FB: Middle Atlantic Conference

[Tezbaseball]

Happy New Year MAC

[Foot]

Has anyone else heard rumors of the entire conference being disbanded after the 06 season?

[Pat Coleman]

I would be extremely surprised if that happened. There's enough remaining members to continue the association.

[D3Phan]

Happy New Year Everyone!!!

[PBR...]

GGGOOOOOOOO AGGGGIIIEEEESSS !!!!!  BEAT WARTBURG!!! A great wrestling match on tap friday night at dvc. wartburg is ranked second in the country and wrestles on our home turf which we shall defend!!! Also will be broadcast on the internet.

[Billman56]

Gordon...Happy New year,     Any word on when the Del Val CD may be available??

[Lyco80]

Also - speaking of DVC - any word on the decision by Wisconsin irt their coaching selections?

ATB

[PBR...]

lyco no official news of him moving on yet....i am torn about it...i want to see him do well but at the same time what he has done at dvc is incredible and i think they are on track for something very special if he stays and a major upgrade of the facilities as well. Time will tell I would imagine if he is moving on it will be announced in the next week.

[maAggie5]

More congrats for Adam Knoblauch as he was named Don Hansen's East Region Outstanding Back of the Year! Also congrats to Adam and Damien for first team All Region honors. 2nd team honors went to Harrigan and Cook and Marshall made 3rd team offense. The lone defensive honoree was Purcell who was Honorable Mention. Way to go guys!

[PBR...]

looks like coach mangus is on the move i wish him nothing but the best!!! he restored pride and dvc's program back to the elite level and left the program in great shape with 18 returning starters thank you coach!!!  http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/42-01172006-598679.html

[patcummings]

http://dnj.midsouthnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060117/SPORTS/601170320/1006

Mangus to Middle Tennessee State

[patcummings]

Assuming it happens...this might be a good move for Mangus...

MTSU doesn't play a junk schedule.

Sun Belt Conference (North Texas, Florida Int'l, La-Monroe, La-Lafayette, Florida Atlantic, Arkansas State, Troy).

Non-conference in 2006: at Vanderbilt, at Maryland, v. Louisville in Nashville, at South Carolina (Spurrierville).

12 game schedule, only 4 at home will be tough.  Looks like quite a facility. http://goblueraiders.com/?go=story&doc=163



If it happens, I'm happy for him.

http://goblueraiders.com/?go=Schedule&Sport=Football&season=2006

I'm actually in Nashville right now and this is a real nice area...don't think Murfreesboro is in the "sticks" - it's a suburb of Nashville...about 40 miles or so southeast of town.

[PBR...]

i agree not an easy schedule by any means will be interesting to see how they do it will take a year or two to get their type of players in the system but it wont take long. Its a good step for mangus he will be there a few years before moving onto a head coaching position at div I-A  level. the south carolina game would be fun to see him take on spurrier....there will be sun visors being thrown all over the place!!! great facilities at that place. well done coach!

[reality check]

lyco80

I hadn't been on this board since the playoffs were in full swing and just caught up.  I have been reading the dialogue between you and others regarding Mt. Union.  I trust you watched or caught the information made available during the Stagg Bowl so that you got your answer regarding Garcon's decision to attend MUC but I hope that if you truly wish to discuss Mount's place in Division III that you take your questions directly to the Purple Raiders on the OAC page.  I can tell you this much though.  They get the "why don't you guys go to D-II question EVERY year.  You asked about defensive posturing and that is the number one reason.  They get tired of answering it frankly, especially when it is asked in a reather attacking manner. 

To sum up though IMO: If MUC moved to a different division then their other 18 varsity athletics teams would suffer greatly.  Sure football is their "money" sport as it has been labeled but this one program can't be the reason to more or less screw the rest of the student-athlete body.  Secondly, and it troubles me to read allegations or speculations that are so far off base, Mount doesn't benefit regularly from DI powerhouses like OSU or UM.  In fact, Kinnard is the only connection to OSU that has come their way and he was a middle-of-the-road prospect for OSU that was from Alliance originally.  His relationship with OSU turned south and he chose to come home.  There were qualifying issues but it's not as if that was the only reason he reutrned to Alliance to play for MUC.  He was not the "prize" Buckeye recruit that people like to make him out to be.  And since people around the nation think there is some sort of vast recruiting network for schools like Mount Union, you might be interested to know that Mount Union, and all the schools in the OAC for that matter, have a policy about recruiting.  No coaches go out to recruit players.  It is against conference rules.  So the recruiting process begins and ends on each respective college campus.  Sure Mount benefits from reputation but, even as a conference rival, I cannot hate them for that.  They have earned their spot and they keep getting talent because they keep running a terrific program.  It is the task of all those involved to knock them off their throne.  ONU managed to break the conference streak.  Who knows what happens next year.  Mount could lose again.  The Polar Bears broke that mystique and now know that Mighty Mount can lose a game.  It might be another ten years before one of us knocks them off again, or it could come in week 2 of the 2006 season.  Who knows.

Again I apoligize for this late response but I was playing catch-up.  Come on over to the OAC board if you want to know about Mount's situation from the Mounties themselves.

[PBR...]

well its official, thank you coach for everything you did at dvc and you are leaving a great legacy and coaching staff in place as well as plenty of players returning....good luck to you i am sure visors will be flying when you play coach spurrier this year....http://www.goblueraiders.com/?go=story&doc=4734