FB: Presidents' Athletic Conference

[E.115]

Great game by the o-line and Aaron Aguilar who carried the load after 1,000-yard rusher Jacob Burke was apparently injured in the first quarter. Got a big help though from IWU's punter who had trouble catching the snap. 

Same concern -- while happy to see Aguilar have such an impactful, career day, any word on what happened to Burke??

[ExTartanPlayer]

Major props to both Case and W&J. Great to see both teams advance.

Tough one for the Tartans in the ECAC game. Never really got in sync.

This class of CMU seniors was a great group. We had some individual record-breakers in Benger & Prather, as well as some major contributors on defense. While I had hoped they could break through for a league title at some point, three straight bowl games and a career record of 26-17 is a nice step back towards league title contention and regional-ranking-level competition.

[WashJeff68]

Good to hear from you, ExTartan.

One has to think that the future of the PAC looks pretty good, even with the loss of TMC.

Next year would expect the "big four" to be back, and some others (e.g. Grove City) to be completive.

One more week until this board begins it's long winter/spring nap hopefully waking in the late summer for another year of engaging banter!

Safe travels next week. I was tempted to try to get to Washington/Frostburg next Saturday, but not in the cards.

Jeff in East Tennessee

[ExTartanPlayer]

Grove City is an underrated story, one of those fun things you can find every season in D3.  Really cool to see Andrew DiDonato make some headway there.  Would be remiss if I did not congratulate the GCC coaches and seniors for coming up with four wins this year.

[DagarmanSpartan]

CWRU is going to have a lot of rebuilding to do next year though.

Many of this year's top contributors (Ex: Cuda) are Seniors.

If Case is going to make a deep run............then THIS is the year to do it.

[E.115]

Here's from the Cleveland newspaper:

Case Western Reserve blanks Illinois Wesleyan in D3 football playoffs, 28-0

http://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/index.ssf/2017/11/case_western_reserve_blanks_il.html

[E.115]

Interesting:  https://mobile.twitter.com/professorbriggs/status/932089149888266240

[MUC57]

DagarmanSpartan et al

A huge congrats to Case Institute of Technology. Well, that's what it was called when I was at Mount Union.
It'll be great having 2 Ohio teams play each other. Texas isn't the only place for football!
Because of the proximity oF CWRU, and it's outstanding academic reputation, I have been a fan for years. Looking forward to Saturday in Alliance. Glad to see old Case Tech moving on!
Good luck to both teams.

[MUC57]

WashJeff68 et al

Also a big congrats to W&J. Always glad to see a coach Mike Sirianni (Mount grad) team do well.
Good luck against Frostburg State. Should be at W&J, right?
Go Presidents!

[ADL70]

Great game by the o-line and Aaron Aguilar who carried the load after 1,000-yard rusher Jacob Burke was apparently injured in the first quarter. Got a big help though from IWU's punter who had trouble catching the snap. 

Same concern -- while happy to see Aguilar have such an impactful, career day, any word on what happened to Burke??

I looked at the replay.  He carried the ball once and appeared to get his ankle twisted by the tackler.  He walked off with a bit of a limp.  He didn't return until about five minute mark of first quarter.  He had one carry and again limped off.  Didn't appear to be too serious.  Hope that's the case.  Spartans will need all their weapons sharp, as well as all of the good fortune that they have experience lately to make it a game against Mt. Union.

Here's post-game press conf.  CWRU at about 10:00

https://portal.stretchinternet.com/iwu/portal.htm?eventId=408279&streamType=video

[DagarmanSpartan]

DagarmanSpartan et al

A huge congrats to Case Institute of Technology. Well, that's what it was called when I was at Mount Union.
It'll be great having 2 Ohio teams play each other. Texas isn't the only place for football!
Because of the proximity oF CWRU, and it's outstanding academic reputation, I have been a fan for years. Looking forward to Saturday in Alliance. Glad to see old Case Tech moving on!
Good luck to both teams.

MUC57,

Thanks!  Actually, I'm surprised you only mentioned Case.  ADL70 and I are both Reserve types.

Interesting point of fact: Western Reserve is the only school in Ohio school that has a winning record against Ohio State.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_Western_Reserve_Spartans_football

[SaintsFAN]

Great wins by both PAC representatives this weekend. 

Not many expected 1 win out of the two games, let alone both. 

Its a VERY big accomplishment to win a playoff game - and its a big chore to win two.  I'll continue to root for the PAC teams. 

CWRU at The Machine:  I really wish I could be in Alliance for this one. 

Case will be prepared but can Cuda be the Cuda from two years ago?  He needs to be.  You don't beat Mount Union by running around them, way too much team speed on defense.  You have to run right at them (hopefully Burke is healthy enough to impact the game)... be balanced and have Cuda keep the defense honest. 

Wesley went into Alliance three years ago with a great team, a team that had challenged Mount Union the previous season.  The Wolverines ran three running plays running straight at Mount's defense and got 5 yards each.  Then they lost yardage trying to beat Mount to the corner and threw incomplete on 3rd down.  Mount Union scored the next 49 points as the staff at Wesley panicked, calling all passes.  They literally didn't run another running play until the 4th Quarter and Mount blew their doors completely off. 

I still remember talking to Pat C and wesleydad at halftime - there was nothing to be said.  Probably the first time the three of us together had absolutely nothing to say. 

Anyways:  I hope CWRU stays committed to offensive balance... and runs right at the PRaiders. 

Best of luck.

[WashJeff68]

Lots of interesting chat on the OAC board. Some even is about the CWRU/UMU game!

[HScoach]

If Case can possess the ball and not get beaten over the top, they could hang with Mount for a while.  The Mount O has good overall numbers, but it's not consistent.   Lots of big plays and lots of 3 and outs.  Very little in between.

[E.115]

Man, Aguilar must be Chuck Norris in this story.  One too many?

http://d3football.com/playoffs/2017/pac-powers

Side note: awesome freaking article!!!