FB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[USee]

I think Naperville -21 is a fair line. Not sure I'd take either side of that.

Wheaton's defense has been dramatically better this year. Case is point: Augie last year ran for 250 yds last year and this year ran for 87 yds on similar attempts. Same story with repeat game vs Oshkosh. Reversion kicked in this past weekend as Carrol rushed for 4.1 yds per rush and 128 yds vs 3.3 and 102 a year ago. The biggest change in Wheaton's run defense has been the emergence of senior Isaac Parrish. He played DE last year and is playing DT this year. He has been a headache for every team on Wheaton's schedule so far, really playing at a high level. Peter Johanik has also elevated his All-CCIW play from a year ago and the entire DL has been able to get off blocks in the run game and get involved in more plays. That said, Wheaton will again be giving up a lot of size at every spot across the DL this week and Naperville runs downhill with a lot of double teams at the point of attack. Hard to run around those blocks. The secondary will have to be very disciplined and great tacklers.

Mikey Swider is also more aggressive than CJ Nightingale. This Wheaton defense is playing more aggressively and with a much better DL and a veteran defensive perimeter, they have done a great job. Offense is dealing with some injury issues, a new QB, and a slow developing and young OL (giving Gio little space to operate) so we'll see how that plays out Saturday. This Wheaton offense has looked great at times and seems to have a penchant for shooting themselves in the foot. All said I think +21 is a good line for this game. 

[Cardinal773]

CCIW Players of the Week Against (CCIWPOTWA):

Team   Total. Off.  Def.  S.T.
MU          3     0     1     2
CC           1     0     1     0
CU           1     1     0     0
EU           1     1     0     0
AC           0     0     0     0
IWU       0     0     0     0
NCC       0     0     0     0
NPU       0     0     0     0
WaU.     0     0     0     0
WC         0     0     0     0

[markerickson]

A wee bit of football history between NCC and North Park.

https://www.eastportlandblog.com/2024/09/26/north-park-university-football-seeks-return-to-winning-ways-of-old-by-mark-erickson/

[CarollFan]

I didn't see a lot of that game so not sure if Augie played down or Millikin played up to their competition.

I took a look at some of this Augie vs. Millikin game. A couple turnovers led to TD's for Millikin.

With 2 minutes left in 1rst Q Augie is punting and somehow the snap hits a Augie player. Millikin recovers at the Augie 23 to start a TD drive.

With 9 minutes left in 4rth Q and the score Augie 17-13, Millikin has a 4rth and goal at like the half yard line. They try a QB sneak but get stuffed. Augie then takes over and fumbles the hand off in the end zone and Millikin recovers for a TD to go up 20-17.

[WUPHF]

North. Park.

[CarollFan]

Final Scores

NCC 55 Wheaton 27
NPU 30 Augie 27  2OT
WashU 33 IWU 23
Elmhurst 23 Carthage 17
Carroll 49 Millikin 14


Game Stats
https://athletics.wheaton.edu/sidearmstats/football/summary

https://athletics.augustana.edu/sidearmstats/football/summary

https://www.iwusports.com/sidearmstats/football/summary

https://athletics.carthage.edu/sidearmstats/football/summary

https://gopios.com/sidearmstats/football/summary

[CarollFan]

North. Park.

Our game started an hour late because of homecoming and I caught the end of NPU vs. Augie during our halftime.       
I checked the NCC game first but quickly switched over to NPU. I'm sure Viking fans will discuss but NPU scored late to tie.  They both scored TD's in first OT. Augie got held to a FG in second OT and NPU scored the TD, if I recall on a QB sneak more like push...

Carroll's offense came alive with their running game rushing for 314 yards on Millikin.  Millikin is going to struggle picking up a win.  Looking forward to NPU game next week. Should be a good one.

[Kovo]

Final Scores

NCC 55 Wheaton 27
NP 30 Augie 27  2OT
WashU 33 IWU 23
Elmhurst 23 Carthage 17
Carroll 49 Millikin 14


Game Stats
https://athletics.wheaton.edu/sidearmstats/football/summary

https://athletics.augustana.edu/sidearmstats/football/summary

https://www.iwusports.com/sidearmstats/football/summary

https://athletics.carthage.edu/sidearmstats/football/summary

https://gopios.com/sidearmstats/football/summary

All is well, We have the Bell!

[CarollFan]

I noticed Wheaton had a different QB playing vs. NCC. Forcucci threw for 361 yds against us.

[CarollFan]

The NPU winning TD in double OT

https://x.com/VikingsNPU/status/1842670584066367864?t=WSyN1csULuLur2lreBdhTQ&s=19

[WUPHF]

No reports and no volleyball games to call has me hoping that Greg Sager caught the team bus to Rock Island.

[mr_b]

No reports and no volleyball games to call has me hoping that Greg Sager caught the team bus to Rock Island.

It's a good thing Greg wasn't doing the play-by-lay for that game.  It would take his voice a week to recover.

[WUPHF]

Facts!  People may love their teams as much as Greg, but no one loves their teams more than Greg.

[Gregory Sager]

Both the double-overtime outcome and the closeness of the statistical totals reveals that there really is no daylight between NPU and Augie. The two sets of Vikings are pretty much dead even as far as football teams are concerned. If there is one area in which the Park has the edge, though, it's at QB. Both teams have veteran signalcallers, but Matt Eck's just simply better than his Augustana counterpart Cole Bhardwal. Whereas Bhardwal let a few good plays get away from the Rock Islanders by throwing too high or too far out in front or behind the receiver, Eck was hardly ever off-target. While he was unable to connect with Ombogo or McCloud on the long ball today, his short and midrange passes were impeccable, with the exception of one pass he threw too high at the goal line. And his ability to escape pressure and create something out of nothing was really on display today.

Interesting season thus far for NPU. The Vikings drop a game against a team they were supposed to beat, and then turn around the following week and beat a team that was supposed to take care of business against the Park. Next week the Vikings will no doubt be significant underdogs against Carroll at NPU's Homecoming. We'll see what next Saturday brings.

if I recall on a QB sneak more like push...

Eck would've made it into the endzone regardlesss once he had shifted his body into the crevice (no such thing as a genuine hole in that situation) between C Cade McKinstry and RG Ethan Floyd. The real question is why Augie PBP broadcaster Matthew Nichol said that Eck "looks to hand it off" as he started the QB sneak. Once Eck ran up from the shotgun to take the snap under center, everyone else in the stadium was well aware that it was going to be a QB sneak.

(No brickbats sent Matt's way, though, as he did a nice job calling the game.)

No reports and no volleyball games to call has me hoping that Greg Sager caught the team bus to Rock Island.

Nope. I did have two volleyball matches to call today. But they were at 5 pm and 7 pm, which allowed me to watch the football game online before I left for Foster & Kedzie.

No reports and no volleyball games to call has me hoping that Greg Sager caught the team bus to Rock Island.

It's a good thing Greg wasn't doing the play-by-lay for that game.  It would take his voice a week to recover.

Wouldn't have taken much, as I'm fighting through a cold. I shudder to think how my raggedy voice sounded on the livestream for today's NPU volleyball matches.

[Gregory Sager]

Facts!  People may love their teams as much as Greg, but no one loves their teams more than Greg.

Facts!

Tack så mycket, WUPHF!