FB: Presidents' Athletic Conference

[UfanBill]

To CWR fans...as a Union fan and a frequent contributor to the Liberty League board, I look forward to interacting with Spartan fans this week. Union, one of the oldest colleges in the US(1795) is located in Schenectady(skin-neck-titty), NY near the state capital Albany. It's a straight forward but boring 450 mile drive east on I-90.  If anyone's coming the Rivers Casino with lodging is minutes from the campus. Union and CRW have a common opponent this season...Rochester. The Dutchmen and the Tartans have never met on the football field.

[E.115]

To CWR fans...as a Union fan and a frequent contributor to the Liberty League board, I look forward to interacting with Spartan fans this week. Union, one of the oldest colleges in the US(1795) is located in Schenectady(skin-neck-titty), NY near the state capital Albany. It's a straight forward but boring 450 mile drive east on I-90.  If anyone's coming the Rivers Casino with lodging is minutes from the campus. Union and CRW have a common opponent this season...Rochester. The Dutchmen and the Tartans have never met on the football field.

UfanBill,

Thanks for reaching out to us Spartans.

CWRU is known mostly as a research institution and has a fairly urban campus located on the east side of Cleveland, OH: https://www.google.com/search?q=case+western&rlz=1C1CAFA_enUS781US799&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQjqHi4PLlAhVOdt8KHRdRB2kQ_AUIFCgD&biw=1684&bih=820&dpr=1.13

That 1795 is pretty dang impressive.  CWRU's history links back to two individual universities who federated in 1967 (Case Tech and Western Reserve).  Western Reserve dates back to 1826, and one interesting fun fact I found, the first president of Case Tech hailed from Union College: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cady_Staley

Looking forward to the matchup, as Union College is certainly an unknown for us PAC folks.

[ADL70]

Case outgained CMU 400-150 and first downs were 25-6 in favor of Case.  However, they did everything else wrong.  One fumble lost, three interceptions (one being a pick 6), 3 punts in the first half for a TOTAL of 32 yards, and 2 missed FGs, all while CMU had no turnovers and made a 50 yard FG.  That will almost always equal a loss.

Hopefully Case can get it together before next week.  They haven't played well the last 4 games.

I wasn't able to watch the game, but I'm pretty sure that there is a stats SNAFU in the -33 yd  punt mid-2nd quarter, so the punting wasn't as terrible as it seems. There was however a 27 yd punt with a 21 yd return to the CWRU 10 that led to the Tartan's first TD.

[jam40jeff]

Case outgained CMU 400-150 and first downs were 25-6 in favor of Case.  However, they did everything else wrong.  One fumble lost, three interceptions (one being a pick 6), 3 punts in the first half for a TOTAL of 32 yards, and 2 missed FGs, all while CMU had no turnovers and made a 50 yard FG.  That will almost always equal a loss.

Hopefully Case can get it together before next week.  They haven't played well the last 4 games.

I wasn't able to watch the game, but I'm pretty sure that there is a stats SNAFU in the -33 yd  punt mid-2nd quarter, so the punting wasn't as terrible as it seems. There was however a 27 yd punt with a 21 yd return to the CWRU 10 that led to the Tartan's first TD.

Thanks, I should have been more skeptical of that stat I saw at halftime.

[Bob.Gregg]

....Schenectady(skin-neck-titty).....

ONLY in a college football message board could you find that phonetic spelling.....

[E.115]

To CWR fans...as a Union fan and a frequent contributor to the Liberty League board, I look forward to interacting with Spartan fans this week. Union, one of the oldest colleges in the US(1795) is located in Schenectady(skin-neck-titty), NY near the state capital Albany. It's a straight forward but boring 450 mile drive east on I-90.  If anyone's coming the Rivers Casino with lodging is minutes from the campus. Union and CRW have a common opponent this season...Rochester. The Dutchmen and the Tartans have never met on the football field.

Looking forward to the matchup, as Union College is certainly an unknown for us PAC folks.

Scratch that... while Union College maybe a bit unknown to many of us casual fans... the two head coaches—Debeljak and Behrman—certainly know each other well:

Union coach Jeff Behrman is a 1995 John Carroll graduate and former Blue Streaks quarterback and team captain.

Behrman's position coach during his freshman season? Debeljak, who was a JCU assistant before taking over at Case. The two have stayed in contact over the years, and just last spring Debeljak and his staff hosted the Union staff for a type of coaching retreat.

https://www.news-herald.com/sports/case-football-coach-excited-about-d-iii-playoff-matchup/article_ae19a82e-09ad-11ea-81c2-8bad1f8af2a0.html

[Ice Bear]

To CWR fans...as a Union fan and a frequent contributor to the Liberty League board, I look forward to interacting with Spartan fans this week. Union, one of the oldest colleges in the US(1795) is located in Schenectady(skin-neck-titty), NY near the state capital Albany. It's a straight forward but boring 450 mile drive east on I-90.  If anyone's coming the Rivers Casino with lodging is minutes from the campus. Union and CRW have a common opponent this season...Rochester. The Dutchmen and the Tartans have never met on the football field.

Looking forward to the matchup, as Union College is certainly an unknown for us PAC folks.

Scratch that... while Union College maybe a bit unknown to many of us casual fans... the two head coaches—Debeljak and Behrman—certainly know each other well:

Union coach Jeff Behrman is a 1995 John Carroll graduate and former Blue Streaks quarterback and team captain.

Behrman's position coach during his freshman season? Debeljak, who was a JCU assistant before taking over at Case. The two have stayed in contact over the years, and just last spring Debeljak and his staff hosted the Union staff for a type of coaching retreat.

https://www.news-herald.com/sports/case-football-coach-excited-about-d-iii-playoff-matchup/article_ae19a82e-09ad-11ea-81c2-8bad1f8af2a0.html

Ice Bear says this is really cool. He had no clue. +k

[Ice Bear]

....Schenectady(skin-neck-titty).....

ONLY in a college football would you find that phonetic spelling.....

Ice Bear says most keep it simple and refer to Schenectady as Shocktown, USA.

Ice says a quick look up of "Schenectady," will tell you why...

[UfanBill]

....Schenectady(skin-neck-titty).....

ONLY in a college football message board could you find that phonetic spelling.....

Picture trying to teach someone how to pronounce Schenectady...grab some SKIN then point to your NECK and finally your TITTY.
Or you could listen to this jem.  https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-omr-001&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=omr&p=song+from+schenectady#id=22&vid=6c3038c8be6a10731549811ecd201a0e&action=view

Schenectady of course is known as the home of Union College but back in the early days before we were even a country, think 1660s, Schenectady was settled by the Dutch and was frontier Iroquois indian country. In more modern times it was the home of General Electric founded by Thomas Edison and ALCO, American Locomotive works, which built large train locomotives. The city also had the Erie Canal running right through it and the Mohawk river. Recently it has undergone a much needed urban renewal.   

[Bob.Gregg]

PAC 1. CWRU heads to Schenectady, NY to face Union Dutchmen (10-0).

Will be interested to see if the next 4 teams in PAC get ECAC bids:
2. Grove City 7-2
3. Carnegie-Mellon 7-2
4. Westminster 6-3
5. W&J 6-3

Apparently, all four of these teams will be in the ECACs Saturday....
I know W&J is heading to Ithaca for a 12 noon kickoff.
I would hope that if #5 got a bid, 2-3-4 would also (all declared for such).

And, so they did (all Saturday, Nov. 23)

Clayton Chapman Bowl - Time: TBD
Westminster College (7-3) at Morrisville State (6-4)

Asa S. Bushnell Bowl - Time: 12 noon
Washington and Jefferson College (7-3) at Ithaca College (8-2)

Scotty Whitelaw Bowl - Time: 1:00 p.m.
Brevard College (7-2) at Carnegie Mellon University (8-2)

James Lynah Bowl - Time: TBD
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (6-4) at Grove City College (8-2)

[Bob.Gregg]

Since I also work with high school & junior high kids, we'd have probably used THIS in a pronunciation guide: skeh-NECK-tah-dee.

But, much of the difference is just circumstantial...

[UfanBill]

Since I also work with high school & junior high kids, we'd have probably used THIS in a pronunciation guide: skeh-NECK-tah-dee.

But, much of the difference is just circumstantial...

But hey, they'll remember mine. 

[Ice Bear]

Ice Bear says in all seriousness he is really excited to see CWRU play this weekend. He is wishing the team, fans, etc. a safe journey East. Ice Bear guesses your arrival will be Thursday/Fridayish?

Ice knows very little about CWRU however has a healthy respect for your record and body of work this season. Ice welcomes any fans who'd like to bust out some info and players on CWRU to watch out for come Saturday. Also please don't hesitate to jump on the LLPP board as we have fun with humor but talk lots of D3 football at the core.

Ice also says if any fans are planning on making the journey please feel free to message Ice in regards to places to stay, places to eat, parking for the game, etc. ice would be glad to help any way he can.

Let's hope for a great game and most importantly no ****ing injuries on either side.

[Bob.Gregg]

Apparently, I'm not alone in my earlier assessment.  Wonder if the others ever "wore the helmet".....

http://pacathletics.org/news/2019/11/19/all-pac-football-teams-award-winners-announced.aspx#fb-allpac-hm18

[ADL70]

I realize that statistics don't tell the whole story, but Saxton's QBER is 138.2 while Adams' is 149.38. I wonder if Saxton has some sort of injury, as the last few games his passes don't seem to me to his usual zip.

We should get an answer to your query regarding the PAC's strength from Saturday's post-season games.