FB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Bofadeeznuts]

My ex wife said I was blessed.
And I told her she was spoiled.
My record is 0-1.

Hey-oooooo.

[UWO Titan 78]

There is still a way the WIAC can be a two-bid league. If I'm not mistaken, the Titans control their own destiny to the AQ. The LAX game was bad, but maybe that was just a young team having a game get away from them. The Titan offense has improved as the season went on, and going into Platteville and pulling out a comeback win has to have helped their confidence. They have to get by RF this weekend, but am I the only one that can see a scenario of the Titans upsetting the Warhawks on a cold, windy night in Oshkosh? Weirder things have happened.

[bleedpurple]

There is still a way the WIAC can be a two-bid league. If I'm not mistaken, the Titans control their own destiny to the AQ. The LAX game was bad, but maybe that was just a young team having a game get away from them. The Titan offense has improved as the season went on, and going into Platteville and pulling out a comeback win has to have helped their confidence. They have to get by RF this weekend, but am I the only one that can see a scenario of the Titans upsetting the Warhawks on a cold, windy night in Oshkosh? Weirder things have happened.

Without a doubt. Especially in the WIAC. Back in "the day" Whitewater used to play Oshkosh the last game of the season, it seemed like every year back when Russ Young coached at Oshkosh. More than once, when Oshkosh had a team seemingly less dangerous than this one, they got us and kept us from an outright WSUC/WIAC title.

No doubt the Hawks will have to bring our A game to Titan Stadium. It should be a great game and a great night. Sounds like it will be televised in some parts of the state.

Both teams have challenges ahead Saturday and they can't afford to look ahead. I have to say, being part of the WIAC makes football season really fun. I can't imagine playing in a conference in which you could sleepwalk through every game but one or two. Not in the WIAC. The Titans will need their A game this Saturday, too. While RF has suffered lots of defensive injuries, they seem too talented to stay winless. Eau Claire beat St. Thomas for goodness sake. What a league!

[02 Warhawk]

There is still a way the WIAC can be a two-bid league. If I'm not mistaken, the Titans control their own destiny to the AQ. The LAX game was bad, but maybe that was just a young team having a game get away from them. The Titan offense has improved as the season went on, and going into Platteville and pulling out a comeback win has to have helped their confidence. They have to get by RF this weekend, but am I the only one that can see a scenario of the Titans upsetting the Warhawks on a cold, windy night in Oshkosh? Weirder things have happened.

Without a doubt. Especially in the WIAC. Back in "the day" Whitewater used to play Oshkosh the last game of the season, it seemed like every year back when Russ Young coached at Oshkosh. More than once, when Oshkosh had a team seemingly less dangerous than this one, they got us and kept us from an outright WSUC/WIAC title.

No doubt the Hawks will have to bring our A game to Titan Stadium. It should be a great game and a great night. Sounds like it will be televised in some parts of the state.

Both teams have challenges ahead Saturday and they can't afford to look ahead. I have to say, being part of the WIAC makes football season really fun. I can't imagine playing in a conference in which you could sleepwalk through every game but one or two. Not in the WIAC. The Titans will need their A game this Saturday, too. While RF has suffered lots of defensive injuries, they seem too talented to stay winless. Eau Claire beat St. Thomas for goodness sake. What a league!

Exactly, well said.

Safe to say every Pool C (bubble) team in the country will be pulling for UWW this game.

I hope we give them what they want. 

[UWO Titan 78]

There is still a way the WIAC can be a two-bid league. If I'm not mistaken, the Titans control their own destiny to the AQ. The LAX game was bad, but maybe that was just a young team having a game get away from them. The Titan offense has improved as the season went on, and going into Platteville and pulling out a comeback win has to have helped their confidence. They have to get by RF this weekend, but am I the only one that can see a scenario of the Titans upsetting the Warhawks on a cold, windy night in Oshkosh? Weirder things have happened.

Without a doubt. Especially in the WIAC. Back in "the day" Whitewater used to play Oshkosh the last game of the season, it seemed like every year back when Russ Young coached at Oshkosh. More than once, when Oshkosh had a team seemingly less dangerous than this one, they got us and kept us from an outright WSUC/WIAC title.

No doubt the Hawks will have to bring our A game to Titan Stadium. It should be a great game and a great night. Sounds like it will be televised in some parts of the state.

Both teams have challenges ahead Saturday and they can't afford to look ahead. I have to say, being part of the WIAC makes football season really fun. I can't imagine playing in a conference in which you could sleepwalk through every game but one or two. Not in the WIAC. The Titans will need their A game this Saturday, too. While RF has suffered lots of defensive injuries, they seem too talented to stay winless. Eau Claire beat St. Thomas for goodness sake. What a league!

We always closed the season with the Warhawks when I was at Oshkosh. We never played spoiler. 

[WW]

There is still a way the WIAC can be a two-bid league. If I'm not mistaken, the Titans control their own destiny to the AQ. The LAX game was bad, but maybe that was just a young team having a game get away from them. The Titan offense has improved as the season went on, and going into Platteville and pulling out a comeback win has to have helped their confidence. They have to get by RF this weekend, but am I the only one that can see a scenario of the Titans upsetting the Warhawks on a cold, windy night in Oshkosh? Weirder things have happened.

I've seen Oshkosh play three times this year: an uninspiring 1-pt win over Carthage in which the Redmen badly botched a potential game-winning 2-pointer; a less-inspiring win over Stevens Point in which the Pointers bottled them up for 12 first downs and 230 total yards; and an arse-whuppin put on them by LaCrosse. So seeing a scenario of the Titans upsetting the Warhawks is a little challenging for me, given the context in which I've seen them.

I always struggle with the "they're now a much-improved team" argument. So is everybody else. But I guess when you're starting the youth that Oshkosh starts, their improvement might have a higher ceiling. On the other hand, I think the improvement Oshkosh is most in need of involves an off-season in the weight room. Can't tell you what happened against Platteville, but I've yet to see them win the line of scrimmage and play well upfront.

So I don't see it. THAT said, Titan Stadium gonna be rocking on a Saturday night. And mark my words, Peter Mac is gonna go off for 200 yards against somebody, some day. Prob won't be the Warhawks, but ya know what? Weirder things have happened...

[DuffMan]

I can't imagine playing in a conference in which you could sleepwalk through every game but one or two.

SJU has tried the past two weeks.  Apparently, you can sleepwalk through one half against St. Olaf, but you cannot sleepwalk through an entire game against Concordia. 

[hazzben]

I can't imagine playing in a conference in which you could sleepwalk through every game but one or two.

SJU has tried the past two weeks.  Apparently, you can sleepwalk through one half against St. Olaf, but you cannot sleepwalk through an entire game against Concordia. 

I vote for sleepwalking through an entire game versus Hamline. At worst, SJU still wins by 21+ and gets to rest up for the playoffs. At best, Hamline pulls off the upset of the century and Bethel has a path to the MIAC Pool A and an outright conference title 

Seriously though, I just can't fathom how you could lose to Hamline. If there was ever a game to try to figure out the PAT and kicking woes, this is it.

[emma17]

On the subject of sleep walking through a conference schedule, as much as I appreciate the competitive games played in the WIAC, it's hard to make the argument that a competitive regular season schedule is needed for winning championships. It's pretty amazing Mt and UMHB have done what they've done without the benefit of a tougher league schedule.
On the other side of the coin, UWW getting through the regular season as often as they have without getting knocked off by a conference team similar to what Concordia Moorhead did is pretty darn incredible.

[02 Warhawk]

On the subject of sleep walking through a conference schedule, as much as I appreciate the competitive games played in the WIAC, it's hard to make the argument that a competitive regular season schedule is needed for winning championships. It's pretty amazing Mt and UMHB have done what they've done without the benefit of a tougher league schedule.
On the other side of the coin, UWW getting through the regular season as often as they have without getting knocked off by a conference team similar to what Concordia Moorhead did is pretty darn incredible.

To me that screams good coaching. Convincing your players each week that a win will never be handed to them, no matter who the opponent is.

[bleedpurple]

On the subject of sleep walking through a conference schedule, as much as I appreciate the competitive games played in the WIAC, it's hard to make the argument that a competitive regular season schedule is needed for winning championships. It's pretty amazing Mt and UMHB have done what they've done without the benefit of a tougher league schedule.
On the other side of the coin, UWW getting through the regular season as often as they have without getting knocked off by a conference team similar to what Concordia Moorhead did is pretty darn incredible.

To me that screams good coaching. Convincing your players each week that a win will never be handed to them, no matter who the opponent is.

Agreed.  To that point, I am fully sure that while we can drift off and talk about the UW-0 game on the boards, the full 100% focus  of the coaches and players are on Stout right now. They have great respect for Coach Birmingham and of course OC Coach Pesik, our former WR coach.  He's certainly got a familiarity with us, so it will be an interesting chess match. 

The coaches have done a fantastic job of getting the guys to buy in to the one day at a time, one week at a time approach. 
In the WIAC it has been a necessity. 

[bleedpurple]

West Region Rankings   
1 UW-Whitewater 7-0
2 Wartburg 8-0
3 Chapman 7-0
4 Redlands 7-1
5 St. John's 7-1
6 Bethel 7-1
7 Linfield 6-1
8 Central 7-1
9 UW-Oshkosh 6-2
10 Martin Luther 7-1

Huh?  OK, I don't consider myself a fan of UW-L football by any means.  But where are the Eagles here?

They are 5-2 in division.
They beat UW-0 31-3 head to head just two games ago.
They played UW-W really tough this past Saturday.
They beat C-M, who just beat the Johnnies this past Saturday.
They beat an IWU team, that beat Carthage 31-7 (Carthage is one of UW-0's wins, 20-19)

And Martin Luther?

I'm just perusing all this stuff during lunch, so please tell me I'm missing something!

[DuffMan]

I think MLC at #10 is laughable.  They've already been shellacked by Gustavus.  There are easily 9 teams better than them in the WIAC + MIAC alone.

[02 Warhawk]

West Region Rankings   
1 UW-Whitewater 7-0
2 Wartburg 8-0
3 Chapman 7-0
4 Redlands 7-1
5 St. John's 7-1
6 Bethel 7-1
7 Linfield 6-1
8 Central 7-1
9 UW-Oshkosh 6-2
10 Martin Luther 7-1

Huh?  OK, I don't consider myself a fan of UW-L football by any means.  But where are the Eagles here?

They are 5-2 in division.
They beat UW-0 31-3 head to head just two games ago.
They played UW-W really tough this past Saturday.
They beat C-M, who just beat the Johnnies this past Saturday.
They beat an IWU team, that beat Carthage 31-7 (Carthage is one of UW-0's wins, 20-19)

And Martin Luther?

I'm just perusing all this stuff during lunch, so please tell me I'm missing something!

I highly doubt UWL was dinged for that Dickinson St loss, right?

[wm4]

West Region Rankings   
1 UW-Whitewater 7-0
2 Wartburg 8-0
3 Chapman 7-0
4 Redlands 7-1
5 St. John's 7-1
6 Bethel 7-1
7 Linfield 6-1
8 Central 7-1
9 UW-Oshkosh 6-2
10 Martin Luther 7-1

Huh?  OK, I don't consider myself a fan of UW-L football by any means.  But where are the Eagles here?

They are 5-2 in division.
They beat UW-0 31-3 head to head just two games ago.
They played UW-W really tough this past Saturday.
They beat C-M, who just beat the Johnnies this past Saturday.
They beat an IWU team, that beat Carthage 31-7 (Carthage is one of UW-0's wins, 20-19)

And Martin Luther?

I'm just perusing all this stuff during lunch, so please tell me I'm missing something!

Best I can tell, Oshkosh has a better SOS and 1 more D3 win?  LaCrosse/Oshkosh/Platteville are 1-1 against each other, and perhaps the committee viewed that as effectively canceling out all H2H's and went with strength of schedule.  Just a guess on my part.