FB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[coco]

Congratulations, Whitewater. You played the better game and took it to us.
I don't know how many lead changes and TOs there were, but the game was a barnburner, and the Warhawks are for real.
Justin Beaver is one hell of a runner, too.
Good luck against Wesley.

[Kilted Rat]

Congrats Hawks!

Very impressive win, I'll be honest and admit I didn't expect UWW to pull it out, but UWW proved me wrong for the 2nd week in a row!  I'll take my crow with a side of mashed potatoes and corn please.

Best of luck the rest of the way!! Represent the West well and bring the Walnut and Bronze back home to the West Region for the 3rd straight year!

[DuffMan]

Congrats to the Warhawks!  I, too, didn't think you could pull it off, but you proved my wrong.  What a win!  Good luck next week.  Let's keep the walnut and bronze in the West.

I'll be sporting my Warhawks cap from Oldpa this week for sure!

[D O.C.]

Whitewater...
Good game plan.
Very well executed.
You came so hard at LINFIELD's left side
MINE hurts.
Limited your turnovers to harmless ones.
Played within your means
and played your heart out on the road.
Congratulations.
Enjoy the trip home.

Yeah, we knew our runnng game would bite us sometime.

[patcummings]

Hey WIAC folks - this is Pat Cummings from d3football.com.  Most of you don't know me because I am an east/south region guy.  A couple Wesley thoughts for you...

1.  There aren't many posters for Wesley - so your best info will come from people like me who have called 2 of their last 3 games for the site, Bridgewater fans who are frequent posters and just got blown apart today, and an occasional Wesley poster.

2.  To be honest, don't try to understand Wesley's lone blemish on the season, the 47-0 loss at Brockport.  It doesn't make sense in the grand scheme of things - the team that is playing now is not the same.  That game was such an extreme outlier.

3.  Trying to learn more about Wesley?  Read their stat sheets.  End of story.  It tells you all you want to know.  This is a straight-out, hard-nosed football team that goes out and plays the game.  No smoke and mirrors, no fancy option, no nutty trick plays.  

QB Chris Warrick throws a bullet, their main receivers, Marcus Lee and Larry Beavers (yes, another Beaver...) are explosive and just a frosh/soph respectively.  Curtis Gore and Tim Bayles make catches too.  This is a team that will beat you for an 85 yard bomb just as quickly as a 5 yard quick slant that explodes for 85 yards.  The Wolverines block downfield incredibly well.  

RB Kevin Nelson is 5-3 - and he gets yards.  He's not exciting, he's a grinder.  Only about 900 yards all season, but he too is a major outlet for Warrick - passing frequently to Nelson out of the backfield.  

The defense has been superb - most specifically the right DE Bryan Robinson.  All-American no doubt.  And just a sophomore.

A few interesting stats...coming into today, Wesley forced 35 fumbles and recovered 22 of them.  

Against UMHB, Wesley scored 46 points in 6:16 of possession overall, not consecutively (and that includes defensive scores).  Take away one long drive and Wesley scored 39 points in 2:01.  They held the ball for 18 minutes and beat UMHB 46-39, scoring four TDs off of four UMHB fumbles.

Wesley will make you regret your mistakes.

I'll be out to Whitewater to broadcast for NCAASports.com/D3football.com

[SeoulGuy]

Congrats UWW for a big "W"
That'll be one sweet flight home...
What does the long range forcast say about next Sat in Whitewater?

[repete]

Congrats and best of luck next week, WW.

[patcummings]

I saw 29 and sun with clouds.  Looks to warm up from current temps of 15-20, and seems to be dry.

[Plattfan]

You just know the Saturday game at Whitewater is going to be absouletly packed.  If you have the chance by all means go.  What a huge win for the Warhawks

[Veek]

Congrats WW - I knew after last week's game that you could hang with Linfield.  What a great game to listen to over the internet today.  

Keep up the great work and win this coming Saturday.  I want to see you guys on tv bringing home the title to the West again.

[SeoulGuy]

If they don't fill Perkins next week, they never will.
I would like to get "home" for the game myself, but I'm 10,000 miles away.
Good luck Warhawks...get that field ready to play!!

[George Thompson]

My wife has me on suicide watch.    Linfield lost and Wisconsin-Whitewater won.   

Whitewater is best team Linfield played since St. Johns two years ago.     Congrats Warhawks---you earned and deserved the win.

Why did Linfield lose?     Simple:

•   No rushing attack

•   Too many penalties - 7 for 80 yards.   (91 for year; too many!)

•   Questionable play calling   
      No possible running attack.    Elliott in shotgun too                                                  much, no runner in backfield, 5 receivers.        

      2 long passes on Linfield's next to last possession.     They had lead 41-37; should have tried shorter passes just to get first down and KEEP THE BALL to run out the clock.


Yes, Elliott's pass interception in 2nd qtr.  hurt badly.    Pass should have never been thrown.

Sure, some penalties were questionable.    But, the Wildcats had too many penalties all year long.   

Nevertheless, it was a great game.     Very similar to the Southern Oregon game three years ago.    Today, Wisconsin Whitewater took advantage of Linfield's weaknesses.    (shocking: Linfield was not perfect.)

So, again the slim few, arrogant posters, who believe Linfield will never lose, were wrong.    Overconfidently predicting Linfield will blow out any team is just silly.   Over-zealous boasting does not do Linfield proud.     Fortunately; that is just a very tiny minority of Linfield fans.

Next year: Linfield find a balanced offense.

Congratulations Wisoncin-Whitewater!

GO CATS GO!

[bulk19]

Congratulations to the Warhawks. Well done, gentlemen. Next...

It's been fun quietly laying in the weeds again this week, listening to all the chatter on these boards... As a WSUC/WIAC follower for 35+ years, I admit I did feel like a bookie at the race track, as I kept my thoughts on a sure bet, (er, longshot) - the Warhawks - under my hat... 

Congrats to Linfield on a fine season.

Warhawks, keep it rolling in your house in Whitewater next weekend!

[swede]

Congrats Warhawks! You played one hellava game today. I expected a 40+ game from the 'cats but never in my wildest dreams would I expect you guys to put 44 on the board. Both teams played hard for four quarters and both deserved the win. Unfortunatly only one team can end on top.  

[sjusection105]

Great job Warhawks. Now show the rest the best comes from the West