FB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Platteville now leads Franklin 23-19 late in the 3rd.
MSJ and Trine headed to OT tied at 24.
Bluffton down 14-20 with 4 1/2 minutes left and K'Zoo with the ball.
Rose down 6-20 midway through the 3rd
Manchester's misery is almost over, 4 1/2 minutes left down 0-59

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Franklin with a good stop, get the ball at midfield, immediately have a tipped pass intercepted. Platteville lead 30-19 early 4th

Trine scores first in OT, MSJ answers, goes for 2 and fails. Trine wins 31-30.

Manchester scores in the final minute but fall 59-7.

Rose-Hulman now down 6-27 late in the 3rd.

Bluffton convert on 4th and 4 from the K'Zoo 33 with under a minute left. Score the TD with 30 seconds left and lead 21-20

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Kalamazoo muffed the kickoff and Bluffton recovers. Beavers win 21-20.
Platteville starting to take control now, 37-19. Franklin has played well for a good chunk of the game but looking like it won't be enough.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Pick 6 and Franklin now down 19-44. The game has definitely been closer than the score says. But Platteville has been getting turnovers and scoring off them in the 2nd half.
Rose still down 6-27 mid 4th.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Franklin loses 19-44, great back and forth game for 3 quarters, turnovers made the score a bit one sided at the end.
Rose Hulman made a bit of a comeback but lost 27-20.

Conference is 1-5 so far today with one game (likely loss) left

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Halftime at Alma and Anderson is down 38-0.
Going to count that as a loss... that makes the HCAC 6-17 in non-conference with just Alfred St @ Defiance next week left.

Are there any high school teams needing to fill a game next year? Maybe someone can put that Bishop Sycamore team on their schedule. Surely the likes of Defiance and Anderson could beat them.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

And with Defiance's loss today that ends the non-conference schedule for this year

Regular season non-conference record
2006: 13-11 (Franklin, Rose 3-0; Defiance, MSJ 2-1; Anderson, Bluffton, Manchester 1-2)
2007: 12-12 (MSJ, Rose 3-0; Franklin, Manchester 2-1; Anderson, Defiance 1-2)
2008: 10-14 (Franklin, Manchester, MSJ, Rose 2-1; Anderson, Bluffton 1-2) Franklin quarterfinals
2009: 7-17 (Franklin, MSJ, Rose 2-1; Defiance 1-2)
Earlham joins HCAC
2010: 6-12 (Bluffton, Franklin, Hanover, Manchester, MSJ, Rose 1-1)
2011: 3-15 (Franklin, Manchester, MSJ 1-1) Franklin 2nd round
2012: 2-16 (Bluffton, MSJ 1-1) Franklin 2nd round
2013: 1-17 (Earlham 1-1) Franklin 2nd round
2014: 4-14 (Rose 2-0; Manchester, MSJ 1-1)
2015: 4-14 (Rose 2-0; Bluffton, MSJ 1-1)
2016: 5-13 (Bluffton 2-0; Defiance, Franklin, Rose 1-1)
2017: 3-15 (Manchester, MSJ, Rose 1-1)
2018: 2-16 (Franklin, MSJ 1-1)
Earlham halts football program
2019: 6-12 (Anderson 2-0; MSJ 1-1; Hanover 2-1; Rose 1-2)
2020/21: 1-2 (Bluffton 1-0)
2021: 6-18 (Franklin 2-1; Bluffton, Hanover, MSJ, Rose 1-2)

[SaintsFAN]

Agreed, which has made a lot of the alumni upset.  There definitely needs to be more transparency to what is going on.

Yo Plonk!

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Conference play getting underway. Should be a fairly straightforward day.
Hanover favorites hosting Anderson
Franklin favorites hosting Manchester
Rose favorites at Defiance
MSJ favorites at Bluffton but the best chance if anyone is going to upset

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Franklin picking up where they left off against Platteville turning the ball over twice in the 1st quarter. Manchester leads 9-7.
Rose all over Defiance 28-0
Hanover leads Anderson 14-2
Bluffton with the early lead on MSJ 7-3

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Manchester was 240th and dead last in D3 for turnovers at -3.67 per game... Franklin was 229th at -2 per game... Manchester is +3 today after 2 fumbles and an interception and lead the Grizzlies 16-7

MSJ has a slight lead on Bluffton 17-14
Rose is cruising 42-0 against Defiance
Hanover up 21-0 against Anderson
All games at halftime

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Much better starting the 2nd half. Two 3 and outs by Manchester while Franklin with a TD and FG to take a 17-16 lead.

MSJ also starting to get rolling, lead Bluffton 31-14
Hanover still up 21-0
Rose 49-0.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Franklin with 17 unanswered to take a 24-16 lead, Grizzlies later fumble for the 3rd time today (it's a wet, grey day) and Manchester responds with a TD and 2pt conversion to tie it at 24 midway through the 4th.

MSJ leads 45-21
Hanover up 49-0
Rose no longer with the shutout 56-14

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Less than a minute left at Faught Stadium. Still tied at 24 with Manchester punting. Franklin has it at their own 40 with 30 seconds left. Franklin haven't played an OT since the 2017 playoffs at Wartburg.

MSJ beats Bluffton 45-27
Rose-Hulman defeats Defiance 63-14
Hanover shuts out Anderson 49-0

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Free football from Faught. Franklin first. Fourth and forever fails.

Enough alliteration. Any score for Manchester wins