FB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[AndrewB]

What a game. Hats off and congrats to Wheaton, they capitalized on NCC's mistakes and Forcucci made some absolutely clutch throws with the game on the line. Kortenhoeven with an incredible catch to setup the win.

Hoping this is a repeat of 2019 and NCC can go on a tear from here but their offense was completely stifled by the Thunder.

Don't want to be too reactionary but it does seem like the coaching staff chose the wrong QB based on how each has played thus far this season between Wilson and Ashiru. Ashiru's  escapability today against UWRF was super impressive. 

When you look at what Ashiru has done the last 2 weeks against La Crosse and River Falls, he clearly is the better QB.

[CarollFan]

Lots of football left to be played but if I understand this correctly, as of now, Wheaton and IWU would make the playoffs and NCC might be in a bowl game?!?!?  The IWU-NCC game will be a big one.

Also, Mt Union would not make the playoffs:

https://d3datacast.com/npi/fb/

Again, lots can change in the next 5 weeks or so.

It shows up like that now because NCC has played one less game and has only 4 wins where IWU has 5 wins. The only way that scenario plays out is IWU beats NCC in last game.

[CarollFan]

NCAA has started publishing the NPI's so the ones currently shown by D3 Datacast should be aligned with the NCAA version.

[Marmac]

What a game. Hats off and congrats to Wheaton, they capitalized on NCC's mistakes and Forcucci made some absolutely clutch throws with the game on the line. Kortenhoeven with an incredible catch to setup the win.

Hoping this is a repeat of 2019 and NCC can go on a tear from here but their offense was completely stifled by the Thunder.

Don't want to be too reactionary but it does seem like the coaching staff chose the wrong QB based on how each has played thus far this season between Wilson and Ashiru. Ashiru's  escapability today against UWRF was super impressive. 

When you look at what Ashiru has done the last 2 weeks against La Crosse and River Falls, he clearly is the better QB.

I'll admit that in the second half of last season's Stagg Bowl, I wondered if NCC should consider turning to Ashiru. That said, NCC's offensive line play has been stunningly bad this season. Wilson is under constant pressure, and they've been unable to find a center capable of making a simple shotgun snap.

I don't like the use of Ballard as an RB. He's much more valuable as a WR. He's small and gets beat up as an RB. I suppose the thinking is connected to the bad o-line play. Wilson doesn't have time to get the ball to WRs downfield, so they're resorting to handing it off to their most explosive player.

At the RB position, I would roll with Rashid, Blaise, and Guenther over the course of the next five weeks. Focus on the basics and try to improve the confidence and play of the o-line.

[CarollFan]

Lots of football left to be played but if I understand this correctly, as of now, Wheaton and IWU would make the playoffs and NCC might be in a bowl game?!?!?  The IWU-NCC game will be a big one.

Also, Mt Union would not make the playoffs:

https://d3datacast.com/npi/fb/

Again, lots can change in the next 5 weeks or so.

It shows up like that now because NCC has played one less game and has only 4 wins where IWU has 5 wins. The only way that scenario plays out is IWU beats NCC in last game.

Another thing to be aware of as your looking at the NPI's published is how teams you've beaten perform moving forward affects your NPI. For example for IWU their best win right now from a NPI standpoint is the Carroll win away where they received currently 82.734 game NPI points. Carroll plays Wheaton and NCC next so that game NPI will move lower for IWU.