Just looked at 2010 season stats. Since I tend to watch G'burg, I notice that for the third year in a row the Bullets led the league in offense and finished dead last in defense. Repeat: Third Year In A Row for best offense and worst defense.

Which begs the obvious question: Might it be time to change coaches?

I see Gettysburg has added four new assistant coaches. This seems to me to be a warning to the current staff under Barry Streeter. I mean, for the past two years Gettysburg had the league's best offense and its worst defense. And last year was truly sad with the squad utterly losing spirit through the season and just getting worse each game. Gettysburg values its athletics and I think the AD there (not to mention the alums) may be getting a little impatient with the consistently lackluster and under-achieving Bullets. Streeter's a long-time class act but if your kids don't perform for you, then somethings got to give.

But I'd guess that very few incoming freshmen will make a difference. It's probably only half-a-dozen or so across the league that even get significant varsity playing time, much less make an impact. I know there are talented exceptions, but as a rule . . .

New Poster here--great board, lot of good football talk, and no personal agendas--a pleasure to read.

Anyway, I saw several CC games last fall and my two bits would be (in no particular order):

1) Dickinson's Mitchell will be a HUGE hole to fill. Some good players still left (the FB is a horse, and they had some good DBs and LBs) but in that offense, the QB is everything. The coaching staff seems to inspire a lot of devotion in their players, which goes a long way.

2) Muhlenberg-- tough team, young last year, they bring a bit more feisty attitude than the other CC teams I saw which will serve them well, I think, as they try to prove that '09 was an aberration.

3) F & M -- for my money, they're the favorite. Finished strong in '09, excellent QB, the momentum is all in their favor in 2010.

4) Gettysburg -- a goodly number of players returning but Flynn is a major loss, no doubt. But biggest issue with Gettysburg is intangible stuff -- they had a lot of talent this year and got worse with each game, losing spirit and resiliency as the season progressed. It's two years in a row now that the Bullets have had the #1 offense in the CC and the #10 defense. Seems to me some changes are in order.

5) Hopkins -- AWESOME season in '09. Loved rooting for them. But I'm not sure it's a program that can sustain that high level two years running. We'll see.

6) Susquehanna -- pretty good program, from what I understand. Really nice stadium and field, if you haven't seen it. Should be an excellent addition to the CC.

Anyway, forgive any ignorance I've shown here. Just a fan really. Take care.