FB: Presidents' Athletic Conference

[E.115]

Case finally cracks the d3football.com Top 25.

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

And are now #21 in the AFCA D3 Coaches Poll:  https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/d3/afca-coaches

[E.115]

PAC podcast week #6:  http://pacathletics.org/news/2019/10/10/week-6-pac-football-report-podcast.aspx?path=

Participating in the Week 6 report podcast are Case Western Reserve University 16th-year head coach Greg Debeljak, Grove City College fourth-year head coach Andrew DiDonato and Carnegie Mellon University 34-year head coach Rich Lackner.

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I just hope CWRU can hold W&J's West to less than 6 TDs this time around...

From last year: https://gopresidents.com/news/2018/10/6/football-presidents-go-west-to-defeat-no-16-case-western-reserve-44-36.aspx

[DagarmanSpartan]

Case wins 35-19.

The game was more lopsided than the score indicates.

Case outgained W&J 520-296, and sacked the W&J QB EIGHT times.

[E.115]

I actually had to leave when it was 35-7.  What the heck happened in the last few minutes??

[ADL70]

W&J got two tds against soft coverage in 4th qtr. Still it was 502 yds vs 296 TO  8 sacks for -56 yds for Spartan D

GC beat Westminster so it's down to CWRU or CMU. Though CMU still has to play Westminster

[jam40jeff]

CMU also still has to play Waynesburg!

[ADL70]

CMU also still has to play Waynesburg!

OMG it's 3-3 at the half! Whoda thunk it

[jam40jeff]

Sooner or later CMU was bound to pull away.

[ADL70]

Sooner or later CMU was bound to pull away.

Yep Tartans have a loong TD drive and a pick 6. CMU-17-3 end of 3

Now 24-3 Cue Dandy Don

[Bob.Gregg]

CWRU will beat W&J in each of the next two meetings as long as Saxton stays healthy.
He showed yesterday why W&J wanted him...cool, calm, accurate, durable, unflappable.

I don't care how much better W&J's defense is, as long as the Presidents keep this "shoot out" offensive mentality, W&J can not beat Saxton-led CWRU.
Could be on the verge of a three-year (maybe longer) NCAA drought here in Wash, PA.

[E.115]

^ Case Western Reserve definitely feels fortunate to find such a polished, ready-to-go QB straight out of high school to start as a true freshman, and continue build experience through his college career.  Going to be a continual battle these next couple of years, for sure.

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Updated national rankings for Case Western Reserve:

#19 AFCA Coaches https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/d3/afca-coaches
#23 d3football.com https://d3football.com/top25/2019/week6

And how about the most un-talked about stat of the 2019 season:

CWRU has the #1 and #2 guys in sacks per game in the NATION!

DE Cam Brown
LB Joshua Smith

https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/d3/current/individual/36

Relatedly:

#2 in Team Sacks https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/d3/current/team/466
#8 in Team Rushing Defense https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/d3/current/team/24

[WashJeff68]

Clearly CWRU had the better team Saturday. Would it have been different if Andrew Wolf had been there? Suppose Wolf was there Sexton wasn't?  Amazing what a difference one player can make to a team, particularly in DiII.  Good luck to CWRU the test pf the way. Go PAC!

[ADL70]

Gotta think that a big part of the CWRU recruiting edge for Saxton was that W&J had an incumbent starter at QB in Jacob Adams, still a junior this year, while Spartans had no returning QB starter.

OLB Joshua Smith, who is not even a starter, becomes the third straight Spartan defender to make the d3football TOTW.

CMU DE Michael Lohmeier also made that list.

[Bob.Gregg]

Adams is a senior this year.
Biggest recruiting edge for CWRU is that MOM wanted him to go there.  Period.  The End.

[jam40jeff]

Could academics have played a part?  Not trying to knock W&J, but CWRU is on a different level academically.  Was he also looking at CMU?

Also, he will have started two more years at CWRU than he likely would have at W&J, which I would have to think would play a sizable role in his decision.