Atlantic Central Football Conference/Independents

[HScoach]

........quarter finals again for the 8th year in a row, now only mount can also say that i believe.........

Nice streak Wesley has going there. 

FYI, the last time Mount failed to make at least the Semi-Final was 1994.   

[wesleydad]

........quarter finals again for the 8th year in a row, now only mount can also say that i believe.........

Nice streak Wesley has going there. 

FYI, the last time Mount failed to make at least the Semi-Final was 1994.

well, if you guys weren't so selfish . . . .    i know you would like to get another shot at umhb, but i think wesley might just put a hold on that revenge motive.

[umhb2001]

........quarter finals again for the 8th year in a row, now only mount can also say that i believe.........

Nice streak Wesley has going there. 

FYI, the last time Mount failed to make at least the Semi-Final was 1994.

well, if you guys weren't so selfish . . . .    i know you would like to get another shot at umhb, but i think wesley might just put a hold on that revenge motive.

Of course! If they didn't, there'd be a problem. 

[mr_mom]

well, if you guys weren't so selfish . . . .    i know you would like to get another shot at umhb, but i think wesley might just put a hold on that revenge motive.

OK, W-Dad ... I have to come up with some spreads by Monday night.  What does Wesley have that can stop that Texan juggernaut?

[thewaterboy]

Nicely summed up wesleydad. I think if Wesley comes out and plays a clean football game, they will win. Brandenburg has definitely revitalized the defense and is on FIRE on this playoff run, really exciting to watch. Sottilare was off with his passes early vs. Cortland, but he found a rhythm late. Hopefully that will translate to Belton.

The Cru is not destined to have their rematch with UMU quite yet. They have to get through Wesley who is no stranger to beating UMHB when it matters in recent years, home or away. Sottilare knows what it takes to beat MHB, the coaching staff knows what it takes. Most of this is vice versa from Mary Hardin Baylor's standpoint as well, but the last time UMHB has beaten Wesley when it counted was 2008 in Belton. The regular season doesnt count now. This week does.

[Ralph Turner]

Altho' the 2012 regular season win of UMHB over Wesley is why this game is being played in Texas...

[thewaterboy]

True, but the point Im trying to make is that the regular season game was not a game that singularly determined the future of each team's season. It was an important game, but did not alter either team's playoff hopes.

[DE Wesley Fan]

Wesley's defense is much improved now vs the first meeting.  Don't forget that this is the first year Hopkins and Morris are playing defense, and that Westcott was out last year - all have gotten better and better during the season, as has the D as a whole.  I really think that if our offense had been able to control the ball better in the first meeting and given the D a little rest, the outcome would have been different.  Hard enough to contain that UMHB offense when you're fresh, much less after you've been on the field forever and playing on a short field.  It will be interesting to see if UMHB does anything on offense to limit our regular defensive substitutions.

Still not entirely convinced our offense has what it takes to win this one (sounds silly after the scores of the last two games), but if they can just play a clean game we have a really good shot.  Even though there are so many other receiving options now, Barile has to step up here.  Last year I loved how well he ran routes, his focus to make difficult catches, etc but something's been off with him most of this season.  He made a really nice catch on Saturday, but there were other plays when the effort and focus just didn't seem to be there.  Not sure if he's just not on the same page with Sott or what, but he's better than that and I'd hate for his career to end without him playing his best.   

[Teamski]

True, but the point Im trying to make is that the regular season game was not a game that singularly determined the future of each team's season. It was an important game, but did not alter either team's playoff hopes.

I guess in a way it did. As mentioned, UMHB isn't going to Dover this year.  Wesley is a team of two sides.  Every first half of a season, they really have some cobwebs to work out.  This year was no exception.  Jahad was hurt and thus he only had one run in the UMHB game.  Now that he is back, Wesley's run game has a bit more punch to it.  Not dominate, but enough to move the ball.  When Wesley lost to UMHB in 2008, they had lost Pennewell in the Muhlenburg game the week prior, and that left Wesley with a single facet offense, which lost to a humming Crusader team.  This year is a bit different.  No matter what, both teams will be playing some real hardball next week.  Easily the game of the week.

-Ski

[Hawks88]

Good luck to Wesley this weekend against UMHB. We will be pulling for whichever team wins this one to go all the way and win the Stagg Bowl as we play both next season. It would be cool to have the defending champ on our schedule. 

[DE Wesley Fan]

Good luck to Wesley this weekend against UMHB. We will be pulling for whichever team wins this one to go all the way and win the Stagg Bowl as we play both next season. It would be cool to have the defending champ on our schedule.

Couldn't agree more that I hope whichever of us wins this one can win it all.  I think both teams feel that this should be "their" year, and one is certain to be heartbroken Saturday afternoon (here's to hoping it's not us!).

[DGPugh]

Hawks "We will be pulling for whichever team wins this one to go all the way and win the Stagg Bowl as we play both next season. It would be cool to have the defending champ on our schedule. "

Amen ..Go Wesley

but who else we playing.. is the schedule out ?

[Teamski]

Interesting....Christopher Newport is joining the Capital Athletic Conference.  Is this further proof that we will see the CAC sponsor football at some point in the future?  If Frostburg, Salisbury and Stevenson join in, we may well have another A Pool conference on the horizon.....

-Ski

[Pat Coleman]

Interesting....Christopher Newport is joining the Capital Athletic Conference.  Is this further proof that we will see the CAC sponsor football at some point in the future?  If Frostburg, Salisbury and Stevenson join in, we may well have another A Pool conference on the horizon.....

-Ski

Here's our stories from the original announcement. Stevenson is no longer in the CAC.
http://www.d3sports.com/notables/2012/06/southern-virginia-to-join-cac
http://www.d3sports.com/notables/2012/02/cnu-withdraws-from-usac-for-cac

[Hawks88]

Hawks "We will be pulling for whichever team wins this one to go all the way and win the Stagg Bowl as we play both next season. It would be cool to have the defending champ on our schedule. "

Amen ..Go Wesley

but who else we playing.. is the schedule out ?

I haven't seen a published schedule yet but the other non-conference game besides UMHB(home) and Wesley(away) is Miss. College(away). As for the conference games, the majority voted to only play seven games the first year so some could honor existing contracts so we play everyone except CNU. We have Ferrum, NC Wesleyan, Methodist, and Maryville at home and Greensboro, LaGrange, and Averett away. Hopefully they have a decent tiebreaker set up in case there ends up a tie between teams who don't play each other.