FB: Midwest Conference

[gbpuckfan]

Carroll forces turnover, scores, leads 42-14

[gbpuckfan]

SNC finally gets some offense. FG makes it 20-3 SNC - and more importantly a three-score lead with 7:59 remaining

[gbpuckfan]

And there is your dagger!

SNC stops LFC on 4th down, takes over on the LFC 25 with 3:36 left.

Carroll still leads IC by 28.

[gbpuckfan]

LFC gets a long drive together, with help of a pass interference on SNC, and gets td with 53.5 left. 20-10 SNC lead.

LFC out of timeouts

Onside kick recovered by SNC

[gbpuckfan]

Carroll int for touchdown. 49-14 pioneers!

[gbpuckfan]

And for the 14th time, the Green Knights are Midwest Conference champs!

presuming Carroll holds on, I hope SNC does ok next week. Will certainly be huge underdogs against UWO or UST.

That last (meaningless) drive aside, the SNC defense did a great job getting pressure and keeping the Foresters out of the redzone except for one trip. The offense will need to play much better next week.

[gbpuckfan]

Final
Carroll 49
Illinois Col 14

Final
Grinnell 27
Cornell 32

Final
Knox 35
Monmouth 49

[scottie]

Could watch any live streaming today but caught the scores.  Top to bottom, easily one of the most intriguing days of the year, decade, or century thus far. 

[gbpuckfan]

Final
Ripon 56
Lawrence 55

Redhawks TD with :38 left for the win. Second week in a row LU sets school record for most combined points in a game - losing both.

[SNCOLDAD]

I must say after the Dublin game I did not expect this. Some players really must have pulled together and turned this group of players into a team in spite of situations.  No matter what the odds just remember, you are in the NCAA Tournament. Win or Lose, that is something to be proud of. Enjoy the moment guys. You earned it.

[gbpuckfan]

31-13? 42-0? Um, not quite.

As I said last week, I hadn't watched LFC all year. So, what was different yesterday?

After that inital flurry, LFC's defense did a really good job of shutting down SNC's offense. Was the Forester OL line play much different than it had been? I give the QB credit for getting back up over and over, but he really took a pounding. Was LFC not used to playing from behind?

SNC came out fast but really had to just hang on. Play like that this week and SNC loses by 42 to the Titans, Tommies or UMHB (if d3football.com is right).

[Pat Coleman]

Hey Pat,

Nice choice on who'll be on your radar! 

LOL

Thanks, I appreciate it.

[fulbakdad]

Finally back home after way too much travelling this weekend.  Two flights, 3 hours in a car, 6 hours on a bus...

First hats off to SNC.  They came out shooting and took advantage of 3 quick short fields.  I think the bye week didn't help LFC at all.  They were flat the first quarter and half the second. 

The SNC front 7 did a good job and stopped LFC from establishing a running game which I believe sealed the victory.  #4 Green is a baller.  He is dangerous anyway he gets the ball.

Lake Forest D did come back to life and the Offense only got going with the passing game in the second half. 

Scaffidi took some pounding, but he kept getting back up.  Now the season is over so I can say that he's been playing hurt most of the season.  He's had a shoulder issue for a while now missing full weeks of practices, but still showing up on Saturday to play.  If we had NFL announcers they might have attributed the number of short passes that were thrown at shoetop level to that.  Not sure if that was the problem or not, but they were out of sync most of the game.  Nobody's gonna question his toughness though.

The LFC O-line showed they were young yesterday.  Only one starter from last year was there.  That and they lost a starter to a tore ACL last week.  But I think this is positive stuff for them next year.  They played up all year and won't forget yesterday for some time I'm sure.

So our year ends.  But I'm proud of what they did.  They were picked 6th at the begining of the year in the coaches poll.  If they had the poll today, they might be picked in the same place.  They played some gutsy football and came together as a team.  Talking to one of the players from a couple years ago on the bus, I heard there's just a different attitude out there.  Looking forward to next year.

Good luck to SNC in the NCAA's.  Do the MWC proud!

[fulbakdad]

Hey Pat, Glad you are appreciative.  Easier to do the day after the game!  I would have thought the team that was 3-7 going into it came from off the radar, but I guess the team that had the relatively same record for the last 3 years was way off, right?

LOL

[Pat Coleman]

Sorry, smarmy guy -- on game day I have better things to do than go through all the boards looking for backhanded compliments.

This might surprise you, but St. Norbert hasn't been on the national radar for a while. On yours, maybe, but not the general D-III fan. That is who it's written to.