Atlantic Central Football Conference/Independents

Ralph Turner · September 22, 2011, 11:26:30 PM

On October 1st, the Wesley at Charleston Southern game might be the 2nd win for a D-III school over a Division 1 FCS team!

LazIndex has Charleston Southern as a slight favorite.

Bornpowerindex has Wesley.

Massey Ratings gives it Charleston Southern by home field advantage.

Atomic Football predicts a Wesley win 31 -29 with 44% chance for a home win.

These numbers will be re-indexed next week. Let's watch this.

Pat Coleman · September 23, 2011, 01:29:07 AM

Quote from: Ralph Turner on September 22, 2011, 11:26:30 PM
On October 1st, the Wesley at Charleston Southern game might be the 2nd win for a D-III school over a Division 1 FCS team!

Again, I must remind -- this would not be the second win over an FCS team. It would be the second win over an FCS scholarship team.

Ralph Turner · September 23, 2011, 06:05:41 AM

Quote from: Pat Coleman on September 23, 2011, 01:29:07 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on September 22, 2011, 11:26:30 PM
On October 1st, the Wesley at Charleston Southern game might be the 2nd win for a D-III school over a Division 1 FCS team this season!

Again, I must remind -- this would not be the second win over an FCS team. It would be the second win over an FCS scholarship team.

My bad! Thanks!

Raider 68 · September 23, 2011, 03:23:50 PM

wesleydad,

Looks like your Stagg Bowl party moves to Friday night prime time!

DGPugh · September 23, 2011, 06:28:30 PM

Hawks88
Lord willing we will see yall tomorrow

hchawks
We will try to (as able) listen to the superb play-by-play and colr of the Hawks broadcast.

Ever one on the board be safe to and from games, be safe
keep the faith

wesleydad · September 23, 2011, 11:32:24 PM

raider68, that just means that i leave thursday afternoon and arrive thursday evening. get up real early and start to have a great time, about 12 hours of it with some of the greatest people i have ever met. then i will watch a football game, get some sleep and be home saturday evening instead of sunday evening. i like the time change, but will have to see what my friends at stone station plan. it will be fun no matter what, hope to see you there. maybe not thrilled about a purple repeat, but dont see much out there that will change that so far this year.

Hawks88 · September 24, 2011, 06:49:32 AM

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20110924/SPORTS02/109240358/Game-preview-Hampden-Sydney-Huntingdon
Huntingdon vs. Hampden-Sydney game preview. I wondered why we had a running back wearing #92 last week. I hate that I forgot/didn't realize the significance of the number until reading this. Hopefully we can have good game today. Good luck and be safe to everyone traveling today.

Go Hawks!

Hawks88 · September 24, 2011, 08:17:57 PM

Huntingdon gets its first ever win over a ranked team today 34-27 over Hampden-Sydney. The first half was one of the best halves of football our offense has ever played. Second half, not so much. I can't say enough about how well the defense performed all day, especially considering how long they were on the field. I'm very proud of the whole group for doing what it took to get a big win over a very good opponent. Just need to take care of business this next week and not have a let down before Wittenberg comes to town in two weeks.

Go Hawks!

DGPugh · September 24, 2011, 10:15:17 PM

Hawks88
Good to see yall, Great game, the HSC folk were a real real nice, classy group. HSC offense looked flat, and our defense looked better than in 2 yrs (to me at least)

I hate i missed yalls Brauts (our loss). I won't be able to get to Fl. Yall going to get there ?

have a great week and keep the faith

Hawks88 · September 25, 2011, 10:46:41 AM

Quote from: DGPugh on September 24, 2011, 10:15:17 PM
Hawks88
Good to see yall, Great game, the HSC folk were a real real nice, classy group. HSC offense looked flat, and our defense looked better than in 2 yrs (to me at least)

I hate i missed yalls Brauts (our loss). I won't be able to get to Fl. Yall going to get there ?

have a great week and keep the faith

DGP,
Yep, that was a great game yesterday. I have no voice today.
Not going to FL this week. With the team making 3 long trips this year, we can really only make one of them so we decided to make the San Antonio trip since we've never been there before.
Trying to decide if I want to go see the JV game today vs Birmingham Southern.

Go Hawks!

Teamski · September 25, 2011, 12:40:05 PM

We got back at 4AM from the Hussan game. It was not a pretty game, but I will tell you that I was really impressed by Hussan's attitude. Here is a team that knows that they will not be competitive week in and week out, but they were there to play nonetheless. Every time Wesley scored, all I heard was " that's alright, we'll get them next time" on the sidelines. There was no blame, no excuses; there were no boobirds in the crowds but supportive calls to the team. They really showed class in my book. There were no fights, no exchanges of words. The coach didn't berate his players, or anything like that. This is what the game is all about. The Wesley players sensed this as well, and were true gentlemen on the field. I left Hussan really touched by a team in Maine that, like many other D3 schools, tries their best each week and won't be featured anywhere on the board. But they had heart.

Wesley heads to one of their signature challenges this year at CSU next Saturday. That will be an experience!

-Ski

PA_wesleyfan · September 25, 2011, 08:17:49 PM

Ski

That game is one of the reasons Wesley has trouble getting teams to play...I listened and as has been in the past Husson was just way over matched. Probably won't be a rematch in Dover next year!! But you have to hand it to them!! They scheduled this year!!!

wesleydad · September 25, 2011, 08:23:41 PM

ski, must have been a fun bus trip. glad to hear that wesley didnt do anything unsportsmanlike against an over matched opponent. i will be interested to see how wesley fairs this weekend against an fcs scholarship school. mostly i hope that they come out with no key injuries and begin to show some consistancy on defense, especially in the secondary. they have to run the table in d3 to possibly get in, but it seems like many of the other pool b teams have already lost also. the salisbury game will be huge this year. eventhough the non-d3 games dont count, winning all of them cant hurt any, 9 - 1 overall will look better than 7 - 3 or 6 - 4. i have now seen 8 teams and wesley is the best despite how bad they played against kean. as has been said before, 32 teams get in, not necessarily the best 32.

thewaterboy · September 25, 2011, 10:07:17 PM

I think if Wesley can win vs. Charleston Southern, even though its technically not supposed to be counted come playoff time, i think will have some "leverage" as to their playoff spot. Pending of course Wesley takes care of business against their D3 opponents the rest of the way out. It should be a good one next Saturday.

Raider 68 · September 26, 2011, 04:20:25 PM

Quote from: wesleydad on September 23, 2011, 11:32:24 PM
raider68, that just means that i leave thursday afternoon and arrive thursday evening. get up real early and start to have a great time, about 12 hours of it with some of the greatest people i have ever met. then i will watch a football game, get some sleep and be home saturday evening instead of sunday evening. i like the time change, but will have to see what my friends at stone station plan. it will be fun no matter what, hope to see you there. maybe not thrilled about a purple repeat, but dont see much out there that will change that so far this year.

wesleydad,

Who knows, may get there this year, if the Raiders get to the Stagg! Hope all is well! How do you see Wesley for the balance of the year? $:-\$