FB: Middle Atlantic Conference

[PBR...]

that is the one....my 2 nephews are going to the sports camps at dvc everyday....i think the field is going to be great with all the new drains under it and and a nice crown it should be in really good shape. i believe they are re-doing the  practice field as well.....then all they need to do is upgrade the stadium!!

[MACguy]

Pat Coleman, all i simply meant was that those are the 2 highest ranked teams i see playing (according to street n smith anyways, could be very different by ur picks) so let me rephrase,
should be a great game in d3 this season.... wilkes vs. deleware valley... GOOD LUCK

[Dynasty07]

MAC gets the snub, basically, with pre-season all-americans, what gives?! I suppose the conference is going to have to go out and prove d3 wrong.....  8)

[Pat Coleman]

The conference got three preseason All-Americans out of 50 spots. With 233 teams in Division III that means that an 11-team conference on average should have had two spots out of 50.

I sure hope you're not complaining about the school you're posting from. You guys only had three All-CONFERENCE players last year.

[Warren Thompson]

The conference got three preseason All-Americans out of 50 spots. With 233 teams in Division III that means that an 11-team conference on average should have had two spots out of 50.

I sure hope you're not complaining about the school you're posting from. You guys only had three All-CONFERENCE players last year.

Pat, you need to forgive certain posters who seem to think that the MAC has the next Mt. Union or St. John's or Linfield -- or a Wittenberg or a Mary Hardin-Baylor or a Hardin-Simmons or even a Texas Lutheran. Wilkes, Widener, and Delaware Valley do nice things, but they're not [yet] world-class venues.

And to the complainer, keep in mind that no one is "snubbing" the MAC. This conference still needs to prove itself.

On the other other hand, you can't blame them for wishful thinking ....

[phil]

Warren
Wadya mean!?! DVC beat TCNJ in the ECACs a few years ago. What more proof do you need?

BTW, we're strongly considering a relo to Houston for many reasons. Actually was close to having it be Austin or San Antonio (which I think you could have given me sage advice on). But Houston? Hotter than hell. Golf 24/7. Astros, Texans ... er ... uhh ... go Rice!

...shoot me now!

[Warren Thompson]

Warren

BTW, we're strongly considering a relo to Houston for many reasons. Actually was close to having it be Austin or San Antonio (which I think you could have given me sage advice on). But Houston? Hotter than hell. Golf 24/7. Astros, Texans ... er ... uhh ... go Rice!

...shoot me now!

Mercy! If you're considering a relocation to Texas, please, please let it not be Houston. Yeah, you can hit the greens 24/7, but you will  also have the skeeters, the floods, the lack of any sort of zoning laws (i.e., a strip-joint next to a church or a day-care center), hurricanes, and the occasional scorpion and gator. The only place worse than Houston would be Dallas ....

Get yourself and your family to the sane part of Texas: Austin or San Antonio or virtually any venue in between.

[Pat Coleman]

the sane part of Texas.

Not sure I've ever heard this phrase.

[phil]

Warren,
I know, I know...

Thinking of northwest Houston on Lake Conroe ... would much prefer Austin or San Antonio tho'. The only positive when it comes to the relo would be exchanging the equity from the Chatham, NJ residence for greater Houston real estate. At least I can have 4,000+ sq. feet with a pool on a golf course...

...which is prone to mold, skeeters, floods and hurricanes!

[Warren Thompson]

the sane part of Texas.

Not sure I've ever heard this phrase.

Actually, there are pockets, some fairly large, of sanity in the Lone Star State. There are even some outside the San Antonio/Austin axis. E.g., there's Ralph Turner up there in Plano, Josh Bowerman and Ron Boerger in the DFW metroplex. 

(On the other hand, consider what the Houston area has given the world: Tom Delay and Enron.  But if Phil relocates to this region, its sanity level will assuredly rise.  )

[Knightstalker]

the sane part of Texas.

Not sure I've ever heard this phrase.

Actually, there are pockets, some fairly large, of sanity in the Lone Star State. There are even some outside the San Antonio/Austin axis. E.g., there's Ralph Turner up there in Plano, Josh Bowerman and Ron Boerger in the DFW metroplex. 

(On the other hand, consider what the Houston area has given the world: Tom Delay and Enron.  But if Phil relocates to this region, its sanity level will assuredly rise.  )

While Phils presense will raise the sanity level it is nowhere enough to counteract my completely insane and pyschotic ex-fiance who moved back to the area about twenty years ago.

[Warren Thompson]

While Phils presense will raise the sanity level it is nowhere enough to counteract my completely insane and pyschotic ex-fiance who moved back to the area about twenty years ago.

What you say above ... I ain't gonna touch that -- not never, not no how, ever. 

[bossman05]

lets talk some preseason conference players.......
QB:?
RB:?
WR:?
TE:?
OL:?
DL:?
LB:?
DB:?


Ps..Will Kyle Manacuso be returning to del val....any info???

[Dynasty07]

take er easy pat, i wasnt inreference to my school. i just feel that there are some real quality players, that maybe could be included in the list of A-A'cans, maybe not. as being apart of the MAC, i am definitely going to promote it over other conferences, and believe it or not i pay attention to other conferences as well. this is a message board, is it not? made to voice opinoins.

[Pat Coleman]

Did you have names of people who should have been included, then? I'd like to hear since you were pretty strong in your opinion.