Kalamazoo College - The Ultimate Buzz
It’s a love hate relationship with this team. I love beating them at the beginning of the season and hate how they always get the last laugh in April. Definitely you would be hard pressed to find someone in the section who hasn’t underestimated what they can do. Who can blame you though. Kalamazoo College isn’t necessarily known for its athletic achievements and the school isn’t necessarily an ultimate destination. But somehow Watts, Jacob, and Wheelright have done a good job of reversing the brainiac stigma that has been following the school in past years. Massive recruiting efforts have led to flood waves of KCollege players on the sidelines to intimidate even the great? Schmidty. (See last year’s matchup against MSU). And standouts like Ayres leave feelings that Jacob wasn’t just a recruiting fluke and more of a designed product. Wonderboy has been skying the best and will probably be roasting your top defenders in the post season. This team always finds a way and you can count on Kalamazoo to make its way into regions one way or another.
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Western Michigan - Darkhorse
Right now western has a laundry list of problems. The upside for them is that all the hard stuff is taken care of. They have recruited. They have trained their players. They have some decent talent. At least enough talent to make moves in the section, possibly in the region. But there are still a few mental hurdles to this team. Overconfidence, lack of intensity, and reluctant steal the bacon syndrome are keeping this team from being where it needs to be.
The last of the old darkhorse is slowly trickling into the real world and leaving an emotional gap. So at the moment western is looking for someone to take over the program. Baby worsfold looks like the most likely, but an ego eclipse can cripple even the best players. On the field it looks like old yellow mustard ultimate, where the 7 on are more worried about getting off the field then pushing the disc to the end zone. So it has got to start with attitude. But don’t get me wrong, if they get their s*** right, watch out for a well balanced attack with primo talent. This team is once again on the up, but like anyone else will need to work through their growing pains before they get there. They are still a Darkhorse in the end. Look for Jager, baby Worsfold, and Priest to push for a regional birth. Look for the top teams in the section to push back. Hard.
5 of 10 Discs
All Kalamazoo Team (In no order) - March 2009
• Will Watts (Kalamazoo)
• Colin Priest (Western Michigan)
• Ben Ayres (Kalamazoo)
• Mark Worsfold (Western Michigan)
• Brian Jager (Western Michigan)
• Tom Nudell (Kalamazoo)
• Merrill Murphy (Western Michigan)
Michigan Power Rankings - March 2009
• Michigan – Reigning sectional champs with enough firepower to repeat.
• Michigan State – A definite #2, maybe a #1 come sections?
• Kalamazoo College – Always seems to come together by April.
• Michigan Reserve- Underdogs for the 3rd spot
• Calvin College – A growing program.
• Western Michigan – A team without an identity.
• Eastern Michigan – Fast but inexperienced.
• Central Michigan- TBA? Lost to Michigan State X 13-7 at High Tide
• Michigan State B – One of the top seeds for Double Down
• Grand Valley State – Should end up about the same as previous years
• Hope College – Should end up about the same as previous years
• Albion – Lost their best player to Western’s women’s team.
• Alma – Has a team now?
• Waterloo – Welcome to Ultimate, see you in 3 years.
Top 5 Reasons why Shipps is better than the Sheep
• Backwards Hammer Fake
• Has scored a Callahan on both Daghers
• 2 chicks at the same time
• Has played with more than 7 college teams
• Can beat Sega Genesis’s Aladdin in 23 minutes
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