Chicago. How big of an impact should we expect from him? On paper it looks like a good move on the Universitys part and the players all seem to like him so far.

[DagarmanSpartan]

Gang,

If the drive to create an NCAA Division IV had succeeded, would Case have remained Division III, or become Division IV?

[BDTartan]

How goes it fellas?  I've enjoyed my time hibernating for the winter.....should be another interesting season of football coming in a couple months.

My first take on CMU......I hear spring practices have gone particularly well so far.  I think the D will be very formidable this season.  Scholl is supposedly returning for his 5th year along with plenty of other experience in the secondary with returning starter McGovern at CB and some others who saw significant playing time due to injuries last year.  The LB's look pretty solid even though the two OLB's have graduated, including the D-Coordinator's son Bodnar.  But there is some young talent at the position.  Watch out for Aleksey Tigay at one of any of the LB positions...he's got real speed coming on the blitz from anywhere and makes the QB pay for holding onto the ball.  The only weakness if any could be the D-Line which only returns one starter in Academic All-American Clay Crites at DE.  The other two spots are wide open with the loss of Reggie and Hauffe.

Offensively, they should be sound.  Believe it or not, the players filling the shoes of the likes of Gimson and Sivek have seen enough action to make a solid impact.  The O-Line lost some key players, but also return key players in the likes of Brian Freeman at OT.  OG should be solid as they have to be in a wing-T operation.  I thought he was misused last year but the TE Wisnieski could make an impact if utilized correctly.  At QB..??  Who knows?  Pantalone looked real good in the ECAC bowl game, but I've seen more than a handful of QB's play in a little over 3 years now....so Erdelyi is comfortable with just about anybody there as long as the running game is working.

One other note.  CMU hired Jason Makrinos as a full-time assistant and DB coach.. Last season Makrinos was a graduate assistant at Kent State.  The two years previously he was at Slippery Rock where he coached LBs and DBs.  He's a 2005 graduate of Westminster where he played D-line.

Other than that I think it will be a long wait...especially since this will be my brother's last season playing for the Tartans.  It's been great.  Here's to one more year of great UAA football.   

[wab64]

Just wondering from those from Case on the hiring of Coach Kaufman to Chicago. How big of an impact should we expect from him? On paper it looks like a good move on the Universitys part and the players all seem to like him so far.

       Great to see you on board, Monsters. Keep it going so there will be things to read besides CMU and CWRU, not that they ain't scintillating. Wabash will play the Maroons, home&home starting this year, and as a Wabash grad with a law degree from UofC, I look forward to the rivalry. Too bad they tore down the North stands of the old Stagg field. When I was there, they were a bit long in the tooth, but still impresive. We played rugby there, but no one came to watch. I suppose they encased the South stands in lead and dropped them into Lake Michigan.
     I hope you will continue your "enthusiasm" and keep up the tradition of Stagg and the original "Monsters of the Midway", before some sportswriter stole it for the Chicago Bears. The Bears may be from Chicago, but they don't have the Midway.

[ADL70]

Welcome Monster Man-please stick around and update us on Chicago.

More honors for Debeljak, Tuertscher, and Mayer.

http://www.case.edu/athletics/varsity/news/2007-08/pr04_15_08.htm

[wab64]

Welcome Monster Man-please stick around and update us on Chicago.

C'mon, man. Why not tell Monsters what he wants to know about Coach Kaufman? It's hard enough to be enthusiastic about football at UofC, without people withholding information. Just kidding-I'm glad you showed him welcome to the board. Hoo-wah, Hoo-wah--Wabash Always Fights!   

[Monsters of the Midway]

Thanks for the welcomes!

Spring football starts on Monday for Chicago. The Maroons graduate 3 Seniors from their starting defense from 2007 - OLB Insalaco, OLB Fernandez & SS Harriett. Fernandez collected the Team MVP and will be very hard to replace. Freshman standout NT Kaderabek who finished the season 18th in Pass Sacks and 25th in TFL will be back for his 2nd season. Expect big things from this kid in the future, he's definately the real deal. The hardest thing for the Maroons on defense will be filling the 2 LB spots. They will be young and inexperienced...whoever gets the nod. Their DB's led by Leamy (ranked 13th in INT's) will be solid as they return all but 1 starter.

Offensively is the Maroons biggest question mark for the 2008 season. 4 starting Seniors graduate, 1 from the OL, RB Serio and WR's Albian & Pierson. Freshman WR Wolfe emerged early as a big threat and hopefully, the kid continues that in the 2008 season. They are lacking in the O-line department and I hope they attacked this in the offseason. But from what I hear there are approximately 22 incoming recruits which is DB heavy. Freshman RB Parks will be back and will provide a huge spark offensively. Playing P/T in 2007 Parks managed to finish as their leading rusher. I just wish they would run the kid more...then they do.

Looking forward to Monday.....seeing some football!

[frank uible]

That thump you heard was Robert Maynard Hutchins.

[wab64]

That thump you heard was Robert Maynard Hutchins.

Was it a thump or a spinning sound, Frank? Old RMH was pretty decided on what he wanted to do-no thought of de-emphasis and playing a small college schedule-just pull the plug! And this just 3 years after the first Heisman trophy was won by a UofChi tailback named Jay Berwanger.

[ADL70]

No official word on recruiting from University Circle as yet.  Usually there is an announcement around this time.  But for the fourth year in a row the incoming freshman class will exceed 1,000.

The NCAC-UAA schedule has been extended thru 2011.  CWRU faces Denison, Allegheny, Hiram, and Wooster in 2010 and 2011.  Rochester remains on the schedule, but weeks one and three are open.  Week one would fit for an OAC opponent, JCU would be interesting.  CMU faces Allegheny, Kenyon, Hiram, OWU, and Wittenberg.  Chicago has Wabash, OWU, Denison, and Kenyon, while WUStL has Wittenberg, Wabash, Wooster, and Oberlin.

http://www.northcoast.org/schedules.html

[formerd3db]

Yeah, RMH had no-clue.  He was as confused about the relationship between intercollegiate athletics and higher education as Cornell's President White was back in 1873 when the latter refused to allow the group of fb'ers to travel to the Univ of Michigan for a game when he said..."I will not permit 30 men to travel 400 miles merely to agitate a bag a wind" . 

[Knightstalker]

In the month of May the VFW distributes Buddy Poppies.  Please take time to give a dollar and take a poppy.  The proceeds of this go to aid the Disabled Vets

Mike Dougherty
Commander VFW Memorial Post 3776
Secaucus NJ


In Flander's Field
by John McCrae
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow,
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky,
The larks, still bravely singing, fly,
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead.
Short days ago,
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved and now we lie,
In Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe
To you, from failing hands, we throw,
The torch, be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us, who die,
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow,
In Flanders Fields.

[DagarmanSpartan]

Knightstalker,

As a fellow VFW member, I must say.

NICE MESSAGE!