FB: Midwest Conference

[fulbakdad]

Lake Forest wins by 2 touchdowns!

lol

[Maverick]

Week 8 Picks

Illinois C. @ Grinnell - IC
Cornell @ Knox - KC
Monmouth @ Lake Forest - MC
St. Norbert @ Macalester - SNC
Lawrence @ Beloit - LU
Chicago @ Ripon - UC

Good luck Fighting Scots!

[astro9046]

Astro:  Since you only have 33 posts to your name, I'm going to go easy on ya kid.  My hunch is that F-Dad has a lot more sense and won't predict such a large spread.  Heck, he might even be hoping LF can keep it close.   

Well I truly appreciate you taking it easy on me my football friend, as for the 33 post...well it's not very active on here so I'm flying under the radar. IMO it comes down to which side of the ball for LF & MC performs. We already know that respectively MC is the top dawg Defensively and LF the top dawg Offensively so will LF D dominate or will MC O dominate, that is where the game will be won. I feel that LF front 7 will cause enough HAVOC/disruption up front to get the edge in my humble opinion. Chip on shoulder will prevail my friend.
Don't be to hard on me now.
Thank you and can't to freeze my butt off.

[scottie]

Couldn't help but notice a surprising lack of in-game updates from the LFC crew.... 

[scottie]

Has Valdivia reached the 300 yard mark yet??

[scottie]

SNC up big over MAC 40-7. #contendersandpretenders

[Maverick]

Final Score

Monmouth 42, Lake Forest 7

Chip got knocked off and turned to crumbs I guess. Seriously though, where was Cleary?

[WW]

Norby Monmouth outcomes are no surprise. My early line is Scots by 3, but we gotta make sure everybody gets thru healthy next week.

What was a surprise today was the Ripon Red Hawks. Nice win!

[Maverick]

Final Score

Monmouth 42, Lake Forest 7

Chip got knocked off and turned to crumbs I guess. Seriously though, where was Cleary?

Nevermind...earlier game stats were wrong, looks like Cleary was there.

[gbpuckfan]

I would think Monmouth would be favored by more than that, especially at home. SNC defense playing well but not sure Knights can score enough to keep pace with those Scots

[fulbakdad]

Sorry guys.  On the beach in Mexico.  Mon by a lot more than 3!

[scottie]

Enjoy your time on the beach, F-Dad.  Keep an eye out for young Astro who appears to have stuck his head in the sand.

[Pat Coleman]

Enjoy your time on the beach, F-Dad.  Keep an eye out for young Astro who appears to have stuck his head in the sand.

Take it easy on Astro -- he's new to the league, right? Sometimes it takes a while to see how things actually play out.

[gbpuckfan]

According to the conference website for the all sports standings:

Football, Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer, Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Softball, Tennis, and Men's Basketball: places are determined by regular-season standings.

So, with the divisions, can someone remind me how that works? Do the two division winners each get 9.5 points (10 for 1st, 9 for second, added together then halved?) I am guessing that Chicago and Macalester are just taking out of the equation? Or are the standings just moved into a single list and then assigned places?

[Maverick]

According to the conference website for the all sports standings:

Football, Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer, Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Softball, Tennis, and Men's Basketball: places are determined by regular-season standings.

So, with the divisions, can someone remind me how that works? Do the two division winners each get 9.5 points (10 for 1st, 9 for second, added together then halved?) I am guessing that Chicago and Macalester are just taking out of the equation? Or are the standings just moved into a single list and then assigned places?

It looks like this in previous seasons with the championship weekend games--winner of the game between 1st place teams gets 12 points, loser gets 11...winner of the game between 2nd place teams gets 10 points, loser gets 9...etc etc etc.  After points have been awarded as such, Macalester's points were removed from the standings; I'm guessing the same will be done this season with them and Chicago.