FB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Cardinal773]

Kind of bummed that Augie had a tough time with Platteville.  It would have been a nice feather in our cap.  Hoping the Thunder have something for Whitewater this weekend. While they already got it done against Oshkosh, this is a decidedly more difficult assignment.

[Gregory Sager]

Kind of bummed that Augie had a tough time with Platteville.

Agreed, as an 0-3 start in the Isthmus Bowl series is not a good look for the league.

[bleedpurple]

Kind of bummed that Augie had a tough time with Platteville.

Agreed, as an 0-3 start in the Isthmus Bowl series is not a good look for the league.

Obviously having the number one team in the land is the pinnacle feather in the CCIW cap as a conference. But #2 vs #2 WIAC Saturday will be interesting as well!

[New Tradition]

Congrats to Luke Lehnen and Gio Weeks for being named Gagliardi Semifinalists!

https://d3football.com/notables/2023/11/gagliardi-semifinalists-announced

[Ralph Turner]

We employ 2 indexes on the ASC pick'ems board.
Lazindex has NCC as 25 point favorite and Bornpowerindex (Winner of this year's ASC Pick'ems) has NCC a 27 point favorite.

[Patrick Coleman]

Ralph -- should look at Logan Hansen.

[New Tradition]

We employ 2 indexes on the ASC pick'ems board.
Lazindex has NCC as 25 point favorite and Bornpowerindex (Winner of this year's ASC Pick'ems) has NCC a 27 point favorite.

Let's hope that holds true. It's a tall task for the Cardinals. Trinity hasn't let up more than 7 points in a contest since September. And most of those points occurred when the game was already decided. Their air attack is also harrowing on the offensive side of the ball. The Cardinal secondary and Mr. Egbo & Co. will have to be very sharp. This team has the potential to slow down the NCC offense just enough and the firepower to force a shootout if the Tiger offense plays like they're capable. It should be a thriller in Naperville.

[Cardinal773]

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!  Hope everyone has a relaxing day with friends and family.

[iwu70]

Good luck to North Central and Wheaton this weekend. 

IWU'70

[Ralph Turner]

Interesting post-season comments from NCC Coach Spencer on the D3 Podcast about the best 32 teams in the playoffs.

Linfield not making the playoffs
The bracketing process
The D-3 philosophy of the playoffs
The Geographic Proximity problem

[CardinalAlum]

Interesting post-season comments from NCC Coach Spencer on the D3 Podcast about the best 32 teams in the playoffs.

Linfield not making the playoffs
The bracketing process
The D-3 philosophy of the playoffs
The Geographic Proximity problem

Like he said, he is saying what not many want to say. That the system is flawed and needs fixing!

[New Tradition]

Interesting post-season comments from NCC Coach Spencer on the D3 Podcast about the best 32 teams in the playoffs.

Linfield not making the playoffs
The bracketing process
The D-3 philosophy of the playoffs
The Geographic Proximity problem

There's a rumor that this will be discussed in the ATN podcast.

[Patrick Coleman]

Interesting post-season comments from NCC Coach Spencer on the D3 Podcast about the best 32 teams in the playoffs.

Linfield not making the playoffs
The bracketing process
The D-3 philosophy of the playoffs
The Geographic Proximity problem

There's a rumor that this will be discussed in the ATN podcast.

Has been and is! It's out this morning.

[SpartanHouse4]

NCC is on the road this week??

What a joke!


And equal joke is that the actual final four is being played this week on the left side of the bracket  with UWL vs NCC and UWW vs Wartburg. The right side doesn't have one team that can compete with those 4.

[robertgoulet]

Interesting post-season comments from NCC Coach Spencer on the D3 Podcast about the best 32 teams in the playoffs.

Linfield not making the playoffs
The bracketing process
The D-3 philosophy of the playoffs
The Geographic Proximity problem

I generally agree with his comments (listened to ATN) but I do think when he says "do what's best for the experience for the kids" he is missing a crucial thing which is if you stay at 32 and get the best 32 you are screwing the kids from those conference champs that are not part of the best 32. There is no real good answer outside of expanding AND allowing travel but the $ just doesn't seem to be there.