FB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Gregory Sager]

[Cardinal773]

I spend way more time watching their schools and teams than anyone else and I would guess a lot of other alums do also.

If that's the case, I hope my kid doesn't go to IWU.  I... I don't know what I would do.  The idea of it is just...

That's a common feeling around the league. I've heard it expressed by representatives of a number of different CCIW schools and their fan bases, across several sports over the years. IWU just seems to be the love-'em-or-hate-'em outfit of this league.

I honestly don't think that for the most part it's because of Titans student-athletes, nor is it the coaches (especially now that Norm Eash has retired; IWU coaches such as Mia Smith, Ron Rose, and Kim Nelson-Brown actually seem to be pretty well-respected by everyone around the league) that evoke such acrimony. And it's not envy, because Augustana used to be the CCIW school that won the most across all sports and now it's North Central. I think it's a fan-base thing. That's my impression, at least.

Honestly I'm just being a smartass.  IWU has a great academic reputation and a lot of great people through and through.  Ripping on the Titans is kind of the thing to do if they kicked the crap out of you for four years.

IWU is like the broccoli of the CCIW salad.  It's green, not everybody likes it, but it's good for you and you can use the fiber.

Who's the corn? Discuss.

[Gregory Sager]

I spend way more time watching their schools and teams than anyone else and I would guess a lot of other alums do also.

If that's the case, I hope my kid doesn't go to IWU.  I... I don't know what I would do.  The idea of it is just...

That's a common feeling around the league. I've heard it expressed by representatives of a number of different CCIW schools and their fan bases, across several sports over the years. IWU just seems to be the love-'em-or-hate-'em outfit of this league.

I honestly don't think that for the most part it's because of Titans student-athletes, nor is it the coaches (especially now that Norm Eash has retired; IWU coaches such as Mia Smith, Ron Rose, and Kim Nelson-Brown actually seem to be pretty well-respected by everyone around the league) that evoke such acrimony. And it's not envy, because Augustana used to be the CCIW school that won the most across all sports and now it's North Central. I think it's a fan-base thing. That's my impression, at least.

Honestly I'm just being a smartass.  IWU has a great academic reputation and a lot of great people through and through.  Ripping on the Titans is kind of the thing to do if they kicked the crap out of you for four years.

IWU is like the broccoli of the CCIW salad.  It's green, not everybody likes it, but it's good for you and you can use the fiber.

It's probably a default thing more than anything else. There's definitely some YMMV at work here as well; everybody probably has his or her own CCIW rival that rubs her or him the wrong way more than anybody else. I've just noticed that for an unusual number and variety of people it's IWU, that's all.