Quote from: USee on Today at 05:50:12 PMThey smoked 1 good team (at home). Still have UWW (home) and @UWLX on the schedule. They beat 3-3 Stout on the road by 4pts.

I agree with this. Stout is interesting. They might qualify as a good team in my mind. But it's true that Platteville didn't "smoke" them. It's true that most of the meat is still on the Platteville schedule. I can see justification for #1 votes for either Platteville or Wheaton.

"Favored to win the national title if they escape the WIAC unscathed"? First of all, no sure thing. Secondly,  I think I'd have to see the bracket. To me, unlike most years, there are a number of teams that are capable of pulling off a Stagg Bowl run and win.

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Quote from: emma17 on Today at 10:51:28 AMDoes anybody know the reason behind the switch back to Klinkner (the Stout broadcast guy must have thought the "n" was silent) from Warren?

I think the D3 podcast mentioned it briefly and perhaps it was simply week to week competition.

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Quote from: AndrewB on October 18, 2026, 05:28:21 PMYou put Uselding on Stout, they are a the Top 3 D3 team.  Turnovers just Kill that team.  To lose by a score to both Whitewater and Platteville, just heartbreaking.

The explosiveness and play-making ability of their wide receivers are special. I knew about Evans, Carter, and Maggitt. But this Tumilty kid, #83, went off on Saturday. His explosiveness and change of direction were impressive. That group alone makes Stout-Poly a dangerous team.

Quote from: fredfalcon on October 16, 2026, 08:28:39 PMBleed--your RF injury problems are way over stated, esp.the top 3 qb's out. At practice today all 3  qb's were practicing, including McDevitt no.1.Coaches said that if he had a good week of practice, and I don't know whether that's true, he will start. I doubt that will happen, but he'll be there. Fitzgerald looked fine, and Daniels, the 3rd qb,I'm not sure of. He passed for or scored the winning td vs Oshkosh. His injury was to his left arm.
Asher MAY be out but his replacement is good.

Am not aware of any offensive linemen out, but our best d lineman injured his knee lifting weights last Monday. He probably is out.

I have a hard time believing Ashiru is not just as good, or better than, any other qb in the league. Yes, he passed for 400 or so yards vs RF but he's that good.

All that said, Pville will be very hard to beat Saturday.

Thanks for clearing that up. I tried to be very upfront by saying I had no insight into the injuries and was just going by what is online. Wasn't trying to overstate anything. Always glad to get accurate information. I will adjust my post for the website. I should private message you before the games to get accurate Falcon info! Can't have enough good sources.  IMO, if they are healthy, they have every opportunity to beat Platteville. Should be a great game.

Still waiting for the other guys' posts to come in. But, just to keep you in rhythm, here is what I will be posting for my predictions:

UW-Oshkosh at UW-Eau Claire

Oshkosh has played both La Crosse and River Falls tough and lost in heartbreaking fashion. Led by the dynamic Demir Ashiru at QB, the Titans are clearly a dangerous team. They had four kicks blocked last week which essentially cost them the game. If they play a clean game, they will be a tough team for anyone to beat.  Eau Claire broke out to a 4-0 start before being humbled 38-0 by Platteville last week. The Blugolds have been very solid in stopping the run, but they yielded 312 yards passing and 4 touchdowns to Nathan Uselding and the Pioneers last week. This is a measuring stick game for the Blugolds, but Ashiru and the Titans are overdue to break into the WIAC win column.

UW-Oshkosh 38 UW- Eau Claire 21


UW-Stevens Point at UW- La Crosse
The Pointers have lost both conference games so far and have been held to single digits in the process. The Eagles' defense won't be easy for Stevens Point to crack. On the other hand, La Crosse will be coming in hungry for a win after a hard-fought loss to Whitewater last week. Kyle Haas, who has over 1400 yards and nine touchdowns figures to add to his totals in a significant way and La Crosse bounces back.

UW-La Crosse 56  UW-Stevens Point 7


UW-River Falls at UW-Platteville
I have no insight into the River Falls injury situation other than what I read online, but it has been posted that UW-RF could be without two of their starting offensive linemen, workhorse running back Trevor Asher, and their top three quarterbacks. If that is true, winning at Platteville will be a challenge of epic proportions.

Nathan Uselding continues to light things up, completing over 79% of his passes for 1254 yards and 17 touchdowns. River Falls has an excellent defense, but Demir Ashiru did throw for over 400 yards against them last week for Oshkosh. Uselding and Ashiru have very different styles, but if Falls doesn't button down their pass defense, they will be in trouble.

UW-Platteville 28 UW River Falls 17


UW-Whitewater at UW-Stout-Poly
The Warhawks hit the road for the second consecutive week as they travel to Menomonie to take on the 3-2 Blue Devils. Stout split their two WIAC games losing to Platteville 31-27 before taking to the road and bouncing Stevens Point 48-2. Stout is a streaky team, having jumped to a 27-0 lead over Augustana, only to see the Vikings close the gap to 37-34 with 5 minutes left in the game. They also fell behind Platteville 28-7 at halftime, before outscoring the Pioneers 20-3 in the second half to just fall short 31-27.

As usual in the WIAC, the Warhawks will have to play well to win. With the high level the Warhawk defense is playing at and the offense beginning to show flashes, Stout can't afford one of their lapses in this one and expect to secure the upset.

UW-Whitewater 27  UW-Stout-Poly 13

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Thanks, Andrew. Appreciate it.
Fabulous write up.  Couldn't have done better myself. 

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Quote from: palum on October 11, 2026, 02:38:29 PMPlatteville wins it's Homecoming game 38-0 over Eau Claire. Platteville QB Nathan Uselding was 30 for 33. 4 TD passes and one rushing TD. Platteville's defense which looked suspect last week against Stout held Eau Claire to under 200 yards total offense. The WIAC grind continues next week when River Falls visits Platteville.

I am not going to predict the winner right now, but I promise you one thing: River Falls at Platteville is going to be one PHYSICAL game! There will be some hitting in that one. Enjoy, and no injuries!!

Quote from: BDB on October 11, 2026, 07:20:45 AMCheck out this play from yesterday's Pointer-Blue Devils game:

https://www.facebook.com/CBSSports/videos/laterals-on-laterals-on-laterals/1705101194379321/
or
https://x.com/UWStoutFootball/status/2109000793768509643

(Credit Pointer student play-by-play)

Now that's playing loose and free with a 31-point second-quarter lead!

Quote from: AndrewB on October 08, 2026, 01:53:40 PMAnd Yes
Demir Ashiru IS the most dangerous and most talented quarterback in D3.  If you run for over 200 yards and pass for over 200 yards.  You are an ELITE TALENT. 

Demier Ashiru is incredibly athletic and dangerous. Best in D3? No idea because I haven't seen everyone. But I honestly can't rule it out. He is a problem.

La Crosse didn't do themselves any favors through some of their alignments, man-to-man concepts, and arm tackling. But the kid is really good and really dangerous. I am extemely intrigued to see how he fares against the RF defense. If anyone can dent them, it may be a kid like that.

On the other hand running QB's don't have a great history of playing an entire game against UW-W. This RF defense hits hard too. Keeping him healthy may be the biggest issue.

Quote from: emma17 on October 08, 2026, 10:47:12 AMBleed- your point about the backup RB is right on. I'm not saying every QB run should have been a play for Tommy. UWW absolutely needs to be protective of the kid- and that's where the next RB in line should get the carries.

Klinkner has had some good passing games so I believe he has the ability. In the losses to UWRF and UWL last year, and last week's game vs. UWRF, it seems the OC gets highly conservative and calls the safest of plays, including a lot of swing pass/wide receiver screens that don't move the ball forward.

In general I'm not a fan of pass plays thrown at or behind the line of scrimmage especially if you have a running game getting positive yards. The beloved Bears had a series last week where they were pounding the run down the field and they get into or close to the red zone with a first and ten. They throw a wide receiver screen that gets blown up at the line and now face second and 10. I get the idea of making the D line run to tire them out, but at the same time it didn't look like the D had any chance of stopping three running plays in a row. Now, if they can run an effective slant route, that's a different story. .

There it is. An effective slant route covers a multitude of sins! No better time to unveil our barrage of slant routes than against La Crosse!

Quote from: ADL70 on October 04, 2026, 10:55:58 AMCelebrate already one more win than 2025. Celebrate beating Thiel who won in 2025.

This thread has me laughing. ADL70, the "Official Celebration Distribution Specialist" of the PAC.

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Quote from: emma17 on October 06, 2026, 04:58:31 PMPart of last year's box score vs. UWL. Unfortunately, I see a pattern that has not changed. 16 completions for 79 yards- yeouch!


https://www.d3football.com/seasons/2025/boxscores/20251004_6sus.xml?view=boxscore

Kyle Hass was worse.  Zero touchdowns and 3 interceptions.  The only offensive touchdown they scored was with the backup quarterback.

Even more reason to wonder what's going on w the UWW offense.
Klinkner had 17 carries for 34 yards. Imagine that. 2 yards a carry and you keep calling his number.

It's 14 carries for 40 yards once you eliminate the sacks, which are deducted from rushing offense in college football. Not a tremendous difference but more accurate.

Right- thank you. I was going to mention sack yardage/or busted pass plays that become a short run, but the gist remains the same.
There is an opportunity cost the offense is losing out on. A truly simple question the OC should ask himself- do we put more pressure on the D handing the ball to a running back 14 more times- or having our QB run it 14 times.

A fair question.  One of the issues Saturday was that the RF defense began "hawking","Keying', whatever terminolgy you want to use- Novotny. With the passing game being what it was (a separate issue that needs to be examined), perhaps we were trying to make the defense pay a price for selling out to stop Novotny. I havne't talked to anyone, but they were overcommitting to stop Tommy, so it's a possibility.

Also, I think Klinkner's runs likely took carries away from the backup running backs rather than Tommy. Again, guessing here, but I see our backup running backs had zero carries. And carries by a backup running back don't make the defense pay a price for overcommitting on Tommy. Novotny had 23 carries. Again, this is my thinking, not necessarily the staff's, but do we want a 175-pound freshman running back to get far more than 23 carries in the first WIAC game of a season we hope to go deep into the playoffs?  Just asking...

None of this is to say your question isn't valid, it is. Just trying to think of possible reasons for the play mix that was called.

I still maintain that when the passing game becomes more effective, the QB carries will drop.

But having said everything I just said, I know nothing. Just some Wednesday musings...

Quote from: emma17 on October 06, 2026, 04:48:02 PMHa. As Pat said on the podcast- the Blanchard treatment (or something to that effect).

lol. I think that's what made me think of saying that. Truthfully, I never feel comfortable sharing injury news either way. Always feel like that's the head coach's prerogative and he may wanted it handled differently in every situation. So it's kind of a stay-away for me.