FB: Upper Midwest Athletic Conference

[hazzben]

Would that be like the 1st round blowout of Concordia-Chicago?

That was against the MIAC runner-up Royals.  This year, we're talking about the MIAC champion Royals. 

And, on the road...

Really though, do I expect a blowout?  Maybe not a blowout, but I think they'll win with a 2 - 3 score margin.

Maybe not though...CSS will probably have a playoff breakthrough eventually, why not now?  They played a superior UWO team tough for a while before getting crushed last year.

BU had several years of one-and-done playoff trips before finally breaking through and going all the way to the semi-finals in 2007.

I'll be in attendance...hoping that the forecast stays dry, as it is for the moment!

I have a soft spot for CSS and UMD as my dad took me to plenty of UMD football and basketball games, and lots of CSS basketball games while growing up in Duluth, but that will be on hold for Saturday, in CSS's case.  Still pulling for the bulldogs.

They sure lost a good AD/HC last year!

Yes, he was a very solid guy, and is the one that is responsible for taking UMD from a bottom half NSIC team to winning multiple Nat'l titles.  Even after he's gone, they're still a contender this year.  Got to spend some time around him when I was a high schooler and he ran a day long seminar for local team captains.  He got Western Illinois off to a good start but has had some bumps in the road since then.  I'm eager to see what he can do there with 3-4 years of recruiting.

I'd heard the rumblings of this building about a year before he decided to leave. It sounded like it had to do with a lack of support from the UMD administration. Hopefully he finds continued success *and* UMD can keep competing on the national level.

[wartknight]

Would that be like the 1st round blowout of Concordia-Chicago?

That was against the MIAC runner-up Royals.  This year, we're talking about the MIAC champion Royals. 

And, on the road...

Really though, do I expect a blowout?  Maybe not a blowout, but I think they'll win with a 2 - 3 score margin.

Maybe not though...CSS will probably have a playoff breakthrough eventually, why not now?  They played a superior UWO team tough for a while before getting crushed last year.

BU had several years of one-and-done playoff trips before finally breaking through and going all the way to the semi-finals in 2007.

I'll be in attendance...hoping that the forecast stays dry, as it is for the moment!

I have a soft spot for CSS and UMD as my dad took me to plenty of UMD football and basketball games, and lots of CSS basketball games while growing up in Duluth, but that will be on hold for Saturday, in CSS's case.  Still pulling for the bulldogs.

They sure lost a good AD/HC last year!

Yes, he was a very solid guy, and is the one that is responsible for taking UMD from a bottom half NSIC team to winning multiple Nat'l titles.  Even after he's gone, they're still a contender this year.  Got to spend some time around him when I was a high schooler and he ran a day long seminar for local team captains.  He got Western Illinois off to a good start but has had some bumps in the road since then.  I'm eager to see what he can do there with 3-4 years of recruiting.

As a grad & former coach @ the Wart, how could he not be!
I will definitely follow Western a little now.

[GoldandBlueBU]

I'd heard the rumblings of this building about a year before he decided to leave. It sounded like it had to do with a lack of support from the UMD administration. Hopefully he finds continued success *and* UMD can keep competing on the national level.

Interesting.  I know he has family in the vicinity of Western, and he's at the age where if he was going to take a shot at a division 1 job, now was the time, so it sort of seemed like a natural transition to me.

Regardless of football's success, Duluth will always be a hockey town, and I'm sure that applies to UMD as well.

[GoldandBlueBU]

As a grad & former coach @ the Wart, how could he not be!
I will definitely follow Western a little now.

As if one of the cooler nicknames in college sports wasn't enough?   

[art76]

I don't see it posted here yet so I'll share that the play-off game between St. Scholastica and Bethel has been moved to the Metrodome. So if some of you Saints fans were thinking it wasn't worth the trip to sit out in the cold - now you can watch the teams play in comfort. I think Bethel is still going to win, but at least you'll be warm. 

Go Royals!

[sjusection105]

Does anyone here at the UMAC have an opinion on Hamm's Beer, ice fishing or professional wrestling? 

[hazzben]

Does anyone here at the UMAC have an opinion on Hamm's Beer, ice fishing or professional wrestling? 

Ha! Maybe we should try to invade the UMAC board for a week and see if we can't at least get them to 100 pages on this thread 

[BC79BU08]

Ice fishing?  Canada!   
Pro Wrestling?  The Claw!
Not Hamm's...

[DuffMan]

Are there no Saints fans around?  What do you guys think of your new hire?  Kurt's a top-caliber guy.

[DuffMan]

I guess that answers my first question.

[grboob]

No internet service around Duluth?

[Just Bill]

No thoughts on this anyone?

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/statecolleges/uw-superior-moves-to-leave-wiac-for-minnesota-conference-b99252592z1-256049331.html

[Captain_Joe08]

No thoughts on this anyone?

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/statecolleges/uw-superior-moves-to-leave-wiac-for-minnesota-conference-b99252592z1-256049331.html

To be honest it may fit them better travelwise but I think UW-Superior could come to dominate the UMAC in sports. I think they could become the big fish in a small pond.

[DadofBashWarrior..]

About three months till we rock and roll...Greenville has a big hole to fill graduating OPOTY Chambers...recruiting numbers seem to be down at some schools...Carlson sure had great run at Scholastica and it seems they made a decent hire from the Johnnie's ...looking for a great season...

Will Wisconsin Superior be playing football?

[Pat Coleman]

I haven't heard anything nearly official but there is some idle speculation that it could be possible.

Someone announcing now would be likely aiming to take the field in 2016.