FB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[USee]

I want some of whatever you guys are on. Smh.

[CarollFan]

Looking through the stats, possible offense players of the week.

IWU WR #7 Will Nazha 9 receptions 168 yds, 2 TD's.
IWU QB #11 Kyle Beaty 17/26 273 yds, 3 TD's, 0 Ints.
NCC RB #7 Duke Guenther 145 yds rushing, 12 attempts, 2 TD's.

[CarollFan]

Top 25 should have more changes this week than last week.

#6 UWW beating #2 UWRF
#5 St. John's win over #7 Bethel was impressive.
#18 WashU beating #8 JCU

#21 Heidelberg beat Mount Union and unranked Baldwin Wallace stomped Heidelberg.
Even though #16 Berry lost to a higher ranked team could they drop due to others moving up?

[devildog29]

Looking through the stats, possible offense players of the week.

IWU WR #7 Will Nazha 9 receptions 168 yds, 2 TD's.
IWU QB #11 Kyle Beaty 17/26 273 yds, 3 TD's, 0 Ints.
NCC RB #7 Duke Guenther 145 yds rushing, 12 attempts, 2 TD's.

I thought Beaty really struggled early and just looked completely out of sorts and inaccurate.  But around midway through the 2nd he really settled in and ended up having a good 2nd half.  He can't start that way next week or it's a long day for the Titans I fear (assuming Smyth is still out.  I've not read any health updates recently).

[CarollFan]

Looking through the stats, possible offense players of the week.

IWU WR #7 Will Nazha 9 receptions 168 yds, 2 TD's.
IWU QB #11 Kyle Beaty 17/26 273 yds, 3 TD's, 0 Ints.
NCC RB #7 Duke Guenther 145 yds rushing, 12 attempts, 2 TD's.

I thought Beaty really struggled early and just looked completely out of sorts and inaccurate.  But around midway through the 2nd he really settled in and ended up having a good 2nd half.  He can't start that way next week or it's a long day for the Titans I fear (assuming Smyth is still out.  I've not read any health updates recently).

Yes last I heard on Smyth was IWU HC said he expects him back but didn't indicate when. Carroll's starting RB didn't play yesterday as midway thru the season I expect all teams dealing with some injuries.

IWU coming in with 19 sacks and Carroll with 18 sacks. Carroll OL though up to now has only given up 3 sacks. Carroll has the current sack leader in sophomore DE #11 August Johansen with 8. Carroll in their loss to UWEC and yesterday got burned thru the run and by turnovers. If IWU has to depend heavily on the pass Carroll will be coming after the QB.

[CarollFan]

New top 25

#1 NCC
#2 Wheaton
#3 St. John's
#4 UWP
#5 UWW

Mount Union out of the top 25

[USee]

#2 Wheaton @ #1 Naperville this week. It's on....

[CarollFan]

#2 Wheaton @ #1 Naperville this week. It's on....

Being an evening game when most D3 games are already over and not behind a paywall, #2 @ #1 could have some viewership interest.

[GusD]

UW-W dumps River Falls. Seems like odds are good Wheaton could move up to #2, and we could have another #1 vs. #2 battle next Saturday night in Naperville! 🏈

Yes indeed! It should be a real barn burner next Sat night when the #2 Wheaties roll 8.5 miles south down Naperville Rd. to Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium to attempt to capture The Little Brass Bell trophy. 🛎  🏈

[NCC2010]

#2 Wheaton @ #1 Naperville this week. It's on....

Being an evening game when most D3 games are already over and not behind a paywall, #2 @ #1 could have some viewership interest.

On this note, for the Augustana game NCC had Andy Jachim as the color analyst and I thought he was pretty good and definitely an improvement over who they had call the Bethel game.

[deepthroat]

Disappointed that NPU has regressed to the mean.

[CarollFan]

Disappointed that NPU has regressed to the mean.

They have 3 games where if their D could have come up with some stops at the end of the game, they win. Their D statistically ranks at the bottom of the conference.

They have a bye this week and then Carthage. Carthage might have the worst offense in the conference. Statistically Carthage offense at the bottom of the conference. An opportunity for NPU D to step up.

[Gregory Sager]

Disappointed that NPU has regressed to the mean.

Three of NPU's five losses were by a combined nine points. In all three the Vikings held the lead late in the 3rd quarter, and they lost those leads in literally the last 40 seconds of regulation in two of those three losses.

Since North Central and Wheaton have been write-offs for NPU for years -- as they have been for every CCIW team that didn't call Missouri home and have Christmas colors as their school colors -- the Vikings could've conceivably been 3-2 here at the halfway point, or at least 2-3, if they were better at closing out games. Of course, that's a mighty big conditional.