FB: Midwest Conference

[MWCSID2005]

MWCTV Week 4 Schedule/Preview...

http://www.d3football.com/pressreleases.php?release=1848

[Pat Coleman]

I put the message in the appropriate place already, SNC.

[DutchFan2004]

Maverick,

I agree that Wartburg's D is a good one. 

[Maverick]

Week 3 MWC Games:

Ripon at Illinois College - IC, tight game but Blueboys pull out an impressive win
Beloit at Knox - KC, hard to pick the Fire to win but I'll go with them at home in this one
Monmouth at Carroll - MC, Pioneer D may be good but not Wartburg caliber and Scots D shows up in a big way on Saturday
Lawrence at Grinnell - LU, Pios play close in the cornfields but Larry scores enough to win
St. Norbert at Lake Forest - SNC, Foresters play close at home but Knights have enough for road win

DutchFan - Thanks for backing me up there...I'm sure you have first hand knowledge of their defensive abilities being a Central fan.

[Maverick]

Anyone out there got scoring updates on today's games?

[Maverick]

Monmouth pulls out the win at Carroll 6-3.  I could've sworn this was football season but it appears that a baseball game broke out in Waukesha this afternoon!   Seriously though, looking at the box score, it appears that both teams played a very strong defensive game with alot of punts on both sides.  Way to get the road win Scots!  Anyone else got scores/updates on other MWC games?

[Duck Duck Goose]

Holy Crap Ripon!!!!!!  Shows how much I know.  After two pretty average performances, RC puts a good old fashioned whooping on the Blueboys 48-17.  Good gracious.  I hope Carroll packs their lunch next week cause they're going to need it.  Wow.

[wc2viking]

Congratulations to LU on their first win of the season!  Lawrence holds off Grinnell 24-19.  Doesn't sound like a pretty victory, but we'll take it.

LU writeup

[Maverick]

Congratulations to LU on their first win of the season!  Lawrence holds off Grinnell 24-19.  Doesn't sound like a pretty victory, but we'll take it.

LU writeup

viking - I hate to burst your bubble, but it was the other way around...Grinnell actually held off Lawrence to get their first win of the season.

[wc2viking]

D'oh! 

Ouch, wishful headline reading on my part!  Hmm, a loss to Grinnell really puts the vikings on the skids.  I hope we're not looking at a repeat of the infamous winless season a few years ago.

Slinks off and looks for a hole.........

[Duck Duck Goose]

Overall responses to week four:

1) Once again holy crap Hawks.  I wasn't sure which way that game was going, but I thought it would be close at least.

2) Lawrence, I know the corn is scary, but losing to the I-Pi's??? Good golly.

3) Monmouth's offense? I know Carroll can be stingy, but come on fellas.  Good thing their D is suffocationg.

Looking forward, and I know Scottie and Nubs fans will be up in arms, but is it too early to declare Ripon the favorite?  I know that everyone is gunning for SNC all the time, but its hard to be more impressive than RC was today.  I guess time will tell.........

[scottie]

Looking forward, and I know Scottie and Nubs fans will be up in arms, but is it too early to declare Ripon the favorite?  I know that everyone is gunning for SNC all the time, but its hard to be more impressive than RC was today.  I guess time will tell.........

My ears must have been burning, although I realize this was not the "normal" use of Scottie....  Was just checking in to see the reaction of the 6-3 score.  I saw the score posted on a local tv sports segment and had to check two newspapers today to confirm. Sounds like a hard fought win by the Scots.

You know what I'm tempted to write here....

[CCAlum23]

I was at the Carroll/ Monmouth game and it was a hard fought battle by both teams! Both Defense's looked real tough! Honestly that game could of went either way but Congrats to Monmouth for pulling it out.  Duck Duck Goose Im gonna say Ripon's win was impressive but dont get to cocky because Carroll will bring there lunch pal and they will give they left over crums to the Red Hawks!   

I've talked to some of the players and they know how important this game is this week and they still do believe they contend for the Conference Championship!

Should be a another good game!

[Scots4]

I listened to the MC-CC game it sounded like an offensive disaster. I think the biggest problem that Monmouth is having is the inability to establish the running game and also losses on early downs that puts us in obvious pass situations. With Grinnell coming in this weekend we should be able to work on some things that we will need to have perfected for when the Green Knights come in.

[Maverick]

I'll chime in here also and say that it is still a bit early to declare Ripon as the favorite.  Don't get me wrong here, the big win on the road at IC was nice for the Redhawks; but at the same time, the only consistent thing IC has shown over recent years is consistently not living up to pre-season hype/expectations.  I know I've heard in some of the recent seasons how this looks like the year that they put it all together with their athletes and yet they always seem to manage finishing right around .500 for the schedule.  I really don't mean this to sound like I'm ripping on the Blueboys, but this seems to be a trend from looking at past seasons.  I think Ripon will get a good test this week from Carroll, a team that can obviously play some very good defense (will probably be the best that RC has seen thus far in the MWC)...should be the game of the week in the conference with 2 upper tier teams matching up.

scottie - Yes we know what you're tempted to write in there!    Haven't heard much out of you on the football board...you exclusive to d3hoops now or what?