FB: Presidents' Athletic Conference

[E.115]

Case Western Reserve did crack the Top 25 in the NCAA AFCA poll yesterday:

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/d3/afca-coaches

It's not the NCAA AFCA poll, just the AFCA Top 25. The NCAA doesn't do national polls.

Ahh ok.  Thank you for the clarification.

I see NCAA website also hosts the D3football.com poll: https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/d3/d3footballcom

But it is not being updated, which why I assumed the AFCA was the official NCAA one.

Can you have someone feed a weekly update to the NCAA website?

[Pat Coleman]

I can try -- have never had to email it to them previously, though.

[Bob.Gregg]

Sirianni tells Observer-Reporter of injuries on offense:  https://observer-reporter.com/sports/injuries-ravage-w-j-s-offense/article_ab265ed8-dfd1-11e9-85e2-03a53a05552f.html

Regarding Andrew Wolf:  "We're pretty sure that Andrew is going to be out the rest of the season," said Sirianni. "We probably shouldn't have played him this past week. We're getting tests done but we're pretty sure he's going to miss the remainder of the season. He's a junior and still has a life ahead of him."

Regarding Jordan West:  "He's going to miss this week and maybe multiple weeks," said W&J head coach Mike Sirianni of West. "We're going to have to go to the drawing board and see what we can do."

[E.115]

I didn't realize Grove City had a 9 game win streak going (and it was the second longest in the nation)...great article:

After the streaks
By Adam Turer
D3sports.com

https://d3football.com/columns/around-the-nation/2019/after-the-streaks

[Bob.Gregg]

Joey Koroly was a three-way player for W&J yesterday.
With Jordan West already out, and EJ Thompson's leg tweak on the first play, Koroly
--ran 17 times for 75 yards and a touchdown
--caught a pass for 18 yards
--had three total tackles
--broke up 2 passes
--defended another 5-8 passes
--returned 2 kickoffs for 41 yards

I'm worn out just typing that....LOL

[E.115]

CMU making the cover photo of ATN:  http://www.d3blogs.com/d3football/2019/09/30/atn-podcast-246-the-one-with-all-the-unbeatens/

Plus the three undefeated PAC teams get some shout outs -- Westminster, Case Western Reserve, and Carnegie Mellon (PAC mentioned at 26:45 mark).

[E.115]

Case Western Reserve holds on to its #25 ranking in the AFCA Coaches Poll:

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/d3/afca-coaches

[E.115]

Westminster (4-0) @ Case Western Reserve (3-0) @ 7 PM

Preview for the battle of two PAC

Westminster: https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/westminstercollegepa.sidearmsports.com/documents/2019/10/2/2019_Football_Game_Notes_Week_5.pdf

CWRU: https://d2o2figo6ddd0g.cloudfront.net/8/j/lno2owzd0hqagy/fb_WES_game_notes19.pdf

Westminster having the nation's 14th best passing defense (by yardage) and the nation's 7th best scoring offense is certainly eye opening.

[ADL70]

All those stats and rankings are rather irrelevant as Westminster's opponents are a combined 1-13 and CWRU's 2-10. Curiously there is no common opponent.

[E.115]

^Fair enough.  Hopefully the PAC will be able to muster some national prominence as the top teams play each other.

Week #5 PAC podcast:  https://youtu.be/XxXYvKXS4Zk

[E.115]

All those stats and rankings are rather irrelevant as Westminster's opponents are a combined 1-13 and CWRU's 2-10. Curiously there is no common opponent.

Relatedly — from the Cleveland Plain Dealer:

Are these offenses for real? Case Western Reserve and Westminster will find out Saturday in PAC showdown

https://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/2019/10/are-these-offenses-for-real-case-western-reserve-and-westminster-will-find-out-saturday-in-pac-showdown.html

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And from the News Herald:

Case's Cameron Brown, son of former Cavs coach Mike Brown, making a name for himself on gridiron

https://www.news-herald.com/sports/case-s-cameron-brown-son-of-former-cavs-coach-mike/article_d5605916-e61a-11e9-9e36-8bec45445859.html

[DagarmanSpartan]

Case wins 21-13.

Next week's W&J game should be a REAL showdown!!!

[ADL70]

All those stats and rankings are rather irrelevant as Westminster's opponents are a combined 1-13 and CWRU's 2-10. Curiously there is no common opponent.

Are these offenses for real? Case Western Reserve and Westminster will find out Saturday in PAC showdown

https://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/2019/10/are-these-offenses-for-real-case-western-reserve-and-westminster-will-find-out-saturday-in-pac-showdown.htm

CWRU's is with 409 yds TO yesterday, 27 more than its season average coming in. While Westminster's TO yesterday was 286, 140 yds under its average before.

[ADL70]

Case wins 21-13.

Next week's W&J game should be a REAL showdown!!!

It will be real in the sense that a Spartan win almost assures a PAC crown. But not to put too much stock in the transitive property, W&J lost to CMU which lost to GCC, who CWRU beat 54-14.

[DagarmanSpartan]

Case finally cracks the d3football.com Top 25.

https://www.d3football.com/top25/2019/week5?fbclid=IwAR3P6pTpF5GMZnaUiVrkXTMz6YONQWpS1Vd34Uf2gdRnx6WlHHdtpwTUOg8