University Athletic Association

[Superfoot Wallace]

Wing-T on Wing-T this weekend at Gesling.  I believe MacLeod would be sitting there with a smile on his face ready for some FB Whams and Rocket Sweeps.  I think it will be a good game, but its at Gesling and I suspect there will be a larger crowd there than in years' past regular season games so the boys are gonna have some support.  I say 27-14 CMU in another fine day for the running game.

GO TARTANS!

It's true, Macleod has tried to pilfer every playbook from the WPIAL, OWU, Delaware, Olivet and CMU....

Was until now unfamiliar with GCC's, but for some reason remember a guy by the name of Bowers....  didn't he play some professional baseball ala Chris Weinke?

For some reason keep confusing Thiel with GCC, must be residual enmity with the Allegheny infused staff there and being pro all things offense Erdelyi.

Like Erdelyi's discussion on running 80 series from tackles over and end over.  Also speaks to twenty series from this tackles over unbalanced approach.  Have been trying to divine a thirty series A formation guards over as an alternative node.....

Only eleven men on the field, it's all been done before, just keep reinventing the wheel.

If the kilts are actually tartans and not plaids, what tartan do the Tartans don?

signed,
Rusty and Dusty

[BDTartan]

Haha, I have no clue on that one.  But if you want Erdelyi's playbook check the link posted by Schwami.....Erd is putting out a book supposedly.  It sounded like it is basically his playbook because there is a quote in the article where he says "I don't care, you still have to stop it."

[Superfoot Wallace]

Saw that book spot in the article.  Not much on football literature that doesn't involve algorithms.  Prefer to let the spatial reasoning ebb and flow.  Speak fluent wing t so its black letter when it comes down to translation.  Am a thrifty Scot, but would be tempted to drop a dime on Erdelyi's book.

Am more a proponent of the double dive and whips in the screen game than the Canadian slide stuff, as I'm not a rocket man.  Just get funky with the weak belly counter.

Am actually more enamored by the vertical passing game off the Canuck bounce and lead back saviness in the attendant belly xb.

If were to employ motion sweeps would go jet and scissor the backfield, hence the 30 series A stuff from unbalanced.

signed,
Thumbtack

[ADL70]

Comeback story
http://www.case.edu/athletics/varsity/news/2007-08/pr09_04_07.htm

May have been a jinx though as he came out of last game after getting his foot/ankle stepped on.

Nick Spring may be inheriting his hard luck as he had a season-ending injury (Knee, I believe) in game 2 last year and underwent off-season shoulder surgery.

All four teams in action this week.  I smell a sweep!!!  Although it appears neither of Chicago's top two rushers appear to have returned for this year.

MacLeod here's CMU's tartan

http://www.cmu.edu/identity/id_colorplaid2.html

CWRU's leading receivers this year wear 2, 4, and 83 as last year.  But two of the faces are new.

[TartanFann]

Good Luck CMU!!

[ADL70]

CWRU is up 24-0 at the half.  The sweep seems secure.

45-6 CWRU  Zagorski did play, left the game went to hospital for x-rays during lightning extended halftime and came back in the second half.

[BDTartan]

CMU 16  GCC 6.........very hard fought game.  GCC gameplanned very well.  CMU's defense pretty much made it possible to get the win.  Other than a perfectly time screen pass when CMU blitzed, GCC really didn't do much.  It was like a 60 or 70 yard screen play that set up a 2 yd. TD run for them.  Other than that the D held tough and finally the O broke through and started getting a push. 

Good win, gotta get ready for Hobart........

[ADL70]

Guess Chicago didn't need any experience at RB as a FR Thomas Parks (not even listed on 2 deep) rushed for 129 yds.  And as a team they rushed for 308.

[DagarmanSpartan]

cwru70,

Are we really good, or are we simply playing "wuss" competition?

[ADL70]

We are better.  But the bottom of the NCAC is weak.  It's the depth that has been most impressive.  Eight different offensive players have TDs and four players contributed almost equally to the 200 yds rushing v Denison.  That and the 7-1 turnover margin (four fumbles, but none lost).

[BDTartan]

I must admit that the CMU defense has been quite a surprise.  GCC's qb was pretty mobile and they got to him 7 times, with my brother and the other end Hauffe accounting for 5.5 of those sacks.  I know it was a humid and muggy day at Gesling yesterday but the offense is going to have to do a better job because the D may be a surprise but you can't expect them to do what they did week in and week out.  I think CMU's first four possessions were 3 and out and the D kept getting the ball right back for them.  I'm not worried about it though.  I can tell from speaking to a couple of the offensive guys that they've got pride and that won't happen again.

That is why I am glad CMU got rid of Hiram this year.  Bethany is a weaker team but its at the end of the season after they added some decent competition at the front of the schedule. 

[TartanFann]

Big test for CMU this week.

O-line must get angry!  2 first downs in first half is not gonna cut it this week.

Hobart had a ton of yards last week, but too many turnovers.

First game on grass for CMU, for what thats worth.  ( I think it slows down teams used to turf).

Go Tartans!

[plaidfanatic]

I have to agree with everything said about last week's CMU vs GCC game but i for one am very interested in seeing what GCC does the rest of the season.  They held Dickinson (a playoff team) to 17 points.  that same team went on to play Hobart and score 30 pts. in that game.  They also did a great job holding CMU in check.  All of which says that CMU Hobart should be a very interesting matchup and Grove City may hold some surprises for others on their schedule.  It is definitely not the same team we have played the last couple of years.

[NCC_alum62]

Congrats to the UAA members for being undefeated right now in DIII action!  Impressive, although some tough games are ahead especially UofC and WashU against some CCIW teams.

[ADL70]

Definite challenges for three UAA teams this Sat.  WUStL hosts #10 Wheaton while CMU and Chicago face teams getting votes in Hobart and Elmhurst respectively.