Atlantic Central Football Conference/Independents

[Teamski]

Uphill from the start just looking at the schedule. Very very little room for error. Hopefully we will see a stronger Wesley team this season. They have some ground to make up to the likes of UWW and UMHB.

No doubt.  Once again Wesley goes into the season ranked #5 with some serious must-win games in the mix.  More so this year than any other.  Then again, we say this every year too.    Really looking forward to Callahan on the field once again.  He really impressed the hell out of me this last year.  His Hail Mary at Johns Hopkins will stick with me for a very long time.  I hadn't gone nuts like that since the fabled Linfield game (which I can never see being matched for excitement in my lifetime). 

It will be nice to see a brace of home games for once! 

-Ski

[thewaterboy]

I would think we would have some sort of idea on Wesley's playoff chances after the 5th week of the season seeing they don't play a Division III opponent after that  .

Along with Callahan, I am excited to see Koudossou healthy for his senior campaign. I know he was playing hurt during the middle of the season last year. Hopefully this year he can stay healthy as the leader of the Wesley receiving corps.

[Teamski]

Congrads to Sosthene Kapepula and Devin Filliben of Wesley for being selected 1st and 2nd Team respectively in the D3F 2014 Preseason All-American honors.  Well done gentlemen!!   

-Ski

[wesleydad]

Having fun looking through the schedules to plan my season.  First 3 weeks all Wesley games.  After that there are some good games that I get to choose from.  Annual trip to Bridgewater for their homecoming game against Wash and Lee, a team I have never seen.  Getting excited that the season is right around the corner.  Expecting plenty of good things from this years Wesley team.  Hopefully the offense will take the Mount game and build off of it.  They should be tough for anyone to figure out what they are going to do and with any semblance of a running game they could be scary.  The defense will need to tighten up a bit, stay aggressive and avoid the stupid penalties.  Shame that they only have 5 D3 games, but it is what it is.  Last year as an Independent and then on to the NJAC.

[CNU85]

Having fun looking through the schedules to plan my season.  First 3 weeks all Wesley games.  After that there are some good games that I get to choose from.  Annual trip to Bridgewater for their homecoming game against Wash and Lee, a team I have never seen.  Getting excited that the season is right around the corner.  Expecting plenty of good things from this years Wesley team.  Hopefully the offense will take the Mount game and build off of it.  They should be tough for anyone to figure out what they are going to do and with any semblance of a running game they could be scary.  The defense will need to tighten up a bit, stay aggressive and avoid the stupid penalties.  Shame that they only have 5 D3 games, but it is what it is.  Last year as an Independent and then on to the NJAC.

Hey - do the Stone Station boys still get together in the same place?

[Teamski]

   Expecting plenty of good things from this years Wesley team.  Hopefully the offense will take the Mount game and build off of it.  They should be tough for anyone to figure out what they are going to do and with any semblance of a running game they could be scary.  The defense will need to tighten up a bit, stay aggressive and avoid the stupid penalties.   

It's like a skipping record, isn't it?  Last season, I think Wesley did a great job overall of mitigating a lot of the silly mistakes we have seen through the years.  I hope to see that continue.

-Ski

[jknezek]

Annual trip to Bridgewater for their homecoming game against Wash and Lee, a team I have never seen. 

W&L always struggles at Bridgewater. I don't expect a whole lot from either team this year, so you might see a competitive game even if it isn't a pair of titans at work. I'm getting to my traditional W&L at Sewanee game in week 2, so hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised by my Generals.

[thewaterboy]

Looking at Thomas More's stats from last year, looks like the depend heavily on RB Dominique Hayden (averaging 200 yds/gm  ). A more than formidable test for Wesley's (usually solid) run D. If this Wesley defense can stay healthy, they will be scary good. Good group if LBs returning, D-line looks solid and hopefully healthy, Leon Jones is on the roster after missing last season with an injury.

With the exception of Howe, we return virtually everyone on offense. The team will have to bring their "A" game from the get go this year. VERY little room for mistakes.

Hopefully I can make the trek September 6. Hope to see everyone there.

[Teamski]

Looking at Thomas More's stats from last year, looks like the depend heavily on RB Dominique Hayden (averaging 200 yds/gm  ). A more than formidable test for Wesley's (usually solid) run D. If this Wesley defense can stay healthy, they will be scary good. Good group if LBs returning, D-line looks solid and hopefully healthy, Leon Jones is on the roster after missing last season with an injury.

With the exception of Howe, we return virtually everyone on offense. The team will have to bring their "A" game from the get go this year. VERY little room for mistakes.

Hopefully I can make the trek September 6. Hope to see everyone there.

Yeah, I hope to see you there!  On camera again this year for the home games.   

-Ski

[SaintsFAN]

Looking at Thomas More's stats from last year, looks like the depend heavily on RB Dominique Hayden (averaging 200 yds/gm  ). A more than formidable test for Wesley's (usually solid) run D. If this Wesley defense can stay healthy, they will be scary good. Good group if LBs returning, D-line looks solid and hopefully healthy, Leon Jones is on the roster after missing last season with an injury.

With the exception of Howe, we return virtually everyone on offense. The team will have to bring their "A" game from the get go this year. VERY little room for mistakes.

Hopefully I can make the trek September 6. Hope to see everyone there.

The QB and WR corps should also be making huge strides.  This will be 18's third year as the starter.  Not necessarily for Wesley, but the other teams on the schedule who will have to commit more resources to stopping the TMC run game -- it will hopefully be very dangerous for them to do so.

[DE Wesley Fan]

One more week, boys and girls!!   A few of the things I can't wait for - to enjoy a beautiful (soon to be) fall day out at the field, to settle into our section and catch up with folks we haven't seen since last season while getting to know the newbies, to be entertained by Crazy Uncle Frank, hear the fire siren go off in the middle of a game (if we're lucky), seeing players play for the love of the game, waiting for Drass's first tirade of the year (and feeling a bit sorry for whichever poor guy is on the other end of it), listening to our friends at WDEL, and enjoying the eternal hope and optimism of wondering if this might just be our year.

Regardless of who we cheer for, let's hope for a season of good, competitive football with no serious injuries and appreciate how lucky we are to get to enjoy it.

Now enough of the mushy stuff, and go get 'em Wesley!!

[Teamski]

I watched the Wesley vs. Albright scrimmage last night.  There is a lot of work to do, but it was a good run-up to next week's game.  I have never seen football players scramble as fast as I did last night when a pair of bats landed among the knelt Wesley players during the post-game talk on the field.  You would have thought that somebody unleashed a pair of rabid pit bulls or something.  It was hilarious.  Anyways, it was great to see Jason Bowen and Sean Green in attendance.  I was also thrilled to see the stands quite full as well.  It is neat to see the interest in the team this early on.  Now to see how the team improves before facing another ranked team in Thomas More next week.

-Ski

[thewaterboy]

ONE week away from the opener against Thomas More. A few things I noted from reading Kickoff.
1) Wesley returns nearly everyone on both sides of the ball. The only real losses are Jeremiah Howe, and the two safeties. This group will go as far as the o-line takes them.
2) Wesley's run game should be much better compared to last season. Jamar Baynard really stepped up in the final games of the season, and as long as Brandon Wright can stay healthy, he can be really solid as well.
3) A TON of speed at receiver. Koudossou, Bryce Shade, Matt Bundy and Robert Wiggs (both returning from injury). This group will be fun to watch.

[wesleydad]

If you have not gotten Kick off yet and you want to get a feel for all things D3 then you should.  Still have plenty to read.  Looking forward to taking the rest of the week to do so.  Only 6 more days.

[beenhit2hard]

We can't make any games this week, I am still coaching and we have our only Saturday game coming up. But after that either Wesley or The gulls every saturday .Looking forward to some footballllllll !!!!