FB: Midwest Conference

[gbpuckfan]

There is a St. Norbert question in this quiz about the Packers draft history:

http://www.fox11online.com/generic/sports/packers_and_nfl/quiz-green-bay-packers-draft-history

[Footballfan99]

Congrats to former IC Blueboy quarterback Peter Jennings on being named Carroll's QB Coach. Hopefully good things will be happening in Waukesha come fall!!!

http://athletics.carrollu.edu/news/detail.asp?newsid=3375&teamid=392

[The Roop]

And congrats to Beloit for finally starting the stadium upgrades that should have been completed 3 years ago. New track, field turf, etc........... Better late than never I guess.

[hickory_cornhusker]

They didn't want to be the last team in the North to update their track (or build a new one in the case of Carroll and St. Norbert).

[The Roop]

They haven't held The Beloit Relays since 79 so I think they are the last.

[hickory_cornhusker]

It's been a long time since Lawrence has hosted a track meet as well. It wasn't 1979 but it's been a while.

[scottie]

The Roop > Bin Laden.  Thank you for your service, and nice shootin'!! 

[Pat Coleman]

'tis official:
http://www.d3sports.com/notables/2011/05/cornell-to-return-to-midwest-conference

[02 Warhawk]

'tis official:
http://www.d3sports.com/notables/2011/05/cornell-to-return-to-midwest-conference

Any insight on why the switch occurred?

[scottie]

'tis official:
http://www.d3sports.com/notables/2011/05/cornell-to-return-to-midwest-conference

Any insight on the switch occured?

That is not really a sentence.  Would you like to take another stab at this?

[Ralph Turner]

'tis official:
http://www.d3sports.com/notables/2011/05/cornell-to-return-to-midwest-conference

Any insight on the switch occured?

That is not really a sentence.  Would you like to take another stab at this?

I actually thought that you were hoping for a complete subject and verb to be added to the sentence, e.g.,

"Is there any insight on why the switch occurred?" 

[warthog]

'tis official:
http://www.d3sports.com/notables/2011/05/cornell-to-return-to-midwest-conference

Any insight on why the switch occurred?

Conference record over the last eight years 5-59. Four of those wins came in 2003-2004-2005. That tranlates to one conference win in the past five years.  Bottom line, they couldn't compete in the IIAC.  Unfortunately for the Rams, the MWC isn't the league they left 14 years ago.

[ahig]

What does a school like Cornell do with its wrestling program?  The press release said Cornell would become a MWC member in all sports.  I only know of Lawrence having wrestling in the MWC and they compete in the WIAC I think.

[Jester76]

What I want to know is how will this affect each MWC teams football schedule.  Will they not be allowed to play an out of conference opponent because every team will have to add Cornell to their schedule?  Or will they revisit the North and South idea with football and allow the teams to play more out of conference opponents with a possible conference championship? 

Either way it will be interesting to see what kind of shake up this will cause to every teams game schedule.

[gbpuckfan]

Welcome back!

As for football scheduling:

- Maybe there's a 12th team a-coming.

- I would guess they won't play an insulated football schedule. Maybe they'd go to not playing 2 teams and freeing up for another non-con date. (Something along the lines of how the Big Ten has been doing it.)

(EDIT: I can't imagine Cornell agreeing to this and not being able to play Coe in football - perhaps the best reason this won't happen.)

- divisions with different number of member just seems wrong - and why should some schools get an extra non-con date compared to others?

- maybe someone else is leaving?