FB: Midwest Conference

[doolittledog]

Has anyone heard any news over the winter in regards to the ACM schools splitting off and forming a new conference?  Or would it be some schools leaving...like St Norbert, IC, Monmouth and then the remaining schools bringing Cornell back in and keeping the Midwest Conference name?  Any news at all???

[blu thru n thru]

Dog- First of all, thanks!  Thanks for providing the faint hint of a heartbeat.  After a full day of a total of 3 post, all about Mark Twain charactors, I was beginning to question whether the stalwarts on this board really had the stuff to keep the football discussion going.  Or, was what I was seeing, only a brief flurry of activity cuz someone from a real football state resuscitated this dying thread only to have it flat line after a week?  You see, initially, I thought "Dang, there's some real football country outside to the great state of Texas!"  And, suprisingly, it was Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa... Who knew?  Then, we shift to Mark Twain???  Okay, admittedly, I had a hand in taking us down the food channel road for a while, but quickly corrected course.  I guess what I have to get used to is fans who see football as a season, rather than a lifestyle.  Here in Texas, we have two seasons.  Football season, and preseason football (which starts after the last game of football season).  Or, is it that everyone actually did head for the highground fearing the impending stampede of Blueboy Nation? 

To that end, I'm putting all on notice of the impending arrival of our version of "Swamp thing"  Something from the bayou is headed this way.  More Texas blood to invigorate this board.  You see, IC is committed to extending its OOS draw.  We've got some folks, active in the Texas fooball community harvesting the fertile grounds of Texas football.  We're bringing our harvest to IC.

Oh, yeah, what is ACM?  Where's this news coming from?

[Pat Coleman]

Has anyone heard any news over the winter in regards to the ACM schools splitting off and forming a new conference?  Or would it be some schools leaving...like St Norbert, IC, Monmouth and then the remaining schools bringing Cornell back in and keeping the Midwest Conference name?  Any news at all???

I keep hearing about it in fits and starts but it seems to die away. The presidents want it and the athletic departments are fighting it, basically.

[doolittledog]

btnt - the ACM is the Associated Colleges of the Midwest...or something like that.  A loose collection of schools with high academic standards.  A group of their presidents want to start a new conference with the members from this group.  It was voted on last winter and didn't pass.  From the IIAC, Cornell voted for the new conference, while Coe and Luther voted against it.  Most, if not all, of the MWC schools that are members of the ACM voted in favor of the new conference.  I believe the Minnesota schools voted against forming a new conference.  What all this means, I don't know!!!

[blu thru n thru]

Interesting.  Am I wrong in thinking that all the MWC schools are "high" academic"?  If formed, would this be a larger conference?  Greater geographic area?  Where can I read about this? 

[Pat Coleman]

It's just a lot of talk, nothing formal. The schools remaining in the discussion are the seven mentioned from the MWC plus Cornell, a former MWC member which is currently in the IIAC.

Other schools that are in the ACM grouping academically are not part of the athletics discussion anymore. Those include Colorado College, St. Olaf, Macalester, Carleton.

[MCAlum97]

Here is  an ill-advised prediction as to final conference standings for this season:


1Monmouth
2St. Norbert
3IC... yes, I know. 
4Ripon 
5Beloit 
6Carroll
7Lake Forest
8Lawrence 
9Knox 
10Grinnell

[blu thru n thru]

Here is  an ill-advised prediction as to final conference standings for this season:


1Monmouth
2St. Norbert
3IC... yes, I know. 
4Ripon 
5Beloit 
6Carroll
7Lake Forest
8Lawrence 
9Knox 
10Grinnell

Now that's what I'm talkin' about.  # 3 isn't the goal, but it is progess. 

[MCAlum97]

Where'd your son play his ball blue? I have a nephew who plays Jr. High ball in Kingston.

[blu thru n thru]

Where'd your son play his ball blue? I have a nephew who plays Jr. High ball in Kingston.

I suspect you might have meant Kingwood.  My son played at Klein HS.  A 5A school in Spring, Tx.  He transferred in his junior season.  A mistake.

http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=8&c=1&nid=3152730

[badgerwarhawk]

You see, initially, I thought "Dang, there's some real football country outside to the great state of Texas!"  And, suprisingly, it was Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa... Who knew?

I have heard that they are playing some decent football in Ohio too. 

[blu thru n thru]

You see, initially, I thought "Dang, there's some real football country outside to the great state of Texas!"  And, suprisingly, it was Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa... Who knew?

I have heard that they are playing some decent football in Ohio too. 

Sorry for the omission. You're absolutely correct. Unless you're talking Big 10... 

[gbpuckfan]

While hoping SNC can overtake Monmouth... Lawrence in 8th? The Vikings' ship has had problems winning a game, much less moving two spots out of the cellar.

[blu thru n thru]

And let's assume nothing about SNC & MC exclusively battling for the #1 spot.  There's a dark horse galloping north from Jacksonville, IL.  Once you get used to the idea, it's really quite plausible.

[SNCOLDAD]

Hey blu. Mcmurray is not in the MWC.