Atlantic Central Football Conference/Independents

[Teamski]

Well, it's down to an hour to go!  No doubt, Wesleydad is mixing it with the UMBH folks, for either good or bad, hehehehehe.....

I don't predict scores very well, so I won't even try.  I think Wesleydad has it right on for the score, though.  If Wesley keeps the ball off the ground, I think they will be dominant.   Keep the pressure on the QB, crowd the option and expect some serious possesion time!

-Ski

[@d3jason]

Crazy Uncle Frank is in the house!!

[PA_wesleyfan]

he said he would be there...i am only going to here the first half
i'll have to get the live stats going so i can go back and rehash it 


Go Wesley    

[thewaterboy]

Well Wesley played terribly today. I feel bad for the seniors. But thats what happens when you turn the ball over 5 times. UMHB just played better than us today. Our O-Line wasnt playin as well as it should have and we cannot hold onto the football. That game was just terrible.

wesleydad, best of luck to your son, he was awesome and stepped up when the team needed him to, even though this year didnt quite turn out his way.

[Teamski]

Well, it ended today for the Wesley Wolverines.  They had another great season and nobody can take that away from them.  Ultimately, turnovers did them in and took them right out of the second round.  Nonetheless, they did good and I will miss all of the seniors that made the Wolverines what they are.  They include Larry Beavers (NCAA record return holder) , Sean Matthews, Jon Lanuette, Pat Bell, Chet Turner, Steve Scanlon, Jeramiah Santiago and the others. Good luck in all of your futures!!!  You guys rock!!
It was great meeting the parents of Jason Schatz, Collin Blugis and the others this year.  Good luck to Wesleydad and I hope you stick around. 

I count myself lucky to live just two blocks away from one of the best DIII football teams in the nation.  To experience the teamwork, skill and athleticism of a team lead by Mike Drass is something that you just don't see every day.

I will be back next year, hopefully as a full-time student after retiring from the USAF.   I hope to get involved somewhere on the team.....and no, I will not try out, hehehehe......

-Ski

[crufootball]

Congrats to Wesley on a fine season, everything was working today for the Cru but you guys never quit. Hope everyone has a safe trip back that made it to Belton, believe I know how long of a trip it is home after losing to yall because I had to drive back after the loss to you guys two years ago.

[PA_wesleyfan]

This game started eerily like the two UWW games.. Wesley giving up the ball early and often and then got man handled on the line. Congrats to UMHB they took it to Wesley today. Beat W@J 

 

[wesleydad]

no need to try to explain the game.  the issues that i have talked about all year all showed up today.  congrats to the seniors who have raised the program to another level, hopefully the others can keep it there.  i was glad that jason got to finish his career playing and not standing on the sideline.

pawesley and teamski, i will see you guys around as i will have nothing to do on saturdays so i will certainly take in a game or 2.

waterboy, thanks for the compliment.

teamski, yes we did mix it up with roocru and toby taff, 2 great guys.

[roocru]

Congratulations to Wesley on a season many D3 fans and players would give their right arms for.  I was impressed with your tenacity today and you guys were passing around a few licks of your own during the game.   

I was at the establishment where the Wesley team ate after the game.  They were very classy in their defeat.  I also want to give props to Coach Drass who took time to break away from his meal and come over and visit with me and a couple of other UMHB fans at the restaurant.  He definitely showed his class as well by visiting with us.  Good luck in his Coach of the Year quest.   

[Toby Taff]

Ditto what Roocru said.  The Wesley team showed great class and fight today.  Some of those hits on defense were hard enough that we heard them at the top of the stands.  Congrats on a great year and maybe game 5 can be next year.
As for Coach Drass coming over, I didn't even realize it was him.  he was very friendly and warm.  I was impressed that someone came over from the coaching staff to say hi, I'm amazed it was the head coach.  what a great guy. 

Also, I enjoyed meeting wesleydad and family.  it's always nice to put face to screen name.  I hope he enjoys BJ's tonight and I wish all safe travels home.

[wesleydad]

to all the umhb guys that i met today.  coach drass is the reason jason went to wesley.  he has always been that way with us.

toby, we did enjoy bj's again and had a umhb alum come up and talk to us.  texas people show a lot of class win or loss.  again good luck.

[old ends]

Another season to reflect on and another season to get ready for. I said it earlier on a post .. that turnovers will control the game. I did not think that it would be Wesley.

To the seniors good luck with your studies and future for the team work you have developed will help in the future. Congrats for your season.

[Teamski]

I know this is getting way ahead of the game, but what do you guys think about the future of the ACFC?  I can't see Coach Drass having to go through the pains once again of trying to schedule games as he did this year.  I really feel a migration to NJAC, the MAC or some other conference is in order. The low seeding in the playoffs and the lack of seaon competition really undermined Wesley's competitiveness, IMHO.   The traveling was insane this year.

It is a real catalyst for change.

-Ski

[wesleydad]

home at last.  no problems on the flight home, arrived early as a matter of fact.  again i would like to thank the folks in texas for making it an enjoyable experience or as much as it could be with the outcome of the game.

teamski, i am not sure what they can do about games and leagues.  i dont think it is that easy to switch because it deals with more than just football i think.  i dont know if the travel hurt as much as the lack of tough games.

the offense was able to get away with things against lesser competition that they could not against good teams.  i am most puzzled by the o lines lack of ability in handling the blitz or just a strong pass rush.  they were as experienced as you could have had, yet against delval, muhlenberg, and umhb the pressure on the qb made it tough to get anything going.

the other was the passing game.  they went to a short passing game, usually passes between 0 - 5 from the line of scrimmage.  that will work against teams that are worried about being beaten long so they drop off leaving it open underneath.  delval, muhlenberg, and umhb were not worried about that and took things away.

finally, the change at qb was supposed to have made the team better, did it?  the results do not support that.  any of us who have watched this team the last 4 years felt that something was missing this year on offense.  they lacked the unpredictability that they had previously.  sometimes stats dont tell the whole story and completion percentage is not the end all.  look at yesterday, 17 - 28 for 180 or so and what did it get.  if you were at the game, at least a dozen of those passes were caught less than 5 yards from the line of scrimmage and with umhb's speed were kept to short gains.  some of the long passes that were successful during the year were underthrown and only turned out positive because of the caliber of the receivers making the adjustments.  yesterday, one of only 2 or 3 medium passes attempted was underthrown and picked off, that is what happens when you play teams with athletes in the secondary.  a running qb will usually be shut down by a quick and agressive defense which was also evident yesterday.  too often yesterday it looked like a one read, try to escape play, not always the fault of the qb as i stated earlier about the pressure.

this was a very talented group of seniors and they will be hard to replace and their success will be hard to duplicate.  good luck to them in the future.

[PA_wesleyfan]

ski

As wesleydad stated it's about more than just football when it comes to conferences. It's easy for fans from other boards to chirp about us and not joining a conference for football. There have been things that have fallen through the last couple of years that are out of Wesley's hands. Coach Drass has always been loyal to the other teams in the conference. With Wesley being in the CAC for other sports and the possibility of Stevenson picking up football  things could work out there. Salisbury and Gallaudet are already members and there was talk that maybe Frostburg St. would try to get into the conference as well. But you still need a few more schools for football. Unfortunately it's a slow process.

wesleydad

I think that this team missed that second deep threat that Clarke gave them in the past. They also lost Gene Knight early this year and they had a threat in Murray last year with his size(Didn't do much but kept the other team honest) Teams double and triple teamed Beavers all year and Lanouette was getting more attention as well which took away you deep threats. I would disagree on one point with the short yardage passing ONLY in that a number of the passes in the past were short passes that were taken for a lot of yardage. Clarke with his slants and Beavers hitch patterns and  Lanouette with those hands
But I also think that with the line they had they figured they could run the ball. Once again the Knight loss probably hurt there some.

Unfortunately yesterday was one of those games that snow balled quickly and became an avalanche.  Let's hope that the next few years can produce some of the same type players and teams we have seen over these last few years.

Ski

What position did you say you were going out for