FB: Midwest Conference

[Pat Coleman]

By the way, if you're going to criticize someone's typo then you ought to watch your autocorrect a little more closely.

Dang!  PC is throwing down today!

That ain't throwing down. That was as nicely as I could say it. Was just trying to beat you to the punch, in case you felt inclined to return fire after earlier.

[repete]

As the product of two proud Mac grads, I'd love to see the Scots advance and visit Collegeville.

Not that we need another point of reference on their FB history, but ....

At my senior high school athletic banquet, the speaker was Marv Helling, a Mac Sports Hall of Famer who reflected on the 25th anniversary of the school's MIAC championship squad like it was yesterday. Turns out Mac didn't win another before bolting.

And I graduated in 1972.  You can do the math.

Helling was a great guy BTW. He went on to coach some successful UND teams and had a long career at the Minnesota high school league.

[fulbakdad]

Hey Mav, enough of all this sillyness!  Predictions please?  Me, I'm voting a straight ticket!

[hazzben]

Maybe the MWC hasn't done so well because it always gets paired up against a conference that is a total mismatch. 

Um, so you want an easy playoff game?  The whole point of playoffs is that you're supposedly playing the best in the nation, but I guess Mac just wants to be coddled.

They don't want to be coddled, but it would do wonders for their self-esteem if they could host St. Scholastica in round 1 and thus avoid any 'power conference' schools for as long as possible. I mean, they aren't looking to make the playoffs to, you know, try to beat the best teams and win a national title. Like, say, SNC in hockey 

[DuffMan]

I have a feeling that CSS would even destroy them.

[Maverick]

Alright f-dad, no more keeping you in suspense...here it is!

Week 11 Games

Beloit @ Knox - KC
Lawrence @ Grinnell - GC
Ripon @ Lake Forest - LFC
St. Norbert @ Cornell - SNC
Carroll @ Monmouth - MC
Macalester @ Illinois C. - IC

Almost a straight ticket but I had to throw in one win for the north division.  Good luck Fighting Scots!

[Pat Coleman]

Apparently Macalester flew to this game this weekend. Pretty impressive.

[Retired Old Rat]

Mean while D3.com has adds on it's site advertising Division 3 Sports Scholarships: http://www.d3football.com/teams/Grinnell/2014/index

I thought athletic scholarships were not allowed in division 3?

The Google ads rotate.  There is no such ad on d3football.com at this time.  I wish you would have clicked through to see what was actually being offered and by whom and posted that link.

[Retired Old Rat]

Apparently Macalester flew to this game this weekend. Pretty impressive.

That sounds very D1 or D2 to me.  Isn't this D3?

[fulbakdad]

I'm sticking with the straight ticket.  Last chance for me to bet against SNC. 

[onearmedscot]

Pat-

Indeed a chartered flight for the team and fans.  Killed me not to be on it but just too busy.

Ill be cheering from afar.

Some SERIOUS fun at 30,000 feet if they take care of business.

oAs

[scottyeagle93]

Uffda - not exactly what I had in mind when I said I wanted some more chatter on this board.  Welcome to the board, fans of the MIAC! 

I don't think it necessarily makes much sense to make broad generalizations about a football team's wants based on one fan's opinion.  The idea that Macalester hasn't been given any respect from the media is ridiculous.  Mac has been mentioned just about every week on the home page for the past month or so, picked as a game of the week, the o-line was part of the team of the week, and the strib even has been talking about mac.  Before this year, none of this was the case.  These are certainly exciting times for the Macalester football team.

I find it erroneous to say Mac wants to be coddled.  I for one would look forward to playing a top-tier team from the MIAC; playing a team you have familiarities with would add intrigue to the game.  I think the ultimate goal for Macalester is to rejoin the MIAC somewhere down the road.  This year in the Midwest has been a lot of fun, playing schools with similar academic profiles, but the travel schedule is tough.  Five-hour bus rides for divisional games and taking a plane for an in-conference game?  Playing teams closer to us and more familiar with us would be beneficial.  With the exception of the Carroll game, I haven't felt a rivalry-like atmosphere against a team in the Midwest this year.  This isn't anyone's fault; as the new fish in the pond, that's the way things go.  I really liked playing and competing with solid augsburg teams the previous two years, and playing Carleton and hamline is always fun.  Judging the program based on the first two games we played willfully ignores the growth Mac has experienced throughout the year.  That hamline game was sloppy, having five turnovers, but that has been cleaned up as the season has progressed.  Likewise, that hamline loss doesn't look nearly as bad as years past, with hamline having the potential to finish .500 with a win today. 

Go Mac! 

[wnc52]

Saying that someone is showing "lack of respect" for simply making a pick is easily the most nauseating phrase right now in all of sports.  When two teams play, the people who cover the game have to pick one of them.  It really is as simple as that.

[gbpuckfan]

SNC and CU tied 7/7 in the second

[wnc52]

Illinois College scored the first 14 points of the game, but then it's been all Macalester since.  About midway through the second, Mac leads 21-14 and they just intercepted Bates for the second time and have the ball around midfield.