FB: Northwest Conference

[Cord Glory]

Cats fans - I see the closest game all year was against Whitworth, which you ended up winning 47-32.  What about Whitworth gave you trouble? - assuming they gave you some trouble since you didn't completely destroy them.  Or was the game not as close as the score shows?

[bluenote]

...they have an outstanding offense and one of the best QBs in the nation. That's what.

[TheCobberNation]

No, this is a case of second-string defense(Linfield) against Whitworth's offense in the fourth quarter. On paper, Linfield Dominated.

And...D-I rejects doesn't mean transfers. Their big scholarship didn't come through. I think you know what I mean.

And good luck with the "blowing up" the running plays.

[rockcat]

If that's your definition of a DI reject aren't all DIII athletes rejects then?  As a former DIII athlete I too was hoping for a scholarship from a larger school.  I think most college bound athletes are hoping to compete at the highest possible level.  It doesn't make them rejects when they don't get a scholarship offer.  I don't think you are making much sense.

[spiritof86]

Move up to d2? Good idea, I am sure that the AD will be right on that.

Yes, our kicker is a former d1 player. If he makes a winning field goal in the game, you can go to bed at night knowing that it took a d1 "reject" to beat you.

As far as blowing up the run goes, did you watch the Stagg Bowl last year? UMHB is a pretty decent running team. They rushed the ball something like 55 times for 155 yards. Our defense is better this year. Quite a bit.

As a famous Linfield player and sometimes poster once said, "Just another bump in the road. Just another road kill on the road."

[TheCobberNation]

Allow me to direct that a different way, then no more out of my mouth. True, any D3 player would've loved a offer from a DI program. Here's what I was trying to say, lest you forget the original wording was a question before it came to be quite obvious that my attention to the DI players on your school was a soft spot for one of you... It has been rumored that Linfield players are D-I rejects...in this case, players who wouldn't get enough time in D-I sports until perhaps their senior year.

I'm serious about you guys considering a D-II campaign. Saying that you'llblowing out the best teams in the league is evidence enough that you are good enough to compete with ANY program in the world.

After we beat you...this will all be very funny. 

And no, this isn't to soft the sting of us getting beat. I promise to come back and eat my "crow".

[Cord Glory]

We have to remember too that some players who could play at a higher level choose not to because of the type of football that D3 offers.  You can still compete at a high level, but it doesn't consume your entire life - or at least not as much as it would at Utah, in Elliot's case.  And you can focus on getting out in 4 years if that type of thing is important to you.

And I see absolutely nothing wrong with that, and the fact that these D2 or D1 "rejects" end up at Linfield or anywhere probably has something to do with the extreme committment that you have to have at a higher level.  I would probably do the same thing.

I will say that the D1 kicker is the least of my worries this weekend.

[D O.C.]

Ah, we know everyone can recognize excellence when it's in front of them.
It's not so much West Coast bias as it is the 'impractical coast.'  I imagine U of Michigan felt it when they had a several day train ride out west in the '30's.
For instance, most all the posters from back east (which Ohio is) had to base an opinion of the LINFIELD team and Brett Elliott  on the Stagg Bowl. Naturally.
D3 columnist's OAS and Gordon did not.

We are so excited by what the team can do out here that we sometimes let our aggressive and boorish side out .
But HEY! even though we ARE a kinder, gentler WILDCAT NATION we don't take  dung from anybody.

['Cats Fa Natic]

No, this is a case of second-string defense(Linfield) against Whitworth's offense in the fourth quarter. On paper, Linfield Dominated.

And...D-I rejects doesn't mean transfers. Their big scholarship didn't come through. I think you know what I mean.

And good luck with the "blowing up" the running plays.

Again, you're mistaken. Brett did not lose his scholarship. He was still on the team, still had his scholarship, and ASKED to be transferred when he lost his starting job after the injury.  The kicker, I don't believe, had much, if any of a scholarship. As D-III does not give scholarships to athletes and are in fact prohibited from doing so, money is hardly the issue.

[repete]

Don't you just love the bandwagon newbies . . .

Mount Union used to get that d2 question.

And as for the transfer issue, somehow -- and I'm sure TheCobberNation will correct me if I'm wrong--I don't think the poster would be out picketting the field if the Cobbers ended up with a player like BE. But perhaps that's just me.

And ``rejects'' is just a flat out insult to too many good kids.

[Tezbaseball]

Don't you just love the bandwagon newbies . . .

Mount Union used to get that d2 question.

And as for the transfer issue, somehow -- and I'm sure TheCobberNation will correct me if I'm wrong--I don't think the poster would be out picketting the field if the Cobbers ended up with a player like BE. But perhaps that's just me.

And ``rejects'' is just a flat out insult to too many good kids.

So do the Cobbers have any transfers?

['Cats Fa Natic]

... It has been rumored that Linfield players are D-I rejects...in this case, players who wouldn't get enough time in D-I sports until perhaps their senior year.  

Feel free to squelch that rumor on the MIAC board now that you know the truth.

You know what's lost in all this discussion is the superior coaching.  Locey and company have done a phenomenal job preparing these kids all year. Half-time adjustments are always spot on. Even a couple years ago, I have always felt that if we're close at half, we'll come out ahead.

[spiritof86]

We have to remember too that some players who could play at a higher level choose not to because of the type of football that D3 offers.  You can still compete at a high level, but it doesn't consume your entire life - or at least not as much as it would at Utah, in Elliot's case.  And you can focus on getting out in 4 years if that type of thing is important to you.

And I see absolutely nothing wrong with that, and the fact that these D2 or D1 "rejects" end up at Linfield or anywhere probably has something to do with the extreme committment that you have to have at a higher level.  I would probably do the same thing.

I will say that the D1 kicker is the least of my worries this weekend.

Good points. Casey Allen- our AA WR did not even play football until late in HS. This left him overlooked by d1 schools who want a committment in Sept of a players Sr yr.

I think whomever wins the Stagg this year should go d2. For sure.

['Cats Fa Natic]

Don't you just love the bandwagon newbies . . .

Mount Union used to get that d2 question.

And as for the transfer issue, somehow -- and I'm sure TheCobberNation will correct me if I'm wrong--I don't think the poster would be out picketting the field if the Cobbers ended up with a player like BE. But perhaps that's just me.

And ``rejects'' is just a flat out insult to too many good kids.

I was going to say that about the Mount Union squad but you beat me to it.

And his use of "rejects" is what got my blood boiling. There are way too many talented kids on this team for the focus to be solely on Elliot.

Although, I guess we should thank CobberNation... That speaks pretty highly of our entire squad if other boards are running the rumor mill that they're all D-I transfers.

[Cord Glory]

Don't you just love the bandwagon newbies . . .

Mount Union used to get that d2 question.

And as for the transfer issue, somehow -- and I'm sure TheCobberNation will correct me if I'm wrong--I don't think the poster would be out picketting the field if the Cobbers ended up with a player like BE. But perhaps that's just me.

And ``rejects'' is just a flat out insult to too many good kids.

So do the Cobbers have any transfers?

I'm not sure about the current team...there is not any D1 transfers.  But we have had several D2 transfers in the past - including Maroon&Gold.

Why wouldn't a guy transfer to Linfield if he had a chance of winning a national title?  St. John's gets a lot of transfers too just because guys want to win.  As long as they are voluntarily tranferring, there is really nothing wrong with it in my opinion.