FB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[New Tradition]

I'm in complete awe. Well done, boys! And 6 years to the day after the Mount Semi. Almost poetic!

[cardinalpride]

Congrats to Coach Thorne and the NCC football program.
The Cardinals are proud of you today! Continue to make NCC history!

[D O.C.]

Enjoy Texas

[CardinalAlum]

Incredibly proud of these young men, coaches and administrators at NCC.   Great day to be a Cardinal!

[robertgoulet]

Amazing where NCC has come from. When I got there in 00 the football team was an embarrassment.

I was planning on making the 2.5 hr drive to Shenandoah if they made it but didn't realize it was on a a Friday night smh. Looks like I'll be watching on tv!

[FishHack76]

Wow. What a performance! "Don't stop now, boys!" Go get 'me in Texas and bring back the title!

[Gregory Sager]

This will be the first time in 33 years that a CCIW team has been to the Stagg Bowl. You have to go all the way back to Augustana's last title in '86 to find a CCIW team in the Stagg Bowl.

The CCIW is a very strong D3 sports league across the board, and there are are very few sports in which the CCIW has had this long of a championship-game or -match drought. The irony is that the CCIW is generally considered to be a very good football conference within the D3 ranks.

[HScoach]

Stagg should be a good one, assuming NCC can protect Rutter better than SJU protected Erdmann.

[02 Warhawk]

Soo.....

[CardinalAlum]

Soo.....

Making Pool C look good!  Congrats to your Warhawks!  Looking forward to a great game and experience!

[WRMUalum13]

Stagg should be a good one, assuming NCC can protect Rutter better than SJU protected Erdmann.

Yes, this reminds me a lot of the UMU 2013 and 2014 matchups against UWW. They were both incredibly explosive offenses that were slowed down by incredibly good UWW defenses (specifically their D-lines) I'm curious to see if NCC's offensive line can deal with a bigger and better dline than they've dealt with all year.

[blue_jays]

Stagg should be a good one, assuming NCC can protect Rutter better than SJU protected Erdmann.

Yes, this reminds me a lot of the UMU 2013 and 2014 matchups against UWW. They were both incredibly explosive offenses that were slowed down by incredibly good UWW defenses (specifically their D-lines) I'm curious to see if NCC's offensive line can deal with a bigger and better dline than they've dealt with all year.

Wheaton's D-line is the best unit NCC has seen all year, better than UWW's. But I'm sure the Warhawks will present their own  unique challenges.

[shepherd]

Stagg should be a good one, assuming NCC can protect Rutter better than SJU protected Erdmann.

I agree. UWW is more talented than they have been playing.  They need to open up their offense more.  It seems as they have been holding the offense back since  Leipold left.

[CardinalAlum]

Stagg should be a good one, assuming NCC can protect Rutter better than SJU protected Erdmann.

Yes, this reminds me a lot of the UMU 2013 and 2014 matchups against UWW. They were both incredibly explosive offenses that were slowed down by incredibly good UWW defenses (specifically their D-lines) I'm curious to see if NCC's offensive line can deal with a bigger and better dline than they've dealt with all year.

Wheaton was the best defensive line NCC saw all year.  It will be interesting to see how the two compare. 

[New Tradition]

Congrats to UWW! I love that to win the Stagg my Cards have to go through both Mount and UWW.