FB: Middle Atlantic Conference

[G-manWU]

...and I got crap for not posting???😆😆😆😂

An experiment bman. I was wondering who might come out of the shadows with JC (not THAT JC!! ) on the lamb. No LycoSimba, the Wilkes guy (forget his name), the Stevenson kid (forget his name........and 0-3 ain't helping who would make weekly and season predictions) Even Kate has disappeared!! I thought we'd get a few of the Wesley gang, including Wesleydad, but they have pretty much dried up.

I did tell you that expectations were high for both Widener and Lycoming this year, given the number of 5th (and 6th) year returning players and some transfers. It's looking like the insiders in both programs who told me so are spot on.

Time to hide again...................to see who might come out (my guess is on Simba if Lycoming keeps rolling )

You rang for the Wilkes guy, jmcozenlaw? 

Good to see some familiar faces back for another season of MAC football!

I've been in attendance for the first two home games for Wilkes (a family commitment kept me from attending the Misericordia game). Planning to attend many of the remaining games, including some of the road trips.

So far, I've been impressed with the young talent that has stepped forward on both sides of the ball for the Colonels. Still lots of room to grow, and the schedule gets tougher as the season progresses, but I like the direction that Wilkes is headed in as we enter October.

I encourage the other MAC observers to not overlook the Colonels; as I've mentioned on here before, my mind always harkens back to what a veteran player told me during my first training camp with the team in 2004: Every game in the MAC is a good one.

[jmcozenlaw]

Lookie here, the experiment is working!!! Kate AND G-manWU!! Now, after Lycoming's win at Stevenson, does Simba come out of the Witness Protection Program..........or does he wait until after the DelVal game, depending on the outcome?? My guess.........a Lyco win and he reappears

My "insiders" seem to be correct about the very high expectations this year up at Lycoming and down at Widener. Also, the coaches picked Wilkes right after DelVal and Stevenson, so I do expect a great season out of them and a very tough game up there for my adopted Aggies in the second to last week of the season. Tabora has been there forever and has given the Aggies fits. No excuses for Widener, at home, against DelVal this year.

[bill]

Wow...
Break up the Devils

Raise your hand if you had FDU winning 3 games all year. Congrats to FDU!

[MRMIKESMITH]

Wow...
Break up the Devils

Raise your hand if you had FDU winning 3 games all year. Congrats to FDU!

I can't say, but they really took care of Widener.

However, came on the board to say how impress I was with Del Val defense. I watch the game from late 2nd qtr on and that Defense hit a switch similar to that UMHB switch they had last week and totally dominated. Had they put together a full game of that, it would have been really ugly. Kudos to Lycoming for playing great 1st half.

[bill]

Congrats again to the Devils....4-1...that is easily one of the best 3/4 starts in school history.

I have not watched a single snap live...but have to think next week against Del Val will be an even better benchmark to measure this team against....

[G-manWU]

Congrats again to the Devils....4-1...that is easily one of the best 3/4 starts in school history.

I have not watched a single snap live...but have to think next week against Del Val will be an even better benchmark to measure this team against....

Hats off to the Devils Bill; looking forward to them continuing to build the program.

It looks to be another great season of MAC football; I'm thrilled to see the Colonels off to a strong start this year. While I was unable to make it to Albright this Saturday for the come-from-behind win, I was in the house for the homecoming win over Stevenson last week. A special shout-out to senior quarterback Jose Tabora for becoming the program's all-time leader in passing yards, as documented by this nice feature from WBERE/WYOU:

https://www.pahomepage.com/sports/tabora-sets-record-as-wilkes-starts-season-with-four-straight-wins/

[jmcozenlaw]

King's had the brilliant idea of trash talking DelVal on social media.........and Wilkes has already started weeks before the game (and the DelVal staff and players are aware).

I don't think that FDU will go down that path. If FDU is ever going to beat DelVal, this is the year. They have a tremendous passing offensive, a good run offense, a solid defense (against a mediocre DelVal offense) and they are getting DelVal at home on a Saturday afternoon (vs. the Friday night games which have usually been over by the middle of the second quarter. It should be........AND needs to be a great game.

[Pat Coleman]

King's had the brilliant idea of trash talking DelVal on social media.........and Wilkes has already started weeks before the game (and the DelVal staff and players are aware).

You have a link on that? All I've seen is the postgame results.

[bill]

I would seriously hope FDU doesn't go down that path! When your high water mark for wins in the past 20 years is 4 games, you really should continue to relish the underdog role...try to hide in the weeds, and pounce when they aren't paying too much attention

edit - I forgot about 2018, when they actually won 6 games

[jmcozenlaw]

King's had the brilliant idea of trash talking DelVal on social media.........and Wilkes has already started weeks before the game (and the DelVal staff and players are aware).

You have a link on that? All I've seen is the postgame results.

No link, but mentioned by several players (I've got too much grey in my hair to keep up with the newer social media apps). Apparently an ex-DVU player on the Wilkes staff has put out the fire...............as he probably realizes it is insane to poke the bear who is probably going to tear you apart anyway...........and that's without the trash talk

[kate]

Noticing that the FDU/Del Val game is listed on the FDU site for 12 noon and all other sites have it listed at 1.   Well, regardless of time, this long standing Aggie fan is truly looking forward to that game.   I might add, too, congratulations to FDU on a hard-fought battle last Saturday with Leb Val!!!

[bill]

Well,

I can only see the final score...but it looks like FDU was not much of a test for Del Val today!

[jmcozenlaw]

Well,

I can only see the final score...but it looks like FDU was not much of a test for Del Val today!

Bill, I was not at the game (neither were many FDU fans) but watched on the computer and I have to say that the final result blew me away. This was set up for FDU to take a big step up.

The Aggies lost the D3 Defensive Player of the Year (Mike Nobile) in the first quarter to a likely season ending injury. The team was deflated at that point.

The Aggies took their foot off the gas and could have scored in the 80's if they wanted. FDU's much heralded offense looked brutal. I've seen much better FDU offenses over many years. Take away a bobbled punt returned by the punter (and backup QB) for 48 yards (counted as rushing yards) and a meaningless 58 yard TD pass against the Aggies 2nd/3rd team defense in garbage time.........and the Devils had 36 total yards ON 49 PLAYS!!!!

The new head coach also poked the bear when he spoke negatively about the Aggies on a podcast (Pat, will get you the info if still available). Rookie mistake I guess.

I didn't see this coming, especially after last week's Devils 27-3 pasting of Widener, on the road.

It was butt ugly for sure. The Devils players had zero idea what hit them and the QB was shellshocked.................and that was without Nobile.

You didn't miss much!!

[jmcozenlaw]

Pat, your "interest" in seeing how the "unstoppable force" (aka FDU offense) would do against the "immovable object" (aka DVU defense) was interesting..................until about slightly after the national anthem ended.

[Pat Coleman]

Pat, your "interest" in seeing how the "unstoppable force" (aka FDU offense) would do against the "immovable object" (aka DVU defense) was interesting..................until about slightly after the national anthem ended.

I'm reminded of the Charlie Brown comic where he talks about, for one brief moment, victory was within our grasp ... and then the game started.