FB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[emma17]

Today UW-Eau Claire named Brady Grayvold as defensive coordinator. He had been a defensive assistant at St. Thomas.

Wow, congratulations to Brady. He and Marcus having great playing careers and now successful coaching tracks.

[bleedpurple]

Congrats to the UWW B Ball team for a deep run. From out of nowhere.

Kind of you to acknowledge Ret.  A very special run for so many reasons!

[02 Warhawk]

Congrats to the UWW B Ball team for a deep run. From out of nowhere.

Kind of you to acknowledge Ret.  A very special run for so many reasons!

Yup, not bad for a team who finished 3rd in their conference.

[PauldingLightUP]

UW-Whitewater 2023 football schedule:

https://uwwsports.com/sports/football/schedule/2023

[02 Warhawk]

Wow, and I thought last year’s start to the year was rough.

[The Third Division]

at least we get 5 home games.

[bleedpurple]

Wow, and I thought last year’s start to the year was rough.

And then starting next year a home and home against NCC!!

Oh that's right, they won't play us.

[PauldingLightUP]

UW-Stout 2023 football schedule:

Non conference games at Saint Ambrose University, at Dickinson State University, vs Gustavus Adolphus. Only one of three vs NCAA Division III,

https://stoutbluedevils.com/sports/football/schedule/2023

Pretty incredible and cool to have all eight schedules out and public before the end of March.

Five months until the first game.

[The Third Division]

Wow, and I thought last year’s start to the year was rough.

And then starting next year a home and home against NCC!!

Oh that's right, they won't play us.

You mean they won't or they don't want to?

[OzJohnnie]

Wow, and I thought last year’s start to the year was rough.

And then starting next year a home and home against NCC!!

Oh that's right, they won't play us.

You mean they won't or they don't want to?

A distinction without a difference.

[bleedpurple]

Wow, and I thought last year’s start to the year was rough.

And then starting next year a home and home against NCC!!

Oh that's right, they won't play us.

You mean they won't or they don't want to?

A distinction without a difference.

I was going to say.  "They won't because they don't want to." 

Obviously, not the choice of the players. But those that schedule the players don't see the advantages of playing UW-W. 

I see great advantages in playing NCC. As in playing an awesome team without traveling 1,105 miles!

Very thankful for JCU,  SJU, and UMHB

[Pat Coleman]

Wow, and I thought last year’s start to the year was rough.

And then starting next year a home and home against NCC!!

Oh that's right, they won't play us.

You mean they won't or they don't want to?

A distinction without a difference.

I was going to say.  "They won't because they don't want to." 

Obviously, not the choice of the players. But those that schedule the players don't see the advantages of playing UW-W. 

I see great advantages in playing NCC. As in playing an awesome team without traveling 1,105 miles!

Very thankful for JCU,  SJU, and UMHB

Head coach has changed since then. Who knows?

[emma17]

Wow, and I thought last year’s start to the year was rough.

And then starting next year a home and home against NCC!!

Oh that's right, they won't play us.

You mean they won't or they don't want to?

A distinction without a difference.

I was going to say.  "They won't because they don't want to." 

Obviously, not the choice of the players. But those that schedule the players don't see the advantages of playing UW-W. 

I see great advantages in playing NCC. As in playing an awesome team without traveling 1,105 miles!

Very thankful for JCU,  SJU, and UMHB

As a fan, I’m all for the tough non conference games. As for any advantage to UWW and NCC playing each other (other than proximity), I think the risks outweigh the rewards, especially for UWW given the difficulty of winning the conference. UWW likely had the toughest non conference schedule last season and I’m not sure it did the team much good. A conference loss to UWP and a first round exit.

Perhaps the advantages gained from the super tough non conference schedule are realized by up and coming programs and their coaching staffs/young players.

[02 Warhawk]

Wow, and I thought last year’s start to the year was rough.

And then starting next year a home and home against NCC!!

Oh that's right, they won't play us.

You mean they won't or they don't want to?

A distinction without a difference.

I was going to say.  "They won't because they don't want to." 

Obviously, not the choice of the players. But those that schedule the players don't see the advantages of playing UW-W. 

I see great advantages in playing NCC. As in playing an awesome team without traveling 1,105 miles!

Very thankful for JCU,  SJU, and UMHB

As a fan, I’m all for the tough non conference games. As for any advantage to UWW and NCC playing each other (other than proximity), I think the risks outweigh the rewards, especially for UWW given the difficulty of winning the conference. UWW likely had the toughest non conference schedule last season and I’m not sure it did the team much good. A conference loss to UWP and a first round exit.

Perhaps the advantages gained from the super tough non conference schedule are realized by up and coming programs and their coaching staffs/young players.

Couldn’t agree more, Emma.

Other than it being a great story for D3, I don’t see the benefit of scheduling games against top 10 teams right out of the gate. I mean, UWW did just fine from 2005-2014 scheduling games where the backups were in by the 4th quarter (for the most part).I know there were a few times where we played a D2 school and that good NAIA team from Iowa. But mostly their non conference schedule was pretty “easy”…and the team responded well to it.

I don’t blame NCC at all for not wanting to do it. The risk outweighs the reward. I’m actually kind of glad we don’t have to fade them thag early. 

[D3fanboy]

Wow, and I thought last year’s start to the year was rough.

And then starting next year a home and home against NCC!!

Oh that's right, they won't play us.

You mean they won't or they don't want to?

A distinction without a difference.

I was going to say.  "They won't because they don't want to." 

Obviously, not the choice of the players. But those that schedule the players don't see the advantages of playing UW-W. 

I see great advantages in playing NCC. As in playing an awesome team without traveling 1,105 miles!

Very thankful for JCU,  SJU, and UMHB

As a fan, I’m all for the tough non conference games. As for any advantage to UWW and NCC playing each other (other than proximity), I think the risks outweigh the rewards, especially for UWW given the difficulty of winning the conference. UWW likely had the toughest non conference schedule last season and I’m not sure it did the team much good. A conference loss to UWP and a first round exit.

Perhaps the advantages gained from the super tough non conference schedule are realized by up and coming programs and their coaching staffs/young players.

Couldn’t agree more, Emma.

Other than it being a great story for D3, I don’t see the benefit of scheduling games against top 10 teams right out of the gate. I mean, UWW did just fine from 2005-2014 scheduling games where the backups were in by the 4th quarter (for the most part).I know there were a few times where we played a D2 school and that good NAIA team from Iowa. But mostly their non conference schedule was pretty “easy”…and the team responded well to it.

I don’t blame NCC at all for not wanting to do it. The risk outweighs the reward. I’m actually kind of glad we don’t have to fade them thag early. 

but, but, but strength of schedule!!!! it makes no sense financially for D3 teams to be flying all over the country for OOC games, especially midwest teams