FB: Midwest Conference

[Scots4]

Wartburg thinks Monmouth is who they thought they were and they will let them off the hook.

Monmouth 31 Wartburg 28

[papa90]

Quiet board today after Monmouth's victory yesterday.  All of you must be watching figure skating because the Bears game is already a blow out!

Congrads to the Scots on their first playoff win yesterday.  I thought Aurora did a great job of stopping the run early on, however Tanney did a nice job of managing the game.  The short patterns really beat up the Aurora secondary.  Kudos to the Aurora crowd.  I thought that the crowd was loud and cheering for their team through out the entire game.

I did think that the Monmouth crowd was quiet and really not into the game.  I was disappointed with the lack of cheering from the Monmouth side as well as the number of people at the game.  This is a special time for Monmouth football and I believe that their needs to be more support from the fans and alumni.  I hope that the crowd is bigger for next weeks matchup versus a tough Wartburg team.  

I haven't done any research on Wartburg but beating a WIAC team is usually no small task.  Any information on the team would be nice.

Go Scots!  Keep ROLLIN!

[au dad]

Congrats to the Scots on the win yesterday. They really controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball. Your QB was great when he got a ton of time and that goes to the O-line. They really controlled the game. The only thing negative I have to say about the experience is that the climbing of the stands in the Scots section to get to the Concessions is not the best situation. Get a more difficult set of fans on the other side and BAD things could happen. Good luck to the Scots!

[fightintitan2006]

Papa,

I caught some of the game on the webcast yesterday and was dissapointed with the number of open seats on the Monmouth side of the stands (the only sdide you can see on the webcast).

I was at their homecoming game in 2005 and the place was overflowing. I thought it would be a similar atmosphere.

With the students being out for Thanksgiving, I would expect MC's homefield advantage to be further negated this weekend.

[Scots4]

The students do not go on break until wednesday. Next weekend will be worse.

[mcwaterboy]

Just want to say congrats to all the fighting scots for their hard work and for winning the first playoff game ever in school history.  Its a pretty exciting time to be a scots fan, however I too was dissapointed in the fan turnout we had over the weekend.  I imagine that a lot of students did not want to pay to get in the game.  The fee is only four dollars, but students have never had topay before.  Next weekend will be worse but I have a feeling that we will see all the players families come support their kids as the playes will not be traveling home for thanksgiving break.  I don't see many students coming back for this game as the dorms will be closed down until Sunday.  Hopefully we get some support from local fans. 

Just wanna say great season to Aurora and all of their players, you guys had a great season and nothing to be dissapointed about.  Goodluck to Wartburg.  I predict this game to be much different then last year.  Last year we had a young and inexperienced offense, but not making any excuses we just flat out got our butts kicked.  Im hoping our offense keeps rolling as I predict a bit of a shootout this weekend..

42-28 Scots.  Sorry to my boys on the d for predicting so many points given up. 

[Walston Hoover]

Greetings Scots!
Boy am I happy to be making the trip with several, several hundred other Knights fans. We outnumbered and outcheered the Pointers fans in their house and made it a Wartburg home game and had a blast so hopefully you guys come out to support your team.
Plan on rolling in aroun 9 to set up the tailgate and will be using my 48 oz Orange mug so I shouldn't have a problem should I?
What's the tailgating atmosphere like? All in one lot? Parked on Side Streets?
Knights are playing well right now and the defense is as fast as they come. Very undersized but didn't seem to have a problem against the big lugs up front for the Pointers.
Looking forward to meeting a lot of you. I'll be the loud guy blaring tunes from my van  with the obnoxiously orange coat.

[Scots4]

Walston,

Park on the west side of the football field near the tennis courts. There is a big parking lot behind North Hall that is used for the tailgate. There will be many tents, etc. up there so you shouldnt have a hard time finding it. I think the turnout will be terrible because of Thanksgiving break and no students allowed to be in their dorms. The fans that were at the Aurora game were not very loud at all and Monmouth parents scolded me everytime I wanted to get rowdy for the Scots.

The game is webcast, with live video, on the Monmouth website and I know thats what kept alot of people from going out and braving the elements.

I will be there to watch the game and tailgate on Saturday so maybe I will run into you.

[hickory_cornhusker]

The game is webcast, with live video, on the Monmouth website and I know thats what kept alot of people from going out and braving the elements.

Maybe they should enact the blackout rules that the NFL has.

[scottie]

The game is webcast, with live video, on the Monmouth website and I know thats what kept alot of people from going out and braving the elements.

Maybe they should enact the blackout rules that the NFL has.

I was thinking EXACTLY the same thing.  C'mon Scots fans....be like David Putty and,"support the team!"  (FS13 should get a kick out of that quote.)

[Maverick]

Congrats to the Scots on the first ever playoff victory!  Everyone start talking to your relatives, neighbors, friends, etc etc etc...and get 'em over to Monmouth for a bigger turnout this weekend against Wartburg.  Need to see lots of people in red making lots of noise around the tailgates, bleachers, fence, and hillside!  For the ones that made it out to the Aurora game, it was a good time depsite the cold weather--but we need more fans for some extra fun this coming weekend.  Just dress in layers and the cold won't be that bad.   And to the former Fighting Scots football players that I ran into this weekend, it was good seeing you boys and hope to see you again this Saturday.

Also...Scots4 - Love the Denny Green reference!

[rdefense]

The students do not go on break until wednesday. Next weekend will be worse.

The students do not go on break until wednesday. Next weekend will be worse.

Or better

[LCLB52]

Well congrats to the scots on their big win this weekend. Let me tell you that this weekends game is going to be vvery tough. I was at the Wartburg Steven's Point game this weekend and I was very impressed with Wartburg. The style offense they run is incredible. They run a lot of ace but they run a no-huddle hurry up style offense. Their screen game is simply remarkable. Steven's Point is lucky that they had a pretty good defense or the score could have been a lot worse then it was. The first and second scoring drives were the same screen play to the WR. Very good at this part of the game. They ran the play twice in a row for the second score of the game and Point was unable to stop them. These guys are all very tough on defense and they fly around with tremendous speed. They also bring the boom. It will be interesting to see how this game goes but I wish the best of the luck to the Scots. Wartburg is tough as nails and a very sound football game. It seems they travel well and I hope that you all see a very good game this weekend.

[SNCOLDAD]

I would like to commend both Monmouth and Wartburg on their victories this past weekend. Having seen both play this year I know this will be a heck of a game. SNC played WC the very first game. If our team had shown a little better organization it would have made it a very close game if not an SNC victory. It was also WC's 1st game so I am sure they could say the same.

I look forward to this and I believe that Monmouth can score against WC. The question will be can they stop them.

Good luck all.

[Walston Hoover]

Question- What are the visitor's bleachers like. Will we have to invade the home side?
I saw pictures of the new stadium and it looks very nice. SImilar to Loras's Rock Bowl.
Any pics of the visitor's side anyone's got.