FB: Upper Midwest Athletic Conference

[Hawks88]

Huntingdon's list is up to 82 newcomers for this fall. Along with the 68 I count still showing on the returning roster it looks like HC is expecting at least 150 for the opening of camp in a couple of weeks.
Anybody else ready for some football? It's going to be a long month waiting for September to get here.

Go Hawks!!

150! That's a lot for any school.  I see there are 19 DBs and 17 LBs on the newcomers list!?

Do the Hawks schedule any freshman games?

Yes, there is a JV Schedule .


Go Hawks!!

[mac_5_seven]

Honestly, looking better than last year already. Some of the guys we got in are pretty good. I think now we just have to get those guys to buy into what we're trying to do at MAC. In the past couple years we hadn't played as a team. People who still believe in MAC PRIDE will notice our change.

Good to hear.  Looking forward to heading back to J-ville for homecoming this October, haven't had the opportunity to get back for quite some time now.  Good luck in camp!

[GC_MC0509]

Well I'm sure we wont disappoint when u come for homecoming. Thank you much for the luck. Its gonna be a hot one...

[mac_5_seven]

Well I'm sure we wont disappoint when u come for homecoming. Thank you much for the luck. Its gonna be a hot one...

Do you guys practice up campus, or down at the old field?  If up campus, you guys don't know what hot is during camp.  Down campus behind the old field, not one lick of a breeze, always smelled like compost, was usually like concrete after the first week, etc..  Glad those days are over...   

[GC_MC0509]

We practice down at the old game field. Oh I know how hot it gets. Yeah after a week or so it starts to smell horrible. I got one last year of that ha ha...Its worth it.

[NCAA Football]

i think the top 4 teams will be huntingdon greenville westminster and eureka
since it is new conference there is no telling the order of those top four i think it could be pretty close

Wow, Been a while since I've posted on D3.  Anyway, for Eureka to finish in the top 4 is a longshot, not saying it can't happen, but not a very high probability. In the past four years they have only won 6 games, and that was playing in a weak IBFC conference.  However, again I could be wrong and they could surprise some people.   As for me, Not too familiar with many of the teams in the new conference except for the old IBFC teams. However, if I had to make a guess. I would say it would be a two team race with Greenville and Huntington competeing for the title.  I also believe Westminister will make some noise as well, but in the end I think Huntington will take everything. 

[footballguy72]

I think at the end of the year it will be Greenville at the top. If this team played the way they did at the end of the season at the beginning of the season they would have easily won the IBFC. They easily have the top QB in the conference that has already had 2 years of starting experience along with a tough D. They prob. be the most tested team as they play a solid team in Wash U then travel to Augustana.

But as someone already said it is hard to say who is preseason #1 as this is a brand new conference

[wabco]

Suspect St. Scholastica will have a few hard knocks as it starts up ... but just wanted to wish Coach Carlson and St. Scholastica the best. 

Coach had a long and fine tenure at Wabash College ... in fact is being inducted into the Wabash Hall of Fame this year ... as a non player honoree.  Coach Carlson is a class act and will build St. Scholastica into a very fine league competitor.

[wabco]

For you St. Scholastica supporters, I thought I would recite the description of why Coach Carlson is to be inducted into the Wabash College Athletic Hall Of Fame.  You got a good coach:

Greg Carlson was an 18-year head football coach at Wabash College, leading the Little Giants from 1983 through 2000. He ranks second all-time in football coaching victories with 112, trailing only the legendary Pete Vaughan. Carlson led Wabash to Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference championships in 1991, 1992, and 1994, and the led Wabash to the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference championships in 1998. He posted a career record of 112-57-2 (.655) over 18 seasons and 171 games. He coached 23 All-Americans or Academic All-Americans. Among his highlight victories were: a 45-20 win over Taylor in the first-ever college football game played at the then-Hoosier Dome; a 28-8 victory over DePauw in 1985 that knocked the Tigers from the playoffs; a 40-26 win over DePauw in the 100th Monon Bell Classic; and a 28-24 win over the Tigers in 1994, a game televised on ESPN2.

[NCAA Football]

So.........

Seems like nothing in the SLIAC is going on seeing as no one has posted for like 3 days.  Any updates out there on anything?  Anything at all.

I know Mac starts their camp on the 14th I believe.  Should be interesting to see what they are going to do this year and how they make the transition from last year.I heard they are bringing in some pretty good talent.

Any news on greenville, or any other schools. 

[AF4]

hay

Huntingdon camp starts 8/13/08.... lots of new faces

~60-70 returners..and ~80 commitments.....appear to have more speed than size

2 new coaches... a former troy player and a former hawk.... the troy connection is still there as a 5 of 8 coaches played and or coached at troy u

also interesting that troy has been a mainstay onpast  jv schedules, is not listed this season

it will b interesting... it is a toss up from our stand point, we play our first game 9/6 against murrville (d-3 usa conf), then 9/13 against faulkner (naia  southern  conf) then jump into sliac schedule...only remaning non sliac game will b hamden-sydney (sp-d-3 odac) on 11/8/08

we finish up against our closest  conference rival ...lagrange

...lagrange and faulkner are like family feuds (with faulkner like fighting your evil, tatooed brother, that dad kicked out, who u really do not like at all....... and playing lagrange like going to a wrestling tourney, and drawing your  cousin .... u want to beat him...but yall r kin....and semi friendly, and he is a nice guy)

everyone is excited to b in a conference...and we no all games r important and none will b easy...this will b good competition against good folks

keep the faith

[Andras Bacia]

So.........

Seems like nothing in the SLIAC is going on seeing as no one has posted for like 3 days.  Any updates out there on anything?  Anything at all.

I think it's just a new conference and nobody really knows each other very well. I predict things will pickup once the season starts.

Don't under estimate Eureka this year. I've heard some good things about their returning players and the new recruits.  I think they are going from around a 45 to 50 player roster last season to over 70 this year with a couple of those recruits expected to contribute a lot.  But I'll wait for the school make the official roster announcements.

They check in on the 15th.

Go Red Devils!

[AF4]

trust me.... no one i no is gonna underestimate Eureka....

we expect them to b pretty tough

we r just proud to b in a conference

keep the faith

[Alfredeneumann]

Updated Huntingdon  newcomers list - 78

http://www.huntingdon.edu/athletics/mens_athletics/football

Keep up the good work Huntingdon SID!

[Alfredeneumann]

Huntingdon has 141 show up for camp.

http://huntingdon.edu/athletics/athletics_news/aug_08/08_13_08_fb

2008 Huntingdon Preseason Camp Schedule
Thursday, August 14 - 3:30 p.m.
Friday, August 15 - 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, August 16 - 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, August 17 - Team Outing at Frazer Memorial United Methodist Church at 9:30 a.m. Practice to begin at 3:30 p.m.
Monday, August 18 - 9:30 a.m.
Tuesday, August 19 - 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Wednesday, August 20 - 9:30 a.m.
Thursday, August 21 - 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Friday, August 22 - TBA
Saturday, August 23 - TBA, but will be in the afternoon
Sunday, August 24 - Team Outing at First United Methodist Church at 9:30 a.m. Practice to follow later that afternoon.