FB: Midwest Conference

[Redmen09]

First there was talk of the rising Blu Boy Nation  .  Now Knox?! too much to handle.

[Pat Coleman]

Hope springs eternal. Wait, that's baseball. Hope falls eternal, I guess, for football.

[scottie]

I predict that Monmouth and Knox will go into the Turkey Bowl with mirror-like unblemished records.   

[SNCOLDAD]

We even talked about making a raid the night before and weld that thing shut. But decided to let our defense take the responsibility of keeping it quiet. 


GO GREEN KNIGHTS

[Moncolfan]

bagpipes I can stand. but Men in Plaid Skirts and that dang cannon. Those 2 things make me cringe. That skirt thing just ain't right scottie.

SNCDAD this is something we definitely agree on. That @#$* cannon.   My head was pounding and my hearing was shot for three weeks after the the St. Norbert game last year. That thing went off so many times that game that they ran out of powder for the remaining home games.  Good thing too with the IC game that followed. I'm sure my hearing loss would have been permanent after that one.

[scottie]

If you don't like the cannon, don't let them score.  Unfortunately for the dogs of greater Warren County, it seems like the Good Guys have been the Shock-and-Awe Scots since sncoldad was driving sncolson to JFL practice. 

R E A D Y . . . . . . C L E A R . . . . . .K A B O O O O O O O O O O O M ! ! ! ! ! !

[BoBo]

I'm pretty sure our cannon is louder than your cannon -- at least it's more well known from coast to coast -- just ask the Wesley coaches and team!! 

[Moncolfan]

Big Deal Bo Blow. Your's might be more well known and louder but ours is bigger!

[warthog]

Hello Monmouth fans.  Welcome to Wartburg.  I hope you enjoy your trip over to Iowa.

I'm concerned about this game for two reasons: 
Obviously the Knights need to figure out how to contain Mr. Tanney.  They could only do that for one half in 2008 and that was with an experienced defense.  With several key losses on the defensive side of the ball after the 2009 season, a less experienced team than the 2008 group may have their hands full. 
Secondly, the students aren't back to campus yet.  This could well lessen the home field advantage for the Knights.  I hope there is still a large raucous crowd on the Wartburg side of the field.

Stop by and say hello prior to the game.  Our small tailgate event will have a Monmouth fan or two present so all are welcome. 

[BoBo]

Big Deal Bo Blow. Your's might be more well known and louder but ours is bigger!

Bo Blow  ?? Clever come-back.   

[fightintitan2006]

Pat,

If you are making the trip over to De Pere, plan a dinner stop at Victoria's in Appleton and check out Lawrence's football stadium, the Banta Bowl.  I haven't been there in a few years and the last time I was there it was showing its age, but it is an awesome and unique venue.

It replaced Loras' Rock Bowl as my favorite D3 football venue after my first trip there.

[blu thru n thru]

Big Deal Bo Blow. Your's might be more well known and louder but ours is bigger!

Bo Blow  ?? Clever come-back.   

You beat me to it.  What are we? 8th graders?  It's right up there with "Blue Balls"... Please...

[badgerwarhawk]

Not that it matters but we actually have three different cannons that are used.  Though I don't know how big any of them are compared to any others.  All of them make a pretty loud KABOOM.   

[blu thru n thru]

First there was talk of the rising Blu Boy Nation  .  Now Knox?! too much to handle.

Brief story...  Last year going into the HS season, there was a school here named Klein Oak.  They were ranked #56 in the country (for whatever that's worth), expected to dominate District 13-5A (arguably one of the tougher 5A districts in the state).  They swarmed and attacked, w/o mercy, the 5ATexasfootball.com/13-5A thread.  Any suggestion by posters supporting other teams, that they would even compete w/ the mighty "Oakies", brought only ridicule and an orchestrated beat down.  Some of y'all may have even seen Oak take on a California team at Jerry World in their season opener.  It was brutal.  Oak was destroyed in front of a national TV audience.  The following week, the Oakies continued to assault the board with no less arrogance.  Their mantra was that California team was a stacked private school powerhouse.  It was only one game.  Blah, blah, blah...  Any suggestion that the district title might be open for competition was dismissed in short order.  4 of 5 posts would be from the Oakies and they were all-the-more arrogant and overconfident.  They played a decent Cy-Creek team (a heavy underdog at the time) the next Friday night.  They got their arse's kicked in a display which could only be described as a complete intellectual meltdown.  Suddenly, their presence on the 13-5A board began to rapidly drop off.  Those that did remain, appeared to be in search of sympathy.  None was to be found.  2 weeks later, my son QB'd his Klein team to a victory over Oak, making them 0-4,   When the season came to a close, and they failed to make the playoffs (4 teams from each district make playoffs), you couldn't find an Oakie on the board, anywhere.  But prior to their exit, they made the board less fun than it could have been.

All I'm sayin' is don't be so dismissive of possibility.  Because the fall from grace can be less than pretty.  And know this, WHEN it happens, arrogance is not forgotten. This day comes to us all.  Can't say when, but win with the same grace as you lose.  Knox fans, keep it coming.  Call your friends at Lake Forest, Carroll, Grinnell, Lawrence, and Beloit (never mind.  Already hearing plenty from the one Beloit booster), and tell them to get in on it.  But please, don't back off.  The posters with game will appreciate you.  I for one, want to see you keep bringing it.  As for your suggestion that IC will get a donkey stompin'   from Millikin this weekend.  We'll settle that when we meet in J-ville this season and we make you the main course at our homecoming feast!  

Lastly, arrogance should be reserved as the domain of someone who has at least won a conference title in the last 9 years.  Don't you think?

Blueboy Nation is on the rise!  I'm just carryin' the flag!

[tm343407]

As most of you probably know, all MWC home games should be broadcast here: http://www.pennatlantic.com/main.php?tableName=event&fileName=results&recordId=&module=event-results&orderBy=&searchIt=yes&sport=0&month=0&day=01&year=2009&conferenceId=36&schoolId=0

Though this might be useful for some of the new guys, especially blu, who lives miles away. I heard that there might be some trouble with Week 1 games, but we'll see. Good luck to everyone.