FB: Midwest Conference

[SNCOLDAD]

MWCfan787.....OUTSTANDING!

That is what I like to hear. Good analysis and no slamming. Of course by my name you realize I have to comment on the Offensive Line comment. I am glad to hear they are relieved.  Some size lost. Some size gained. Depending on what game films, they may not have seen the whole story.

I cannot argue a whole lot with most of your comments. I think you brought some true insight and well thought out ideas about this game.

I repeat that neither of us better forget about Ripon. On paper we may look stronger, but as they say, the game is not played on paper.

I did not realize that the Monmouth running game was considered weaker than normal. Of course with the passing attack they have, of course rushing will look weak.

I look back at last year at Monmouth and remember that game pretty well. I have waited for this game ever since last year's contest. We all know why. You stated that you think this monmouth Team is special. You could be right. A strong defense can overcome a lot of situations. And a strong offense can get you where you need to go sometimes. This is going to be a game.

I hope the scoreboard can handle the speed of this one. It is pretty old. And I believe these 2 teams are going to light it up big time.

[fightintitan2006]

SNCDAD,

I just laughed reading your last post, because I had always read your name as SNC OLD DAD instead of SNC OL (Offesnive Line) Dad.

It made me chuckle, hope I didnt offend. 

[Redhawk Sighting]

Good Morning All!  SNCOLDAD~ I would have to agree with you that no one should over look Ripon.  I was at the game Saturday and Ripon looks good.  When the offense wants to they can move the ball very easily, and the defense is VERY impressive, they are playing well as team.  I am excited to see them continue the season, every year it's SNC that RC needs to beat and every year they come short.  Well if they keep up this attitude that they have this year and continue playing with the heart they have been, I know this can be the year that Ripon does it!  

Now, alittle words about the class of Carroll!  HORRIBLE!  I was glad that I had no ties to the Carroll Football team Saturday.  The way they acted, how the parents of players were blaming the ref's was embarrassing.  I watched Carroll players take cheaper than usual shots in the pile once they noticed that they couldn't win.  Win with excitment, lose with pride.  I know it was homecoming and Ripon came in and made you look like children, but at least show some class at the end of the game and Parents GROW UP!  Stop living through your sons!  Watch the game, be supportive, but when it's over don't blame the refs for the lose, blame the fact that they got out played!  Tell them to forget this lose and get ready for next Saturday.  I wish Carroll a great rest of their season!

[SNCOLDAD]

  Titan, I am laughing. If my son sees this he will get a big laugh out of it. No offense since both are true. 

[scottie]

What is going on with Pratt at Monmouth?  I saw that he scored two touchdowns a few weeks ago, but it looks like he hasn't played since.  I'm over here in Illini-land and Pratt is from this area.  In high school, he was in the headlines every Saturday morning and I think he finished as the IHSA all-time leading rusher.  I wasn't sure if he's not traveling because he's a freshman, too far down on the depth chart, injured, in the doghouse, etc.  He seems to be a nice long-term complement to Air Alex.


Monmouth Football in 2008!

[Maverick]

Scots4 - I rode on the charter bus when we went up there for football...still wasn't alot better than vans.  Riding on anything for that far of a drive up and back isn't much fun.

MWCfan787 - That's some great insight on this year's MC squad.  I always love to read stuff from other posters who are still close in one way or another to the football team since I'm no longer in Monmouth and can't keep tabs on the program as close as I used to be able to.

Redhawk Sighting - Good to see a Ripon poster on here so all of the 3 front-runners in conference are represented.  Your boys are definitely not to be overlooked by the Scots or the Knights, regardless of whoever wins the game this weekend.

scottie - Welcome back to the boards...it's great to see you hanging around these parts again.   And to answer your question, I haven't heard anything about Pratt recently.

[sncfballfan]

I love the Monmouth boys complaining about the long road trips.  Imagine playing for the Knights having the travel to I.C. (over 7 hours), Grinnell (over 6), Monmouth (6+), and Knox (6+).  Now that sucked...

[SNCOLDAD]

Of course those schools travel to SNC, Lawrence about 20 minutes shorter and Ripon.

I think Carroll and Beloit probably have the easiest time traveling.

But any more than a couple hours in a rolling meat locker like that has to take something out of you.

[MWCfan787]

Scottie: I believe Pratt is in the doghouse, I think he was the freshman back that got in trouble for drinking.  Roseland is also a freshman, so those two have a bright future together.  The most of the receivers including the top 3 or so are sophomores and juniors so the offensive future overall looks good.

[piopride10]

Well we finally got the board going a little bit and all it took was some harmless insulting and a huge conference championship showdown to spark some interest.  Now you've gotta be crazy if you think I don't respect SNC and Purtill.  Playing in the conference has taught me a lot of things about coaching... both good and bad.  SNC has an inate ability to win and I truly believe this stems from the coaching and the program tradition.  But in professional sports a lot of coaches are rewarded for turning programs around and becoming contenders.  I think Ripon is a prime example of this in probably the past 2 years.  SNC is expected to win and usually does so.  This creates tons of pressure on the team to win every game and Purtill does a good job of keeping his teams motivated.  What I'm saying is that even the best coaches in the NFL don't win Coach of the Year every year.  If they did Sean Payton probably wouldn't have won it a few years ago.  Purtill's great and I have seen that, just consider other coaches.

Sorry I don't have any MWC rings on my finger.  In hindsight that's not all that important to me.  I went to Carroll to win games and get a good education.  I did both, and although we fell short of our team's goal of a conference championship I'm not bitter at other programs.  I'm not even bitter at my program.  I worked tirelessly for 4 years to be the best football player I could possibly be.  The experiences I've had have been great and just because we couldn't win every game doesn't take anything away at all from my college experience.

The cheerleader remark was a joke!  Get over it.  A lot of people on this board have been in college.  I'm sure you've all made remarks to get a laugh about the same topic.  Don't be so hypocritical and make me out to be a bad guy for one overtly masculine comment.

In response to a past post from a Ripon fan, I think Carroll has become undisciplined, not classless.  Players can't control the fans, but they have to control their emotions.  From what I hear Carroll is pretty frustrated and it appears to be taking its toll.

If anyone objects to me using college humor please let me know.  Additionally, if anyone objects to me speaking my mind about the Coach of the Year please let me know.  I went to SNC's homepage and it had 15 coaches listed.  I'm sorry I got confused about all of the support staff.  I was unaware that I needed to censor my posts so much.

[Maverick]

I love the Monmouth boys complaining about the long road trips.  Imagine playing for the Knights having the travel to I.C. (over 7 hours), Grinnell (over 6), Monmouth (6+), and Knox (6+).  Now that sucked...

Now sncfballfan, us Monmouth boys aren't saying you SNC boys didn't have some long road trips ...but for us, that trip to DePere was easily the longest and in comparison to some of our other shorter trips, it made it seem even worse than what it actually was.  I'll give you credit though, the Knights definitely have some of the longest trips...don't forget though, IC can say almost the same thing with some of their lengthy trips to St. Norbert, Ripon, and Lawrence; and Grinnell is similar as well since they're off on an island out in Iowa.

MWCfan787, scottie - I had heard of some players getting in trouble for drinking, just didn't know that Pratt was one of them.

[theoptimist]

Um.. D-E-F-I-N-I-T-E-L-Y.

[hickory_cornhusker]

I think piopride is right about Carroll just getting frustrated. From 2002's 1-9 season they fought to the middle of the pack in th MWC and now are stuck there trapped behind SNC, MC and RC. Last year was there chance when they lost to Monmouth and St. Norbert by a combined 5 points. This year things aren't looking as good against the top teams. They are starting to realize they've collided with the glass ceiling. Sure you can improve on the football field but when that doesn't translate to wins the people who weren't at the game just think the team is going nowhere. Whenever I get asked how good they are I always say an average team. They go .500. That's about it

[SNCOLDAD]

Yes it appears that this board is going good and getting more and more input.

piopride10:
It is not that you speak for or against other coaches or players. It is HOW you say it. You seem to attack with hatred rather than tact. It tends to shut others out from listening to you. I for one have that fault, and yes I consider it a fault to close my mind to opinions from people that attack. For that I apologize.

As far as the kiddie comment that you made about cheerleaders and/or the Knox Defense, I would be happy to "Get Over It" as you suggest with one request. Just apologize for making the comment. You might be surprised.

Carroll: Wow. My son considered going there. Nothing against that school at all. I am only familiar with them from last year and they gave SNC everything they could handle and then some. SNC was lucky to get out of town with the win in that game. I always assumed they were consistently in the top 2 or 3 of the conference. I should have researched their history a little more. It would be frustrating to build a program from that record to a STRONG contender for conference only to start slipping back.

Definitely      at least according to spell check.

[Scots4]

At least when you guys (St. Norbert) travel, no matter where you go in the conference, you get closer to the equator! Not closer to the Northwest Passage.