FB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[D O.C.]

Yeah, but can they win basketball and baseball?

         

(I hope Moore is OK)

[BoBo]

Yeah, but can they win basketball and baseball?

         

(I hope Moore is OK)

I'm sure that's all part of the big picture plan D O.C. Still hanging out at the Long Beach Airport?  What are you a hare krishna? I hope that's the politically correct way to ask such a thing? I've never asked anybody that before...appearances being what they are.

Moore is ok...saw him in the post game press conference...smiled a lot, answered a couple questions about his big plays, drank some water and appeared really happy?   

[BoBo]

FootballScoop Staff
‏@FootballScoop   I spoke w a couple of coaches today who have faced Mount Union this year. They say if Whitewater beats Mount Leipold he is "coaching god'

FootballScoop Staff @FootballScoop 
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Both coaches said this Mount Union team is unstoppable.

FootballScoop Staff @FootballScoop 
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Can't wait to see how Leipold, Andy, Brian, Alan, etc... do as they move up. Fascinating story to unfold in coming years.


Leipold is coaching god!!

[emma17]

Why do I have a feeling VK will be giving LL a personal escort to Buffalo? 

The jerk almost ran off the field without shaking Lance's hand. LL had to run down VK at the 20 to get his attention. Stay classy VK!

If your interpretation is correct, "Dad" will fix it.  The first year y'all beat us, he made the team stay and watch the ceremony.

His interpretation is exactly accurate. Our whole group watched it happen. I'm sure VK would throw out an excuse about not wanting to interrupt UWW's celebration- but that was bush league.
The guy needs some serious fine tuning.

[D O.C.]

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Plus. I'd make more as Hare Krishna.

Portland to Long Beach on Jet Blue is the best deal. A friend from McMinnville is getting out of the rain for a few weeks. Volunteered to pick him up.

Warhawks looked good. An elbow catch with your left arm pinned down? I'd say so.

[wildcat11]

Congrats UWW on another well earned and deserving National Championship.

[BoBo]

Why do I have a feeling VK will be giving LL a personal escort to Buffalo? 

The jerk almost ran off the field without shaking Lance's hand. LL had to run down VK at the 20 to get his attention. Stay classy VK!

If your interpretation is correct, "Dad" will fix it.  The first year y'all beat us, he made the team stay and watch the ceremony.

His interpretation is exactly accurate. Our whole group watched it happen. I'm sure VK would throw out an excuse about not wanting to interrupt UWW's celebration- but that was bush league.
The guy needs some serious fine tuning.

Maybe it's not a VK thing but a Mount thing.

Tom Haurdicourt of Milwaukee Journal/Sentinal tweets from Salem, retweeted by Jeff Potrykus of J/S, Badger Beat Writer & UWW grad:


Tom @Haudricourt 
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@jaypo1961 @WarhawkFootball No Kevin Burke after the game either as promised. As two-time Gagliardi winner, he should have showed up.

Burke was suppossed to appear at the post game press conference but was a no show.

[BoBo]

Why do I have a feeling VK will be giving LL a personal escort to Buffalo? 

The jerk almost ran off the field without shaking Lance's hand. LL had to run down VK at the 20 to get his attention. Stay classy VK!

If your interpretation is correct, "Dad" will fix it.  The first year y'all beat us, he made the team stay and watch the ceremony.

Didn't the ESPN announcers state that "daddy" also made him take a time out at the end when Vince didn't want to with just over 1 minute remaining - that's why so much time ticked off the clock before the call was finally made? Makes you wonder who is really controls that team.

[pradierguy]

I know it's just a tweet, but I think VK is doing a good job showing proper respect and humility here: https://twitter.com/vkehres/status/546161187982172160

[Bartman]

Congrats to the Warwaks on the win and Mount Union for their fight and comeback effort. It was a great game played by 2 legendary programs.

[Li'l Giant]

Congrats to UWW on the Stagg Bowl victory. Well deserved championship. And a fun game to watch.

[Raider 68]

Congrats to the Warhawks on their 6th title and to Coach Leipold on a great tenure at UWW.

[hazzben]

Congrats to Whitewater. What a great game. You guys just showed tons of championship poise over the stretch run. Every time you were down or the opponent took momentum, your guys didn't blink. Very impressive.

And LL, wow, so impressed. His coaching, preparation, motivation of the players, in game adjustments, the quality/loyalty of his staff, were all just really impressive. And everything I've seen in terms of interviews just leaves me highly impressed by him as a man. Seems to have great character and integrity. Hope he does well and makes a Kelley type progression all the way to a  top Power 5 program.

As for the VK non-handshake and Burke not at the press conference.

None of us have any idea what was going through VK's head. When LL ran over to him, he didn't seem at all hesitant in shaking his hand and offering congrats. I'm gonna give him the benefit of a doubt and assume he was just giving LL and the Warhawks room to celebrate together.

As for Kevin Burke, I don't hold it against him one bit that he wasn't at the presser. Watching him on the bench at the end of the game, you could see he was just crushed. He threw 4 picks and had what he'd probably consider the worst game of his career. And it was the last game of his career. He's never going to put on a uniform again. Any former D3 player can relate to that. It's especially hard when it happens in the playoffs. It hurts so much. So the guy doesn't go to the press conference. Big deal, he's not a pro player getting millions, with a requirement to do his media time.

I get that the journalists want to get comments and accentuate their coverage, but in the grand scheme of things, I don't take anything away from Burke's no-show. To be honest, anyone seriously peeved at him has probably never competed at a high level or experienced heartbreak after pouring your soul into the pursuit of something, only to fall short.

One of my all time favorite quotes by Teddy Roosevelt seems apropos here:

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

[Pat Coleman]

Did anyone else catch the comment by LL directed towards Mike Drass at Wesley?  Is there any context to it? 

I'm going to assume it had something to do with Coach Drass saying Whitewater couldn't beat MUC this season?  Anyone?

Missed that comment but Drass said whoever played Mount would get their asses kicked. If Wesley wants to get to the next level they need to get rid of him, team panicked and imploded after getting behind.

Don't want to dump on Wesley on a celebration day, but it's easy dumping on them because they are such a dumpster fire. The most over-hyped team in the D3 landscape. I hope the D3football.com staff begin to realize this and stop their man crush on them.

Hey there -- I know you only pay attention when Wesley plays UWW but I think you still need to look at the last two Wesley trips to Alliance before this year and understand where the rest of Division III's recent respect for Wesley comes from. Wesley plays other games, too.

[badgerwarhawk]

Why do I have a feeling VK will be giving LL a personal escort to Buffalo? 

The jerk almost ran off the field without shaking Lance's hand. LL had to run down VK at the 20 to get his attention. Stay classy VK!

If your interpretation is correct, "Dad" will fix it.  The first year y'all beat us, he made the team stay and watch the ceremony.

His interpretation is exactly accurate. Our whole group watched it happen. I'm sure VK would throw out an excuse about not wanting to interrupt UWW's celebration- but that was bush league.
The guy needs some serious fine tuning.

I noticed that too.  Strange he had no problem running onto the field in 2007.