Atlantic Central Football Conference/Independents

thewaterboy · October 13, 2014, 04:23:44 PM

At least this weekend will be a flight to California. Has to be better than a bus ride.

Hopefully Callahan can get dialed back in and still need to reel in the penalties. Still 4 games left to do just that. Wow, this season is flying by!

Teamski · October 13, 2014, 06:40:19 PM

Quote from: thewaterboy on October 13, 2014, 04:23:44 PM
At least this weekend will be a flight to California. Has to be better than a bus ride.

Hopefully Callahan can get dialed back in and still need to reel in the penalties. Still 4 games left to do just that. Wow, this season is flying by!

No doubt. The game against Concordia might also be a case of dialing back due to the opponent before the game even starts. I have seen this before. There is no urgency to throw numbers up and it ends up being a scrimmage. I'm not too concerned about the numbers.

-Ski

Teamski · October 18, 2014, 03:38:30 PM

Man, I HATE Stretch video!!! It is the slowest, laggiest lousiest stream EVER!!!! Ugghhh!!!! I had to pay $7.95 for this in order to watch Wesley play Menlo? It's crap, but Wesley is leading Menlo 21-0 in the first and is really showing its brawn. So all is not bad.....

-Ski

@d3jason · October 18, 2014, 04:21:24 PM

Listening to my boy on WDEL, but Stretch hasn't worked on any of my devices as I've been trying to watch a little, Salisbury, UMHB, Del Val too

The Wolverines always seem to plan well when I am with my family in a corn maze. Last year, they scored four touchdowns while I was in there during BSC. Todayr its 14-0 before I even start listening after we get out of that thing.

Teamski · October 18, 2014, 04:23:16 PM

Wesley is getting slammed with personal fouls right now. Leading 35-0. Has anybody ever heard of a running back (Brandon Wright in this case) getting a personal foul for leading with the helmet and getting the 15 yards AND a loss of down? That just happened....

??

-Ski

Teamski · October 18, 2014, 05:27:01 PM

Leading into the 4th, Wesley is leading 56-0. The back-ups came in after Callahan scored the first TD of the half and they are still scoring with some long running and screen plays. The Menlo announcer mentioned that the Menlo head coach felt before the game that Wesley could easily play head-to-head with the FCS teams that Menlo played already this year including Sac State. That is quite the complement.

-Ski

Teamski · October 18, 2014, 06:02:00 PM

Wesley wins 70-2 with 194 yards on the ground by Ben Martin. He ran the ball 5 times for a 38 yard average and 3 TDs! I haven't seen a performance like that in a long time. The guy was simply running the edge of the field and hauling! He is quick!

-Ski

@d3jason · October 18, 2014, 07:37:25 PM

So the video started working for you?

Teamski · October 18, 2014, 08:59:10 PM

It lagged and eventually stopped working altogether to work again in the 3rd with only a couple stutters from there on.

-Ski

Teamski · October 18, 2014, 09:07:14 PM

It was interesting to note that Wesley beat Menlo by single scores the previous two years. Is this year's score an anomaly or a reflection of a better team? Considering the point spreads in the games played so far, we might be looking at the best Wesley team yet. I think that the Charlotte game will help show where the team is at prior to the play-offs.

-Ski

DE Wesley Fan · October 19, 2014, 02:01:50 AM

Obviously a great day for Wesley with really nothing negative to critique (other than stupid personal foul penalties, but not sure they were all "real"). To Wesley's credit Menlo just couldn't get any kind of offense going. Kind of glad Charlotte is the last game of the regular season. Hopefully they'll be stronger competition and help get us in playoff mindset.

wesleydad · October 19, 2014, 08:04:18 AM

Quote from: Teamski on October 18, 2014, 09:07:14 PM
It was interesting to note that Wesley beat Menlo by single scores the previous two years. Is this year's score an anomaly or a reflection of a better team? Considering the point spreads in the games played so far, we might be looking at the best Wesley team yet. I think that the Charlotte game will help show where the team is at prior to the play-offs.

-Ski

Ski, this is the best team I have seen. The defense is the difference. Wesley has always been able to score, but when they have gotten to the quarters and semis they have given up too many points. If the defense continues to play at this level Wesley has a chance to win it all. I watched some of the La Coll/MHB game and MHB does not look as good as they did last year. Except for a couple of long pass plays that is a close game and La Coll was missing their top 2 receivers I believe. Going back to Mount last year, if the defense makes 1 stop somewhere Wesley could have won that game. Linfield looks strong right now and of course there is UWW. My concern about the Charlotte game is that no one gets injured, winning would be nice but not necessary when it comes to D3 and the playoffs. It may all come down to which bracket they get put in and who they play. I hope that they are not with MHB to see if they are possibly the 2 best teams.

DE Wesley Fan · October 19, 2014, 09:26:16 AM

Agree that in years past defense has given up too many points in the playoff losses, but in some of those games offense put them in some very bad positions. Since it looks like we now have 2 very solid options for running the ball (along with a decent 3rd), a heck of a tight end, along with a nice receiving corp offense really should be in a much better position to take control in playoff games. Had a few scares in yesterday's game so here's hoping the injury bug stays away.

@d3jason · October 19, 2014, 01:22:06 PM

To me, it's turnovers. They aren't giving it away. You can't do it against UMU, UMHB, etc. I'm not ready to call this the best Wesley team; they are going to have to earn that title on the field. Are they executing at the highest level I've seen? That's the question I am pondering right now.

thewaterboy · October 20, 2014, 01:32:56 AM

Gotta agree with JaBo. The past few years its been one play (turnover) which is typically the difference maker when Wesley goes against Mount, UMHB etc. They are executing very well and hopefully it stays that way. This weekend was yet another thorough kicking. The video feed kind of sucked. Definitely not worth the $8 I paid for it.

Got some more help from our D3 opponents again. Salisbury, Rowan and TMC were all in the win column. The only exception being LC. SoVa lost too but I don't think they count. Wesley is pretty much in the playoffs, but anything that helps their "status" even more works for me.

VUL this week, need to stay healthy.