FB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[downtown48]

I guess he should stay on the NWC board...The only real SCIAC business Linfield will have all year is ending Oxy's season in November...if St. John's doesn't get em' first, or Redlands for that matter...

Pretty big words for a St. Johns team that's actually won something in the past.  Face it, nobody thinks much of your big road wins over Lewis and Clark and the Colorado School of the Blind.  And I don't think the Cobbers will make the same mistake and play you indoors this year, I know St. Johns won't, good luck with that...

I'm getting more and more respect for RFB and his boys.  At least they don't come on here and woof about being ranked only #6.  At least his guys will have played a playoff caliber team before week 11.

[RFB]

Liger,

Wildcat11 has been a resident of post patterns/d3football.com long before you showed up with your rants. He is welcome here in the SCIAC board just like everyone else. I will back him all day over you and I am sure others will as well.

[DawgHeaven]

  As a long time viewer and fairly new poster I tend to agree that Wildcat 11 knows his stuff.  He is not a flamer unlike the new Oxy guys who have showed up this year... Gotta love a bandwagon.  As for my Dawgs, lets win this homecoming game and then shock the world against the Ligers.  Although, beating those guys would be a shock to only them.

[Browneagle64]

Men,

Stop being bitter. We all will get the chance to beat another team on the field. Sounds like most of you guys are waiting for rankings and playoffs already. Just relax and take one game at a time. We still have a bunch of regular season games left. I hope all of you get that point. Let's just worry about one game at a time every saturday.

Anywho's, this saturday should look good for Whitter and U.L.V to rebound from their losses. Hopefully, they get back to their rebuilding phases. Looks like Pomona is having a rough time. Any word on the Stags?  

Nevertheless, as I had mentioned, i know we are not that far into the future but next weeks Oxy game should be great. I undertsand that i also need to worry about one week at a time, but, the tigers have a week off. Which leaves me to cheer on for next weekend's game. Hope to see all Redlands fans show up at the Rock and witness a good Oxy team dismantle their team. It should be a great game. (Hopefully, it doesn't end up like it did in 2003 where Oxy just lost on a fumble at the 1yrd line). That really hurt all the of the seniors that year. Anyway's, the tigers will do just fine.

Gook luck to all

[RFB]

It's not being bitter, just responding to an idiotic post.

[DawgHeaven]

  That game in 2003 was a good game and I think blaming the fumble for the loss is typical Oxy attitude.  Redlands could easily use losing Les Simon in last years game as the reason they lost, but face it they admit they got beat.  That is neither here nor there,  Bulldogs have to take care of this week to keep the undefeated sciac season alive.
 With Lewis and Clark dropping football, does the NWC have any chance of gettign a second playoff team?  

[downtown48]

Good question, Whitworth is about the only other team worthy of a 2nd spot...maybe, and they've still got tough games to play.

[wildcat11]

Bulldog,

I would say that Whitworth has the best shot right now but I think Pool B might be full already with Thiel (a surprising 5-0), Salisbury, and Washington & Jeff in front of the Rats. 

All three of these teams has a pretty clear shot a not taking another loss for rest of the season.  I think that Linfield will be the only NWC team with the dancing shoes on.

[redlandsfan]

I love that the message boards are heating up!!! Homecoming is going to be great...I am disapointed we cant meet RFB....

Got a BBQ planned at my (Patrick Heisinger) house on Saturday any Redlands alum are welcome!!!

[RFB]

Pat,

Sorry I can't make it, we will meet one day for sure. Make sure the boys are rowdy and ready to roll. Make sure you tell Rock to leave his badge and gun at home. The guy is just as crazy today as he was knocking heads ten years ago.

[Tom Brady]

Liger- And you wonder why your Karma is the way it is.  I would rather read a post from someone who truly knows D-III football (Wildcat 11) no matter where they might post from.  OXY has started out very strong, but like others have said, there is still a lot of football to be played.  With that said, funny things can happen so I would not be punching my playoff ticket just yet.

Browneagle- Just curious why you would say that this should be a good week for La Verne.  DO you think they are going to have an easy time with Cal LU?  Just wondering.  Good Luck to all this weekend.

[ChiTownOxyMoron]

I'm just wondering why everyone considers new Oxy posters bandwagon fans. I know a few of us personally, and we started posting the season after we graduated from Oxy. Since we aren't supposed to post as players, that doesn't make us bandwagon fans, just recent grads. It's not like we followed Oxy closely before we played there. Hell, I hadn't even heard of it untill I was looking at applying to undergrad, and it offered me a chance to play another four years of football. I'd have to believe that's the way it is for most D3 schools.

You can absolutely attribute our postings to Oxy's recent success, but don't assume we're bandwagon. When you assume.... you know the rest of that old saying.

As for SCIAC happenings, I'd wait till at least the end of October to talk about any kind of playoff seedings. We all know Oxy is good, but we'll find out how good a week from Saturday. The Cal Lu/ La Verne game looks like it'll be a battle for third place, yeah? Any inside info on how it looks?

[OxyFan21]

Chi-Town,
I'm with you...while not around as long as some on this board, I certainly don't jump on bandwagons.  While I was at Oxy from '96-'00 there was certainly no bandwagon to jump on even if I wanted to 

That being said, no need for ranting posts dissing other people.

Should be a great few weeks and we'll see how everything turns out.  If Oxy does make it back to post-season, the players will leave it on the field.  I think Oxy students, in general, certainly do not have the attitude issues some are claiming here.

As a resident of STL, I have to say one more thing to you Chi-Town...GO CARDS!  You think people in SoCal are jumping on that Angels bandwagon?  Just a thought  .

[DawgHeaven]

I will explain why I call Oxy fans bandwagoners.  When we, the Bulldogs, played in Eagle Rock in 2001, for the championship, the Bulldogs fans outnumbered the Oxy fans.  Then in 2003, the same thing happened.  What is funny about that is that the Bulldogs have never drawn well.  Hope that clarifies the bandwagon issue. 

[Lights On]

Likewise, Oxy has never drawn well in terms of fan support. There is no such thing as a student-athlete at Oxy, there are only students. Teachers, fellow students and other administrative authorities care nothing of Oxy athletics, especially the football program; this is likely due to the stereotype that most football players are branded as meatheads and jocks...so that doesn't help in the support category. Oxy is a very strong academic institution with its focus strictly being academics. Any other attribute which increases Oxy's reputation is a bonus on top of everything else.  A high population of the student body last year were totally clueless to Oxy's playoff run, and probably still have no idea of Oxy's success this season, simply apathetic.  So to use the Redlands draw as means of explaining the "Oxy Bandwagon" effect is ridiculous. It is clear that the only supporters of Oxy football are the parents and a few friends/alumni capable of making it out to games...definitely not bandwagon material.