Atlantic Central Football Conference/Independents

[theone]

i honestly can't see salisbury beating wesley this year. Wesley has way too many weapons on the offensive side of the ball. Salisbury's DB'S have been giving up way too many yards this year to teams who dont have the speed that wesley has. So what do you think will happen when they face the wolverines???

[theone]

i see salisbury going either 8-2 or 7-3 without dustin johnson. Playoffs....NO

ECAC'S likely

[luvapontiac]

Salisbury will beat Wesley...with or without Dustin Johnson

[acfcposter]

Congrats to Salisbury, Frostburg and Wesley. It looks as though the Salisbury kids really pulled together this week and put it to Apprentice. Also, hats off to Frostburg. They pulled off a mild upset of Buff St. Hopefully, they will be able to keep getting better each week. Also, Wesley continues to look very impressive. The Salisbury/Wesley game should be phenominal! Looking ahead to this week, I believe that Frostburg will give Wesley a better game than they are expecting. I believe that they (Wesley) might be so focused on Salisbury that Frostburg might give them a scare. I am in no way saying that Frostburg will beat them this weekend, but it will be closer than most think. The other game that I believe will be closer than expected is the Salisbury/Buff St game. Buff St probably believes that they let one slip away this past wekend at Frostburg and will be fired up to play. The Buff St QB played VERY well against a pretty good defense and I do not believe, with the exception of Westbrook, that the Salisbury secondary is that good. I believe that Buff St will be able to score some points and stay in the game until at least the start of the fourth quarter. But, I do not believe that they have enough fire power to outscore Salisbury. So here are my predictions for these 2 games this week:

Wesley 24
Frostburg 17

Salisbury 41
Buff St 31

[Bigtoe75]

Salisbury has a bye week this week.  They don't play Buff St. until the 15th.  They beat Buff St. 40 - 6 last year on the road with Travis Peters at QB.  I look for the same result this year, after that long bus ride to the 'bury.  It is also their third long trip of the year (Wesely, FSU, SU) and the last of 4 straight road games.  I agree with acfcposter in that FSU will give Wesely a tough game, but Wesely will have too much in the end.

[luvapontiac]

Is it just me, or are there not many people posting in this forum anymore. 

[njlincolnlion]

Luv:

No it's not you, there really isn't alot of posters here, and I fear with an bye week for Salisbury there may be less.

How was the Virginia/Maryland game?  The running back for Maryland Lance Ball is from my area (Teaneck, NJ).

[acfcposter]

Bigtoe75:

I must have missed the date, but I knew that the next game for Salisbury was Buff St. I might be completely wrong, but I still believe that Buff St will be able to keep it closer than you expect. I would be willing to bet that Buff St will score 21 or more points against Salisbury. Unfortunately, for Buff St, they will give up more than 28. Like I said before, Salisbury will win the game, but their defense is not nearly as good as it has been over the past 2 years. If Buff St can protect the QB, they will score.

[luvapontiac]

That game was electrifying! I have been to games at Virginia Tech that were loud, but Byrd Stadium was the loudest I ever heard. The Maryland fans never gave up even as Virginia took the lead late in the game. I think the crowd and the black jerseys for MD really helped the Terps win.

On a D3 note, I have been to many games at Salisbury, and I have to say they have one of the worst stadiums-if not the worst overall- I have ever seen. It would be nice to get some lights on the stadium and schedule a night game for them. That would really draw a nice crowd instead of playing every single game at 1 on Saturday. Facilities really do a nice jesture not only for the fans but for the team. CNU really put a lot of effort into Pomoco Stadium, and they have great attendance. Salisbury looks like an old run down high school stadium, which is why they average about 1000 people a game. For a consistant top 25 team, I would think more people would show up. I blame the boring lack of diversity in the game times, and I blame the mediocre bleachers they call a stadium.

[njlincolnlion]

Luv:

I see your point about Salisbury stadium, and agree that for a school with tremendous sports teams the Football/Lacrosse  stadium leaves alot to be desired.  The only upside is that there is no track around to put you further away from the action.

I saw in a homecoming program 2 years a ago an add/sketch for a new stadium, I don't know whatever happend to it?

[njlincolnlion]

luv:

When I said sports teams, all of Salisbury's teams.  The School has finished in the top 20 in the Sear's Director's cup the last couple of years.  Right now the Field Hockey team is No. 1 , Men's Soccer is No. 2, and Football is No.17.  The Spring sports are just a good with Lacrosse, Baseball and Softball.

[Hampton U SID]

Or is it people are saving up their energies for the Wesley-Salisbury week.

haha

[njlincolnlion]

nnsid:

I think you hit it on the nail with the Salisbury/Wesley game.  A certain poster (i.e theone), has been talking about the game since week one.  Well it's almost here, and it will be for all the marbles.

[Hampton U SID]

we will see how we can rebound after Saturday's performance at Ursinus.

[PA_wesleyfan]

  I am a Big fan of Wesley football...BUT I don't think we should look ahead to early. Wesley has Frostburg this week and road trips to NNA and a long ride to Brockport before they tangle with Salisbury.  I don't think Wesley will lose before then BUT....That's why they play the games!!!
  I will be at that game for sure and it will be Wesley's homecoming so there won't be many seats to go around. I did hear that Wesley wanted to play it under the lights but Salisbury wasn't keen on the idea. I haven't seen the lights at night yet on the new field but I here that it is very well lit.