FB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[usee]

In the 80's and 90's Elmhurst could not get much going consistently against Augie.  I would say in the last 4-5 years Elmhurst has been right there with AC and just has fell short a couple of times.  I do think tomorrow's game is going to be close.

Jaybird,

just to clarify, there was a string of seasons (mostly under Tom Beck) where Elmhurst was every bit as good or better than Augie. In 1978-80 they had a better record than Augie each of those years (Including 2 conference championships). In 1981-84 they were second to Augie 3x and played them very close every year. In 1986 Elmhurst tied Augie, giving them their only conference blemish in 7 years which included their 4 national championships and 1 loss in the title game.

[Titan Q]

Sounds like IWU's top RB Christian Winston (80 carries, 320 yards) may not play today due to injury...

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/10/04/usports/doc48e6c49eac5d2943428371.txt

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/10/04/usports/doc48e6b4775fe43002639278.txt


Something to keep an eye on.  Sophomore Bo Lanter (who has barely played this year due to injury) will need to have a good game if Winston is indeed out.

[Gotberg]

Who is the color analyst for Wheaton's TV station?  He keeps calling Wheaton mistakes as 'bonehead', 'stupid' and has stated that Wheaton should 'walk all over' North Park. 

Is he a student?  I assume that he is, but just curious....

[fightintitan]

Yikes!  Carthage takes full advantage of some early IWU mistakes.  Carthage scores three plays after recovering a blocked punt at the IWU 15, then on the next possession returns an INT for a TD.

IWU 0
Carthage 14
6:53 1st

[augiefan]

Augie leads Elmhurst 14=0 at half time.

[Mugsy]

With 7 minutes left in the 3rd quarter, it is Wheaton over NPU by a score of 49-7.  Most starters are now done for the day...

Orsky, I guess you had some pretty good information about Sean Norris.  I guess he is going to be alright.  He had a pretty good day.


17-18 for 239 yards, 3 TD's, 0 INT's, one rushing TD. 

Yes it is North Park, but that is pretty impressive.  Whatever issues he had the first 2 games, he has been a completely different player over the last 2 games.

[Mugsy]

Who is the color analyst for Wheaton's TV station?  He keeps calling Wheaton mistakes as 'bonehead', 'stupid' and has stated that Wheaton should 'walk all over' North Park. 

Is he a student?  I assume that he is, but just curious....

They are almost always students, so lower your expectations.  It is a good experience for them, but don't expect unbiased, professional analysis and commentary.      They do the best they can, but they are quite a way from being polished.

btw:  Looking at the respective teams, why shouldn't Wheaton walk all over NPU?  Wheaton has been at the top of the CCIW for over the past decade and has a ton of returning starters, not to mention they are ranked #6 in the country (a bit high in my opinion).  North Park has lost 54 straight CCIW games. 

I know announcers shouldn't make statements like that, but it wasn't too outlandish.

[Mugsy]

With 7 minutes left in the 3rd quarter, it is Wheaton over NPU by a score of 49-7.  Most starters are now done for the day...

Orsky, I guess you had some pretty good information about Sean Norris.  I guess he is going to be alright.  He had a pretty good day.


17-18 for 239 yards, 3 TD's, 0 INT's, one rushing TD. 

Yes it is North Park, but that is pretty impressive.  Whatever issues he had the first 2 games, he has been a completely different player over the last 2 games.

BTW: That translates to a pass efficiency rating of 260.5 for the game.

[fightintitan]

IWU starts to show some life after an early storm from Carthage.  IWU scored following a long INT return of their own, but Carthage answered back on the ensuing drive, only to have the PAT blocked.  A big return on the kickoff put IWU in good position and they took advantage of it with another TD.

IWU 14
Carthage 20
Halftime

[thundermike11]

Final:

Wheaton 56
NPU 28

[New Tradition]

A final from Naperville:

NCC 31
Millikin 13

I was unable to make it because I had some film to break down myself, but sources tell me that it was a sloppily played game with a lot of penalties, including several unsportsmanlike conduct penalties on both teams.  The Cardinal offensive line got a bit dinged up as well as Fanthorpe, although he was seen running around and cutting on the sidelines later on in the game, so I think that he'll be alright.

[New Tradition]

Any news on the IWU Carthage game?  Seems like it is the great game everyone was expecting it to be!

[fightintitan]

IWU forced Carthage to punt on the opening possession of the 2nd half, the went on a 12-play, 82-yd drive to take the lead on a Bo Lanter run.

IWU 21
Carthage 20
3:02 3rd Q

[fightintitan]

Carthage comes up with a big sack on 4th down at their own 28. 
The Redmen use a 8-play drive to get a field goal attempt at the IWU 13. 
Titans block the kick, recovered in the end zone by IWU for a touchback.

IWU 21
Carthage 20
start of 4th Q

[New Tradition]

IWU forced Carthage to punt on the opening possession of the 2nd half, the went on a 12-play, 82-yd drive to take the lead on a Bo Lanter run.

IWU 21
Carthage 20
3:02 3rd Q

Thanks fightintitain.  I just found the link for the realtime stat updates, so I'm following along now too.  I tried listening to TitainQ's broadcast, but I think my computer is far too old and terrible for it to work.