Week One and Two Reviews

Woah. We had a lot happen over the weekend, and if you were following my Twitter account, you were in for a wild ride. I made my picks for week two as a tweeted thread as I didn't have time to write up a preview, and boy did that ruffle some feathers. I actually still did okay in week two, going 7-2, but I had quite a few people misinterpreting those tweets as actual score reporting, quote tweeting them with clown emojis, so on and so forth. My guess would be that those people have no idea that I actually do it every week, I just don't tweet them out. Well, maybe I'll have to do that from here on out. Sometimes you just gotta get the people going, ya know?

I was a perfect 9-0 in my week one picks, but even though it seems impressive, it's really not. These non-conference weeks are pretty predictable, and we didn't have many surprises in week one. St. Scholastica won in a shootout, and pretty much everyone else got rolled over. The only thing that I was a little off in was Martin Luther, as I had predicted a close game against Gustavus Adolphus. It was not close. St. Scholastica swept the player of the week awards, as QB Zach Edwards drove the Saints to victory through 4 passing TDs and 2 rushing TDs; DL Cal Germain led the team defensively with 11 tackles and 2 sacks; and P Eric Soderberg, who punted 6 times for an average of 44.3 yards per punt, and apparently got an edge in the special teams voting because he also tallied 13 tackles defensively.

In week two, we had a few "upsets" (according to me) as Crown snapped their 24-game losing streak against Beloit, and Greenville came out on top against visiting Kalamazoo. Now I have already given enough props on Twitter, but I will again be the first to say congrats to both of these teams on their victories. One of my catchphrases on this blog is "prove me wrong", and both of these teams did just that. Crown - seriously, nice job. Nobody likes when a team just can't seem to catch a break, and you guys finally were able to make it happen. I hope you keep it rolling and catch a few more wins this year! Greenville - Okay I get that you're salty about my prediction, but come on...what "facts" was I supposed to base my prediction off of that what I already know? It's not like I'm scouting out every UMAC team with a notebook and a pair of binoculars and a cruddy video camera or my phone. I'm literally getting what info I can off of the internet to make a general prediction. I'm seriously happy for you guys, and I hope that you can keep it going as well! And wow, nice play that will have won UMAC play of the week by the time you guys are reading this! Hope that clip gets some national attention!

As for the rest of week two: no really big surprises. Everyone pretty much got beat up except for Martin Luther, who had a nice home win against Rockford, and St. Scholastica, who beat Presentation. Martin Luther TE Mike Radue had an okay day and was named to the D3football.com Team of the Week, which was a little weird but pretty cool, as he had 2 catches for 91 yards and a TD. St. Scholastica WR Mitchell Adrian earned UMAC offensive player of the week (see all weekly awards here), with 10 receptions for 68 yards and a TD along with 80 rushing yards and a TD. Crown DB Sebastian Alvarado (Apparently Don Bass, formerly known as C-Bass) earned defensive player of the week awards, with a 46-yard interception return for a TD in the Storm's big win. Martin Luther K/P Micah Otto received special teams player of the week with four PATs, 3 punts inside the 20, punting 7 times for an average of 32.8 yards per punt. The UMAC fared a little better this week, winning 4 games in week two as opposed to just one in week one. Congrats to all the big victories this week; now begins the conference schedule.

So overall, being 9-0 in week one and 7-2 in week two, I am 16-2 in 2019. Looking forward to being proved wrong over and over again this year! I'll be working on a week three preview in the next few days here, so stay tuned for that. Great job to Crown and Greenville on proving me wrong; keep it up if you want me to keep picking you!