FB: Midwest Conference

[scottie]

F-Dad:  I will go ahead and nominate that as a candidate for Post of the Year.

[fulbakdad]

Hey thanks Scottie.  As you can see, my K +/- ratio is lagging.  Always good to be notice.  lol.  But instead of paying attention to my posts, you should be getting ready to pay attention to the field.  Keep counting the guys on the other team this weekend.  You never know when that sneaky buy is gonna show up!

[Maverick]

Didn't get this done earlier today...time to make some Friday night picks!

Week 5 Games

Beloit @ Monmouth - MC
Grinnell @ Lawrence - LU
Knox @ Macalester - MC
Ripon @ Illinois C. - IC
St. Norbert @ Cornell - SNC

scottie - See ya in the Maple City!  Wondering what kinds of funny bounces we will witness tomorrow when the Bucs come to town...maybe the clouds will form into the words "Mt. Monmouth" right before those bolts of lightning.  Good luck Fighting Scots!

[Gaegerlaw75]

Is ESPN correct? Did SNC lose in the pre-Carroll trap game?

[Maverick]

Slow going on the boards this week.  Everyone must be reaching high levels of productivity at their respective places of work over the past few days.

[fulbakdad]

I'm not busy.  Just have been trying to look up what a Pre Carroll Trap game is......

[scottie]

One wonders if a pre-Carroll trap game matters all that much if the loss is against a "southern division" team.  It seems to scottie, that north v. north W-L comparisons might be more significant when MVC playoff time approaches.

One also wonders if a wounded SNC team is what Carroll really is hoping for this weekend.....   

[Ash Park]

Highly doubt SNC would overlook a solid Cornell team who they beat by a combined total of 7 points in two years.

[fulbakdad]

Who said SNC was going to overlook Cornell?

[warthog]

Who said SNC was going to overlook Cornell?

SNC should - Cornell owns the worst decade long football record in IIAC history.  I can't believe they got any better going back to the MWC.  Playing the Rams should be a Saturday off for everybody.   

Sorry, Cornell.  I've missed picking on you.  I really do wish you all the best. 

[Gaegerlaw75]

I agree with the above post in that I am not necessarily all that happy that SNC lost before us.  First, it doesn't do Carroll any good that they lost out of the division.  Second, any potential weaknesses that were exploited by Cornell were likely corrected by the Green Knights this week after watching the tape.  However, I still think that SNC did lose to a team that they are better than.  Whether it was because they were looking down the schedule or not remains to be seen. I guess we will have our answer in 72 hours... What a weekend in the MWC coming up.

[Ash Park]

Is ESPN correct? Did SNC lose in the pre-Carroll trap game?

fulbakdad,

I took the above question as in did SNC lose to Cornell because they overlooked them because they play Carroll this week. Maybe that's not what Gaeger meant. 

I don't buy it. SNC is too good of a program to make that mistake. They were outplayed in the second half and Cornell was the better team.

[Maverick]

Week 6 Games

Cornell @ Grinnell - CC
Lake Forest @ Knox - LFC
Monmouth @ Illinois C. - MC

Beloit @ Lawrence - BC
Macalester @ Ripon - MC
St. Norbert @ Carroll - SNC

These next 5 weeks should be alot of fun with every divisional game being important.  Good luck Fighting Scots!

[grboob]

Mav,

Agree with your picks but I think Ripon at home (or homer) should win against Maclester.

[fulbakdad]

I pick IC and Carroll different...