FB: Northwest Conference

[BoBo]

^ I'd imagine 40 years from now ( otherwise known as year 96 in '50  ) your grandchild will be referring to this situation as the Aaron Boehme rule!!     

[RedandPurple]

give me a break,there is no way linfields qb and de are not nominated unless there really is a west coast bias.look at the de numbers and find me 1 or 2 better de.the qb runs that show to perfection, but mabye only playing half his games(do to blow out) hurts.

Can you imagine what the stats would be if Linfield's first team were left in for every game and every play during the season.
I agree that "Blow Outs" negatively affect stats which in turn doesn't give the casual fan a true picture of how a player is performing.

BTW:
Hedin draws national attention
McMINNVILLE, Ore. – Linfield's Eric Hedin (Sr., Silverdale, Wash.) has been named to the Mid-Season Watch List for the 2010 Ted Hendricks Award, as announced Sunday. He is the only Division III player to appear on the list, which includes 27 other football student-athletes from Division I and Division I FCS institutions.

Read more here:
http://www.linfield.edu/sports/release.php?id=3728

GO CATS!
56 IN '11

[RedandPurple]

^ I'd imagine 40 years from now ( otherwise known as year 96 in '50   ) your grandchild will be referring to this situation as the Aaron Boehme rule!!    

Nice post. Made me chuckle. Gave you plus karma.  

[RedandPurple]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYBODY!

[Pat Coleman]

give me a break,there is no way linfields qb and de are not nominated unless there really is a west coast bias.look at the de numbers and find me 1 or 2 better de.the qb runs that show to perfection, but mabye only playing half his games(do to blow out) hurts.

The school can only nominate one player. I don't know which they chose but I certainly could have lived without the two running backs as finalists who are not even having the best year they've ever had in Division III, let alone the best year of anyone in 2010.

[Pat Coleman]

give me a break,there is no way linfields qb and de are not nominated unless there really is a west coast bias.look at the de numbers and find me 1 or 2 better de.the qb runs that show to perfection, but mabye only playing half his games(do to blow out) hurts.

+k Thank you.   

I do believe there is a negative west coast bias only because those east of the Rockies rarely see west coast teams and players.    And for each west coast team, there are 8 or 10 teams east of the Rockies.   Not a conspiracy theory, though.

George

Actually, for each West Coast team, there are 15.9 teams east of the Rockies. 238 Division III teams, eight in California and seven in the NWC.

Fair representation for the West Coast would be one of every 16 finalists, meaning that the West Coast would not always have one.

And again, we don't know who was nominated. I wish those of us who vote on the Gagliardi Trophy could see that list (this year, it was 26) and have some input.

Sorry, one more thing -- I went back and looked at the info I got from the Gagliardi administrators and see that no West Region quarterbacks or defensive linemen are on the list of 26. (I didn't get names, just region, year and position.)

[Pat Coleman]

Sorry to start a run on the board, but one more thing -- the info I was given doesn't rule out the possibility that some other Linfield player was nominated.

[Tuxguy]

Over the River and through the woods to the Country Club we go!!

No clean up this year.

Happy Thanksgiving D3 fans.

Go Wildcats!
One game at a time!!

I'll take a National Championship instead of the Gagliardi. I like the
Team achievements.

[DuffMan]

Happy Thanksgiving, NWCers!  And safe travels to the Wildcat fans, players, and staff.

[warthog]

Best wishes to all for a very happy Thanksgiving. 

For the Wildcatters heading this way, bring a heavy coat and some gloves.  It is likely to be cold on Saturday and with that St. Thomas list of rules any means of staying warm with fire or anti-freeze seem out of the question. 

GO CATS!

[cawcdad]

Haapy Thanksgiving and safe travels to all.

GO CATS!!!

[footballfan413]

A happy and safe Thanksgiving to everyone and especially to my favorite men.  You know who you are!   

[stanbob]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone and welcome to Minnesota Cat fans, may you leave with a very big smile on your face!

[Gig Harbor Cat]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone from the snowy and icy Pacific Northwest. 

In the words of a famous (around our house) Linfield Wildcat from Japan

I think I will kick that turkeys ass!!  Later after dinner he was semi sleeping on the couch and said-- uhh that turkey he kicked my ass!!

Have a great turkey day everyone !!

Gig Harbor Cat

[bleedpurple]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

We all have more to be thankful for than we even know.  Health (to whatever measure we have it), family, friends, freedom, grace, and living in the greatest country in the world to name a few!