Quote from: SoCalLance on October 20, 2026, 06:03:46 PMFirst place in the SCIAC is on the line Saturday night as CMS travels to Chapman. Both teams enter at 5-1 overall and 4-0 in conference play.

CMS has been impressive defensively all season and features one of the conference's most dangerous offensive weapons in Noah Macapulay, who leads the SCIAC in receptions and receiving yards.

Expect a physical battle where turnovers, special teams execution, and limiting costly mistakes could be the difference.

Chapman has won five straight against CMS, a streak the Stags are looking to snap as both teams fight to remain undefeated in conference play.

Claremont defense is good but hasn't been dominant and they have been very inconsistent on offense. They go long periods during games where they just can't get anything going. Macapulay is a jet out there but outside of him they have trouble generating explosives and Champan will do everything in their power to make other people beat them.

Chapman is the class of the conference. Panthers by two scores.

Complete and total domination by the Bulldogs. Crazy after ULV had given CMS all they could handle a week before. Maybe the Bulldogs are figuring some things out? They were good in the 2nd half against Chapman too.

This Cal Lu team losing on Homecoming to this Pomona team is a very bad look. Pomona is in a rebuilding year and Cal Lu has an all-conference caliber QB and a stud group of WRs. Can't lose that game. Lutherans have done nothing to address their run game struggles. 2.6 yards per carry isn't going to get it done. If anyone in admin over there cares, Cal Lu needs to do some soul searching.

I was planning to go to the Runner last night but the rain talked me out of it. I checked the halftime score and was happy about my decision.

I talked to a buddy who went to the CMS-ULV game and they said ULV looks way improved. Checking the box score they had 417 yards against the Stags. Claremont's defense has been good to very-good for as long as Marvin Sanders has been the DC. Pretty impressive outing for the Leos to put up that kind of production. No moral victories, but it sounds like that program is headed in the right direction.

Great win for the Stags in the Sports Bowl. Evening game was perfect, they should play night games there. The facility is way better and more comfortable at night.

As far as the game, it looked like the Stags might run away with it. Cal Lu had a huge drive right before halftime to close it to 21-10 and it was a game from there. I am shocked at Cal Lu's inability to run the football. The QB is a good player and they have 2 really good WRs but hard to believe Cal Lu can't put together an OL that can push people around. 27 rushing yards on the game doesn't win much. They were lucky that CMS couldn't get off the field on 4th downs but credit to Cal Lu for making a lot of big plays to give themselves a chance.

As far as the Stags are concerned, they are too streaky on offense. Sometimes they look really good but they go dormant for long periods of time. One of the TD's was a crazy pick-6 by the big defensive end. They are not able to consistently run the football either which is where their problems start. The little WR Macapauley is a jet. He got into the open field on a screen and looked like he was running in fast forward. They have 2 weeks to get the offense squared away before they travel down to Orange to take on the Panthers. They will have to play much better on offense to have a shot against Chapman.

Stags need to look out for the trap game vs ULV. Can't get distracted by the tents.

Big one at the sports bowl this week as the Stags play host to Cal Lutheran. Both teams coming off of emotional, rivalry wins and from the looks of it the winner will be the key challenger to Chapman for the conference title.

Stags only managed 2.6 yards per carry against Pomona and I'm not sure throwing it all over the yard against Cal Lu is going to be a winning approach. Farley and the Kingsmen O have been putting points up in bunches so far so if the Stags can't run it and keep them off the field they're going to have to play this game in the mid 30's to have any chance. That hasn't typically been a comfortable style for CMS.

The thing about the Jim Good era is that almost everyone associated with the program knew he wasn't the guy. There was nothing in his background indicating he was or qualifying him to even get an interview for the Redlands HC job or any other decent job in America. People that have worked with him know it and have told me privately (whether they'll admit it on the record or not they have personally told me). Heck, he wouldn't have gotten an interview for most of the decent private HS jobs in Socal. He was hired because he was there and the U of R AD at the time wanted to do the absolute least amount of work possible.

The Redlands job would have been attractive at the time. Would Brett Elliot have been interested? Probably not. But no way to know. That should have been a national search to get the absolute best guy. It wasn't and they promoted Jim Good and then took the rest of the afternoon off.

I feel bad for MM and all of the alumni who worked with their blood and sweat to build that program. Has to hurt to see it like this but better days are ahead.

It's Peace Pipe week! I guess we're not allowed to call it that anymore but it will always be Peace Pipe week to me.

I hate that they play this huge rivalry game so early in the year. No reason why scheduling couldn't allow that game to be in the last week or two of the regular season. Also a bummer that they're playing at Pomona for the 2nd straight year. That stadium is not cut out to handle the big crowd that they draw for this game. The new CMC one really isn't either but at least there is a lot of standing room.

Anywho, should be a good matchup. Looks fairly even. And I can't impress upon you enough how much these two teams (student bodies??) dislike each other. This is not a friendly rivalry. Like I can't imagine there is a sports rivalry anywhere with more bad blood. It's why it's so fun!!

Quote from: Kuiper on September 09, 2026, 11:50:39 AMAzusa Pacific's home opener against Whittier was supposed to be played at its own, newly renovated, stadium, but the field isn't ready yet.  According to this report, they are moving it to Citrus College, which is a community college right next door.  Citrus' field is, in my opinion, a very cool place to watch a game as the stadium is built into a hill to form a bowl and the views are outstanding.  Citrus hosted Azusa Pacific football games for years during its glory days.


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Citrus is a fantastic facility! I played there for a few big games in High School. Awesome atmosphere when it gets a good crowd. Hopefully Azusa draws well for their home opener!

Quote from: that guy 31 on September 03, 2026, 05:12:47 PMCMS sports bowl looks sweet and ready to go! Been a long time coming! I'm going to try to get out there for the opener.

I think Redlands is undervalued in the pre-season poll. I expect them to be right in the mix with the top of the league.

Chapman a no-brainer favorite even having to replace a few studs but any of those top-5 teams could win the title. Conference is wide open. We'll know more on Saturday night I guess.

Oh man, I need to learn how to edit comments. I guess the coaches knew what they were talking about with the SCIAC poll.

Another brutal night for Bulldog fans in what has become a few years of brutal nights. If the admin had any self respect they'd leave Jim Good on the tarmac but at the very least this looks like the beginning of the end.

Report from the hot CMS Sports Bowl:

Stadium is cool. Super easy to park right by the field. Nice seats and overall environment. Very sunny and very little shade. Will be interesting to see if they play mostly night games. 1pm games will very sunny and hot, especially on the visitor side.

CMS looked ok. Offense looked good in the 1st half. The RB Nixon is a dude and they looked good up front early. 2 WRs went up and made contested catches. But they bogged completely down in the 2nd half. They lost an OL to injury right before the half and that coincided with their offense going dormant. Not sure I've seen one OL make that big of a difference but maybe they had to do some shuffling to replace him? Defense was mostly solid but the NW QB was able to Houdini out of trouble a few times in the first half. Tough kid and decent athlete. The big DL Gerber for CMS was in the backfield immediately on almost every pass play. He had 3 sacks and could have had more without the QB's escapability. CMS will need to get better on O if they are going to be a factor for the league title but good start for their D and fun time to be a Stag.

CMS sports bowl looks sweet and ready to go! Been a long time coming! I'm going to try to get out there for the opener.

I think Redlands is undervalued in the pre-season poll. I expect them to be right in the mix with the top of the league.

Chapman a no-brainer favorite even having to replace a few studs but any of those top-5 teams could win the title. Conference is wide open. We'll know more on Saturday night I guess.

Quote from: RFBredux on August 19, 2026, 10:08:47 AMIt's a put up or shut up season for Jim Good at Redlands. He's had plenty of time to get the program right and he needs a SCIAC title this year to stay in the job in my personal opinion.

Men's basketball and Women's softball show that leadership can change things significantly at Redlands, so if he can't get it done this year it's time to move on.

I agree with everything in this take. He has had plenty of time. Other sports are excelling at Redlands like never before. Showing improvement can't be the standard this year. Win the SCIAC or get someone else in who can get the program back to where it belongs.

On a side note, if Redlands does move on they need to give honest consideration to DC Joey Mariani. I know he doesn't have college HC experience (he was a successful high school HC FWIW) or a flashy resume but he has the defense ready every year no excuses. Not saying they should just hand him the job, but he should get a real look.

The U of R Website has a schedule preview article which says that the SCIAC will continue the division format (the Sun and the Surf just won't die) and there will be crossover games once again in week 10.

I can't say I understand why there would be divisions in an 8 team league where everyone plays everyone. Even if you wanted to play the week 10 rematches (which I feel are completely unnecessary with a round robin schedule) you could just match up 1 v 2 and 3 v 4 down the line.

Hopefully the division line is a mistake on the article writer's part but it probably isn't. Looks like it's gonna be another Sunny and Surfy fall in the SCIAC!!

Quote from: 10Freeway on June 08, 2026, 02:56:12 PMSo awesome to see UR win a Natty in any sport.  Sad to think where the football team would be if they had actually hired a head coach when the AD we don't speak of took the lamest way out ever and didn't open the job or show some spine to keep Maynard.  Basketball is getting it done and now softball.  Football was rolling for almost 30 years and now is awful.  Such a pity where football could be with this new AD who is wanting sports to be great at Redlands.

The Maynard situation was one of the most ridiculous, softest, weakest things I've seen in California education and that is really saying something. The guy complaining was a jilted former player who had transferred out and obviously had an ax to grind. I know Mike personally and know he doesn't have a racist bone in his body. Everyone involved knew that but had to put on some weird performative dance. It was the ultimate social-contagion 2020 absurdity and Bulldog football has been suffering since. Every day that they don't address it, bring him back, apologize, name something after him or whatever just digs the hole deeper.

That said, I expect U of R to be a factor this year for the league title. They were improved last year and bring back a lot of production. I would say Chapman is the favorite just based on recent results but after that it is pretty wide open. No reason to think Redlands couldn't be the top challenger for the Panthers. I don't trust Jim Good as a HC but at least he isn't the playcaller anymore.

Anyone with good post-spring info? Chapman still the favorite? Do they have a plan to replace Pacheco and Zimmerman?

I'd expect CMS and Redlands to both be trending upward. Redlands has some studs to replace on D but they always seem to get the defense ready to play. Most of their playmakers on O were underclassmen. CMS is hopefully over their year long QB controversy and found a RB toward the end of the year.

I'm expecting Laverne to sneak up on people. They were way better toward the end of last year than they were early and I have heard good things about that staff. Any word on Cal Lu? Pomona?