Atlantic Central Football Conference/Independents

[jknezek]

i am not gonna make the trip to Del, and ...as every time i have watched the Hawks play Wesley, we have lost, perhaps i am the jinx 
so maybe me staying at home will give the Hawks luck 

I would say in the last 5-10 years there are a lot of fans that have mostly, or only, seen their team lose to Wesley. Take on the big boys and it sure is hard to get the big Ws.

All I can say is you can't do worse than BSC, here's a 1st qtr synopsis.

Kick to Wesley, 5 minute drive for a TD   7-0
Receive kick, 6 play drive, snap punt into endzone for safety  9-0
Kick to Wesley, 3.5 minute drive for TD  16-0
Receive kick, 1 play drive fumble returned for TD  23-0
Receive kick, 6 play drive fumble returned for TD 30-0
Receive kick, 3 and out, punt
*** Wesley goes 4 and out and punts *** minor miracle
Receive punt, 3 play drive, interception returned for TD  37-0

End of First Qtr

That interception, by the way, was the ugliest thing I've seen on a football field in a long time. The QB shovel passed it to the Wesley defender who went 85 yards the other way.

Then the game got boring until BSC managed to miss one extra point, miss a second extra point, get a mulligan thanks to Wesley being offside, and then send out the 2 pt team who managed to get picked in the endzone and have the kid run it 104 yards the other direction for a second safety. Excluding the shovel pass pick 6, that might have been the ugliest thing I've seen on a football field in a long time.

[DE Wesley Fan]

That interception, by the way, was the ugliest thing I've seen on a football field in a long time. The QB shovel passed it to the Wesley defender who went 85 yards the other way.
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Ha ha - I would beg to differ as I thought it was one of the most beautiful things we saw all day! 

[bleedpurple]

i am not gonna make the trip to Del, and ...as every time i have watched the Hawks play Wesley, we have lost, perhaps i am the jinx 
so maybe me staying at home will give the Hawks luck 

I would say in the last 5-10 years there are a lot of fans that have mostly, or only, seen their team lose to Wesley. Take on the big boys and it sure is hard to get the big Ws.

All I can say is you can't do worse than BSC, here's a 1st qtr synopsis.

Kick to Wesley, 5 minute drive for a TD   7-0
Receive kick, 6 play drive, snap punt into endzone for safety  9-0
Kick to Wesley, 3.5 minute drive for TD  16-0
Receive kick, 1 play drive fumble returned for TD  23-0
Receive kick, 6 play drive fumble returned for TD 30-0
Receive kick, 3 and out, punt
*** Wesley goes 4 and out and punts *** minor miracle
Receive punt, 3 play drive, interception returned for TD  37-0

End of First Qtr

That interception, by the way, was the ugliest thing I've seen on a football field in a long time. The QB shovel passed it to the Wesley defender who went 85 yards the other way.

Then the game got boring until BSC managed to miss one extra point, miss a second extra point, get a mulligan thanks to Wesley being offside, and then send out the 2 pt team who managed to get picked in the endzone and have the kid run it 104 yards the other direction for a second safety. Excluding the shovel pass pick 6, that might have been the ugliest thing I've seen on a football field in a long time.

That whole BSC first quarter might have been the ugliest thing i've read about on a football field in a long time!! 

[Teamski]

GAME DAY!!!!

Good luck out there today Wesley!  Keep sharp, keep quick and you will win this one!

-Ski

[wesleydad]

interested in seeing this game.  I am hoping to see the same defensive effort as last week.  Aggressive, but under control.  The O line will have to keep improving, but it looks like Huntington gives up some points so the O should be able to move the ball.  I dont think it will be as easy as the BSC game was but I do expect Wesley to win this one.  Big game for the wolverines, must win to keep playoff hopes alive.

[thewaterboy]

Well Wesley hangs on again. They played better as the game went on. They are still making mistakes that a #10 team doesnt make (i.e. 2 botched snaps), and Huntingdon cashed in on them.

It was nice to see a running game come on late after the adjustment to the 5 WR look, which was a good adjustment in itself. This team seems to have a lot of talent, just havent harnessed it yet.

[Teamski]

I got to see part of the first quarter and into half of the second for lunch today.  It was frustrating to see the running game getting swallowed up by Huntingdon's defense.  I left right before Huntingdon went up 7-3. 

Anyways, a lot of work to do on the offense without a doubt.  I know the Wolverines were able to get the ball moving in the second half, but they are nowhere near where they need to be at this point in the season.  Listening to Coach Drass on WDEL on my way home made that point clear.

So, Huntingdon played tough as I thought they would.  It will always be that way as they show up with revenge in their eyes.

-Ski

[umhb2001]

Close game today for Wesley. Watched the game intermittently. Looked as if Wesley's pass defense was a little off today but the running game looked good the times I saw.

I think UMHB was just amped up the first week at home and really didn't want anyone winning the first game at home. Last week they played uninspired ball against Sul Ross State University. We'll see how they do against a hungry Trinity team.

[wesleydad]

the first half was dreadful for both teams on offense.  Too many mistakes by Wesley on offense.  botched snaps, wrong formations, etc, etc.  At one point in the game the best offensive play Wesley has was for Callahan to run for his life to avoid the rush and then find a receiver who got open.  Eventually the offense got going and pulled out the win.  The real positive to me was that it looks like Wesley may have found a running back, Jackson runs hard to the whole and makes people miss in the open field.  I hope that he will be the featured back from here on out.  The defense was not very aggressive and that allowed Huntingdon to move the ball.  They did what they needed to to be in the game, just not enough to win.  Still dont look like a team that can seriously contend for a national title.  Still have time to fix things but have to start next week.  The O line did a much better job in the second half when Wesley abandoned the run to get back into the game.  A win is a win and was needed. 

[@d3jason]

I think they abandoned the run early, but establishing it later was what got the offense rolling late.

[DE Wesley Fan]

Agree with Wesley Dad.  Offense just looked confused most of the game.   I was suprised that the tight end (44) didn't get more touches today after he was used so well last week. Did I hear correctly that he's a transfer from Rutgers? Even though it's a little painful to watch now, the potential of this offensive unit is huge as they gain more experience playing at this level and with one another.  Question is whether they get it together fast enough to do something this year.

[DGPugh]

Wesley Dad &  DE... even sloppy yall are better than us.
But... we are still trying to get better each year.
I hope yall win the rest of yalls games, and hope yall get to the Stagg
good luck
keep the faith

[wesleydad]

dgpugh, your have a nice team.  they get after it on defense which will make it tough on anyone you play.  the offense seems a little predictable, but they did move the ball with short passes and broken tackles.  you have some tall receivers who can play.  all in all you will win most of them, if not all of them that you have left.  do that and you are in the playoffs since cnu lost yesterday.

as far as the stagg goes, I know I will be there.  as far as this wesley team, they need to improve plenty between now and the playoffs, assuming they win the rest of them.  they have a huge gap to close with UMHB, but I think they can.  Plenty of talent on Offense, just wish they didnt look so confused so often.  having to call a timeout after a timeout was the icing on the cake yesterday.  If Jackson shows up each week and can run like he did yesterday this could be a real good team.  Once he showed he could run the ball the O line was able to give callahan time and he found the open receivers.  the defense seemed to be on it's heels and one cornerback, eventhough he had an interception on an underthrown ball was chasing his receivers all game.  Kapepula, #1, is a beast and messes up plenty of offensive ideas.  Looking for a total team effort in the next couple of weeks to see how good they really can be.

[PA_wesleyfan]

  Jackson had a real good game yesterday. He has the ability to cut while going forward which is a big plus for a running back. Some of the confusion in sets yesterday was caused by players filling in for others out of their normal sets. The O line look good most of the day. Callahan seemed to be uncertain on some passes but he is young too. Considering every team Wesley has played up to now sans Salisbury has been undefeated , I'd say they are doing OK

[thewaterboy]

Virginia-Lynchburg this week. Itll be interesting to see how Wesley handles a quarterback that is a little more mobile than the past few weeks. Looking at the boxscores, VUL can commit plenty of penalties. It'll be a decent test for Wesley to see if they can play cleanly and what they can do with those big VUL linemen.

We are entering the stretch of the season now where it will be evident of Wesley's true play coming to an end against UNC-Charlotte. That game will tell us how far this team will go. O line played well against Huntingdon (0 sacks allowed, running game etc). Build off of that and they will be fun to watch.