FB: Upper Midwest Athletic Conference

[DadofBashWarrior..]

My deepest heartfelt congratulations to Anthony Ambers... Senior running back from Greenville College finished the regular season as the #2 running back in all of Division III in Yards Per Game...He retires his football career with an amazing accomplishment...

I list below the top 25 running back which shows just how great the numbers are...

Congrats Anthony!!!

Division III National Player Report
Rushing
Year: 2010   Thru: 11/13/10 Minimum Pct. of Games Played 75
Rank   Player   Pos   Cl   Gm   Carries   Net   TDs   Avg   Ydspgm
1   Jim Bower, Maine Maritime   RB   SR   10   224   1779   19   7.94   177.90
2   Anthony Ambers, Greenville   RB   SR   10   213   1573   18   7.38   157.30
3   Khyree Copeland, Concordia Chicago   RB   SR   10   237   1566   18   6.61   156.60
4   Shea Dwyer, Wesleyan (CT)   RB   SR   8   218   1242   11   5.70   155.25
5   Dion Wilson, Millikin   RB   SR   9   238   1361   11   5.72   151.22
6   Chris Coney, Union (NY)   RB   SR   8   218   1177   8   5.40   147.13
7   Jason Gwaltney, Kean   RB   SR   10   254   1412   8   5.56   141.20
8   Clinton Orr, Albion   RB   SO   10   251   1396   14   5.56   139.60
9   Logan Flannery, Bethel (MN)   RB   SR   10   212   1379   14   6.50   137.90
10   Jeremy Murray, Mount Union   RB   JR   9   216   1166   16   5.40   129.56
11   Ben Guiles, Lebanon Valley   RB   JR   10   251   1285   17   5.12   128.50
12   Matthew Rende, Maine Maritime   QB   JR   10   170   1248   16   7.34   124.80
13   Levell Coppage, Wis.-Whitewater   RB   JR   9   183   1121   15   6.13   124.56
14   Luke Heinsohn, Wash. & Lee   RB   SO   10   179   1243   11   6.94   124.30
15   Brent Donley, Ohio Northern   RB   SR   10   222   1242   13   5.59   124.20
16   Justin Autera, Cortland St.   RB   SO   10   211   1232   17   5.84   123.20
17   Caleb Jennings, Emory & Henry   RB   SR   9   183   1099   10   6.01   122.11
18   Scottie Williams, Elmhurst   RB   SO   10   218   1220   14   5.60   122.00
19   Josh Kleinfelter, Lycoming   RB   SR   10   216   1212   8   5.61   121.20
20   Dan Griffin, Salisbury   QB   SO   9   173   1069   13   6.18   118.78
21   Randal Smedley, Salisbury   RB   JR   8   115   947   9   8.23   118.38
22   Brendan Leiran, Coe   RB   SO   10   200   1179   9   5.90   117.90
23   Evan Bunker, Trinity (CT)   RB   FR   8   193   938   4   4.86   117.25
24   Keith Welch, Lewis & Clark   QB   FR   9   134   1055   14   7.87   117.22
25   Matt Cook, Delaware Valley   RB   SR   10   221   1159   16   5.24   115.90

[wab64]

Thanks Dad   I was privileged to see Mr Ambers in action against St Scholastica on 9 Oct and to meet hisw running back coach-- the Bash Warrior himself. Ambers was the best I've seen in action since Wooster's Tony Sutton. The best to the Panthers and their coaching staff-way to go Andrew-Bash Warrior

[DadofBashWarrior..]

Some great recruits committing to Greenville College...lookin to make another run at conference champs...but this season that comes with something more than a conference champs ring...comes with the AQ...Automatic Qualifer for the National Playoffs...

[theoneandonly]

Sorry if that has been stated in here lately, but how did the former "SLIAC" teams perform this season in the UMAC? I see that ambers had one heck of a year for greenville.

[DadofBashWarrior..]

Sporting News 2011 College Football issue is out.  Pre-season D3 rankings are:

1.  UW Whitewater
2.  Mt. Union
3.  Wesley
4.  St. Thomas
5.  Mary Hardin-Baylor
6.  Linfield
7.  North Central
8.  Wittenberg
9.  St. John's (MN)
10.  Montclair St.

Other mid-west teams of interest: 

11.  Wheaton
12.  Wartburg
15.  Bethel
23.  Coe

[DBQ1965]

Sporting News 2011 College Football issue is out.  Pre-season D3 rankings are:

1.  UW Whitewater
2.  Mt. Union
3.  Wesley
4.  St. Thomas
5.  Mary Hardin-Baylor
6.  Linfield
7.  North Central
8.  Wittenberg
9.  St. John's (MN)
10.  Montclair St.

Other mid-west teams of interest: 

11.  Wheaton
12.  Wartburg
15.  Bethel
23.  Coe

Thank you!!!

[DadofBashWarrior..]

Looks as though Greenville has at least 55 new recruits coming from the postings on their website...

Heading toward that AQ this year...lots of hard work ahead...

[gcfan]

Thanks for the info Bashdad.....from what I have read, it sounds like a good group of guys coming in

[footballguy72]

Who is going to win the UMAC and the AQ this year?

[hazzben]

Here's a question for the UMAC board.

Since this is the first year of the AQ, which UMAC teams that are likely to finish in the top half of the league and play a quality nonconference (recent or potential playoff) opponent? 

This could be a good preview and gauge of how well the AQ might fare in the playoffs.

I know NWC plays Saint John's early. SJU finished 3rd in the MIAC last year and lost their starting QB, but they are always in the thick of things in a very tough conference.

Any other marque matchups with the top teams?

[AO]

Here's a question for the UMAC board.

Since this is the first year of the AQ, which UMAC teams that are likely to finish in the top half of the league and play a quality nonconference (recent or potential playoff) opponent? 

This could be a good preview and gauge of how well the AQ might fare in the playoffs.

I know NWC plays Saint John's early. SJU finished 3rd in the MIAC last year and lost their starting QB, but they are always in the thick of things in a very tough conference.

Any other marque matchups with the top teams?

The answer to the first  two questions is Greenville, despite their loss of a number of big contributors to graduation and the fact that their quality non-conference opponent was 1-6 in their conference last year.  Unfortunately, The UMAC teams decided to adopt a 9-game conference schedule limiting our ability to compare conferences.  8 of the 10 UMAC teams also managed to avoid scheduling anyone from the IIAC, MIAC, WIAC, or CCIW for their only non-conference game.   

[hazzben]

Here's a question for the UMAC board.

Since this is the first year of the AQ, which UMAC teams that are likely to finish in the top half of the league and play a quality nonconference (recent or potential playoff) opponent? 

This could be a good preview and gauge of how well the AQ might fare in the playoffs.

I know NWC plays Saint John's early. SJU finished 3rd in the MIAC last year and lost their starting QB, but they are always in the thick of things in a very tough conference.

Any other marque matchups with the top teams?

The answer to the first  two questions is Greenville, despite their loss of a number of big contributors to graduation and the fact that their quality non-conference opponent was 1-6 in their conference last year.  Unfortunately, The UMAC teams decided to adopt a 9-game conference schedule limiting our ability to compare conferences.  8 of the 10 UMAC teams also managed to avoid scheduling anyone from the IIAC, MIAC, WIAC, or CCIW for their only non-conference game.   

You're right, that doesn't give us much to go on for 2011.

Greenville's losses to Auggie and especially Millikin aren't much to go on from 2010. Auggie was middle of the pack in the CCIW and Millikin was 2nd to last. With only Millikin on the docket for 2011 it probably won't answer any questions. Unless Millikin wins and ends up in the cellar of the CCIW again. But all of that is assuming Greenville grabs the UMAC AQ.

Any idea who'll push Greenville in the UMAC?

[repete]

UMAC an option for Jamestown College?

http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/event/article/id/50081/group/Sports/

Might need registration so here are the basics:

They are looking at Frontier, which would mean travel to Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Utah. That way they could stay NAIA.

But the UMAC would we much better for travel.

Says the school prez:

"We can't get into a situation where we have just this wrenching, seemingly impossible schedule where we're criss-crossing the country. It'd be nice if we had a 747, but we don't. That would put us at a place where athletics were above academics and that's not a decision Jamestown College is ever going to make."

[gcfan]

per emapnation.com (Greenville Football website) they had 112 players check in for training camp.....Greenville will also unveil new Nike uniforms, they look sweet!

[hazzben]

UMAC an option for Jamestown College?

http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/event/article/id/50081/group/Sports/

Might need registration so here are the basics:

They are looking at Frontier, which would mean travel to Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Utah. That way they could stay NAIA.

But the UMAC would we much better for travel.

Says the school prez:

"We can't get into a situation where we have just this wrenching, seemingly impossible schedule where we're criss-crossing the country. It'd be nice if we had a 747, but we don't. That would put us at a place where athletics were above academics and that's not a decision Jamestown College is ever going to make."

It's also a question of competition and affiliation. Do they value being NAIA and giving scholarship? Do they want to play in a conference which boasts some of the top teams in its respective division (i.e. Carroll in the Frontier)?

And travel between NoDak and central Missouri (13-14 hours) isn't exactly close either. But those would be the two travel outliers I suppose.

Interesting to see how this develops. Any thoughts from the UMAC crew if the league would be interested in adding Jamestown?