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Well, guess what?...We couldn't eliminate mistakes again; hence, we lost, again!...You know right away what kind of day it's going to be when you march down field on your initial series to the two yard line and then turn it over!...After only three games played this season, the Warriors have again been relagated to a "Spoiler" role this season!...Simba

Damn!! I did not see that coming at all. When you hold anybody to 17 points, you typically win the game. I was worried about DelVal having to go up to King's today after I saw the King's score at Lycoming last week. But 42-0 at halftime and 49-0 after the first series in the 3rd quarter and the 2nd and 3rd teamers played out the string. The King's QB looked like a world beater against Lyco but could do nothing against DelVal. Albright stays alive with today's win over Lyco and the preseason favorite of 6 of the 9 (can't vote for your own team) head coaches visits Doylestown next Saturday.

I'm looking forward to Lyco visiting DelVal after the Aggies snatched a loss from the jaws of victory last year up at Williamsport.

Lyco is far from dead at this point. They have the lesser teams on the road (Miserables, FDU and Wilkes), Widener and Stevenson, as well as LebVal are all at home.........so the schedule really breaks well in their favor. The wildcard is the November 5 game at DelVal. Stranger things have happened!!

Turnovers can be killers especially if you don't have a D that can turn it back around. I said it looked like the Lyco secondary and maybe LB's were a bit of a pourous D from what I've saw against King's (age/young might be a bit of it who knows??). They need to figure something out tho. Not sure how much today was pass vs run for Albright and if Albright maybe stalled themselves out on drives etc. Albright seemed pretty balanced once they got down to the 3rd QB against Stevenson ( who seemed to be hot and kind of brought the game back a bit for them, they'd just given up too much back after being up 13 early.

There is still plenty to play but it may rely on help from other teams.

Albright didn't help themselves out at all with 10 penalties for 109 yards. That included 3 personal fouls, and their pretty talented DT David Sanchez was ejected for targeting in the second half. They were also playing with their second-string QB after Mike Knight was scratched late before the game. The first two Lions turnovers came on drives where they had been moving the ball - one on a 4th down play from the Lyco 7, the other was an INT in Lyco territory. Lyco's defense was inconsistent - at times allowing big plays when the secondary would get torched, then forcing Albright to go 3&out on two straight drives.

Offensively, the Lions defensive line won the battle in the trenches - Bowman had little room to operate and Whiteman was under pressure almost every time he dropped back. Things got a little better in this regard after Sanchez was ejected, but it was too little, too late.  There were a few drives that stalled out in Albright territory, and they missed a FG in the second half. There were positives to take out of the game for Lyco for sure, but the lack of consistency and finishing ability killed any chance of a Pretzel Bowl upset.

Quote from: jmcozenlaw on November 24, 2014, 09:14:07 AM
TCNJ had a player beat DelVal up inside. I've seen DelVal's transfer from Pepperdine in person twice now and he is a shell of his former self.......dealing with ACL surgery and a bad back. They should win the MAC but without his full health, will be one and done in the NCAA Playoffs.

I remember doing TCNJ games as a student last year and getting the feeling that this could be a good year for the Lions.  Bobby Brackett (the player I assume you're talking about) was 4th in the NCAA in rebounds last year, and their starting nucleus was largely freshman and sophomores last year.  Gotta say that I didn't expect them to top Del Val quite yet though.

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My only one was just past the visitor center on I95. The place was recommended to us at the center.
A TON of ketchup.
Did not realize I was right near Widener or I'd have ducked in for a look-see.

Yeah. I wouldn't recommend that but the Philly locals can tell you what are the best places. The tourist trap places are two spots across the street from each other in South Philly called Pat's and Geno's and those are certainly good but there are better ones they might be willing to tell you about.

Tony Luke's on Oregon Ave.  It's also about 3 blocks away from the old ECW Arena if there's any 90's wrestling fans.

Quote from: bman on November 22, 2014, 09:27:37 PM
With 5:23 left, and Muhlenberg up 35-31, Widener gets the kick-off and drives down the field.  Widener get's intercepted at the Muhlenberg 4 yard line...
Muhlenberg, gets the ball on their own 4 yard line with 3:55 to go...
(insert questionable play calling #1 notation here)
Throws! on first down...incomplete ...no need for WU timeout
They rush on 2nd down...good for 1 yd...Widener calls timeout...
Now, when milking clock is everything, Muhlenberg throws on 3rd down FROM THEIR 5 YARD LINE!
...naturally, the pass is picked off and is returned back to the Muhlenberg 5...

Reminds me of not one but two times during the 2012 season that the Pride were able to escape with victories because coaches chose to pass instead of run out the clock.  The first one was in the game at Leb Val the week after the 90-0 debacle vs Wilkes.  Leb Val had a 37-21 lead with 5:37 left.  Widener drives down and scores a TD, then on the ensuing drive Widener uses their second timeout with 2:27 left.  On 3rd and 6 from their own 36 with an 8 point lead LVC inexplicably passes the ball deep down the field - not even a quick pass - and it gets picked off and returned for a pick 6, two point conversion good, tie game.  LVC gets the ball back and Widener gets another pick 6 with :21 left on the clock, but it gets called back due to a penalty.  LVC misses FG and Widener kicks a FG in OT to win 40-37.

Then two weeks later at Lycoming it happened again.  The Pride just scored to make it 23-21 Warriors with 4:27 left.  Lyco picks up a first down and after a first down run goes nowhere Widener uses their final timeout with 2:32 left.  After a run, Lyco has to burn a timeout because they were up against the play clock with 1:43 to go, then on 3rd and 7 from their own 42, they pass incomplete and have to punt it back to the Pride.  Those two time clock management mistakes ended up biting the Warriors as Anthony Davis would score with :17 left in the game and Widener wins 28-23.

Wacky football...best of luck to the Pride as they take on CNU next week.

Quote from: bill on November 18, 2014, 02:07:58 PM
Sound like TCNJ, anyone?

Yes. Go Lions.

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I'm really looking forward to watching the Delaware Valley Aggies this year. Everybody is returning from last year and Coach Stitzel hit the mother load with several immediate, high impact players!!

Can't start soon enough

Here's a link about Del Val's 6-9 D1 transfer:
http://cityofbasketballlove.com/2014/10/ochenje-brings-d-i-talent-to-del-val-aggies/

ronk - They have another 5/6 impact newcomers along with the entire roster back from last year. It could be a special year in Doylestown................along with the wrestling program ranked 4th in the country!!

Tough start for the Aggies down in Virginia Beach.  Anyone watch to know what was going on?

Quote from: Hoops Fan on November 17, 2014, 12:38:16 PM

I went to Stockton for the Albertus game last night.

Really impressed by this Stockton squad.  I expected them to look pretty rough, having brought back only four returning players, but they were sharp from the start.  They didn't get intimidated and the crazy atmosphere (the refs really didn't handle the game well) only seemed to get them more focused.  I saw them in the tournament last year and I think this squad will easily be better, especially by the time February and March roll around.  A lot more depth and a real ability to play inside.  They started a freshman down low, Marcus Harmon, who really impressed.  Give him some experience over the next couple of months and he'll be a force - tough, physical, and a decent shooter at 6'5" with a pretty wide body (for a freshman).  Blamon is a good and capable leader and the rest of the team seemed to follow his lead pretty well.

I like this squad.  I think they're very likely a Top-15 team nationally right now.

I was announcing the Stockton-Wilkes game the night before for the Colonels.  Wilkes was up 8 and shooting the lights out with about 5:00 left in the game and the Ospreys charged back to take the lead.  They showed great hustle, heart, and clutch ability down the stretch.  That Armin Cane kid who transferred from Atlantic Cape Community College is legit.  I hope Stockton plays great until they play TCNJ  .

Quote from: jmcozenlaw on November 14, 2014, 03:02:40 PM

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Lycosimba - 48     FDU - 14    (Lycosimba does not want to make this long drive on a cold day........won't matter)

If Lycosimba wants to make this game...he needs to leave Williamsport soon. The game is at 7:00 tonight!

Bill - Loooooooong three hour drive back though for a pretty meaningless game

Did FDU ever try to leave the MAC for the NJAC over the last several years? If no, why not?

I actually ran into some FDU Football parents at work today and started talking because I saw their jackets.  They said brought up "they need to get out of that conference."  When I said that the NJAC wasn't going to be much better now with Wesley, Salisbury and Christopher Newport, they were surprised because apparently FDU was told they couldn't join the NJAC because they are a private school, and the NJAC is only for public schools.  Pat Coleman or Dave McHugh might be able to weigh in more on that, because admittedly, I have no idea if that is true or not.

Also congrats to Del Val and Widener on their NCAA selections.  They both more than deserved to get in the playoffs.  Having seen Muhlenberg against Wilkes earlier this year, Widener at home should take that game.  Mules run a Chip Kelly-like spread offense like Widener ran last year.  Wilkes did a nice job of shutting them down in the first half, but the offense couldn't sustain a drive (like in mostly every other game) and so the defense ended up being on the field for over 39 minutes and the floodgates opened up in the second half.  Widener shouldn't have that problem and could very well dominate.  Don't know much of anything about Christopher Newport this year.  Would be fun to see a rematch of the Keystone Cup to see who gets the "prize" of going to play UMHB in the Elite 8.

Another great season of MAC football is in the books...on to basketball!

Having seen both Del Val and Widener this year against Wilkes, my impressions are a little biased, but here's my take anyway.  Del Val's offense is just as good if not better than the Pride's.  Smallwood gives them a nice edge in the running game, and Wilmer and Bailey in the passing attack can be explosive.  Widener has about as good of a passing game, but don't seem to be as good on the ground.  The big difference is the defense.  Widener has a huge edge there.  The Pride have an incredibly talented front seven that should do a good job of limiting Smallwood on the ground (number 1 rushing defense in D3 I believe), but their secondary is beatable, especially by Del Val's talented receiving corps.  Right now I have to imagine giving the slight edge in this one to the Pride, especially since they are the home team.

Quote from: jmcozenlaw on November 01, 2014, 11:27:26 PM
I did have Albright over Wilkes by a point as well.

You hit that one pretty good, and I think bman had it right that Wilkes would have a late charge (down 23-0 at halftime, then forced OT).

I'll chat with my buddy who covers Misericordia and see what the deal was yesterday.

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Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on October 31, 2014, 05:01:13 PM
From what I remember, some people or another team got into their locker room during the game and most of their stuff was dragged into the showers and they found it all wet. But I think it may have just been one of the two locker rooms they had... can't remember all of the details. I just remember it was not a happy team leaving Widener that day and they were rather delayed as well in their departure. I purposely didn't keep track of what happened considering several factors.

I remember hearing something about that, but you seem to know more details about it than I.  I believe there was also some interesting things that happened on the field with coaches too, namely Hottle flopping to the ground like a fish out of water before a play and Widener's coaches doing what they did at the time, which was run up the score.  It was so bad that OC Charles Eger got in a shouting match with one of Widener's fans who was upset that they were throwing the ball up 30 in the fourth quarter.

It actually wasn't Hottle... it was an assistant... and it was part of the play which tricked the defense as Stevenson which got the first down. Then the ref flagged the QB for a penalty on the play and basically admitted he was wrong later. It was a strange, strange game all around.

That's right, I forgot all about the first down.  Certainly one of the more original diversions I've ever seen.

Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on October 31, 2014, 05:01:13 PM
From what I remember, some people or another team got into their locker room during the game and most of their stuff was dragged into the showers and they found it all wet. But I think it may have just been one of the two locker rooms they had... can't remember all of the details. I just remember it was not a happy team leaving Widener that day and they were rather delayed as well in their departure. I purposely didn't keep track of what happened considering several factors.

I remember hearing something about that, but you seem to know more details about it than I.  I believe there was also some interesting things that happened on the field with coaches too, namely Hottle flopping to the ground like a fish out of water before a play and Widener's coaches doing what they did at the time, which was run up the score.  It was so bad that OC Charles Eger got in a shouting match with one of Widener's fans who was upset that they were throwing the ball up 30 in the fourth quarter.

As a TCNJ Alum, I'm very excited for this game.  It shows to me that Coach Dickens is committed to starting to bring the program back.