At least they won't have far to run since the game is at greenville

I have seen the National Rankings of total defense, run defense, etc, etc!!!  Give me a break 3 games went to O/T and two of them were against unranked teams they should have DOMINATED as you put it.  If luck has anything to do with it maybe, just maybe I would give them the edge in this contest.  Maybe their Defense will send this one into quadrupal O/T.  That way they'll have something to go with their 1 O/T win vs W&J, 2 O/T win vs Waynesburg (UNRANKED), and 3 O/T win vs Carnegie Mellon (ALSO UNRANKED). Like I said they got lucky against W&J and barely slide past them.  I think their luck has run out and what they are going to see on Saturday is a team with a real Defense not one that just mascarades as a DOMINATING DEFENSE........The only that is going to be shocking will be the final score when the STATS all stack up and JHU sends TC packing with their tails tucked between their legs.

JHU KING IN THIS CONTEST HANDS DOWN!!!

Quote from: spliskin on November 13, 2005, 08:56:24 PM
These look like two great match-ups in the first round for the PAC Cats & Prez.

Hopkins @ Thiel matches 2 great defenses (I may get challenged here with the 48 surrendered to CMU, but I'll stand by the description) and 2 ball control offenses. I'll have to give Thiel the edge offensively looking at each team's stats. Both teams are making their first appearance at the big-dance but JHU has won their ECAC bowl game in each of the last 3 years-giving them the edge in the "post-season experience" category. This looks like a great game on paper and should be exciting to the end.

W&J @ BC - 2 explosive offenses, both with playoff experience and head to head battle experience. This is the grudge match as each has stolen victory from the jaws of defeat in the last 2 match-ups. It looks like the W&J defense gives the Prez the advantage as they look to be much stronger than the Eagles D, but you can't discount the home field advantage for BC. Would be interesting to know how much of an impact WJ asst coach Wakefield will have on the Prez preparation given his intimate knowledge of the inner workings of the BC program?

I'd love to catch this game but I'll have to pass on it. I need to see if the T-Cats can pull out another thriller in Greenville.

Congrats to both TC & WJ and to the entire PAC for producing 2 playoff teams for the first time in conference history.

Spliskin to say that Saturday's contest between JHU and TC features 2 great defenses is a joke.  Any defense that allowed 48 points to CMU is just flat out bad.  There is mention that Thiel may have been suffering from injuries.  To that I will respond that even if JHU played their second stringers, they wouldn't give up 48 points.  I won't be able to make the game, but thank goodness for the fans in Greenville that Saturday is a home game.  That way you will be able to see what a dominating defense really looks like. 

Go Blue Jays!  Good luck to my boys in the trenches.