Atlantic Central Football Conference/Independents

[wesleydad]

did not see the game, made the trip to bridgewater to see some old friends that i wont get to see until the stagg bowl and today was the only day that worked into the schedule.  after looking at the stats the game looks like it was much closer than the score.  seems like etbu figured out that wesley will attack and took advantage of that with short passes, less than 10 yards per completion.  with ski's recap it seems like the qb was elusive.  the stats also look like wesley's o struggled a little bit, taking away the int return for td, score only 27.  over 200 penalty yards for both teams is almost typical for wesley early in the year.  were they aggressive penalties or stupid ones?  will be making the trip next week to kean, who should be a tough test again.  it is kean's first game so wesley should have the advantage playing today.  good test in week one, will as ski said, hopefully focus the team.

[Teamski]

did not see the game, made the trip to bridgewater to see some old friends that i wont get to see until the stagg bowl and today was the only day that worked into the schedule.  after looking at the stats the game looks like it was much closer than the score.  seems like etbu figured out that wesley will attack and took advantage of that with short passes, less than 10 yards per completion.  with ski's recap it seems like the qb was elusive.  the stats also look like wesley's o struggled a little bit, taking away the int return for td, score only 27.  over 200 penalty yards for both teams is almost typical for wesley early in the year.  were they aggressive penalties or stupid ones?  will be making the trip next week to kean, who should be a tough test again.  it is kean's first game so wesley should have the advantage playing today.  good test in week one, will as ski said, hopefully focus the team.

I think the penalties were typical first-game type.  Reading the box, I was surprised to see that Wesley had as many penalties as they got.  It certainly didn't seem like that many during the game.  ETBU got repeated personal fouls and on one occasion had three consecutive illegal motion calls (if I recall correctly).  Over exuberance more than anything.

If you look at previous years' records, Wesley did about par for the first game (some games were quite a bit closer), so the prospects for a great year are bright.  And, you KNOW that Coach Drass, Coach Knapp and crew will be taking a lot of notes from this game!   We'll see you at Kean.

-Ski   

[wesleydad]

ski, thanks for the insight on the penalties.  wesley has been known to lose it a little sometimes so i am glad that was not it.  also true, they have never come out of the gate blowing people out so this is the norm.  sounds like they will not likely see a qb like the one yesterday for the rest of the season.  i would have to give etbu coaches credit if the game plan was to take advantage of wesley's aggressive d.  they have always had trouble covering screens.  will see you at kean.

[wesleydad]

ski and pa wesley, trying to get an idea of the game from the stats.  seems like wesley played on a short field most of the day, longest td drive was 55 yards.  with that in mind, did they struggle running the ball, the rushing stats are not good?  also, mcsweeney comp % near 50 is also low for him, did the receivers have trouble getting open?  dont recognize most of the running backs and receivers so it looks like someone is going to have to step up this year if the offense is to improve, cant rely on mcsweeney running all over the place all day.  will be interested to see them in person saturday against kean, should be a good test. 

[PA_wesleyfan]

Wesleydad
   ETBU was very big.May have been the biggest lines both side of the ball that Wesley has seen . McSweeney was under a lot of pressuse all day . INT was receiver error. Ran wrong route. Wesley had no game film on ETBU and they have a new D co-ordinater which gave them a  little edge .Mc Sweeney ran well and threw well. The officiating was horrible. Both ways. They made calls but had no idea whta yardage or spot to put the ball.
  ETBU 's QB is very talented . He has a good arm and is a very good runner  They have good speed. Wesley picks were made on very good defensive plays
Once Wesley took away the little release pass the D took a little more control. Wesley left 7 points on the field with a blocked FG and a missed FG and PAT. They did not punt until the later stages of the third quarter.

[Teamski]

Wesleydad
   ETBU was very big.May have been the biggest lines both side of the ball that Wesley has seen . McSweeney was under a lot of pressuse all day . INT was receiver error. Ran wrong route. Wesley had no game film on ETBU and they have a new D co-ordinater which gave them a  little edge .Mc Sweeney ran well and threw well. The officiating was horrible. Both ways. They made calls but had no idea whta yardage or spot to put the ball.
  ETBU 's QB is very talented . He has a good arm and is a very good runner  They have good speed. Wesley picks were made on very good defensive plays
Once Wesley took away the little release pass the D took a little more control. Wesley left 7 points on the field with a blocked FG and a missed FG and PAT. They did not punt until the later stages of the third quarter.

I chuckled when the officials marched off yardage of an pass interference when defensive holding was the actual call.  I was about to yell that out to them, but the coaches got them going in the right direction.  Remember, it is their first regular season game as well.

-Ski

[TxFight]

Wesley has a very solid football team.  As an ETBU fan it was tough to watch us come so close so many times and then shoot ourselves in the foot.  It seemed like every drive we would move the ball across midfield and then stall in the redzone.  ETBU defense played very well, and the 34-10 score is not indicative of how competitive and close the game was.  From ETBU's standpoint, this was actually a good result for us without actually getting the W, because A) they proved to themselves (and i think Wesley will agree) that they deserved to be on the same field as them and that they can play against the best teams in the nation and B) having said that it is obvious that there are still things that ETBU needs to work on to get over the hump.  I fully expect to see Wesley in the regional championship game and I wouldn't be surprised if ETBU puts it all together to see them back there as well.  Good luck Wolverines the rest of the way!

[PA_wesleyfan]

ski

They marched off the same penalty 4 times!!!! It  drives me nuts seeing the BJ telling the other refs the rules!! He did throw his flag the furthest and then again he WAS able to throw his   

[Teamski]

Well, I'm getting pumped up for the Kean game.  It should be a good one!

-Ski

[Raider 68]

Well, I'm getting pumped up for the Kean game.  It should be a good one!

-Ski

Do you expect a "real" close one with Kean?

[wesleydad]

will be heading out to get my first glimpse of wesley this season.  I am not sure what kean has returning so i do not know what to expect from them.  will be looking to see if wesley can generate a non qb running game to complement mcsweeney.  could be a good game.

[thewaterboy]

Wow! This is painful to watch.......seems like no one can execute at all. 

[wesleydad]

what i saw today is a good team who got beat because they made too many mistakes.  wesley is not as good as they have been the last couple of years and because of that they lost today.  the defense gives up too many yards against the pass.  i was expecting to see a dominating defense, but only saw a strong run defense, an ok pass rush that had trouble containing the kean qb (only 1 sack - mays getting hurt didnt help), and a weak coverage unit.  the offense seems to be disjointed, some drives they looked like they could do what they wanted, but on others they were totally lethargic.  mcsweeney throws for over 300 and the team rushes for more than 100, you expect more than 28 points.  wondered why bandon wright doesnt get more of the carries, runs hard all the time.  finally, the special teams are horrible right now.  if they dont scrap the spread punt formation after today i will be surprised, the players were all over the punter.  another missed extra point, the kickoff coverage was not like it usually is, 2 offsides by the player next to the kicker is unacceptable.  muffed punt returns were also costly.  bottom line is this team has to improve a lot before they can even be mentioned in the national title discussion from what i saw today.  with their schedule, they need to win out in the d3 games to have a shot at the playoffs.  they have lost early before and came back to be one of the best teams in the country, hopefully they will do it again this year.

[Hawks88]

Not a happy day in Hawk-land. I'm pretty certain the 21-2 lead in the 3rd is the biggest lead we have ever blown. Giving up 300+ yds rushing is terrible and most of that was in the 2nd half I'm sure. I just keep hanging on that last play of regulation. BSC scores to make it 29-28 and I'm wondering why so many of their people are running off the sideline to the endzone as they are still down a point. I was happy to see the flag for excessive celebration and quickly started calculating, back them up 15 yds and the extra-point becomes a 35 yd field goal attempt, which is basically the same kick they had missed a few minutes earlier, and was starting to feel pretty confident until we saw another flag thrown which ended up being an off-setting unsportsmanlike which let them kick from the regular spot. Of course none of these things matter if we don't play so lousy for most of the second half. Did I ever mention how much I hate losing to BSC? 

[PA_wesleyfan]

  As Good as McSweeney was today , the timing routes just aren't there. I think it's more the inexperience of the receivers thanm Mc Sweeney's throws. The kicking isn't going so well. Hoepfully they get things squared away soon.  They may already be ut of the playoff picture. need a lot of teams to lose some games