FB: Presidents' Athletic Conference

[wesleydad]

Well that was some crazy stuff at the end of regulation in the CMU/CWRU game.  CMU QB not taking the knee right away and causes a lineman to shove CWRU player who came in and touched the QB.  15 yard penalty and clock stops.  CMU can no longer run out clock and has to punt.  Punt blocked and returned for a TD and CWRU seems to have survived.  But no, celebration penalty puts ball on 20 for kickoff and coach calls for pooch kick and CMU gets it at the 40.  Move ball close enough and kick game tying field goal and they go overtime.

[SaintsFAN]

Well that was some crazy stuff at the end of regulation in the CMU/CWRU game.  CMU QB not taking the knee right away and causes a lineman to shove CWRU player who came in and touched the QB.  15 yard penalty and clock stops.  CMU can no longer run out clock and has to punt.  Punt blocked and returned for a TD and CWRU seems to have survived.  But no, celebration penalty puts ball on 20 for kickoff and coach calls for pooch kick and CMU gets it at the 40.  Move ball close enough and kick game tying field goal and they go overtime.

That was a senior backup QB who didn't take the knee correctly.  The game was over.

Hopefully we have a PAC Title game next week

[Bob.Gregg]

For a supposed "Academic Bowl" the last 40 seconds included some pretty stupid plays:

1)  CMU is kneeling down to win the game.  2nd down, 40 seconds to play, QB delays kneeling, then taps down. CWRU player taps him on the shoulder.
CMU senior starting left tackle doesn't like the tap and shoves CWRU player.  FLAG, Unsportsmanlike and STOP the CLOCK.  CMU kneels again, CWRU uses time out, CMU punts, blocked, return for TD.

2)  CWRU gets so overwhelmed with punt block TD, they excessively celebrate, 15 yard penalty on kickoff.

3)  Apparently CWRU coaches call for SHORT SQUIB kick, which CMU recovers, moves ball, kicks game tying field goal, sending game to OT.

4)  Trailing by 7 in OT, CMU facing 3rd & 5, 4th & 4, gets no blocks for Benger who is stopped and the game is over.

LOTS of STUPIDITY in the Academic Bowl in those final minutes....YIKES.

[D O.C.]

For a supposed "Academic Bowl" the last 40 seconds included some pretty stupid plays:

Bob. put it much better than I did on the NWC in-game board.
I was trying to watch LINFIELD and the CWR-CMU game at the same time as well as posting about both games.

Amazing for a game that had so much at stake. Ah heck, it would have been amazing as a first game of the year.

[DagarmanSpartan]

Wow.  Based on what I'm reading, that may be the craziest ending EVER!!!  Wish I'd seen it!

OK, someone who saw it tell me the truth.  Was the personal foul call at the end fair?  If it was, then I have to wonder how that guy won't be persona non grata among his CMU teammates the entire off-season for having effectively cost them a victory.  Were the CWRU player's own actions preceding the shove unsportsmanlike in their own right, and deserving of their own penalty?  Be honest.

Of course, if it wasn't a fair call, then it's almost as if CWRU needed a ref's call to win.  The victory somehow wouldn't seem quite as special in that case.

I also have to wonder what Coach Debs was thinking when he called that pooch kick from the 20, assuming, of course, that that was a deliberate call and not a botched kickoff.  Can't understand that one!

In the end, I guess I should be thankful that CWRU won...........SOMEHOW!!!

Let's hope that CWRU shows that it deserves a playoff spot (assuming, of course, that CWRU gets one) by playing better next week and winning in the first round.

[WashJeff68]

Cuda lefr the game for a while after being tackled and did not appear very sharp when he returned, although he did get the job done. Any info on his condition?

[Bob.Gregg]

OK, someone who saw it tell me the truth.  Was the personal foul call at the end fair?  If it was, then I have to wonder how that guy won't be persona non grata among his CMU teammates the entire off-season for having effectively cost them a victory.  Were the CWRU player's own actions preceding the show unsportsmanlike in their own right, and deserving of their own penalty?  Be honest.

I saw it on the very nicely done CMU video stream.
CMU QB took his time, backed up, stood there several seconds, then knelt down. CWRU player touch him, not violent nor vicious, split-second after whistle.  CMU player then shoved CWRU player.  Definitely a foul.

If I was the R, that's exactly the way I would have ruled it, just like it was.

[jam40jeff]

Cuda lefr the game for a while after being tackled and did not appear very sharp when he returned, although he did get the job done. Any info on his condition?

I was going to ask the same thing.  I watched the entire game except for missing about 3 plays.  Of course one of them was when he got hurt, so I didn't even see what happened.

Our offense looked lost for the series he was out.  When he came back, he was hobbling, immobile, and wildly inaccurate.  It really is a miracle we pulled that game out and I hope he is fully recovered by next week (assuming we make the playoffs).

[AO]

For a supposed "Academic Bowl" the last 40 seconds included some pretty stupid plays:

1)  CMU is kneeling down to win the game.  2nd down, 40 seconds to play, QB delays kneeling, then taps down. CWRU player taps him on the shoulder.
CMU senior starting left tackle doesn't like the tap and shoves CWRU player.  FLAG, Unsportsmanlike and STOP the CLOCK.  CMU kneels again, CWRU uses time out, CMU punts, blocked, return for TD.

2)  CWRU gets so overwhelmed with punt block TD, they excessively celebrate, 15 yard penalty on kickoff.

3)  Apparently CWRU coaches call for SHORT SQUIB kick, which CMU recovers, moves ball, kicks game tying field goal, sending game to OT.

4)  Trailing by 7 in OT, CMU facing 3rd & 5, 4th & 4, gets no blocks for Benger who is stopped and the game is over.

LOTS of STUPIDITY in the Academic Bowl in those final minutes....YIKES.

Probably not a math major if he delayed kneeling with the clock under 40.

[jam40jeff]

Case gets Illinois Wesleyan and W&J gets Johns Hopkins.  I was hoping they'd face off against each other, but at least Case got in.

[E.115]

Me too.  And I was hoping Case would get a home game, but I am happy to see them in the tournament.  Congrats to W & J on the home game.

[SaintsFAN]

Me too.  And I was hoping Case would get a home game, but I am happy to see them in the tournament.  Congrats to W & J on the home game.

Hopefully Cuda is healthy.  They are going to need him at full strength against IWU, who has a legit top 5 defense. 

Rooting hard for W&J against JHU.

[DagarmanSpartan]

Extremely tough bracket.

On the road against #11 IWU to start.

Then likely Mount Union, should we pull off the upset in Round One.

UGH!!!

GO SPARTANS!!!

[bluestreak66]

Just wanted to say congratulations to coach Scafe on closing out an amazing career! He was a great coach and great man to play under! I think he set the ground work for john carroll's recent success, so I'm sure he did the same down at thomas more!

[WashJeff68]

SaintsFan,


Thanks for the support. May go to the game, but a long drive from Knoxville, then home and back to Cleveland for Thanksgiving. May watch the game this week, then see where they play if they beat JHU and go.

Jeff on East Tennessee