FB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Titan Q]

From various articles I've read in the Pantagraph recently, it sounds like IWU's starters are...

Defense
DE - Ryan Jenkins* (SR, Rich South H.S.)
DT - Trey Cunningham* (JR, Chatham-Glenwood H.S.)
DT - ?
DE - Chris Rice* (SR, Thorton Township H.S.)

OLB - Mike Whittington* (SR, Downers Grove North H.S.)
MLB - Ryan Gresko* (SR, Downers Grove North H.S.)
OLB - Ben Houk* (SR, Lyons Township H.S.)

CB - Eric Bushong* (SR, Normal West H.S.)
CB - Will Jenkins* (SR, Walther Lutheran H.S.)
S - Scott Wenzel* (SR, Rolling Meadows H.S.)
S - P.J. Cummings* (SR, Niles Notre Dame H.S.)

Offense
QB - Rob Gallik (SO, St. Rita H.S.)
RB - T.J. Stinde (SO, Lexington H.S.)
    FB - Sean Conley (SO, Bolingbrook H.S.)

LT - Matt Siegert (SO, Benet Academy)
LG - Nick Varchetto (JR, Lincoln-Way East H.S.)
C - Trace Hummel* (Sr, Crystal Lake South H.S.)
RG - Jeremy Adams* (SR, Sacred Heart Griffin H.S.)
RT - Zach Anderson* (SO, Fieldcrest H.S.)
TE - Parker Carroll* (JR, Oak Forest H.S.)

WR - Joey Driver* (SR, Rich Central H.S.)
WR - Dayton Burnett* (SR, Springfield H.S.)
WR - Brett Robinson* (JR, St. Francis H.S.)
     WR - Mike Sloboda* (SR, Wheaton-Warrenville South H.S.)

Special Teams
FG/Extra Point K - Tony Angelos (FR, Stagg H.S.)
Punter/Kickoff - Alex Garvey (SO, Glenbrook South H.S.)


* returning starter


Obviously IWU is very young and inexperienced at two critical offensive positions - QB and RB.  It will be interesting to see how Rob Gallik and T.J. Stinde perform in non-conference play.  Both were heavily recruited players and are guys with high upsides.  I think it's fair to say the IWU offense will be a "work in progress" in the early going.

The defense, on the other hand, should be rock solid with 10 returning starters (including Ryan Jenkins, who missed last season due to injury), of which 9 are seniors. 

For the first time in many years, the coaching staff is very excited about the kicking game.  For at least the last 5 years, IWU's kicking game has been a huge negative.  They are really high on both Tony Angelos and Alex Garvey coming into the 2011 season though.

Best of luck to the Titans today vs Hope.  Now a Lincoln, NE resident I will be at my first Cornhuskers game this afternoon -- I'll certainly be the only one in the stands checking lives stats for a D3 game frequently!

[Dennis_Prikkel]

north park wins at aurora 34 to 9

[AndOne]

CCIW SCORES FROM TODAY:

NPU 34---Aurora 9
IWU 35---Hope 0
Carthage 16---Carleton 13
IL College 34---Millikin 30 OT
Elmhurst 50---Loras 24

NCC plays at 9:00
Wheaton is off

[mr_b]

CCIW SCORES FROM TODAY:

NPU 34---Aurora 9
IWU 35---Hope 0
Carthage 16---Carleton 13
IL College 34---Millikin 30 OT
Elmhurst 50---Loras 24

NCC plays at 9:00
Wheaton is off

You missed one other score, Dubuque 18, Augustana 13.

[AndOne]

mr_b,

No sir.
I indicated "CCIW scores from today."
Augie played Thurs, and that they lost 18-13 to Dubuque was not today's news, and probably already known to the vast majority of CCIW followers.

[shepherd]

I saw the second half of the Wheaton Wabash scrimmage.  The score was 34 to 3 not completely sure about the 34.  Sorry I was taking my happy magic pills and was with my new service dog.  Wheaton defense was dominate the whole game.  Under Meador the offense scored 24 in the first half.  I heard mostly by passing.  34-3 halftime score.  Kuhn started the second half and seemed rusty on his throws.  Maybe due to not getting snaps with the first unit until the Roberts injury.  Defense continued to play very well while the offense had good and bad series.  Kuhn seemed to get better as time went on and threw a touchdown pass to #34 Jesse Garry.  Kicking game was pretty good also Roche hit a long FG 40 plus? With a lot to spare.  Overall pretty good for the thunder.  Sorry for the sketchy details but it's the best I could do.   

PS Mugsy and AndOne I stand completely corrected about starting freshmen posts.

[mr_b]

mr_b,

No sir.
I indicated "CCIW scores from today."
Augie played Thurs, and that they lost 18-13 to Dubuque was not today's news, and probably already known to the vast majority of CCIW followers.

OK, sorry about that.  I saw the score on the D3 scoreboard and didn't realize it had been played on Thursday.

[mr_b]

Congratulations to North Park on their season-opening win over Aurora!  Let's hope it's the start of a solid 2011 campaign.

<<Note to Greg Sager: I refrained from calling it a pre-season win!>>

[AndOne]

mr_b.

No prob on the Thurs Augie score.

Question for you----Will North Park's first 11 basketball games games this year be pre-season games?      

[mr_b]

mr_b.

No prob on the Thurs Augie score.

Question for you----Will North Park's first 11 basketball games games this year be pre-season games?      

Yes, if only to annoy the heck out of Greg!

[AndOne]

Not only Greg, but me too.
PRE-SEASON games don't count. NON CONFERENCE games do!   

[Gregory Sager]

The Vikings were dominant today. Ahead 10-0 at the half and 13-3 through three quarters, they relied on the 88⁰ heat and the methodical grind of the option offense to wear down Aurora, and it paid off to the tune of three fourth-quarter touchdowns that put the game away for NPU. Tyler Krebs had the best day of his young career, rushing for 203 yards and three TDs on 24 carries, while the only pass he completed out of the three that he attempted resulted in an 80-yard TD strike to John Barnabee. The Vikings amassed 481 yards of total offense and averaged a healthy 6.3 yards per carry.

Aurora, which has a solid QB in Jim Bevell and a trio of very good receivers, was totally bottled up in the running game -- 51 yards on 22 carries -- and, although the hurry-up offense that the Spartans utilized late in the game allowed them to march down the field several times, for the most part the one-dimensionality forced upon them by the NPU defense really hurt them. North Park demonstrated a bend-but-don't-break strategy against the pass; while Aurora did rack up a lot of yards, especially in the fourth quarter, the Vikings picked off three Bevell passes and kept the hosts out of the end zone until deep into the fourth quarter when the game was no longer in doubt.

This was a solid debut on the road for North Park's 2011 campaign. The Vikings return to action next Saturday night in Lisle when they face host Benedictine.

[Mugsy]

I saw the second half of the Wheaton Wabash scrimmage.  The score was 34 to 3 not completely sure about the 34.  Sorry I was taking my happy magic pills and was with my new service dog.  Wheaton defense was dominate the whole game.  Under Meador the offense scored 24 in the first half.  I heard mostly by passing.  34-3 halftime score.  Kuhn started the second half and seemed rusty on his throws.  Maybe due to not getting snaps with the first unit until the Roberts injury.  Defense continued to play very well while the offense had good and bad series.  Kuhn seemed to get better as time went on and threw a touchdown pass to #34 Jesse Garry.  Kicking game was pretty good also Roche hit a long FG 40 plus? With a lot to spare.  Overall pretty good for the thunder.  Sorry for the sketchy details but it's the best I could do.   

PS Mugsy and AndOne I stand completely corrected about starting freshmen posts.

Thanks for the report, as I was not able to attend the scrimmage.  No problem on the "freshman posts".  Wheaton does have some promising freshmen.  The key is... they are freshmen.  Let's see where they are in a couple of years.  That'll be the true measure.

[Mugsy]

From various articles I've read in the Pantagraph recently, it sounds like IWU's starters are...

Defense
DE - Ryan Jenkins* (SR, Rich South H.S.)
DT - Trey Cunningham* (JR, Chatham-Glenwood H.S.)
DT - ?
DE - Chris Rice* (SR, Thorton Township H.S.)

OLB - Mike Whittington* (SR, Downers Grove North H.S.)
MLB - Ryan Gresko* (SR, Downers Grove North H.S.)
OLB - Ben Houk* (SR, Lyons Township H.S.)

CB - Eric Bushong* (SR, Normal West H.S.)
CB - Will Jenkins* (SR, Walther Lutheran H.S.)
S - Scott Wenzel* (SR, Rolling Meadows H.S.)
S - P.J. Cummings* (SR, Niles Notre Dame H.S.)

Offense
QB - Rob Gallik (SO, St. Rita H.S.)
RB - T.J. Stinde (SO, Lexington H.S.)
    FB - Sean Conley (SO, Bolingbrook H.S.)

LT - Matt Siegert (SO, Benet Academy)
LG - Nick Varchetto (JR, Lincoln-Way East H.S.)
C - Trace Hummel* (Sr, Crystal Lake South H.S.)
RG - Jeremy Adams* (SR, Sacred Heart Griffin H.S.)
RT - Zach Anderson* (SO, Fieldcrest H.S.)
TE - Parker Carroll* (JR, Oak Forest H.S.)

WR - Joey Driver* (SR, Rich Central H.S.)
WR - Dayton Burnett* (SR, Springfield H.S.)
WR - Brett Robinson* (JR, St. Francis H.S.)
     WR - Mike Sloboda* (SR, Wheaton-Warrenville South H.S.)

Special Teams
FG/Extra Point K - Tony Angelos (FR, Stagg H.S.)
Punter/Kickoff - Alex Garvey (SO, Glenbrook South H.S.)


* returning starter


Obviously IWU is very young and inexperienced at two critical offensive positions - QB and RB.  It will be interesting to see how Rob Gallik and T.J. Stinde perform in non-conference play.  Both were heavily recruited players and are guys with high upsides.  I think it's fair to say the IWU offense will be a "work in progress" in the early going.

The defense, on the other hand, should be rock solid with 10 returning starters (including Ryan Jenkins, who missed last season due to injury), of which 9 are seniors. 

For the first time in many years, the coaching staff is very excited about the kicking game.  For at least the last 5 years, IWU's kicking game has been a huge negative.  They are really high on both Tony Angelos and Alex Garvey coming into the 2011 season though.

Best of luck to the Titans today vs Hope.  Now a Lincoln, NE resident I will be at my first Cornhuskers game this afternoon -- I'll certainly be the only one in the stands checking lives stats for a D3 game frequently!

Q, thanks for the perspective.  Nice to have these details.  I provide a similar report on Wheaton 3-4 pages ago.

[Mugsy]

Pete Ittersagen cut today as part of the last cuts for the Titans.  He was listed as injured.