RF over St. Olaf in Northfield 76 - 58. Mycah Thompson and Drew Tengblad both had 19 for the Falcons.

RF over Carleton 81 - 75. A freshman, Ahran Bayramlar, from Turkey, started, scored 18pts including 5/5 on threes. He's the best freshman since Melzer.

Congrats to UWW and all its supporters. UWRF will not make the playoffs unless something not likely happens next Saturday.

Very sorry to hear about Stout Guy.Lots of fun. Great human being.

Agreed, Andrew B. Far too early to get on the anti-Jennings bandwagon.

Just cuz you're behind 24 - 7 at half, does not mean you
re out of it. Final:  35 - 30 RF.

RF has the toughest schedule: Every contender on the road. EC, Point, Stout, Oshkosh at home. Oshkosh was considered a contender pre-season. MAYBE Lax has as tough a schedule, but it's arguable. Then throw in Wartburg and Coe, two ranked teams and you have a very difficult Falcon schedule.

I'd give him best in the league designation. At least, best running back.

What are the chances that Novotny will move up a division or two after this season?

RF 59 - 22 over EC is a surprise margin of victory.  I thought a 3 point Falcon win could happen but EC's qb threw 3 or 4 straight interceptions on consecutive possessions in the 3rd quarter and that was it.EC is a better team than they showed today.

No explanation for Pville's complete domination of Falcons except that UWRF greatly over rated. Have not seen coach's analysis. I expect he may accept blame. But no Blaha, no offense, vs strongest D yet seen by UWRF. That said, Eau Claire should find it hard to win Saturday in RF.

Bleed--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.

Ashiro is a very good qb. Had he had more time to throw 2day he would have been a lot more successful. He ran effectively, is very elusive, and was the only successful Oshkosh runner. And had Oshkosh not racked up 100 yards in penalties, often spoiling drives, they would have won.Credit the very good RF D for often stopping the Oshkosh running attack, forcing Ashiru to go deep. Also credit RF special teams. They were a huge factor.

Tommy Novotney clearly the difference today. RF had nobody to match him: quicker, faster, more elusive than any other back on the field.I saw how much we miss Blaha today for the first time.D contained Novotney better second half.
Soft WW schedule for made zero difference, altho I thought it would.

I think McDevett will start vs Oshkosh next week.

I doubt anyone gets thru conference unbeaten.Falcons likely to play Fitzgerald at QB. He was very good vs Wartburg.