FB: Middle Atlantic Conference

[LANES]

Got it, Sid of WU has his cell on the game sheet, how nice is that!

http://www.teamline.cc/free_listen?teamcode=2855&eventcode=20&status=PFU

Go Albright!

[PBR...]

Walking out the door to Widener. Hope everyone has a good game day.

very windy up here today pat and cloudy perfect fall day for football!! (albeit a little too windy) enjoy the game!!

[Pat Coleman]

Thanks. Little less windy here with the trees all around.

[LANES]

Ouch on the game, but great photo Pat! Looks like you were playing free safety.  Sounded like a great shootout although Bright went flat in second or WU woke up.  Looks like game ON next week for second in the MAC.

Bring on the Ram!

[DVCFan11]

wat a great contest between the aggies and wilkes. congrads to both teams for such a great battle and for wilkes for pulling out the victory. id like to say a thank you to the 16 aggies seniors who helped turn the team around after many years on the bottom: Sean Raftery, Kyle Mancuso, Jake Sheffield, Matt DiRocco, Quincy Thaxton, John Pursell, Dan Harrington, Mike Dilts, Dominick Donofrio, Steve Drombroski, Omari Hollingsworth, Joel Foreman, Travis Albanesius, Tyrone Nickens, and Nick Lucas. all of the aggies fans appreciate what you all put into the program.

[hit1sticks]

Congrats from an albright fan to Widener on there win today. They really deserved it after falling behind by two scores at half and taking it to Albright in the second half.  Two things I picked up on during the game were Albright did very minimal adjustments at half time. Not exagerating here but Widener must have completed 15-20 hitch routes throughout the game, and other than one INT on a hitch, Albright failed to mix their coverage schemes.  They pretty much ran two different plays there last posession (draw and hitch) and Albright never switched it up once.  The other thing I noticed was correct me if I'm wrong but heading into the game Widener was leading the MAC in penalty yards coming in and today played a very disciplined football game. Maybe one or two penalties throughout the game.  Big showdown next Sat. in Reading for second place. Quick question, will the loser of next weeks game get a chance at an ECAC bid?

[LANES]

Congrats from an albright fan to Widener on there win today.


Quick question, will the loser of next weeks game get a chance at an ECAC bid?

Winner?

[gordonmann]

Actually, I'm not sure there is an ECAC bid on the line.

Albright at 7-3 would still have the best looking record in the MAC among ECAC competitors, regardless of where a three-way tie situation puts them.  If we assume six teams go from Pennsylvania/New Jersey, I'm not sure they'll slip out of the top 6 even with a loss (see below).  And Del Val is probably out, even at 5-5 or 5-4 (not sure if they consider the Iona loss).  What could be at stake for Albright is a home ECAC game.

Here are the teams who declared for ECACs and their records.  I'll skip Widener, W&J, Muhlenberg, the New York and New England teams since teams don't travel that far for ECACs.

Salisbury (8-1, likely NCAA team)
Wesley (8-1, likely NCAA team)
Waynesburg (7-2)
Albright (7-2)
Dickinson (7-2)
Montclair State (7-2)
Ursinus (7-2)
Geneva (6-3)
Gettysburg (6-3)
Moravian (6-3)
Carnegie Mellon (5-4)
Bethany (4-5)
Delaware Valley (4-5)
Grove City (4-5)
Kean (4-5)

[bman]

I have to say, that I have completely and totally eaten my words from thr Rowan game, when I accused this Widener team of not having heart...(still) I am not sure how far they can go, but nonetheless, they proved something today...

Congrats to Albright and their fans, although I was not able to go today, your team is the real deal...looks like we will have 4 tough teams (at least) in the MAC next year...

Although the season is not over, I must say that it has been a pleasure having the recent posters on the board...this was the most knowledgeable group on here in a long time...I hope everyone stays...

PBR...I feel your pain brother...here's hoisting one for you, the Lions, Aggies, and the Colonels...

[DVCFan11]

so its safe to say that if dvc wins next week and gets to 5-5 they wont get a bowl game???

[WUDLINE]

Bman - Thanks for your comments regarding the WU football team. It takes a man to admit when he is wrong. I agree that this team may not have the individual talent that some of the WU teams of the past have had, but they fight together and play as a team. Maybe they will not go far in the playoff, but to respond from that Rowan loss and win the conference is pretty impressive. I think that this is truely a credit to coach Wood and his staff for keeping his team together. In the past this team would have quit and started to point fingers at each other in similiar situations like today. However, they stuck together and pulled out a great win.

Hitsticks-
Thanks for the congrats. You are right about the half time adjustments. Again I think Wood deserves alot of credit for the changes he made. The WU D has not allowed a third quarter touchdown in conference play all season. I would say that is pretty impressive, and speaks volumes about Woods ability to adjust. I would also like to give the Albright staff and players alot of credit on a great game and season, what a turn around. Great job.

Lanes - Tough one buddy - Open mouth - insert foot.

[gordonmann]

DVCFan11:

I think that's the case, yes.  And frankly I don't think that should be a surprise since post season games are rare for .500 teams.

[DVCFan11]

i wasnt sure since wasnt salisbury 5-5 last year when they played in the bowl? so how deep in the playoffs does widener get? any predictions?

[gordonmann]

Yes, Salisbury was 5-5 last year.  I don't think that'll be good enough to get a team in this year given all the ones that filed and their records.

[Pat Coleman]

Ouch on the game, but great photo Pat! Looks like you were playing free safety.  Sounded like a great shootout although Bright went flat in second or WU woke up.  Looks like game ON next week for second in the MAC.

Thanks, man. Full photo gallery is up, too. Felt like I got pretty lucky on a lot of shots out there:

http://www.pictureprints.net/albums.php?gallery=1925