FB: Midwest Conference

[Woodsy76]

Seems as if the Scots got all they could handle today!  This hopefully will serve the Scots well as the need to finish the regular season with an unblemished conference record and get a good seat in the regional standings.

[scottie]

Why do I feel like I've been punk'd??   

Oh well, congrats to the Scots.  Right???

One hopes that the defense is shored up next Saturday, as a scottie sighting tm is forthcoming.

[grboob]

Is it true that Monmouth is having a 6:00am Sunday defensive practice?  Things will be straightened out.


Also, the Green Knights defense showed up today.

[Moncolfan]

Boob- Your information is incorrect. They have film this morning. The defense had practice last night at 10 pm along with the special teams and the QB. The only ones getting a pass on this is the o line. No disrespect to the foresters but between the mistakes, penalties, and poor defense the Scots would have gotten clobbered by any decent team.  MC only won because of their talent on the offensive side of the ball. LF's QB played outstanding, and picked the Scots d apart with short passing, and their's coaches came up with a couple of nice trick plays for TDs. MC needs to figure out to put a little more pressure with the pass rush.The only good I see coming from this is it may serve as motivation for the upcoming games and a win is a win. It says something for the talent of a team when you play like that and still win. Congrats to the foresters for the game they played, with everything said they were better than expected and it is surprising the only have one win.   

[The Roop]

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[grboob]

Moncolfan


Thanks for the indeph report on what happened to the Scots at Lake Forest.  Fine analysis, makes sense to me.

Onward to taking on Beloit.
ONE GAME AT A TIME!
   

[fulbakdad]

Moncolfan
I can't believe you put in your post "no offense to the Foresters" and then went on like you did.  Wow.  That was pretty offensive.

Any "decent" team would have clobbered them?

A couple "trick plays" for td's?

Penalties?

I watched the game and thought to myself I was going to see a post like that. 

What I saw was on one side, players striving for every yard every time they got the ball.  On the other side players tip toeing out of bounds when they saw the other team close or sliding so they wouldn't get hit. 
I saw a Half Back option pass that went for a TD.  That would be a blown coverage, not a "trick" play.  That play's been on the street since I was a little kid watching OJ run at USC.  Hardly drawn up in the back room at Lake Forest.
I also saw a few mistakes the Forester's made which could have changed the outcome of the game and gave Monmouth thier first loss.  Time management and play calling in the last 5 minutes, a fumbled kick return.  But I wouldn't say that's why Monmouth won. 

Your post sounds like your closely attached to the team.  A player, a dad?  Whatever it is, I wish you luck in the remaining season.  You have a good team.  Want to be better?  Have the rest of the team play as tough as your Freshman Linebacker.  Add that to your skill, you'll be unstopable.  Keep thinking your just that good and others can't stop you?  You'll be watching the Playoffs with me.

Just saying.

[Moncolfan]

Fulb- Perhaps I should have stated that Monmouth would have lost to any playoff caliber team.  Lake Forest was more than decent especially on offense, and I did give them credit in my closing remarks and I was sincere. So please let me apologize for using the word decent. To me there was a difference in a talent and yes you can make the argument that a few plays here or there Lake Forest wins. You could also make the argument a few plays here and there and the score might be 77-28. As far as your comment about thinking we are that good, don't put words in my mouth  read this post and others. I think this team is more than vulnerable especially when we get outside the conference. Thats what I meant by my "decent comment"  I think that I am one of the few MC fans that have said that we don't deserved to be ranked, and am honest about our conferences standing around the country. I'm not trying to be offensive to MC either, just realistic. Finally not to be cocky or over confident but the only time defeat even crept in my mind Saturday is when you guys were up 9 and had the ball in the third quarter.

[scottie]

"Decency" has no place on this board.   

p.s.  I'm getting the GPS chip installed in the back of my neck on Wednesday and then scottiesighting.com.go.scots goes live!   

[The Roop]

Apparently this wasn't swept under the carpet. Like the IRS, when the NCAA takes an interest it's never a good thing.

http://m.myjournalcourier.com/news/texting-35841-ncaa-earlier.html

[fulbakdad]

Monconfan,

You should probably work on your communication skills.  For someone who tried not to sound cocky or over confident, you sure did a bad job in that attempt....

[Redhawk Sighting]

Monconfan,

You really hurt fulbakdad's feelings.  Please say you are sorry............

TIME OUT

[Moncolfan]

If you mean confident about beating Lake Forest I admit I was and still would be if we played again. As a matter of fact I think we'd win by 28+.  I also think we will have an easy time with Beloit and Knox and will have to play well to beat Carroll so there it is. Have I ever been wrong?? Many times! If you want an apology I already said decent was a poor choice of words- what more do you want? I and most MC fans were confident we'd come back throughout the game but there  was concern when MC didn't score from the one and you guys went up two scores. Also sorry for calling those trick plays. I should have said Timely-called, Rehearsed, Implemented, Conceived, Krafted, Precise, Longitudinal, Attempts-to, Yield, Scores. I could add using misdirection but I didn't want to mess up the acronym. As far as your comment about -keep thinking we are that good and we will be watching the playoffs with you now that's ridiculous. First of all,I think we are  good but by no means great. Second, I am a fan, do you honestly think what I say, think, or write on here, is representative of the team, or has any impact on games?  I seriously doubt that many coaches or players read these posts let alone take them seriously. I thought this site was for fan entertainment and to talk about and even brag for their favorite teams etc. So if I mistook you for a fan, and you are a player or a parent I apologize. Looking closer at your name I guess it should have been obvious to me. I think being part of a College Football team at any level is a great accomplishment for a kid, whether you start or not, or whether your team makes the playoff or not. If you are just some fan get over it- move on and worry about your own communication skills. Finally we will be watching the playoffs if just for one game, but one game is better than none or should I say never.

[Woodsy76]

So moncolfan what did you mean by never?  Lake forest made to the playoffs back in the fall of 2002 by winning head to head against Norbert.  So though they haven't graced the playoff brackets as often as Monmouth they did make the playoffs first in their programs history.

[scottie]

Are you sure about that Wood-man?  Perhaps they did, but I can't remember exactly when the automatic qualifier rule went into place.  Maybe The Roop or Pat could clarify?

p.s.  Nice acronym, Moncol.