After a week & more of channel surfing here, there and everywhere, I am glad that Wabash made the decision to produce a separate field (or pitch) for the soccer program. It looks beautiful and even enhances the Lambda Chi house. So much better than trying to follow a football game in the red zone amid all the extraneous lines, boxes, and circles. I wonder how the soccer players like it, threading through hash marks, yard lines, and various forms of end zone art?

Go get 'em Greenville. Best of fortune to the Panthers-start with Milliken and run the table.

  Come on Dad of BashWarrior-we are all adults and can take the news. Hopefully, all the ACLs returned intact. The 3 points, if that's all there was, is worrysome At least the guy didn't miss the field goal.   WAF

Boys and girls: I watched most of the first half of Rose Hulman and DPU on Home Sports Network before Witt came on. Up to that point it was kind of a tedious game, except DePauw locked up their win with an int and a short punt return. Maybe it's my computer breaking down, but the video was execrable-proceeding in fits and starts and breaking off of the picture missing entire plays or sequences. The picure quality was excellent-crisp and clear even in full-screen, but!
      If that's what we're going to get from Home Sports for our home games, I despair.

Woo may have run 30 more plays, but they gained only 3 yards net in the 3d quarter.

Barnes is still very elusive, but he has fumbled twice when he was trying to keep going after being solidly stopped He is a tough act, but don't lose contain and gang tackle.

      Wooster's all NCAC cornerback #3, was beat like a drum on the TD pass, at least 7 or 8 yards behind. I can't remember his name, but everyone was raving about his tackling, etc. and making him all NCAC and All Region. I recall he hit Jonathon Horn from behind at the ten and was dragged kicking and screaming into the end zone. Maybe he was reading his press clippings when it was something and 33.
      Lots of things to think about--Go Bash!!

Quote from: fantastic50 on August 27, 2011, 05:27:28 PM
On the possible ending of the NCAC/UAA arrangement, no decision has been made yet by the NCAC.  The conference is likely to decide in the next few weeks whether to continue playing the UAA teams or to have a nine-game full round-robin conference schedule.

      This situation is most intriguing-the UAA agreement was not very attractive to me, when Wabash seemed to be locked in to playing Chicago and Wash (St Louis) year after year. In 2010, the UAA was more balanced and put aside the Case Western dominance with a vengeance. Wabash lost to Wash U, and but for some critical injuries could have lost to Chicago, which went on to win the conference. There is no certainty that the UAA  can maintain this level of balance, but it would be interesting to continue, particularly if the schedules could be adjusted to match Wabash (and now DePauw) against CMU and CWRU.
       The difficulty in going to 2 or 3 non-conference games is to decide who is going to play who in the conference, if it is not a full 9 game round-robin, and whether some schools (Kenyon) will
insist on treating some games as non-conference. Some modification must be made to the "Power Rankings" which lagged behind at least 2 years in determining schedules.
       I know the value of continuing the UAA-NCAC agreement will depend on the continuance of the competitivenes of the UAA schools, but if not there is always the argument that "a win is a win". That was the theory of Al McGuire, the legendary coach at Marquette, who said the most important factor in the success of a program was scheduling.

      ( disclosure-after graduating from Wabash in 1964, I went to the University of Chicago-JD 1967)

       BashBacker #1-- an excellent prognosis! At 650 miles from C-ville I appreciate your effort. With young Mr Gibson in the mix, maybe we could convert the offense into 5 wide receivers at a time. Even 6, except someone has to throw the passes.
       With CJ and Scola looking good and both having inside LB size, has there been any talk about playing a 3-4? I would think there would be some talent for outside- maybe an oversize DB or one of the running backs or even QBs down in the depth chart. It happened  a few years ago, I can't remember the QBs name-but he did exceedingly well for 2 years. with Roomes, Andy Dieg and Adi

I totally agree, gentlemen. Unfortunately, I was able to read the interview with Wes (great copy) and my connection disappeared. everything else works fine on the rest of the website except the entry into Kickoff. arrgghh!!!!!

The last 2 weeks of August mean two things:   the hay fever season is at it's height of discomfort. And Kickoff arrives so that I can spend at least two days in air-conditioned relief reading every word (twice for the NCAC). Thanks Pat, Keith, Ryan and the rest of d3.com!

Quote from: wab64 on August 18, 2011, 08:00:24 PM

Quote from: bashbrother on August 18, 2011, 05:01:38 PM
Wabash announced today on their Facebook page that a NEW wabash.edu website will be launched tomorrow mid-morning.    Can't wait to see it.    Hope it comes with a 2011 Football Preview  

          Amen--bro

Hallelujah!!! Hallelujah!!!!!!  are 2 enough Cave2Ben?

bashbrother-  I did note the absence of #37--Kessler Armbruster, the linebacker from Mater Dei, along with a promising freshman from last year- Markell Brown, from Mt Carmel of the Chicago Catholic league, which is good credentials ( Dan Ryan Wood,  Jack Ruddy, et al.) I know he played special teams and blocked one of the punts.  And poor Sam Smith- he will be missed-he's a great DB.
        Looks like Kyle Stevens, a running back with size is missing. I guess he didn't recover well from no gain on 3rd down before "The Sneak" in 2009. I hope Sam Smith will recover well. Any report on how he was injured? I can't recall whether he was to be a junior or senior-he's all messed up because of transfering. I have seen both. Another redshirt, anyone. (except they all have red shirts)

Quote from: bashbrother on August 18, 2011, 05:01:38 PM
Wabash announced today on their Facebook page that a NEW wabash.edu website will be launched tomorrow mid-morning.    Can't wait to see it.    Hope it comes with a 2011 Football Preview  

          Amen--bro

Quote from: aueagle on August 08, 2011, 06:05:06 PM
bashbrother: I count intel as it relates to the 2011 season. LG website states "17 starters back from an 8-2 season"
It didn't expand to much, yet, gave enough foreshadowing.
Of course, I have to just keep re-reading the Bishops preview of the 2010 season.
This is what I read on the LG's......
http://www.wabash.edu/news/displaystory.cfm?news_ID=9084

That's not much of a preview. A preview is supposed to name the 17 returnees and where they are going to fit. Brent Harris says they are installing a whole new glittery system by 18 Aug that will blow all our socks off. Fingers are crossed.

Quote from: ncc_fan on July 04, 2011, 11:10:10 AM
My understanding is that North Central offered to play a game in Greencastle, but DePauw wasn't interested.  NCC ended up scheduling an NAIA team on Sept. 10, which is still an open date on DePauw's schedule.

Wes-your comment, please?