Atlantic Central Football Conference/Independents

[wesleydad]

jk, thanks for the post.  it is always good to get a perspective from someone from afar as to how good wesley could be.  i am glad that you enjoyed the trip and that the game was a good one, too close for my liking but still a good one.  my friends said that it was the quietest they have ever seen me at the bar as i watched it on my wife's netbook.  i agree, they will be scarily good if they play a complete game.

[Teamski]

jk, thanks for the post.  it is always good to get a perspective from someone from afar as to how good wesley could be.  i am glad that you enjoyed the trip and that the game was a good one, too close for my liking but still a good one.  my friends said that it was the quietest they have ever seen me at the bar as i watched it on my wife's netbook.  i agree, they will be scarily good if they play a complete game.

We say this every year.

-Ski

[jknezek]

Unless you beat yourselves, or end up with a very unlucky pairing, Wesley should cruise to the final eight. After that there are too many variables for me to comment. If W&L wins the ODAC and has to go to Wesley in round 1 I'm not watching that game.

Teamski I've read that over and over from the Wesley posters. I'm not sure why. But they could have beaten themselves today and the first half looked like they were trying. Not sure what the key is to putting it together, but the mental mistakes were pretty obvious and costly in that first half. The qb not even being close on his long tosses was pretty shocking in the second.

[Hawks88]

Just got home, very disappointed. We knew going in that it would take a solid 60 minutes to have a chance to win this one but we didn't quite do it. We wore them out for 45 minutes but you just aren't going to beat a team like Wesley if you turn it over three times in the 4th quarter. We had it in our hands and just let it slip away. Thought our defense played outstanding all day, just were put in difficult positions in the 4th with the turnovers.
Was good to meet jknezek today. Maybe we can see you at more HC games in the future. Hopefully DGP is making it home okay. Saw him and his motorcycle broken down on the interstate on the way home. His wife was on her way to pick him up and was supposed to be there shortly so maybe he is about home by now.

[Teamski]

Teamski I've read that over and over from the Wesley posters. I'm not sure why. But they could have beaten themselves today and the first half looked like they were trying. Not sure what the key is to putting it together, but the mental mistakes were pretty obvious and costly in that first half. The qb not even being close on his long tosses was pretty shocking in the second.

Wesley has a history of being extremely talented while somewhat erratic especially early in the season.  Today, Wesley had over 100 yards of penalties, and Sottilaire had a less than stellar day (even though he had no picks).  The offensive line was dominated as well.  I believe that today's performance was partially a result of Wesley's travel schedule.  Last week, they were in California playing Menlo and again left early this week to get to Montgomery.  I travelled with the team for three years and that traveling can take a lot of wind out of a team. You could see it in the players today.  However, once they got behind, that gave them the motivation to push harder in the second half.  I could be wrong, but that is what I saw.  I think Wesley will be in good shape for the playoffs now that their world tour is over for the year.

I agree that Wesley has some serious resiliency.   Last year's 49-35 win over Linfield aptly demonstrated that.  Wesley was behind 27-7 at the half and had the half of a lifetime to win the game.  However, that only goes so far.  As Wesley advances in the playoffs, that 60 minutes has to be filled front to end with good football. That includes the first two quarters.  They got pretty dang close at Mount Union.....

-Ski

[DGPugh]

Hawks...brother, thanks for stopping and checking on me. The fuel pump (electric) went out. Ms Jayne brought the truck and hauled me home.
Logging trucks are too close for comfort on that part of I85

I too am disappointed, we have  a way to go to compete with the top tier teams in D3, but we are getting better.
WOW..Wesley is athletic.

Got to meet many Wesley folk, see a real good football game between a good team and a great team, and got commentary the whole game from one of the most knowledgeable D3 folk i have met, jknezek (since i met Ralph here several yrs back)
i hope Wesley gets to the Stagg
keep the faith

[jknezek]

DG -- Bummer about the ride home but I sure did enjoy watching the game with you. Your guys played hard and well and gave themselves a real good chance at a win. When you schedule a team like Wesley you get a real good measure of where you're at, and I think Huntingdon is a good opponent for anyone right now. You might not be the top 10 of D3, but as far as I can tell that is a top 20 team you put on the field. Any given Saturday you'll have a shot at winning against anyone. Not much of D3 can say that. The killer was losing to B-SC this year.

The only thing I can think of is the B-SC team before the Wesley game was a different squad than the one I saw the week after at Trinity, or the one that lost to Sewanee. Otherwise nothing makes sense to me.

Easy drive for me, so maybe next year I'll make it back for the UMHB game. That's another team I'd like to lay eyes on.

[Hawks88]

Glad you made it home safely, DGP. Never realized how scary it is to walk down the shoulder of an interstate. 

[PA_wesleyfan]

  I think the travel may have something to do with some sluggishness and the concentration has been off a little too They haven't just flown once or twice and they had to bus to and from the airports too....I have to believe that this storm may be on their minds also I understand Wilmington has some mandatory evacuations Sunday so Dover is probably on that list! .. Say what you will but they are still kids. I can only comment on the first half and what I saw was mistakes. I can understand the long ball idea... If you get lucky you get  the edge and the short stuff and running just weren't there either.. The execution is not there the whole game but it seems these kids just keep going and going till it works!! Either way great win for Wesley on the road against another real good team

[DGPugh]

Hawks
thanks
it was scary being there. a group of bikers stopped just before u...all wering 'color's, but they were nice and offered to help

when i look up and saw u walking down the side of the interstate, man it meant a bunch to me....thanks .. really

Lord willing i'll see u next week in the Valley, hope we can rebound and whip Point
keep the faith my friend
Go Hawks

[DGPugh]

jknezek
come back down to Montgomery... you always welcome
keep the faith my friend

[wesleydad]

dg, sorry to hear about the cycle issue and glad that you made it home safe.  seems that you have some nice people down that way.  i always like visiting the south, the people just seem a little nicer than some up here in the north.

jk, the camera man was not that good today and hardly ever kept up with the long passes.  you mentioned that the qb was off on the throws.  were the receivers open on the plays?  hate not seeing games live because you miss so much of what is really going on during a play.  i have met dg at the stagg and he and his son are class individuals.  i am glad that you got to see wesley live and now understand us wolverine fans constantly lamenting about how good they can be if they put it all together in a game.  it is going to be very interesting come playoff time as teams keep losing.  the south is getting desimated and after UMHB, wesley, and maybe hopkins there are a lot of questions as to who else will be serious challengers for the final 8.

[jknezek]

jk, the camera man was not that good today and hardly ever kept up with the long passes.  you mentioned that the qb was off on the throws.  were the receivers open on the plays?  hate not seeing games live because you miss so much of what is really going on during a play.

On several of the long throws the receiver was open. In the first half, the Huntingdon secondary was very, very good. I watch the secondaries a lot because I find it the most interesting part of a game these days. Whatever adjustments Wesley made at the half, primarily to run a lot of "go routes" and to take advantage of receiver speed, helped. The receivers could get a step or two, the qb just couldn't hit them. The couple times he did, the receivers dropped the passes.

The adjustment was correct, the execution was poor.

[wesleydad]

jk, the camera man was not that good today and hardly ever kept up with the long passes.  you mentioned that the qb was off on the throws.  were the receivers open on the plays?  hate not seeing games live because you miss so much of what is really going on during a play.

On several of the long throws the receiver was open. In the first half, the Huntingdon secondary was very, very good. I watch the secondaries a lot because I find it the most interesting part of a game these days. Whatever adjustments Wesley made at the half, primarily to run a lot of "go routes" and to take advantage of receiver speed, helped. The receivers could get a step or two, the qb just couldn't hit them. The couple times he did, the receivers dropped the passes.

The adjustment was correct, the execution was poor.

jk, thanks for the insight.  home this week and then a bye week should have wesley ready for whomever they get in the first round.  i expect them to be home for at least 1 and depending on how wesley and jhu get seeded hopefully a 2nd home game in the playoffs.

[Teamski]

jknezek
come back down to Montgomery... you always welcome
keep the faith my friend

I am also thrilled everything worked out.  I couldn't imagine getting stranded like that.  Nothing tops the day like a mechanical failure.

-Ski