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Quote from: wesleydad on September 03, 2016, 11:24:42 AM

Quote from: stonecold84 on September 03, 2016, 11:20:59 AM
Forget the QB play, there was no reason to only run the ball with Jamar Baynard just 4 times (got 1 pass completed to him as well) in the 2nd half.  We were only down by 7 and we go away from our best offensive weapon and throw the ball with a pair of guys who can't throw downfield. 

Offensive Line was decent and the defense which struggled in the 1st half, only allowed 85 yards in the 2nd half. We struggle with penalties every year.

stonecold, agree on baynard needs the ball more and the defense was good in the second half and too many penalties as usual.

Bingo!  Feed Baynard and run the ball!  I didn't understand why he Baynard wasn't getting more touches last night, as well as, other times last season.

Quote from: jmcozenlaw on September 02, 2016, 09:38:07 PM

Quote from: CNU85 on September 02, 2016, 09:18:21 PM

Quote from: thewaterboy on September 02, 2016, 06:01:31 PM
Wesley's video feed is terrible....

It was horrible. Looked like the field slanted uphill. And I noticed there wasn't a sideline official with down marker on Wesley side of field. That, along with the the camera slant, made it difficult to see actual field position. No audio. No graphics. Had no idea what was going on. I stared at live stats instead.

Brutal technology across the board year in and year out for a national/regional power. Do Drass and the A.D. not have any pull to secure a few thousand dollars to take this out of the 1980's and into 2016? I don't get it. Some alum of the program should just write the check!

FYI-Drass is the A.D.

Quote from: HScoach on December 05, 2015, 01:20:30 PM
Gotta play clean against Mount.    Win the line of scrimmage and make them work for it.
And Mount is definitely winning the line of scrimmage.

Quote from: stonecold84 on November 30, 2015, 05:15:10 PM
The coaches and players from Wesley cannot worry about the name on its opponents jersey like they were last year.  They need to play their game, rely on their athleticism and speed which was and I still believe is better than Mount Union's.  Take notes from what John Carroll did to Mount Union last year and it will be competitive, like playing man-to-man throughout the game and not deep zones like what Wesley did in the Semis.

Bingo! Wesley must play man to man like you say and bring pressure or they will get shredded, especially on the crossing patterns.

Quote from: bleedpurple on November 16, 2015, 12:49:19 AM

Quote from: jete2 on November 16, 2015, 12:10:43 AM

Quote from: bleedpurple on November 15, 2015, 11:05:23 PM
Well said Wesleydad.  Spot on. And in a very real way, the AQ system adds to the legitimacy of the champion more than it detracts from it. It's beautiful that at the beginning of the season, every single team has a path to the National Championship. When a team wins a conference that has enough teams to be an AQ conference, they must be stopped by another football team rather than by the perceptions of other people, most of whom have never seen them play. Nothing wrong with allowing kids to pursue their dreams until they hit a wall. I would guess that for many kids from the "weaker conferences", among their top football memories will turn out to be those playoff opportunities, even the ones that didn't turn out very well.

A couple of responses happened after I typed the above. Jete2, kids can get hurt in any football game. I suppose if a school agrees with you, they could turn down an invitation to the tournament, right? Let's not turn D-III football into a liberal "We have to protect the kids for their own good" mentality.

Bleed, I guess we are just gonna have to agree to disagree. But, since you mentioned the "liberal mentality" of protecting kids for their own good...I say let's not turn D3 into the liberal "everybody gets a trophy" mentality by letting undeserving teams in the playoffs.  Is that truly the American way?  I think your conference brothers in Platteville would agree with me.  Would you still feel the same way if UWW was in the same situation as UW-Platteville?

I am actually bummed that Platteville is not in. Not because they are in the WIAC as much as because there seems to be a consensus of those that know the most about it that they deserve to be in based on the criteria already established.  But the "process" did not favor them.  As far as the Pool C's I agree with your philosophy 100%.   I believe the philosophy should be the AQ's (so everyone has access to the dream at the beginning of the season) and then the very "best of the rest" making up the rest of the field through Pool C. The problem is, no matter the system it seems, there will always be disagreement as to who "the best of the rest" are.

My caveat regarding Platteville is that anyone with two losses is putting themselves on thin enough ice that it limits my sympathy to low level frustration as opposed to outrage. 

Mr. Ypsi, this is a discussion clearly about the selection process not politics. Both of our comments casually mentioning the word "liberal" were relatively benign. This is a message board. So, I'm sorry if it offends you, but in the most polite tone possible, I have to say I will use the word liberal whenever I want to. I don't know about helicopter parenting, but for sure policing words to that degree is a tactic I see incessantly from people who consider themselves liberal. So I will do what I suggest others do. I will consider myself free to type whatever I want and extend the same freedom to you to disagree.

Thank you for your thoughtful response and comments, Bleedpurple. It truly is a discussion with give and take opinions. Nothing more and nothing less.

Quote from: PA_wesleyfan on November 16, 2015, 12:03:31 AM
jete2


Wesley didn't have an over abundance of personal fouls this year. Most of their penalties have been holding calls that are usually called when Callahan goes out of the pocket. The linemen get locked  in and then Callahan changes direction and the D linemen pull away and  they caught when they don't release fast enough. He seems to like going to his left and then he circles right, Just one mans observation after watching all year

I will give you that Wesleydad. Point well taken. I was having flashbacks to 2014 with all the personal fouls. 

Quote from: bleedpurple on November 15, 2015, 11:05:23 PM
Well said Wesleydad.  Spot on. And in a very real way, the AQ system adds to the legitimacy of the champion more than it detracts from it. It's beautiful that at the beginning of the season, every single team has a path to the National Championship. When a team wins a conference that has enough teams to be an AQ conference, they must be stopped by another football team rather than by the perceptions of other people, most of whom have never seen them play. Nothing wrong with allowing kids to pursue their dreams until they hit a wall. I would guess that for many kids from the "weaker conferences", among their top football memories will turn out to be those playoff opportunities, even the ones that didn't turn out very well.

A couple of responses happened after I typed the above. Jete2, kids can get hurt in any football game. I suppose if a school agrees with you, they could turn down an invitation to the tournament, right? Let's not turn D-III football into a liberal "We have to protect the kids for their own good" mentality.

Bleed, I guess we are just gonna have to agree to disagree. But, since you mentioned the "liberal mentality" of protecting kids for their own good...I say let's not turn D3 into the liberal "everybody gets a trophy" mentality by letting undeserving teams in the playoffs.  Is that truly the American way?  I think your conference brothers in Platteville would agree with me.  Would you still feel the same way if UWW was in the same situation as UW-Platteville?

Quote from: wesleydad on November 15, 2015, 10:07:36 PM

Quote from: raiderpa on November 15, 2015, 10:02:13 PM
I believe the idea about poor conference performance and losing AQ came from Pat and the boys at D3.com.  And its time has come, IMO.

if the weaker leagues loses it's AQ, how does it get it back or is it gone forever?  This comes up every year.  Yes there will be some really ugly games in the first round, but will that be any different than most weeks in most leagues where some teams are clearly over matched by the stronger teams in their league.  Wesley won 63-0 this week, does that mean that Willy P should not play Wesley anymore even though they are in the same league.  The first round of the playoffs is what it is, a chance for the weaker teams to play one more game and then put the equipment away.  They have little if any belief that they are going to win it all.  Let them enjoy what they have earned, a chance to play a playoff game.

I'm sorry Wesleydad but I respectfully disagree with the concept of letting the weaker team play one more game and letting them enjoy what they have earned.  Who enjoys getting blown out 60-0?  I was at the Wesley-MIT playoff game last year and I was worried that someone from MIT was going to seriously get hurt.  As a matter of fact, some of their kids did get hurt, as I stood right behind their bench as Athletic trainers were treating them.  It was obvious that many of their kids who were much smaller and slower were intimidated. Is this the spirit of D3?  I assure you that MIT didn't face anything close in their conference to what Wesley had last year.  Why can't a conference champion from a weaker AQ conferences play an extra "Bowl" game against a conference champ from a regional and/or similar conference.  That in my opinion would be keeping with the spirit of D3.

Quote from: raiderpa on November 15, 2015, 08:17:11 PM
What a bunch of crybabies...Mount got #1 seed....what a shame...how many straight national semi finals, how many Stagg Bowls since 1993... I am sorry your 8 and 2 team got left out, get over it...
It is not Mount Union's fault that their conference is not great top to bottom...THe west got three top seeds..they were respected...If you want home playoff games, win and get a high seed.
As far as some teams being jokes, you are correct,but this automatic qualifying system puts some cupcakes on the brackets..Mount Union and WWW did not set up the system.

A couple years ago, someone mentioned that if your conference champions lose in the first round for two or three years in a row, you lose the AQ...not a bad idea

And there in lies the problem.  An automatic qualifying system that puts "cupcakes" in the brackets.  The best 32 teams in D3 are never in the tournament because of this system. Your idea about a conference AQ who loses two or three years in a row could be a start to rectify the situation. I for one have witnessed first round games where I fear for the safety of players on the inferior team because their level of skill is no where near the level of the teams they play.  There is a wide, wide gap in ability and skill from the top teams and conferences to the lower teams and conferences in D3.

Wesley's biggest problem imo is undisciplined play that they can get away with in the regular season but not when they play a quality team like Mt. Union. The silly penalties including the plethora of personal fouls game after game are inexcusable in my view and is something that is on the players. Also, shoddy special teams play has been an issue.  Wesley has as good skill as anybody in America but they will get smacked down by Mount Union if they don't clean up these issues.  I also don't think Johns Hopkins will be a walk in the park. I'm not optimistic about advancing past Mount but I hope I'm wrong and will gladly eat crow if I am.

Quote from: Pat Coleman on August 20, 2015, 12:01:51 AM
Actually, Wesley would have taken that game this year, as up until about six weeks ago they had only nine games and nobody willing to play them in a non-conference game. They are ending up having to bus to Chicago for their non-conference game.

No doubt Wesley would have taken the game.  However, one clarification, Wesley is flying to Chicago for the game and not taking a bus.

I could be wrong but I think testing is optional at D3 institutions.  I do know that players are randomly drug tested during the playoffs.  I believe approximately 10 players from a team are drug tested after a playoff game. 

Quote from: wesleydad on July 12, 2015, 09:19:17 PM
checking into flights to chicago midway for the NCC game.  $50 each way on southwest if you are ok flying out at 700 in the morning on saturday and flying back at 700 in the evening.  I know it is out and back but the time is fine if the game starts at 100 NCC time.  Game over at 4 and it is less than an hour back to the airport.  Land at 830 Chicago time means plenty of time to get to NCC and hang with some NCC folks and tailgate before the game.  I spend more than that for gas and tolls going to Mount Union.  I am almost certainly booking this.

It can be done wesleydad. 5 years ago I flew out from Washington DC to Chicago to see my son play and returned that evening.  Just make sure your taxi cab driver knows what he is doing.  I touched down at 10:00 but arrived at the University of Chicago as the game was about to kickoff at 1:00.  He had no idea where he was going and took me on a tour of Chicago.  Needless to say, I wasn't happy.

Quote from: jknezek on July 10, 2015, 09:26:11 AM

Quote from: CNU85 on July 10, 2015, 08:27:57 AM
Now, we are 3rd in state for Avg SAT scores behind W&M and UVA. It keeps getting tougher and tougher to recruit.

For public schools. An important distinction. CNU is a good public school, but there are a few D3 privates in VA that are tougher to recruit to from an academic standpoint. W&L is in it's own category, but H-SC, and Bridgewater have lower acceptance rates than CNU, and H-SC, Bridgewater and R-MC have basically the same accepted SAT/ACT scores. If you want to play at the D3 level, and are looking for public school affordability, CNU is your ONLY option in VA. That is a pretty good advantage that the public NJAC schools don't possess.

None of that takes away from my respect for CNU as a school. It is a very good one and absolutely on the upswing. I'd still rank them fourth among Virginia public schools, UVa, W&M, JMU, CNU/GMU, depending on your interests of course, but that list is nothing to sneeze at. Throw in Va Tech, VCU, and VMI and if I could find a job, I'd move to Va so my kids could go to the state university system. It's one of the best in the nation in my opinion.

When my son son was being recruited by R-MC and Bridgewater he received financial packages that were much better than CNU's.  It helped that he was a very good student but I was surprised that CNU couldn't come up with more aid.  Are you saying the New Jersey public schools are not as affordable as the Virginia publics or the competition among them makes it harder to recruit in state kids?  Anyways, my point is in my experience with my children is that the private schools had an advantage over the publics because they could offer more $$ whether it be academic, leadership based, etc.

Quote from: CNU85 on July 09, 2015, 02:41:13 PM

Quote from: jete2 on July 08, 2015, 06:32:01 PM

Quote from: CNU85 on July 08, 2015, 03:08:10 PM
Since we are new to the conference this year...here is 90 seconds of the CNU campus...hope to see some of you in the next 2 years as the games cycle through. Enjoy!

https://vimeo.com/101089912

CNU has a beautiful campus with modern amenities.  They also have nice athletic facilities and a very good academic profile.  I think folks will enjoy their visits to CNU.  While I haven't seen every school in the NJAC, I can't imagine there is a nicer looking campus in the conference.  CNU is a real up and comer in the Commonwealth.  You have a lot to proud of with your school, CNU85.

Thanks for the kind words. Sounds like you know a bit more than the average bear about CNU. I'm looking forward to possibly making some road trips in the next few years. I've been to Wesley and Salisbury. Might not make any NJ schools this year but am thinking about making the short trip to Southern Va (3 hrs).

My daughter played in several field hockey tournaments at CNU that I attended.   I also know a couple of kids who go to CNU.  They absolutely love the place.  IMO, they have built in recruiting advantages with their location in the 757 and being in close proximity to Richmond, Northern Virginia, and North Carolina.  Throw in the fact CNU is close to the beach with a beautiful campus that offers a large variety of majors and you can have something special.  I truly believe the sky is the limit for CNU considering they haven't played football all that long.