FB: Midwest Conference

[SNCOLDAD]

Excellent. I have not checked there for a while. I am glad to see they are posting updates.

[scottie]

Yaaaaawnnnnnn.  Scottie loves his hibernation every once in awhile.     Just jumped on because I saw that Tanney received a pre-season All-American honor.  http://www2.monm.edu/sportsinfo/releases/2010/1.football_tanney_preseason_all-american_06-07-10.htm  Hope everyone is enjoying their summer and that construction projects are going well.  It feels nice that the Scots don't have to deal with any construction deadlines this summer.  Hope to get over for a game or two this fall.

Cheers!

Scottie

[lakeshore]

interesting topics going on CCIW board about Midwest football powers leaving Midwest Conf for CCIW. 

[peteSNCFan]

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20100703/GPG0101/7030592/Video-photos-Countdown-to-kickoff
Report on SNC Sports Complex from today's GB Press...

[SNCOLDAD]

Thanks for posting the link. I do not always check the papers for aeticles and I really appreciate it.

[VikeME]

It seems to me there is alot of buzz around Lawrence-New Coaches on staff.. I heard from some alum that spring ball went very well from the LU golf outting.. The new coaches are coach bartlemess and abhram. as a alum class of 04 its great to see Lu makin noise in the Midwest. Coach Abhram is a young coach on the new staff that dosent shy away from his comments iv heard him saying Lawrence football is going to shock some people this yr-Bullseye on Norbert.. I hope coach abhrams can back it up.

[Ghostrider]

You can't be serious about LU...did you know coach bartlemess was hired the year before as a baseball football asst....and never showed...never told anyone...and 2 year later is the best replacement??? And the abhram already got himself into trouble downtown Appleton..As an alum as well I am diappointed LU has fallen off the wagon as it had..the firing of 2 coaches one of whom was an Alum was nothing ridiculous considering they are not at fault for the way things have gone....Just because you got sweet talked at the Viking Outing doesn;t mean LU can actually back it up...LU lost to Grinnell 42-0...and they are going to surprise?

[VikeME]

You seem kinda bitter about something.. You must not have ever played a sport in college-football? both coaches have a solid background. IT just seems to me that this conference is not that strong. Monmouth and Norbert yes are the top dogs but once in the playoffs are one n done. They rest of the league is ok but nuthin compared to the cciw-iiac-wiac. And yes coaches coach And the two that were let go must not have been doin a great job to get let go by LU dont you think? Again u can be a negative and diss your own school, but im proud to say Lu will be a better team this yr.

[SNCOLDAD]

Ah Yes! July is here and the talk starts. Good luck to the nesw coaches. I am sure they will make noise. May not win a game but it sounds like they can make noise of the verbal kind. 
I also love the comments about one and out. Not last year. And remember. It is better to have one and out, than to never have won at all! 

GO GREEN KNIGHTS

[Pat Coleman]

You must not have ever played a sport in college-football?

If only former collegiate-level players were allowed to be fans of college football, the stands would be pretty empty.

Coaches should stick to coaching, though, and let the fans stick to the message boards.

[warthog]

The D3 article about the new stadium sounds like the Green Knights will have a really nice place to call home.  Hopefully my Orange Knights will have a chance to see the new joint during the playoffs later this fall.  

[SNCOLDAD]

Pat, thank you. Always love your comments.

Warthog. Great to hear from you again. And I would love to see you again this year in the playoffs at the new stadium. Stay in touch and let me know if our paths will cross this year again.

As much as I hate to say it though, I have to admit. The Conference Championship goes through Monmouth this year. They earned it last year and with schedule re-alignment we get to make the trip to Monmouth again this year. But that will make the victory even sweeter.

But I will not look past the opening non-con game. I think that could be a real barn burner of a game. Hope so.

GO GREEN KNIGHTS

[warthog]

I'm not sure what Coach Barthelmess brings to the table for Lawrence.  Even though Principia wasn't a hot bed of college football, it isn't like he got run out of the head job based on poor coaching.  When your team is disbanded you don't have much choice.  A man with head coaching experience should be a valuable addition to any D3 program even if that experience came at Principia.

Abram apparently was a player at the University of Dubuque for the 2004 to 2007 seasons.  He would have been part of a 17-23 record during that time.  The Spartans went from 2-8 in 2004 to 7-3 in 2007.  He should know something about what it takes to turn a program around.

As someone looking from the outside, it appears Lawrence may have done very well picking up these two coaches.  I guess time will tell.

[SNCOLDAD]

Well Lawrence will have plenty of opportunity to show their stuff early. I see they are playing their non-con the 1st weekend of the season like the rest of the Midwest. Good move to get prepared for conference play. Knox at home for their 1st con match then Monmouth at home. they then travel to SNC. The big thing about this game is it will be the first home conference game for SNC in the new facility. If Lawrence doesn't show something at home against Knox, it could be another long season for them.

GO GREEN KNIGHTS

[MWCfan787]

Ok, I'm back.  Haven't posted since before Monmouth's game against St. Thomas last year.  I was obviously disappointed and decided it would be better to keep my mouth shut, rather than cause trouble.

But, I'm back now.  Seeing people talk about Lawrence football this much must mean MWC fans are really ready to start talking football again.

Can MC defend after losing most (if not all, i cant remember) of their o-line?  I'm pretty sure I know what the coaching staff's stance is on the term "defend".  They hate the word and I know the Scots will hear all preseason that they aren't defending anything, and last year was last year, and they must win a new conf. championship.  Yes, Tanney is back but he's lost some weapons (o-line, rb bricker, wrs wright and wantland).  The defense should be improved though as I believe they only lose 3 starters.  They must improve too if they wanna compete with the big boys in the playoffs (ex: St. Thomas game).


How's everyone else feel about their teams going in?