FB: Northwest Conference

[Foss]

repete, I'm surprised it's taken this long into the season for someone from the '03 or '04 championship team to give a friendly jab to the other........

Pat, nice article. I especially liked the "they have a 32-team playoff for a true championship" line when describing DIII football. No dig towards the BCS intended, I'm sure.

[criswyly]

For those of us who are not able to get to the Catdome regularly, I am quite discouraged to hear that streaming video of the Wildcat games is not a priority.   For the communications department, that would be an excellent opportunity for them to produce a live video production that someone is actually watching.  I don't know what the costs are when it comes to streaming video on to the web...but the actual costs for the production equipment would only be about 20,000 USD or the cost of an automobile....or way less than the cost of tuition for one student.  Where there's video streaming on the web there is also the opportunity to sell Wildcat stuff and student recruiting way beyond the Northwest.

[criswyly]

LND
Good to hear from you.

[cawcdad]

Nice article Pat. I voted high school, well I like H.S. football and am a high school teacher and I voted at work. I'll vote for small college at home.

[D O.C.]

I respectfully thank-you for the time and effort to come way out west....

OK! OK! I will never belly-ache again! Enough already! Go light up Coast Guard or Milsaps!

It's getting embarrassing here!         

[Wildcat'64]

Criswyly,

+ Karma to you.....you are right on target.  That's the exact reason our competitors (Whitworth & WOU) are doing streaming video.  Their Administration has recognized the marketing value of the internet to obtain future students to their institutions.  I even note in the East an entire new company (d3 Cast) has been formed to broadcast Small College football on the internet.  Obviously small colleges around the nation are figuring out that in order to continue to attract students they need to agressively market their institutions.  Hopefully the Administration at Linfield figures it out before too long.  It's always better to be a leader rather than a follower and traditionally in the past Linfield has been on the cutting edge.

[repete]

repete, I'm surprised it's taken this long into the season for someone from the '03 or '04 championship team to give a friendly jab to the other........

Pat, nice article. I especially liked the "they have a 32-team playoff for a true championship" line when describing DIII football. No dig towards the BCS intended, I'm sure.

Foss,
Yup, we've been filling up the pages of the cheesehead league but I hope at some point the NWC and MIAC crews will start livening it up ...

We are two of the more creative groups of posters ... even without Rod Farva

[MonroviaCat]

Speaking of spending money on upgrades.  Here's an article out of Salem on the Bearcats SCOREBOARD  I thought I should check the Statesman Journal seeing as it is Willamette Week and all...

[wildcat11]

Speaking of spending money on upgrades.  Here's an article out of Salem on the Bearcats SCOREBOARD  I thought I should check the Statesman Journal seeing as it is Willamette Week and all...

"Hayward field (in Eugene) has the order of finish in a matter of seconds," Willamette track and field coach Matt McGuirk said. "Nobody's doing that at Division III unless they're hosting a national meet."

McGuirk said the board would help get more information to people at meets, fans and competitors, in what can often be a hectic environment.

"We'll certainly be getting ahead of the game besides what they have at Oregon *and linfield," he said.

*fixed

[speedybigboy]

From today's Tacoma News Tribune

(Speaking of UPS QB)
... Willenbrock said he has "no idea" if Williams will play this weekend.

(Speaking of PLU QB)
"He's still a big, big question mark," PLU coach Scott Westering said. "He's in a lot of pain, doesn't have a lot of range of motion. He's day-to-day."

The Lutes lost two other players last weekend to season-ending injuries – senior starting linebacker Justin Kelly had surgery Sunday to repair a spiral fracture in his lower leg, and senior backup linebacker Sean McIlraith tore his anterior cruciate ligament.

full article at http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/colleges/story/164756.html

[speedybigboy]

Also from the same article Frosty will be inducted into the State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame.  Induction ceremony to take place during halftime of Saturday's football game between PLU and UPS.

[CamCat]

Speaking of spending money on upgrades.  Here's an article out of Salem on the Bearcats SCOREBOARD  I thought I should check the Statesman Journal seeing as it is Willamette Week and all...

That's a great first step.  Wouldn't the next step be to make sure they score some points they could rack up on it?

[coco]

Good article, Pat. You and K-Mack have given us great coverage out here in the vast wasteland.

I was in the 75% voting Small College. Gee, go figure, with this audience.

[coco]

Also from the same article Frosty will be inducted into the State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame.  Induction ceremony to take place during halftime of Saturday's football game between PLU and UPS.

That's a well-deserved honor for Frosty, and should have been done before.

They ought to induct his yellow pants, too

[OXY Oswald]

Conference Rankings from Around the Nation:

No. 4 Northwest Conference (NWC)
2006 non-conference record: 13-13 (One team went 1-1 in the playoffs)
Reasoning at the time of Kickoff ranking: Bumped down after Linfield had an off year and Whitworth could not carry the conference by itself in the playoffs. Some of its depth had wilted as Pacific Lutheran and Willamette slid below .500 and Puget Sound's 7-3 season included not-very-competitive showings against the NWC's top two.
2007 non-conference record so far: 9-12
What's been established so far in '07: Early NWC results send mixed messages, as Linfield looked powerful again vs. Hardin-Simmons and Whitworth knocked off UW-Stout. But the league is also just 6-6 against the SCIAC and Chapman, the only other measuring stick in Division III on the West Coast. Redlands won 24-12 at Whitworth and Whittier won 28-26 at Puget Sound, leaving us to question the NWC's overall strength this year.


No. 20 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC)
2006 non-conference record: 10-12 (One team went 0-1 in playoffs)
Reasoning at the time of Kickoff ranking: Beyond Occidental, teams hadn't always been competitive in non-conference play.
2007 non-conference record so far: 7-7
What's been established so far in '07: The SCIAC is capable of surprising. Redlands' win at Whitworth meant Occidental may have a challenger on its hands.

Interesting look at the two West coast conferences.  I'd like to contest that the SCIAC is getting stronger as opposed to the NWC getting weaker... but that's up for debate.