Quote from: LetItRain on November 04, 2009, 02:53:18 PM
02 Warhawk:
I work with a UWW graduate from back a ways. I provide him with Trine updates each Monday and he returns the favor with UWW updates. You guys are having another good year. Heard about your 300+ yard running back - pretty amazing. Good luck in the playoffs. I'll be pulling for you (unless you're playing Trine, of course).
Quote from: 02 Warhawk on November 04, 2009, 02:48:13 PMQuote from: Raider 68 on November 04, 2009, 01:06:34 PMQuote from: BOYA87 on November 04, 2009, 12:57:25 PM
Just to clarify my previous comments, of course I would not PREFER the MIAA representative to play MU in the post season first round game. However, the only things that Trine and Adrain have any control over is whether they win their final 2 games. Other than that it is all left up to the committees, boards, coaches, computers...or whatever else decides the playoff seeds! All I am saying is that whatever draw a team gets in the first round, it is going to be a good team. These are all teams that have won their conference or at least preformed well in a very strong conference.
So, should the MIAA representative draw MU in the 1st round I say....Bring on Mount Union. Dont be upset, dont be scared, dont back down, and definitely dont let them win the game before it even begins. They play on the same field we do. they play with 11 men on the field just like we do. and their team is made up of 18-22 year old men, just like ours!
Respect your opponents, but never fear them.
BOYA87,
If the Trine and Adrian players have the same attitude as you, then they
have the right mental fortitude to succeed.
The committees will make the calls, but I would also want to play the best right out of the gate to see what my program has to do to grow.
In 2002-03 ( I think, will have to verify exact dates), the University of Wisc.
Whitewater scheduled Mount Union for their first games to learn from
an elite program. Not only did they learn ( despite two large losses) but went on to be a major power in D3.
around that same time frame, we also scheduled St. John's and one or two NAIA ranked teams....we got our buts whipped, but we learned a lot from it.
Now you have some activity on this MIAA board. A comment about UWW
got some ink. The former coach at UWW saw opportunities and went after
them.
A few post back, I mentioned Trine's opportunites in the playoffs, if they were 8th or higher will potentially see UWW at some point. This assumes
Mount Union is not in the North and UWW is.