FB: Upper Midwest Athletic Conference

[jamtod]

Hmm, respected posters Duff and Hazz are "garbage" and Gary Fasching makes "small penis moves" ... I can only surmise the roiling tension of Crown-Morris Week in the UMAC is getting to Baldini. Who can blame him?

Here's a shocker, another Johnnie coming out of the woodwork to defend their classless act.

As a Tommie, I've never had a need to defend accusations of "classless acts" HOWEVER

[OzJohnnie]

I still read baldini's moniker as bald-innie, as in a shaved bellybutton.  Just me?

[GU1999]

In the only other meeting of St. J and ML, the Johnnies mashed the pedal and won the game by 78.  Just your run of the mill 84 - 6 playoff win.  ML should be grateful that STJ did them a solid this year and only beat them by 48.

Interestingly though, STJ did take the foot off the gas in the last possession of that massive playoff game.  Maybe that 3rd string QB knew it was the right thing to do.  Is it the boards understanding that the coach didn't call for victory formation? I know that there were like 5400 people there.  Someone would have to have seen it.  I've attended games where the most of the  crowd holds up the two handed V shape when it is time.  A second stringer wouldn't ignore victory formation, right?

Or maybe this was just the case of a second stringer QB kid, with full play calling autonomy, just trying to impress the voters after barley holding on against Aurora last week and seeing a drop in the d3football poll from 6 to 7.  If so, it worked, becasue STJ and H-S swapped back in this weeks poll. 

Either way, thanks Baldini for stirring it a bit.

[repete]

No problem with potstirring here.

But yeah, are you really saying that a 3rd-string (at best) sophomore, on a roster with eight QBs and getting the first playing time of his college career, is really thinking of swaying Pat's poll voters? That's the thought process?

That's about as clueless as Baldini's remarks are classless.

(I also have barely no problem with barley.)

[Baldini]

No problem with potstirring here.

But yeah, are you really saying that a 3rd-string (at best) sophomore, on a roster with eight QBs and getting the first playing time of his college career, is really thinking of swaying Pat's poll voters? That's the thought process?

That's about as clueless as Baldini's remarks are classless.

(I also have barely no problem with barley.)

Winner for most obnoxious post of the day. Congratulations!

[GU1999]

No problem with potstirring here.

But yeah, are you really saying that a 3rd-string (at best) sophomore, on a roster with eight QBs and getting the first playing time of his college career, is really thinking of swaying Pat's poll voters? That's the thought process?

That's about as clueless as Baldini's remarks are classless.

(I also have barely no problem with barley.)

No great surprise that you missed the point entirely which is that there is no way the 2nd string kid has the autonomy to blow off the coach in that situation.  If they went for it, it is because the play was called in from the sideline.  The sideswipe about the polls is because I understand there was just a little bit of chatter about STJ going down in the poll after beating a ranked Aurora the previous week.  A poll which is in its infancy, but, by the way, it worked.  STJ jumped back over H-S for #6, yippee!

Fingers crossed that antics like this increase the $s that STJ will need to pay to get games in the future. 

[Pat Coleman]

No problem with potstirring here.

But yeah, are you really saying that a 3rd-string (at best) sophomore, on a roster with eight QBs and getting the first playing time of his college career, is really thinking of swaying Pat's poll voters? That's the thought process?

That's about as clueless as Baldini's remarks are classless.

(I also have barely no problem with barley.)

No great surprise that you missed the point entirely which is that there is no way the 2nd string kid has the autonomy to blow off the coach in that situation.  If they went for it, it is because the play was called in from the sideline.  The sideswipe about the polls is because I understand there was just a little bit of chatter about STJ going down in the poll after beating a ranked Aurora the previous week.  A poll which is in its infancy, but, by the way, it worked.  STJ jumped back over H-S for #6, yippee!

Fingers crossed that antics like this increase the $s that STJ will need to pay to get games in the future.

I kind of find it amusing that someone is telling a St. John's person what the quarterback has the autonomy to do.

John Gagliardi is no longer with us, but still, some things are just a little different at St. John's.

[repete]

And a fact check for GU: the qb in question was the third to play, one of several young kids competing for the  No. 3 spot.

[jamtod]

No problem with potstirring here.

But yeah, are you really saying that a 3rd-string (at best) sophomore, on a roster with eight QBs and getting the first playing time of his college career, is really thinking of swaying Pat's poll voters? That's the thought process?

That's about as clueless as Baldini's remarks are classless.

(I also have barely no problem with barley.)

No great surprise that you missed the point entirely which is that there is no way the 2nd string kid has the autonomy to blow off the coach in that situation.  If they went for it, it is because the play was called in from the sideline.  The sideswipe about the polls is because I understand there was just a little bit of chatter about STJ going down in the poll after beating a ranked Aurora the previous week.  A poll which is in its infancy, but, by the way, it worked.  STJ jumped back over H-S for #6, yippee!

Fingers crossed that antics like this increase the $s that STJ will need to pay to get games in the future.

I kind of find it amusing that someone is telling a St. John's person what the quarterback has the autonomy to do.

John Gagliardi is no longer with us, but still, some things are just a little different at St. John's.

Which is evident if you've ever shaken a Johnnie's hand and noticed the 6 fingers

[repete]

Ha! You just can't quit us, can you Jam!   

[jamtod]

Ha! You just can't quit us, can you Jam!   

Too much love in my heart for the MIAC still. I've thought about what I'd do if D1 tickets get too expensive for a single-income father of 4, but the only team I'd have interest in rooting for the in the MIAC is Scholastica now and making trips to to Duluth is not happening.

[hazzben]

Ha! You just can't quit us, can you Jam!   

Too much love in my heart for the MIAC still. I've thought about what I'd do if D1 tickets get too expensive for a single-income father of 4, but the only team I'd have interest in rooting for the in the MIAC is Scholastica now and making trips to to Duluth is not happening.

Bethel is right up the road my friend, I'll keep your seat warm

[jamtod]

Ha! You just can't quit us, can you Jam!   

Too much love in my heart for the MIAC still. I've thought about what I'd do if D1 tickets get too expensive for a single-income father of 4, but the only team I'd have interest in rooting for the in the MIAC is Scholastica now and making trips to to Duluth is not happening.

Bethel is right up the road my friend, I'll keep your seat warm

Hahahahaha no.

I'll cheer Bethel for a single game here and there, but I could see myself somehow selling out to be a John's fan before I'd ever consider being a real Bethel fan.

[GU1999]

UMAC schedule kicks off this weekend.  Possibly the game of the year in week one with GU and ML matching up. 

ML has won the last three meetings dating back to 2017.  GU won the preceeding 7 for an overall edge of 7 - 3 in the 2010s. 

Given the recent history I suspect ML comes in as the favorite despite being 1 and 3 on the season.  GU can score it averaging 37 over its first 4 games, but has had difficulty stopping anyone as they have allowed 35.5 per game.  GU's 2 - 2 record comes against a pretty tough schedule for a UMAC team.  Millikin (W), Rockford (W), Adrain (L) and Trinity International (L). The Millikin win looks better each week now that they have knocked off Augie and Carroll.  Adrain and Trinity Internatial losses were competitive. 

Looking forward to the game Saturday as GU plays its 4th consecutive road game.

[Baldini]

UMAC schedule kicks off this weekend.  Possibly the game of the year in week one with GU and ML matching up. 

ML has won the last three meetings dating back to 2017.  GU won the preceeding 7 for an overall edge of 7 - 3 in the 2010s. 

Given the recent history I suspect ML comes in as the favorite despite being 1 and 3 on the season.  GU can score it averaging 37 over its first 4 games, but has had difficulty stopping anyone as they have allowed 35.5 per game.  GU's 2 - 2 record comes against a pretty tough schedule for a UMAC team.  Millikin (W), Rockford (W), Adrain (L) and Trinity International (L). The Millikin win looks better each week now that they have knocked off Augie and Carroll.  Adrain and Trinity Internatial losses were competitive. 

Looking forward to the game Saturday as GU plays its 4th consecutive road game.

Most things do seem to point in Greenville's favor for this matchup. The Millikin win just jumps out when comparing the two teams, the other 3 games for GU compare very similarly with MLC's games as a whole. I don't see MLC slowing down the GU offense much and haven't seen a lot to think MLC will match them score for score either. One thing on the MLC side that has been a bit mystifying is the lack of usage of Joshuah Kren this season and could be a real wildcard in this game. Kren was the UMAC player of the year for the 2019 season, yet barely see's the ball anymore. In Saturday's game against Alma he got 4 touches that resulted in a 54 yard run for a TD and 3 catches for 66 yards and 2 more TD's, 4 touches and 3 TD's. Through 4 games he has 9 total touches and averages over 17 yard a touch, I would think it would be wise to put the ball in his hands as often as possible. Maybe he has been bubble wrapped for this game?

I expect Paul Garrett to have another big day rushing against MLC, he ran for 151 on 22 carries in 2019 as a FR. against them and a bigger day could happen on Saturday.

The winner here will have a huge advantage in the race for the UMAC title. Will home field and 4 straight road games for GU be enough to get the Knights to the wire first or will GU prove to be the better team regardless? Should be a fun game to watch.

The other games on the UMAC schedule are Westminster at Minnesota-Morris, Finlandia at Northwestern and Crown at Iowa Wesleyan. Northwestern should have a easy time getting their first win. IWU will probably prove to be too much for Crown. The Westminster and M-M game should be a very interesting, even battle of two teams trying to rise to the level of conference contenders.

This weeks games will tell a lot about the pecking order in the UMAC. Fun weekend.