FB: Midwest Conference

judgetrainer · July 01, 2015, 10:12:51 AM

Does Marian play football? I haven't found anything on that. I know they play Lawrence and others in non-conference buckets, track, baseball etc. due to geography. Not sure they match up well academically with the rest of the conference. They may fit better with Wisconsin Lutheran, Lakeland, Silver Lake.

Still, it would be interesting to see how the MWC shakes out with Carroll leaving, Macalester joining for football, UofC floating around out there...

carletonknights · July 03, 2015, 09:12:38 AM

A 14 team conference with the ACM members plus UChi instead of Colorado College (for football at least), would truly be magnificent

MasterJedi · July 03, 2015, 10:34:06 AM

Quote from: judgetrainer on July 01, 2015, 10:12:51 AM
Does Marian play football? I haven't found anything on that. I know they play Lawrence and others in non-conference buckets, track, baseball etc. due to geography. Not sure they match up well academically with the rest of the conference. They may fit better with Wisconsin Lutheran, Lakeland, Silver Lake.

Still, it would be interesting to see how the MWC shakes out with Carroll leaving, Macalester joining for football, UofC floating around out there...

Marian doesn't play football but I've heard they have wanted to start it for a long time. I don't think they're anywhere close but if they ever can it would be great for the conference.

Captain_Joe08 · July 04, 2015, 03:35:27 PM

Quote from: MasterJedi on July 03, 2015, 10:34:06 AM
Quote from: judgetrainer on July 01, 2015, 10:12:51 AM
Does Marian play football? I haven't found anything on that. I know they play Lawrence and others in non-conference buckets, track, baseball etc. due to geography. Not sure they match up well academically with the rest of the conference. They may fit better with Wisconsin Lutheran, Lakeland, Silver Lake.

Still, it would be interesting to see how the MWC shakes out with Carroll leaving, Macalester joining for football, UofC floating around out there...

Marian doesn't play football but I've heard they have wanted to start it for a long time. I don't think they're anywhere close but if they ever can it would be great for the conference.

Silver Lake is not in the NACC or DIII, they are in the USCAA. I doubt Marian would bolt the NACC for the Midwest. They would have a hard time competing with other schools outside of Beloit and Lawrence.

judgetrainer · July 13, 2015, 03:30:55 PM

Looks like Monmouth made the D3 preseason list at 43. Is the MWC really so bad that they get only one team in the top 50? Saw another poll (Lindy, maybe?) that had Monmouth 19.

MediaGuy · July 13, 2015, 11:48:07 PM

Quote from: judgetrainer on July 13, 2015, 03:30:55 PM
Looks like Monmouth made the D3 preseason list at 43. Is the MWC really so bad that they get only one team in the top 50? Saw another poll (Lindy, maybe?) that had Monmouth 19.

I think a lot has to be said about the fact the Monmouth has a new head coach. I think the pollsters have seen time and time again, teams with good talent struggle to find an identity with a new head coach. No matter how close the new coach was to the program in the past, it always seems like a team will have a hard time getting used to the new "system" and take at least a few weeks to adjust. And with the limited non-conference schedule available to the MWC, it will be hard to make an impression throughout the region unless they can get out to a quick start.

Pat Coleman · July 14, 2015, 01:06:51 PM

Quote from: judgetrainer on July 13, 2015, 03:30:55 PM
Looks like Monmouth made the D3 preseason list at 43. Is the MWC really so bad that they get only one team in the top 50? Saw another poll (Lindy, maybe?) that had Monmouth 19.

Magazines don't conduct polls, it's just one person doing a ranking. I think that's important to remember. That's why we have 25 voters who are stationed throughout the country, so we can get a good composite snapshot of the country.

There's no No. 43 in our poll, only 1-25. Monmouth got three points, which is the equivalent of sitting No. 23 on one person's ballot. If that person had submitted their ballot to a magazine ...

gbpuckfan · July 24, 2015, 08:58:36 AM

some good pictures of the renovations at the Banta Bowl on LU's twitter account:
https://twitter.com/LUvikings

The hill is gone, but on the endzone to the right, I wouldn't want to overrun a fly pattern to the "L"!

judgetrainer · July 24, 2015, 09:27:24 AM

I stopped by yesterday, and while the space is tight the pictures make it look tighter than it is. Soccer will played on that surface, too. The plaza will not be finished by September 5 but the field will be practice-ready by August 17. Improved facilities, new coaching staff now to get more and better players to enroll at LU.

d-train · July 24, 2015, 01:07:49 PM

Quote from: judgetrainer on July 13, 2015, 03:30:55 PM
Looks like Monmouth made the D3 preseason list at 43. Is the MWC really so bad that they get only one team in the top 50? Saw another poll (Lindy, maybe?) that had Monmouth 19.

Do you really want to know the answer to that?

judgetrainer · July 24, 2015, 01:10:16 PM

No, dtrain, the question was rhetorical. Depressing but rhetorical.

carletonknights · July 24, 2015, 01:42:28 PM

Quote from: judgetrainer on July 24, 2015, 09:27:24 AM
I stopped by yesterday, and while the space is tight the pictures make it look tighter than it is. Soccer will played on that surface, too. The plaza will not be finished by September 5 but the field will be practice-ready by August 17. Improved facilities, new coaching staff now to get more and better players to enroll at LU.

Looks nice! How exciting for the program!

Captain_Joe08 · July 26, 2015, 09:01:03 AM

Quote from: carletonknights on July 24, 2015, 01:42:28 PM
Quote from: judgetrainer on July 24, 2015, 09:27:24 AM
I stopped by yesterday, and while the space is tight the pictures make it look tighter than it is. Soccer will played on that surface, too. The plaza will not be finished by September 5 but the field will be practice-ready by August 17. Improved facilities, new coaching staff now to get more and better players to enroll at LU.

Looks nice! How exciting for the program!

Prolly needed due to the fact Lawrence isn't the only one using the field for Football. Appleton West uses it for their home games. Lawrence still has a ways to go to be competitive against other teams not named Beloit and Knox though but this is a step in the right direction for them.

judgetrainer · July 27, 2015, 09:38:43 AM

West will not be using the Banta Bowl anymore. They will be getting their own turf field and AASD chose not to participate in the Banta Bowl renovation. LU will use the field for football, mens and womens soccer and, maybe someday, lacrosse.

And yes, there is a ways to go to be competitive. But I like the start so far.

gbpuckfan · August 04, 2015, 11:53:38 AM

Quote from: judgetrainer on July 27, 2015, 09:38:43 AM
West will not be using the Banta Bowl anymore. They will be getting their own turf field and AASD chose not to participate in the Banta Bowl renovation. LU will use the field for football, mens and womens soccer and, maybe someday, lacrosse.

And yes, there is a ways to go to be competitive. But I like the start so far.

I'm told West is indeed playing at the Banta this year.

And Wissports.net seems to confirm:
http://www.wissports.net/page/show/1941027-appleton-west?subseason=231960