Atlantic Central Football Conference/Independents

[wesleydad]

 i dont have issues with the mispronounciations.  they are not familiar with the names.  now if they were on top of their game one of them would have taken the time to talk to someone from wesley to get the proper pronounciations.  they are the LC announcers, they are supposed to be homers.  almost every video cast i have watched that has announcers is the same way.  this is d3 football not a national broadcast.

ski, i would take a one dimensional runing game if it is working which it was with robinson last night.  jahad was too slow getting to the holes, robinson was not.  could not believe that jahad was the back at the end, it worked out but it likely would have worked with robinson and who knows, the screen may have gone for more yards.  the play that annoyed me was the one that resulted in the safety.  what was that?

[SUADC]

Congrats to Wesley in their win last night. I watch the whole game and have to credit the defense for staying in the game and playing tough the whole game, especially when their back was against the wall. Also, I want to congratulate LA College because they played a well balance game and showed they can hang with some of the big boys.

As for the game and Wesley, I believe that when they were able to run the ball, it allowed for the big plays that I always expect Wesley to come up with. If Wesley can continue to be balance or find a balance with the pass game they should be able to dominate the rest of the season. However, I believe that if they continue trying to play texas shoot'em, that might hurt them in the long run. Again, congrats and good luck next week.

[wdelsean]

We only got a brief chance to talk to their announcers, they were setting up the video feed (which is 5-10x more complex than radio, especially with switchers and such) they came to us just as we were going on-air for the pre-game show.  I don't want to speak for them, but I'm assuming the fact the game was close led to a crush of people logging onto the feed near the end.  Internet video can be finicky when in high-traffic situations.

As for our recap... we've got this week's D3 Report, our radio version of the FG call, and my interview with Dan Tryon after the game.

http://www.wdel.com/story.php?id=45791

And in a side note to anyone who travels:  Don't do a double connector.  It's just not healthy.

[wesleydad]

wdelsean, listened to you guys and watched the video which was fun in itself.  sometimes the video was ahead of you and sometimes you were ahead of the video.  made it neat to see what happened after you called the play.  totally missed the td before the half since i was not listening to you guys, video froze and then it was LC up.  great job by you guys since i dont usually get to listen to you at the game.

[Teamski]

ski, i would take a one dimensional runing game if it is working which it was with robinson last night.  jahad was too slow getting to the holes, robinson was not.  could not believe that jahad was the back at the end, it worked out but it likely would have worked with robinson and who knows, the screen may have gone for more yards.  the play that annoyed me was the one that resulted in the safety.  what was that?

You are entirely correct sir!  This is what happens when I go back home to Wisconsin to attend a wedding in my wife's family.  I had to carefully slip out of the reception to catch the game on my PC in the hotel room without seeing the first half!  I noted that Robinson had over 140 yards rushing in the game afterwards.  That 3rd quarter really skewed the game for me, so sorry for being off on my evaluation..... My wife did forgive me when she found out what I did.  Whew!

-Ski 

[DE Wesley Fan]

Finally back to my computer....My overall feeling continues to be one of frustration - feeling like this team could be very good if they could just stop the stupid stuff, but not really convinced they have "it".  Even though it's not really his thing, I wish Sottilaire had the confidence to run a little more when the pass just isn't there.  The few times he has, he's done okay with it.  Would like to see them roll him out a little more often, especially when the line is struggling.  As for the running game, I would have expected that with all the players we have to choose from we could find another body or two to run the ball.  We see every year what happens if you rely too heavily on one person at a position.  It was really nice to see Tryon redeem himself after the struggles of the previous week.  And I will admit that I was generally pleased with the play of the secondary, even though I was doubting them earlier, and am still a bit confused as to why we played so far off the receivers early in the game.  LC did a nice job of taking advantage of our weaknesses.  Looking forward to seeing what happens after a week off to rest up and fix some of this nonsense.

The name pronounciations were a bit of comic relief.  Heck - even our own Dr. Leone has been known to muff a few on occassion (my personal favorite was always "Shane McAndrew").   Honestly, everybody down there was very nice (even after we won!) and pleasant to talk with (hope the players experienced the same treatment).  There were even a few questionable officiating moments when the folks around us had to agree they seemed to get a home field advantage.   

[wesleydad]

DEwesley, i agree with you on the running part by Sot.  Think he needs to take off once in a while just to show that he will do it.  Also agree about the roll outs, the o line is struggling and could use some help.  Robinson should be the back until Jahad is healthy.  After watching Kean this week, MHB is really good to score 34 on them.  Wesley had a chance to win not playing their best game against MHB.  There has been some room to question some play calling and I agree about laying off receivers when they havent shown the ability to run by the d backs.  The week of rest will do them well.  Get healthy and work on the things that are not physical mistakes.  Glad to hear that you had a good time.

[PA_wesleyfan]

  As close to vest as injuries are kept for the players safety I am not so sure that players who were and weren't in the game at certain times may have something to do with it. Robinson had a good game and I think the left side of the O line which has the experience did a nice job opening some wholes for the yardage .  I myself am enjoying watching so be it on video so far the growing of this team with this schedule.!!! When you take into account the teams and the travel already put in this season how can anyone not be happy with where this team is!

[DE Wesley Fan]

  As close to vest as injuries are kept for the players safety I am not so sure that players who were and weren't in the game at certain times may have something to do with it. Robinson had a good game and I think the left side of the O line which has the experience did a nice job opening some wholes for the yardage .  I myself am enjoying watching so be it on video so far the growing of this team with this schedule.!!! When you take into account the teams and the travel already put in this season how can anyone not be happy with where this team is!

I'll agree that I may be guilty of having too high of expectations for them early in the year, especially considering they had to get used to a (sort of) new QB and it is tougher to iron out the early kinks when you're playing really good teams instead of some of the traditional cupcakes.   Wesley should certainly be proud of the tradition that's been established, and of this team for their efforts so far. 

[Teamski]

This week sux!

-Ski

[Hawks88]

Kind of a yawner in Montgomery today for homecoming, 42-21 over Ave Maria with AMU getting two scores late after we were substituting freely. Our offense never seemed to really be in sync but the defense was outstanding getting two scores in the first half to help stretch the lead.  The defensive line pretty much dominated all day and the defense as a whole continues to improve after the early season issues.
HUGE game at Millsaps next week. Need to have our 'A' game going for that one.

Go Hawks!

[wesleydad]

another big game this week for wesley.  bir south looks like they will be a nice test for wesley.  hopefully the week off allowed the team to focus on the areas that needed to be improved.  i would still like to see a consistant running game to allow sot to have some time to make better reads.  i think he should also run it some just to make the other team worry about it.  he does not have to be mcsweeney, but some is better than none.  the d is bending but not breaking and i figure they will tighten that up as the year progresses.  i still believe this is a team that has the potential to be something special especially since i think that UMHB may be the best team in the country and we know how close wesley came to winning that game and they did not play anything close to their best that day.  keep the winning going and see what happens.

i will not be making the trip to dover, i am heading on my annual trip to bridgewater to hang with my stone station friends and see their game against hampden-sydney.

[DGPugh]

Wesleydad-Hero..........eat some BBQ and fried turkey for me
be safe on the road
keep the faith

[roocru]

another big game this week for wesley.  bir south looks like they will be a nice test for wesley.  hopefully the week off allowed the team to focus on the areas that needed to be improved.  i would still like to see a consistant running game to allow sot to have some time to make better reads.  i think he should also run it some just to make the other team worry about it.  he does not have to be mcsweeney, but some is better than none.  the d is bending but not breaking and i figure they will tighten that up as the year progresses.  i still believe this is a team that has the potential to be something special especially since i think that UMHB may be the best team in the country and we know how close wesley came to winning that game and they did not play anything close to their best that day.  keep the winning going and see what happens.

i will not be making the trip to dover, i am heading on my annual trip to bridgewater to hang with my stone station friends and see their game against hampden-sydney.

Please say hello to our Stone Station friends for me! 

[Teamski]

You know Birmingham Southern will be coming into town with their game faces on.  They are 5-0 and moving up the rankings. Wesley will need to really put this game together in order to win it.  This game along with the Huntingdon match later are the pivotal games of the season without a doubt.  Along with Wesleydad, I am also hoping that Wesley starts getting the cogs meshed on both sides of the ball.  I also agree that Sottilaire needs to realize that he does not have to force the ball everytime and can gain some good yards on foot.  That has been his achilles heel this year. 

I am confident that the time is about nigh for Wesley's annual transition from it's larval shaky start into a more confident, cleaner executing stage of the season.  It starts getting fun about this point on into the playoffs.  If there is one thing you can set your clock to, it is the approach of the second half of every Wesley Wolverine season!!

Now if they can execute against Birmingham Southern, we will know for sure!

-Ski