FB: Middle Atlantic Conference

[Jonny Utah]

My parents are Wilkes alums. He happened to be visiting me last weekend when I relayed the score. He went into a bit of shock and then shrugged. In the end, his response is this stuff tends to be cyclical and in 5 or 10 years Wilkes will have a good team, Widener will be down, and hopefully Wilkes will put up 65 before kneeling down. Of course, he went on to say that he will donate to Wilkes to send that inevitable game tape to every contested recruit for the next 10 years...

You mean put up 165.  65 is nothin in this new rivalry.

[dlippiel]

As the season begun dlip was hoping for Widener's continued success and hoping they would be a very good east region team. Now, to be honest, dlip is a ****ing huge Leb Val fan come Saturday...

dlip would like nothing more than to stand over Widener as they wake up Sunday morning and say

[G-manWU]

That was quite a write-up on Wilkes and it doesn't look like their team is as bad as a team who just lost 90-0.  But they just lost 90-0.  90 points!!!  If you're going to tell me, even with JV's on the field that the product was there to play football last week, you're lying.  90 points.  I don't care if they are playing the Packers.  90 points is a lot.  Widener scored 4 touchdowns in 3 quarters!!!!  That's near impossible.  People give me the 'short field' excuse...They were given the ball short field.  This isn't just about Widener's offense and Wilkes' defense.  It's also how bad Wilkes was on offense. 

And you can say what you want about how 'noticed' Widener is but the only team noticed in that conference to this point in the season is Delaware Valley because of success in recent years.  People remember Widener from 10-12 years ago and Lyco from back in the day, but they've been mediocre since then.  I think this is a way to get people to associate this team with those nasty teams from the early 2000s.  Maybe they think they are that good and they want someone to catch on before November.

Thanks for the write-up compliment  It comes from a few years as a newspaper writer, starting with some time on the staff of The Beacon. It also evolved a few years later into a Formula 1-themed blog at the daily newspaper I was working for at the time...any Alonso or Hamilton fans out there? 

When a team gets beat by a score of 90-0, I don't think anyone would dispute that it had a bad day on both offense and defense. The were a few bright spots, such as a first-half INT of Haupt, and the offense producing it's first 100-yard rusher on the year. It will take more bight spots like that to put together some MAC wins, and there is no question the staff and players at Wilkes realize that, hopefully putting it into action against FDU this weekend.

My observations on Widener's national reputation stems from my time working with the Colonels in a support role, from 2004-2007. Widener (and Lycoming) still carried plenty of name recognition then; perhaps the picture has changed a bit with so much success from DVC, and that nice playoff run from Albright. But I would still say that the past success makes the Pride a big-ticket item when they start to win in any given year.

As for the Widener-LVC game this weekend, I can't help but remember back to fall 2004, chilling out before practice with the game tape from the LVC-Widener contest that was played (in a monsoon-style rainstorm, on the old grass at Quick Stadium) the previous Saturday.

Final score from Chester: LVC 3, Widener 0.

Any given Saturday, my friends 

[PBR...]

That was quite a write-up on Wilkes and it doesn't look like their team is as bad as a team who just lost 90-0.  But they just lost 90-0.  90 points!!!  If you're going to tell me, even with JV's on the field that the product was there to play football last week, you're lying.  90 points.  I don't care if they are playing the Packers.  90 points is a lot.  Widener scored 4 touchdowns in 3 quarters!!!!  That's near impossible.  People give me the 'short field' excuse...They were given the ball short field.  This isn't just about Widener's offense and Wilkes' defense.  It's also how bad Wilkes was on offense. 

And you can say what you want about how 'noticed' Widener is but the only team noticed in that conference to this point in the season is Delaware Valley because of success in recent years.  People remember Widener from 10-12 years ago and Lyco from back in the day, but they've been mediocre since then.  I think this is a way to get people to associate this team with those nasty teams from the early 2000s.  Maybe they think they are that good and they want someone to catch on before November.

Thanks for the write-up compliment  It comes from a few years as a newspaper writer, starting with some time on the staff of The Beacon. It also evolved a few years later into a Formula 1-themed blog at the daily newspaper I was working for at the time...any Alonso or Hamilton fans out there? 

When a team gets beat by a score of 90-0, I don't think anyone would dispute that it had a bad day on both offense and defense. The were a few bright spots, such as a first-half INT of Haupt, and the offense producing it's first 100-yard rusher on the year. It will take more bight spots like that to put together some MAC wins, and there is no question the staff and players at Wilkes realize that, hopefully putting it into action against FDU this weekend.

My observations on Widener's national reputation stems from my time working with the Colonels in a support role, from 2004-2007. Widener (and Lycoming) still carried plenty of name recognition then; perhaps the picture has changed a bit with so much success from DVC, and that nice playoff run from Albright. But I would still say that the past success makes the Pride a big-ticket item when they start to win in any given year.

As for the Widener-LVC game this weekend, I can't help but remember back to fall 2004, chilling out before practice with the game tape from the LVC-Widener contest that was played (in a monsoon-style rainstorm, on the old grass at Quick Stadium) the previous Saturday.

Final score from Chester: LVC 3, Widener 0.

Any given Saturday, my friends 

I am in a F1 pool and spend my sunday mornings up at the crack of dawn of before watching the races all over the world. About 25 of us have done this pool for about 10+ years now...We all obviously have issues... 

[jknezek]

My parents are Wilkes alums. He happened to be visiting me last weekend when I relayed the score. He went into a bit of shock and then shrugged. In the end, his response is this stuff tends to be cyclical and in 5 or 10 years Wilkes will have a good team, Widener will be down, and hopefully Wilkes will put up 65 before kneeling down. Of course, he went on to say that he will donate to Wilkes to send that inevitable game tape to every contested recruit for the next 10 years...

You mean put up 165.  65 is nothin in this new rivalry.

nah. Dad is hopeful Wilkes is classy enough not to hang 70pts on a division rival. that being said, he'd be more than happy for Wilkes to dump all over them for at least one game in revenge.

[DelcoD3]

Some views from the Widener coach in an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer...

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/colleges/20120927_When_winning_big_means_taking_heat.html

[dlippiel]

Thanks for posting delco. It at least gave some insight to Collins thinking and some reasons for the defeat. Still, to dlip it is horse**** and he hopes Leb Val kicks the **** out of Widener  on Saturday. Dlip would have bought more into it maybe if the score was in the 60's, but 90...90 WTF??? Let's go Lev Val!

[PBR...]

Agree 100% Dlip....HE IS FULL OF 'ISH! After reading that PBR has no doubt he would of broken 100 if he had the chance.... Hope LV breaks 100 against them this weekend. And PBR's 2nd favorite team this is season is whoever Widener is playing against that week...

[jknezek]

Love the comment about how his "defense had been on the field a lot that day". Really? You scored 90 points but you wanted to keep the offense on the field to rest your first string defense? very disingenuous in my book.

[SUADC]

Love the comment about how his "defense had been on the field a lot that day". Really? You scored 90 points but you wanted to keep the offense on the field to rest your first string defense? very disingenuous in my book.

Can not be that harsh on the guy, I believe that karma comes around in many ways, may not be in points, but other things. It is really hard to tell your young guys not to play their best, when the opportunity presents itself. Personally, I have been in games, both winning and losing, where one team scored 35 points in less than 12 minutes. It was kind of fluke, but it happens once in a blue moon.

[Upstate]

Love the comment about how his "defense had been on the field a lot that day". Really? You scored 90 points but you wanted to keep the offense on the field to rest your first string defense? very disingenuous in my book.

Not defending the coach but his D was on the field a lot, they were on the field for 35+ minutes. They scored 90pts and only had the ball for 24 minutes...

[gordonmann]

On the bright side, this is the liveliest the board has been since...well, Widener was last in the NCAA playoffs.

[Pat Coleman]

Me and ... Mrs. Jones ...

[Lyco80]

Wow - all this posting reminds me of the scene in "The Princess Bride" where the Dread Pirate Roberts, played by Carey Elwes says, "Clearly, you have a dizzying intellect."  And the reply, "Ha ha, wait until I really get going."

I would like to point out that the season is not over yet - there are still plenty of games against competitive teams remaining for the MAC crown to be decided. 

Lycoming is sitting in a good spot having defeated Delware Valley, Lebanon Valley and Albright - but the rest of the gang remains - including Widener as the homecoming opponent.

The MAC could be a split champion as in previous years or even a tri-champion - you just never know until it all plays out.

Still - as was stated - lots of good commentary about the Wilkes v. Widener game.  Widener still has to play DVC too, right?  The Aggies might have something to say to them too.

I love this time of year!

Go Yankees!!  Go Warriors!!

ATB

[lewdogg11]

Dlip and PBR...why are you such pu$$ies?  Wahhhhhhhh Widener scored 90 points. Ra ra let's route for Lebanon Valley. I hope Widener kicks the sh!t out of them too. I have no doubt Widener could have done things a little differently, but if a team can't stop another team or its backups' backups, too f'ing bad. Stop being Sally's.