FB: Midwest Conference

[Redmen09]

Great game for the Hawks yesterday, good way to end an up and down season, and its always good to beat the Larrys.  Ripon dominated both sides of the ball all game.  Their offense threw 10 times! So no wonder we put up 63 points.  No matter the records the Ripon-LU game is always littered with personal foul penalties which makes the game interesting, a fun rivalry game. 

[The Roop]

10 times. That's a gotta be a new team record.

[gbpuckfan]

If Cornell is interested, I would think they might try to find a 12th team and go back to two 6 team divisions and have a title game again.

When we had 12, it was 5 division games and 2 vs the other division - a home and home over two years - so it took 6 years to complete a home/home cycle with the other division.

[gbpuckfan]

(Cont.)

That would mean three non-games and a chance to improve the overall strength of schedule. That would likely mean trying to play more WIAC teams. Maybe its 3 games vs other division - still get two noncon that way and might be easier to schedule.

[hickory_cornhusker]

(Cont.)

That would mean three non-games and a chance to improve the overall strength of schedule. That would likely mean trying to play more WIAC teams. Maybe its 3 games vs other division - still get two noncon that way and might be easier to schedule.

You'd have to have only 9 games on the schedule in order to play the conference championship game, otherwise you would have 11 games in the season. But you could go with 5 division games, 2 cross division and a challenge game like the NAthCon has for basketball. 1st in the North plays 1st in the South, 2nd in the North plays 2nd in the South and so on. Trade off year's on what division gets to host so every school would know where the game would be at the start of the year. They just wouldn't know the opponent.

[The Roop]

Cornell was too good for us so let them join the UMAC.

[Redmen09]

FULU!

[The Roop]

I think Greenbay has suited up Beloit College and Dallas is using the Illinois College JV.

[blu thru n thru]

I think Greenbay has suited up Beloit College and Dallas is using the Illinois College JV.

On behalf of the entire IC JV, I wish to register the offense taken to that comment.   Upon closer inspection, I believe you'd find that it was actually the Longhorns wearing the stars on their helmets...

[The Roop]

I was just guessing but I think you might be on to something. IC JV would have done better.

[scottie]

My last post Saturday afternoon was via Blackberry and in a rush since I was trying to be the tens of thousands out of Galesburg.   

But it is worth repeating, since the announcer almost gave me a heart attack....on MC's last play from scrimmage to run out the clock, he says "That was Alex Tanney in for the snap." Just before I could start the F in WTF, he says "Sorry, that was Matt Shephard taking the snap."  So the redshirt remains in tact and the balance of power tilts back to the (real) Good Guys next year, despite the BTNT Manifesto.   

Good luck to the Green Dads in the playoffs!

M O N M O U T H   B A S K E T B A L L   C U T S   D O W N   T H E   N E T S   I N   2 0 1 1 ! ! !                                                    S O R R Y . . . . W R O N G   B O A R D.    

[The Roop]

Beloit graduates several at key positions so they may only be an 18.5 point favorite next year.

[blu thru n thru]

My last post Saturday afternoon was via Blackberry and in a rush since I was trying to be the tens of thousands out of Galesburg.   

But it is worth repeating, since the announcer almost gave me a heart attack....on MC's last play from scrimmage to run out the clock, he says "That was Alex Tanney in for the snap." Just before I could start the F in WTF, he says "Sorry, that was Matt Shephard taking the snap."  So the redshirt remains in tact and the balance of power tilts back to the (real) Good Guys next year, despite the BTNT Manifesto.   

Good luck to the Green Dads in the playoffs!

Manifesto? I respectully (though none is due) disagree.  I was just callin' my shot!

M O N M O U T H   B A S K E T B A L L   C U T S   D O W N   T H E   N E T S   I N   2 0 1 1 ! ! !                                                    S O R R Y . . . . W R O N G   B O A R D.    

[scottie]

As much as I feel like rubbing it in to blu I don't think I will. Yes I will. As predicted Americas Team took the Blue Boys to the woodshed. LOL.

Well deserved and not as bad as you could...  Between the Blueboys' end of season fizzle, and the Longhorns' complete debacle of a season, there ain't much joy in the house.

But as I look toward next season, I see reason for optimism.  Over the course of the season, I have gotten to know many of the underclassmen.  I believe they have the ability and commitment to do exactly as I have predicted from day one.  That is, take the Blueboys to the next level.  They took some nice steps in that direction this year.  They made a difference in the conference.  They weren't just fodder, only winning games against the conference cellar dwellers.  They showed they could play.

Winning is an attitude.  Development takes leadership.  There's something I know, that y'all don't.  There is a history I have witnessed, but cannot share in this forum.  It involves increasing the overall energy of a program.  There's a core group of young men who will not be satisfied with the results achieved in the past.  Their number will grow in the coming months.  There will be a raised level of commitment to football & development in this off-season.  No one on this board will see it.  But it will be there.  The team will still be young next year, but it will have a heightened sense of purpose.  I think there will be greater versatility on offense, and increased intensity & ferocity on defense.  Teams win when they believe and understand that football isn't just a fall sport.  It requires a 24/7/365 commitment to improvement.  Not just by a handful of players, but when that commitment becomes an expectation of all, by all.  We only visited 2 schools in the MWC.  As many already know, MC was the other.  Not taking anything from rest, but the aforementioned commitment and attitude was already instilled and part of the culture there.  That, not Tanney's potential return, is what makes them consistent contenders. At IC, we truly saw (and see) the raw ingredients.  The coaching staff is bringing in the players it needs, and raising the bar.  The administration and fans are sensing it, and raising their commitment to match.  This is how programs grow.  Blueboy Nation was born.  It's in its adolescence.  The MWC will know when it comes of age. 

It's been a blast being part of this board.  While I don't have the historical perspective, I would still suggest that the conference got better this year.  Is our champion as great as in years' past, who knows?  But the conference is better as a whole.  Iron sharpens iron.  This is a good thing.  Let's keep it going.  I realize that SNC has a daunting task before them, but let's all get behind them.  Because next year, I know the Blueboys will want your support when they carry the conference banner into the great beyond.   Class dismissed.  You may go now. 

Excuse me while I clear my throat......   

[blu thru n thru]

Allergies, Scottie?  Clearly, you've never read one of my manifesto's.  That wouldn't even qualify as a cover letter...   However, next time, I'll be more mindful of my audience (you).  I'll do it in crayon and use stick figure illustration & larger print.