FB: Middle Atlantic Conference

[Oline89]

Good morning Pat - yes, i see that Wesley just got by Montclair State.   I think i'm just a little t'd off cause Del Val gets no newspaper coverage in our area, except for a line score every week, and our local tv station, Channel 69, no longer covers Del Val unless they play Albright or Alvernia.    We're here in Easton and as far as i know, the only newspaper covering the Aggies is the Doylestown Intelligencer.   I just like to see them get credit, but your poll is fair.   Hope they can win out and get two or three games into the play-offs, but i do have to stop looking ahead here!

There was this article if you missed it

https://www.mcall.com/sports/college/mc-spt-del-val-football-record-20191017-ds7qtdbhsrhn3ah7j6vkymnmmi-story.html

[kate]

Thanks Oline!   The Morning Call at one time covered Del Val very well, but as the years went by, less and less.   I called and they said they had lost their Quakertown office and they didn't have the finances at that time to keep it open.   Great that they covered this, and thank you again!

[Oline89]

Thanks Oline!   The Morning Call at one time covered Del Val very well, but as the years went by, less and less.   I called and they said they had lost their Quakertown office and they didn't have the finances at that time to keep it open.   Great that they covered this, and thank you again!

I saw that article a few weeks ago, I wish that the Morning Call followed the Lehigh Valley  D3 players better!

[tweisman5]

Below are my week 9 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 9 Predictions

Del Val (-40.5) @ Alvernia: Del Val wins by 42

Misericordia (-3.5) @ Lycoming: Misericordia wins by 7

Albright @ King's (-8.5): King's wins by 10

FDU @ Wilkes (-9.5): Wilkes wins by 14

Stevenson (-24.5) @ Leb Val: Stevenson wins by 24

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

Prediction Record
Last Week: 4-1 (.800)
Season: 32-16 (.667)
Career: 125-52 (.706)

[tweisman5]

Below are my week 8 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 8 Predictions

FDU @ Lycoming (-3.5): Lycoming wins by 7

Leb Val @ Del Val (-26.5): Del Val wins by 27

Widener (-9.5) @ Albright: Widener wins by 3

Wilkes @ Misericordia (-2.5): Misericordia wins by 3

King's @ Stevenson (-20.5): Stevenson wins by 24

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

Prediction Record
Last Week: 4-1 (.800)
Season: 28-15 (.651)
Career: 121-51 (.703)

Althought Wilkes is won the head to head against Misericordia, you have them ranked higher. Sometimes the statistical formula does not always hold true. I think there should be some adjustment.

These rankings were posted before the Wilkes at Misericordia game. The win for Wilkes was good, but I'm not sure yet if it really answered who is the better team between the two. The game went into OT and if they played a series of 5 games, who knows what the results would be. I'm still holding weight to the past five weeks for both teams and I still give Misericordia the upper hand by the slightest of margins. This upcoming week should provide more clarity.

[kate]

Watched the Del Val/Alvernia game yesterday on the net.   Alvernia played an amazing first half, giving up just 7 DVU points.   The second half was all Aggies, but could someone who was there, or who knows what happened, tell me why there didn't appear to be the customary handshake/hug between teams at the end of the game?   If it didn't occur, i hope that was just a one in a million case - the MAC is a great League and i never want to see anything to disparage it.

[G-manWU]

Watched the Del Val/Alvernia game yesterday on the net.   Alvernia played an amazing first half, giving up just 7 DVU points.   The second half was all Aggies, but could someone who was there, or who knows what happened, tell me why there didn't appear to be the customary handshake/hug between teams at the end of the game?   If it didn't occur, i hope that was just a one in a million case - the MAC is a great League and i never want to see anything to disparage it.

Thanks for the insights Kate. The Golden Wolves had some real talent when I saw them play Wilkes last year at FirstEnergy Stadium, and the same was true in this season's game. I think they will be a regular player in the conference if they keep building this way.

[G-manWU]

Below are my week 8 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 8 Predictions

FDU @ Lycoming (-3.5): Lycoming wins by 7

Leb Val @ Del Val (-26.5): Del Val wins by 27

Widener (-9.5) @ Albright: Widener wins by 3

Wilkes @ Misericordia (-2.5): Misericordia wins by 3

King's @ Stevenson (-20.5): Stevenson wins by 24

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

Prediction Record
Last Week: 4-1 (.800)
Season: 28-15 (.651)
Career: 121-51 (.703)

Althought Wilkes is won the head to head against Misericordia, you have them ranked higher. Sometimes the statistical formula does not always hold true. I think there should be some adjustment.

These rankings were posted before the Wilkes at Misericordia game. The win for Wilkes was good, but I'm not sure yet if it really answered who is the better team between the two. The game went into OT and if they played a series of 5 games, who knows what the results would be. I'm still holding weight to the past five weeks for both teams and I still give Misericordia the upper hand by the slightest of margins. This upcoming week should provide more clarity.

Well, I hope this week's results provided the clarity in the rankings 

The Colonels fought through a back-and-forth game yesterday against FDU-Florham and turned it up in the second half for a quality win. The Devils have some quality players (WR #11 was particularly impressive) and they play hard as always. I can see how when they are on their game, the passing game can give teams fits.

I look forward to this week's matchup pitting Wilkes against Stevenson. While the thought of facing a team bigger and Stronger than Del Val (according to jmcozenlaw) is not pretty, I think the Colonels have grown and matured as a team in the last few weeks. It has the potential to be a great matchup.

For some added perspective on the OT win over Misericordia, please check out the excellent postgame report by my former Times Leader colleague, Dave Rosengrant. It details how Wilkes backup QB Doug Weist stepped in unexpectedly and led the team to victory, just hours after seeing his good friend and high school teammate, Jaden Lieby, seriously injured in an on-field injury during a game at his alma mater, North Schuylkill.

https://www.timesleader.com/sports/760116/backup-quarterback-weist-leads-wilkes-to-ot-win-against-misericordia

As a follow-up, both North Schuylkill graduates on the Wilkes roster this Saturday (Weist, along with senor DL Dane Tarantelli) wore #6 as their jersey number in support of Jaden. A very kind and supportive gesture.

[MRMIKESMITH]

Congrats to Delaware Valley for clinching.

[jmcozenlaw]

Watched the Del Val/Alvernia game yesterday on the net.   Alvernia played an amazing first half, giving up just 7 DVU points.   The second half was all Aggies, but could someone who was there, or who knows what happened, tell me why there didn't appear to be the customary handshake/hug between teams at the end of the game?   If it didn't occur, i hope that was just a one in a million case - the MAC is a great League and i never want to see anything to disparage it.

Kate, I was there and can tell you exactly what happened. Alvernia was upset that they were getting their you-know-what's handed to them and it reached a boiling point when one of their players, on the final punt of the game, reached behind an Aggie player, swiped his gloves off of #5, ran to the sideline and just chucked them. #5 went looking for them and was confronted by about 15 players. DelVal lined up expecting to do the typical postgame handshake and I was told after the game that their head coach gathered the team before the final kneel down series by DelVal and told them that they would not be shaking hands. I have a buddy who's kid plays for Alvernia and he said that the coach was pissed at the player who swiped the gloves. Several players wanted to shake hands (a lot of these kids knew each other from the area) but the coach said that there would be "hell to pay", for any player OR coach who shook the Aggies hands.

I've also heard that the head coach is doing a terrible job building a "culture" and that he is looking at this job solely as a springboard to the next, better job.

I heard that Coach Greko and the other Aggies coaches were livid at the Alvernia head coach and his postgame behavior.

He should have taken his azz kicking like a man!!!!!

[kate]

Thanks, jm!!!    Since this is indeed D3 football (and absolutely nothing negative about d3 sports!!!), i would hope this coach learns from this, and possibly publicly apologizes to the Aggie Team & Coaches.   My husband and i have followed the MAC for nearly 25 years now, and i'd hate to see this type of behavior continue, ESPECIALLY by a Coach!   Coaches on all levels of sports most definitely set the atmosphere for their teams.   Go Aggies and Go Golden Wolves - you're all above this type of ridiculous behavior!

[Pat Coleman]

The regional rankings are here: https://d3football.com/playoffs/2019/first-regional-ranking

[tweisman5]

Below are my week 10 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 10 Predictions

Alvernia @ FDU (-5.5): FDU wins by 3

Stevenson (-22.5) @ Wilkes: Stevenson wins by 21

Lycoming (-3.5) @ Leb Val: Lycoming wins by 7

Albright @ Misericordia (-10.5): Misericordia wins by 7

King's @ Widener (-3.5): Widener wins by 3

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

Prediction Record
Last Week: 4-1 (.800)
Season: 36-17 (.679)
Career: 129-53 (.709)

[tweisman5]

Below are my week 8 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 8 Predictions

FDU @ Lycoming (-3.5): Lycoming wins by 7

Leb Val @ Del Val (-26.5): Del Val wins by 27

Widener (-9.5) @ Albright: Widener wins by 3

Wilkes @ Misericordia (-2.5): Misericordia wins by 3

King's @ Stevenson (-20.5): Stevenson wins by 24

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

Prediction Record
Last Week: 4-1 (.800)
Season: 28-15 (.651)
Career: 121-51 (.703)

Althought Wilkes is won the head to head against Misericordia, you have them ranked higher. Sometimes the statistical formula does not always hold true. I think there should be some adjustment.

These rankings were posted before the Wilkes at Misericordia game. The win for Wilkes was good, but I'm not sure yet if it really answered who is the better team between the two. The game went into OT and if they played a series of 5 games, who knows what the results would be. I'm still holding weight to the past five weeks for both teams and I still give Misericordia the upper hand by the slightest of margins. This upcoming week should provide more clarity.

Well, I hope this week's results provided the clarity in the rankings 

The Colonels fought through a back-and-forth game yesterday against FDU-Florham and turned it up in the second half for a quality win. The Devils have some quality players (WR #11 was particularly impressive) and they play hard as always. I can see how when they are on their game, the passing game can give teams fits.

I look forward to this week's matchup pitting Wilkes against Stevenson. While the thought of facing a team bigger and Stronger than Del Val (according to jmcozenlaw) is not pretty, I think the Colonels have grown and matured as a team in the last few weeks. It has the potential to be a great matchup.

For some added perspective on the OT win over Misericordia, please check out the excellent postgame report by my former Times Leader colleague, Dave Rosengrant. It details how Wilkes backup QB Doug Weist stepped in unexpectedly and led the team to victory, just hours after seeing his good friend and high school teammate, Jaden Lieby, seriously injured in an on-field injury during a game at his alma mater, North Schuylkill.

https://www.timesleader.com/sports/760116/backup-quarterback-weist-leads-wilkes-to-ot-win-against-misericordia

As a follow-up, both North Schuylkill graduates on the Wilkes roster this Saturday (Weist, along with senor DL Dane Tarantelli) wore #6 as their jersey number in support of Jaden. A very kind and supportive gesture.

Last week's games provided the clarity needed to validate the OT matchup.

The story of Wilkes' backup QB is exactly why sports are such an amazing story to follow. The perseverance to overcome such unfortunate news hours before and go out and prevail in a tough game is truly remarkable for both the player and his teammates. 

[tweisman5]

The regional rankings are here: https://d3football.com/playoffs/2019/first-regional-ranking

These initial rankings contained some surprises, especially with Wilkes being placed #10 in the East. I thought the initial rankings would have waited until after this week's Stevenson at Wilkes matchup before seeing a second MAC team regionally ranked. Regardless, the most newsworthy takeaway is just the solid foundation the Centennial Conference has built to become a two team bid NCAA playoff contender on an annual basis. I believe having the MAC vs. Centennial bowl series is a great opportunity for any MAC member to test their team against the strength of a deep Centennial group.