FB: Midwest Conference

[mwcwatcher]

Hanson must be thrilled that this moran is posting using his name.

[PapaSmurf]

Talent didn't help any illinos team this year ..........  Does St. "Norberts" have a spring ball program, do they have manditory team lifting?  Does anyone talk about football, or is this a contest to see how much more lame the neighboring state is in the midwest? 

Simply put, the WIAC is better because they get most of the best players.  Why?  Money.  It's cheaper to go there and staying an extra year (red shirting) isn't as much of a financial burden.  I've put some thought into this for the last four years and my conclusion has been backed up around the boards here.  When non injury related red shirting was legal some (most?) of the WIAC schools took advantage of it to the maximum.  How else can you explain UWW having an all freshman starting off. line three years ago?  Now that red shirting has been eliminated in non injury situations and the WIAC teams have an imposed 100 man roster limit the playing field between them and the MWC might level off a little.     

[Maverick]

Talent didn't help any illinos team this year ..........  Does St. "Norberts" have a spring ball program, do they have manditory team lifting?  Does anyone talk about football, or is this a contest to see how much more lame the neighboring state is in the midwest? 

Simply put, the WIAC is better because they get most of the best players.  Why?  Money.  It's cheaper to go there and staying an extra year (red shirting) isn't as much of a financial burden.  I've put some thought into this for the last four years and my conclusion has been backed up around the boards here.  When non injury related red shirting was legal some (most?) of the WIAC schools took advantage of it to the maximum.  How else can you explain UWW having an all freshman starting off. line three years ago?  Now that red shirting has been eliminated in non injury situations and the WIAC teams have an imposed 100 man roster limit the playing field between them and the MWC might level off a little.     

Some very good points there PapaSmurf.  It helps the WIAC schools that they are the cheaper state schools (not saying that as a bad thing, it's just a fact) and they have D-III athletic programs so alot of talented kids get the best of both worlds--less expensive education and can play while going to school.  And it hurts that cheaper state schools in Illinois are places like Western Ill., Eastern Ill., Illinois St., etc. and are D-IAA programs rather than D-III...thus alot of Illinois kids who would like to play close to home in college cannot do so because of that financial burden of higher priced private D-III schools and just end up going to school but not being able to play at one of the state universities.

[MWCfan77]

Awsome a shower in a concentration camp...  Thats good.  If Wisconsin is so bad why is Hwy 41 and 51 fillied with FIBS every summer, can't you vacation at one of your many landfills, man made lakes or sewage riddled rivers.   Isn't Gary ID. looking for that Ill vacation money.

LAX LB,

Have you been drinking that Hater-ade again?  You should be thanking us "FIBS" if anything.  If it weren't for us "FIBS" coming up there to vacation, who else would support your economy??? Also, you dont really have any room to talk about dirty rivers.  When was the last time you took a look at the Fox River around Green Bay.  Last time I checked, that wasn't the cleanest thing I've seen.  Plus, if you really want to boil down to things, the recent Chicago Beach closings along the lake front have been linked to sewage dumping occuring in Milwaukee.  You like apples? How do you like them apples.


Against your wish, I will continue to support Huey and Mark at the Hitching Post in Door County with my "FIB" money.  And yes, all this while on my vacation.


Lay off the Hater-ade Chief.

Your Friendly "FIB",

MWCfan77

[Early]

At least in Wisconsin you don't have to pay $$ (a.k.a. tolls) to drive on $hitty roads. 

[MWCfan77]

No you just have to drive behind trailors and hay bailors.

[RCFB#62]

Awsome a shower in a concentration camp...  Thats good.  If Wisconsin is so bad why is Hwy 41 and 51 fillied with FIBS every summer, can't you vacation at one of your many landfills, man made lakes or sewage riddled rivers.   Isn't Gary ID. looking for that Ill vacation money.

LAX LB,

Have you been drinking that Hater-ade again?  You should be thanking us "FIBS" if anything.  If it weren't for us "FIBS" coming up there to vacation, who else would support your economy??? Also, you dont really have any room to talk about dirty rivers.  When was the last time you took a look at the Fox River around Green Bay.  Last time I checked, that wasn't the cleanest thing I've seen.  Plus, if you really want to boil down to things, the recent Chicago Beach closings along the lake front have been linked to sewage dumping occuring in Milwaukee.  You like apples? How do you like them apples.


Against your wish, I will continue to support Huey and Mark at the Hitching Post in Door County with my "FIB" money.  And yes, all this while on my vacation.


Lay off the Hater-ade Chief.

Your Friendly "FIB",

MWCfan77

The amount of money the fine people of Illinois generate for our economy still doesn't outway the mental anguish we must put up with when you use our highways........  Is drivers ed an elective in high school for you guys?  An additional toll should be assesed for that jack-a$$ that does 65 mph in the fast lane, i.e. for my illinois people that is the left lane. Don't act like Chicago isn't dumping in the water too, we can't help sh!@ flows down hill!!!!!! To put it bluntly Illinois is WV without the hills.   Has anyone ever seen deliverance, I think I hear dueling bango's???

[scottie]

Good evening, Scottie Fans...and Pat.   

Sorry for the long delay in between posts.  My new office has much fewer poster-friendly sight lines than the old digs.

I'm back from a whirlwind trip to Louisville where I was in attendance for the big game last night.  Now I'm letting the Scottie-mobile cool down before I head on to beautiful Bobby Woll Memorial Field tomorrow morning.  And then a big Turkey dinner.

For Mav:

Mav goes for the Schlitz
Only, and I mean ONLY
When Bijou runs dry!

[Maverick]

scottie - Another classic haiku from you buddy!  You should have all of your poetry works published at some point in time.  Gonna get those MIAC guys excited and back in here if you keep talking about Schlitz though.   I'll keep an eye open for you around Bobby Woll Memorial Field during the game...or around the Bijou later on in the day.  I plan on making it up there in the evening for a few beverages...

[wc2viking]

Well, the Vikings didn't finish with a winning season as hoped.  Congrats to Ripon on the win 31-14.  Completely classless  move by Ripon to score with 25 seconds left.

Oh well, congrats to the LU program for continuing to improve.  Next year, they should be a contender for the conference title.

[titan2000]

Well, the Vikings didn't finish with a winning season as hoped.  Congrats to Ripon on the win 31-14.  Completely classless  move by Ripon to score with 25 seconds left.

Oh well, congrats to the LU program for continuing to improve.  Next year, they should be a contender for the conference title.

We'll get them back for their classless moves on the hardcourts.   Can't wait to watch Gillespie squirm and rant on the bench. 

[Hawk Sighting]

Well, the Vikings didn't finish with a winning season as hoped.  Congrats to Ripon on the win 31-14.  Completely classless  move by Ripon to score with 25 seconds left.

Oh well, congrats to the LU program for continuing to improve.  Next year, they should be a contender for the conference title.

Ok!  Couple questions for you!  1.  Do you understand Football?  2.  Do you understand the Ripon/Lawrence rivalry?  3.  Were you at the game?

Reason I ask this is because it wasnt with 25 seconds left in the game.  It was with about 50 sec. left, Ripon on the 2 yard line going in for a TD and lawrence having 2 timeouts left down by 10.  If Ripon would have taken a knee they could of used the timeouts, got the ball back and had a chance to score, onside kick, and get the ball back to tie.  So with being on the 2 yard line Ripon does what any team would do, and run the ball, just happens that they were able to score. 

Lawrence was still able to return the kick AND run 2 plays.  So if I am not mistaken I think that Ripon played it just right and I feel that YOU are just being classless with that comment.  And another thing you need to get off the sauce, cause Lawrence will not be contending for the title next year.  They will be contending for a winning season.  Granted they are a lot better then they have been, but to say that they will be contending for the title is ridiculous.  However I am excited to see that the Ripon/Lawrence game will mean something in the near future, since it looks like Lawrence is able to win some games.   

[LAX LB]

I like Ripion Good Cookies..... and still hate the FIBS, well only the loud one's.

[Early]

wc2viking,

Do you honestly think that if Lawrence had the ball on the 1-yd. line that they wouldn't have put it in if they were up?

Yes, according to the play-by-play, the time left was 25 seconds, get off your judging high horse and admit LU would have done the exact same thing.
I'm sure any school in that situation only up 10 points goes for the TD.

[MWCfan77]

I like Ripion Good Cookies..... and still hate the FIBS, well only the loud one's.

LAX LB

Why such hostility?  Cant we all get along? What else do you have against IL?  We know you dont like us supporting your economy.

MWC Fan