FB: Midwest Conference

LUFAN11 · October 19, 2007, 12:24:03 PM

LU has gone back to their offense from 05 after the sad lost to Grinnell and to their starting QB from 03-05, who was third in the conference in total offensive in 05. I would expect them to win against Beloit.

Maverick · October 19, 2007, 01:37:52 PM

Week 7 MWC Games

Grinnell at Illinois College - IC, Blueboys beat I-Pios in what could be a high-scoring affair
Lawrence at Beloit - LU, Bucs play tough at home but Vikes get the win
Carroll at Knox - CC, shouldn't be very close at all
Monmouth at Lake Forest - MC, Scots back to winning ways and get revenge for last year's HC loss
Ripon at St. Norbert - SNC, would rather just see the Knights win out and maybe have a shot at a decent playoff seed at this point

Anyone got news on the staph infection at MC that was mentioned last week?

Maverick · October 19, 2007, 02:37:37 PM

To somewhat answer my own question, part of the story at the link below says no Scots starters are expected to miss this week's game but there are about a dozen team members who have been diagnosed.

http://www.register-mail.com/stories/101907/SPO_BEMCAPCI.GID.shtml

ritz72 · October 19, 2007, 08:18:58 PM

Quote from: Maverick on October 19, 2007, 01:37:52 PM
Week 7 MWC Games

Grinnell at Illinois College - IC, Blueboys beat I-Pios in what could be a high-scoring affair
Lawrence at Beloit - LU, Bucs play tough at home but Vikes get the win
Carroll at Knox - CC, shouldn't be very close at all
Monmouth at Lake Forest - MC, Scots back to winning ways and get revenge for last year's HC loss
Ripon at St. Norbert - SNC, would rather just see the Knights win out and maybe have a shot at a decent playoff seed at this point

Anyone got news on the staph infection at MC that was mentioned last week?

Sorry to say, that isn't going to happen...even if undefeated, will get no higher than 7..in my humble opinion

mwcSNC · October 20, 2007, 05:29:44 PM

SNC takes Conference Title.....

SNC wins 52 to 27 and secures a post season birth in D3 Playoffs...

CONGRATS TO THE KNIGHTS!!!!

SNCOLDAD, ILL TAKE YOU UP ON THAT BEER IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS.

Maverick · October 20, 2007, 05:49:00 PM

MC over LFC, 41-19, in a game that appears to be the complete opposite of last year's defensive battle (a 12-8 LFC win on a miserable, rainy day). Congrats to the Scots for getting back on track this week.

Anyone else got scores from other games around the MWC?

qbfan413 · October 21, 2007, 08:06:09 PM

;DCongrats to the Green Knights of St. Norbert

Great game and way to take care of business. Good luck w/the rest of the journey in meeting your goals for the season. As a fan, it was a great game to watch and cheer you on.

Regarding the previous posts on why the board was so quiet from the Norb fans..........last week at Carroll was a real gut check and had many of us nervous on what team would show up to play against Ripon and I'm so glad to see the team back clicking on both sides of the ball.

Once a Pio always a Pio · October 21, 2007, 11:47:57 PM

Congrats to the Knights..... Ggod lord I wish we could get there one day

Sorry about no picks this week, school got a little out of hand.

Next question: does anybody know how far out it is B4 SNC gets a little bit of an Idea as to who they are going to play?

PapaSmurf · October 22, 2007, 07:48:54 AM

I'm sure they'll end up playing St John's or UWW in the first round even though it's still way to early to predict.
Congrats to Judd O'Connell for making the front page. I didn't even realize it was him until ths morning. I saw him play this weekend. He catches everything thrown his way.

SNCOLDAD · October 22, 2007, 09:53:16 AM

YES!!!

You got it mwcSNC

And he got in real early. Older brother and I were going nuts in the stands. That was a team firing on all cylinders.

What a day. As far as rankings go I would take top 10 any day. May not get higher but that high could mean a home game and not UWW in the first round. Never know. Might get lucky.

Right now I am looking forward to the next game this Saturday.

mwcfbdad · October 22, 2007, 11:12:25 AM

SNCDAD,
I don't know who your getting your info from but no team from the MWC will ever be ranked in the top 10 of D-3 you would be lucky to break into the top 25.
No matter what your record is the winner of this conference will play one of the top teams in the nation.
Anyway,congratulation to Norbert and good luck against whoever you play.

SNCOLDAD · October 22, 2007, 12:01:49 PM

Just commenting on Ritz72 post below where he stated that ....even if undefeated, will get no higher than 7.... I have no idea what we will end up before playoffs. I also fully understand that we will PROBABLY play one of the top teams in D III. What I do not understand is your comment about being lucky to break into the top 25. I think you need to check the coaches poll for the past couple of weeks.
http://www.ncaasports.com/football/mens/polls/polls/diviii-afca

No matter, I am a proud freshman father.

Maverick · October 22, 2007, 12:07:16 PM

Quote from: mwcfbdad on October 22, 2007, 11:12:25 AM
SNCDAD,
I don't know who your getting your info from but no team from the MWC will ever be ranked in the top 10 of D-3 you would be lucky to break into the top 25.
No matter what your record is the winner of this conference will play one of the top teams in the nation.
Anyway,congratulation to Norbert and good luck against whoever you play.

You got that right...definitely won't crack the top 10 of the D3football.com poll, could make top 10 in the AFCA poll but that would happen only if ALOT of other teams had 1 or 2 losses. As of now, it's looking like possible first round opponents could be any of the following: UW-Whitewater, St. John's, Bethel, Central, or Wartburg (and I would guess the SCIAC and NWC winners will probably be kept out on the west coast to face off with each other in the first round). And whoever it is will probably be a road game, just to make life even tougher. The west is the toughest region from top to bottom, so it will make for some rough battles on all teams in the playoffs.

Should be some regional rankings coming out soon and that could help in looking ahead at possible match-ups.

Pat Coleman · October 22, 2007, 12:14:18 PM

The AFCA loves the Midwest Conference, Heartland Conference and Centennial Conference despite that they've done nothing in the playoffs.

ritz72 · October 22, 2007, 12:17:43 PM

Quote from: Maverick on October 22, 2007, 12:07:16 PM
Quote from: mwcfbdad on October 22, 2007, 11:12:25 AM
SNCDAD,
I don't know who your getting your info from but no team from the MWC will ever be ranked in the top 10 of D-3 you would be lucky to break into the top 25.
No matter what your record is the winner of this conference will play one of the top teams in the nation.
Anyway,congratulation to Norbert and good luck against whoever you play.

You got that right...definitely won't crack the top 10 of the D3football.com poll, could make top 10 in the AFCA poll but that would happen only if ALOT of other teams had 1 or 2 losses. As of now, it's looking like possible first round opponents could be any of the following: UW-Whitewater, St. John's, Bethel, Central, or Wartburg (and I would guess the SCIAC and NWC winners will probably be kept out on the west coast to face off with each other in the first round). And whoever it is will probably be a road game, just to make life even tougher. The west is the toughest region from top to bottom, so it will make for some rough battles on all teams in the playoffs.

Should be some regional rankings coming out soon and that could help in looking ahead at possible match-ups.

Good analysis, MAV!! Hope things are going well at MON!

I'd guess, not matter what, MWC will be traveling to UWW, barring a collapse, even if UWW loses to MHB this weekend