FB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[emma17]

I think a lot of fans were expecting or hoping that Coppage would break through the line of defenders Mount had in the box at least a couple of times like he did last year for some big yardage. Maybe the coaching staff did too. It had usually worked that way for most of his career. Coppage for 3, 4, or 5 yards, then boom....there he goes for 40 or 50 or more.  Again, all the credit to Mount for not letting that happen again this year.

Levell got hurt on the first series of plays.  He came over to the sideline, got taped and went back in.  He was retaped a little later on that half and again at half time.   He did not have the ability to plant and cut off that foot.   He was courageous to continue playing and a Coppage at 50% is better than most at 100% especially since he rarely puts the ball on the carpet.

That helps to explain why B. Stanford was in at RB on the play Blanchard threw the EZ INT. I recall thinking to myself that it was quite early to see him in on offense. As far as I remember, this was never explained on the audio broadcast, though I might have missed it when I stepped away from my computer for a second. Might also help to explain some of the conservative play calling for the remainder of the game.

It also probably explains why Levell wasn't returning punts. 

[warhawkguard]

Yes, that was all they did. Show him going to the lcoker room early. There was absolutely no mention of the possibility that he was injured at all. ESPN totally missed that. We totally needed Erin Andrews reporting from the sidelines for this game! Its not like she was busy this week or anything....Please God, Erin Andrews for the Stagg Bowl.....PLEASE.

What was I saying??...oh yeah. LC was hurt and unless you were there you didn't know. I thought the Raider defense was just good enough to give him some but never quite let him get away.

That was the best 2 defenses going at it for sure. What the heck happened against Wesley? Were they looking past them or what?

[02 Warhawk]

Yes, that was all they did. Show him going to the lcoker room early. There was absolutely no mention of the possibility that he was injured at all. ESPN totally missed that. We totally needed Erin Andrews reporting from the sidelines for this game! Its not like she was busy this week or anything....Please God, Erin Andrews for the Stagg Bowl.....PLEASE.

What was I saying??...oh yeah. LC was hurt and unless you were there you didn't know. I thought the Raider defense was just good enough to give him some but never quite let him get away.

That was the best 2 defenses going at it for sure. What the heck happened against Wesley? Were they looking past them or what?

They played in better conditions?

[badgerwarhawk]

Wesley also threw 33 passes.  So UMU wasn't able to load up the line of scrimmage and focus on stopping the run.   

[emma17]

Yes, that was all they did. Show him going to the lcoker room early. There was absolutely no mention of the possibility that he was injured at all. ESPN totally missed that. We totally needed Erin Andrews reporting from the sidelines for this game! Its not like she was busy this week or anything....Please God, Erin Andrews for the Stagg Bowl.....PLEASE.

What was I saying??...oh yeah. LC was hurt and unless you were there you didn't know. I thought the Raider defense was just good enough to give him some but never quite let him get away.

That was the best 2 defenses going at it for sure. What the heck happened against Wesley? Were they looking past them or what?

They played in better conditions?

What happened against Wesley?  It's what happens to every team that doesn't "get it". Some fans feel it shows how good Wesley is or how close they are to winning it all because they put up almost 500 yards.  Wesley traded 6 turnovers to gain 500 yards- and they lost. They lost just like 117 straight opponents that lost the turnover battle to Mt.
I'm not saying UWW puts up 500 yards, but don't think for a second we couldn't put up a lot of passing yards if the coaches wanted. UWW completely plays a ball control offense.

[02 Warhawk]

I have to say, I'm really excited about UWW's defense next season. Especially with Steve McCollum and Josh Williams coming back from their injuries. The only slight concern is hopefully another pass rusher will emerge to help out Minett on the D-line.

The 2012 linebacking core is going to be ridiculous good - Just like every year since 2005. 

Linebacker U

[footballfan413]

I have to say, I'm really excited about UWW's defense next season. Especially with Steve McCollum and Josh Williams coming back from their injuries. The only slight concern is hopefully another pass rusher will emerge to help out Minett on the D-line.

The 2012 linebacking core is going to be ridiculous good - Just like every year since 2005. 

Linebacker U

Thanks in large part to Coach Simpson who helped start it all when he was the LB coach for 5 years at UWW, the last 3 seasons being the 05-07 years.  He is now the LB coach at Grand Valley State!  He and his wife came to my son's wedding.  We consider them family.  A tremendous football coach and human being!   

[footballfan413]

Wesley also threw 33 passes.  So UMU wasn't able to load up the line of scrimmage and focus on stopping the run.  

Yes, that was all they did. Show him going to the lcoker room early. There was absolutely no mention of the possibility that he was injured at all. ESPN totally missed that. We totally needed Erin Andrews reporting from the sidelines for this game! Its not like she was busy this week or anything....Please God, Erin Andrews for the Stagg Bowl.....PLEASE.

What was I saying??...oh yeah. LC was hurt and unless you were there you didn't know. I thought the Raider defense was just good enough to give him some but never quite let him get away.

That was the best 2 defenses going at it for sure. What the heck happened against Wesley? Were they looking past them or what?

They played in better conditions?

What happened against Wesley?  It's what happens to every team that doesn't "get it". Some fans feel it shows how good Wesley is or how close they are to winning it all because they put up almost 500 yards.  Wesley traded 6 turnovers to gain 500 yards- and they lost. They lost just like 117 straight opponents that lost the turnover battle to Mt.
I'm not saying UWW puts up 500 yards, but don't think for a second we couldn't put up a lot of passing yards if the coaches wanted. UWW completely plays a ball control offense.

We wouldn't have had 6 TO's and we didn't need 500 yards.  Just an extra 10 or 20 well timed ones would have done the trick.   

[WarhawkDad]

I think a lot of fans were expecting or hoping that Coppage would break through the line of defenders Mount had in the box at least a couple of times like he did last year for some big yardage. Maybe the coaching staff did too. It had usually worked that way for most of his career. Coppage for 3, 4, or 5 yards, then boom....there he goes for 40 or 50 or more.  Again, all the credit to Mount for not letting that happen again this year.

Levell got hurt on the first series of plays.  He came over to the sideline, got taped and went back in.  He was retaped a little later on that half and again at half time.   He did not have the ability to plant and cut off that foot.   He was courageous to continue playing and a Coppage at 50% is better than most at 100% especially since he rarely puts the ball on the carpet.

Now that you mentioned it, I think I remember the play too. It was one of the first handoffs he took, where he slipped and fell when trying to cut. Plus, ESPN did show Levell going into the locker room before the rest of the team did before half.

It was actually the first play of the game when Matt Blanchard ran the ball.  Levell got caught up in the pile.  At least that is what I remember.

WarhawkDad

[WarhawkDad]

I think a lot of fans were expecting or hoping that Coppage would break through the line of defenders Mount had in the box at least a couple of times like he did last year for some big yardage. Maybe the coaching staff did too. It had usually worked that way for most of his career. Coppage for 3, 4, or 5 yards, then boom....there he goes for 40 or 50 or more.  Again, all the credit to Mount for not letting that happen again this year.

Levell got hurt on the first series of plays.  He came over to the sideline, got taped and went back in.  He was retaped a little later on that half and again at half time.   He did not have the ability to plant and cut off that foot.   He was courageous to continue playing and a Coppage at 50% is better than most at 100% especially since he rarely puts the ball on the carpet.

That helps to explain why B. Stanford was in at RB on the play Blanchard threw the EZ INT. I recall thinking to myself that it was quite early to see him in on offense. As far as I remember, this was never explained on the audio broadcast, though I might have missed it when I stepped away from my computer for a second. Might also help to explain some of the conservative play calling for the remainder of the game.

Well, yes and no.  If your RB is not up to full speed, it makes having him put the team on his back almost the entire game all the more dangerous. A big, kudos to Levell, way to tape it up and go, my kind of player.  Don't get me wrong, I fully understand the benefit of winning the time of possession battle and ball security that comes with a run game.  I was all about the run until I witnessed, first hand the last seven years, that the teams that do both well are the ones still playing football the 3rd week in December.  Who said, "when you pass the ball, three things can happen and two are not good?"  My main beef was with the last series and when we desperately needed a first down or two to put the game away.  Not talking about a bomb, here, just a few more dink and dunks to mix it up, keep the defense guessing and I certainly would have trusted my QB who had only thrown 4 picks all year to make good judgement about what was open.  Giving the ball back to a desperate Mount team and LK with 2 minutes left and a chance to tie or win?  Well, how many times does that go the way you want it to?  But hey, it did this time, we won....................it worked.  Thanks to DEFENSE!  Can't say that enough! (Going to be like a dog with a bone.)         

Well now that you mention of it, several of us where disappointed in the play calling in the last series.    We were looking for a pass in the flat to Tamsett or a pass to Jay Ford or a bubble screen.  With the end result being a W, it made me less concerned because I was too busy celebrating!   

[bleedpurple]

I think a lot of fans were expecting or hoping that Coppage would break through the line of defenders Mount had in the box at least a couple of times like he did last year for some big yardage. Maybe the coaching staff did too. It had usually worked that way for most of his career. Coppage for 3, 4, or 5 yards, then boom....there he goes for 40 or 50 or more.  Again, all the credit to Mount for not letting that happen again this year.

Levell got hurt on the first series of plays.  He came over to the sideline, got taped and went back in.  He was retaped a little later on that half and again at half time.   He did not have the ability to plant and cut off that foot.   He was courageous to continue playing and a Coppage at 50% is better than most at 100% especially since he rarely puts the ball on the carpet.

That helps to explain why B. Stanford was in at RB on the play Blanchard threw the EZ INT. I recall thinking to myself that it was quite early to see him in on offense. As far as I remember, this was never explained on the audio broadcast, though I might have missed it when I stepped away from my computer for a second. Might also help to explain some of the conservative play calling for the remainder of the game.

Well, yes and no.  If your RB is not up to full speed, it makes having him put the team on his back almost the entire game all the more dangerous. A big, kudos to Levell, way to tape it up and go, my kind of player.  Don't get me wrong, I fully understand the benefit of winning the time of possession battle and ball security that comes with a run game.  I was all about the run until I witnessed, first hand the last seven years, that the teams that do both well are the ones still playing football the 3rd week in December.  Who said, "when you pass the ball, three things can happen and two are not good?"  My main beef was with the last series and when we desperately needed a first down or two to put the game away.  Not talking about a bomb, here, just a few more dink and dunks to mix it up, keep the defense guessing and I certainly would have trusted my QB who had only thrown 4 picks all year to make good judgement about what was open.  Giving the ball back to a desperate Mount team and LK with 2 minutes left and a chance to tie or win?  Well, how many times does that go the way you want it to?  But hey, it did this time, we won....................it worked.  Thanks to DEFENSE!  Can't say that enough! (Going to be like a dog with a bone.)         

Well now that you mention of it, several of us where disappointed in the play calling in the last series.    We were looking for a pass in the flat to Tamsett or a pass to Jay Ford or a bubble screen.  With the end result being a W, it made me less concerned because I was too busy celebrating!   

I would hope so!! I wouldn't change ONE SINGLE play. Not one. If we change one play to a pass and it turns into a Mount defensive TD, we lose.  Now maybe the chances of that is .01%. I'll take the 100% chance of the Championship we now possess.  "Should haves and could haves" have zero merit when the result is in and your team won. The result can't be any better than the one that occurred. Winning is the ultimate antidote for second guesses! 

[BoBo]

What happened against Wesley?  It's what happens to every team that doesn't "get it". Some fans feel it shows how good Wesley is or how close they are to winning it all because they put up almost 500 yards.  Wesley traded 6 turnovers to gain 500 yards- and they lost. They lost just like 117 straight opponents that lost the turnover battle to Mt.

BTW, things won't get much better...Wesley trades in their AA QB for the guy that threw us 5 picks last year in the semi's on his own field, with next to no mobility (4 sacks), and who's body language in that game seemed to say, "...get me outta here...!!"       Yes, as we all know, a lot of hyperbole comes out of Dover.

[footballfan413]

I think a lot of fans were expecting or hoping that Coppage would break through the line of defenders Mount had in the box at least a couple of times like he did last year for some big yardage. Maybe the coaching staff did too. It had usually worked that way for most of his career. Coppage for 3, 4, or 5 yards, then boom....there he goes for 40 or 50 or more.  Again, all the credit to Mount for not letting that happen again this year.

Levell got hurt on the first series of plays.  He came over to the sideline, got taped and went back in.  He was retaped a little later on that half and again at half time.   He did not have the ability to plant and cut off that foot.   He was courageous to continue playing and a Coppage at 50% is better than most at 100% especially since he rarely puts the ball on the carpet.

That helps to explain why B. Stanford was in at RB on the play Blanchard threw the EZ INT. I recall thinking to myself that it was quite early to see him in on offense. As far as I remember, this was never explained on the audio broadcast, though I might have missed it when I stepped away from my computer for a second. Might also help to explain some of the conservative play calling for the remainder of the game.

Well, yes and no.  If your RB is not up to full speed, it makes having him put the team on his back almost the entire game all the more dangerous. A big, kudos to Levell, way to tape it up and go, my kind of player.  Don't get me wrong, I fully understand the benefit of winning the time of possession battle and ball security that comes with a run game.  I was all about the run until I witnessed, first hand the last seven years, that the teams that do both well are the ones still playing football the 3rd week in December.  Who said, "when you pass the ball, three things can happen and two are not good?"  My main beef was with the last series and when we desperately needed a first down or two to put the game away.  Not talking about a bomb, here, just a few more dink and dunks to mix it up, keep the defense guessing and I certainly would have trusted my QB who had only thrown 4 picks all year to make good judgement about what was open.  Giving the ball back to a desperate Mount team and LK with 2 minutes left and a chance to tie or win?  Well, how many times does that go the way you want it to?  But hey, it did this time, we won....................it worked.  Thanks to DEFENSE!  Can't say that enough! (Going to be like a dog with a bone.)         

Well now that you mention of it, several of us where disappointed in the play calling in the last series.    We were looking for a pass in the flat to Tamsett or a pass to Jay Ford or a bubble screen.  With the end result being a W, it made me less concerned because I was too busy celebrating!   

I would hope so!! I wouldn't change ONE SINGLE play. Not one. If we change one play to a pass and it turns into a Mount defensive TD, we lose.  Now maybe the chances of that is .01%. I'll take the 100% chance of the Championship we now possess.  "Should haves and could haves" have zero merit when the result is in and your team won. The result can't be any better than the one that occurred. is the ultimate antidote for second guesses! 

You are such a party pooper!  Just having a little fun here discussing the game.  It is officially the off-season, BP, and I, for one, am trying to ease the withdrawal symptoms.........................

[BoBo]

I think a lot of fans were expecting or hoping that Coppage would break through the line of defenders Mount had in the box at least a couple of times like he did last year for some big yardage. Maybe the coaching staff did too. It had usually worked that way for most of his career. Coppage for 3, 4, or 5 yards, then boom....there he goes for 40 or 50 or more.  Again, all the credit to Mount for not letting that happen again this year.

Levell got hurt on the first series of plays.  He came over to the sideline, got taped and went back in.  He was retaped a little later on that half and again at half time.   He did not have the ability to plant and cut off that foot.   He was courageous to continue playing and a Coppage at 50% is better than most at 100% especially since he rarely puts the ball on the carpet.

That helps to explain why B. Stanford was in at RB on the play Blanchard threw the EZ INT. I recall thinking to myself that it was quite early to see him in on offense. As far as I remember, this was never explained on the audio broadcast, though I might have missed it when I stepped away from my computer for a second. Might also help to explain some of the conservative play calling for the remainder of the game.

Well, yes and no.  If your RB is not up to full speed, it makes having him put the team on his back almost the entire game all the more dangerous. A big, kudos to Levell, way to tape it up and go, my kind of player.  Don't get me wrong, I fully understand the benefit of winning the time of possession battle and ball security that comes with a run game.  I was all about the run until I witnessed, first hand the last seven years, that the teams that do both well are the ones still playing football the 3rd week in December.  Who said, "when you pass the ball, three things can happen and two are not good?"  My main beef was with the last series and when we desperately needed a first down or two to put the game away.  Not talking about a bomb, here, just a few more dink and dunks to mix it up, keep the defense guessing and I certainly would have trusted my QB who had only thrown 4 picks all year to make good judgement about what was open.  Giving the ball back to a desperate Mount team and LK with 2 minutes left and a chance to tie or win?  Well, how many times does that go the way you want it to?  But hey, it did this time, we won....................it worked.  Thanks to DEFENSE!  Can't say that enough! (Going to be like a dog with a bone.)         

Well now that you mention of it, several of us where disappointed in the play calling in the last series.    We were looking for a pass in the flat to Tamsett or a pass to Jay Ford or a bubble screen.  With the end result being a W, it made me less concerned because I was too busy celebrating!   

I would hope so!! I wouldn't change ONE SINGLE play. Not one. If we change one play to a pass and it turns into a Mount defensive TD, we lose.  Now maybe the chances of that is .01%. I'll take the 100% chance of the Championship we now possess.  "Should haves and could haves" have zero merit when the result is in and your team won. The result can't be any better than the one that occurred. is the ultimate antidote for second guesses! 

You are such a party pooper!  Just having a little fun here discussing the game.  It is officially the off-season, BP, and I, for one, am trying to ease the withdraw symptoms.........................

(just to keep this going)

In my home, the off-season officially begins after the Super Bowl, or the BCS Championship game, whatever comes last!! Actually, seeing the SI swimsuit edition in my mailbox use to always signal the beginning of the off-season. But, I don't get SI anymore.     

[footballfan413]

^^^ The WARHAWK off-season, that is.  And God knows, the Bears season is just off...........