Quote from: bleedpurple on February 24, 2026, 07:31:35 PMNext year will be much easier for the WIAC schools to fill their non-conference schedule as they will only need to schedule two games. Conference play will begin week three, there will be a conference bye week 6 and then week 10 will be pit 1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6, and 4 vs 5. The regular season champion will be declared after week 9.

So, teams will play each other twice?  Never a fan of that.

Quote from: DuffMan on February 02, 2026, 03:18:22 PMNo clue.  Herberg is new to the staff, so I don't know what to expect.  This may be the first time in a very long time that both the OC and DC are not SJU alums. 

Possibly never?

Tweet by former Whitewater lineman, and ALL Pro, Quinn Meinerz about the occupation of Minneapolis/St. Paul.

https://bsky.app/profile/minakimes.bsky.social/post/3mdbgeffz5c2o

Tweet by aforementioned former Whitewater lineman Quinn Meinerz about the occupation of Minneapolis/St. Paul.[

https://bsky.app/profile/minakimes.bsky.social/post/3mdbgeffz5c2o

Quote from: bleedpurple on January 05, 2026, 09:15:40 AMCongratulations Fred and the Falcons! A very special team this year.

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Quote from: emma17 on December 31, 2025, 11:56:41 AMI see UWW fitting the boringly better description more consistently in their 10 Stagg appearances. In their 6 wins, I'd point to Beaver, Coppage, Kumerow and Behrendt as offensive playmakers that went beyond the boringly better performance of their teammates. Meinerz was in a class of his own.

Derek Stanley was a stud receiver.

Some studs on UWW's defense.  The ones I remember are A.J. Raebel and Ryan Kleppe. They really stood out to me in 2005.  No Stagg Bowl win but made the game.

Thanks for the shout out, ROR  

You're welcome.  Check you pms

Congratulations to River Falls and extra special congratulations to Fred Falcon. Great story. Seems like a good group of guys starting with Matt Walker. 

I think Kaleb Blaha may be the most impactful d3 player I've seen. That goes back 50 years. 

Great shout out to Fred Falcon from Johnnie's Bar. Always knew Fred was a Johnnie's fan. 😉

Quote from: emma17 on December 31, 2025, 11:56:41 AMI see UWW fitting the boringly better description more consistently in their 10 Stagg appearances. In their 6 wins, I'd point to Beaver, Coppage, Kumerow and Behrendt as offensive playmakers that went beyond the boringly better performance of their teammates. Meinerz was in a class of his own.

Derek Stanley was a stud receiver.

Some studs on UWW's defense.  The ones I remember are A.J. Raebel and Ryan Kleppe. They really stood out to me in 2005.  No Stagg Bowl win but made the game.

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Quote from: cubs on December 24, 2025, 02:50:25 PMCircling back to this now that there's some down time until the next game...

Three different WIAC teams (UWO, Whitewater, and now River Falls) have played in the D3 Semifinals since 2017... Does any other D3 Conference have even TWO semifinalists over that same stretch of time?

You can take it a step further as those same three teams have all also played in a Stagg Bowl since 2016.

What a weak conference the WIAC is... 

Bethel (2025) and St. John's (2019) of the MIAC have both played in the D3 Semifinals since 2017.

No Stagg Bowls, unfortunately.

Johns Hopkins (2018, 2024) and Muhlenberg (2019) of the Centennial Conference have both played in the D-III semifinals since 2017.

Also 2025 for Hopkins.

Quote from: cubs on December 24, 2025, 02:50:25 PMCircling back to this now that there's some down time until the next game...

Three different WIAC teams (UWO, Whitewater, and now River Falls) have played in the D3 Semifinals since 2017... Does any other D3 Conference have even TWO semifinalists over that same stretch of time?

You can take it a step further as those same three teams have all also played in a Stagg Bowl since 2016.

What a weak conference the WIAC is... 

Bethel (2025) and St. John's (2019) of the MIAC have both played in the D3 Semifinals since 2017.

No Stagg Bowls, unfortunately.

Quote from: art76 on December 22, 2025, 06:13:21 PMIf I counted correctly, there are 8 MIAC players named to the D3 All-American squads - St. John's 4, Bethel 3, Concordia Moorhead 1.

You counted correctly.  You've got two first teamers, so if we were assigning points, you win again.  Tied with several other schools with two.

Fred, are you going to Canton for the Stagg?  I highly recommend it.  For other than a few teams the opportunity does not come around often.

Congratulations to the Falcons on a hard-fought win.  Really showed what they were made of.  Blaha is simply amazing.  Good luck in the Stagg.  Blows that the Stagg is not for 3 weeks (plus 1 day).  And on a Sunday?

Looks like Blaha is not going to run other than going out of bounds.  Going to make it tough on River Falls.  (Captain Obvious)

Quote from: DuffMan on December 18, 2025, 03:50:04 PMPotential huge loss in Collegeville as Brandon Novak is rumored to be announced at Loras College head coach (via Twitter).

That really sucks.  Yes, huge loss.  I don't blame him.  He's been kind of stuck where he is and is certainly more than qualified to be a head coach.  Steep hill to climb at Loras.  Hope he's got some guarantees of institutional buy in.