FB: Midwest Conference

[Maverick]

Monmouth forced to punt, St.Norbert return man tries to run up and catch a short punt, fumbles it, Monmouth recovers.

MC 3, SNC 3
Not sure how much time is left

[Maverick]

Monmouth stopped on 4th and 2 at the St. Norbert 27-yard line.

MC 3, SNC 3
3:58 left in the 4th quarter

[Maverick]

Monmouth forces a 3 and out, takes over possession at their own 33-yard line.

MC 3, SNC 3
About 3:00 left in the 4th quarter

[Maverick]

Yocum breaks a couple tackles, bounces off a couple defenders, and scores on a 46-yard TD run...PAT is good.

MC 10, SNC 3
1:09 left in the 4th quarter

[gbpuckfan]

Congrats to the Scots on getting it done.

[Maverick]

St. Norbert deep shots into the end zone come up empty, Monmouth wins 10-3! 

Congrats to both teams on a well-played game...Monmouth just managed to make a big play late in the game when they needed it the most.  The announcers did a good job calling this one, for a pair of SNC guys anyways.

[sncfballfan]

MC with a great run for the winning score, 3-10 scots. Props to the Scots and best of luck bringing home the hardware. Way too many opportunities missed by the offense as they were in the red zone 4 times with zero points.

[scottie]

WOW!  Can't wait to see the box score for this one. WOW!!

Thanks for all the updates, guys. Much appreciated!

[sncfballfan]

MC had negative rushing yards headed into the 4th quarter and the air attack wasn't doing much of anything. SNC kept laying eggs in the red zone and that's the story of the ball game = props to MC coming up big when they were needed. Gbpuckfan....stop being a Saturday only show...hang out on the boards during the week.

[gbpuckfan]

Gbpuckfan....stop being a Saturday only show...hang out on the boards during the week.

I check the boards during the week when I can, but at my job it's not always possible. Sorry.

Final
Grinnell 28
Beloit 21

Final
Knox 20
Ripon 26

Final
Illinois 54
Lawrence 44

Final
Carroll 45
Lake Forest 34

[fulbakdad]

Lake Forest Carroll game was a show of no defenses.  Either side. 

[Moncolfan]

Couple of comments on the game and the conference performers of the week. First of all it was a great game that either team COULD have won. Maybe I'm biased but in the paper SNC's coach seemed to infer they SHOULD have won. To me both teams failed to take advantage of opportunities and the stats were about as close as they can be. True SNC defense played a great game but coach if you were so confident in that "lights out" defense why not take the chip shot field goal towards the end of the game.  Also if your team controlled the line of scrimmage why couldn't you convert a third and goal from the one. I guess what I am saying is that both teams played great especially on defense. Lets give MC's D some credit here. All year MC has given up yards between the 20's and has buckled down in the red zone, where it counts! Also I wouldn't call Yocum's run lucky. That leads me to the conference performer of the week. How can the conference pick someone from a 55-44 as the defensive performer of the week. There were kids on both of these teams that deserved it based on the stats alone that the kid had that won not to mention the caliber of the game and opponent. A 10-3 game between the two top teams in conference, one which was leading the nation in offense, vs another team that certainly is no slouch when it comes to scoring points. Sorry but a player from either team deserved this honor. It was also interesting to note how clean this game was and the respect the teams showed one another - makes you wonder about some of the accusations from the other games.  Finally what a beautiful stadium/facility that is fan friendly, one that is certain to help SNC's recruiting. Now lets hear from Red Squawk Sighting on what Ripon's chances are this week against the Scots.

[scottie]

Warthog: Since you are basically auditing classes in the MWC this season,  , what a big game coming up this week in the IIAC.  Is this the game to see who goes up against the MWC champion? 

DAD - What were your impressions of the GOY?

[Redhawk Sighting]

Couple of comments on the game and the conference performers of the week. First of all it was a great game that either team COULD have won. Maybe I'm biased but in the paper SNC's coach seemed to infer they SHOULD have won. To me both teams failed to take advantage of opportunities and the stats were about as close as they can be. True SNC defense played a great game but coach if you were so confident in that "lights out" defense why not take the chip shot field goal towards the end of the game.  Also if your team controlled the line of scrimmage why couldn't you convert a third and goal from the one. I guess what I am saying is that both teams played great especially on defense. Lets give MC's D some credit here. All year MC has given up yards between the 20's and has buckled down in the red zone, where it counts! Also I wouldn't call Yocum's run lucky. That leads me to the conference performer of the week. How can the conference pick someone from a 55-44 as the defensive performer of the week. There were kids on both of these teams that deserved it based on the stats alone that the kid had that won not to mention the caliber of the game and opponent. A 10-3 game between the two top teams in conference, one which was leading the nation in offense, vs another team that certainly is no slouch when it comes to scoring points. Sorry but a player from either team deserved this honor. It was also interesting to note how clean this game was and the respect the teams showed one another - makes you wonder about some of the accusations from the other games.  Finally what a beautiful stadium/facility that is fan friendly, one that is certain to help SNC's recruiting. Now lets hear from Red Squawk Sighting on what Ripon's chances are this week against the Scots.

Mercy Rule at 100pts.  I don't know what to say.  RC has had some pretty questionable games this year that has made people question how good are they really?  I understand that.  1 week the D is playing well and the next week it's the O that is playing well.  There needs to be a complete game out of RC.  The O only had the ball 7 times and scored 5 of those times against Knox.  My concern isn't the coaching staff having a good game plan together, it's the players feeling defeated that they only beat knox by 6 points and now they are playing the Top team in the conference.  I hope that this lights a fire under them and they come out swinging on Saturday and give the Scotts a challenge.  That's all I have for now.  I apologize if it's scattered, I am trying to write this, do a conference call, and send out an email.   

[fulbakdad]

Scotty,

What do you mean by GOY?