FB: Midwest Conference

[gbpuckfan]

Final
St. Norbert 41
Lake Forest 6

[scottie]

Scottie is back from an enjoyable trip to the Maple City, which included a few MinutesWithMaverick (tm pending).  Overall, an entertaining game to watch and the KOTRisers got to stay happy a little longer than planned.  Congrats to Tanney, Blodgett and Yocum on their respective honors!  (Which one of them gets Offensive POY??)

Four or five ranked teams go down today, including several in the 20s.  How will that affect top 25 rankings (sorry, Moncolfan) and regional rankings?  As per the non-conference games mentioned earlier, the Johnnies beat St. Olaf and Dubuque took care of Coe.  Would love a Monmouth v. Dubuque game, regardless of who hosts. 

Lastly, congrats to TEXT U.  You were 41 points away from an undefeated season.   

[wnc52]

I'll use Scottie's snarky comment to build a serious point.  When I was at IC, we were told over and over and over again that one of the reasons we wouldn't ever compete in the conference was that we didn't recruit the St. Louis and Chicago areas enough.  Well, both Monmouth and IC have A LOT of players from central IL on their rosters and have finished as clearly the two top teams in the conference. 

[gbpuckfan]

Final
Knox 27
Monmouth 56

Final
Carroll 31
Grinnell 21

Final
Lawrence 20
Ripon 50

Final
Beloit 27
Illinois 48

Final
Luther 47
Cornell 7

(edited to correct Monmouth score)

[The Roop]

gbpuckfan reports 57-27, that's 84 points. The Monmouth website says 56-27, that's 83 points. Lets just split the difference, go with 83.5 points like RoopVegas predicted and the house keeps all bets. Dolla, dolla bill ya'll....

[TitanPride]

Two ranked teams in the West Region lost this weekend (St. Olaf and Lewis and Clark).  I believe that leaves Illinois College as the only unranked team out West with 1 loss or fewer losses.  I don't think they are as far out of the playoff picture as most would expect.

[fulbakdad]

Bad day in the forest yesterday, but the IC point makes it interesting!

[fulbakdad]

°W Would someone pass a message on to the SNC team?  While football is agreed to be an emotional game and jawing acceptable to most.... The N word has NO place for it if a team has one ounce of class...

[fballfan40]

With the regular season over I was wondering what peoples' predictions are for all conference selections/poy's

[DBQ1965]

Scottie is back from an enjoyable trip to the Maple City, which included a few MinutesWithMaverick (tm pending).  Overall, an entertaining game to watch and the KOTRisers got to stay happy a little longer than planned.  Congrats to Tanney, Blodgett and Yocum on their respective honors!  (Which one of them gets Offensive POY??)

Four or five ranked teams go down today, including several in the 20s.  How will that affect top 25 rankings (sorry, Moncolfan) and regional rankings?  As per the non-conference games mentioned earlier, the Johnnies beat St. Olaf and Dubuque took care of Coe.  Would love a Monmouth v. Dubuque game, regardless of who hosts. 

Lastly, congrats to TEXT U.  You were 41 points away from an undefeated season.   

scottie .. I too could go for a Scots - Spartans match up.  They would be evenly matched I think.  And whether in Monmouth or Dubuque, the drive for me would be a bit long in either case ... but well worth it.

Now we just have to wait a week to see.

[The Roop]

Place Team                NCAA value
88     Monmouth         .517
109   Beloit                 .504
114   Knox                 .501
115   Ripon                 .500
116   Lake Forest        .499
119   Illinois College    .500

This is not everything the NCAA considers but it is what "gets you to the table" for the selection committee to be evaluated. Being 4 points better on the road than a 6th place CCIW team is easilly offset by getting run off the field against Monmouth at home.

At best IC will be 9th in line for 6 available bids.

[fulbakdad]

Roop, You just made my long travel day enjoyable!

:0

[wnc52]

If the margin of the IC-Monmouth game had been closer, there may be a shot.  But, I think a lot would have to happen for the MWC to ever get an at-large bid, and I highly doubt this is the year.

[TitanPride]

Roop -- I completely agree with you.  I didn't think they would even be within shouting distance to the 6th spot a month ago.  Just for fun, who do you have in the mix?

I'm certainly no expert but it looks like these teams are currently in front of IC for an at large:  McMurry (American Southwest), Illinois Wesleyan (CCIW), Centre (Southern), Redlands (Southern Cal), Case Western (UAA).  These teams were all ranked regionally this week and are not in line for a Pool A. 

Additionally, I think teams like Baldwin-Wallace and Washington-Lee, both with two losses, could be ahead.  Not sure about St. Olaf anymore...

Am I missing any other obvious ones?

We'll find out if IC has any shot whatsoever when the regional rankings are updated this week.

[fulbakdad]

Don't forget that the possibility of IC making it into the playoff mix may make the other issue's either come to a head or dissapear faster......