FB: Midwest Conference

[scottie]

The Beloit football link stinks!  It won't let me access it.  Oh well...

Off to hit the little white ball.

GO SCOTS!

[kiltman85]

Scores are in......

IC beat LF 14-11 which makes LF 0-3
MC beat Beloit 31-0 with Daniels running for over 200 again
SNC beat Lawrence 42-14, not as close as thought
Carroll beat Grinnel 49-14, no suprise
Ripon beat Knox 35-14

[scottie]

Perhaps Beloit will go for a Homecoming "do-over" next week...

[The Roop]

Based on what I witnessed vs. Macalester I would have said to take the over in this game. Holding Monmouth to "only" 31 points is an accomplishment. Beloits defense will not hurt them this year but an offense needs appear and score once in a while. A 3.3 is a nice grade point average but a 3.3 ppg scoring average will not win many games. Perhaps Beloit should leave the conference for football and play Macalester 10 times a year.

[kiltman85]

Beloit's defense wasn't the reason that Monmouth scored "only" 31 points.  The 8 penalties for 104 yards and a fumble while driving down the field is the reason that Monmouth scored 31 points.  They could have easily had 45, they just beat themselves today

[scottie]

Do the Scots get an extra victory for beating the Bucs and themselves?

Good game coming up this weekend at beautiful Bobby Woll Memorial Field against the CC Pioneers. 

[kiltman85]

They definitely beat themselves this weak.  They gotta play better this week or it will be close.  That defense is good though

[JUSTINTYEM]

The LU/SNC game was WAY closer than the score indicated.Check out the game stats and you will see just how close the game was.The only difference was 2-3 blocked punts in LU territory.That was the difference.

[Forester 14]

What a week in college football. The Golden Domers fall to the Mighty Wolverines...Stoops gets robbed of a "W" in the great Northwest. The Big East makes a huge statement(Miami @ LU). LSU/ Auburn is a classic. It was a alot of fun. as for the MWC it's a three horse race --Carroll/SNC/Monmouth--
On to the Big Finish--

Blue Boys @ Red Hawks > Two teams with out a conferece loss. Ripon is playing well, and riding high on emotions. The Smurffs struggle up in the hostile enviorment. Red Hawks win in a close game, stay undefeated in conference.
-Red Hawks 34 - Blue Boys 17

Pioneers @ Vikings > Vikings bounce back form the loss and impress the home crowd. Though the Pioneers put up a fight, they can't match up with the LU Off. Vikings get their first conference Win.
-Vikings 31 - Pioneers 7

Prairie Fire @ Buccaneers > Two more teams searching for thier first conference win. This is a big game for the two programs. Knox runs the ball very well and see them giving Beloit a taste of their own meds. Knox get's the W
-Prairie Fire 12 - Bucs 3

Pioneers @ Fighting Scots > THE GAME OF THE WEEK- Alot of questions in this game. Will Monmouth mistakes catch up with them? Can Carroll hang with the big boys? Can Monmouth continue it's MWC winning streak? Will Pioneer D stop Daniels? I think that this will be a great game. No one cirlcles the wagons like the Carroll Pioneers but Monmouth wins in a close, hard fought game.
-Fighting Scots 24 - Pioneers 21

Foresters @ Green Knights > Foresters travel to De Pere after a tough loss at home to IC. Knights are rolling and have learned not to over look teams. Foresters fight hard but fall to 0-4.
-Green Knights 47 - Foresters 14

-Side Note  right now I vote RB Daniels as the Heisman of MWC right now.
  Any debate?

[scottie]

Technically, Louisville is the "U of L," but I will also allow UL.

I agree with four of your predictions, except I think Beloit will pull off a home team sweep this weekend.

As for your "Heisman of the MWC" selection, let's see.  In all games, his rushing average is 84.3 yards/game ahead of the number 2 rusher.  In MWC games, his rushing average is 101 yards/game ahead of the number 2 rusher.  You certainly went out on a limb with that pick!   

[Maverick]

As for your "Heisman of the MWC" selection, let's see.  In all games, his rushing average is 84.3 yards/game ahead of the number 2 rusher.  In MWC games, his rushing average is 101 yards/game ahead of the number 2 rusher.  You certainly went out on a limb with that pick!   

Just have to stop putting the ball on the ground so much...3 lost fumbles already, 1 in each game so far. 

As for the rest of the team, decrease the number of penalties from last week at Beloit (8 is a few too many) and keep riding that strong defense while the passing game in the offense finds it groove (which has still scored 49 and 31 points in the last 2 weeks while running very effectively).

[hjmphelp]

As you two (Maverick and Scottie, that is) assess your chances against Carroll, remember that the REAL Pioneers did you a favor last week by putting Carroll's starting QB out for the rest of the season. No one is talking officially, but my friend at the hospital says he broke his ankle - it would have been late in the 1st half as I recall. Hope the kid is ok otherwise. He was a quality QB -his replacement isn't bad either, but the new QB doesn't appear to have as good an arm as #1.

[scottie]

JeffP - Did the REAL pioneers break the QB's ankle before or after the crotch grabs began?  That must have been one painful game...   

[Early]

Well you see justintyem, is that the problem is SNC is 42-14 better than LU as that was the final score....you can't debate that, because it's a fact!!!! 

[The Roop]

I agree with four of your predictions, except I think Beloit will pull off a home team sweep this weekend.

I hope you're right Scottie as I will be there to see it.