FB: Ohio Athletic Conference

[joelmama]

Use duct tape for maximum protection, that stuff will fix anything cept a broken heart...according to my dear departed father.   Burke isnt a pocket passer, Piloto is, the line coaches are going to be busy preparing the plowhorses for all the possibilities. If it snows I actually give Burke the advantage. He has good running ability, and he did not get to be the highschool QB of the state champion with NO throwing ability. What you wanna bet LK has a former highschool QB at another position?

Almeda may score all the points and get the win Saturday. If the D can make it a short field for the offense, then we dont have to throw the ball downtown to be productive. Im more worried about the special teams giving up the score than anything else.

Talk about tough kids wanting to play, a few years ago a local highschooler wannabe Qb had a broken arm and was behind the starting Qb on the depth chart. When the starter went down with an injury the kid saw an oppurtunity and cut his own cast off.... after only 3 weeks healing. He faked a Drs release note and played the next 4 weeks until the starter returned.  How that arm stayed together I will never know, but it did. Ive never wanted to play anythng THAT bad. I wonder if his parents were blind, or had a counting disability,or something?

I saw a season where the starting QB (high school) tore his ACL in the first game.  Wore a brace all year.  Started out the season 1-2 and won 12 straight and won the state championship.  This kid actually ran the ball 12-15 times per game too.  Had surgery the week after the state finals.  I was amazed.

[theaprof]

I guess I need "quotations 101 for the iPad"--where do I sign up?

[theaprof]

Got to get off of 666.

[HScoach]

Rudy,
For you, I'll let it stop at annoyed instead of full blown offended. 

[footballfan413]

Don't get me started... F@gs

Seriously?

SaintsFan has never been known to be at all politically correct.  At least we don't have to claim him as one of us!

I gave up on his behavior years ago.  I find him offensive on many levels--especially his attitudes about women and homosexuals.  But then again, I am easily offended and that offends HSCoach.

You don't have to ever apologize for being offended by a homophobic slur. You are absolutely right to to be and I know I am............

[bleedpurple]

Don't get me started... F@gs

Seriously?

SaintsFan has never been known to be at all politically correct.  At least we don't have to claim him as one of us!

I gave up on his behavior years ago.  I find him offensive on many levels--especially his attitudes about women and homosexuals.  But then again, I am easily offended and that offends HSCoach.

You don't have to ever apologize for being offended by a homophobic slur. You are absolutely right to to be and I know I am............

For whatever reason, it always makes me laugh, 413, when you come in hard with a strong opinion and then I read the Dennis Miller quote underneath it! 

[PurpleSuit]

Am I the only Raider fan that is more confident with Burke as Piloto's full back up rather than having Seaman play at all Saturday?  I think Piloto starts and throws all over Wesley like he was doing against Wabash before he went out, tough to cover all 4-5 of those Mount WR's

PS, the whole notion that Wabash was the best D that Mount has faced this year is a little off.  Mount dominated the first half with just one series from the starting QB.  I think the total yards were about 200 to 50, and that might be generous to Wabash.  Mount played even more conservative than ever in the 2nd half and LK leaned on the defense.  Wabash always fights and all, but the game was never close.  I know D3 is usually this big kumbaya fest, but come on people Mount had their way with Wabash.

[BashDad]

Mount dominated the first half with just one series from the starting QB.

DOMINATION!!!!

1st and 10 at WABF48   Jeremy Murray rush for loss of 2 yards to the 50 yardline (Pat Clegg).
2nd and 12 at MTU50   Matt Piloto pass incomplete to Brandon Brown.
3rd and 12 at MTU50   Matt Piloto pass incomplete to Brandon Brown.
4th and 12 at MTU50   Brandon Mathie punt 35 yards to the WABF15, fair catch by Sean Hildebrand.

1st and 17 at MTU37   Neal Seaman pass incomplete to Jasper Collins.
2nd and 17 at MTU37   Neal Seaman pass incomplete to Jeremy Murray.
3rd and 17 at MTU37   Neal Seaman sacked for loss of 8 yards to the MTU29 (CJ Gum).
4th and 25 at MTU29   Brandon Mathie punt 29 yards to the WABF42, Wes Chamblee return 8 yards to the 50 yardline (Tyler Alwardt).

1st and 10 at WABF41   MOUNT UNION drive start at 09:55, MTU ball on WABF41.
1st and 10 at WABF41   Neal Seaman pass incomplete to Chris Denton.
2nd and 10 at WABF41   Neal Seaman rush for 1 yard to the WABF40 (Pat Clegg;AJ Akinribade).
3rd and 9 at WABF40   Neal Seaman pass complete to Jasper Collins for 8 yards to the WABF32, out-of-bounds (Cody Buresh).
4th and 1 at WABF32   Neal Seaman pass complete to Jasper Collins for 4 yards to the WABF28, 1ST DOWN MTU (Denzel Wilkins).
1st and 10 at WABF28   Neal Seaman sacked for loss of 7 yards to the WABF35 (Pat Clegg).
2nd and 17 at WABF35   Jeremy Murray rush for 5 yards to the WABF30 (Pat Clegg).
3rd and 12 at WABF30   Kevin Burke sacked for loss of 5 yards to the WABF35 (CJ Gum).
4th and 17 at WABF35   Brandon Mathie punt 23 yards to the WABF12, Wes Chamblee return 0 yards to the WABF12, fumble by Wes Chamblee recovered by MTU Nick Driskill at WABF12.

1st and 10 at WABF12   MOUNT UNION drive start at 05:59.
1st and 10 at WABF12   Jeremy Murray rush for 1 yard to the WABF11 (AJ Akinribade;Pat Clegg).
2nd and 9 at WABF11   Neal Seaman pass intercepted by Houston Hodges at the WABF2, Houston Hodges return 0 yards to the WABF2, out-of-bounds.

[HScoach]

Am I the only Raider fan that is more confident with Burke as Piloto's full back up rather than having Seaman play at all Saturday?  I think Piloto starts and throws all over Wesley like he was doing against Wabash before he went out, tough to cover all 4-5 of those Mount WR's

PS, the whole notion that Wabash was the best D that Mount has faced this year is a little off.  Mount dominated the first half with just one series from the starting QB.  I think the total yards were about 200 to 50, and that might be generous to Wabash.  Mount played even more conservative than ever in the 2nd half and LK leaned on the defense.  Wabash always fights and all, but the game was never close.  I know D3 is usually this big kumbaya fest, but come on people Mount had their way with Wabash.

No offense intended, but I'm really sensitive and don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but the Mount O was nowhere near dominating.   Two possessions starting at roughly the Wabash 10-15 yard line (blocked punt & muffed punt) and Mount only gets 3 points?  That's hardly dominating.

If you want to talk about the defense dominating or the overall game not being in doubt, I could agree with you.  But the Wabash D did a very nice job of controlling Mount.  The play that broke it open was Murray's 46 run off the 2 yard line.  Outside of that one play, Wabash made Mount work very hard for every yard they got.

[SaintsFAN]

I apologize to everyone (not just those who were offended) on this page for the post yesterday.  You shouldn't have to read that.  Rudy, I will be going through my messages to see if this is a pattern.  At any rate, you all have my apologies (even hscoach and realitycheck). 

[thewaterboy]

I think the success of the Mount D this week will come with how well they can stop Shane McSweeny, and make Wesley use another one of its options to move the ball. Linfield tried and couldnt do it, and UMHB tried and couldnt also. He is playing with such a purpose right now. If they cannot stop him, the Mount D is in trouble. I feel like he is the equalizer in this one. If Mount can contain McSweeny, then that makes Wesley use other options, and maybe gives Mount an advantage...

On D, I think Wesley needs to make Mount throw the ball. Sure Mickey Inns threw the ball for 407 yards two weeks ago for Linfield. But in that game, we had a big interception that turned the tide. Last week we picked the ball off 3 times too, even though Bailey had some good numbers. Tough to gauge our secondary IMO. Seems like we give up plays but we can make them as well.

[Kehresma]

If Piloto and Seaman are unable to play, I see a tight game with LK calling plays very conservatively....

   

[footballfan413]

I apologize to everyone (not just those who were offended) on this page for the post yesterday.  You shouldn't have to read that.  Rudy, I will be going through my messages to see if this is a pattern.  At any rate, you all have my apologies (even hscoach and realitycheck).

+ karma for your apology and response to being called out for the inappropriate post. I  understand that it is easy to be flip with a comment like that in a setting like this but it is well beyond the time when we, as a culture, need to recognize the damage that can be done by it.  Speaking out against it is so important, IMHO.  I appreciate it.  We're cool as far as I'm concerned.   

And yes, that is just my opinion but in this case, I am not wrong!   

[footballfan413]

And BTW, being smited twice for standing up against a homophobic slur, (if that is why I was smited,)  is a badge of honor I will carry proudly.   

[Kehresma]

No offense intended, but I'm really sensitive and don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but the Mount O was nowhere near dominating.   Two possessions starting at roughly the Wabash 10-15 yard line (blocked punt & muffed punt) and Mount only gets 3 points?  That's hardly dominating.

If you want to talk about the defense dominating or the overall game not being in doubt, I could agree with you.  But the Wabash D did a very nice job of controlling Mount.  The play that broke it open was Murray's 46 run off the 2 yard line.  Outside of that one play, Wabash made Mount work very hard for every yard they got.

I Agree. "Dominating" in my limited 5 years as a Raider fan was 2007. Both side of the ball.  Maybe part of it was my being first-impression star-struck, maybe it's my briefer version of the good-old glory days, but we didn't see the offense regularly stopped in short scoring territory (no pun intended) (besides that was Garcon/Davis year), conversions to first down seemed a *yawn* foregone conclusion.  It was almost slap-stick, how MU would score and then turn-over by D would give us another opportunity to score. And we would.  At that time, I didn't know the OAC competition, so it may have been that certain games played out that way, and others were more evenly matched. 

Before my friend Bleeding Perp or someone else to the northwest reminds us who won the Stagg Bowl that year, I'll acknowledge that it wasn't Mount Union.  It wasn't until 45 seconds left in that game that I had the curious realization that we might not pull it out!   

Wabash played us well.  Mount D was (and is) dominant.  Our Offense this year presents multiple resources.  May the quarterbacks be healthy and protected!