MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[Li'l Giant]

Losing to Hiram and Oberlin, albiet on the road...one wonders what happens when the LGs make the trip to Wooster.

Pain.

[smedindy]

Without Zimmer, it's going to be tough. Hope he gets back soon.

I noticed every Wooster fan's favorite Terrier, Ian Pfouts, scored 19 against Wabash...yikes!

[David Collinge]

Wabash lost to Oberlin and lost to Hiram...and beat Denison.  What's that say about Denison this year?  I guess we'll find out Wednesday, when the Yeomen travel to Granville for a showdown that I'm not going to be able to resist attending.  (Although Hiram at Kenyon is pretty tempting, too. )

Smeds, my first cousin (once removed) attended Wabash but was killed in WWII.  His father, my grandfather's brother, then had a chapel on the Wabash campus named (or renamed) in his honor (Collinge Chapel.)  Since I can't find any evidence of this on the web, maybe you can help me verify it.  The existence of Collinge Chapel was verified by my childhood next-door neighbor, Maurice Chadwick (for whom Chadwick Court is named).

[Warren Thompson]

It certainly doesn't snow in South Texas.

Agreed. But when it does, it's certainly interesting. Folks in south Texas believe the best way to control a skid is to stand on the brakes. 

[Li'l Giant]

Since I can't find any evidence of this on the web, maybe you can help me verify it.  The existence of Collinge Chapel was verified by my childhood next-door neighbor, Maurice Chadwick (for whom Chadwick Court is named).

SUH-WEET! Trip to the Archives!

[ScotsFan]

Agreed. But when it does, it's certainly interesting. Folks in south Texas believe the best way to control a skid is to stand on the brakes. 

This is why, during my years living in the D-FW area after college I would stay as far away from the roads when the snow, and more frequent, ice stroms hit!  Being a northerner, my friends would all call me to take them places and I would just say NO WAY!  I may know how to drive in those conditions, but no one else down there does!!! 8)

[Warren Thompson]

Agreed. But when it does, it's certainly interesting. Folks in south Texas believe the best way to control a skid is to stand on the brakes. 

This is why, during my years living in the D-FW area after college I would stay as far away from the roads when the snow, and more frequent, ice stroms hit!  Being a northerner, my friends would all call me to take them places and I would just say NO WAY!  I may know how to drive in those conditions, but no one else down there does!!! 8)

I'm a native San Antonian (in permanent exile in Pennsylvania), and I can recall busses and cars windmilling down the streets after a one-inch blizzard ....

[ScotsFan]

I just checked out the NCAC standings and Hiram is tied for 2nd in the conference with Witt and OWU at 3-1!!!   The fight to make the conference tournament looks like it will come down between Wabash, Kenyon, Oberlin and Denison.  That picture could get get a little clearer with Oberlin taking on Denison and Kenyon this week.  We might get to see if Denison truly is the worst team in the conference or if they actually show some heart in their 2 home games this week. 

Wabash could very easily find themselves in the cellar after this week with games vs. OWU and @ Wooster.  This is taking into consideration that Denison ends their losing skid vs. either Oberlin or Allegheny, and judging by the reports of their uninspired play on Saturday, I'm banking on the losing streak to continue.

[David Collinge]

Agreed. But when it does, it's certainly interesting. Folks in south Texas believe the best way to control a skid is to stand on the brakes. 

This is why, during my years living in the D-FW area after college I would stay as far away from the roads when the snow, and more frequent, ice stroms hit!  Being a northerner, my friends would all call me to take them places and I would just say NO WAY!  I may know how to drive in those conditions, but no one else down there does!!! 8)

You don't need to go to Dallas or San Antonio, where winter weather is rare, to find drivers who can't cope with it.  I lived in the mountains overlooking Denver, at 8300 ft., for a couple of years, and every time we had a decent snowfall (which was often, to say the least), the highway down the mountain to the southwest suburbs would be littered with SUVs that had slid off the road.  Part of the reason was that so many Coloradans were recent transplants from California, but mostly it was the overconfidence that comes from having a 4WD vehicle.  I can't tell you how many times I've been passed on that road by an SUV going at least twice my speed, only to find them in the ditch within a few miles.  These morons would figure that an Isuzu Trooper made them invulnerable to any driving hazards; nobody told them that four wheels can spin on ice as easily as two. 

Which reminds me of an old joke we used to tell back in those days.  A Texan, a Californian, and an Coloradan went out into the backcountry on a hunting trip.  That night, as they were sitting around the campfire, the Texan absent-mindedly picked up a can of Lone Star, tossed it into the air, and blasted it with his shotgun.  The Californian exclaimed "what'd you go and do that for?"  The Texan smiled and said, "oh, it's just an old habit with us Texans.  You see, we have so much Lone Star Beer down there, it's everywhere.  You can't get away from it.  So sometimes we just use it for target practice."  The Californian nodded and said, "I think I know what you mean.  For us, it's wine.  We have so much wine, we don't know what to do with it."  And he grabbed a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon, tossed it into the night sky, and blasted it.  The Coloradan then grabbed his shotgun, said "I know just what you mean.  There's something we Coloradans also have far too much of," and shot the other two. 

[Li'l Giant]

I may know how to drive in those conditions, but no one else down there does!!! 8)

I'm an auto accident lawyer. No one down here knows how to drive in ANY conditions. And thank goodness for that. I got student loans to pay.

I'm a native San Antonian (in permanent exile in Pennsylvania), and I can recall busses and cars windmilling down the streets after a one-inch blizzard ....

Also a native San Antonian here and I remember the "blizzard" of 1984 which featured all of 2 inches of snow and got me 3 days off from school. Good times.

[woosterbooster]

The Coloradan then grabbed his shotgun, said "I know just what you mean.  There's something we Coloradans also have far too much of," and shot the other two. 

This story could be adjusted, of course, if said Coloradan happened to be named Kowalski or Wojohowicz.

"I know just what you mean," he would still say. "There's something we Coloradans also have far too much of."  Then he would proceed to shoot himself in the head.    

[smedindy]

They probably had a memorial chapel for him. The chapel is officially the Pioneer Chapel, and each Homecoming they have the Hollett Alumni Chapel, but I do know they may have had memorial chapel services for people back in the day...

How many semesters did he attend? I can't find him in our database, which may mean he only completed one semester.

[Pat Coleman]

This story could be adjusted, of course, if said Coloradan happened to be named

This is necessary?

[David Collinge]

They probably had a memorial chapel for him. The chapel is officially the Pioneer Chapel, and each Homecoming they have the Hollett Alumni Chapel, but I do know they may have had memorial chapel services for people back in the day...

How many semesters did he attend? I can't find him in our database, which may mean he only completed one semester.

Beats me; I don't even know what his name would have been.  Or that I even had such a cousin (although another of my father's first cousins is now Mrs. Otto Graham. )  But if it were just a chapel service, as opposed to something with more permanence, why would Shang Chadwick have remembered it so many years later? 

[wally_wabash]

Wabash could very easily find themselves in the cellar after this week with games vs. OWU and @ Wooster.  This is taking into consideration that Denison ends their losing skid vs. either Oberlin or Allegheny, and judging by the reports of their uninspired play on Saturday, I'm banking on the losing streak to continue.

Can't deny this.  But before we start shoveling dirt on Wabash's pine box, let's keep in mind that Wabash has yet to play an NCAC game at home.  Three close losses on the road with this young team isn't completely discouraging, esepcially given the injury trouble that plagued Wabash on last weekend's roadie.