FB: Midwest Conference

[fulbakdad]

Lake Forest up 7-0 at end of first.

[fulbakdad]

Lake Forest up 21-3 at half.  Defense i dominating this game...

[scottie]

Evidently, the Coe bus broke down on the way to God's country, so the GOW didn't kick off until 2:00.  They just went to halftime with the Good Guys trailing 17-7. 

[scottie]

GOW living up to its billing.....Coe 23 -  Good Guys 16, end of 3rd. 


.....Now 23-22 Coe, with about 6 minutes left.  Evidently, our national Kicker of the Year candidate is taking the pressure off of himself (or the snapper is doing it for him).   TWO missed PATs so far.  I think he was 39-40 last year. 


.....Good Guy defense holds tough and gives the offense a final chance (and perhaps the kicker a chance for redemption).  Driving in good shape, ball on the Coe side of the field under the 2:00 mark....and interception.  I clicked off while Coe was taking a knee so I'm reporting the final score as 23-22.  A tough loss vs. a pre-season Top 20.  Should make for an interesting MWC season. 

Go Scots!

[gbpuckfan]

Carleton beats Grinnell 29-10

Cornell beats Lawrence 45-14

Eureka beat Knox 21-17

[Gaegerlaw75]

Carroll wins 27-18. It was an uninspiring win, but I will say that Lakeland wasn't the total dog that they were last year. Bad, but not as bad. Either way, ring the bell, go CU.

[gbpuckfan]

John Carroll leads SNC 20-0 at the half

[fulbakdad]

Lake Forest won 45-3.  Defense played lights out.   Concordia was -7 yard rushing at the end of the first half.  Good special teams play for the Foresters all day, even kicked a 47 yard Field Goal!  Offense played without the Number one running back Valdivia but had a good ground attack with some very impresive runs by two of thier new freshman runningbacks.  Lawrence up for next week...

[gbpuckfan]

SNC loses 41-0

[Captain_Joe08]

Ripon 17
Wisconsin Lutheran 10

WLC is shooting themselves in the foot with penalties.

Ripon 31
Wisconsin Lutheran 24

Final

Ripon got many a big play on third down to extend their drives.

[The Roop]

Chicago 17 Beloit 0. Beloits D a good job against a bigger, albeit, predictable team. Gotta cut out the penalties however. That extended a couple Chicago drives; or tacked on gift yards after the play more than once.

The offense needs to get on the same page however. Whom was at fault I'm not sure as I don't call the plays but Beloit missed one long score for sure as the receiver ran a go and the QB threw a stop. The safety bit on the stop route and had it been a go, nobody was there to stop a 75 yard gallop to pay dirt.

In another communication error late in the game, the QB threw an out and the receiver ran an in. Not sure if that would have been a score as there was inside help but at the very least it would have been 1st and goal inside the 5. Add up all the what if's and it's still Chicago 17 Beloit 14; theoretically.

Neither team has much of a vertical threat, so were the defenses that good or were the offenses that average ??

Turnovers hurt the Bucs. Twice the D stopped UC on downs and immediately thereafter Beloit turned it right back over on the ensuing possession; both times on the second play I believe. One INT, one fumble.

Gotta make it look like football and execute by putting points on the board. Can't win if you don't score.

Beloit was in strip the ball mode on Chicagos final drive and the Maroons went down the field with ease. I thought Chicago was very classy by not punching in a late one and ran out the clock instead of running up the score.

[Redhawk Sighting]

Ripon 17
Wisconsin Lutheran 10

WLC is shooting themselves in the foot with penalties.

Ripon 31
Wisconsin Lutheran 24

Final

Ripon got many a big play on third down to extend their drives.

It was a good game!  Minus the 1 huge run for a TD the defence played great for Ripon!!!  Took awhile for the offence to get going, but they got in the groove.  Had a few HUGE 3rd down conversions.

Please tell me why a D3 school needs a jumbotron and plays commercials for GE, Pepsi, and QPS.  Does Pepsi give WCL $$$ for those commercials?      The stadium is great. 

[Gaegerlaw75]

Things like jumbotrons, new stadiums, big name athletic-wear contracts and advances in social media are all recruiting tools. Giving athletes who are willing to pour their heart and souls into collegiate athletics the opportunity to have a taste of big-school college football of a tool that coaches use to attract marginal D I, IAA and D II talents to embrace the DIII experience. In the meantime, advancements like the ESPN score app having Midwest Conference football scores is something we can all enjoy

[scottie]

So the real question is who comes in last place with 1 win or possibly shut out all season???

I think Eureka College answered your question.

[Maverick]

So the real question is who comes in last place with 1 win or possibly shut out all season???

I think Eureka College answered your question.

You read my mind.