FB: Northwest Conference

[MonroviaCat]

Northwest Conference Teams are out.

http://www.nwcsports.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/All-NWC_FBALL2013

Yoder and Forrest are named the Def and Off players of the year. 

1st/2nd team breakdown goes:
Linfield - 16
PLU - 14
Will - 8
Pac - 7
Whit - 6
L&C - 2
UPS - 0

Still not thrilled that the players of the year are not named the 1st team choices for their positions as well.    In fact there are a total of six QB's on the all-conference team and four of those are on the 1st and 2nd team.  Moronic.  Besides that I'm ok with the breakdown.  I think Funk and Zarosinski were robbed but I guess the coaches can't name all 22 Linfield starters to the 1st/2nd team.

Yeah--and the pictures crack me up!  Yoder got a really nice tan apparently   Either that, or they named the wrong Josh as Offensive player of the year

[MonroviaCat]

Northwest Conference Teams are out.

http://www.nwcsports.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/All-NWC_FBALL2013

Yoder and Forrest are named the Def and Off players of the year. 

1st/2nd team breakdown goes:
Linfield - 16
PLU - 14
Will - 8
Pac - 7
Whit - 6
L&C - 2
UPS - 0

Still not thrilled that the players of the year are not named the 1st team choices for their positions as well.    In fact there are a total of six QB's on the all-conference team and four of those are on the 1st and 2nd team.  Moronic.  Besides that I'm ok with the breakdown.  I think Funk and Zarosinski were robbed but I guess the coaches can't name all 22 Linfield starters to the 1st/2nd team.

Yeah--and the pictures crack me up!  Yoder got a really nice tan apparently   Either that, or they named the wrong Josh as Offensive player of the year

Ah it's fixed now.  Also, must suck to be the UPS QB--he's the only starting QB not on the list somewhere....

[wartknight]

Northwest Conference Teams are out.

http://www.nwcsports.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/All-NWC_FBALL2013

Yoder and Forrest are named the Def and Off players of the year. 

1st/2nd team breakdown goes:
Linfield - 16
PLU - 14
Will - 8
Pac - 7
Whit - 6
L&C - 2
UPS - 0

Still not thrilled that the players of the year are not named the 1st team choices for their positions as well.    In fact there are a total of six QB's on the all-conference team and four of those are on the 1st and 2nd team.  Moronic.  Besides that I'm ok with the breakdown.  I think Funk and Zarosinski were robbed but I guess the coaches can't name all 22 Linfield starters to the 1st/2nd team.

Yeah--and the pictures crack me up!  Yoder got a really nice tan apparently   Either that, or they named the wrong Josh as Offensive player of the year

Ah it's fixed now. Also, must suck to be the UPS QB--he's the only starting QB not on the list somewhere....

I was thinking the same thing! It must be an oversight, doesn't everyone get a prize?
Not a big deal as you can figure it out, but you would think the POY would still be listed on their respective teams, rather than just above them.

[bluenote]

.....although it's not covered Hampden-Sydney has a pretty cool looking stadium.

http://www.d3football.com/teams/Hampden-Sydney/2013/index

Maryville College has a pretty good highlight film on their football front page if anyone would like to see what they look like:

http://www.mcscots.com/landing/index

[D O.C.]

SOS, Way Out West, committees, Pool C, etc.
Look how Division I is going to do it....

http://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2012-06-30/answers-about-footballs-new-playoff


How about some trickle down economics? Especially the academic performance part.

That means $300 million easy, probably more like $400 or $500. How it gets divided among the conferences is still to be finalized, though criteria has been set up:

   • On-field success
    • Teams' expenses
    • Marketplace factors
    • Academic performance of student-athletes

[Jack Parkman]

Northwest Conference Teams are out.

http://www.nwcsports.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/All-NWC_FBALL2013

Yoder and Forrest are named the Def and Off players of the year. 

1st/2nd team breakdown goes:
Linfield - 16
PLU - 14
Will - 8
Pac - 7
Whit - 6
L&C - 2
UPS - 0

Still not thrilled that the players of the year are not named the 1st team choices for their positions as well.    In fact there are a total of six QB's on the all-conference team and four of those are on the 1st and 2nd team.  Moronic.  Besides that I'm ok with the breakdown.  I think Funk and Zarosinski were robbed but I guess the coaches can't name all 22 Linfield starters to the 1st/2nd team.

Does the NWC need my address so they can send me my participation ribbon?  I watched a few games this season and it seems like everyone gets rewarded so I will be waiting for my award.

[Bearcat Press]

Big news out of Whitworth:

Tully Announces Resignation as Pirate Head Football Coach

SPOKANE, Wash. – Whitworth University has accepted the resignation of head football coach John Tully, effective immediately.

"Coach Tully has dedicated many years of service to the football program," said Melinda Larson, Whitworth's Interim Director of Athletics. "We respect and appreciate his accomplishments as our head football coach and wish him well in all of his future endeavors."

Tully completed his 19th season leading the Pirates with Saturday's win at Lewis & Clark College. He had a record of 100-83 during his tenure as head coach at Whitworth. The winningest and longest-serving football coach in Whitworth history, Tully was 131-103 in 24 seasons as a head football coach, which includes five years at Eureka College (Ill.). He guided the Pirates to three Northwest Conference titles (2001, 2006, 2007) and was named NWC Coach of the Year each of those seasons. Whitworth completed the 2006 regular season with a 10-0 record and finished 11-1 after a loss in the second round of the NCAA Division III playoffs.

"It has been an honor being the head football coach of Whitworth University for the past 19 years," Tully said.  "I am proud of the accomplishments of our coaching staff during my tenure here and truly appreciate the relationships I built with the players and coaches over the years.  I look forward to the professional opportunities this change will bring."

Prior to Tully's arrival in 1995, the Pirate program had suffered through 10 losing seasons in the previous 11 years. Tully spent the first three seasons rebuilding as the team finished 1-8 the first two years and 2-7 in 1997. But consecutive 5-5 seasons followed and 2000's 6-3 record was the school's first winning mark since 1990. The 61 wins from 2000-2008 are the most in any nine-year stretch in Whitworth history.

"I appreciate John's dedicated years of service to Whitworth," said Whitworth President Beck A. Taylor. "John distinguished himself among his peers and had an impact on many generations of Whitworth's student-athletes."

Whitworth finished the 2013 season 4-6 overall, 2-4 (fifth place) in the NWC.

"The new head coach will have the freedom to hire his own coaching staff, which may or may not include members of the current staff," Larson said.

The search for Whitworth's next head football coach will begin immediately.

[wildcat11]

Tully had a heck of a run.  Congrats to him.

[George Thompson]

/quote]George, even as a Linfield fan I think you sound like a cry baby.  We didn't get robbed---the numbers just didn't fall our way this year (our SOS didn't end up as high and the teams that we scheduled ended up sucking it).  The other teams had things work their way this year.  Last year we had a top seed and fumbled it away.  So if you want them to use history as a guide to seedings then they could look to that result right there....  C'mon man.  Our team is in the playoffs with a chance to go deep and you're still complaining about an imaginary slight.  Sheesh.

MC, I understand what you say.   But history has shown a definite slight to the west coast going back to the 1940s.   If they had mentioned anywhere prior recent playoff history, I would have no rebuttal.   

But, they didn't.   They kept bringing up SOS, which is both subjective and out of a team's control.   I am sure Scott meant to have three reasonably tough non-conference games this year.   The teams just didn't cooperate by losing a lot of games.   So, we get punished.

SOS is only one factor, but unfortunately it appears to be the biggest. 

GT

[bluenote]

SOS is only one factor, but unfortunately it appears to be the biggest. 

Beat PLU first and then take each game one at a time! That's all we have to think about. 

[wildcat11]

SOS is only one factor, but unfortunately it appears to be the biggest. 

Beat PLU first and then take each game one at a time! That's all we have to think about. 

Agreed.  Beating this PLU team twice in the same season is going to be tough enough.  Looking like it will be a perfect late November day in Mac. 

[dawgcat]

Although it is a little confusing, I believe what the NWC is trying to accomplish (in the true spirit of D3 football) is to recognize as many student athletes as possible. Therefore, the two players of the year (Go CATS) are beyond first team status and by placing them at "another level" they open up another two slots for other players to be recognized somewhere down the line. I think this is cool. They could even create a Third Team All-Conference and either keep or eliminate the Honorable Mention category.

Since most of the D3 athletes will not be playing at the next level, greater recognition opportunities should be made available at the undergraduate level. In no way would this greater recognition water down or weaken the higher recognition levels. Being an all-conference player at the D3 level almost 50 years ago afforded me the opportunity to play rather than to watch and I will never forget the recognition I received. This is the opportunity that D3 competition in any sport offers to the players, the schools, the parents involved. It is one of many great recruiting tools that D3 schools can offer a prospect student athlete. 

[D O.C.]

May events go smoothly for Whitworth.   

[MonroviaCat]

/quote]George, even as a Linfield fan I think you sound like a cry baby.  We didn't get robbed---the numbers just didn't fall our way this year (our SOS didn't end up as high and the teams that we scheduled ended up sucking it).  The other teams had things work their way this year.  Last year we had a top seed and fumbled it away.  So if you want them to use history as a guide to seedings then they could look to that result right there....  C'mon man.  Our team is in the playoffs with a chance to go deep and you're still complaining about an imaginary slight.  Sheesh.

MC, I understand what you say.   But history has shown a definite slight to the west coast going back to the 1940s.   If they had mentioned anywhere prior recent playoff history, I would have no rebuttal.   

But, they didn't.   They kept bringing up SOS, which is both subjective and out of a team's control.   I am sure Scott meant to have three reasonably tough non-conference games this year.   The teams just didn't cooperate by losing a lot of games.   So, we get punished.

SOS is only one factor, but unfortunately it appears to be the biggest. 

GT

I'm not sure I totally understand what you're saying but this year I don't think the Cats were "robbed" as you put it.  If it was only SOS that was factored into seeding/selections then the Cats jump up several rungs (better SOS than WW, MHB, and Mt. if I'm not mistaken).  However, we all know that there are other criteria including results vs. regionally ranked opponents which the Cats had 1 (I'm assuming) in PLU.  I think Bethel, Whitewater, and Mt. U definitely had more than that.  MHB is the one team that it could be argued got a #1 seed that the Cats maybe deserved.  At any rate, you see it as the Cats getting punished but I see it as the way the system works.  As for SOS being subjective, you're the second person this year (Bluenote) that has said that and it's just not true.  They are an objective measure that are based on numbers and mathematics.  They are not subjective, but they are certainly not perfect.  There are flaws including, obviously, differences in number of games, number of conference games vs. out of conference games, etc.  However, there is no perfect or completely fair way to compare teams except by having them play games against each other.  You think the Cats are better than teams seeded ahead of them (so do I)---we'll see how it goes on field, yes? 

[bluenote]

Although it is a little confusing, I believe what the NWC is trying to accomplish (in the true spirit of D3 football) is to recognize as many student athletes as possible. Therefore, the two players of the year (Go CATS) are beyond first team status and by placing them at "another level" they open up another two slots for other players to be recognized somewhere down the line. I think this is cool. They could even create a Third Team All-Conference and either keep or eliminate the Honorable Mention category.

Since most of the D3 athletes will not be playing at the next level, greater recognition opportunities should be made available at the undergraduate level. In no way would this greater recognition water down or weaken the higher recognition levels. Being an all-conference player at the D3 level almost 50 years ago afforded me the opportunity to play rather than to watch and I will never forget the recognition I received. This is the opportunity that D3 competition in any sport offers to the players, the schools, the parents involved. It is one of many great recruiting tools that D3 schools can offer a prospect student athlete.

Eloquent post....nice work! Agree totally.