FB: Midwest Conference

[fulbakdad]

And Mav of course you pick CU.

[scottie]

F-Dad: Since both teams play the Good Guys in the weeks directly ahead, I wouldn't mind seeing a very, um, competitive game between The U and LFC.  How about a 3OT game with no broken bones, but lots of bruises?     And, may the better team win!

[fulbakdad]

Scottie, you forgot to say "No tip toeing out of bounds!"

[Maverick]

And Mav of course you pick CU.

Believe it or not, I actually picked LFC to start with...but decided to change it just to get under your skin.   Sorry if I hurt your feelings.

[fulbakdad]

Dude.  After working in a max prison for 24 years and 20 in the Marine Corps it would.take a whole lot.more than that! Lol.

[grboob]

28-7

Lamont only 69yards!  What happened???

[Gaegerlaw75]

Lamont took the opening kick of the 2nd half back 97 yards... That's what happened. (My full recap to come this week, but it was a much better game than the score indicated)

[scottie]

Based on the last two posts, I was convinced that LF won that game.  Glad I did my research to verify that The U won, although I suppose an absence from F-Dad should have been another clue.  Despite the score, I hope it was a real slobber-knocker.   

[wnc52]

I'm guessing by the offensive numbers in the boxscore that weather was a factor in the LF-Carroll game yesterday?

[fulbakdad]

Little weather effect.  Travellers so unable to write much.  Will be back tomorrow and post....

[Gaegerlaw75]

Weekly report from the Carroll perspective:

My take away from the game in Lake Forest is this.  Lake Forest isn't as bad as a lopsided 28-7 loss... and Carroll isn't as good as a lopsided 28-7 victory. That being said, the Pioneer faithful are highly encouraged by the fact that this team seems to make the most of their opportunities and makes the big play when they have to.  Here is my recap.

If there is one thing that Lake Forest can take from this loss, it is that their young defense is poised to be a force for years to come.  As Dad pointed out last week, the LFC defense is very talented, yet very wet behind the ears.  However, they kept the Foresters in the game all afternoon.  Carroll had not turned the ball over in its first two games of the season.  That story changed Saturday.  LFC was able to intercept Burlingame 3 times, and was also able to force Lamont to cough the ball up once (which is a rare occurance).  Carroll had a strong touchdown drive early in the first half, but floundered the entire half otherwise.  If I were a LFC fan, their performance would be encouraging.

However... sadly for LFC the Carroll defense is just better.  The CU defense may be the surprise of the conference, playing at an extremely high level despite losing key pieces to graduation last year.  To this point, Carroll has allowed 21 points over three games, and no team has scored on them more than once.  They have also been able to completely control the line of scrimmage and have virtually shut down opponent's running games.  For the third week in a row, the D's play (and a few stupid penalties). Kept Carroll in the game until the offense could start firing.  Once that happened, it was all over for the Foresters. 

Finally, possibly our biggest takeaway from this game, is that it is probably not smart to kick the ball to Lamont Williams.  For those of you who did not see it, Lamont took the second half kickoff to the house to break a hard fought 7-7 tie.  The momentum swing was so significant you could even tell on MWCTV.  After the return, LFC was on their heels for the rest of the afternoon and Lamont took over from then on.

In the end, it is hard not to be encouraged by a 3-0 start coming back home for week 4. the Scotts are a tough team, and having momentum going into that game is key, and the boys accomplished that by beating LFC in front of their homecoming crowd.  Also, for the first time in god knows how long, Carroll swept the players of the week.  Lamont took the honors home on both Offense and special teams (despite having what I would call one of his worst games at tailback in a Carroll Uniform despite the scoring) and Mark Sahli's strong performance got him the nod on defense.  Pretty impressive.  Have a great week everyone and see you on the boards next Saturday.

[fulbakdad]

I think my view is gonna be a little different than yours Geager...

Hat's off to Carroll for the win.  It's notable anytime you go into someone else's Homecoming and leave with a win.  Usually your fighting a larger than normal crowd and a team trying to impress them.  Carroll did what they needed to accomplish that. 

What I saw different is I really didn't think either team was impressive overall.  That stats reflect that when you look at them.  230 total yards offense for Carroll and 205 for Lake Forest??  Weather had no effect on them. 

The Lake Forest Offense so far this year has played one good half.  The first half of the first game.  Since then we've been stuck in neutral.....No sustained drives, few long plays, etc. It's difficult to watch.  I am really hoping this isn't a replay of last year.  They really are much better than they are playing.  I believe you will get a better read on your defense next week.  I wouldn't be able to gauge how good your defense is on this weeks game.

The defense is doing ok.  Some flashes of brilliance with a mix in of some young player mistakes.  In a year or two I agree, I think they have the potential to be a powerful force.  But we are playing some young guys.....

As far as Williams goes.....I can only talk about the games I've seen him in.  And I think you missed a few if you think this was his worst.....

Two years ago, he had 5 carries for negative 1 yard and walked off the field in the middle of the game.  No apparent injury, throwing his stuff all over the place as he went.  Last year he had 19 carries for 63 yards.  About the same average per carry as Saturday, 3.3.  But when you look, he had one long carry that day, a 41 yarder that was a broken cut back run.  Take one away and it was a very bad day.  And as I remember, he left the game in the middle of the 4th......This week the first half he was repeating again.  At the half he had about 10 yards I think??? And walked off the field again tearing off his tape again.  I thought he wasn't coming back again.  But someone must have gotten to him and he did come back and had the nice kick off return to open the second half.  I can't tell you what he did against the rest of the league, but from what I've watched of him, he seemed to abandon his team a couple times in key points of games.  Comparing him to lets say Trey Yocum last year for Monmouth, I'd take Yocum any day.  He stuck with his team, Had a bad day, but kept fighting till the end.  But then again, I like fighters.  Ask Scottie, no tip toeing out of bounds, right!

So I think we'll see next week when you play Monmouth.  I've been wrong before.  Ask many of the readers here.

lol

So off to Beloit!

[grboob]

F+Back,  Very impressive analysis.  We will see next week how things are beginning to stack up across the MWC

[scottie]

Um, as far as the MWC running back comparisons with Yocum go, I think this should be VERY limited and exclusive company....

4573 career rushing yards
25 career 100+ games
159 ypg in 2013
60 career rushing TDs

[fulbakdad]

I only used Yocum as a comparison because when he came to Lake Forest last year he had a similar non productive day.  65 some on yards.  Not what a feature back would normally be doing a victory dance about.  But never, never gave up during the game.....