FB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[twoducks]

I gotta agree with you scandihoovan, but remember the SCIAC is an upstart and has just started to make a ripple in the D3 pic., PLU has tradition and a coach with a known name, I think Squires played for his dad if I am not wrong, its just my hope that all the SCIAC teams can bring a few W's to the league, it would be a nice way to start the season and gain alittle respect.

[CarloRossiLep]

I don't know much about non SCIAC teams but here are my predictions.

UPS 6  PP 0
Whitworth 38  Redlands 31
Oxy 31  Chapman 7
Kings Point 20  Claremont 10
Whittier 28 Colorado 24
PLU 24  CLU 21

[pennstlbu]

Wasn't UPS SCIAC North champs last season? What's with these predictions of P-P defeating the Loggers? No way it happens. Sure they only won 10-7 last season, but remember that the Loggers had lost 27 of their last 28 games and had to learn how to win again. I'm predicting more of a UPS-LaVerne score from last year, 30-13.

And what's with Pomona's head coach going on sabbatical during football season? That's one of the oddest things I've heard.

[scandihoovian]

Caron went to coach at Cheshire academy back East, where his son is a freshman.  Does anyone know if this is a true sabbatical, or if there will be a national search at the end of the year?

Carlos Rossi-
Are you a NWC guy posing as a LaVerne poster?

[PitDawg]

Pitzer can surprise just about anyone,  Tough fought loss last week.  If the O could hold a drive instead of 3 and out and give the D a bit more rest they will have a chance to be in any game.  PP beat Redlands last year, and Trinity Tx the year before.  Even with all the transition they are a team striving for respect.

[scandihoovian]

The CLU preview is up.

http://ww2.clunet.edu/sports/index_detail.php?news_story_id=2283

[rbaikie]

It was just noted on the NWC board that Lewis & Clark is suspending football this year.

They were to play 2 SCIAC schools (Oxy and CMS) as well as Chapman.

Oxy was supposed to play them on Sept. 17th.

[Pat Coleman]

rbaikie, if you read the statement closely, it does not say what you think it says.

[CarloRossiLep]

Scandi-
If you are referring to the NWC bias in my picks I guess it's just hard for me to pick someone in the SCIAC other than the Leps to win .  I hope the teams I picked against prove me wrong.
Oh yeah, except Redlands.
And CLU.
And Claremont.

[Tom Brady]

I guess I would have to say it's a shame that a team has to get rid of conference games, but SCIAC people might look at like Cal Tech having a football team.  I'm not saying L&C is like Cal Tech (in athletics, not academics cause nobody is like the Techsters in the classroom) but imagine if Tech had a football team.  Might not be the best way to look at it, but you could only immagine.  Still, it sure sucks to see a team do that to the rest of the conference.

[frank uible]

Tom: I ain't  no engineer, but I have been led to believe that MIT is pretty much like Cal Tech in the classroom and additionally fields a DIII football team.

[rbaikie]

Sorry - I missed the part about Lewis & Clark only playing non conference this year.

That makes little sense - I would think that they have more of a commitment to the conference. Also, costwise - why make two trips to Southern California?

My gut feel is that there will be no football their next year either or for maybe a long time -

[Pat Coleman]

I expect they have non-refundable plane tickets.

[Tom Brady]

Frank.  What I meant to say is that nobody in the SCIAC or on the west coast is like the Techsters.  I really had no idea that MIT had a football team, but I do know they are in a league of their own in the classroom.  Learn something new every day.

[scandihoovian]

Carlos-

No worries - although it's big for all the conference members to play well against non-conference opponents.  I think you'll find there's plenty of time to get your anti- Kingsmen/Bulldog/Stag energy out of your system during conference play 

The thing with Lewis & Clark is even more extreme than what PP did about 8-9 years ago when they pulled out the conference so that they wouldn't have to play a select few teams (I know CLU was one of them but I can't remember the others).  I hope that L&C is able to get things back together as well.