FB: Ohio Athletic Conference

[Pat Coleman]

Tiffin had an afternoon home game, and, frankly, Heidelberg has the right to play its home games on campus.

Indeed, the new stadium won't seat many more people. It sounds like the people standing around is the atmosphere they want to have.

[skunks_sidekick]

Also, ROTC Scholarships have become almost as competetive as West Point appointments.  The Sequester cuts and other budgetary issues have caused things like ROTC to become a "bill payer" for other things, like the war in Afghanistan.  When I went back to ROTC in 2010 at Xavier, the Senior Class that year had 21 of 23 Cadets commissioned who went through College on ROTC Scholarship.  Last year when I left there, the incoming freshman class had 4 scholarships.  The "average" ROTC Scholarship cadet went from a 3.6 GPA and 25 ACT to 3.8 and 29 ACT.  Not to mention, the big push is for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Majors.  SO they are looking at HS transcripts for Calculus, Physics, other AP Math and Science classes, and factoring in how well kids performed in those classes to gague their propensity to excel in technical majors as opposed to "soft sciences."  If he doesn't get a scholarship, don't worry, there are other options, and I can tell you how to get him free, or nearly free, college through the SMP program or other options.  There are some risks, but I can show you how to mitigate them and make more spending money than you would on an ROTC scholarship anyway!  You can email me at jonathan.r.kovach.mil@mail.mil if you want to move this discussion off the football boards.

Thanks JK!  Good to hear from you!

[Pat Coleman]

Regional rankings:
http://www.d3blogs.com/d3football/2013/11/06/first-2013-ncaa-regional-rankings/

[HScoach]

Wish the Heidi guys were still around to spur some discussion about their season being on the line this Saturday.    Also wish that game was at night in U Hts so I could see it after Mount whacks BW.

In my less than humble opinion,  JCU comes to Alliance next week at 9-0.

[jaypeter]

While certainly keeping this game first and foremost, I am sitting here curious about how the Mount Union defense will look against the JCU passing attack.  It's one thing to give up big plays when you're stacking against on a stud runner.  It's another thing to to be able to drop an extra guy or two back against a high level QB and see how things shake out.

[AlmaFan27]

Regional rankings:
http://www.d3blogs.com/d3football/2013/11/06/first-2013-ncaa-regional-rankings/

Hope at #10??  I suspect there are several schools in this region that would have their way with Hope.  BW would be a touchdown favorite...at minimum.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Regional rankings:
http://www.d3blogs.com/d3football/2013/11/06/first-2013-ncaa-regional-rankings/

Hope at #10??  I suspect there are several schools in this region that would have their way with Hope.  BW would be a touchdown favorite...at minimum.

I disagree.  In the North region fan poll, Hope is unanimously 10th; BW is receiving zero votes.  IWU only downed Hope by 7 (at home); home or away I'd take IWU over BW by 2+ TDs.

There are teams in the region that might beat Hope on a given Saturday (Adrian comes to mind ), but I don't think there are any regional teams that could 'have their way' with Hope, except some already about them on the RR.

[rscl70]

Wish the Heidi guys were still around to spur some discussion about their season being on the line this Saturday.    Also wish that game was at night in U Hts so I could see it after Mount whacks BW.

In my less than humble opinion,  JCU comes to Alliance next week at 9-0.

It's going to be interesting this weekend at JCU.  The Blue Streak's D ranks #1 in total defense (Mount is #2), but JCU is #13 in rushing defense.  Heidelberg does not make the top 50 in either pass defense or total defense.  If the Berg can grind it out and keep JCU's offense on the sideline they can win.  But my bet is that JCU comes to Alliance undefeated.

[ExTartanPlayer]

Regional rankings:
http://www.d3blogs.com/d3football/2013/11/06/first-2013-ncaa-regional-rankings/

Hope at #10??  I suspect there are several schools in this region that would have their way with Hope.  BW would be a touchdown favorite...at minimum.

I disagree.  In the North region fan poll, Hope is unanimously 10th; BW is receiving zero votes.  IWU only downed Hope by 7 (at home); home or away I'd take IWU over BW by 2+ TDs.

There are teams in the region that might beat Hope on a given Saturday (Adrian comes to mind ), but I don't think there are any regional teams that could 'have their way' with Hope, except some already about them on the RR.

Seconded.  Hope has earned that ranking for now.  The MIAA had a good year in OOC play; they have a good OOC result against IWU, who beat Wheaton and is at worst going to finished 2nd in the CCIW.  If Albion beats Hope to win the MIAA, then Hope drops out, sure.

BW might beat Hope if they played, sure.  But that's hardly a given.  The only reason this would have any significance to playoffs is that BW being in the regional rankings could give UMU, JCU, Berg an extra win over an RR opponent.  If BW beats Mount, they'll crack next week's rankings.  Assuming they don't, they won't deserve it anyway with three losses, one of which is a pretty bad loss.

[AlmaFan27]

Regional rankings:
http://www.d3blogs.com/d3football/2013/11/06/first-2013-ncaa-regional-rankings/

Hope at #10??  I suspect there are several schools in this region that would have their way with Hope.  BW would be a touchdown favorite...at minimum.

I disagree.  In the North region fan poll, Hope is unanimously 10th; BW is receiving zero votes.  IWU only downed Hope by 7 (at home); home or away I'd take IWU over BW by 2+ TDs.

There are teams in the region that might beat Hope on a given Saturday (Adrian comes to mind ), but I don't think there are any regional teams that could 'have their way' with Hope, except some already about them on the RR.

Seconded.  Hope has earned that ranking for now.  The MIAA had a good year in OOC play; they have a good OOC result against IWU, who beat Wheaton and is at worst going to finished 2nd in the CCIW.  If Albion beats Hope to win the MIAA, then Hope drops out, sure.

BW might beat Hope if they played, sure.  But that's hardly a given.  The only reason this would have any significance to playoffs is that BW being in the regional rankings could give UMU, JCU, Berg an extra win over an RR opponent.  If BW beats Mount, they'll crack next week's rankings.  Assuming they don't, they won't deserve it anyway with three losses, one of which is a pretty bad loss.

The MIAA race is an interesting/exciting one, but mainly because it's simply not a very strong conference.  I doubt that Hope is even the best team in the MIAA.  They had very close games with both Alma and with Kalamazoo (scores not quite indicative of how close the games were).  Their loss to Adrian, coupled with Adrian's slide makes them even more suspect.

BW was just an example.  Too high of a ranking...just saying.

[Jacket_Backer]

I'm interested to see what the BW gameplan is this week.  In years past we've tried to pound the ball because we felt that the interior d linemen and inside linebackers were mount's weak point.  We also would try to pepper in some sweeps and stretch plays to get those guys running.  (And it almost worked in 2011)

After watching mount shut down Brooks last week though I can't imagine that BW could think that this is still a viable strategy.  The BW passing game has been nothing shy of horrendous this year though, so I can't see them putting the game in the hands of their QBs......  could be a tough one this weekend

Here's to hoping that Mount is looking ahead to the JCU game and BW comes out strong!

[formerd3db]

Regional rankings:
http://www.d3blogs.com/d3football/2013/11/06/first-2013-ncaa-regional-rankings/

Hope at #10??  I suspect there are several schools in this region that would have their way with Hope.  BW would be a touchdown favorite...at minimum.

I disagree.  In the North region fan poll, Hope is unanimously 10th; BW is receiving zero votes.  IWU only downed Hope by 7 (at home); home or away I'd take IWU over BW by 2+ TDs.

There are teams in the region that might beat Hope on a given Saturday (Adrian comes to mind ), but I don't think there are any regional teams that could 'have their way' with Hope, except some already about them on the RR.

Seconded.  Hope has earned that ranking for now.  The MIAA had a good year in OOC play; they have a good OOC result against IWU, who beat Wheaton and is at worst going to finished 2nd in the CCIW.  If Albion beats Hope to win the MIAA, then Hope drops out, sure.

BW might beat Hope if they played, sure.  But that's hardly a given.  The only reason this would have any significance to playoffs is that BW being in the regional rankings could give UMU, JCU, Berg an extra win over an RR opponent.  If BW beats Mount, they'll crack next week's rankings.  Assuming they don't, they won't deserve it anyway with three losses, one of which is a pretty bad loss.

The MIAA race is an interesting/exciting one, but mainly because it's simply not a very strong conference.  I doubt that Hope is even the best team in the MIAA.  They had very close games with both Alma and with Kalamazoo (scores not quite indicative of how close the games were).  Their loss to Adrian, coupled with Adrian's slide makes them even more suspect.

BW was just an example.  Too high of a ranking...just saying.

AlmaFan27:

I agree with Mr. Ypsi and ExTartanPlayer...as they mentioned, Hope only lost to IWU by a TD/PAT and even though IWU lost last weekend, they still are one of the better teams in the region.  However, I don't really care (about polls) because, as we all know, it comes down to the actual result on the field.  And if one team gets lucky on some day, then that is fine as well.  Regardless, Hope needs to concentrate on the first game that matters i.e. the Nov 16th date.  Albion, of course, best concentrate on the matters at hand against Adrian this week as a win for Albion would give them extra momentum going into the championship game.  Anyway, for the MIAA title game, I am hoping for great weather, a huge crowd (as usually happens for an MIAA title game) and, of course, a Hope win.

What is your prediction for Alma? Do you think they will win a game this season?  Tough year for them, yet, I think they will improve next year, similar to how Olivet has done this year.   

P.S.  My apologies to the OAC posters here for this essentially non-OAC posting/discussion, but it was obviously spurred on in response to the poll question, so thank you for your tolerance.

[SaintsFAN]

Wish the Heidi guys were still around to spur some discussion about their season being on the line this Saturday.    Also wish that game was at night in U Hts so I could see it after Mount whacks BW.

In my less than humble opinion,  JCU comes to Alliance next week at 9-0.

YOU, are not very nice.

[PurpleSuit]

Mount beats BW handily 30+ points, hopefully Spencer is ok to go, or he sits out this week,

JCU beats 'Berg, unless the refs gift a couple of TD's to Heidi.

[Desertraider]

Mount beats BW handily 30+ points, hopefully Spencer is ok to go, or he sits out this week,

JCU beats 'Berg, unless the refs gift a couple of TD's to Heidi.

That will NEVER happen with the excellent officiating in the OAC. Its not like they are going to miss a shuffle pass and call it a fum...oh never mind.