Atlantic Central Football Conference/Independents

thewaterboy · September 04, 2010, 02:23:06 PM

Praying that McSweeny is okay

gotta come out with some fire out of halftime

wesleydad · September 04, 2010, 04:58:08 PM

nice test today for wesley. qb goes out on first series and the team stays to the task and makes enough plays to win the game. not a dr so i can not comment on mcsweeney other than to say that he spent the rest of the game on crutches. running backs look good and if they modify the offense to use the tools that are available they should be just fine. sottllare needs to just stay within himself and not have turnovers. the defense is very fast, only play of consequence was the halfback option. they hit and hit, 8 d lineman will were teams down. still too many penalties, most of the 10 and 15 yard type. need to clean that up, especially the over celebration ones. receivers need to make catches when the ball is there to be caught, #8 did a great job going and getting it, #84 not so good. take care of business next week, then a real tough test with del val. hope mcsweeney can come back, even if he does they should limit his running. nice win against a team that didnt quit this time.

Bishop64 · September 05, 2010, 08:50:23 AM

My Bishops fell, but we had our opportunity to pull it out in the last 2 minutes. Young offense should grow from the experience. Contrats to the Sea Hawks

Teamski · September 05, 2010, 04:50:23 PM

Well,

Wesley did OK in it's victory over CNU. There are still some tweaks that need to be made on both sides of the ball, primarily on offense. That said, there were some real bright spots. The defensive line is once again top notch. It held CNU to 12 rushing yards. On the offense, Brandon Wright had 3 TD's, two of them were rushing. I mentioned him last year as a freshman and he is starting to get his "field eyes." He is a punishing running back that is completely focused on his job! He is going to have a great year if the offensive line improves over the season.

Let's hope that McSweeney's knee will allow him to return sooner than later. Luckily, Sottilaire is a really good back-up with an accurate arm. He did well last year in replacing McSweeney. Once he gets in the groove with his recievers, he is going to be dangerous.

CNU's quarterback was also favoring his knee, which really hurt his otherwise good mobility. They had some good plays on the defense that stymied some of Wesley's drives. I think they will do well this year.

So, Onto Frostberg!

-Ski

wesleydad · September 05, 2010, 04:57:00 PM

agree ski, i forgot to mention the rb, strong runs will make teams respect it and give sottilaire time to throw. unofficial word is that mcsweeney is out for season. tough loss, but not a killer. this is still a very good team. coaching will have to make the changes to keep them where they belong.

PA_wesleyfan · September 05, 2010, 08:17:31 PM

What I got from the radio cast was that Wesley has a lot of people playing. There must have been 5 or 6 different running backs touch the ball. Wesley has in the past run a two QB system so I am sure they have packages that will go with Sottilares strengthts. There aren't many true QBs who run quite like McSweeney but I did here Sottilare run a few naked boots. He seemed to have a good idea throwing and has a few drops...

Still have to wait and see what happens with McSweeneys MRI Went trough it with my son and it's not a fun trip.

wesleydad · September 06, 2010, 09:59:41 AM

pawesley, hope all is well with the family. sottilaire's runs were not anything that will make teams worry much about it. cummings came in late and he ran 2 times and looked really good, he is big. missed last year due to injury so who knows what will happen. nice thing is is they have frostburg before they have 3 tough ones in a row, del val, cap, and huntingdon will all be tough. 2 long bus trips back to back will also be hard on the team. i will be in your neck of the woods next week, delval plays wash and jeff. let me know if you might make that game. i am out of town for the wesley-delval game.

Gargantuan Gull · September 06, 2010, 05:08:26 PM

Salisbury had a very strong defensive effort this week, offensively it looked like it was the first game of the season, they moved the ball well at times but stalled when it counted. If the defense can keep it up and the O can start rolling they have a chance to be pretty good.

SU Backer · September 08, 2010, 02:52:58 PM

Good to have football back.....even though it means summer will be ending soon

. Good job Gulls, I didn't get to the game but it sounded like the defense played very well. CNU coming to town and it seems like we win there and they win here...here's hoping that doesn't happen. I will be there Saturday night....and for any of you old Gull players - Joe Galloway is serving in the USAF, currently stationed @ Goodfellow AFB in Texas.....he said he misses being around the program, but to make sure I cheer loud and GO GULLS!

Ralph Turner · September 08, 2010, 06:29:43 PM

Quote from: SU Backer on September 08, 2010, 02:52:58 PM
Good to have football back.....even though it means summer will be ending soon . Good job Gulls, I didn't get to the game but it sounded like the defense played very well. CNU coming to town and it seems like we win there and they win here...here's hoping that doesn't happen. I will be there Saturday night....and for any of you old Gull players - Joe Galloway is serving in the USAF, currently stationed @ Goodfellow AFB in Texas.....he said he misses being around the program, but to make sure I cheer loud and GO GULLS!

Goodfellow?

That is in the middle of Friday Night Lights country.

There is some very good football played in that part of the state, from 6-Man all the way up to 5A.

He can drive up to Abilene for HSU or McMurry, drive to Brownwood for HPU . It is about 280 miles out to Alpine for Sul Ross, but that part of the country has beautful sunsets.

SU Backer · September 09, 2010, 10:55:40 AM

Thanks Ralph......I am going down there in early October and he and I are planning to see a game somewhere-either college or high school.....should be fun.

Raider 68 · September 09, 2010, 04:09:57 PM

wesleydad,

What is the outlook for Wesley over the next 3 weeks? Have an easy one against Frostberg St., but a tougher home game against DV, then on to Capital. Wesley could be 4-0 after Sept or something else! $:-\$

PA_wesleyfan · September 09, 2010, 04:22:40 PM

raider 66

It won't be easy . Wesley lost their QB McSweeney for the season . They will have to gel quickly with a new QB who has had some expereince over the last two seasons

Raider 68 · September 09, 2010, 05:17:41 PM

Quote from: PA_wesleyfan on September 09, 2010, 04:22:40 PM
raider 66

It won't be easy . Wesley lost their QB McSweeney for the season . They will have to gel quickly with a new QB who has had some expereince over the last two seasons

I missed what happen to McSweeney, that does cause some major concern!

thewaterboy · September 09, 2010, 05:22:50 PM

Well I think the Frostburg game will be a little interesting this week. I'd like to see how Sottilare does after his first full week of practice as a "starter", and if they give Cummings some time at QB.

McSweenys loss is a tough one but I think Wesley has enough talent to still contend, and go deep into the playoffs as long as Sottilare or Cummings steps up and does a solid job at the quarterback position.

Raider 68- McSweeny tore his ACL on the first drive of the season. I think he tore it on the second carry. He got tackled out of bounds and his left leg bent the wrong way.