FB: Northwest Conference

[d-train]

Just wondering what everyones take is on the toughest NWC schedule for 07.  I'd have to put Linfield at number 1 for obvious reasons followed by

2. Whitworth
3. Menlo
4.PLU
5.WU
6.L&C
7.UPS

I never understood filling your schedule with soft teams just for W's.  You dont prepare your team to win against playoff caliber teams.  You've got to play the best to beat the best to be the best.

See ya at the HS game.

Wow, interesting placement of Menlo and UPS.

EDIT Sorry - read that wrong...

[(509)Rat]

Quote from: Snapper_45 on Today at 03:43:44 pm
Just wondering what everyones take is on the toughest NWC schedule for 07.  I'd have to put Linfield at number 1 for obvious reasons followed by

2. Whitworth
3. Menlo
4.PLU
5.WU
6.L&C
7.UPS

I never understood filling your schedule with soft teams just for W's.  You dont prepare your team to win against playoff caliber teams.  You've got to play the best to beat the best to be the best.

See ya at the HS game.

Wow, interesting placement of Menlo and UPS.

I don't see whats so interesting about it...UPS does have to travel to Linfield and Menlo gets them at home, but their games against Whitworth are opposite of that so I would say their NWC schedule is a tossup.  Moving on to the out of conference schedules its not even close.  Menlo has Stout (a good team in an even better conference) in Wisconsin, a top tier SCIAC team in Occidental, and DII Humbolt state.  UPS? three mediocre to bad SCIAC teams.  WU has WOU, Southern Or., Cal Lu, and has to go play a game in MN.  LC is at Linfield and plays Occidental, the rest are as much of cupcakes as UPS'.

All in all you could make an argument for UPS but it isn't a very good one.  But hey, UPS is going to have to win all but 1 game (they can lose to either Linfield or Whitworth) to even have a shot at making the national playoffs...so why give yourself too ough of a schedule when you are going to struggle in your own conference?

[(509)Rat]

Forgot PLU...they are at Cal Lu, at Whitworth, at Linfield, at Wisc-River Falls....already tougher than UPS' schedule so I'll stop 

[d-train]

Wait a minute...I read that way too fast. I thought that was a prediction for final NWC standings.


Sorry 


Yes, UPS and L&C have soft schedules (one for more obviously reasons). The list looks pretty solid, Snapper.

[Tuxguy]

Here is how I see it.

Even if UPS only loses 1 game, and It's to  Linfield the NWC Champs ( you knew I had to say that). I don't see them getting a pool "c" bid. The Schedule will come back to bite them. Just My Opinion of course.

GO WILDCATS
LEAVE NO DOUBT '07

[Gig Harbor Cat]

Cat O got speed baby---Big time Speed

Phone it in !!!

Nice job 11

GHC

[BOBCAT04]

Hey ghc

Nice late hit on your video clip.  Is that how you do it at the Catdome. 

Take cheapshots on the guy when he is on the ground.

[Gig Harbor Cat]

Just a clean up my man  Just a clean up

Don't get me started

[BOBCAT04]

As football official,  that would get you 15yds every time.  That is

an easy call.  You are not going to tell me that that did not draw a flag.

[Gig Harbor Cat]

Keep watching over and over  NO FLAG

Phone it in Boys

GHC

[pineconefan]

Two nice catches by Mike Allan on KC's first TD drive.  Nice job Mike!

[bluenote]

TuxGuy.....I think UPS would be considered a Pool B team but I'm not sure.

BOBCAT04..... The guy's knee wasn't quite down so we have to make sure he doesn't pull a fast one on us!

[Pat Coleman]

Nope, now that you have an automatic bid, there's no Pool B for the NWC.

[bluenote]

Oh...thanks Pat. I didn't know that the auto bid was in effect this year. I thought we had one more year of Pool B. Cool.....

[Pat Coleman]

Yeah, no, you're right. I'm getting ahead of myself too.

An NWC runner-up is eligible for B or C.