FB: Midwest Conference

[scottie]

One other thing to remember (not necessarily for IC, but for the playoff picture in general)....The MWC has finished a week earlier than many other conferences. (Gotta crack those books!) So there are still some teams that may play themselves in (or out) of the conversation.  That said, IC is now listed among the teams-receiving-votes and that's quite an achievement.  But The Roop is probably right as rain.

[The Roop]

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'll take a closer look Monday or Thursday, scratch my head as to what the NCAAs priority will be this year and come up with something before Saturdays games are played. Typically there are better qualified 8-2 teams out there but last year 9-1 carried more weight than it should have.

[gbpuckfan]

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....

A typo on my part. My apologies.

And, sorry, I just don't think the MWC gets an at-large unless that one-loss team beat a purple power (or something close to it) in non-conference play. I'm not sure IC beating a 4-5 Millikin team quite makes that category.

[The Roop]

After not as much prognostication as I thought. You are a Pool C (in order of selection) if you are.....................

Linfield 9-1 West
Illinois Wesleyan 9-1 North
Centre 9-1 South
Case Western Reserve 9-1 North
Redlands 8-1 West
Bethel 8-2 West

On the table all day award goes to...................... Endicott
1st left out........................ Baldwin Wallace
Never considered............. Wartburg, Illinois College and Heidelberg
And the tough luck for Lewis & Clark upsetting Linfield award................ Washington & Lee.

Big surprises ?? The west coast gets 4 in. This years play offs go over budget.
No so big a surprise ?? The East gets shut out.

[Maverick]

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 - Was good seeing you on Saturday and enjoyed the inaugural "Minutes With Maverick".  That's good stuff...I like it and may need to run with it.   Regarding MWC Offensive POY, any of those 3 would be good choices but I think Tanney will get it since he's the one who makes the whole thing go for the Scots.

[Yupstate]

I will take a stab at all.confirm


Qb 1 tanney, 2scaffidi, 3bates
Rb 1 pierce, Yocum, Mitchell
     2 Beckstrand, brimmage,fagan

Wr blodgett, Davis, Seer
     2 carrier, green, Thompson

Te.. Snc's te
      Grinnells te peters?

Oline you are on your own

DL Troyer, Zank, Meyer, Holzmeyer
Lb. Dzwiet, hoste, Hendricks, niche
Db Butts, reschke, Nantell, fisher
Lb

[fballfan40]

Haha a lakeforrest player at every position? One of the worst teM in conference
Probably won't be sweeping all conference.


Qb-tanney
Rb-yocum,beckstrand, brimmage, pierce
Wr-blodgget, seer, carrier, green
Te- no clue
Ol- probably mix between mc, ic, sNc guys

Dl- zank, taylor, hannsmann, Troyer
Lb-Hendrick, dziewit, hoste, defauw
Db-Denney, fisher, Clark, defauw

[Moncolfan]

Wow some teams have more guys on your projected squads than MC? Then again Carroll had 17 last year and didn't even win the conference. I see MC having 7- 8 on the first team and another 7 or so that should be 2nd team or HM.  When you dominate the conference for all but 1 game...... to the winner should go the spoils. On another note congrats to IC on their season it was quite a turn around for them.  Sounds like they really only had one bad half of football all year.  Its also more refreshing not to hear their fans crying about getting an at large bid like the nonsense that we heard two years ago.  Though I think they are more deserving than SNC was two years ago. Could they in fact be the preseason favorites next year to win the conference?

[Yupstate]

Lfc might not have been great W/L, but in particular they were strong on offense. Their weakness clearly lies on defense. They are also stat restricted on cumulative stats snce they are playing heir nonconference game on the 19th.
But their qb was ranked 2nd in all stats includingefficiency, and ranked nationally in the top 0 in most categories. So he is not a stretch as a 2nd tm pick.
WR Davis is 3rd in th NATION in rec yards.. clearly one of the more explosive players in conference and did it against everyone.
Mitchell might be a stretch at first team,but is an over 1,000 total offense back, and will likely break 1,000 irush in last game. His rec. stats gave him a bump imo.

Defensivey
Holzmeyer has sack/tfl #s that put him on the bubble he is probably a stretch.
As for Butts, is a multitime a/c choice, top tackler among dbs, and you have to respect how heplays..no lbs, no cbs

Best record doesn't mean best player, it means best collection of players.

[scottie]

And none of them there LFC players never once tip-toed out of bounds or slid.  Crown 'em! 

[fulbakdad]

Damn straight Scottie!  Fought for every yard!

lol

[TitanPride]

New Regional Rankings out for this week:

West Region:
#6 Monmouth
#9 Illinois College

[Pat Coleman]

http://www.d3blogs.com/d3football/2011/11/09/second-ncaa-regional-rankings-2/

[scottie]

C'mon, Pride:  Let's get the full picture in here.... 

WEST
1 UW-Whitewater 7-0 9-0
2 St. Thomas 10-0 10-0
3 Linfield 7-0 8-0
4 Cal Lutheran 7-1 7-1
5 Dubuque 8-1 9-1
6 Monmouth (Ill.) 9-1 9-1
7 Redlands 7-1 7-1
8 St. Scholastica 9-0 9-0
9 Illinois College 9-1 9-1
10 Wartburg 7-2 7-2

I believe only the top 8 are involved in the post season, correct?  It would appear that, as of this week, the four west coast teams could pair up (8 v. 3 and 7 v. 4) and have 5 v. 2 and 6 v. 1.  Maybe some shifting will take place after this weekend.  Perhaps The Roop will be able to give us his expert opinion on this once he comes down off of his deer stand.   

[Moncolfan]

They could do 8 vs 1 and 6 vs3 almost as easy. Looks like someone might be taking a plane ride either way. Scottie what do you think of the Scots #25 rating in the AFCA poll?