FB: Midwest Conference

[siwash]

Eureka 28 Knox 13.  Really!?!?  Embarrassing, as if we weren't already.  sad sad sad!

[The Roop]

Due to website issues Beloit can't post stats at this time but the game story is up. Looks like it was 33-0 before they called off the dogs and MacMurray got some late mop up points. No confusing the UMAC for the WIAC but I think this is a very good performance to start the year.

[warthog]

Congratulations to the Green Knights. 

As I had said earlier this week, I had concerns about my Orange Knights. 

It sounds like it was a fun game to watch as long as you don't care for defense. 

Hopefully we will get a chance for a rematch in November. 

Good luck the rest of the way. 

[Gregory Sager]

Final from Chicago:

North Park 17
Carroll 10

[Footballfan99]

North Park vs Carroll was a sloppy game played by on all sides of the ball. Two big plays doomed the Pios in this one. A reverse flea flicker for about 50 yards was the nail in the coffin as the Vikings showed that they can be a pretty good team when all things do click for them. Hoping that Carroll rights the ship for next week and the rest of the season after this one or else it could be a long season for the Pioneers.

[MWCfan787]

Monmouth had an interesting move in the poll.  They won convincingly and two teams ahead of them lost.....yet they drop 2 spots to 14 as 4 teams jumped them

[MWCfan787]

MWC finishes 3-6 on the weekend....ouch!

impressive wins for Monmouth and SNC...but the rest of conference showed our lack of depth and why we rank so low as a conference according to the website

[The Roop]

Monmouth had an interesting move in the poll.  They won convincingly and two teams ahead of them lost.....yet they drop 2 spots to 14 as 4 teams jumped them

The IIAC had a losing record and that probably didn't help Monmouth in the poll. St. Norbert received fewer votes than Wartburg even though they beat them. Ohio Northern had a big win but I'm not sure they should go from unranked to as high as they are now. Always lots of issues with early season rankings.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Monmouth had an interesting move in the poll.  They won convincingly and two teams ahead of them lost.....yet they drop 2 spots to 14 as 4 teams jumped them

The IIAC had a losing record and that probably didn't help Monmouth in the poll. St. Norbert received fewer votes than Wartburg even though they beat them. Ohio Northern had a big win but I'm not sure they should go from unranked to as high as they are now. Always lots of issues with early season rankings.

Monmouth was the first example I cited in a post on 'head-scratchers' on the Top 25 thread (General Football).  Monmouth beat the Kickoff #100 team by 19; Case Western beat the #206 team by 12.  Monmouth fell 2 slots, while Case rose 3 and jumped Monmouth - THAT is a head-scratcher!

[Pat Coleman]

What is Monmouth's gaudy ranking based off of? Primarily a close loss at home to Wartburg in last year's playoffs. The playoff win against Aurora is meaningless from a rankings perspective -- look where Aurora is.

Wartburg made Monmouth look good in 2008 by a strong result -- albeit a loss -- at UW-Whitewater in the regional final. Wartburg 2009 made Monmouth 2009 look bad by losing to St. Norbert.

Without much 2009 data to go on here on Sept. 6, I am sure re-evaluating Wartburg caused enough voters to re-evaluate Monmouth. And of course, one has to keep in mind that Monmouth actually gained points from last week.

[mc31]

I was most impressed with monmouths linebacker marcus ruff.
He is a junior and led the team with tackles saturday with 10... but he also got hurt midway through the 2nd quarter... and did not play the rest of the game... While he was in he recorded 3 solo tackles, 7 assisted tackles, and also had an interception...

[MWCfan787]

What is Monmouth's gaudy ranking based off of? Primarily a close loss at home to Wartburg in last year's playoffs. The playoff win against Aurora is meaningless from a rankings perspective -- look where Aurora is.

Wartburg made Monmouth look good in 2008 by a strong result -- albeit a loss -- at UW-Whitewater in the regional final. Wartburg 2009 made Monmouth 2009 look bad by losing to St. Norbert.

Without much 2009 data to go on here on Sept. 6, I am sure re-evaluating Wartburg caused enough voters to re-evaluate Monmouth. And of course, one has to keep in mind that Monmouth actually gained points from last week.

How could 2009 Wartburg make 2009 Monmouth look bad...they didn't play each other.  Last year's team was last years team.  Wartburg lost a decent amount of starters from 08....Monmouth did not.

[Footballfan99]

With week 1 in the books, I came out 6-3 with my picks, but it is another week and this week it really counts with conference games. Looking at week two's games it does not look like there could be any upsets, but than again thats why they play the game. I'm picking early this week because I may not be able to later in the week.

Week 2:
IC vs Knox- IC
Monmouth vs Lawrence- Monmouth Big
Ripon vs Lake Forest- Could be a close one, Ripon wins this one.
St. Norbert vs Grinnell- Norbert Big
Carroll vs Beliot- (Pio-Buc Trophy) on the line in this one, but trophy stays in Waukesha.

[scottie]

What is Monmouth's gaudy ranking based off of? Primarily a close loss at home to Wartburg in last year's playoffs. The playoff win against Aurora is meaningless from a rankings perspective -- look where Aurora is.

Wartburg made Monmouth look good in 2008 by a strong result -- albeit a loss -- at UW-Whitewater in the regional final. Wartburg 2009 made Monmouth 2009 look bad by losing to St. Norbert.

Without much 2009 data to go on here on Sept. 6, I am sure re-evaluating Wartburg caused enough voters to re-evaluate Monmouth. And of course, one has to keep in mind that Monmouth actually gained points from last week.

How could 2009 Wartburg make 2009 Monmouth look bad...they didn't play each other.  Last year's team was last years team.  Wartburg lost a decent amount of starters from 08....Monmouth did not.

I agree that there is something askew with that logic.  But I guess you can't fight City Hall.   

[SNCOLDAD]

I used to think that there were 3 answers to every question....now I believe there might be 4.
1. Right Answer
2. Wrong Answer
3. Government Answer
4. And the new one, The Ranking Panel for D3 Answer. 

GO GREEN KNIGHTS