161 thoughts on “Mount Union vs. UW-Whitewater again!”

1. Our coverage from previous seasons:

   2007: New faces hoist trophy

   2006: Garcon, Micheli bring Raiders title nine

   2005: Nate’s gait makes eight great

   Pat even called the rematch in ’06 (see link under ’05 coverage)

   I think I got all the numbers/details above right except for Beaver’s rushing total: It was a 253-yard day.

   That was totally my second guess.

2. Whitewater can look Mt. Union in the eye now, even in this rebuilding year. The days of Mt. Union being in a class by themselves are over.

3. MUC vs. UWW for the fourth year in a row. Yawn.

4. Well, there are 30 other teams in the playoffs, each of them had to take four shots from someone else.

   Neither team was “loaded” this year in terms of returning starters.

   In a way it’s a yawn, but you can’t knock that they earned it. And we can’t really call a big favorite either, so that’s anything but a yawner.

   And no matter who wins, it’s better than Northwest Missouri’s State’s luck in Division II:

   Northwest Missouri (13-2) lost in the championship game for the fourth consecutive season. The Bearcats turned over the ball four times and recovered four of its own fumbles.

   Twice to Grand Valley State, once to Valdosta State and today to Minn Duluth.

   So special teams can still make one-year runs on that level, even against perennial powers.

   Here, not so much.

5. GREAT JOB MOUNT!!! NATE YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. 104YDS AT HALF AND END UP W/ 310. UNBELIEVABLE. LET’S NOT FORGET ABOUT THE MANSTERS UP FRONT. THE O LINE REALLY ASSERTED ITSELF. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH MT V UWW AGAIN, UNLIKE D1 THESE ARE UNDENIABLY THE TWO BEST TEAMS. THEY EARNED THE RIGHT TO BE THERE. GOOD LUCK TO BOTH TEAMS.

6. Whitewater sure earned the right to be there, they actually won TWO playoff games on the ROAD! Mt. Union hasn’t won ANY road playoff games in what, fifteen years?

7. Northwest Missouri State: d2’s answer to the Buffalo Bills. As we all know, even though the Bills lost four Super Bowls in a row (to the Giants, Cowboys twice, and the Redskins) they got their due. It’s VERY tough to even make it to the championship game much less to win it. NW Missouri St. should get their due as well.

8. Also, congrats to MUC & UWW for making it four Purple & Black Bowls in a row. As I said in a previous post, d3 is their world;we just live in it.

9. Pretty funny Keith…you might as well be saying above ” Pay no attention to the man behind that curtain”….Oh great Oz….ha

   Wisconsin-Whitewater….was a great job they’ve done. In what was considered by many to be a rebuilding year, and what with the loss at UW-Stevens Point, they just kept their noses at the grindstone, paid attention to the business at hand, and got back to Salem. To me, it is a fair comparison to Mount Union’s loss to Ohio Northern in 2005. Ohio Northern was a strong team that came in and gave Mount Union a shot in the teeth, and relatively, I see Ohio Northern and UW Stevens Point as being very similar. At was said by Pat or Keith or both in an earlier thread, a loss like that can cause a team to come together and focus in a way they probably would not have having not lost in the regular season. And also, it allows UWW to be spoken of as one of those teams that don’t “rebuild, they just re-tool”.

   Obviously, UWW earned the respect last year by winning it all. Mount Union brings another great team to Salem, as does UWW, and both will see the best team they’ve lined up against all year. Yes, that does mean that I think Mount Union could have also beat UMHB – sorry Crusader fans. Not a slam – I respect the heck out of Mary Hardin Baylor for all they’ve done as well and their program is much much younger than the two going to the Stagg.

   The things that stand out in my mind: Last year, Mount was plagued with an uncharacteristic amount of turnovers. They will have to go in and take care of the football at all costs. Second – and I’m not saying Larry Kehres isn’t doing this already because he did it today against Wheaton – the offense needs to use ALL its available weapons. Kmic, Micheli thru the air, Micheli on the ground, Shorts, Reynolds, Vince P., and so on….keep the Warhawk D guessing and wear down their D. Wheaton showed today that bottling Kmic up is possible. But once you do, then you’ve got to be able to hold the other fronts as well, and I think UWW did that last year. Lastly, we will see next weekend just how good the MUC is or is not capable of being. I saw some areas they need to focus in on and fix for next week, because it will take their very best effort to bring home another title. UWW will not be satisfied with just getting back – they came to win just like us.

   This is going to be such an awesome game. I’m glad the record thing is over so the focus is on the team and not one guy for a week leading up Saturday.

   Ok….this is my last word….Whoever you are out there….just get on with it, draw my name for the trip to Salem and make my Christmas.

   Here we come Salem….this is going to be great.

10. Keith

    I don’t think the poster who yawned about the MUC/UW-W 4peat thinks either team didn’t earn it, and yes the game may be close.

    But that doesn’t change the fact that, for a lot of fans, they want to see some new blood in the Title game, and not just their own team.

    Let’s face it: Outside of this site, no-one really knows or cares about D-III football on the whole, despite the random NYT article on Kimic and a bit of NFL buzz on Boltus. The Title game is the one time where the rest of the country gets to see the great teams and athletes. And it would be nice if there were some other teams to share the spotlight.

    (I know, I know, if the teams would take care of business, we wouldn’t have this problem. But we’re not the players, so it’s out of our hands.)

    This may read as sour grapes, but I think there is an idea that, for a lot of teams, even some good ones, there’s no hope of a national title. And given that your own site basically said MUC was a lock to get to the Final Four once the brackets were announced, I don’t think we’re alone in that. And yeah, that takes some of the fun out of it. Who wants to open the East playoff capsules page and see evey one end with this:

    How far can they go? “Same as everyone. To Alliance.”

    The only one that was different was MUC’s which said, I believe: “Same as every year. Salem”

    Again, no-one’s assigning blame here, but no-one seems to entertain the thought that MUC will lose before the NC game. Which, given their history, is a safe bet so I am ok with that. But that opinion, backed up by the results, does create a sense of inevitability to a degree. I mean, we’ve all got our teams we follow, but, aside from them, I think a lot of us would like to see new stories coming out around this time, see some other teams spotlighted. While we can’t blame the two best teams for proving they’re the best, you can’t blame fans for not getting excited over the same game four years in a row.

    I would also wonder if this could hurt the perception of D-III football on a National level. If all the public hears about is MUC and UW-W, it can create an idea that the rest of the division is just not that good. Like there’s only two teams worth your time. Obviously that’s not true to the real fans like us, but I think it can create an impression that, on the whole, D-III football just doesn’t have a lot of good teams. Do you think anyone outside of Linfield and Ithaca know that those teams have the two longest streaks of non-losing seasons ever? Unless they remember from however long ago Linfield made the NC game (2004?), it’s unlikely. Those are the stories that really show how there are other strong programs in D-III, but it all gets lost in the Purple and Black tidal wave. I don’t think we’re wrong in wanting people to know more about D-III football than just MUC and UW-W

11. And by “Ever” I meant to write “currently”

12. I guess you’re right on one thing, U-dub-dub isn’t satisfied with simply making it to Salem anymore. Sure they respect MUC for their accomplishments, but they are out to make a little history themselves. It’s awesome that such a young and re-tooled national champion could have the opportunity to repeat like this…they are going to Salem with a single purpose. They have all the parts in fine working order [just ask the recently dismantled & crushed UMHB Cru]. If they play mistake-free football and bring a strong d, like last year, pound the rock away on offense – I believe Mount will be the one wearing down. Look for UWW to take home the Walnut and Bronze for the second year in a row!!

13. Should they make a rule that any that any team that makes the Stagg Bowl more than 3 tmes in a row move to D2?

14. YeahBomber, real fans of the game shouldn’t be upset with the same two schools [not teams – the teams are different each year] in Salem for the 4th straight year. At least we have the two best teams playing for our national championship every year…unlike the top division.

    Your comments do read as sour grapes.

15. Who’s driving the RV with the big X on it again this year?

16. Why shoudlnt the 2 bets teams be in the Stagg Bowl, even if it is their 4th year in a row. Its always a great game. Noone else can even contend with these 2 teams! Thats the beauty of a playoff system…you get the 2 best in the end!

17. Nathan,

    I am real fan, and I do appreciate the talent leve of MUC an UW-W. Why is it everytime someone wishes for a bit of parity in D-3 football, we’re accused of not being “true” fans?? There is a difference between appreciation and excitement. If it were IC and Linfield every year, would YOU be excited? Honestly? Or would you be wishing for some new teams to win? And again, the issue is not that I don’t think MUC and UW-W are deserving of their spot in the game. It’s simply that, for the rest of the country, maybe we’re not all that excited about round four. As I said, imagine the teams were someone else (St. John’s/Trinity; Rowan/Linfield) the specifics don’t matter. It’s not that we have anything against either MUC or Whitewater in and of themselves. But, it’s easy to say that we’re not “true fans” when your team is pne of the ones playing in the game every season…

    Look at the NFL…we keep hearing about how parity rules in the NFL, and frankly, that’s one of the biggest reasons for the NFL’s popularity. There are 200+ teams in D-III, and I don’t think wanting to see someone other than UW-W and MUC in the NC qualifies as being not a “real fan”.

18. So, 10 o’clock on Saturday? Seriously? Don’t remember where I heard that, maybe my roommate found it on the TV listings. Whitewater’s graduation ceremony? 10 o’clock on Saturday. I know it’s not new, but do you skip walking to head to Salem for the fourth year in a row (as a fan of course) or sit through two hours of a pain staking – hot graduation ceremony and still not get to see it live.

19. Yeah Bombers,
    I like to see fresh blood in the big game as much as anyone else, don’t get me wrong. But I feel like people who follow D3 for more than one day a year get to see fresh blood, they get to see teams push Mount Union and UW-Whitewater to the brink, they get to see compelling teams rise and fall each year. We have a 32-team playoff full of interesting stories, and frankly, I don’t have a whole lot of interest in appealing to the one-day-a-year fans.

    Sure, those people are going to give it a glance and say ‘oh, those same guys again,’ and you’re right that those folks potentially assume the rest of the division isn’t very good. But the flipside is this has never happened before, and Mount Union and UW-Whitewater are making names for themselves that bring publicity and perhaps popularity to Division III. I don’t think you will see a major drop-off in viewership when the Stagg Bowl ratings come out. They might even be better.

    I totally agree about variety, in other sports I usually like to see new teams make a run. But the flipside of that is if you just have a sample size of 1 game each year, you are missing all those extra things Division III has to offer.

    I don’t feel like the outcome of the final game ruins the fun of the rest of the year. The final game is the cherry on top, the playoffs are the icing and the regular season is the cake.

    I can’t personally pretend the Purple Raiders and Warhawks are devoid of interesting stories just because they wear the same uniforms as the team from the year before.

    As Larry Kehres likes to say, each year’s team is different, with a lot of different kids, and none of them take it for granted.

    They are different teams, they are compelling each year for their own reasons, whether it be Beaver, Berezowitz, Kmic, Micheli/Jorris, Leipold, Kleppe, Kostelnik … there are interesting angles and all kings of compelling players.

    On the other hand, it would be great to get new areas exposed to Division III and excited about it. I mean, if Hobart or Cortland made a run against North Central or Wheaton, you’d have buzz in upstate New York and Chicago and you’d get new alumni bases fired up each year.

    So on one hand, I feel you. But on the other, I disagree that it’s automatically boring because the same schools have made the final. I think it would be more interesting to the casual if there were some variety, but true D3 fans see the reflection of themselves in these schools, and I think they enjoy the Stagg Bowl no matter who is playing. And even if they don’t, the run up to it — the 32-team playoff — features that variety we seek every year, so those of us who take a bigger snapshot get what we crave.

20. YB,
    I think if you step outside the Stagg Bowl alone, and the 2-3 teams at the head of the class, you see that parity.

    There are playoff bids decided by a hair, and then playoff games between teams from different regions who get exposure to one another, and play playoff games decided by a hair.

    If you zoom out a couple frames, the parity is there … that’s why a lot of us try to enjoy the first few weeks of the playoffs just in case the end repeats itself.

21. But even within that ending, it happens differently each year with new casts. This year was wide open, given that MUC and UW-W’s teams lost about 16-17 starters each.

    I don’t like the idea of shortchanging them in any way because the rest of us had our shots, 14 of them, and we didn’t get it done.

22. But, it’s easy to say that we’re not “true fans” when your team is pne of the ones playing in the game every season

    I know you were responding to someone else using this term, but I used it too. I think the distinction involves the fans who care about more than just winning the Stagg Bowl.

    Obviously it’s what we play for and the end-all, but most teams in Division III want to win their conference championship, their rivalry game and as many playoff games as possible.

    Look at Franklin (won rivalry game, first playoff win in school history, first playoff win for HCAC since 2000)

    Ithaca (won Empire 8 in Week 11, beat rival Cortland State, made playoffs)

    Cortland (won NJAC, rebounded from Cortaca loss, won two playoff games, stood tall at Mount Union)

    I mean, when it comes to the NFL, I feel just like you. When the Patriots kept winning, that meant there were 31 losers; in theory if everything was “fair” every team would win once every three decades. For the Pats to win 3 in four years, yeah, that spoiled somebody’s fun.

    But by the same token, we have a great time week-in, week-out with the NFL. After the Super Bowl is over, you look back and remember what a great year it was.

    In D3, there’s one winner and 200-some-odd “losers” if you’re only judging success by who wins the Stagg Bowl.

    Point taken. But there’s more than one way to look at it — that’s what this thread is for 🙂

23. Keith–

    As one of those not in the “one-day a year” group”, I agree that we see more than most people. And maybe we shouldn’t appeal to those johnny come lately kind of fans. But again, I take exception to the fact that since I was hoping for Wheaton/UMHB instead of UW-W/MUC that I’m not a true fan. Even those of us who are huge D-III fans rarely get to see a game not involving our team. In any other sport, you have that oppurtunity. I’m a Michigan State fan, but I’ve gotten to see Florida, Oklahoma, Texas, USC, Penn State and countless others multiple times this season. If the only thing I ever saw was MSU and the title game, I’d feel the same way.

    I think the nature of college sports is part of the reason. D-III sports are better than most because all the players graduate so we see them for four years if we’re lucky. But, because the kids are different every year, you can’t get to attached to them. As the saying goes: “Fans cheer for the uniforms, not the men who wear them.” Sure, we get to have favorite players, but in a sense, you don’t latch on to one or two guys. When I was five, Mike Scott and Paul Parker were my heroes. But then they graduated. Over the years, I’ve had different favorite players, but I was, first and foremost, a Bomber fan. In college, you really do root for the team, and it’s harder to see the players in the same light.

    For example, Nate Kimic is the man, and anyone who breaks the all-time rushing record deserves all the props in the wolrd. But, since most of us never get to see Kimic every week, can you blame us for seeing him, to a degree, as just the next great MUC RB? Dan Pugh, Nate Kimic, all I see is 35 carries, 200 yards a game. But I wouldn’t expect an MUC fan to know the difference between Thomas Bergerstock and Jamie Donovan either. Why would they? Becuase D-III football lacks that national exposure, you can’t blame fans for seeing an MUC/UW-W rematch as just that. We don’t see the smaller stories because it’s really not covered. I’m sure there are a lot of good stories in Wheaton, but all I know about them is that they can’t get past MUC in the playoffs.

    Again, not saying MUC and UW-W don’t deserve their success, just that there’s nothing wrong with some variety.

24. Here are a few topics I want to see discussed/argued 🙂

    Why hasn’t Kehres taken his coaching abilities to the next level?

    What are the thoughts of the average size of WW and most other WIAC schools being around 7000-8000? Whitewater sits around 10,000…bigger then or close to being bigger then some D1 schools.

    Does anyone really think WW can stop Kmic or will the young defense show its youth?

    For everyone that gets bored seeing WW and MU in the championship game…what are your thoughts that WW doesn’t have a senior on their roster until the hit #46…and are graduating only 6 seniors?

    I’m from WW so I wanna hear about these topics…also any other Senior at MU and WW…it’s been a fun four years…quite a successful college career if I do say so myself!

25. Keith–

    See, that’s what’s I mean. You pointed out that Franklin won their first playoff game in school history, but how many people outside of Franklin knew that? Or that this was the deepest Cortland had ever advanced to the playoffs?

    I guess your point on how most teams want to just win their conference and their rivalry game is central to my point. How did we get to that spot? How did we get to the point, where really, unless you were one of maybe 5 teams, you had no realistic title hopes? Is that good for the sport? Is that fun for the fans?

    I don’t think there’s anything unfair about it. MUC and UW-W deserve everything they’ve earned, absolutely. I’ve said that numerous times. But I think a sport benefits when you have lots of teams with chances for sucess, not just a handful.

26. If I were Kehres, I’d never leave. He’s like Pete Carroll. He owns the town. He could jump to another, bigger school if he wanted, I suppose, but why leave? Your teams are always great, you’re widely recognizable, you’re the face of what I would consider to be the greatest dynasty in College football history. I think he’s the all-time winningest coach. I’d stay as long as they wanted me. And if I were MUC, I’d keep him as long as he wanted.

    Does WW really only have six seniors? Egad man, that’s a scary thought. Dare I say, we should prep for round 5 next season?

    I would say school size helps a bit, But IC’s only got 6,000 and they’ve been successful for nearly 40 years in a row. I think a lot of it has to do with the quality of the HS’s in the area, the amount of competition you have for players, the D-I schools in the area, the cost of your school as it relates to other schools in the area, etc.

27. Great posts Bombers…

    I understand where you are coming from because all of my friends throughout the WIAC aren’t really used to having one team repeat year in and year out…it’s never really been that way other then with La Crosse…I know quite a few people in Wisconsin who root against Whitewater…they only see WW succeed so they don’t understand what a struggle it is week in and week out for the D3 teams…I brought up the topics I did because I know they were hot topics in the past and people used that as an excuse for WW being their every year…just wanted opinions…

    and if I counted right…it is only 6…I know the roster could be wrong….but I know they have under 10…

28. YeahBombers,
    I am not sure I understand what your saying. The greatest thing about DIII is that it gives thirty something teams a legitimate chance to get to Salem, unlike DI. I see you mentioned about seeing different teams in the game. Mount fans would like to see Mt in every year. Uww fans the same, and that could go for every other fan base. However, the fact is these two teams have gone through h*ll and back to get to this spot. Appreciate the work and pain these young men have gone through to get to salem and not so much on who is or who isn’t in the big Game. Kehres will retire a Purple Raider. Variety is the spice of life, but we Mount fans are ok with boring if that means Mount is in the championship year after year.

29. Yeah, I don’t think anyone needs to make any apologies or excuses for WW or MUC. They’re in because they’re better than everyone else, plain and simple. It’s kind of remarkable to think that WW wasn’t even a playoff team as recently as 2004!

    Can’t believe MUC is 244-11-1 since 1990. I’m not even that good in Madden…

30. YeahBombers,
    UWW started 5 Seniors in today’s game: (Sr. 4, Jr. 3, So 2, FR 1)

    POS ## OFFENSE
    OT 73 Mike Sherman 4
    OG 77 Matt Weber 1
    OC 57 Garth Coats 3
    OG 75 Robbie Ustruck 1
    OT 65 R. Gilbreath 4
    TE 88 Nick Slupskif 4
    WR 3 Aaron Rusch 2
    WR 8 Jordan Wells 3
    FB 36 M. Wasikowski 3
    RB 24 Antwan Anderson 2 (Lavell Coppage, normal starter 1)
    QB 5 Jeff Donovan 3

    POS ## DEFENSE
    DE 91 Jon Baldwin 2
    DT 93 Justin Ankley 3
    NG 96 Mike Dufrane 4
    DE 97 Anthony White 3
    SLB 43 K. Supianoski 3
    MLB 50 Jace Rindahl 4
    WLB 52 Max Ford 2
    CB 7 Troney Shumpert 3
    FS 29 Christopherson 3
    SS 31 Paul Wick 3
    CB 20 Jeremy Diebe 3

    If you consider Anderson (the usual #2 tailback who started today) and Coppage (the usual starter) as two headed monster. Among the 23 “starters” are 7 who are either freshman or sophomores). Interestingly, they started two freshmen in the offensive line!

31. nathanshin,
    you’re pretty good at taking someone’s statements and twisting them around, but I’m going to ask you not to do it with my words. I didn’t say that Mount WOULD do all those things, i.e. wear down the Warhawk Defense, I said that I felt that is what they needed to do in order to be successful. There’s a difference. Thanks.

32. Keith and Pat,
    I sitting here watching Sportscenter and their isn’t even a sniff of DIII football let alone scores! Kmic just achieved something which may not be achieved again for a long, long, time with tds, and yards. Do you guys know an email or a way to communicate to ESPN about their lack of coverage? I would rather here about Nate’s record than hearing about stupid TO every two minutes! I’m ticked! Wait, I’ll be back they’re talking about TO again.

33. muc01nashvegas, in your post you stated:

    “Wheaton showed today that bottling Kmic up is possible.”

    I didn’t see the game. How did they manage to show that and give up 310 yards and 3 touchdowns?

34. R24–

    Hey man, like I’ve said in essentially EVERY POST I’VE MADE, I appreciate MUC’s talent level, and UW-W’s and both of them deserve their success. As you said, each team’s fans want to see their team in it ever year. But you MUC guys are really the only ones who get that. You’ve seen your team in 12 of the last 16 title games. No other team gets that level of success, so, even when the chips were down for your team, you never saw a dynasty standing in your way.
    You went 109-1 from your loss in the 1995 playoffs to the one in 2003. That’s unreal. Sure, it’s fun for you guys, because you’re the one doing it. Obviously your fans are ok with it. Why wouldn’t they be? But you don’t know how the rest of see it. As the saying goes, “Some days you’re the fly, some days the windshield.” You’ve been the windshield for about 15 years now, and we’re the flies. Guess which side is more fun to be on?

35. Does MUC really play a 12 game JV schedule? That’s unbelievable! No wonder those guys are so good!

36. YeahBombers,
    Trust me, when I played we were the flies. After my sophomore year we realized it was time to buy a car. We improved our weight room, talked to friends, and my junior year we went 8-1, Senior year, we started the year ranked in the top 10 in the country. The rest, as they say is history. By the way fresh and soph year we were 5-4. It’s possible but it takes an incredible amount of work and some luck. My junior year we had a DI transfer QB and the trend never stopped. Penn St is LB U in DI, and Mount is QB U in DIII.

37. Yes they do play a 12 game jv schedule. But we had 210 guys on the roster, they got to do something!

38. How do you get 210 guys on a football team? Classic

39. Your point about be the fly is acknowledged, but back then, there wasn’t a car like you guys ae now…

40. Yeah, thats for sure. but all windshields are the same.

41. Come on now, you can’t tell me that the state of D-III football hasn’t changed significantly with your uprising. 109-1 speaks for itself. You’ve lost 1 regular season game in the last 15 years or something.

    IC used to be considered a power in D-III. They went to 7 Stagg Bowls in 18 seasons from 74-91, but even then they never went undefeated. Not once. There’s never been a comparison to the MUC of 1994 to present in D-III football.

42. 210 guys on the Roster! I can imagine how the letter home reads for the last guys on the Roster:

    Dear Mom,
    Football is going great. We are undefeated. You know what? I have now moved up to the 9th string Free safety. Oh, and did I tell you I am on the 7th string kickoff return team? More great news. The 7th string Free Safety got to play 2 plays in the JV game last night. It was so cool…

43. I wish you could give karma on these boards. That was hilarious

44. No doubt about it, these kids are incredible. That goes w/o saying. But whats really amazing is that Ohio has 8 DI schools and I don’t even know how many DII ncaa and naia. Still Mt gets 200+kid out every year. Wisconsin has 1 DI team. What does that tell you about the coaching staff at Mount, they are argueably the best in the country. What was that I said about a little luck?

45. I think the D-I thing helps MUC. I wonder how many transfers they get from scholarship kids who decide they don’t want to stay on the bench for three years?

46. bleedpurple,
    That kid will probably get 2 or 3 rings. Not bad, hug?

47. bleedpurple,
    I should have clarified. That was a pretty general statement on my part. In the first quarter, Wheaton wasn’t allowing Kmic to go anywhere. They stopped him both up the middle and out on the edges. MUC was able to drive down the field through the air and with Micheli running. While they managed to hold off Kmic during that stretch, they were not able to stop both the pass and the run. Guys like Vince P. , Cecil Shorts, were getting a lot of touches and Micheli had a lot of time to throw ( or to take off) . Now the Wheaton defense did tire out, as the score reflected.Kmic busted the 49 yard TD run later on, and then it was downhill from there. I should say that Wheaton showed that you can stop Kmic for a time, but it shows that when you are able to do that for any period of time, you better be ready to shut down the others as well . Wisconsin Whitewater won last year because while Kmic did get some yards, they didn’t let him beat them. And, they kept pressure on Micheli and didn’t get beat through the air either. A successful pass rush will be a big key to victory again should Whitewater win next week.

48. YeahBombers,
    Probably not as many as UWW.

49. R24aider –

    Towards the bottom of ESPN’s homepage, there’s a section called “Le Anne Schreiber: Ombudsman” with an email link next to it. It’s not a DIRECT link to the head-honchos of ESPN, but it’s a good place to voice concerns about on-air content and such.

    In the past she’s investigated concerns from viewers such as MNF booth guests, East-Coast bias in baseball and the like. I don’t know what kind of response you’ll get, but it’s a place to start.

50. Congrats MUC fans. I see the dynasty is alive and well. One more win and my son can say the last game of his career was a loss to a national champion. Then all those pancake blocks he had will really mean something.

    It’s good to be happy with the small things in life.