Atlantic Central Football Conference/Independents

[AF4]

i am  pretty sure i'm the least knowledgable... i found the web site u mentioned...awesome

is there a huntingdon sports blog or forum elsewhere... such as this one ?

thanks... and ...uh... Go Hawks

(i am  trying to replace my wife and my 'how bout them dawgs', and my 2 older daughters and thier spouses  'war eagle'... with my son's..in the fall..Go Hawks)

[Ralph Turner]

After serious consideration of the problem at hand,  I have no trouble saying "War Eagle" and "Go McMurry" in the same breath.

I see no conflict of interest in "Go Hawks" and "War Eagle"!

I definitely believe that you need to replace your "How 'bout them dawgs". 

[Hawks88]

Yeah, that "Go Hawks"/"War Eagle" combination works around my house, which should give you  my opinion of "them dawgs"(I assume that's Georgia you're talking about or is it Opelika?).
Anyways, welcome to Post Patterns, AF4. It will be nice to have another Huntingdon poster around here. Get's lonely sometimes. 
As far as other blogs or forums to talk HC sports, you've pretty much found the only spot here.

[AF4]

Hawks88

UGA......... not opelika dawgs

i spent the final 4 yrs of my schooling in athens, ga... so i could spend the past 26 yrs feeding my family by putting my left arm in the fannies of horses and cows to see if they r pregnant...and other such thangs

many of the folks i work for went to auburn, as did our girls

but the 'boy' is gonna b a 'Hawk'

so.... Go Hawks

[Pat Coleman]

With that week eleven listed as TBA I don't know if that means there is something actually in the works or if they are still just hoping to find something.

Coach Turk e-mailed a couple weeks ago to update their Open Dates listings on the site and asked us to leave Week 11 up.

[AF4]

Hawks 88

u were correct... the schedule u posted is now on the huntindon athletic web site ...... looks like only 9 varsity games

thanks

go Hawks

[PA_wesleyfan]

Congrats to Wesley's Chris Warrick being named E.C.A.C. player of the year.

[Ralph Turner]

Congratulations to Huntingdon and LaGrange for landing in a conference with an AQ bid!

That is great long-term news for the development of the conference.

The terms seem like a win-win for everyone, especially if HC and Lagrange are willing to travel.  And it seems that they are.  They would have had to travel anywhere they were going to land.  I believe that the SLAIC is a good mission/vision match and a great place to develop a successful football program.  Competitive teams and access to the playoffs is critical in D3.

This effectively seals off the Deep South to expansion for the ACFC.  My crystal ball suggests that the Capital AC is the key for the ACFC teams in the South and for Brockport to end up in the NJAC.

[PA_wesleyfan]

Ralph

I thought that Huntington might be thinking of a ACFC affiliation but thats a long bus ride to Dover, Salisbury and Frostburg not to leave out Brockport or NNA. Also the league doesn't have the perks for a team to join other than guaranteeing themself a set few teams to play. I hope this doesn't effect Wesley's shcedule game with Huntington this year. They are still looking to fill out their schedule last I saw and lost Waynesburg's commitment for similar reasons thi season

[Hawks88]

Great news for the middle of the off season!! I'm pumped. Can't wait for 2010 and getting to fight for the AQ.
According to the article, conference play starts in 2008, so I don't think it will affect this year's schedules. Hopefully I'm not wrong as I have been looking forward to Huntingdon's rematch with Wesley this year. Who knows, maybe both schools can find a way to keep the match-up going in the future.

[Ralph Turner]

Hawks, this sets up an interesting dynamic for 2008 and 2009.  HC will still be Pool B, but Pool B will have changed by a considerable number.

In the East, I count 5 schools:  Becker, Brockport Maritime, Husson, Mt Ida.
South:  7; Huntingdon, LaGrange, Salisbury, Frostburg, Wesley, Carnegie-Mellon, Wash StL.  (The Pres AC is Pool A in 2007.)
North: 8; Case Western, Chicago, SLIAC 6.
West:  4; Chapman, Macalester, Maranatha Baptist, Martin Luther.  (The Northwest Conference is Pool A in 2008; Colorado College is in the SCAC in 2007.)

The question that I have is whether the Northern Athletics Conference, which should get Pool A bids in soccer, basketball, baseball and softball in 2008-09, gets a Pool A bid in their first year of football.  If I remember correctly (IIRC), the Dixie IAC got a Pool A bid their first year to offer football.  If that is the case, then the NAthCon 7 (Aurora, Benedictine, Concordia IL, Concordia WI, Lakeland, Rockford and Wisconsin Lutheran) would have a Pool A bid instead of a Pool B bid.

(I wonder if the NAthCon offers affiliates to the UMAC.)

With the Northwest Conference and the Presidents AC going to Pool A, this leaves a weaker Pool B.  I think that HC and LG have a chance, especially as those Jawjans become juniors and seniors.

[Llamaguy]

Hey AF4,

Looks like you got that conference deal done pretty quick. Congrats! 

[Hawks88]

Here's today's Montgomery Advertiser article  . Funny that we now have 12 games for 2008. Gonna have to rearrange some things there. One of the best things is that now Coach Turk can give attention to other things besides trying to fill a schedule.

One question for the experts, will these conference games be considered region games in '08 and '09 before the AQ kicks in '10?

[Ralph Turner]

Hawks, I believe that they are in-region in 2008.

That gives a very good Pool B schedule.

You can find some good South Region or Adminstrative Region #3 schools to fill the schedule!

I think that this is a win-win-win.  The Illini-Badger Conference schools who were left behind wanted a Pool A bid.  One trip per year to the South will be a good experience for those kids.

I was a history minor in school.  There is too much history that these kids should see.

They should see Selma and Montgomery.  They should go to Warm Springs, GA.  Those are important locations to visit.

You have 3 non-conference dates:  Birmingham-Southern? Maryville TN?  Sewanee?  Rhodes?  Even NAIA Faulkner as a crosstown rival.

This is great for HC and LaGrange!

[Pat Coleman]

I wouldn't be so sure about in-region. Guess we'll see.