Atlantic Central Football Conference/Independents

[wesleydad]

ski, i am going to have to disagree with you somewhat.  i agree there were times that the game was ugly, but in the end i was impressed with how wesley handled the difference in size on both sides of the ball.  they will not play a bigger o line yet were able to shut down the run for most of 3 quarters, kudos to the defense for that.  they will not likely play a defense made up of the type of linebackers and d backs they saw today, very fast and covered plenty of space, yet they were able to move the ball at times.  there were mistakes and the penalties were annoying, several called that did not look like penalties especially on the punt return for the td.  all in all i think that this game should give wesley a good feeling moving on as they handled the step up in division and made adjustments on offense to find what worked.  the o line had issues again and the rushing game was shut down.  sot still made some ill advised throws but also made some real nice passes when he needed to.  i feel like this was a good win.

[DE Wesley Fan]

I'm leaning towards Ski on this one - this was a pretty ugly and frustrating game.  I think the number of penalties on both sides can be attributed more to the style of the officials than the actual number of real penalties, but Wesley just wasn't on our game today.  Sot made a number of very bad decisions - not just the interceptions, but some of his choices of where to throw on incomplete passes as well.  The look of frustration and lack of confidence on his face coming to the sideline in the 3rd quarter said it all.  That said, he also threw some really nice passes and the O-line certainly wasn't helping his cause.    Found it interesting that VUL had so many very, very large players but the fiestiest ones were the little guys!  On the plus side I thought special teams was much improved today, and was happy to have no missed extra points.  Beautiful day for a game and it was nice to see Visconti added to the HOF - he was the QB when we first started coming to Wesley games, and I loved watching him.   A win is a win, and off to the next one.

[PA_wesleyfan]

UVL had 7 or 8 DI Transfers from some good  big schools.  I think you have to give the other team some credit. Maybe Wesley kids thought they had a breather game after all the tough teams they played but UVL was Bigger and Faster than any team I have seen in my 18 yrs I have been going to games including Butler.I also think that Wesley wore the big boys down at the end. Kudos to coaches fro letting Dan Tryon attempt 52 yrd FG


Good to see Ben Knapp at the game today.

[Teamski]

UVL had 7 or 8 DI Transfers from some good  big schools.  I think you have to give the other team some credit. Maybe Wesley kids thought they had a breather game after all the tough teams they played but UVL was Bigger and Faster than any team I have seen in my 18 yrs I have been going to games including Butler.I also think that Wesley wore the big boys down at the end. Kudos to coaches fro letting Dan Tryon attempt 52 yrd FG


Good to see Ben Knapp at the game today.

Good points all.  I was shocked at the difference between last year's and this year's play.  VUL had the same sized players, but they were far more athletic this year.  I didn't know that those players were D1 transfers.  Makes complete sense though.  I mentioned during the game that the coach is is Williard Bailey, formerly of Norfolk State.  This is only the second year for the program, and they have made some great steps.  I know he wants to ultimately get the team into the NCAA DII ranks, from what I understand from reading up on him last year before traveling to Lynchburg with the team. 

Either way, they created one hell of a game for Wesley and that will ultimately keep the team focused!  You know Coach Drass wasn't expecting a tough one this week.

-Ski

[Hampton U SID]

VUL does have that take-on-all-comers mentality (ie: $$ games for bank acct) with N.C. A&T, Grambling, Ohio Dominican

[Teamski]

VUL does have that take-on-all-comers mentality (ie: $$ games for bank acct) with N.C. A&T, Grambling, Ohio Dominican

With a student count of only about 400 or so, I'm sure they need every dollar they can get.

-Ski

[Teamski]

Looks like Menlo has a video feed for the Wesley game.  Hope it works when time comes!

http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/menlo.portal#

-Ski

[Hawks88]

I have to say, back-to-back open weeks is brutal. Seems like it has been forever since we played last and still seems like the next game will never get here. Hopefully the team has found a way to stay sharp and not lose the momentum we were building before the break. That's going to be tough to do. I'm just ready to see some football. Planning get off work early this afternoon if nothing comes up and go see my nephew's high school game and see if that can tide me over until next week.

Go Hawks!

[SUADC]

Looks like Menlo has a video feed for the Wesley game.  Hope it works when time comes!

http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/menlo.portal#

-Ski

If so, definitely tuning in...another East Coast vs. West Coast matchup. We saw what happen in last years 'East Coast vs. West Coast' Matchup.

[Teamski]

I have to say, back-to-back open weeks is brutal. Seems like it has been forever since we played last and still seems like the next game will never get here. Hopefully the team has found a way to stay sharp and not lose the momentum we were building before the break. That's going to be tough to do. I'm just ready to see some football. Planning get off work early this afternoon if nothing comes up and go see my nephew's high school game and see if that can tide me over until next week.

Go Hawks!

I feel for you brother!  You are going through hell right now.  I could never imagine a two-bye week gap in the middle of the season.  It is almost like losing your dog and waiting for him to show up again!  Hang in there! 

-Ski

[DE Wesley Fan]

Looks like the weather should be lovely at Menlo - lets hope for a good game!

[wesleydad]

on the road again, heading off to salisbury to see the game with Alfred U.  checked out Menlo and they are 4 - 2, losing to Linfield and Webber.  This game will be a good measuring stick for wesley and linfield.  of course the travel and such may keep the game a little closer.  I think Menlo has trouble scoring, only 9 vs Linfield and 13 vs Webber.  Looking for the offense to continue to show improvement.  Nice thing is that I will get to listen to the game on the drive back from Salisbury.  Go Wolverines.

[thewaterboy]

Ski, do you need to pay for the video feed?

[Teamski]

Ski, do you need to pay for the video feed?

Yeah, it looks like it.  Dang it!  That sux.

-Ski

[thewaterboy]

Welll....it was going smooth until that interception.

Nice to see Bundy get in the endzone. Hes one of the fastest guys in D3. He just needs some confidence. Im sure that gave him some and it would be awesome to see him get into the offense more.