How about a good ole East Region end of the year top ten?

I need to think about mine but will post soon. Love to see what you guys think. Hope you are all well and having a great Thursday.

Quote from: art76 on December 16, 2024, 08:28:59 AMSo, when the final D3 Football Top 25 rankings come out, should BU be ahead of St. John's because they went one week further in the playoffs, or should Bethel be behind the Johnnies because of the in season head to head contest results? Both teams lost to Susquehanna in back to back weeks by similar margins at the end of the games, so that seems pretty even in my mind, putting them lower than the River Hawks, whatever the final results end up being.

IMHO SJU should be ahead of the beloved Baptist Royals.

Quote from: sfury on December 17, 2024, 02:59:25 PMJung enters the portal. Figure big bucks are coming his way at a bigger school.

****!!!!!!!

Good for him, but man this stinks. I continue to absolutely detest the portal...detest it.

Quote from: Machiavelli on December 16, 2024, 03:29:02 PMI just watched the video, it was a blatant hold and a good call. B!tch all you want about the timing of the call, the hold was obvious and that should be called, hard stop.

That said, it was a pretty atrocious defensive call and play on the field on that down. Hail Mary's happen, but they shouldn't happen with a guy wide open in the front corner of the endzone with 8 guys playing deep.

If that one bro didn't chuck his helmet after the play, maybe they could've had another decent shot a second time around.

That kid was fired up! If I was on that field and a member of the Bethel team, I would have been fired up as hell. I could hardly control myself on a ****ing message board lol.

With all that said I fully agree with everything said here. I was certainly annoyed at the time but it most certainly was a hold and it was called. If the player didn't hold, it wouldn't have been called. Tough loss and tough for the kid who committed the penalty. The line is a tough spot and no one wants to give up a sack on the last play of the game. However you can't go "hockey jersey" on the dlineman. That **** will and should get called.

At the end of the day it was an excellent season for Bethel not allowing the TWO losses to SJU derail them and trusting the process. Rooting for the Usual Sus BIG TIME this weekend! That is one hell of an offense!

I'm very impressed with Springfield's run this season. Is it me or is this run yet another example of the improved parity in D3 football. Can you imagine a Springfield team from 10/15 years ago playing the number 1 team in the nation? It would have been a massacre IMHO.

Would LOVE to see the Usual Sus win it all!

Quote from: Machiavelli on December 14, 2024, 03:39:58 PM

Quote from: Ice Bear on December 14, 2024, 02:52:50 PMBethel down 3 with 5 seconds left, they throw it to the end zone, and score to win the game on the very last play...only to be erased by a ****ing holding call at the LOS. What a ****ing Homer call if I'VE EVER SEEN ONE. Let the players decide the game. Bethel players did, Susquehanna players gave up a TD on the last play of the game and were completely bailed out by the officials.

Well...was it a hold?

Yes...   and upon reviewing it, while I don't think the call matched the way the game was called all day, a penalty is a penalty. That's good enough for me.

Quote from: SpartanHouse4 on December 14, 2024, 04:05:36 PMIt was a very blatant and obviously hold. The DE's jersey was even pulled off his shoulder pads.

Tough way to end your season but kudos to the ref for making that call in that scenario.

I'm still very frustrated and completely understand the fact that consistency of officiating during each individual game is a very important piece in allowing the players to dictate the outcome of the game. With that being said, at the end of the day, if it was a hold, which there was, it was a hold. If the official can't state with utter confidence he made the call because he believed it was the right one (which I'm sure he would) that's good enough for me.

This quarterfinal game should have been decided by Bethel scoring on the last play of the game and Susquehanna giving up a touchdown on the last play of the game...this is VERY unfortunate.

With that said, and I'll probably say it over and over again, Bethel had a great season and played their hearts out today.

Bethel down 3 with 5 seconds left, they throw it to the end zone, and score to win the game on the very last play...only to be erased by a ****ing holding call at the LOS. What a ****ing Homer call if I'VE EVER SEEN ONE. Let the players decide the game. Bethel players did, Susquehanna players gave up a TD on the last play of the game and were completely bailed out by the officials.

How the ****, IMHO, do you call a ****ing hold at the LOS, on the last play of the game? Did I see that right?

Bethel in trouble here late in the fourth. Great game so far.

What an incredible throw and catch. That's big time right there.

It's a battle.

I feel like this was a great start for Bethel. bethel D has really plugged up the middle and is making Sus a bit uncomfortable on O. Looking forward to the second half.

Watching Springfield/NCC during half. May be a really tough day for the Pride.

Quote from: RoyalsFan on December 14, 2024, 12:08:01 PMAnyone else having an issue with the ESPN+ feed - breaking up really bad for me.

I was and it was driving me nuts. Settled down just as our Baptist Royals methodically moved the ball right down the field for a 7-0 lead.