FB: Northwest Conference

[swede]

KR......I think you've blown WC11's cover.   

You beat me to it.

[Kilted Rat]

No idea what you're talking about

[cawcdad]

Let's get thing going. Here are the Northwest Conference statistical match - ups between The Wildcats and the other cats.

Passing:
Linfield Offense #1 347.7 ypg  Willamette Defense #2 181 ypg
Willamette Offense #4 117.4 ypg   Linfield Defense #4 236.1 ypg
Linfield is #1 in sacks, Willamette is #5
Linfield has only given up 3 sacks on the season, Willamette 14.

Passing Efficiency:
Linfield Offense: #1 Willamette Defense #2
Willamette Offense #4  Linfield Defense #1

Running:
Linfield Offense  #5 121.6 ypg  Willamette Defense #4 188 ypg
Willamette Offense #2 249 ypg   Linfield Defense #1 62.7 ypg

Scoring:
Linfield Offense #1 47.4 ppg   Willamette Defense #4 29.6 ppg
Willamette Offense #4 27.2 ppg   Linfield Defense #1 12.4 ppg

Third Down Conversions:
Linfield Offense #1 50.6%  Willamette Defense #3 40.7%
Willamette Offense #5 41.9%   Linfield Defense #3 33.0%

Total Offense vs Total Defense:
Linfield Offense #1 469.3 ypg  Willamette #3 384.8 ypg
Willamette Offense #4 367.2 ypg  Linfield Defense #1 298.9 ypg

Emotion and a sense of urgency on Willamette's part will keep the game close for a quarter and a half and then the Wildcats will start to pull away. Linfield's salty D and lack of effective passing by the Bearcats will be the difference in the game.

[D O.C.]

Bringing back a LINFIELD discussion from the OXYCollins board...

WC11,

I think Kelly Bird has to be one of the best SID's in the country.  He is always timely and the website is as good as you will find anywhere at any college level.

Have you guys also noticed from a journalistic point how smooth his stories read? Tell him so if you have. I did.
Read other school releases. His you really do not have to reread.

The season begins Saturday. LEAVE NO DOUBT!

[wildcat11]

DenS,

Spot on.  I have always agreed with that point that Kelly Bird is one of the best small college SID's in the country.  Great publications, media guides, game recaps are out quickly with excellent stories, photos (which he takes), and detailed stats. 

The guy does a phenomenal job and if you bump into him make sure you let him know it.

Whitworth....I'm still very surprised that they didn't get the job done.  How can you be so close to the playoffs again and let it get away for the second year in a row?  Pi-Rat, what happened?  It pretty obvious that the Bearcats have improved greatly from the beginning of the year. 

I'm actually excited that the last game of the year is for the NWC crown.  It just gives both teams that much more to get excited about.

[cawcdad]

What DenSLA and WC11 said about Kelly Bird are right on. He is very helpful and also a genuinely nice guy.

[Wildcat'64]

Sunday Trivia:  An interesting look at D3 polls from PreSeason  to Week 10-----
1)  One Team Has Been Ranked #1 in every poll since the preseason -- Linfield --
2)  Most Improved Has to Go to UWWhitewater --- Preseason rank (21) -- Week 10 Rank (2)
3)  Seventeen colleges that started the season in the Top 25 are still in the Top 25 --- albeit they have moved around in the rankings for the most part.
4)  Eight colleges have disappeared from the rankings over the course of the season.

Here's the comparative list:
Pre Season:
1)  Linfield, 2) UMHB, 3) Mt. Union, 4) Hardin-Simmons, 5) Ohio Northern, 6) Washington-Jefferson, 7) Rowan, 8) Occidental, 9) UW LaCrosse, 10) St. Johns, 11) Trinity, 12) Delaware Valley, 13) Carthage, 14) Bridgewater (VA), 15) Salisbury, 16) Christopher-Newport, 17) Ithaca, 18) Concordia-Moorhead, 19) Capital, (20) Wheaton, (21) UW Whitewater, (22) UW Eau Claire, (23) St. John Fisher, (24) Wartburg, (25) Wooster

Week 10:
1) Linfield, 2) UW Whitewater, 3) St. Johns, 4) UMHB, 5) Mt. Union, 6) Occidental, 7) Delaware Valley, 8) Hardin-Simmons, 9)  Trinity, 10) Concordia-Moorhead, 11) Augustana, 12) St. John Fisher, 13) Ithaca, 14) Rowan, 15) North Central, 16)  Washington-Jefferson, 17) Thiel, 18) Bridgewater (VA), 19) Wabash, 20) Central, 21) Capital, 22) Ohio Northern, 23) Coe, 24) Union, 25) Wesley

[rockcat]

Why can't Whitworth ever win a big game? 

[Wildcat'64]

Leave No Doubt
Leave No Doubt
Leave No Doubt

The Bearcats will be gunning for the Wildcats!!!!

[downtown48]

choke artists...they've never been able to get it done, everybody loves to pump them up but they need to just stay up on the porch...

They should set up a bowl game every year for the first week of the playoffs and play UPS every season and call it the "Not Quite Ready for Prime Time" Bowl.

[Wildcat'64]

Eagle Rock Kid over on the SCIAC board has some interesting observations about the OXY defense.  If true, that could prove real interesting as playoff teams begin taking on OXY versus SCIAC teams.


LEAVE NO DOUBT

[Gig Harbor Cat]

Talk about waiting for the other shoe to drop, thats the Rats.  No need to wonder why they are not top 25 material.

[Gig Harbor Cat]

His best point was that the Oxy O need the ball to get going !!  Huh

[desertcat1]

  COCO,

26 DB  older cats,
Dr. Report nose broken in 3 places and took 14 stiches to close.  But he will be  ready to swat some flys this week for sure..
Go Cats.

[Gig Harbor Cat]

Desert,
  I got to see the hit up close as I was on the sidelines.  WOW--he still has it,  what a warrior !!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I think the Cat D will look at their coach and see the fire that drives him.  It was a great game