Atlantic Central Football Conference/Independents

wesleydad · May 09, 2011, 06:27:16 PM

raider68, i have no connections at the school so i have no info on the spring practices. schedule is out, only 6 d3 games. tough being an independent with teams backing out of commitments to play. 4 home games means i wont see them much this year. oh well, have to keep up through the boards.

etbu27 · May 11, 2011, 03:12:44 PM

Howdy all,
Luckily for you wesleydad the season opener COULD be a good one. Hopefully the ETBU that took UMHB to overtime shows up and not the ETBU that lost to TLU. We have a strong group of seniors and 16 starters returning (all in the skill positions). If we could ever make it a game I think next season is the one.

beenhit2hard · May 11, 2011, 05:05:06 PM

It seems as if this board is coming out of the winter "hibernation". Nice to see interest picking up !!!

Teamski · May 11, 2011, 10:59:28 PM

Yeah, it is going to be another nasty year on the bus for the Wolverines, that is for sure! Maine, Ohio, SC, VA, and NJ. Without a doubt, there are challenges on that schedule. Of course, Charleston Southern tops the list. They play UCF and Florida State at the top of their schedule! Walsh should be a good game as well. They seem to be a good NAIA team. It will be fun to see some new opposing teams' uniforms this season as well as some new stadiums for a change, hehehehe.....

I'm sure the team is up for it and I know the players want the challenge. It is no fun playing walkovers. And you know that Charleston Southern is no Iona! They beat North Greenville last year 41-31. If there is any sort of common ground, Wesley beat North Greenville in 2009 28-3. This will be one exciting game!

-Ski

Hawks88 · May 14, 2011, 07:58:34 PM

News from Huntingdon is since we are starting lacrosse next spring, we are having artificial turf installed on the football field this spring/summer. We are also supposed to be getting permanent seating on the visitor's side. Happy to hear that.
Was in Montgomery today for a high school baseball playoff game so I rode by to see if work had started. Looks like the only thing so far is the goal posts have been taken down.

Go Hawks!

Teamski · May 15, 2011, 02:08:32 AM

Quote from: Hawks88 on May 14, 2011, 07:58:34 PM
News from Huntingdon is since we are starting lacrosse next spring, we are having artificial turf installed on the football field this spring/summer. We are also supposed to be getting permanent seating on the visitor's side. Happy to hear that.
Was in Montgomery today for a high school baseball playoff game so I rode by to see if work had started. Looks like the only thing so far is the goal posts have been taken down.

Go Hawks!

That will definately be a nice improvement! Hopefully the lockers will get some attention too.

-Ski

NedM · June 07, 2011, 01:20:04 PM

For wesleydad:

I recently bought a copy of the Sporting News College Football annual.

Wesley is ranked #3 in their preseason Top 25.

My question: they include Shane McSweeny as one of 8 offensive starters returning; by any chance have you heard anything about how he is progressing? I've seen nothing in the paper (usually read The News Journal) but - as I suspect you know - they do not give much coverage to Wesley athletics.

Thank you.

Ned

wesleydad · June 07, 2011, 07:03:27 PM

ned, do not know much of anything. no connections in school anymore. will not know much until the season starts. teamski will know more as he was at spring practice. will be interesting to see if they have an actual competition for the starting job as i believe sottilaire was also only a junior. they should be good and the defense will be real hard to score on with plenty back from last years team. offense will score plenty against most but they have a schedule with some teams i dont know much about. etbu is supposed to be pretty good this year, took umhb to ot last year. still a tough trip to dover for first game of season. welcome to the boards.

Teamski · June 07, 2011, 11:35:28 PM

Quote from: wesleydad on June 07, 2011, 07:03:27 PM
ned, do not know much of anything. no connections in school anymore. will not know much until the season starts. teamski will know more as he was at spring practice. will be interesting to see if they have an actual competition for the starting job as i believe sottilaire was also only a junior. they should be good and the defense will be real hard to score on with plenty back from last years team. offense will score plenty against most but they have a schedule with some teams i dont know much about. etbu is supposed to be pretty good this year, took umhb to ot last year. still a tough trip to dover for first game of season. welcome to the boards.

Actually, I wasn't at Spring practice this year. That said, I believe that both McSweeney and McAndrew should be back next year. I don't have any info on how Wesley will resolve the starting QB battle, but if McSweeney is 100% (which I'm sure he will be), his uncanny scrambling ability will be a real asset. It will be one interesting year!

-Ski

NedM · June 08, 2011, 03:20:57 PM

Teamski:

Appreciate your reply.

I'm fairly new to this board and had seen posts by wesleydad so immediately thought of him when I posted my question; I did not realize you are also a close follower of Wesley. I certainly did not mean to bypass you (and probably others here as well)!

Ned

PA_wesleyfan · June 08, 2011, 10:11:18 PM

Welcome aboard NedM

Teamski · June 08, 2011, 11:10:31 PM

Quote from: NedM on June 08, 2011, 03:20:57 PM
Teamski:

Appreciate your reply.

I'm fairly new to this board and had seen posts by wesleydad so immediately thought of him when I posted my question; I did not realize you are also a close follower of Wesley. I certainly did not mean to bypass you (and probably others here as well)!

Ned

A very warm welcome to the board Ned!

-Eric

skunks_sidekick · June 09, 2011, 02:44:12 PM

Hey Team...WD...

I was out at a local establishment here in North Canton, and ran into a few Walsh football players. We were chatting about people we knew, etc... I mentioned to them that I knew they were playing Wesley, and they were very dismissive. I gave them a little history of how good I thought Wesley was, but they were not impressed. Of course, they believe they would kill Mount as well if they played. I just shook my head and laughed.

I will make sure to catch up with you guys if you come to town for that game.

Teamski · June 11, 2011, 01:48:41 AM

Quote from: skunks_sidekick on June 09, 2011, 02:44:12 PM
Hey Team...WD...

I was out at a local establishment here in North Canton, and ran into a few Walsh football players. We were chatting about people we knew, etc... I mentioned to them that I knew they were playing Wesley, and they were very dismissive. I gave them a little history of how good I thought Wesley was, but they were not impressed. Of course, they believe they would kill Mount as well if they played. I just shook my head and laughed.

I will make sure to catch up with you guys if you come to town for that game.

Oh well..... As they say, let the truth be told out on the field.

I hope to see you there!

-Ski

beenhit2hard · June 12, 2011, 07:25:50 PM

Some players at Walsh/Malone tend to think that since they have some scholarship money given to them that it makes the automatically better than D 3 players who have to pay their own way.When we(MUC) played them in jv/ frosh games many of those players became very humble very quickly

I would say Wesley by 4 tds against either of those two teams .BUT REMEMBER I now follow Wesley as much or more than UMU