FB: Midwest Conference

[ptp231]

Congrats are in order to Tanney QB - Monmouth , Jennings WR - IC , Kotecki G - Monmouth, and Schwindenhammer  T - Monmouth for making the D3football.com Preseason All-American team. All very deserving.

Although we all might be a little biased, who else in the league do you think deserves it..

Baratti LB - Beliot    215 tackles 17.5 TFL and 5 sacks in his 2 years at Beloit
Carter WR - LF        Might? be the active career leader in TD receptions in all of NCAA with 29

[The Roop]

I think players report to camp this week so hopefully the news will start to pick up.

[bballer1280]

I think players report to camp this week so hopefully the news will start to pick up.

Actually, I don't think that the players do report this week.  I believe that they report next week at the D-3 level.

[SNCOLDAD]

Traveling so I could not respond. End of next week is reporting for the guys. I think 1st practice can be Saturday??    but not absolutely sure.

GO GREEN KNIGHTS

[scots fan]

  Monmouth players report to camp on the 12th

[warthog]

Hello!  Is anybody home? 

[MWCfan787]

we're lurking.....waiting to shock the d3 world in week one

predictions

carroll over north park
beloit over macmurray
grinnell over cornell
knox over eureka
monmouth over loras
IC over millikin
lake forest over aurora
ripon over uw oshkosh
snc over wartburg

[The Roop]

Most of those games are locks, so I'm not sure how shocked the D3 world will be if the MWC does pull off the sweep. Lake Forest vs. Aurora figures to be the most telling however. A big win should mean that LF is back on track. A close game or a loss probably means another long season for the Foresters.

Right now it looks like Ripon, Monmouth and St. Norbert will compete for the championship and everyone else will compete to see if they can over take Carroll for the 4th spot.

Beloit has it's roster posted and the name you want to keep an eye out for is Dillion Hess. I'm not making him starting QB just yet but Brann has a quick hook so I know he will get his chances. His high school stats weren't as incredulous as I'd heard but they are still very impressive. If he cuts down on the INTs his rating is easily over 100.

[basil991]

 Will a new coaching staff have a positive effect on LF this season? How good was their recruiting in the off season?

[sportsknight]

Keep dreaming.  Especially about those last three.

we're lurking.....waiting to shock the d3 world in week one

predictions

carroll over north park
beloit over macmurray
grinnell over cornell
knox over eureka
monmouth over loras
IC over millikin
lake forest over aurora
ripon over uw oshkosh
snc over wartburg

[MWCfan787]

ripon v oshkosh was 14-13 last yr at oshkosh

norbert doesn't lose alot from last year, wartburg does....and the wartburg has a 6 hr road trip this yr, not norbie

last year monmouth beat aurora 42-13 but it was 35-0 to start and beat lake forest 56-2 but there was a defensive td late game should've ended 49-2....so not a whole lot of difference

for all those to happen is definitely stretching, but not dreaming

Keep dreaming.  Especially about those last three.

we're lurking.....waiting to shock the d3 world in week one

predictions

carroll over north park
beloit over macmurray
grinnell over cornell
knox over eureka
monmouth over loras
IC over millikin
lake forest over aurora
ripon over uw oshkosh
snc over wartburg

[The Roop]

Will a new coaching staff have a positive effect on LF this season? How good was their recruiting in the off season?

There are a couple new faces on the staff but it's not a wholesale change type of thing. The head coach was the defensive coordinator the past 3 seasons, etc. Their website only lists returning players for now so what type of recruiting year they had is uncertain. All I know is they need to score some points. The days of 14-10 games in the MWC is over.

[SNCOLDAD]

Well there is no doubt that things are starting to get exciting. Camp starts this week. And we have our first set of predictions for the opening weekend of MWC teams. It sure would be sweet if they all come true. Especially the last. MWCfan787, you keep it up. Do not let some others discourage you cheering for MWC teams. The battle of the Knights could be the game of the week in D3!!!!   

GO GREEN KNIGHTS

[SNCOLDAD]

GO GREEN KNIGHTS

[scottie]

S O R R Y, "D A D."  H A T E  T O  B R E A K  I T  T O  Y O U. . . . M O N M O U T H  F O O T B A L L  I N  2 0 0 9 ! ! !