FB: Midwest Conference

[grboob]

Fulbakk,

Oh Oh,  My big mouth might come back to haunt me.  Lake Forest might have an excellent running game in 2014.   

Former Scots All American running back, grad asst. coach, All Kodak Academic  1st Team All American, Dante Daniels,  has been hired to coach your running backs.

I believe your running game  will increase your point production this year.  Hope you are excited with this hire.  Dante is a really good guy

[fulbakdad]

He will probably help the running game.  But the main reason I believe the running game will get better this year is a full stable of running backs that were thrown into the fire last year and did a good job.  The experience they got along with the O-line almost all coming back should pick things up.  If whoever the new qb is this year (A promising transfer and a couple Soph's from last year) will run the ball a couple times a game will open things up in the option type offense......

[scottie]

THIS JUST IN.....!  Lamont Williams named to be assistant-to-the-assistant running backs coach at LFC!    Sorry, couldn't resist.   

[fulbakdad]

Rats!  I was hoping Tanney was taking that job!

[wnc52]

Lamont Williams had a draft profile for the 2014 draft on ESPN's page.  Granted, there was almost no information on the page so I don't know if it means anything.  I guess my point is that if he isn't coming back this year, it's possible he was never planning on coming back.

[Gaegerlaw75]

well I guess all I can say is wow... A Midwest Conference running back declaring for the draft a year early after his team had a stunning .500ish record and had missed the first 2 games of the season.  Oh well... as I stated before, its going to be a long year. While I appreciate the idea that Carroll desires to broaden its athletic department's reach by moving to a new conference, I think it is a huge football mistake.  I also hate to see the program tuck tail and run before winning the thing again.  During my time at Carroll we took a great deal of pride in steering the program back towards winning a Midwest Conference championship.  Since then, we have come close, but have been bested by some great teams along the way.  This coming season would have been a great opportunity to turn the tide and contend for a title on the way out the door.  However, losing a star running back (to the draft apparently....) will be a great detriment to our chances.  That said, I look forward to the start of camp and some spirited debate on this board.  Thanks for the info as well.

[fulbakdad]

Boys report for camp in 3 weeeeeeeeeks!  Can't wait!

[grboob]

Where is the spirited debate?

Can Bates win at IC without Brimmage?

How good will St. Norberts be with a young new coach?

Can Monmouth get back their mojo after 2 average seasons?

Can Lake Forest replace their dominant defense..

Carroll has been discussed earlier

Anyone want to add questions?  about other reams  --like Cornell

[scottie]

The only question I care about is, Will the MWC webcasts be vastly improved?

[wnc52]

IC should be pretty loaded at WR, so while the Blueboys may throw the ball even more this year, I'm not worried about the offensive skill positions.  I'm more worried about losses on both lines of scrimmage, even as talented as Brimmage was.

[fulbakdad]

Scottie,

We can only hope that the schools with the poor webcasts will watch a game or two of the schools with the very good webcasts.  Then maybe they can try to improve their game!

Or maybe we should host a "How to make a better webcast" workshop in Vegas prior to the start of the season!  I volunteer to be the Advance Party for that one!

And I want to extend my invitation once again to you for the "Good Guys" VS Lake Forest game.  You will get the same VIP treatment Roop (RIP) got last year when he visited.  That would include but not be limited to, VIP parking, a free ticket to the best pre game tailgate in D3, seating at either the center Lake Forest Parents Area or the Halas Hall viewing section where the legendary Mike Ditka would smoke his cigars back in the day the Bears practiced there (That one would take some real hiney smacking to get).  I'll even throw in a halftime hotdog or sausage, your choice!

As you can see, we are really fighting to get that Scottie sighting.....

[scottie]

Thanks for the invite, F-dad.  Unfortunately, I think my current travel distance back to the Midwest might exceed yours (hence, my concern about the webcasts....).  I'll be able to attend the MC homecoming game, hopefully.  As luck would have it, the Good Guys play America's Team that day.....and I will NOT be surprised if the ball takes a few funny bounces in Beloit's favor, if you know what I mean.   

[grboob]

So Scottie,

You should make the Sports Info office know about your displeasure regarding the webcast announcers etc.  There is all new equipment in the outstanding football facility so there are no excuses for inept announcing at MC.

That said,  this year for 2 important games, you will be treated to the Lake Forest and IC announcers, since those are road games

[grboob]

Scottie,

Sorry I forgot -----the Carroll is another road game in 2014

[scottie]

Trust me....this isn't a MC problem, it's a MWC problem. I'll rely equally on all webcasts to....  Keep the camera on the action, pronounce the names of the schools correctly, at least pretend to be unbiased, keep the score accurate on the screen, repeat the score AND time-in-game frequently, speak loudly and clearly, be enthusiastic, share some stats, do a little research on the other team, and don't chew gum. 

K?