hey had a question. does anyone know where to get the DIII spring practice rules? or does anyone know what they are for DIII?

i see everyone picking widener to beat albright.  well i'll be loner here and say albright just doesn't beat widener but they beat them convincinly. 

albright 42 widener 21

prediction straight from the Snake Parlor.

a lot of teams are struggling like susquehana and lyco.  i think the reasons thats happening is one they arent getting the kids they used to and i think the rest of the schools are getting better recruiting classes. 

as for juniata i wouldn't be surprised if they go 0-10. 

fdu beating lyco did surprise me a bit but then again fdu is always tough even when they were cellar dwellars they always gave the top teams a run for their money especially if you left them hanging around late in the game.

i think kings college is a heck of a better team than 2-3.  they completely dismantled susquehana this weekend 56-0.  that offense did what it wanted when it wanted.  kings is no rollover and will give widener, wilkes, and del val a tough game.  i could see kings winning out the rest of the season.

as for this weekend the big match up is albright at widener.  i think this will be a another dog fight. 

predictions straight from the Snake Parlor.

Wilkes 34 Lyco 12
Susquehana 14 Juniata 0
Leb Val 28 FDU 21
Albright 30 Widener 21

lets drop the race comments and lets enjoy the season.  dvc is "predominately black" and thats all the kid said.  I don't think kids now a days even really think about race as being an issue as people a generation ago did.  so maggie just relax.  we all know DVC is one of the top 3 teams if not thee top team in the MAC.  After all they are defending champs.

as for moravian not being in the top 25, historically only 1 or 2 teams from the MAC make top 25 which is ashame because anyone who has watched a MAC game knows how good of football this league is.  personally i think evry year the two top teams in the MAC should make the playoffs.

As for no one talking about Albright's win over Kings thats also a shame.  I went and watched this game and I've been to plently MAC games before but this one ranks with one of the best games i've ever witnessed.  whether thats nfl, college, or high school.  the final 3 minutes there was 3 touchdowns.  kings was leading all game and albright came back with 3 minutes left.  Then kings came back leaving just under a minute left.  Then with 4 seconds left albright scores again as time expired off a batted down ball from a kings db.  the albright receiver dove and caught it.  the energy from the crowd that day was awesome and just defined what the mac is all about.  every team in this league is good people(DIII higher ups) just don't recognize the competition as much as they should. 

Albright vs. Kings this weekend was absolutely unreal.  It was one of the best games I've ever seen.  The first half King's dominated.  They ran all over Albright's D.  Albright's O couldn't get anything going and the special teams had a few more mistakes.  The special teams is still shaky.  Kings lead 18-0 at halftime but Albright came back at Kings in the second half.  Albright's D came alive and Port starting getting the offense rolling.  with 2 minutes or so left Albright took the lead 23-20 on a TD pass.  Then with a little over a minute left King's College Qb Chris Barnic threw a bomb to his reciever who took it in for six.  Albright's crowd went silent but the offense came back out with just under a minute to work with.  Albright drove to ball to the 31 going in.  With 4 seconds left Port threw up a prayer to the corner of the endzone just before hitting hit by a King's player.  Albright's reciever was double covered and a King's player batted the ball down and out of no where #80 for Albright came in diving and caught the ball.  The place exploded as Albright took the lead as time expired.

It was ashame someone had to lose as both teams played hard all day.  It was a dog fight and it came down to the very last play.  Kings is 1-3 but are a very good 1-3 team.  Albright is 3-0 and you could say thats a good way to open up a new stadium.   

Fellas, regardless the centennial conference academic standards they don't compare to the MAC in football standards.  9 out of 10 times when a mac and centennial conference team meet the mac team wins.  

As for DVC heading to the playoffs i think they have a good chance but I wouldn't count out albright either they have a chance also.  last yr del val barely beat albright 35-28.  look for this yrs match up to be just as close.

for this weeks predictions straight from the snake parlor
Del Val     24   Lyco        10
Albright    35   Kings       14
Moravian  30    Juniata    0
Widener   28   LVC          0
Lets face facts Juniata and LVC just get out recruited year in and year out and are never gonna rise to the top of the MAC.  

Albright rolled easily this weekend.  Jon Port looked like him old self on saturday.  Congrats to him throwing for over 10,000 yards over his career making him eight all time in Divison III.  The Defense again looked solid.  They shut down Susquehana's offense.  Albright looks as if they are starting to gel.  They got Kings this weekend so we'll see.

Predictions straight from the Snake Parlor for 9/17

New Jersey 22 FDU 17 - FDU will have some fight but not enough to win
Widener 31 Lyco 21
Wilkes 21 Del Val 17 - last second steal
Leb Val 28 Juniata 10
Kings 35 Moravian 21 - kings sticks with ground game
Albright 42 Susquehana 14 - port comes out of shell

i went to the albright game last week the D is what won them the game, look for them to shut down Susquehana this week, that is if their special teams improve.  because last week might have been the worst showing for special teams i've ever seen at any level including high school.