Atlantic Central Football Conference/Independents

[SeoulGuy]

Coach Drass never once said that the shoes cost them the game in Brockport. And I think that he will say they just didn't play well today. I would hate to think that WW would do something like that. But if they did then it really does sour this win for them and always leave that doubt in peoples minds..

I listened to the post-game press conference, and you are right, he said it had nothing to do with shoes. However, from comments of the WW players at the press conference, they were saying they were happy to see Wesley come out in cleats because they knew they would be in trouble considering the turf conditions, they were actually joking about it. I Warhawk website will probably have the comments up on their playoff page soon for all to listen to.  At least they did for the other playoff games. The WW players changed into turf shoes after pre-game warmups. Furthermore, these players were even commenting that the Wesley players were asking them if they really enjoyed playing in this kind of weather. From the sound of it, the Wesley players were more concerned with the weather than playing football. But, shoes aside, the results would not have changed by playing on a dry warm day.

[inferno4488]

For those of you who dont know Wesley is half way across the country from wisconsin, so for you to say that an equipment manager(which i dont even think they have) should be fired, to my understanding is the coach suggests to the other team what they should wear, now this may or may not have effected wesley, but the bottom line is it didnt really matter, wesley was in over there head against a great football team that will probably win next week, so congrats to you whitewater fans and best of luck to you

[Bwana]

Coach Drass never once said that the shoes cost them the game in Brockport. And I think that he will say they just didn't play well today. I would hate to think that WW would do something like that. But if they did then it really does sour this win for them and always leave that doubt in peoples minds..

PA-Wesleyfan...never said the Coach said anything about shoes, but there were a fair number of post claiming that wearing the wrong shoes for a muddy field was the major  reason for Wesley's big loss to Brockport.

But again, unless teams are only allowed to take one pair of shoes, why would it matter if WW did that? Wouldn't Wesley go out and make their own assessment as to what shoes are needed?

[SeoulGuy]

Coach Drass never once said that the shoes cost them the game in Brockport. And I think that he will say they just didn't play well today. I would hate to think that WW would do something like that. But if they did then it really does sour this win for them and always leave that doubt in peoples minds..

PA-Wesleyfan...never said the Coach said anything about shoes, but there were a fair number of post claiming that wearing the wrong shoes for a muddy field was the major  reason for Wesley's big loss to Brockport.

But again, unless teams are only allowed to take one pair of shoes, why would it matter if WW did that? Wouldn't Wesley go out and make their own assessment as to what shoes are needed?

I know playoff rosters are limited to 52 players, but I didn't know you are only allowed 1 pair of shoes to travel with. Is is standard practice for the home team to advise the visitors about what kind of shoes to wear to a game?

[Matt Barnhart (kid)]

wow that must feel horrible, told you to watch out for stanley but you wouldnt listen, how did beavers and lee do just wonderin, didnt hear their names over the load speaker

So maybe I was wrong about all Whitewater posters being gracious winners.

Once fans of a school get used to their team winning in the playoffs (years of it), perhaps the post-game trash talking will subside.  It must be a tough concept for fans to realize that only one team wins it all each year.  Doesn't mean the accomplishments of the others who didn't shouldn't be recognized.

Excellent season Wesley.  Keep the run going next year (just not against Bridgewater )!

[inferno4488]

Seoul yes it is standard,and i also know wesley couldnt practice on the field friday because it was covered,again congrats and nice win

[SeoulGuy]

How many games did Wesley play on natural turf this year? Appears like they don't have that opportunity too often.  If I were a coach, there might be two people I would trust regarding the shoes to wear - one would be me and the other would not be the opposing coach!

[WSUFan]

Seoul yes it is standard,and i also know wesley couldnt practice on the field friday because it was covered,again congrats and nice win

It's my understanding from the Championship handbook that, as a general rule,  practice is not permitted on a natural-surface game field. If it's an artificial surface then you are permitted to practice on the game field.

[Bwana]

PA_Wesleyfan-

BTW, love your sig line!


"Football !!! The ultimate team sport. Anyone who plays DIII football is a winner..."

[Jeremybozz]

Call out my pick if you wish but the facts are I picked UWW to win  (only by 1 point) and that since the game was delayed until 2 PM my 1:43 PM post was still pre game.
   For those Wesley students that taunted me on the BC side last week (I yelled Brockport St. and Linfield at them who knew?), how does it feel this week to lose even worse?
   Wesley had a great season and good fans for the most part other than those few that came to our side and taunted us.
  To UWW good luck vs Mount Union.

   Seoul Guy: You also posted that Wesley could give UWW a game and that with a break or 2 anything is possible. Your pick of 42-21 UWW was closer than my 31-30 UWW pick(posted on the ODAC pick em board). Guess that helps explain the -21 karma. Congrats on being somewhat closer on the pick than I was.

[Ryan Coleman]

Howdy everyone! I just wanted to let you know that the photos from the game are now available at http://www.pictureprints.net/albums.php?gallery=512.

Thank you for your support of D3football.com!

[Jeremybozz]

 The silence on this board is deafening.  (Sorry, I could not resist.)

[warhawkexpress28]

wow that must feel horrible, told you to watch out for stanley but you wouldnt listen, how did beavers and lee do just wonderin, didnt hear their names over the load speaker

So maybe I was wrong about all Whitewater posters being gracious winners.

Once fans of a school get used to their team winning in the playoffs (years of it), perhaps the post-game trash talking will subside. It must be a tough concept for fans to realize that only one team wins it all each year. Doesn't mean the accomplishments of the others who didn't shouldn't be recognized.

Excellent season Wesley. Keep the run going next year (just not against Bridgewater )!

hey i tell you what if the game was played on a different surface i might say the game would have been closer, i could def see the speed of some of Wesleys players.  and i was right next to some of the Wesley players when they were going on the field and alot of them were carring there spikes with them and wearin shoes so i dont know what teh problem was, i know when i played we always carried 2-3 pairs of shoes in our travel bags just in case,

[Llamaguy]

Well it looks pretty clear here that at least 1 down lineman had field turf shoes on for Wesley. Don't know if this was from the 2nd half though.

http://www.pictureprints.net/albums.php?gallery=512&photo=0013

Altough on further review, some of their skill guys did not:
http://www.pictureprints.net/albums.php?gallery=512&photo=0175

[Pat Coleman]

Photo 13 is definitely first half, they are numbered in the order they were shot. The latter one is probably second half.