University Athletic Association

[ADL70]

Dunno much about W&J.  Score comparasons favor CMU by 4 for GCC and W&J by 16 for Westminster.  Laz would favor W&J by 2 +or- 1 for homefield.  Massey MOV ranks CMU 44th, W&J 53rd.

Looks like a very competitive matchup.  Hope it happens.

[BDTartan]

I do as well.  That would mean CMU will open the playoffs at home.  I think that will benefit CMU much more than if they had to go to W&J.  From what I can tell, CMU would probably have to ride their defense and hope the offense churns out some good drives with TD;s at the end of them.  Eat clock and keep W&J out of the endzone as much as possible.  That's the way CMU has played all year.  So I don't see them changing much.

[BDTartan]

Yeah, I think I'm going to stay right here on this board for a while now.  I don't want to ruffle anyone else's feathers.

[BDTartan]

I lied, I had to check out what folks are saying about the Thiel game on the PAC board.  Most of them favor the Tomcats naturally.  I will be at the game and I expect it to be a good one, but I don't know if my heart would last another OT thriller.

[ADL70]

Get the job done Tartans!!

I suspect only if we catch W&L looking ahead to the playoffs (as Thiel might have done with CMU last year) is there hope for 5-5 for the Spartans.

[ADL70]

Asked by BDT:
"What kind of teams are Ohio Wesleyan and Allegheny?  Kenyon?"

OWU-CMU would be interesting, both wing-t teams.  'gheny has great tradition, and was a PAC foe.  Those two are regarded as first division NCAC teams.  This year and last were disappointing for OWU, but they upset Witt this year.  Kenyon is reviving from the depths a few years back when they were down to thirty-something players.  They surprised a couple of good teams last year, but not this.

[ADL70]

Maybe W&L is looking ahead.  CWRU 10  W&L  0  1:16 1st

Nick Decesare returns for the first time since week 3 for his final game as a senior, so he won't be a medical redshirt (redundant, I guess)

Halftime CWRU 17  W&L  3 and it should have been more.

[CMURyan]

Way to go CMU!!  Maybe now the critics will shut up about the wimpy schedule.  14-7 in a game that sounded like CMU dominated physically.  Travis Sivek breaks the all time rushing record...as a junior. 

[ADL70]

CWRU dominates playoff bound W&L  27-9.  Great way for 11 seniors to finish!

Chicago and WUStL won, too.  Great day for UAA.

[ADL70]

How's this for a (one man) Team of the Week performance?

## Player            Solo  Ast  Tot  TFL/Yds  FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH
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97 Calderone, Bria    9    5   14  6.0/25   1    1-32   .      1    .          4.0/18   .

The FR went for a TD.  Oh yeah, kicked 3 PATs and 2 FGs (15 of CWRU's 27pts)
And a 64yd KO. 

[Wizardman]

How's this for a (one man) Team of the Week performance?

## Player            Solo  Ast  Tot  TFL/Yds  FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH
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97 Calderone, Bria    9    5   14  6.0/25   1    1-32   .      1    .          4.0/18   .

The FR went for a TD.  Oh yeah, kicked 3 PATs and 2 FGs (15 of CWRU's 27pts)
And a 64yd KO. 

wow, nice. But yeah congrats to CMU at 10-0. Obviously they'll get a spot in the plyoffs somewhere now.

[ADL70]

Several loses in the Top 25 should get them in there as well.

[CMURyan]

Yup, and with the Trinity loss, we should be the #4 seed in the South.

[BDTartan]

I can't say much other than that CMU's defense is nasty.  You can gash em' for a big play here and there but then they come right back and hit you in the mouth.  The only time Thiel even sniffed the endzone today was on the last drive when they were in hurry-up and CMU's safety blew a coverage and the WR caught the ball in the endzone with nobody even around him.  Other than that, the closest Thiel got was about the CMU 40 on their first drive.  I give credit to Thiel's QB, on the TD drive he took hard shot after hard shot, but he hung in there tough.

Today, CMU's offense was completely one dimensional.  They announce at the end of the game that he had 40 carries for 172 and a TD.  That gave him the all-time rushing record atCMU with 2,912 yards.  I like it because now your best offensive weapon doesn't have that on his mind going into the playoffs.  Also, they  don't give a whole lot to their first round opponent in a film. 

Excellent season.  I only missed one game and that was the one in St. Louis.  I can't wait to see who they get in the first round and let's hope they make something of it.

[ADL70]

Congrats to CWRU's Women's XC which won the Great Lakes Reg. and Men's soccer which defeated Denison in the school first ever soccer tourney game.  They face OWU in the sectionals next weekend.  Both squads were UAA champs.

Oh, and the wrestlers went 3-0 in a quad match.