FB: Middle Atlantic Conference

[Bartman]

Good luck to Delaware Valley tomorrow , an upset of NCC would be huge for the Aggies and the East Region.

[wesleydad]

Good luck to Delaware Valley tomorrow , an upset of NCC would be huge for the Aggies and the East Region.

Agree, hoping at least one of the East teams wins tomorrow.  2 would be great.

[MRMIKESMITH]

For my Del Val faithful...an east team has done it before...https://d3football.com/seasons/2015/boxscores/20150926_tcpr.xml

[@d3jason]

The Aggies will need to continue to play great defense and continue run the ball creatively out of their multiple formations and personnel groupings BUT need to add some get some big plays out of the outside receivers other than Allen. You would think that NCC will be keyed in to take Allen away. They will need a huge day out of somebody like Aaron Nelson. Just my two cents..... Good luck!

[jmcozenlaw]

For my Del Val faithful...an east team has done it before...https://d3football.com/seasons/2015/boxscores/20150926_tcpr.xml

......................but not against a team that just beat the consensus #1 team in the country, on the road, putting up 59 points against them. I think the Aggies magical (replaced 8 out of 11 offensive starters from 2018) run ends here.

[Bartman]

For my Del Val faithful...an east team has done it before...https://d3football.com/seasons/2015/boxscores/20150926_tcpr.xml

......................but not against a team that just beat the consensus #1 team in the country, on the road, putting up 59 points against them. I think the Aggies magical (replaced 8 out of 11 offensive starters from 2018) run ends here.

I agree it looks pretty daunting, but Mt. Union does not always reveal who they are until they get to the playoffs. The OAC is highly ranked because of Mount Union and often John Carroll, after that Heidleberg can compete well, but the rest of the conference would probably be thrashed by Wilkes. If Mt. Union is having an "off" year for Mt. Union, you never know it until the playoffs. This could be that year of a UMU blip, and while the NCC offense looked pretty awesome, I think the Aggies should hang with them for much of the game. If they get down early, all bets are off, but I think, even with a young team, they will compete. 

[kate]

Thanks guys for the Good wishes for Del Val!    Will be glued to the tablet tomorrow - that's for sure.   Go Aggies!

[AndOne]

ANY DELVAL FANS COMING TO NAPERVILLE.........

If you're flying into Midway on SW, directions will usually route you to I55, and I355 and tell you to exit 355 at Maple (later turns into Chicago Ave.) which mainly goes through a residential area with lots of stop lights and 4 way stops. Better to exit 2 exits south at 75th St which is 4 lane to Naperville. Take 75th west to Washington and turn right. Wash. will take you into downtown Naperville. Stay in the right lane. North on Wash to Chicago Ave (Rosebud on the SE corner, Barnes & Noble on the NE).
Turn right on Chicago. Parking in the area is poor, especially on a Sat morning, but 1/2 block after you turn onto Chicago, there is a city parking deck entrance on your left. This deck is the equivalent of 2 blocks almost directly north of the stadium. You will see the stadium between a dorm and the strip mall where Rosebud is. I would try there first.

From O'Hare—I294 South to I88 West. Exit at Naperville Rd. South on Naperville to Ogden (Rt. 34). Right on Ogden to Washington. Left on Washington to Chicago (middle of downtown Naperville). Then left on Chicago to the parking deck as above.

[New Tradition]

For my Del Val faithful...an east team has done it before...https://d3football.com/seasons/2015/boxscores/20150926_tcpr.xml

......................but not against a team that just beat the consensus #1 team in the country, on the road, putting up 59 points against them. I think the Aggies magical (replaced 8 out of 11 offensive starters from 2018) run ends here.

That was the second game I ever called on TV.  NCC had Wesley dead to rights until Joe Callahan absolutely took that game over.  I've never seen anything quite like it.  Really impressive performance. 

[formerd3db]

Quick question for you Del Val fans (and please forgive my being uniformed about this):

I noticed the Del Val coaching staff has 18 members (including the head coach.)  As much as I can recall, this is the most I've seen.  Aside from the legendary Coach Manlove being a varsity assistant/consultant to HC Greko, the first 5 or so listed with email addresses are full time coaches (and some on staff at the school?), the rest I'm assuming are part time volunteer and JV coaches?   That is quite a large coaching staff.  Just curious.

[gordonmann]

That's right. Mostly volunteers on that staff. Nowhere near 18 all time

[formerd3db]

That's right. Mostly volunteers on that staff. Nowhere near 18 all time

For sure, that is a lot.  Wow, the program is very fortunate to have that number on staff who are willing to give of their time.  A few schools scramble to have a handful and are not as fortunate.  Thanks for the follow-up info.

[tweisman5]

Below are my week 14 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 14 Predictions

#10 Del Val @ #3 North Central Illinois (-19.5): North Central Illinois wins by 14

Week 14 Rankings
1. Del Val (11-1, 8-0)
2. Stevenson (8-3, 7-1)
3. Wilkes (8-3, 6-2)
4. Widener (5-5, 4-4)
5. King's (5-5, 3-5)
6. Lycoming (4-6, 3-5)   
7. Misericordia (5-5, 5-3)
8. Leb Val (3-7, 3-5)
9. FDU (3-7, 2-6) 
10. Albright (2-8, 2-6)
11. Alvernia (2-8, 1-7)

Prediction Record
Last Week: 1-0 (1.000)
Season: 47-21 (.691)
Career: 140-57 (.711)

[gordonmann]

Great effort by Del Val today. Hard to come back from down 17 in the first half on the road against that team, but they showed a lot of fight. Penalties were a killer with two personal fouls and two offsides penalties on fourth down to keep the drive alive. You can't survive that against great teams.

But overall it was a great run. Road playoff wins are really rare (though not so much today) so you savor those.

Fontana matured as a quarterback throughout the year, Dan Allen was a total stud and Simmons showed a spark that I look forward to seeing again next year. The defense was outstanding and should be very good again next year.

When Del Val lost to Mount Union years ago, it felt like the Aggies were far away from competing at that level. It doesn't anymore.

[@d3jason]

Great effort by Del Val today. Hard to come back from down 17 in the first half on the road against that team, but they showed a lot of fight. Penalties were a killer with two personal fouls and two offsides penalties on fourth down to keep the drive alive. You can't survive that against great teams.

But overall it was a great run. Road playoff wins are really rare (though not so much today) so you savor those.

Fontana matured as a quarterback throughout the year, Dan Allen was a total stud and Simmons showed a spark that I look forward to seeing again next year. The defense was outstanding and should be very good again next year.

When Del Val lost to Mount Union years ago, it felt like the Aggies were far away from competing at that level. It doesn't anymore.

Coming up empty twice in the red zone twice in the fourth quarter twice too. Any thoughts on why they didn't kick on 4th-and-11? Wind a factor? Didn't trust the kicker?