Quote from: Pat Coleman on September 24, 2025, 06:28:41 PMPeople may remember North Central got a 10th-place vote in the preseason.

Between this and the depth chart being fudged I think Spencer is leaning a LITTLE too much into the subterfuge. /s

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Quote from: NCC2010 on September 11, 2025, 06:14:35 PMNCC week 1 preview is out. Interesting that it doesn't include a 2 deep like usual, they are keeping everyone guessing on who is starting at QB on Saturday

https://northcentralcardinals.com/news/2025/9/11/football-week-1-preview-Oshkosh.aspx

It was posted for a few seconds and has Lavery starting with Ashiru as the back up. 

The document is still there actually, they just removed the link to it:

https://northcentralcardinals.com/documents/2025/9/11/football_gameday_program_vs_UWO_2025.pdf

All I will say is if that is the actual depth chart and not some sort of gamesmanship play to keep Oshkosh guessing, I would not have the Cardinals ranked #1 in the polls...

it's wild, that in '25 the big dogs of D3FB still think that delaying roster updates, playing game notes games, pulling replays of game streams is the thing to do.  NCC, Mount, the cheaters in TX, Cortland all do it, and they are all wrong.  No coach is sitting around waiting for the game notes, if somebody wants to analyze the game stream, they likely recorded it.  It's all fugazi. 

Just saw a very prominent member of the NCC staff at a local dining establishment. I said "So Lavery is starting"? His response was "We'll see. Maybe that's what we want them to think." So the mystery continues. 

I will say if Lavery does start it will be against all odds. Almost all the talk I've heard around campus the last couple of weeks, both from coaches and students, has had Wilson starting with Ashiru as the backup. At the women's volleyball game Tuesday night one of the guys basketball players told me he asked 11 people that night what their opinion was, and 8 said Wilson, 2 Ashiru, and 1 Lavery. I guess we'll find out tomorrow. 

it's all so lame and antiquated.  I expect that out of Mount, but if you are the new money teams...play into social media/streaming era.  More eyeballs = more tweets, transfers, exposure, etc

Pretty ignorant to think this doesn't happen at any competitive level. High school included.

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Quote from: The Third Division on September 11, 2025, 08:53:08 PMIt's Concordia-Wisconsin.

Yes. That's what Bob Quillman is reporting and I would not doubt him on this.

It's Concordia (WI). Interestingly enough, I first learned about CUW's imminent move from the NACC to the CCIW back in early August from a source that's outside of both the CCIW and CUW. There are few secrets in the D3 community!

Probably not related but I did say back when the news broke that I was guessing Wash U was being kicked out bc  CCIW had someone else lined up to add as a full member 

Wouldn't be the first time that they gamed the depth chart.

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Quote from: Ccrfer on September 11, 2025, 04:38:05 PMQ's post includes a "."

Wabash

That would certainly be something. College Conference of Illinois and Wiscoabash.

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Quote from: Ccrfer on September 11, 2025, 04:38:05 PMQ's post includes a "."

Wabash

That would certainly be something. College Conference of Illinois and Wiscoabash.

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Quote from: Gregory Sager on September 11, 2025, 10:46:22 AMExpect a big announcement to come out of Brainard Street within the next few days.

That's all that I'll say about it.

Adding a school, eh?

sounds like it'll be from Wisconsin.

https://x.com/BQuillmanQcast/status/1966215536016052231 

Well that narrows it down to a handful since it's safe to assume the WIAC schools won't be leaving for CCIW.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on September 11, 2025, 10:46:22 AMExpect a big announcement to come out of Brainard Street within the next few days.

That's all that I'll say about it.

Adding a school, eh?

Rough couple of months for the NCC family with Coach Thorne's battle with cancer and now Al Carius passing due to cancer. I know Carius wasn't a football coach but he had a big reach with all NCC athletes due to the classes he taught.

NCC's Al Carius has passed away after battling cancer at the age of 83

https://northcentralcardinals.com/news/2025/9/9/mens-cross-country-remembering-legendary-cross-country-and-track-field-coach-al-carius-h-06.aspx

Quote from: Marmac on September 08, 2025, 01:55:34 PMNorth Central's 2025 roster has finally been posted:
https://northcentralcardinals.com/sports/football/roster

Seems like Sean Allen has been there forever.


Most interesting thing I see is the transfer WR from NIU (who had 17 catches in 2023 but didn't play in 2024). Was a bit worried about the WR depth outside of Skokna.

Quote from: GusD on August 19, 2025, 02:37:29 PMAs we all know much of the country, certainly including the Midwest, has been boiling under a stifling heat wave for much of summer. In conjunction with the possible ill effects of practicing/playing sports under such conditions, have heard at least one conference team has been having some practices at 11:00 PM. Presumably this will no longer be an option once classes start.

Part of it, I am sure, is the unknown of who will be throwing him the ball and how good they'll be (and how much time they'll have to throw). Wouldn't surprise me if he's an AA at season's end, but lots of variables in play for his stats.

Quote from: Pat Coleman on August 18, 2025, 04:25:13 PMIt was 2018:
https://d3football.com/awards/all-americans/2018-preseason

Price Is Right rules. I win.

Been a long long time since NCC failed to land someone on the preseason Offensive AA teams, it feels like.


Guessing 2016 or 2017?

Quote from: Pat Coleman on August 03, 2025, 09:32:16 PMThis isn't new -- we talked about Garrett Wilson in our June podcast, No. 381.

https://www.d3blogs.com/d3football/2025/06/29/atn-podcast-381-spicing-up-the-offseason/

Cursory dive into OSU's coaching staff and I really cannot find an NCC connection there. D line coach was at Amherst and St Norberts. Maybe one of the analysts?