FB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[footballfan413]

Remembering the courageous men and women of our armed forces today, past and present.  Thank you for your service and all you and your families have sacrificed.  

[Sakman 1111]

#32 married last weekend and now #62 married this weekend.....Good times and Best Wishes to these former Warhawks and their brides.....Great to see so many of them this weekend.....Pound the Rock.......

[BoBo]

#32 married last weekend and now #62 married this weekend.....Good times and Best Wishes to these former Warhawks and their brides.....Great to see so many of them this weekend.....Pound the Rock.......

...so we can expect a least 2 new additions to the Warhawk family for the class of 2034, say...in a little over 9 months?!!    Sounds good to me.

[footballfan413]

#32 married last weekend and now #62 married this weekend.....Good times and Best Wishes to these former Warhawks and their brides.....Great to see so many of them this weekend.....Pound the Rock.......

A big congrats to your son and his new wife, Sak.  This is a big wedding summer it turns out, for some of our former Warhawks who were instrumental in launching this string of National Championship success, as #33 will be the next to fall.  He will marry his long time college sweetheart in July.  Looks like our boys are all grown up.   

[D O.C.]

Jeff Donovan....way to go!

[BoBo]

This is a few days old (forget where I saw it), but I didn't see anything on here about it.

I've heard that Stout offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Sean Hoolihan and defensive coordinator/defensive line coach Dan McCarty have resigned.  Also running backs/assistant head coach Vic Adamle has been or will be promoted to offensive coordinator. Their names are still on the coach roster on the Stout football webpage, but no other news there to confirm the story. Anybody else hearing this?

[02 Warhawk]

You can count on Lance as if your life depends on it.  

[BoBo]

You can count on Lance as if your life depends on it.  

Interesting...up there with the big boys & their big boy salaries!! I'll bet he gets more wins this year than anyone on that list.  

I just wrote a comment on bleacher report that it was nice of them to recognize a DIII coach.  I added, Larry Kehres was probably too good to make their list.

[02 Warhawk]

The first set of preseason polls were released:

The Sporting News
1. Wisconsin-Whitewater
2. Mount Union
3. Wesley
4. St. Thomas
5. Mary Hardin-Baylor
6. Linfield
7. North Central
8. Wittenberg
9. St. John's (Minn.)
10. Montclair State
11. Wheaton (Ill.)
12. Wartburg
13. Baldwin-Wallace
14. Thomas More
15. Bethel
16. W&J
17. Cal Lutheran
18. Hardin-Simmons
19. Washington and Lee
20. Johns Hopkins
21. Cortland State
22. Redlands
23. Coe
24. Rowan
25. Delaware Valley

Lindy's Sports
1. Wisconsin-Whitewater
2. Mount Union
3. Wesley
4. Bethel
5. Mary Hardin-Baylor
6. Linfield
7. St. Thomas
8. Wartburg
9. Cortland State
10. Cal Lutheran
11. Thomas More
12. Rowan
13. Baldwin-Wallace
14. Wittenberg
15. Central
16. Alfred
17. North Central
18. Redlands
19. Ohio Northern
20. Hardin-Simmons
21. Trine
22. Louisiana College
23. Albion
24. Delaware Valley
25. Wheaton

[emma17]

Thanks for providing the rankings 02.

Is anybody else surprised with the rankings of North Central- 7th and 17th? Especially Lindy's at 17th.   
I'm curious what the pollsters consider before setting the rankings. 
I don't imagine they included the following question in their criteria- "Coach Leipold, please list in order the teams that give you the most concern in a playoff game".   

[Just Bill]

Thanks for providing the rankings 02.

Is anybody else surprised with the rankings of North Central- 7th and 17th? Especially Lindy's at 17th.   
I'm curious what the pollsters consider before setting the rankings. 
I don't imagine they included the following question in their criteria- "Coach Leipold, please list in order the teams that give you the most concern in a playoff game".   

They have no pollsters. That's the problem with these rankings. They write 200 pages on D-I and tuck a half-page on D-III in there somewhere. I'll wager these rankings were created by an unpaid intern who hasn't heard of half of these schools. He/she just took last year's final top 25 and rearranged it a little bit for variety.

[Sakman 1111]

Right on Just Bill......the only preseason poll worth noticing is the D3football poll.....and even that one involves some guesswork due to the fact noone has played anyone yet......but it is fun to offer opinions.....

[BoBo]

Yes, after the first two, it's like picking names out of a hat.

[badgerwarhawk]

I don't imagine they included the following question in their criteria- "Coach Leipold, please list in order the teams that give you the most concern in a playoff game".   

If they included that question they'd get a list of all the teams we faced.  Coach L respects all of our opponents and takes no one and nothing for granted. 

[emma17]

"If they included that question they'd get a list of all the teams we faced.  Coach L respects all of our opponents and takes no one and nothing for granted."

No doubt Coach L would be politically correct in his answer, but that doesn't change the reality of the situation.  North Central, in my opinion, was certainly right there with Mt. Union in terms of the toughest competition of the playoffs last year.  As much as the preseason polls are irrelevant, this site would be hopping with comments and dispute if the Hawks were ranked similarly I do believe.