Atlantic Central Football Conference/Independents

[Teamski]

Who is going to the Wesley game this Saturday?  I'll be there of course.

-Ski

[PA_wesleyfan]

I will be there ... Same  spot..

[wesleydad]

think i am going, still deciding on a 1 hour drive to wesley or a 4 hour drive to bridgewater to hang with stone station.  not as much fun at wesley since all my tailgating is gone.  dont know anyone there so i have to decide where to go.  dont think this game will be that close, surprised that some on triple take believe otherwise.  etbu gives up points, not a good thing against wesley and they will have trouble scoring.  thinking 40 something to 10 something.  defense will likely be tops again this year.

[PA_wesleyfan]

WESLEYDAD 1200 START TOMORROW

[Pat Coleman]

thinking 40 something to 10 something.

Ahh, now, see? In order to be "surprisingly close" all it has to be is closer than this prediction.

[thewaterboy]

Woohooo!!!!!! first game of the season! cant make it down but looking forward to hearing it. Safe trip to all those going down to Dover. Shane McSweeny back in action will also be exciting to see. Obviously gives the Wolverines an exciting option out of the backfield once again.

Go Wesley

[Ralph Turner]

Having trouble getting the stream from WDEL.

ETBU led 7-0 in the first quarter, but Wesley has come back with 2 TD's to lead 14-7.

ETBU is my strong #5 team in the ASC.  (My ranking has UMHB, HSU, McM, Louisiana College and ETBU.  I only put McMurry 3rd because we have not beaten UMHB or HSU.)

[thewaterboy]

Well so far not exactly domination by wesley. ETBU is shooting themselves in the foot cant do that against a team like the Wolverines, and Wesley is making plays when they need to.... McSweeny looks to be back.

[Teamski]

Well so far not exactly domination by wesley. ETBU is shooting themselves in the foot cant do that against a team like the Wolverines, and Wesley is making plays when they need to.... McSweeny looks to be back.

It was a slow start for sure but Wesley needs games like these to refocus the players.  ETBU came into the game ready to play.  Their players were more impressive than I thought their record showed.  They were physical and quick on both sides of the ball from the get-go.  Sed Harris, the QB was pretty impressive.  He is definitely a Michael Vick type that can run with the ball with a hell of a lot of speed.  And also like Vick, he made critical mistakes at key times: 4 picks.  A player like that has amazing talent, but then squanders it by holding onto the ball for way too long, trying to make a play on his own.

  The defense held when it had to even though they did give up yards to quite a few screens and outside runs.  However, they did make some really good adjustments and keyed on Harris to limit his play abilities going into the second half and Wesley helmets started to show up in midst of the ETBU screen blocking scheme.

I think ETBU will have a good season.  If they can limit their penalties (between the teams, there was over 200 yards of penalties!!!) they have the talent to challenge a lot of the other Texas teams they meet.

McAndrew took some real hits today, some of the hardest I have seen so far.  One ear hole shot was heard for blocks, yet he got back up and was ready to play after the referees marked off the resulting flag.  The game was one of many hard hits!!

So, onto Kean next week.  It's a lethargic start, but I know that with the additions Wesley got over the summer it takes some time to synchronize everybody.  More to follow!

-Ski

[Ralph Turner]

Thanks for the comments on ETBU.  Because of the isolation of the ASC, the rest of the country doesn't know the depth of the ASC.

ETBU was the #6 pick in the pre-season ASC poll.

[Hawks88]

Pretty solid effort by Huntingdon today with a 35-7 win over Maryville. I was worried about the inexperienced cornerbacks but they did a good job. I also thought the D-line did a good job keeping pressure on the QB which helped.

[NedM]

Teamski summed up the Wesley game quite well.

My biggest disappointment had nothing to do with the team but with some of the Wesley fans. As is my habit I sat on the visitors side for the first half and some buffoons kept heckling the ETBU team and their fans. Finally were told to go to the Wesley side by security. One Einstein was woofing at #44 of EBTU who was on the bench with a knee injury. A lot of class - all of it third.

I suppose this is not unique to Wesley but it certainly takes away some of the enjoyment of the games.

Ned

[Teamski]

Teamski summed up the Wesley game quite well.

My biggest disappointment had nothing to do with the team but with some of the Wesley fans. As is my habit I sat on the visitors side for the first half and some buffoons kept heckling the ETBU team and their fans. Finally were told to go to the Wesley side by security. One Einstein was woofing at #44 of EBTU who was on the bench with a knee injury. A lot of class - all of it third.

I suppose this is not unique to Wesley but it certainly takes away some of the enjoyment of the games.

Ned

Quite unfortunate for sure. 

-Ski

[PA_wesleyfan]

 There was a good sized crowd of students under the score board and they were also a little boisterous. I was actually surprised at the siz e of the crowd today with the holiday weekend..  More students must have stayed at school this year.

[PA_wesleyfan]

Ralph

ETBU has some big kids on both lines. They may be as big as any that have faced Wesley over the years