MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[billy_pilgrim]

Can't say I've ever driven through a blizzard, but some little known facts about Richmond's culinary delights.

1. The east side Steak n' Shake, which one comes dangerously close to slipping into Ohio while driving to, is the only Steak n' Shake that begins serving breakfast at 11:00 p.m. The good from this: you can get steak, egg and cheese bagel sandwiches for a late night snack. The bad news: 15 extra pounds.

2. Sunshine Cafe...the smoke filled diner just down the road from Earlham always had very generous, and very cheap, omelletes, hashbrowns and toast for late night cravings. The bad news: 5 extra pounds.

3. Domino's Pizza was within walking distance of campus and the guys that worked there were regular listeners of the radio show I co-hosted on Saturday nights (with current and former Quaker Bronson Lickliter). We would throw in some free advertising for them and they, in turn, would always drop off some food in the wee hours of Saturday mornings during their last deliveries. The bad news: 5 extra pounds.

I've heard there were actually some good restaurants in Richmond, too. Unfortunately, I never made it to any of them....I was too busy eating at Steak n Shake.

[wally_wabash]

The Cheese Barn is right off of the 250 exit (toward Wooster) on I-71 at Ashland.  It's right off the ramp.  

[Li'l Giant]

Sunshine Cafe...the smoke filled diner just down the road from Earlham always had very generous, and very cheap, omelletes, hashbrowns and toast for late night cravings. The bad news: 5 extra pounds.

The SunShinE (as the sign read) Cafe in C-ville had this big stuffed bear sitting in a chair up front by the door. That poor creature had the hard crust of years worth of slobber of local children all over it. That thing had more germs than the monkey in "Outbreak". I hope that bear didn't have a long lost brother in Richmond.

C-ville's best food, in my humble-boy-am-I-a-fat-bastard opinion is at Digger's Cafe. I'm going to be back up there in a couple of weeks and Diggers is on my list right behind the Bookstore for mandatory visits.

[Pat Coleman]

When I think of Richmond, I think of Tom Raper RVs.  A lovely image to project to the world, or at least every over-the-road trucker and cross-country driver. 

When I think of Richmond, I think of school buses.

[David Collinge]

The Cheese Barn is right off of the 250 exit (toward Wooster) on I-71 at Ashland.  It's right off the ramp. 

Oh.  Ashland.  Well, no wonder.   

[woosterbooster]

I've never been to Granpa's Cheese Barn but will have to check it out.  There's another one somewhere on Route 30 as you head towards Canton, and I've never been in there either. :-)

Talking down Coccia House in Wooster is akin to blasphemy and they take that act seriously around here.  But after trying their pizza a few times when first moving here, I realized that they were killing my stomach and I didn't like the smell either.  To me, they almost smelled rancid.

Believe it or not, my favorite area pizza is at the outlet mall up where 83 meets 71. That little Italian booth in the food court has real New York style thin crust pizza with real cheese.  Good stuff.  I've never been to the place in Millersburg, but will check it out.  I've heard there's a good ice cream place down there, too.

This is out of NCAC territory, but if anyone ever finds themselves up near JCU there's a great Jewish Deli real close by on Chagrin Boulevard called Corky and Lennie's.  Incredible corned beef sandwiches.

[smedindy]

The Sunshine Cafe in Cville closed and it's another restaurant now. And I think it's actually good food in there! 

[smedindy]

Oh, and I guess we should say this:

Wabash vs. Earlham - Wednesday - huge game for both teams. Winner has a decent shot at hosting - loser will need miracles if they want to avoid a first round bus trip on that Tuesday.

[David Collinge]

I've never been to the place in Millersburg, but will check it out.  I've heard there's a good ice cream place down there, too.

Pizza place in Millersburg?  Millersburg has nothing but chain pizza places (read: ).  If you're referring to Mama Zifer's (from my blizzard story), that's in Dover, not Millersburg. 

And the ice cream place (the Grocery Bag) closed this past fall.   

[woosterbooster]

Sorry, I meant Dover.  But aren't they the same place? 

[David Collinge]

The first set of regional rankings comes out tomorrow.  We're never quite certain what hocus pocus is applied by the regional committee, but it seems that the only important factors in determining which teams get ranked are the regional winning percentage and the QoWI.  From there, they use head-to-head and records against other ranked teams to break ties. 

Along those lines, here's the 8 Great Lakes teams that have win %s at .800 or above, ranked by their regional records:

Team--Reg. rec.--Reg. %--QoWI--(national ranking in QoWI)
1. Wooster 16-1 .941 10.706 (14)
2. Hope 12-1 .923 10.615 (16)
3. Baldwin-Wallace 17-2 .895 10.526 (18)
4t. Wittenberg 14-2 .875 10.500 (19)
4t. Calvin 7-1 .875 9.625 (48)
6. Carnegie Mellon 13-2 .867 11.000 (9)
7. Lake Erie 13-3 .813 9.438 (61)
8. Albion 8-2 .800 9.900 (36)

If I had to guess, I'd guess that the rankings come out like this:
1. Wooster
2. Hope
3. CMU
4. Baldwin-Wallace
5. Wittenberg
6. Calvin

The top 100 national teams in terms of QoWI have been posted by Pat Coleman in the QoWI Chat room.

[Lboogz15]

The bar you are talking about is called CJ's and the pizza is good! 

Hiram itself doesn't have much to offer, however Cleveland and Akron are 35 minutes away and easy access to clubs or whatever.  He do have Garrettsville as much as i hate to say it, 3 miles down the road. There is a movie theatre, which i wouldn't recommend, a few gas stations, movie gallery, rite-aid and bowling alley, which is ok since its mostly students that go. I'm not usually a small town person either, but you can make do for four years out of your element.  I'm from SC.

[earlhamalum]

Lboogz15- Do you sleep?  Yeah CJ's I had a feeling that was a popular place for the Hiram students that like to make it ouside the dormroom and into a place with BEER.  I'm not going to lie, it took everything in me, NOT to order a Beer.  If i have to drop of that donation to Hiram if for some odd reason in the Devils name that Hiram pulls off the UPSET, I'd even meet you and any 21 Year Old Hiram basketball player for some Drinks. (once the season is over... of coarse)       I'd even think about buying a Hiram T-shirt while I was there and Feel bad for Every Wooster Fan in the country.  I'm start'n to get a *SMALL bad feeling about this game... NAh not really, but I wouldn't mind stop'n at CJ's again!

[AndersDY]

When I think of Richmond, I think of Tom Raper RVs.  A lovely image to project to the world, or at least every over-the-road trucker and cross-country driver. 

Ah, yes, poor Tom Raper. Is there anyone who should have tried harder than Tom Raper to find a job which did NOT require him to put his name in big letters on a billboard? I suppose it could be worse: he could have opened Tom Raper Windowless Conversion Vans...

How can you visit Woo and NOT get a pizza at Coccia House!
DC, I know that will get your thoughts drifting--

The pizza there is good, but from my one experience at the Coccia House, the reason not to go there on a visit would be that you might wait half of your weekend for the pizza to come. That was just on one try for me though, so not sure if that is a common occurrence.

[earlhamalum]

Speaking of Pizza, Nice to see D3 Basketball on ESPN2's Cold Pizza today.

They had Josh Hinz and Beloit's College Head Coach on today.  Beloit College beat Grinnell college last week 120-114.  Josh only had 50 points on 18-27 from the field, 14-19 Ft's, and 36 Rebounds.  Yeah those are some pretty unbelievable numbers. 

Nice to see D3 getting some love on ESPN.  (if high school gets some love on ESPN maybe there will be a Wooster/Witt game years down ther road???