First of all, whaddya think of the new blog picture? Bunch of bad asses, huh?
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We’ve all heard the phrase, “the North Central Conference is the top-to-bottom the best conference in the nation.”
Well, this season, the 9-team football league has proven its strength.
Consider these games:
- USD nearly came back to beat then No. 24 West Texas A&M, losing 55-45
- Western Washington (the LAST place team in the NCC) defeated DI-AA UC-Davis 28-21, in Davis’ home opener in their brand new stadium.
- MSU-Mankato hung with DI-AA Northern Iowa for three quarters before getting rolled 41-14
- Nebraska-Omaha beat No. 2 Northwest Missouri State 25-21 in Omaha, Neb.
- North Dakota routed DI-AA Southern Utah 37-10 in Cedar City, Utah. Remember, Southern Utah is in the Great West Football Conference - a league UND and USD will join next year.
- And of course, USD trounced Winona State (a D-II playoff team in 2006) 49-28
In the most recent AFCA Division II Coaches Poll, there were three NCC schools ranked in the top 25:
- No. 2 - North Dakota (5-0)
- No. 6 - Nebraska-Omaha (5-0)
- No. 22 - USD (3-2)
I think that’s reason enough to say the NCC is easily the strongest conference in the country.
- - - Jeremy Hoeck, Sports Editor
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