FB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[GrizFan]

GRIZ have NOT clinched - lost at Bluffton today!

[GRIZ_BACKER]

GRIZ have NOT clinched - lost at Bluffton today!

Congrats to the Beavers.  Big win for them.  FC gets what they deserve with 4 turnovers and the 4th down try at the 10.  This is why we play the games. 

[GrizFan]

GRIZ are in trouble!  Linville banged up, Pasquale out, Cole out & Hession out!

[SaintsFAN]

wow - welcome to the 21st Century, Bluffton College. Turns out there IS life after Tyson Goings, after all.

[GrizFan]

Winner of the HCAC now has a long road trip, likely to NC or a Purple Power, in week one!

[GRIZ_BACKER]

Winner of the HCAC now has a long road trip, likely to NC or a Purple Power, in week one!

I enjoy a road trip.  Regardless of the seed/spread we always have a great time and enjoy the journey.  There are worse places than Naperville. And we know a few watering holes near Alliance and Whitewater as well. 

[SaintsFAN]

Winner of the HCAC now has a long road trip, likely to NC or a Purple Power, in week one!

I enjoy a road trip.  Regardless of the seed/spread we always have a great time and enjoy the journey.  There are worse places than Naperville. And we know a few watering holes near Alliance and Whitewater as well.

I may make the trip to Alliance to see that, but I doubt the NCAA will schedule a rematch when they can send Franklin to Whitewater or North Central.

[dc_has_been]

Still baffled by Franklin's loss today.  I do not see them having anything but an eight seed going into the playoffs now.  Too bad they let that slip away because there was a great opportunity to move up as we mentioned in the regional rankings.  Several of the teams ahead of them were going to drop because of head to head play and now, not so much.  Anyway, hopefully this is just a sign of the conference getting better for the future.

[Stagg Again!!]

Winner of the HCAC now has a long road trip, likely to NC or a Purple Power, in week one!

I enjoy a road trip.  Regardless of the seed/spread we always have a great time and enjoy the journey.  There are worse places than Naperville. And we know a few watering holes near Alliance and Whitewater as well.

I may make the trip to Alliance to see that, but I doubt the NCAA will schedule a rematch when they can send Franklin to Whitewater or North Central.

I still think that a 7-3 Griz gets ranked ahead of Wisconsin Concordia, and IMO is a better team than an 8-2 Hope or Albion.  At this point, I wouldn't rule out a 6 or 7 seed.

[Captain_Joe08]

Winner of the HCAC now has a long road trip, likely to NC or a Purple Power, in week one!

I enjoy a road trip.  Regardless of the seed/spread we always have a great time and enjoy the journey.  There are worse places than Naperville. And we know a few watering holes near Alliance and Whitewater as well.

I may make the trip to Alliance to see that, but I doubt the NCAA will schedule a rematch when they can send Franklin to Whitewater or North Central.

I still think that a 7-3 Griz gets ranked ahead of Wisconsin Concordia, and IMO is a better team than an 8-2 Hope or Albion.  At this point, I wouldn't rule out a 6 or 7 seed.

I think so to on the CUW point. NACC didn't do to well in the non-conference play (Not including everyone beating up on former NACC team Maranatha) this year. I think Franklin's close performance against Mount in week one may tip the seeding in their favor if it came down to it.

[BUBeaverFan]

Looks like Otterbein is close to reaching their fundraising goal for artificial turf and Oberlin has surpassed their athletic facilities goals within their capital campaign (artificial turf is one of the priorities) leaving Bluffton as the only college team in Ohio who will be playing on natural grass in 2014 (I think). After their win yesterday maybe the Beavers will choose to stay with grass, although I bet the pressure to put in turf will continue to increase.

[GRIZ_BACKER]

Looks like Otterbein is close to reaching their fundraising goal for artificial turf and Oberlin has surpassed their athletic facilities goals within their capital campaign (artificial turf is one of the priorities) leaving Bluffton as the only college team in Ohio who will be playing on natural grass in 2014 (I think). After their win yesterday maybe the Beavers will choose to stay with grass, although I bet the pressure to put in turf will continue to increase.

Now we know why the GRIZ turned the ball over 4 times it was the turf!!  LOL   

[GrizFan]

The radio guys stated that Coach Leonard made a mistake by practicing on the turf at Faught Stadium all week.  They said that the team should have practiced on the worst grass on campus since the worst grass on FC's campus is in much better shape than the grass at Bluffton's Salzman Stadium.   

[GrizFan]

By far the biggest issue for the GRIZ are injuries to Cole and Hession.  The young back-up receivers really need to step up!  Way too much pressure on Linville to make plays.

[Darryl Nester]

Sad news for the HCAC community, especially MSJ:

Two students at the Mount were killed last night at about 6:30 p.m. in a two car accident in Delhi.  One is football player Michael Tepe and the other is a former player named Tyler Stiles.   Here is the news story for you to watch/read.

This was distributed from the HCAC office; I received it as Bluffton's FAR.  (Since it has been on the news, there should be no confidentiality issues.)  Keep MSJ in your prayers.