FB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[D3 Poster]

~ "I knew the WIAC, and sir you are no WIAC"...sorry, couldn't resist. I do like the top of the NCAC, but the bottom has a long, long way to go.

[LG67]

There is a distinct possibility that Mount won't win the OAC this year.  And, JCU won't either. . . should they have stayed?

[wally_wabash]

I know people claimed JCU "Ran away" from Mount, when leaving the OAC; but I will die on the Hill that the NCAC is not only a better fit for JCU academically, but also for sports pedigree. When in the OAC, JCU had the Mount game and MAYBE a game against Heidelberg, ONU, and BW (though the rock has remained in University Heights since 2013, sooooo)..

And especially with the addition of WashU, the NCAC playoff representatives in the playoffs are far more prepared than most because you have 4 guaranteed tough conference games between WashU, JCU, DePauw, Wabash and Dennison. I am convinced that JCU was so well prepared for a Semifinals run last season because they all the above mentioned, save for WashU, on their schedule.

I fully expect the NCAC to continue to grow in pedigree from a football standpoint, because I do believe Dennison and Wabash will continue to grow and develop, and as long as the other three maintain where they are at, we could have WIAC type craziness of week in and week out games.

The NCAC is absolutely a meat grinder league right now, even with Wittenberg wandering around aimlessly in the abyss (temporarily, I assume).  There's room for even more depth here. 

[JCUStreaks70]

~ "I knew the WIAC, and sir you are no WIAC"...sorry, couldn't resist. I do like the top of the NCAC, but the bottom has a long, long way to go.

NCAC as a whole is NO WHERE near the WIAC, my point was that, if you are one of the 5, you have 4 conference games which help you come December. That is not the case for most conferences