Exit 69/ College season preview

In 2 weeks Northern Lights will be attending our first tournament of the fall season, I am hoping that it will be an easy transition for the young guys into our system. That they are able to pick up on our lingo, but most importantly that they have fun with it and get a lof of PT. For some guys this will be the first time they have ever played competitive ultimate and so I am extremley excited to see what these guys will learn in their first tournament.

NL's are not looking so much for results as this tournament as we are trying to make it an opportunity for everyone to learn and get used to one and other. this will be extremely benificial to me as I have had virtually no time what so ever to develop chemistry and timing with the new guys, as well as just to hang out with some of them and get to know them better even if they are from EP...

I am also looking forward to getting an early look at some of the competition not only from our region but from our section as well, It looks as if MN is going to be an extremly difficult team to beat especially with the edition of Tim Pearce to their roster, there was a reason why he was on the hodags and I am sure Grey Duck will see the benifit of his presence immeadiatly. CUT obiviously looks tough after only graduating 2 players, and I know this is getting redundant in my blog but despite not having seen them they are my favorite to win nationals this year, and I am not the first on my team to share that thought. St. Olaf will always cause problems for several teams in the section however, I can not see them making a lot of noise in the region, and yes their absence from sections last year was a fluke. Do not expect for this team to shit the bed on sunday again even if they don't win their pool. Winona having graduated a lot of key players could be one of the sleeper teams in the section. They are always one of the more atheltic teams and they have huge alumni support due in large part to how long they have been around.

Other teams in the Central region that I think are poised to have big seasons are obviously the Hodags, despite graduating a ton of studs this team will be in better shape then all of the other teams in the nation, they have a desire to outwork every single team, and use that as their biggest weapon, this is no secret by any means. Iowa, should be a team for peopel to watch out for with a strong showing at regions last year don't be surprised if they are battling for that spot in the game to go. and lastly but surely not least Luther, they always seem to be in the thick of things and due to my limited knowledge of their team that is about as much as I can comment on their team. peace out

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