FB: Middle Atlantic Conference

[wesleydad]

No contest at Del Val.  Stevenson is being overwhelmed by the Aggies.  Special teams is not good, 2 returns for TD, but Stevenson is not showing much else either. 

[kate]

Got distracted by a conversation here at the house, but at the half, DVU 27/Stevenson 7, I think that's the correct score.  Still a whole half left to play - nice to hear Gordon Mann's call of the game and the video is crystal clear!

[kate]

Final score Aggies 27 - Stevenson 7.  Great game DVU!  Good luck Friday night at FDU!

[jmcozenlaw]

No contest at Del Val.  Stevenson is being overwhelmed by the Aggies.  Special teams is not good, 2 returns for TD, but Stevenson is not showing much else either.

Wesleydad - It must have been a tough decision to chose the Aggies vs. Mustangs game over the Wesley vs. Willy P. "game". I'm hearing some interesting rumblings and rumors about a potential Wesley football move in the next 2-3 years. I'll keep it off the boards for now though.

[jmcozenlaw]

I am now officially moving Widener into my Preseason 'Top Three' and they, Albright, Stevenson and DelVal form the new 'Top Four'. Stevenson and Widener took care of business and blew out their lesser lights last week........while DelVal and Albright really struggled and got a bit lucky. We'll see if it was a case of looking ahead, or if there are more chinks in their armor.

Week Four Predictions:

King's - 41     Lycosimba - 30       The King's QB might throw and run for 500 yards. Is Lyco the team that got crushed by DelVal or the one that had Albright on the ropes and gave it away? Simba??
Wilkes - 20    Miserables -16        This might be the Miserables best shot at a win this season, Wilkes at home. Won't happen if Wilkes gives the effort they did last week against DelVal.
LebVal - 40    FDU - 33                There might be 1,000 yards of offense in this game and the FDU QB might throw for 500 of it. Toss up game but I'll take Warren's team at home!
Albright - 17  Widenerbman - 16   Albright will have trouble moving the ball against a stout Widener D, as Widener will against an almost equally stout Albright D. My preseason #1 in a close one!

Stevenson - 23     DelVal - 20       My preseason #2 in a tight, last minute victory over my preseason #3. Williams is a pass/run beast at QB and Adoo is a stud at WR and PR/KR. Stevenson did a great job filling the departures on their defense.........a little better of a job that DelVal did on their offense. DelVal's stud freshman kicker from last year is out for the year and it has been quite the circus on kickoff's and extra points. It might very well come down to that as the difference in this game.

Eagles - 27    Giants - 17             Two teams with no running games, average offensive lines and fierce front seven's. The home team by 10!!   
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tweisman5 and myself both had Stevenson taking this game by 3 points.............we both blew that one!! I know that Stevenson lost some key defensive players but they are huge at DL and LB and I was surprised at some of the running lanes for Ellis and Darden. I was also a bit stunned at the lack of a running game by the Mustangs given the experience at RB and QB. The QB, Williams, has a cannon for an arm and is fast. Adoo should get some All-Region, if not All-American consideration.

Good.......and not-so-good week four calls:
- "Albright will have trouble moving the ball against a stout Widener D, as Widener will against an almost equally stout Albright D. My preseason #1 in a close one!" This could be my call of the year!
 
- "This might be the Miserables best shot at a win this season, Wilkes at home. Won't happen if Wilkes gives the effort they did last week against DelVal". Looking at the box score, this might not be Miserables only win of the year. The Miserables QB ran for 218 yards and 2 TD's and threw for 174 yards and 2 TD's. Amazing what some found financial aid money can get you! Oh, and Wilkes had their annual, post DelVal/Super Bowl/Game of the Year, krapfest!

- The King's QB might throw and run for 500 yards. Is Lyco the team that got crushed by DelVal or the one that had Albright on the ropes and gave it away? Simba?? The King's QB did not throw and run for 500 total yards..............only 379 yards. But he ran the ball 22 times and scored 2 TD's and threw for 4 TD's. Can King's get this guy some help? Can Simba break free from the Witness Protection Program to at least say hello?

- There might be 1,000 yards of offense in this game and the FDU QB might throw for 500 of it. Toss up game but I'll take Warren's team at home! I got the 'Warren's team at home' call correct, but the total yardage was way off, with a pedestrian 624 total yards between the two teams. FDU can not run the ball and the QB's arm is about to fall off. No, I mean literally, about to fall off. I swear that Andy Reid or Doug Pederson is coaching this team. They have no run/pass ratio concept!!


That's all folks, try the veal and enjoy the rest of the weekend!!

JM.......out!!

[wesleydad]

No contest at Del Val.  Stevenson is being overwhelmed by the Aggies.  Special teams is not good, 2 returns for TD, but Stevenson is not showing much else either.

Wesleydad - It must have been a tough decision to chose the Aggies vs. Mustangs game over the Wesley vs. Willy P. "game". I'm hearing some interesting rumblings and rumors about a potential Wesley football move in the next 2-3 years. I'll keep it off the boards for now though.

where they go does not matter unless they change divisions and they dont have the facilities to do that.  If they change leagues again they will be the best team in whatever league they switch too.

[jmcozenlaw]

No contest at Del Val.  Stevenson is being overwhelmed by the Aggies.  Special teams is not good, 2 returns for TD, but Stevenson is not showing much else either.

Wesleydad - It must have been a tough decision to chose the Aggies vs. Mustangs game over the Wesley vs. Willy P. "game". I'm hearing some interesting rumblings and rumors about a potential Wesley football move in the next 2-3 years. I'll keep it off the boards for now though.

where they go does not matter unless they change divisions and they dont have the facilities to do that.  If they change leagues again they will be the best team in whatever league they switch too.

Oh wesleydad, I didn't mean in any way to pick at you..................just sharing some inside baseball that is slowly growing a bit in some circles. All it takes is a person or two of means to write a large check and facilities can happen in a couple of years. As far as your second sentence, it really is a big "who cares". They are the dominant program in the area but just like everybody says, people remember the winners, not the runner-up's. Until Wesley wins a National Championship, it really doesn't matter (and I quote Shane directly on that one). Forgetting geography, there are quite a few conferences that Wesley (nor anybody else in the east) would be the "best team" in and there are other conferences that would never let them, and many other schools for that matter, due to academics. And who told you that the Falkenberg injury would be a blessing in disguise? That would be the voice from bucolic Doylestown. Shane still has his connections to the team and many on the inside stated the same thing. If Wesley doesn't get to the National Semifinals with this loaded for bear, veteran roster..............I would personally be stunned.

[wesleydad]

No contest at Del Val.  Stevenson is being overwhelmed by the Aggies.  Special teams is not good, 2 returns for TD, but Stevenson is not showing much else either.

Wesleydad - It must have been a tough decision to chose the Aggies vs. Mustangs game over the Wesley vs. Willy P. "game". I'm hearing some interesting rumblings and rumors about a potential Wesley football move in the next 2-3 years. I'll keep it off the boards for now though.

where they go does not matter unless they change divisions and they dont have the facilities to do that.  If they change leagues again they will be the best team in whatever league they switch too.

Oh wesleydad, I didn't mean in any way to pick at you..................just sharing some inside baseball that is slowly growing a bit in some circles. All it takes is a person or two of means to write a large check and facilities can happen in a couple of years. As far as your second sentence, it really is a big "who cares". They are the dominant program in the area but just like everybody says, people remember the winners, not the runner-up's. Until Wesley wins a National Championship, it really doesn't matter (and I quote Shane directly on that one). Forgetting geography, there are quite a few conferences that Wesley (nor anybody else in the east) would be the "best team" in and there are other conferences that would never let them, and many other schools for that matter, due to academics. And who told you that the Falkenberg injury would be a blessing in disguise? That would be the voice from bucolic Doylestown. Shane still has his connections to the team and many on the inside stated the same thing. If Wesley doesn't get to the National Semifinals with this loaded for bear, veteran roster..............I would personally be stunned.

I am not offended.  Takes way more than that.  Many have connections or so they say.  If this team makes the semis I would be stunned.  They are not as good as many of the teams since 2005.  As far as checks and things, you have to have the available ground to build things on and if you have been to Wesley you know that they do not have that available.  Campus is surrounded by houses on all 4 sides so there is nowhere to put anything that would be needed to move up.

[@d3jason]

Wesley football is not going anywhere but the NJAC.

[wesleydad]

Wesley football is not going anywhere but the NJAC.

I was pretty sure of that, but did not want to step out and just say so.  figured facts would be good enough.  The school is too small to go anywhere higher unless major changes are going to take place and again, that would mean land was needed.  Now if we would move the graveyard next to the football field we could have a bigger football field, but I would not want the spirits of the dead haunting the team for years to come.   

[lefty2]

Is that the Jason Bowen?

[tweisman5]

Below are my week 5 predictions and rankings. The spread (-#) is provided by Massey Ratings and the top 25 rankings are from the Hansen Ratings composite. Good luck to everyone this week!

Week 5 Predictions

#8 Del Val (-34.5) @ FDU: Del Val wins by 31

Misericordia @ Stevenson (-26.5): Stevenson wins by 28

Albright (-14.5) @ King's: Albright wins by 17

Leb Val @ Widener (-6.5): Widener wins by 10

Wilkes @ Lycoming (-17.5): Lycoming wins by 20

Week 5 Rankings
1. Del Val (4-0, 3-0)
2. Albright (4-0, 3-0)
3. Stevenson (2-2, 2-1)
4. Widener (2-2, 2-1)
5. Lycoming (1-3, 1-2)
6. King's (2-2, 1-2)
7. Leb Val (2-2, 2-1)
8. Misericordia (1-3, 1-2)
9. FDU (1-3, 0-3)
10. Wilkes (0-4, 0-3)

Prediction Record
Week 4: 2-3 (.400)
Season: 15-10 (.600)

[@d3jason]

Is that the Jason Bowen?

I don't know what I've done to be 'the' 😀

[kate]

Tough loss for King's to Albright this afternoon, as King's had the lead for most of the game.   Del Val gets Albright next Saturday in a battle of 4 and 0 teams in Reading.  Sorry, make that 5 and 0.   Should be a great game!

[lefty2]

the Jason Bowen was the Wesley SID in another life.