FB: Middle Atlantic Conference

[dog]

Also to correct Specialist, I believe there was only 1 int on Albright.  It was early in the game, and from what I saw Byron Haupt, who played exceptional, was maulled by an Ursinus LB, and the centennial refs closed their eyes to it. Which gave Ursinus the INT. If Haupt was not molested I am sure he would have been on his way to the endzone

[Billman56]

MOJO...Good luck to Kelly this season except when he comes to Doylestown..."Banzai"!!!!!!!!!


bman....I sat down with Coach Brown during recruiting, didnt think he had it together at that time, do you think he is in over his head???  There was a lot of talent there then and I am not aware of the talent there ow. any ideas??

[Billman56]

Specialist 13...What were  ACs kickers numbers...The career record was held by Dennis Unger, also from Albright and the number was 121 PATS. Congrats to the kicker for this acomplishment. 

I guess that leaves the DVC kicker this year and next to break the new record???

[4man]

New D3 poll is out.  Albright fell off of spot #25.  Come on Albright - we need more MAC teams in there!   

[patcummings]

Albright's problem was fumbling 3 kick/punt returns.  2 of those, and Port's INT resulted in 17 Ursinus points.

I'll be in Chester on Saturday for Lyco/Widener.  Good history between those two.  Should be good to see both.

[LVCALUM]

I read the game recap on LVC's website this morning and was surprised by two things.  First, we threw three interceptions, two of which were in the red zone (and one of those was picked in the endzone).  Second, last week's leading rusher, Ryan Brennan, didn't appear to get many carries, as our leading rusher was Payton with 49 yards on 7 carries.  Did Kelly have an off day, or were the interceptions the product of too much pressure on the QB, or were the receivers to blame?  Was Brennan hurt?

Another thing-the defense definitely appears to have taken a step back from last year, giving up 34 and 27 in the first two weeks compared to (if I remember correctly) 3 and 0 in the first two weeks of 2004.  I anticipated that the defense would be a strength this season.  Any insight?

[bman]

Billman

FormerWu is a better person to respond to that question.  He is closer to the coaching staff, than I am...

I will ask him to respond.

[Billman56]

bman...Keep the faith .....it is the opening game. They will respond and come back hard. Now if they dont, some major adjustments need to be made, personnel wise or maybe in the inner circle???
WU has always played everyone tough and I look for that next week against Lyco...should be another great MAC contest.

Also looking forward to FormerWUs' insight.

[PBR...]

billman, i thought dvc might start out slow after the emotional win the week before and take over in the second quarter. the key to me will be in a couple of weeks against lyco they better not fall behind early, coach girardi has had this game circled for a while now on his calendar the positive for dvc is lyco has a emotional game against widener this week and it is tough to get up 2 weeks in a row.

[Chum Slam]

Any Widener Alums going to be at the game this weekend ? I will be. Can't wait !!!!!

[Billman56]

Chum Slam...Where have you been hiding??? It is week three coming up...have looked for your posts.


ubrmeasap....Yeah another slow start. I wasnt too concerned only because it was FDU, and I am NOT slamming the school or team by any stretch. Just saying that they have to step up either talent or coaching as they have the numbers. Again it is only MY OPINION!!

This week should be a better test and look for the same result...a "W". 

Aggies...36...Wilkes...14

GO AGGIES!!!

[patron2]

If I were the head coach at Albright... My special teams guys would have had two options after the game..

Option #1, walk home.
Option #2, run along side the bus with your hand slammed in the door.

[formerwu]

Billman - I don't know how we put up a goose egg this weekend.  I haven't seen the team yet this year.  I usually try to make the Penn scrimmage, but was too busy.  I spoke with Coach Wood at the golf outing this summer.  He was very upbeat and confident.  He got his usual slew of incoming freshman this year, and a good core of returning players to build upon.

It is hard to imagine that a WU team would have trouble scoring points.  I am confident the right adjustments will be made before Saturday.... I hope.

[bziadie]

Gordon:

Thanks for the apology, but was not needed. I was just saying that King's only played one game you weren't there. I know if I had not seen a team play I would not feel compelled to offer that type of an assesment.  I know Pat was there and that first game was not pretty so he would have been a little more qualified to make that statement.

What most people don't know is that a lot of new stuff was added to the offense, such as four receiver sets, bunch sets, and the shotgun for the first time ever, and that first week the team really struggled.  King's threw the ball 38 times and only ran the ball like 33 times against SJFC, but ran it pretty well, averaging 4.5 yards per-carry. Against LVC, I had a feeling it was  going to be "old school" King's with a greater committment to the run.  Also, several changes on defense to get more speed on the field made a difference, at least in this game. Who knows what the future holds. With a very good Moravian team next week, I am sure lots of questions remain to be answered.

[Chum Slam]

Just wasnt thinking about posting til I realized Wideners biggest game was coming up. I can not wait. I still remember beating them 35-o at their house, best feeling ever.