FB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[MasterJedi]

Based on last years performance and playoff exit I thought UWW would be 0-3, and I'm very happy to be wrong.

UMHB is lucky they have a cream puff schedule to tune things go outside of HSU. UWW meanwhile begins the conference gauntlet.

[bleedpurple]

Based on last years performance and playoff exit I thought UWW would be 0-3, and I'm very happy to be wrong.

UMHB is lucky they have a cream puff schedule to tune things go outside of HSU. UWW meanwhile begins the conference gauntlet.

Howard Payne is pretty good, but I'm high on this CRU team after seeing them in person.

[badgerwarhawk]

Congratulations Hawks on a great win. UMHB looked far more
Like the previous version of themselves than they looked like
The team that played the last two weeks. I would not be at all surprised if they make the playoffs and advance deep. They have the size and speed that's for sure.

Would have loved to see poll results of how many people honestly thought the Hawks would be sitting at 3-0 right now. Of Course we have things to Clean up and must keep getting better but no way anyone else has three victories the magnitude of UWW's three wins.

Rest up, get our three senior leaders back on the field, and go
To work!

Go Hawks!

I don't know the answer to that question however I do know that Frank didn't like our odds today.  lol

[02 Warhawk]

Congratulations Hawks on a great win. UMHB looked far more
Like the previous version of themselves than they looked like
The team that played the last two weeks. I would not be at all surprised if they make the playoffs and advance deep. They have the size and speed that's for sure.

Would have loved to see poll results of how many people honestly thought the Hawks would be sitting at 3-0 right now. Of Course we have things to Clean up and must keep getting better but no way anyone else has three victories the magnitude of UWW's three wins.

Rest up, get our three senior leaders back on the field, and go
To work!

Go Hawks!

I for one didn't think we would be 3-0. So glad we were able to face (and take down) a MBH team that played more like their normal selves, and not the pushover team for earlier in the season, in their "cru-thedral" no less. A home and home season sweep was sweet. 

[emma17]

Awesome first three games for UWW. Both sides of the ball stepping up at different times in each game.
It looked like UMHB started to get their previous season's mojo going.
I got the feeling UWW got away from the run game a bit in the third and fourth quarters.

Conference is going to be exciting.

[bleedpurple]

Awesome first three games for UWW. Both sides of the ball stepping up at different times in each game.
It looked like UMHB started to get their previous season's mojo going.
I got the feeling UWW got away from the run game a bit in the third and fourth quarters.

Conference is going to be exciting.

That is for sure!

How many conferences in the country could have a team play JCU, St. John's, UMHB, and then say "Now comes the hard part."  I'm only half serious (because obviously the non-con schedule was a beast), but when talking about the WIAC, it's not a ridiculous statement.

[palum]

If my record keeping is correct. The WIAC goes 13 & 4 against D3 schools during the nonconferenc schedule. This does not include D2 or NAIA opponents that WIAC members have to schedule. It's along way until the playoffs but the WIAC went 3 & 1 against MIAC schools and 4 & 1 against American Southwest schools.

[02 Warhawk]

Awesome first three games for UWW. Both sides of the ball stepping up at different times in each game.
It looked like UMHB started to get their previous season's mojo going.
I got the feeling UWW got away from the run game a bit in the third and fourth quarters.

Conference is going to be exciting.

That is for sure!

How many conferences in the country could have a team play JCU, St. John's, UMHB, and then say "Now comes the hard part."  I'm only half serious (because obviously the non-con schedule was a beast), but when talking about the WIAC, it's not a ridiculous statement.

Especially considering the first three WIAC opponents we face are arguably just as good (if not better) than our three non-con games. Brutal first 6 game start (all 6 teams ranked), 4 of which are on the road.

['95 Blugold]

Lowly Blugold fan here. That October 14 date at UWRF is looking very attractive. With the 'golds on the road that weekend, I may make the drive up to River Falls from the Rochester area to watch that. Should be a great match up. Even more so if both can make there unblemished. You guys will definitely have the harder road to do that than the Falcons.

[USee]

Both UWO and UWW have this week off in preparation for their clash up at Oshkosh on Sept 30. Huge game for both as the WIAC slate gets underway. Based on my limited experience seeing both teams, UWO is going to have their hands full up front on both sides.

[02 Warhawk]

Both UWO and UWW have this week off in preparation for their clash up at Oshkosh on Sept 30. Huge game for both as the WIAC slate gets underway. Based on my limited experience seeing both teams, UWO is going to have their hands full up front on both sides.

They usually do against UWW 

[bleedpurple]

Seems like much has been made of UMHB's sophomore quarterback Isaac Phe making only his second start on Saturday. And that's understandable as the CRU's 0-3 start, combined with their rather dramatic three week improvement does make for interesting conversation. While I admittedly have not had a chance to hear the last 15 minutes of the d3football.com podcast, based on what I did hear, much more was made of UMHB's plight than UW-W's accomplishment of being 3-0 against their brutal non-conference schedule.  I don't mind that. The D-III crew get to decide what is compelling news and UW-W has been discussed plenty. But there is one compelling story that I believe has been overlooked:

While Phe made his second start and performed admirably,  I feel like it's at least worth mentioning that the winning quarterback on Saturday was making his FIRST collegiate start.

UW-W's QB Jason Ceniti let his team to victory on the road in a stadium in which the CRU had not lost a regular season game, well... EVER! In a game the Hawks played it close to the vest, he didn't throw for many yards, but he did throw for seven first downs and, most importantly of all, he managed the game well and had ZERO turnovers.  And it wasn't his second collegiate start. It was his first.

[02 Warhawk]

Quoting my old journalism days, "If it bleeds, it leads". No pun intended to bleedpurple 

Tragedy will always make for a more compelling story than triumph, unfortunately. A storied
football program, like MHB, starting 0-3 is the hot topic in D3. UWW, starting 3-0 with a new QB, seems like something people take for granted over past 18 years or so. Apparently, even if those three wins came mostly on the road, all against top 25 talent.

Willing to bet this will be the first time in D3 history a team opens the season playing 6 straight ranked opponents. That in itself could be another story line.

Well put bleed!

[wally_wabash]

Seems like much has been made of UMHB's sophomore quarterback Isaac Phe making only his second start on Saturday. And that's understandable as the CRU's 0-3 start, combined with their rather dramatic three week improvement does make for interesting conversation. While I admittedly have not had a chance to hear the last 15 minutes of the d3football.com podcast, based on what I did hear, much more was made of UMHB's plight than UW-W's accomplishment of being 3-0 against their brutal non-conference schedule.  I don't mind that. The D-III crew get to decide what is compelling news and UW-W has been discussed plenty. But there is one compelling story that I believe has been overlooked:

While Phe made his second start and performed admirably,  I feel like it's at least worth mentioning that the winning quarterback on Saturday was making his FIRST collegiate start.

UW-W's QB Jason Ceniti let his team to victory on the road in a stadium in which the CRU had not lost a regular season game, well... EVER! In a game the Hawks played it close to the vest, he didn't throw for many yards, but he did throw for seven first downs and, most importantly of all, he managed the game well and had ZERO turnovers.  And it wasn't his second collegiate start. It was his first.

UWW has three great wins and has shot up the top 25 and wrestled a #1 vote away from one of the top two.  They're being noticed, I promise. 

Unfortunately, UMHB's first two weeks made a UWW win on Saturday kind of expected and it loses a little bit of shine.  But just a little.  If people don't think UWW can be the last team standing based on these three games, they're not watching.  The Warhawks are super good. 

[emma17]

Bleed, didn't Ceniti play nearly the entire game vs. St John's? I was traveling the last two Saturdays so I wasn't able to watch/listen as closely as I would have liked.
I realize your emphasis is on "starting".

Either way, from what I've been able to see, Ceniti is not only a really good athlete, he's a tough kid and the kind that makes for an excellent leader.

If UWW can continue to improve, and run an offense less predictable than the past recent years, all the props will come when it matters most.