FB: Midwest Conference

papa90 · August 18, 2009, 06:11:11 PM

Very Calm Board. What does this mean?

1) The MWC fans are still hoping the cubs can come back.

2) All Packer fans are staying away from the internet until Brett Favre officially retires

or 3) MWC fans are yet to come out of hibernation and watch Monmouth win another MWC Championship.

Perhaps all three

LOOK OUT HERE COMES TOMMY TUCKER

PC · August 19, 2009, 11:20:18 AM

got to go with Monmouth here... SNC has been slipping in the dominant role they played in the ealry part of the decade the over last few years. seems to be a trend for a few sports up there...

SNCOLDAD · August 19, 2009, 12:05:09 PM

WOW! It seems like some really want to get this board going. Great. But I am not going to go down that road. Especially with someone that knows how SNC is doing in all sports over the past decade. I certainly do not. Cubs come back? One can be hopeful, but...... Farve retire? Who cares. I am definitely not a Packer fan, so I can not relate. Monmouth win another MWC Championship? I guess they are the favored team at this time. But they still have to play the games.

All I will say at this time is.....

GO GREEN KNIGHTS

partytimescotsfball · August 19, 2009, 12:54:13 PM

I'm new to the board...but what i do expect this year is the scots to take the football title..very high powered offense Only lost 1 starter and have this kid named tanney

..young defense they have a very talented d-line..very good safety with some new talented cornerbacks and a lb core that have a lot to prove but have plenty of talent...its going to be a great year and I can't wait to see these games

SNCOLDAD · August 19, 2009, 12:59:20 PM

Party Time, you do have a lot to look forward to. The Scots have a very strong returning offense that proved they can score often and very quickly if required. I am not happy to hear that the defense has some strong replacements. I was hoping that a shootout might be the name of the game. But I assume you will be making a few games. Good luck in all, but one.

Maverick · August 21, 2009, 12:58:43 PM

Figure it's time to make my first apperance in a long while...feels good to be back and I can't wait for the games to start in a couple weeks.

In the 2009 MWC football pre-season coaches poll, Monmouth is picked to repeat as champs; St. Norbert and Ripon picked 2nd and 3rd. Link to the official release: http://www.midwestconference.org/football/FB_PP_09.pdf

scots fan · August 22, 2009, 08:11:39 AM

monmouths defensive line will be dominating we shore up the linebacking crew and the cornerbacks and safeties should be fine . this should be a great year for the scots lets not forget our oppoents still have to stop the 5th ranked offense in d3 football from last year. oh by the way that is one year older and one year more seasoned .

warthog · August 22, 2009, 10:20:07 PM

scots fan:

Regardless of the possible improvement of the Scots defense, I would predict Monmouth will put up nine or ten wins this season, most of which will look like basketball scores.

ahig · August 24, 2009, 12:53:32 AM

A nice article about Lawrence's freshmen class coming in.

http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/communications/media/sportsnews/0809/081409.html

Food for thought: about this time of year, I'm really looking for quality info on both prep and dIII college football. In the era of Twitter, Facebook, and blogging, what do you all think about an increase in pre-seasonal information? I'm not talking about any sort of thing with player blogs or anything (b/c I don't believe players should be posting, etc.). And I get that a coach might want to keep things secret. However, what if someone from the Midwest Conference headquarters traveled to schools to check in or set up people on each campus to report in on the team (be it football or volleyball or whatever)? Do you think there'd be interest? I mean, if Aaron Rodgers is constipated on Monday morning, we know by Monday noon, or if Bret Bielema gets liquored up at the bar on Friday, people know by Saturday morning. Do you think more coverage of our teams would attact viewers and readers? How many of you know next to nothing about this year's team when the first game is less than 2 weeks away?

warthog · August 24, 2009, 01:03:10 AM

ahig:

Your wishes are answered.

For great preseason information sign up for the D3Football.com annual Kickoff report.

For update information check in regularly to the web-site throughout the season. You'll get so much D3 information your head will spin.

The Roop · August 24, 2009, 09:27:41 AM

Additionally, I'm not sure that constipation or pre-game binge drinking is anybodies business. The fish bowl simply should not be that small at the D3 level. Campus spies divulging personal information would only create a guilty until proven innocent ordeal for the individual player as some schools codes of conduct are quite strict on certain matters.

SNCOLDAD · August 24, 2009, 10:08:53 AM

Let's see. Pro and D1 get paid to play. D3 plays for love of the game.

We do not need more rumour mills on the internet.

I would love it if coaches or AD's would post info, but it is their choice.

GO GREEN KNIGHTS

MWCfan787 · August 24, 2009, 01:48:01 PM

I'm sorry but, I'm gonna go against the current. Also sorry if my thoughts ruin the "purity" of d3 football. (alot are forced by parents to play, just as much as a scholarship would force them) Let's not sit on a high horse and say d3 is so pure and perfect.

Ahig, I love those ideas. I would eat it up. I think you have a good point that if we had as much coverage as the big boys, it would almost make us just a big. Though most of your ideas I would only follow my own team's stuff, I would still enjoy knowing from an insider at camp that "cecil shorts looks faster this yr, probably put on 10-15 of lean muscle in the offseason....look out!!"

you all say we don't need it, but most of you would follow something like that

The Roop · August 24, 2009, 04:44:16 PM

I don't think there is anything controversial about Cecil Shorts gaining weight and getting faster this year. News like that would be welcome information and I doubt anyone would have a problem with it "getting out" so to speak. From my perspective it seems that Ahig is more interested in the gossip end of things and there's no need for that. The NCAA microscope is big enough already and we don't need any friendly fire incidents to make it bigger.

Trust me, I've heard plenty of stories over the years and some have been down right rotflmao funny. Yet when it involves personal information I never share it because it has no place on a public message board.

For example: Polly Propylene (an engineering student) has quite the reputation but she doesn't play any sports so nobody cares. Put her on the volleyball team and suddenly everybody wants to know about it.

FYI. Cecil and Polly are secretly engaged.

scottie · August 24, 2009, 06:05:38 PM

Ahig - if you are trying to find out whether it's true that the Vikings actually were planning to fly both Tanney brothers to training camp for a last minute tryout - in case Bret Favruh had stayed retarred - you won't get it on THIS board.

p.s. For all of you Scottie fans out there, I will be making an appearance for the season opener and stadium dedication. Feel free to join in and rub elbows.

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