Atlantic Central Football Conference/Independents

[thewaterboy]

Well. I dont know where to start really. The penalties killed, as did the turnovers. The officials were below average both ways. I also thought some of Sottilares decisions today showed some of his inexperience although he did step up big in that game winning drive at the end. For this game, I think the loss of McSweeny showed up big. I dont think the score is as close if McSweeny was under center.

[wesleydad]

well, did not see the game, having fun in denver at the great american beer fest.  got reports from jason who listened online.  turned out as i figured it would if wesley did not clean up their game.  the penalties are a disgrace, the turnovers unacceptable.  i didnt think delval would be able to move the ball if wesley didnt give it to them.  receivers dropping the ball, no surprise there.  still not many teams win against a top 10 team with those negative stats.  long bus trips the next 2 weeks will tell how the team deals with some more adversity.  Cap does not seem as strong as past years and huntington is playing well and should give the d a challenge.  in the end a win is a win is a win.

[Raider 68]

Wesleydad,

We talked about the test for both Wesley and Capital some months ago and now it is game week. IMHO, based upon the games thus far Wesley wins this easily. HScoach's spread is Wesley by 31.5 pts, and he is fairly accurate and sometimes we all miss his pick-ems because it is close.

I am not sure Wesley will win by 4 plus TD's but it will be big! What are your thoughts and what are you hearing?

[wesleydad]

raider68.  if cap loses to baldwin wallace, then there is not much to think.  stats from last week, 190+ penalty yards, 6 turnovers and still beat the #8 team in the country.  wesley is sick on d, and will do the same this week.  cap will have trouble moving the ball.  how much they win by will depend on the o not tunring it over.  hscoach is good so i wont be surprised if wesley does win by that total.

next weeks game with mount and ohio northern, is it worth the trip.  i will not make the trip this week because i dont see it being a game.  let me know because i can make the game next week.

[Raider 68]

raider68.  if cap loses to baldwin wallace, then there is not much to think.  stats from last week, 190+ penalty yards, 6 turnovers and still beat the #8 team in the country.  wesley is sick on d, and will do the same this week.  cap will have trouble moving the ball.  how much they win by will depend on the o not tunring it over.  hscoach is good so i wont be surprised if wesley does win by that total.

next weeks game with mount and ohio northern, is it worth the trip.  i will not make the trip this week because i dont see it being a game.  let me know because i can make the game next week.

Wesleydad, The Mount/ONU game will be a good one. In 2005 ONU beat Mount 21-14 to break their 100+ games regular season streak and 2 turnovers ( very rare) was the difference.

This year ONU has a real good team and Coach Paul would like to beat his mentor again. Will it happen again, who knows. My guess is it will be a  31-24 or 31-21 type score. The Raiders have a slight advantage by playing at home, but that did not help in 2005. No doubt it would be worth your visit!

[wesleydad]

thanks raider68.  i thought as much.  scoring some points with the misses this weekend by not going to football, instead going to the oktoberfest at the pa renfaire.  if i cant see football, i might as well drink some beer and enjoy some good german food.  i will let you guys know by early next week if i am making the trip.

[wesleydad]

awful quiet on here.  game this week looked really good when it was put on the schedule, not so much now.  cap starting qb is likely out and they probably would have had trouble moving the ball anyway.  wesley should win this game comfortably as long as they take care of the ball.  wish i had seen last weeks game so i could get a feel for what the deal is on offense.  2 ints off of screen passes is not good and the penalties just continue to pile up.  once you reach this level and you want to win it all those things can not happen, time to clean it up.  good luck this weekend.  if you are not making the trip, cap televises the game on their website and they do a good job.

[thewaterboy]

I was hearing some crickets myself.   Well hopefully wesley can right some things here in Bexley vs Capital. Somebody will step up at have to step up at QB and hopefully Sottilare can figure it out soon, and the passing game can get to be consistent. And I hope the penalties arent up to 199 yards on Saturday. Thats just unacceptable. Well, time for those Capital Crusaders.

[PA_wesleyfan]

 When you play aggressive you are going to get penalties. The block in the backs are not good and the one verbal penalty was bad too. I cn remember a few games whefre that was the half time totals in penalty yrds DelVal made some nice reads on the screens and the fumbled punt was a bad judgement move... Del Vals punter was very good that day and Wesleys return man couldn't get deep enough... And as I stated in an earlier post there one gunner was exceptional. DelVal played a real good game on D and blitzed often.

[wesleydad]

pawesley, could not disagree more. aggressive does not equal stupid and that is what those type of penalties are, stupid.  i was at the cnu game and wesley needs to learn how to walk away and shut up.  ignorance gets you penalties.  i will catch up with you at some point this  season.

[@d3jason]

Gene--

Enjoyed a variety of Great Lakes Brewing Co products this evening. Bleeding Buckeye by Elevator was tasty too.

[wesleydad]

Josh, great lakes makes some of the best brew out there.  never heard of elevator so i will have to look them up.  hope wesley does what they are supposed to do and cut down on the penalties.  i expect sottilaire to show improvement as he gets more reps and hopefully the play calling puts him in a better position to make the plays.  enjoy the game.

[Teamski]

It is a beautiful day out here in Columbus!  Wesley had a run through yesterday at the field.  Man, Capital's new field house is amazing with it's indoor track!

I agree that Wesley needs to sort out its penalties.  The coaches were really working on the team this week to sort that out.  I think the podcast was spot-on in that Wesley tends to sort out the silly stuff as the season goes on.  I don't think they will be perfect, but they should start playing with fewer mistakes soon.


See you guys on the far side....

-Ski

[@d3jason]

I know that they have addressed the issue all week in several ways including bring in a local college official during practice to speak with them on how thing are called and what an official is looking for. Personally, I know that it is something that drives Coach nuts and that he finds unacceptable. The great thing about college football is that you learn from your mistakes, from adversity and grow up a little bit.

I think this will be the case for Sotilliare too. He has the ability to be a top notch QB at this level. He just needs to keep working hard. The decision making will get better.

Elevator is a micro right in Columbus. The Bleeding Buckeye was a red.

Also chatted with former with former Wesley QB Chris Warrick this week. He is in Afghanistan and I am sure leading his troops as effectively as he used to lead the Wolverines. Say a prayer for him and all the guys over there. I am sure they are homesick and anxious to get home. I have a lot of respect and admiration for what those guys do. Be safe!

@Hawks-- What the story with your QB situation is Plagenhoef back this this week? Looks like it doesn't matter who plays the Hawks keep putting up the points. Should be a good one against B-S.

[PA_wesleyfan]

Well I suppose that the boys will be runnning lots this week.... This game was uuuuuugly.


Hmmm Scanlon in the wildcat!!!