FB: Midwest Conference

[SNCOLDAD]

OK. I finally have a couple minutes to write. Someone asked what I thought of the game at SNC.

1. Great, clean game that the refs only blew one call as far as I could tell. They were not a main part of the game and that is what you want from refs.

2. I thought SNC's Defense was pretty good, but WOW!    They are excellent. To hold the then #1 offense in the country 2 3 points up to the last minute of the game. What else can you say about that unit?

3. 4 times in the Red Zone and only get 3 points.    OUCH!!!

4. Monmouth won the game, but they were not the better TEAM on the field.

Now for other comments: I went to this game because I wanted to see the best player in D3. I did not see him. That was disappointing. I also went to see what I thought was a good defense and wanted to see if they could stop that offense. That I did see and was more than pleased with that performance. I wanted to see an O-Line that controlled St. Thomas for a half. I saw that everywhere except within the 5 yard line. So pretty happy for that group. I also wanted to see if the SNC quarterback had improved from the first 2 games. Again, I was pleased with what I saw.

Overall I thought it was a heck of a game that will sting SNC and the offensive coaches for a long long time. This one will not so easily be forgotten due to so many lost opportunities.

So now I can root for 2 teams. SNC...... and whoever is playing Monmouth. 

[Moncolfan]

Ya that 2.4 yards per rush average is a real display of dominance not to mention that whopping 23 extra yards of offense SNC piled up to compared to the Scots. Looking at those stats its easy to see that SNC was the way better team. I guess MC just got lucky. I will say this SNC is a much better club than they were last year.

[scottie]

Thanks DAD.  Sorry for the sticks in your craw, but glad you took away a few positives from the game.  Unfortunately, nobody can throw for 3-fitty every single game.  Kudos to the mean green defensive machine for making a superhuman seem human.      

http://www.d3football.com/columns/around-the-region/midwest/2011/monmouth-more-than-tanney

[SNCOLDAD]

Thanks scottie. Good article on Monmouth and Tanney. And glad you also recognize the better team on the field moncolfan.    And I like also how you augment comments with your own adjectives and display it as someone elses quote. 

So for those of you that thought SNC was a "WAY" better team on the field, I disagree. I will agree that they were the better team, note TEAM on the field. I am not saying individual in any specific position or SIDELINE.

I reiterate it was a GREAY game and I was on the edge of my seat (did not sit) the whole game.

I wish all MWC games were that good.

[fulbakdad]

Scottie,

What's been funny to watch with Lake Forest is there is many good things going on there. 

#30  on defense hits like Rodney Harrison!  a real killer!

The offensive line is doing a great job of pass protection.  Unfortunately they haven't been able to run block.  Every run seems to be a draw.

The quarterback is impressive.  Calm and confident and getting the job done.

Recievers have been catching the ball.

It's other things that aren't getting the job done.

The Gunny says.....

[The Roop]

So what you're saying is that Beloit should rush 3 and drop 8 into coverage. That's how this career LCpl sees it.

[KnoxOnTheRise]

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.   

As I have been saying, we really are better this year. Last year our offense put up a total of 102 pts all season. Halfway through the season this year we already have 99. The problem is as our offense seems to improve each week (with the exception of vs Norby which is probably the best D in conference) our defense seems to have less and less of a clue of what exactly they are doing. I promise we will win AT LEAST two games this year (out of the 5 remaining) if our defense figures itself out this week. And I am fairly certain our next to last offensive play got sent into the head of the NCAA officials office. Apparently the officials blew a call Pass Interference call in the endzone that if it had been called would have almost guaranteed a touchdown and quite possibly the first Knox victory against Ripon in 15 years. It was hard to tell from the stands but from what I've heard, on film there was no disputing the fact that it should have been called.

[grboob]

SNCOLDAD

I beg to differ.

I think it was my hero, George Gipp, from my home town in the UP of  Michigan, who  said, "the best team on the field is the team who wins"  (or was that that guy Vince ..... somebody) .

Oh wait the Gipper was a drunk!

So whatever,  that means the Scots WERE the best team on the field on Oct. 3, 2011

Also, according to the article referenced by Scotie, Taney has beat the NUBS 3 out of 4 outings in which he played.

I rest my case.

grboob

[Maverick]

Week 6 Picks

Ripon @ Monmouth - MC
Knox @ Grinnell - GC
Lake Forest @ Beloit - BC
St. Norbert @ Illinois C. - SNC
Lawrence @ Carroll - CU

Good luck Fighting Scots!

[TitanPride]

IC 14 SNC 0. Early 2nd

[TitanPride]

St. Norbert comes roaring back and scores 3 unanswered second quarter touchdowns.  21-21 at half.  21-21. IC ball coming out to start 3rd.

[TitanPride]

2nd half is starting much like the game did. IC scores twice to go up 34-21. Late 3rd. We will see another run by St. Norbert, I'm sure

[TitanPride]

Long touchdown run for IC. 41-21 with 1:37 left in 3rd.

[TitanPride]

Final from Jacksonville: Illinois College 48 St Norbert College 24.

[fulbakdad]

Lake Forest takes care of Beloit.  Lined up in a 2 back backfield most of the game to freeze the linebackers.  Worked!