FB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[NCF]

I know that there were well-meaning intentions from outsiders over the years whenever they cheerfully posted something along the lines of, "I think that this is the season that North Park is going to win a CCIW game!" The problems with that, however, were: a) there was never any indication that the person really knew what he or she was talking about at all, in the sense that there was never any sort of football-based evidence presented to back up his or her hypothesis;

Hey uhm ... ok.

Pat, I don't purchase your annual d3football.com "Kickoff" preview, so I had no idea that it had predicted that NPU was going to beat Carthage until you mentioned it on this week's podcast. Therefore, the above statement obviously doesn't apply to you and Keith.

But I do and I did read what was printed about NPU. I almost went with them in the pick-em's but you were so SURE they couldn't possibly beat either of those two teams, I went with Carthage.

[AndOne]

Ditto. 

While I picked CC, at least I assigned them only a #1 confidence ranking.

[Gregory Sager]

... and I told a fellow alumnus at the Homecoming block party that morning that I thought NPU was a ten-point underdog against Carthage. I did tell him that I thought the Vikings had two outside shots at a win this season (Carthage and Millikin, natch), but I predicted a 27-17 loss. So I was consistent in that regard.

On the other hand, I had a weird vibe as I walked into the stadium, and I said to Beth Ann Conway (who was in charge of the NPU football merch table), "I have a good feeling about today." That's as far as I took it -- a "good feeling". Doesn't mean that I predicted an upset or anything like that. I willingly concede that I was in the same boat as the two of you (and the other 15 people who picked the Red Men in the CCIW pick'ems).

[markerickson]

Yeah, and I had a "good feeling" that North Park would destroy Olivet. 

[Gregory Sager]

The moral of the story, Mark, is that you should trust my "good feelings" and not yours.

[NCF]

The moral of the story, Mark, is that you should trust my "good feelings" and not yours.

So, any new football gear pop up in the bookstore yet?

[AndOne]

Here it is!   

http://images.efollett.com/spirit/v4/983/L3720A-FMW7.jpg

http://timage3.prepsportswear.com/GetImage.iaspx?type=1&scale=200&schoolid=2064570&p=39&pc=gold&d=45739&up_pp=Enter%20Name%7C34%7C2013&up_ss=fb&ver=2&r=0&ovr=1

http://timage2.prepsportswear.com/GetImage.iaspx?type=1&scale=200&schoolid=2064570&p=1619&pc=true_royal&d=45847&up_pp=Enter%20Name%7C34%7C2013&up_ss=fb&ver=2&r=0&ovr=1

[USee]

Studebaker joins the Indianapolis Colts:


http://athletics.wheaton.edu/news/2013/10/9/FB_1009135025.aspx?path=football

[robertgoulet]

And since you asked:

2011:
Week 8 Montclair loses to TCNJ (7-3) and drops from #9-17
Week 10 Thomas More loses to Waynesburg (5-5) and drops from #8-#21
Week 11 Hardin Simmons loses to Louisiana College (7-3) and drops from #7-#19
Final Poll Wittenberg drops from #9-#17 after going 10-1 and losing in the playoffs to ONU (10-2) whose only losses were to NCC and UMU

Shall I continue? Your assertion is not supported by the data. Drops in the poll are similar in nature week 1, week 8, week 14, it hasn't mattered but St Thomas was different. I get it, I just don't agree with it.

TCNJ - not ranked, unimpressed
Waynesburg - not ranked, unimpressed
LaCollege - not ranked, unimpressed

I'm being facetious, but you can't have it both ways.  You don't get to pretend in one post that it doesn't matter because "any loss to an unranked team is a loss to an unranked team" and then use these as examples of teams being docked for losses to good teams.

Since this is my home board I will take the podium last: to be clear, I only listed the "good team" because you made the assertion that all my examples were losses by top 10 teams to bad unranked teams.

And for the record, I thought Wheaton should have fallen farther than they did last year. I think part of that is due to the same anomaly we are seeing with UST, the benefit of the doubt as Emma called it.

Moving on......Thanks for the discussion.

USee quit causing problems. 

[Gregory Sager]

Here it is!   

http://images.efollett.com/spirit/v4/983/L3720A-FMW7.jpg

http://timage3.prepsportswear.com/GetImage.iaspx?type=1&scale=200&schoolid=2064570&p=39&pc=gold&d=45739&up_pp=Enter%20Name%7C34%7C2013&up_ss=fb&ver=2&r=0&ovr=1

http://timage2.prepsportswear.com/GetImage.iaspx?type=1&scale=200&schoolid=2064570&p=1619&pc=true_royal&d=45847&up_pp=Enter%20Name%7C34%7C2013&up_ss=fb&ver=2&r=0&ovr=1

That polo looks sharp.

[Titan Q]

Nice article on Norm Eash...

http://www.pantagraph.com/sports/college/football/the-eash-way-iwu-coach-on-verge-of-becoming-school/article_b997ef5e-313b-11e3-af23-0019bb2963f4.html

[79jaybird]

Thanks for sharing Titan Q. That is a wonderful article.  Norm has certainly been a positive influence on so many young adults. 

[thunderdog]

Studebaker joins the Indianapolis Colts:


http://athletics.wheaton.edu/news/2013/10/9/FB_1009135025.aspx?path=football

Way to go Andy!  Saw him from a distance at the Wheaton-Augie game... looking beastly.  Still holding out hope Andy is given a shot as more of a DE/pass rusher at some point before his career is done. 

[iwu70]

Thought the article on Norm Eash was very good.  Big milestone for him should our Titans beat NPU this Saturday.  I'm looking forward to seeing the much improved Parkers.

IWU70

[robberki]

after the season is over i will share with everyone my picks from every week. no hints, but i will tell you that last year i guessed every game correctly.