FB: Middle Atlantic Conference

[Billman56]

The DVC/LVC game this week will not be a walk in the park for either team and especially DVC. The Home coming thing has got them pumped and I dont think any team is taking LVC lightly and their record dosent reflect the talent on board. I think it will be a good game but not a blowout like the last meeting.

DVC   42    LVC   24

GO AGGIES!!!

[Chum Slam]

referring to the topic of anybody in the MAC beating Rowan, its not gonna happen. I was at the DVC Rowan game last year and it was total domination from start to finish. 49-0 at half time. DVC is not on the Rowan level yet, maybe someday, but not yet.

[PBR...]

i agree at this point chum slam although i want to see how they finish the season. the experience last year should help. after the first play when rowan hit that long pass against them it rocked them back on their heels and they lost confidence and never recovered. rowan again looks very strong but i would really like a rematch to see what mangus and co. learned from last years game against them and how we stack up against them.

[Chum Slam]

A rematch would be nice. But I think that Rowan was superior in size, strength, speed, and attitude. They looked like they knew they were going to blow them out.

[PBR...]

i agree they were deer in headlights after that first long pass i think this years game would be much closer (heck anything would be closer than last years game!!) but interesting to me i would of liked to see linfield since they beat rowan the following week as bad as they spanked us. linfield again is ranked very high and i would assume returns a fair amount of players and will be very difficult to beat.

[Billman56]

Last years hammering of DVC by Rowan was a chain saw going through butter. You cant coach size and speed and they had both. In my opinion, I think it is time for Rowan to move up to DII or DI-AA.

There was talk earlier of DI "Washouts" going there and a couple of DIII "Washouts" from DVC going there. Well I am here to tell you that Tolbert and Whetstone from DVC were not washouts but very good players. They were either recruited by Rowan or transfered for other reasons...they are sorely missed at DVC.  DI transfers? I think he ended up at Linfield and played QB.....

Pat... I know transferring up to DI and player must sit out a season, but Does DIII have anything in place like that...Help me out here.

[Billman56]

ACMOB....So you come out of the closet and are a Rowan supporter...that is a good thing....Now as an admitted "Front Runner" who will you be pulling for this week Notre Dame??

[Warren Thompson]

Billman56:

A transfer from one D3 venue to another does not have to sit out a season.

[NOTE: See the front-page story on the receiver who transferred from Norwich to Mt. Union.]

[Pat Coleman]

Some conferences impose rules on players transferring between conference schools, but there is no Division III rule on a national level, as Warren points out.

[Chum Slam]

I was recruited by a D1AA school while I was playing D3. I dont think I could have sat for a year, I would have gone crazy.

[RU Fan]

They were either recruited by Rowan or transfered for other reasons...

Billman

Suggesting that Whetstone and Tolbert were recruited by RU is a serious allegation. 

Both kids are from deep S. Jersey........did you ever consider that either or both wanted to get closer to home to play in front of family & friends or that maybe the in-state NJ tuition was a whole he** of a lot lower than DVC.

Maybe they didn't like the DVC program, didn't like Mangus, didn't like Dowlestown, didn't play enough, wanted a better chance at a national title, missed their pet goldfish, etc.  Who knows?  Could be all, some or none of these reasons.

I don't know their motivations and, from your post, it appears that you don't either, but to suggest that they were recruited without proof is wrong. 

[JT]

Tuition savings was the big reason both decided to transfer. Coming out of HS neither player could get into Rowan academically, so they went to Del Val instead.

Thought I'd put an end to the conspiracy theories.

[Billman56]

Pat...Warren...I must have made the post clear....As I understand it, you have to sit out a season when making the move upward from DIII to DII or higher? Is this a correct statement?  On the other hand what is the criteria when making a move downward to DIII, say from DI-AA for instance??

[LVCALUM]

Any team that is thinking about whether or not they can compete with Rowan at this point in the season won't ever get a chance to find out.

[gordonmann]

JT's right about Whetstone and Tolbert regarding cost concerns.

Coach Mangus said as much in my first interview with him of the season.