FB: Northwest Conference

[MonroviaCat]

Anyone else having trouble accessing the Linfield Puget Sound video stream today? I have been unable to get on.

yup--STRETCH internet is down so most of the games are inaccessible.....apparently they are working on it....

[CamCat]

Monrovia Cat - thanks

[CamCat]

What an incredible Linfield/ Puget Sound game. We finally got the streaming video restored just before halftime.
I will say their quarterback was a great passer, an excellent rusher and exciting to watch.  I also really liked their announcers since wse did not have access to our own.

Wyatt Smith had a very good day and threw some phenomenal passes, the last one, the game winner to his receiver who had absolutely no one covering him. It's yet another great day to be a Linfield Wildcat.

[wildcat11]

Talking about coming back from the edge. Holy smokes. The penalties were out of hand today but the offense came through in a big way. 

[George Thompson]

16 penalties, 164 yards.    Is that a new all-time game record for the Wildcats?   Do that against any playoff team and we lose, some badly.

By comparison,
Mount Union, 5 for 51 yards
Mary Hardin-Baylor, 3 for 25 yards
Saint John's, 2 for 15 yards
Hardin-Simmons, 4 for 53 yards.
North Central, 9 for 75 yards
Whitworth, 11 for 106 yards

Season, per game
Linfield 86 yards
Mount Union 71 yards
Mary Hardin-Baylor 57 yards
Saint John's   58 yards
Hardin Simmons   75 yards
North Central  65 yards
Whitworth  102 yards

[MonroviaCat]

16 penalties, 164 yards.    Is that a new all-time game record for the Wildcats?   Do that against any playoff team and we lose, some badly.

By comparison,
Mount Union, 5 for 51 yards
Mary Hardin-Baylor, 3 for 25 yards
Saint John's, 2 for 15 yards
Hardin-Simmons, 4 for 53 yards.
North Central, 9 for 75 yards
Whitworth, 11 for 106 yards

Season, per game
Linfield 86 yards
Mount Union 71 yards
Mary Hardin-Baylor 57 yards
Saint John's   58 yards
Hardin Simmons   75 yards
North Central  65 yards
Whitworth  102 yards

Just for fun I did some looking back through stats and this is the highest penalty average for the Cats (at least during the D3 era).  2012 was the next worst with an average of 83.9 penalty yards per game.  That year--the most penalty yards in a game was 142 yards at Cal Lutheran.  But in 2006 we managed 145 against Southern Oregon. 

[d-train]

Are the Pio's the favorite this week as they host the Lutes? 

[D O.C.]

Just comparing the last 2 games they are.
But, maybe L&C peaked yesterday.

[d-train]

Or maybe PLU peaked against the Boxers?

[wildcat11]

Or maybe PLU peaked against the Boxers?

Gonna have to say yes to that.

[(509)Rat]

How did the Lutes beat CMS?

[UKCat]

I've been a 'Cat fan for decades, but never seen us play like we did against Puget Sound yesterday. Bewildered would be putting it mildly. We seemed uncharacteristically unprepared and undisciplined. Wildcat fans are accustomed to our usual abundance of inexcusable personal foul/unsportsmanlike flags. But the sloppiness and apparent lack of preparation and engagement yesterday was out of character. I'm glad we won in a thrilling finish, but can't help but wonder why we appeared so nonchalant? It was as if we were sleep walking through a late season game against a highly motivated opponent. But we would have rather not even been there. Odd. A real lack of engagement, awareness, whatever?

I've always been proud to be a Wildcat. But, yesterday made me queasy. Anyone have any clues?

[(509)Rat]

It's the beginning of the end

The coaches have lost the team and the program is almost unrecognizable

Fire everyone. Start from scratch. It's the only solution

[wildcat11]

It’s the beginning of the end

The coaches have lost the team and the program is almost unrecognizable

Fire everyone. Start from scratch. It’s the only solution

It’s comical to me, Rat. People have been bitching and moaning about our offense for two years and they absolutely ball out of their minds and finally bail out the defense, who have been spectacular for two seasons and all you get is more bellyaching.

[D O.C.]

That 509 guy (assuming) is humorous.
Take him back to the Glory Days of 2007 and he's downright... something.