FB: Middle Atlantic Conference

[JT]

For you Philly fans:

Vai Sikahema knocks out Jose Canseco in the 1st round.

[captpuck]

JB,  Sorry, Know how you feel. Have two in school.  a Jr and freshman.  Can retire in a  year but
don't think that's happening.  Conflicting sports in my fmily, one plays hockey and one plays football.
Like you, looking forward to football season. How does your son like Lyco? Maybe I'll run into you
on Oct 11th. game

[jb]

He was looking at several MAC schools and a couple Div II schools, but really like the atmosphere from the begining  Made friends the very first W/E up there and has never looked back.

I've asked him several times if he would do anything different in selecting a school, his reply has been "no nothing would change".

Good luck with everything.

JB

[PBR...]

gordon any word on whether coach clements will post the list of the incoming recruits this year for dvc?

[Simba]

Hot off the press today...Let the debates begin!!!....Simba

2008 MAC Preseason Poll

1. Widener (53 pts.)

2. Delaware Valley (48)

2. Albright (48)

4. Wilkes (43)

5. Lycoming (29)

6. Lebanon Valley (28)

7. King's (24)

8. FDU-Florham (14)

[Simba]

And how about this?...Simba

The MAC also used the media day to officially release the plans for the Middle Atlantic Conference vs. President's Athletic Conference Challenge.

Executive director Ken Andrews opened the event by announcing the MAC-PAC Challenge, which has been scheduled for the 2010 and 2011 seasons. The challenge will pit all eight schools in the MAC against schools from the PAC, consisting of Bethany College, Geneva College, Grove City College, Saint Vincent College, Thiel College, Washington and Jefferson College, Waynesburg University and Westminster College. All games will be hosted by MAC schools in 2010 and hosted by PAC institutions in 2011.

[gordonmann]

Simba:

Thanks for the information.  I suspected Thomas More, which is based in Kentucky, wouldn't be part of the Challenge.  That trip to Crestview Hills (near Cincinnati, OH) would be a loooooong drive for someone.

The other interesting aspect of the Challenge is that the match-ups in 2010 will be determined by the standings the previous year (1 vs. 1, 2 vs. 2, etc).

[gordonmann]

I just saw that Lyco has a new helmet.

[PBR...]

Hot off the press today...Let the debates begin!!!....Simba

2008 MAC Preseason Poll

1. Widener (53 pts.)

2. Delaware Valley (48)

2. Albright (48)

4. Wilkes (43)

5. Lycoming (29)

6. Lebanon Valley (28)

7. King's (24)

8. FDU-Florham (14)

seems pretty good to me....its right where i would have everyone.  Not sure on the new lyco helmet....pbr is so used to seeing lyco in those uni's and helmets its weird seeing them in something else, but new regime and time for a change maybe. (of course cant count the times dvc has changed since pbr started following them...) lyco changing would be like penn st. changing uni's at the end of the paterno era in another 20 years...

A good article at media day yesterday on dvc....

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/110-08062008-1573239.html

[BTEXPRESS]

Gordonmann, I like the look of Lycoming's new helmet. It gets rid of the plain PENN STATE look. New coach, different style.

[bman]

Also it is historically accurate (at least lately) 

[BTEXPRESS]

The more I thought about it, Coach Clark did a great thing by putting that L on the helmets. It is sympolic of the changing of the guard. Whoever replaces Joe Pa at Penn State, should do the exaxt same thing, maybe even going so far as to switching to BLUE PANTS for their away uniforms as well as putting the lion on the helmets. Wonder how the Penn State fans would react if that were to happen?

[PBR...]

The more I thought about it, Coach Clark did a great thing by putting that L on the helmets. It is sympolic of the changing of the guard. Whoever replaces Joe Pa at Penn State, should do the exaxt same thing, maybe even going so far as to switching to BLUE PANTS for their away uniforms as well as putting the lion on the helmets. Wonder how the Penn State fans would react if that were to happen?

dont ever see it happening or very very unlikely....i have many family members who are alumni and involved heavily in the alumni associations and booster clubs and attend several games a year and they are dead set against ever changing the uni's. Plus joe has brought it up to the team numerous times about changing things up and the players always vote to keep it the same. The players actually like it and feel it honors all the players who have gone thru the program in front of them and led the way. They like the fact that w/ no names and black shoes etc. it makes them feel all the same and more a team atmosphere than individual and the "me" attitude

[BTEXPRESS]

I could be wrong, but I believe Penn State is the only 1A school without anything on their helmets. Even Ohio State which starts out the season with a clean helmet adds the buckeyes as their season progesses. Maybe wearing blue pants is extreme but if you had a younger coach like a Greg Schiano follow Joe Pa who wanted to make his own statement following a legend, I don't think the alumni would mind if the Lion went on the helmets. Look at it from a marketing point of view, You never heard of Rutgers or saw any Rutgers apparel but now you see that  new R everywhere and everyone knows it stands for Rutgers.Just food for thought. I guess I would want to be the SECOND coach at PSU following the coach who followed Paterno( Ha Ha). Look at what happened at Alabama after Bear Bryant left.

[PBR...]

I could be wrong, but I believe Penn State is the only 1A school without anything on their helmets. Even Ohio State which starts out the season with a clean helmet adds the buckeyes as their season progesses. Maybe wearing blue pants is extreme but if you had a younger coach like a Greg Schiano follow Joe Pa who wanted to make his own statement following a legend, I don't think the alumni would mind if the Lion went on the helmets. Look at it from a marketing point of view, You never heard of Rutgers or saw any Rutgers apparel but now you see that  new R everywhere and everyone knows it stands for Rutgers.Just food for thought. I guess I would want to be the SECOND coach at PSU following the coach who followed Paterno( Ha Ha). Look at what happened at Alabama after Bear Bryant left.

interesting but dont see it happening. sPitt tried it when they changed coaches and took the script pitt off the helmet and put a dinosaur on the helmet nothing remotely close to looking like a panther and have changed it several times since to no ones satisfaction. And speaking of ol' greggie schiano the walls are crumbling at rutgers....first no money for the stadium expansion they have gotten 250,000 out of the $30 million needed (just a little short) and that gives schiano the out of his contract that he negoiated secretly last year that no one knew about except the a.d. and to boot his 2 top recruits have just decommited and are going elsewhere fearing that schiano is bailing after this year