who won the nail biter between northwest missouri state and central washington?
I have a long held theory regarding private schools in Division II football that goes something like this: It is an uphill battle for any private school to contend nationally in football at this level because of economics. Since it costs much more to go to a private school than it does to a public, the partial scholarship that is typical at this level leaves the prospective recruit paying more out of pocket to go to the private school. Of course there are reasons that a student-athlete might still choose the private school, but generally speaking, the lower cost of going “public” is going to win out with recruits more often than not. This theory has held up pretty well over the years. Just one private school (Lehigh in 1977) has ever won a D-II football national championship. It’s been eight years since a private school has even won its region and advanced to the national semifinals. Outside of Carson-Newman and its three national championship game appearances in the late 90’s, there r
NW Missouri State won 21:20. http://www.nwmissouri.edu/sports/football/2009/stats/09fbnw13.htm NW Missouri State vs Central Washington (Nov 28, 2009) * Scoring Summary * Team Statistics * Individual Statistics * Drive Chart * Defensive Statistics * Game Participation * Box Score * Play-by-Play Scoring Summary Scoring Summary (Final) 2009 Northwest Missouri State Football #2 NW Missouri State vs #1 Central Washington (Nov 28, 2009 at Ellensburg, WA) NW Missouri State (12-1) vs. Central Washington (12-1) Date: Nov 28, 2009 Site: Ellensburg, WA Stadium: Tomlinson Stadium Attendance: 5625 Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score —————– — — — — —– NW Missouri State… 7 0 14 0 – 21 Central Washington.. 7 7 0 6 – 20 Scoring Summary: 1st 09:50 CWU – Eldridge 1 yd run (Rolsma kick) 12 plays, 75 yards, TOP 5:10, NWMSU 0 – CWU 7 01:23 NWMSU – Kilgore,Chad 25 yd interception return (Adolf,Todd
