Quote from: Gregory Sager on Yesterday at 01:41:07 PM

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Quote from: Gregory Sager on Yesterday at 10:37:56 AMI've been assiduously studying women's flag football games on YouTube in preparation for North Park's WFF debut this spring, trying to learn the lingo and see how the sport-specific rules shake out in actual game play so that I can call the games without stumbling around and looking like a tyro.

What I've mostly learned is that the Mexicans are really, really good at women's flag football, and Diana Flores is the Tom Brady of this sport.

I just assumed that flag football was mostly driven by the American suburbs, but that is interesting.

Mexico has a surprisingly long and proud history of men's college football, but I really had no idea that they were so dominant in flag football.

Apparently, flag football is also coming to the Olympics or maybe has already been an Olympic sport.

I love that North Park has a Norwegian on the squad.

Yes, Aurora Drangevag is NPU flag football's version of what I call the "Random Scandinavian Factor" of North Park athletics. Seemingly every sport on campus that doesn't involve bats and gloves has to have at least one Norwegian or Swede on the roster, regardless of whether or not the sport is popular in Scandinavia -- and at one point a few years ago we did indeed have a Swedish baseball player.

Because Aurora's high school was named after Edvard Grieg, I'm hoping to talk NPU's flag football head coach Ramon Palma into having the Vikings run out onto the field before games with "In the Hall of the Mountain King" blaring over the P.A.

What about team handball?

Massey is not for soccer!  He has no clue what to do with ties and particularly post season ties. He is stuck in the past.

Quote from: iwu70 on Yesterday at 03:16:52 PMBig game for IWU tomorrow up in Kenosha.  The CCIW race begins.

Greg gave a good rundown of the new poll, with IWU dropping to #10 after the loss to Stout.

IWU will be without Fridman on Wednesday, with a significant shoulder injury.  Likely out for some weeks.  Niego will get the start and David Williams will likely find more playing time as the backup PG. 

So far, the huge improvement for the Titans is the post/paint play of Noah Cleveland, an almost automatic double-double and then some.  I expect to see more of Ruggles off the bench as well. 

IWU'70

Since it worked out so well last season, I will once again predict IWU to go undefeated through the CCIW conference this season.

Big game for IWU tomorrow up in Kenosha.  The CCIW race begins.

Greg gave a good rundown of the new poll, with IWU dropping to #10 after the loss to Stout.

IWU will be without Fridman on Wednesday, with a significant shoulder injury.  Likely out for some weeks.  Niego will get the start and David Williams will likely find more playing time as the backup PG. 

So far, the huge improvement for the Titans is the post/paint play of Noah Cleveland, an almost automatic double-double and then some.  I expect to see more of Ruggles off the bench as well. 

IWU'70

Quote from: nescac1 on Yesterday at 12:02:54 PMNot sure what is up with Tufts, but Granville Anderson, as well as Keller Rogers previously announced, is now in the transfer portal.  If both leave that would be a pretty big hit at both receiver and KR, when combined with the guys already graduating. 

For whatever reason tufts has had a tougher time than the rest of the league retaining their top talent. A lot of transfers recently from their top guys and it has also been rare that they have been able to get top seniors to return for 5th years at the same rate as other schools

IWU moves up to #13 in the new poll, after a successful weekend defeating two top-20 teams.  Carroll also moves up to #16.

Yes, GreenBeer, two boots.  Not good.  At least Sears is back now and it sounds like Laura Mahlum may be closer to a return too.  We'll see.

The defense of Heyden on the All-American Harris from WashU was really something, perhaps some of the best defense I've seen in my many years watching IWU basketball.  Harris with 5 points and sitting on the bench major portions of the first half with two fouls, and with great frustration.  Heyden did a terrific job and was the MVP of the Championship Game IMHO.  Of course, for the tournament as a whole, Sawyer White was a very deserving MVP.  She's really picking up her offensive game to match here tremendous defense, as well as being the court general for the Titans this season. 

IWU to Augie tomorrow night -- weather permitting.  The CCIW race begins . . .

IWU'70

Quote from: Ralph Turner on December 01, 2025, 03:36:18 PMI looked up Trinity's games against the ASC in post-season play.
2025 Update

Year........	Team......	Score....	W/L....
1999	HSU	40-33	Win
2000	at HSU	30-33	Loss
2001	UMHB	30-6	Win
2002	UMHB	48-38	Win
2003	at ETBU	41-42	Loss
2004	UMHB	13-32	Loss
2005	UMHB	6-35	Loss
2007	at UMHB	23-52	Loss
2011	McM	16-25	Loss
2021	at UMHB	3-13	Loss
2022	HSU	14-7	Win
2022	UMHB	17-24	Loss
2023	HSU	20-6	Win
2024	UMHB	22-29	Loss
2025	HSU	(27+pick six 7 = 34)-24	Win

How many other games were "closer than the final score"?

2021: Trinity's 13-3 loss to UMHB in first round. For 58 minutes Trinity held the national champs and #3 offense in the country to only two field goals (I think they missed a third). Down 6-3 with 2:13 left, Trinity held UMHB to what would have been an attempted field goal on 4th and 6 from Trinity's 22, which would have given Trinity one last drive to try and tie. Trinity's player jumped offsides attempting to block the field goal, making it 4th and 1, so UMHB went for it and scored on the ensuing play. I'm pretty sure Urban instructed them to let him score so they could get the ball back, but it made the final score look less close than the game was played. The entire game was a defense masterpiece by both squads.

That is probably the saltiest I have ever been when it comes to the unfair Texas-teams playoff matchups. Trinity's defense was probably the best in the program's history and #2 overall in D3 that year. Their offense was also very good, but it was Tucker Horn's first year as a starter and they couldn't get anything going against a great UMHB front.

After Trinity, UMHB steamrolled through the playoffs and put up 42 against #13 defense BSC, 49 against #12 defense Linfield, 24 against #22 defense UW-Whitewater, and 57 against Defending Champ North Central in the national championship. I know most people know all of this since the game was fairly recent, but I thank you for bringing up this painful topic to allow me to vent some more.

Will RF be charging for tailgate spots?

listening to the D3football podcast...


wait...the JCU coach brought up "running from competition" in his post game presser in round 2?  lol