Atlantic Central Football Conference/Independents

[Teamski]

Interesting....Christopher Newport is joining the Capital Athletic Conference.  Is this further proof that we will see the CAC sponsor football at some point in the future?  If Frostburg, Salisbury and Stevenson join in, we may well have another A Pool conference on the horizon.....

-Ski

Here's our stories from the original announcement. Stevenson is no longer in the CAC.
http://www.d3sports.com/notables/2012/06/southern-virginia-to-join-cac
http://www.d3sports.com/notables/2012/02/cnu-withdraws-from-usac-for-cac

I gotcha.... Ye Olde News......   

-Ski

[DGPugh]

Hawks
sounds Great

i thank Miss college is going to D2 (again) so they might also be a good game.

i hope we do well
keep the faith

[DE Wesley Fan]

Nice article in today's News Journal about Wesley's Kirk Brooks who was recently diagnosed with lymphoma.  Good news is it thankfully sounds like a full recovery is expected.  Hope he knows how many people are praying for him, how lucky we've been to get to see him play, and how much we appreciate all he's done for the program.  Not sure how well this link will work as they only allow so many non-paying views, but here it is.....

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20121128/SPORTS08/311280039/Brooks-after-diagnosis-Don-t-worry-about-me

[PA_wesleyfan]

Thanks for sharing DE wesleyfan

[Teamski]

Well stated DE......

-Ski

[Hawks88]

Meant to reply here instead of the playoff thread but he'll be in our prayers. I remember that interception against HC was a terrific play.

[DE Wesley Fan]

I think Askia Jahad summed it up best with his quote in today's News Journal "There's no secrets.  We've got to just punch them in the mouth.  They know what we're going to do, we know what they're going to do and we've just got to play ball."  Article also quoted Tim Putnam that the o-line was embarrassed by their earlier performance that allowed for negative rushing yards and they know they have to step up and be much tougher this time around.    Easy to say it - let's hope they can do it!

[umhb2001]

Safe travels to those coming tomorrow. Weather looks good for Saturday. Should be a great day. I'm expecting it to be. 

[thewaterboy]

I think a healthy Jahad will definitely help the Wolverines rushing attack. They wont run all over UMHB's D, but some running game is better than none. Wesley had none back in week 3 and still had a chance to win that football game.

Bailey will be interesting, if the Wesley D-line can put pressure on him, he will make a mistake. The Wolverine D has done a pretty good job compared to other teams of keeping him in check throughout his career. Lets see if they can be a little more effective than their week 3 performance now. 

[umhb2001]

I think a healthy Jahad will definitely help the Wolverines rushing attack. They wont run all over UMHB's D, but some running game is better than none. Wesley had none back in week 3 and still had a chance to win that football game.

Bailey will be interesting, if the Wesley D-line can put pressure on him, he will make a mistake. The Wolverine D has done a pretty good job compared to other teams of keeping him in check throughout his career. Lets see if they can be a little more effective than their week 3 performance now.

Bailey is not making mistakes this year. 3 Int's with two coming off of receivers' hands. He has grown and matured greatly. And, after facing three great running attacks in the ASC, the D knows how to play. It will be exciting from the start for sure!

[thewaterboy]

I think a healthy Jahad will definitely help the Wolverines rushing attack. They wont run all over UMHB's D, but some running game is better than none. Wesley had none back in week 3 and still had a chance to win that football game.

Bailey will be interesting, if the Wesley D-line can put pressure on him, he will make a mistake. The Wolverine D has done a pretty good job compared to other teams of keeping him in check throughout his career. Lets see if they can be a little more effective than their week 3 performance now.

Bailey is not making mistakes this year. 3 Int's with two coming off of receivers' hands. He has grown and matured greatly. And, after facing three great running attacks in the ASC, the D knows how to play. It will be exciting from the start for sure!

Im not saying that the Wesley run game will kill the UMHB D, but -4 rushing yards will not get the job done. With Jahad healthy, some Wesley running game is better than none. Bailey will make a mistake, hes not perfect, and Wesley does a nice job of keeping him more down to earth than other teams. 16-26 for 138 through the air, and 10 for 34 yards on the ground. I would call that pretty "in check"

[wesleydad]

figured i would just repost this since I think it spells out why I think wesley has a better than good chance of winning saturday.  UMHB was scoring at will last year and only got 24 on wesley.  I know that Bailey is better and makes a difference, I just think wesley can contain the offense better than they are being given credit for.  2 tackles made and UMHB only gets 24 at most in the first game.

took another look at the boxscore from the first game and i was surprised by some things.  wesley has more first downs and threw for 294 yards.  they were only 3 - 12 on 3rd down, umhb was 13 - 22 and i can remembering saying that the defense cant get off the field.  with that 3rd down efficiency it makes sense that umhb had the ball for close to 35 minutes.  i also remember that bailey escaped 2 sacks and turned them into td passes once he got outside the pocket.  bailey only ran for 34 yards on 10 carries so he doesnt look to run as often as past years.  sott was sacked 4 times which led to the negative rushing total.  jahad only had 1 carry for 0 yards.  after the game was over i felt that wesley had much more of an upside than umhb did.  i dont think they will be able to convert over 50% on 3rd down.  eventhough the umhb d line dominated most of the game i dont think they hold wesley to 26 yds rushing, took the liberty of removing the sack totals.  umhb played a pretty clean game and only won by 7, which if wesley makes pat's it was only 4.  i have felt after that game that umhb was possibly the best team in the country and that wesley had the chance to be later in the season.  well, it doesnt get any later than this.  quarter finals again for the 8th year in a row, now only mount can also say that i believe.  wesley can win this football game and it will not take a miracle, it will take a clean game from the offense and a pick or 2 from the defense.  the defense is playing better than they did in game 1 and i think the d line will get the job done better this time.  umhb will move the ball and get some nice runs.  make bailey beat you with his arm by keeping him in the pocket, which they did a pretty good job of in game 1, he was hit on both plays i mentioned earlier just not finished off.  wesley will have to run the ball some, the wont need 100 but 50 - 70 would be good.  they have to get off the field on 3rd downs, hold umhb under 40%.  no turnovers and few penalties, none stupid.  a lot of things will have to go right, but that is the case anytime you have to beat a very good team which umhb is.  finally, the game plan needs to be strong like last year, well at least in the first half it was.  wesley can win this game and after looking at the boxscore from the first game i am more optimistic than i was after saturday.  umhb gives up points and if wesley plays to their ability they will score, can the defense keep umhb under 30?, that is my magic number.  looking forward to watching this game on saturday.

[umhb2001]

figured i would just repost this since I think it spells out why I think wesley has a better than good chance of winning saturday.  UMHB was scoring at will last year and only got 24 on wesley.  I know that Bailey is better and makes a difference, I just think wesley can contain the offense better than they are being given credit for.  2 tackles made and UMHB only gets 24 at most in the first game.

took another look at the boxscore from the first game and i was surprised by some things.  wesley has more first downs and threw for 294 yards.  they were only 3 - 12 on 3rd down, umhb was 13 - 22 and i can remembering saying that the defense cant get off the field.  with that 3rd down efficiency it makes sense that umhb had the ball for close to 35 minutes.  i also remember that bailey escaped 2 sacks and turned them into td passes once he got outside the pocket.  bailey only ran for 34 yards on 10 carries so he doesnt look to run as often as past years.  sott was sacked 4 times which led to the negative rushing total.  jahad only had 1 carry for 0 yards.  after the game was over i felt that wesley had much more of an upside than umhb did.  i dont think they will be able to convert over 50% on 3rd down.  eventhough the umhb d line dominated most of the game i dont think they hold wesley to 26 yds rushing, took the liberty of removing the sack totals.  umhb played a pretty clean game and only won by 7, which if wesley makes pat's it was only 4.  i have felt after that game that umhb was possibly the best team in the country and that wesley had the chance to be later in the season.  well, it doesnt get any later than this.  quarter finals again for the 8th year in a row, now only mount can also say that i believe.  wesley can win this football game and it will not take a miracle, it will take a clean game from the offense and a pick or 2 from the defense.  the defense is playing better than they did in game 1 and i think the d line will get the job done better this time.  umhb will move the ball and get some nice runs.  make bailey beat you with his arm by keeping him in the pocket, which they did a pretty good job of in game 1, he was hit on both plays i mentioned earlier just not finished off.  wesley will have to run the ball some, the wont need 100 but 50 - 70 would be good.  they have to get off the field on 3rd downs, hold umhb under 40%.  no turnovers and few penalties, none stupid.  a lot of things will have to go right, but that is the case anytime you have to beat a very good team which umhb is.  finally, the game plan needs to be strong like last year, well at least in the first half it was.  wesley can win this game and after looking at the boxscore from the first game i am more optimistic than i was after saturday.  umhb gives up points and if wesley plays to their ability they will score, can the defense keep umhb under 30?, that is my magic number.  looking forward to watching this game on saturday.

Easier said than done. Bailey is illusive and can beat you with his arm. Two of his three INTs are from tips and one hung up in the wind here in Belton. The one area we may be weak is DB's. We've had some injuries and I'm not sure where those guys are in returning. Nothing was in the paper this week. If that is the case, I think we may blitz more to try and put pressure on the QB. Should be fun.

[DE Wesley Fan]

Heading to Austin tonight - can't wait for tomorrow.  Supposed to be almost 80 which will be a pleasant change from last week's wind and cold, though I don't care as long as the result is the same

[bleedpurple]

Good luck to both teams tomorrow.  Should be a great game.  Two great teams and quality programs.  Lots of respect due to you both. Enjoy the game!