Quote from: tigerfanalso on November 18, 2013, 10:35:55 AM
I hear you on the turnovers. I was surprised we were able to beat Macon given the number of turnovers (5).

The new stadium at Macon is nice but it really cannot handle a crowd. Limited seating on both sides and difficult/impossible to watch from the side lines or from behind the end zone. I guess they only have a large crown once every two years

I would agree it is a big improvement over their old facilities; but I was surprised at the stadium seating. I was expecting much more than aluminum bleachers.

Not a word in the local paper The Virginian Pilot about HSC hosting a NCAA playoff game. Hats off to Winston-Salem State for getting a bid to the Div II playoffs but that is an out of state tesm. It would be nice to get some love from the local press.

Forgot to add that HSC is hosting.

Hampden-Sydney vs Maryville in the first round

I hope to have a lot of my family from Cincinnati down to see H-SC take on Centre.  Not too far from alma mater Asbury College now University.  It will be a long 11 hour drive from Chesapeake but well worth it.

Nice win for CNU today. Unfortunately no mention on the Virginian Pilot's website Pilotonline.

5' 6" 150 pound linebacker???

AT least one school is putting out some info on its recruits.  Any news from the other ODAC schools?

Any word on ODAC recruiting classes? The web has been strangely silent.

16-14 is not exactly a walloping. However, the Tigers need to do better than to lose in the opening round 2 years running.

Good News to cheer me up  during this patch of dreary weather.

All conference team is posted. Just wondering how the ODAC selects its Honorable Mention players. It's not like the USA South which has an honorable mention at every position.

The RMC punter is very good but the HSC punter avg 43.8 apunt and he is only a freshman.

I will be there with quite a few family member to my son play in his first "The Game".  He, I and mom attended last years mud bowl at RMC when he was being recruited.  His play his frst HSC RMC game makes it all the ore special.

Thought I share the response of my local paper to my request for press coverage of DIII.


"We struggle to provide a level of coverage of D-I (FBS and FCS) that readers tell us they want. In the past month, I have had requests for more coverage of the following: the SEC, the ACC, ECU, Virginia, James Madison, William and Mary, Navy ... those are the ones that come to mind. Heck, I get requests for CIAA coverage (DII) as well.  If nos. of local kids playing at a school were a prime coverage criteria, we would be covering Longwood field hockey; they have something like 9 players from here on the team. (I kid, of course, but you get the point.) One big thing working against us with DIII: The wire services that provide routine coverage of all FBS and some FCS schools do not provide anything on DIII. We have to go chasing web sites on Sat. just to get enough info. to put 2-3 sentences on games into the paper.
We also use a college notebook that runs every other Wednesday to catch up with locals playing DIII sports. Some schools are good about sending us info.; some are not.
I wish I could promise a dramatic shift in our coverage of DIII, knowing it would satisfy your interest, but I'm afraid that's not realistic in an environment of shrinking staff and news space.
Keep an eye out for the notebook, though, and you may see schools/names you recognize there. It's the best I can offer."