To paraphrase myself, the scoreboard is what matters.  It did seem like JHU was the more productive team last night because they had more scoring opportunities, but if you take away one long pass (pretty well defended and almost broken up -- obvioulsy almost does not matter), the stats are virtually identical (yes, per Lombardi, stats are for losers).  This is the point, either both teams now have very good defenses or they each have offenses that make defenses look good.  I think it is the former.  Hopkins is now the favorite in the CC, but the Blue Jays will not be #1 in November without more offense.
As for JHU/HSC, it will be an interesting game with two very different teams.  The Gburg/HSC game offers no value in predicting now what will happen.  Gettysburg is a very different team than the one it was in the fist half against HSC -- which is when they were beaten.  HSC is a big play team and will likely put up a lot of points because of their passing game (I suspect Hopkins' run defense is better than its pass defense -- although last night was not necessarily proof of that).  Having seen both teams play, I think JHU is better than HSC, but the Tigers' wacky offense (and the home cooking of the refs in Farmville) will make it tough for Hopkins to win there -- but I certainly hope they do.

Actually, TerrorFan, I've been posting here for a few years, but couldn't regain my "name" (GCalum) after the format changed and then had an email glitch re-registering.  I was spurred into posting after last Saturday's game because of the whining by the Terror folks, not because of the win by GC.  I'll continue to post even if the Bullets tank.  One big win does not make a season or mean they are a great team.  They have shown, though, that they have the capacity to make things interesting -- for better or worse, we might learn a lot in that regard in Baltimore on Friday night.

Terror boosters, say what you want, but what happens on the field is all that counts and Gettysburg on Saturday was the better team.  You can't hide from the scoreboard, and you sure can't blame your loss on the refs.   Let's let the next 5 weeks speak for themselves as to whether Gburg does better and McD does worse than you guys think.

In the prior posts about the Gettysburg upset of McDaniel -- observations about McD's lack of emotion, O line attitude and possible reffing issues -- the primary observation has been overlooked: Gettysburg flat-out was the better team on the field.  The Bullets defense dominated McD almost the entire game.  The Bullet offense did enough to get a victory and the special teams play of GC was superb.  Bottom line: give the credit to GC for their win and don't whine about a "potential powerhouse" falling short against a lesser team.  The better team won the game on Saturday -- I know that is hard for the Conference and the Terror to accept, but it is the truth.  And, by the way, the refs were far harsher on Gburg than McD; the stats support that -- also, there was a ton of holding by McD overlooked, the gift of a bogus running into the kicker call that lead to 3 points, and a personal foul call (not sure what that one was about) that was a key to a McD TD.  Keating ALWAYS complains about the reffing -- especially when his team is getting it handed to him.