FB: Middle Atlantic Conference

[Simba]

A true Warrior comes back to coach instead of play his senior year at Lyco and the reason why....

http://wnep.com/2015/08/30/college-football-player-saves-dads-life-loses-leg/

God Bless him and his family...

Simba

[D3MAFAN]

A true Warrior comes back to coach instead of play his senior year at Lyco and the reason why....

http://wnep.com/2015/08/30/college-football-player-saves-dads-life-loses-leg/

God Bless him and his family...

Simba

Awesome Story Simba! Much props to this young man.

[wesleydad]

I am heading to the Widener/Rowan game today, it is a short 10 min walk for me.  I will be interested to see the new offense for the Pride.  I expect this to be a good game.  Rowan brings a pretty strong defense and will likely run the ball or try to run the ball a lot with their stud running back.  And the weather is going to be nice, the heat wave finally broke.

[bman]

I am heading to the Widener/Rowan game today, it is a short 10 min walk for me.  I will be interested to see the new offense for the Pride.  I expect this to be a good game.  Rowan brings a pretty strong defense and will likely run the ball or try to run the ball a lot with their stud running back.  And the weather is going to be nice, the heat wave finally broke.

Wish I was there...
Hopefully I'll be able to get the live stream broadcast from Cortland St.

[wesleydad]

Did not see that happening after the first half.  Rowan showed nothing on offense trailing 10-3.  First drive in second half takes 3 mins and 75 yards and tie the game at 10.  Marcellin goes 85 yards and it is 17-10.  Int returned for TD 24-10 and game over.  The d line dominated the second half.  They had Klein running for his life most of it.  The only plays that worked for Widener were when he avoided pressure and his receivers got open.  Rowan stopped Widener inside the 5 twice, once stripping the ball from the runner and the second stuffing a 4th and QB sneak.  Rowan has Marcellin and not much else on offense.  The QB is average and the receivers are not fast to get deep.  The defense will keep them in games as I expected and they are going to hand it to Marcellin and hope he breaks enough to win games.  Excellent second half for Rowan.  As for Widener, the defense is good, only giving up the 85 yard TD run and the 30+ run, kept Marcellin in check the rest of the game.  The O line was dominated in the second half.  Klein is good and sliding around pressure and giving receivers chances to get open.  The running game is so so and the receivers are small.  They had chances to put game away and didnt.  I am not sure about the QB sneak call on 4th and 1, not getting in was the game changer since the 85 yard TD run came after that stop.  Widener is good, but the offense will have to improve to beat top level teams.

[jmcozenlaw]

I was traveling and not at the Del Val vs. Montclair State game today but got a few in game and post game updates from some friends. I have to say that I was stunned by the result. Montclair brought a lot of starters back on both sides of the ball, Del Val had only ONE returning offensive starter and only five or six on defense, and lost their stud kicker as well. I really thought the loss of Aaron Wilmer, Rasheed Bailey, Chris Smallwood and 4/5 of the offensive line would be way too much against a stout, veteran Montclair defense.

I also thought that the revenge factor would be huge in benefiting Montclair. I guess that's why they play the game though. As young and inexperienced (a lot of freshman saw significant time today) as the Aggies are, this game was huge in building confidence going forward. Let's hope it didn't deflate Montclair as the likes of Wesley, Rowan, CNU and Salisbury await.

Per my buddies, several of the Aggies after the game mentioned how they had never been involved in a game with so much much sideline trash talk. I was told that this is what led to the end of game throat slash gesture by Del Val's freshman wide receiver (who did get a 15 yard unsportsmanlike like penalty). He had enough of the taunting, cursing and Bailey comparisons all day. Mentions of "being lucky" last year. Mentions of "knocking someone's head off". A lot of "Vinnie from Bayonne" kind of stuff. It served as some motivation at the half and the Aggies built 10 point leads on two occasions. When that kind of talk backfires, it's a tough pill to swallow. Anybody can talk the talk.......it's all about walking the walk. I'm a bit old school but I'd bet Sam Mills let his play do all of his talking. He was a hero of mine growing up in NJ.

Sometimes a team just has your number, even when significantly depleted by the loss of significant senior talent. Del Val just does have Montclair's number. I'm looking forward to seeing both team's trajectory from here.

GO AGGIES!!! What an unexpected start to a transition season. Maybe the massive rebuild is more like a reload

[bman]

Bummed to see that Bailey was not included on the Eagles practice squad.  Martino was included, who seemed much less effective.  I am assuming that it's due to his speed.  Ultimately I think that's what doomed Rasheed.  Hopefully he can hook on with another team.  Maybe CFL?

[jmcozenlaw]

Week Two Predictions:

Widener - 38      King's - 10
Lycoming - 24     Stevenson - 20
LebVal - 27         Misericordia - 17
DelVal - 21          Wilkes - 20

I also have first dibs on Wisconsin and Mount Youngstown State Union meeting in the Stagg Bowl. The rest of you can choose anybody else in the field

[bman]

Week Two Predictions:

Widener - 38      King's - 10
Lycoming - 24     Stevenson - 20
LebVal - 27         Misericordia - 17
DelVal - 21          Wilkes - 20

I also have first dibs on Wisconsin and Mount Youngstown State Union meeting in the Stagg Bowl. The rest of you can choose anybody else in the field

My Picks

Widener - 17       King's - 14
Stevenson - 28    Lycoming - 20     
LebVal - 35         Misericordia - 30
DelVal - 28          Wilkes - 7

You certainly didn't go out on a limb on that Stagg Bowl did you...
I'll Take
Linfield vs MU

[bman]

Nice win by Wilkes tonight.  What a surprise..
I was a little off on my pick...

[gordonmann]

Yep. Growing pains for the young Aggies.

They went 0-for-5 in the red zone and, other than the first time, they were never close to scoring, as odd as that sounds.

[kate]

Gordon, thanks so much for your Aggie/Wilkes game take.  Congratulations to Wilkes.  Please forgive this FB kind of post, but I was counting on the Aggies to lift my sport's mood after the Serena loss.  I underestimated the loss of Aaron and Rasheed.  Hopefully, the rest of the season picks up, especially after that fantastic Montclair win.  At least the Wilkes video didn't include audio .

[kate]

Sorry for the double, but somewhere CJ is very happy !

[bill]

We'll , FDU is still in this conference for football [/url], and actually beat TCNJ today!!

Great job coming off a brutal 2014....

[bman]

We'll , FDU is still in this conference for football [/url], and actually beat TCNJ today!!

Great job coming off a brutal 2014....

Please beat Lyco also...


...And Del Val and Stevenson while you're at it...