FB: Midwest Conference

[Pat Coleman]

Was the MWC the lowest ranked conference? How many of the bottom 48 teams do we have? 

Here's the conference rankings. (Only available to subscribers.)
http://www.d3football.com/secure/2016/features/conference-rankings

[02 Warhawk]

Howdy,

Just looking to see if anyone here is interested in participating in the West Region Fan Poll? I have a few spots to fill if any MWC fans are looking to join. All that's required is send me your top 10 west teams each week, then I'll post the groups' results in the West Fan Poll thread. Please send me a PM if interested.

Much appreciated, and best of luck to everyone's teams this season. 

[fulbakdad]

Wow, 2 days till 1st kickoff and this board is SILENT!  Where is everyone?

[doolittledog]

Wow, 2 days till 1st kickoff and this board is SILENT!  Where is everyone?

Trying to ovoid this guy, so they can make the game on Saturday...

[badgerwarhawk]

Tomorrow afternoon the BADGERS will play LSU in historic Lambeau Field.  It's been 33 years since a college football game was played in Lambeau.  One of the two teams that participated in that game was St Norbert.  The other was Fordham.  It was part of what was referred to as the Vince Lombardi Memorial Classic.  The Green Knights won 18-0 in front of 842 fans.  Tomorrow the game is a sellout and a crowd of more than 80,000 is expected.

[gbpuckfan]

Tomorrow afternoon the BADGERS will play LSU in historic Lambeau Field.  It's been 33 years since a college football game was played in Lambeau.  One of the two teams that participated in that game was St Norbert.  The other was Fordham.  It was part of what was referred to as the Vince Lombardi Memorial Classic.  The Green Knights won 18-0 in front of 842 fans.  Tomorrow the game is a sellout and a crowd of more than 80,000 is expected.

not to be nitpicky, but the game is Saturday...

lots of fans already streaming into town...

[badgerwarhawk]

Since I've quit working on Fridays I sometimes get my Thursdays confused with Fridays.  I just thought it was a neat bit of trivia for you guys.  The Vince Lombardi Memorial Classic only lasted two years and pitted St Norbert and Fordham both times. 

[gbpuckfan]

From a SNC page...

Norbs Nation: Please tune into ESPN College GameDay Saturday morning around 8:04am CT. They will be airing footage from the 1983 game between St. Norbert and Fordham at Lambeau Field. Some of that footage may be run during the LSU/Wisconsin broadcast as well.

[scottie]

Congrats to Alex Tanney for making the Tennessee Titans 53 man roster.  Here is a nice bio page:  http://www.titansonline.com/team/roster/Alex-Tanney/c558bfc2-4e57-4696-925a-0cbd967982d6

[gbpuckfan]

today's slate:


SATURDAY  9.3.16  FOOTBALL
Beloit College      Lake Forest College         1:00 p.m.   Lake Forest, Ill.   
Eureka College      Knox College         1:00 p.m.   Galesburg, Ill.   L
Ripon College      Concordia University Chicago         1:00 p.m.   River Forest, Ill.   
Carleton College      Macalester College         1:00 p.m.   St. Paul, Minn.    
St. Olaf College      Grinnell College         1:00 p.m.   Grinnell, Iowa   
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point      St. Norbert College         1:00 p.m.   De Pere, Wis.   
Lawrence University      Presentation         1:00 PM   Aberdeen, SD   
Monmouth College      Hope College         1:30 p.m.   Holland, Mich.
Illinois College               Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology         6:00 p.m.   Terre Haute, Ind.
Cornell College      Iowa Wesleyan University         7:00 p.m.   Mount Pleasant, Iowa   

[gbpuckfan]

Nearing halftime, Sp leads SNC 20-0.

Pointer lines controlling play as you might expect. SNC not playing poor defensively but cannot do anything on offense due to UWSP line

But the Goodyear Blimp did a fly by...

[Maverick]

Final Score

Monmouth 44, Hope 3

Congrats to the Fighting Scots on opening up the 2016 season with a nice road win!

[gbpuckfan]

Final
UWSP 37
SNC 14

As noted, the UWSP lines were just too much on both sides of the ball, especially defensively, for SNC to handle. UWSP wasn't great but certainly good enough today. SNC had too many dropped passes and other issues.

Still, pleased to see SNC schedule a quality opponent for non-confererence.

[fulbakdad]

I went 2-0 yesterday in the MWC.  Lake Forest takes care of business in the opener and Concordia does the same at home.  (Son now coaches at Concordia)...

[wnc52]

On the surface, IC's win impresses me although I'll admit I don't know much about what if anything Rose Hulman returns from last year.