FB: Presidents' Athletic Conference

[gamegenie]

Another week and The same old thoughts.  I understand why the Thiel folks are so worried about where they are in the top 25 because it its a once in a century thing for them to be ranked so you have every right to be excited about something that if you were a regular in the playoff picture you would know means nothing.  On the other hand the peolpe that go into figuring out the playoff scheme and are considered the experts usually have gave W&J some respect, and therfore this will actually benefit you poor souls that are Thiel fans.  They will both get in and niether will be able to compete for a tilte but you will definately see W&J advance and be far more succesful than Thiel.  I warned you last week to give up these pipe dreams becasue i dont want to see anyone fall down as hard as you are going to.  And for anyone to say that the W&J PRESIDENTS arent the king of the PRESIDENTS athletic conference obvioulsly are very narrow minded and have very short memories.  Decades of domination need we say any more.  So good luck to all you saps this week may your teams continue to fill your minds and hearts wiht artificial hope by capturing wins but I will be ever confident that W&J will roll on casue thats only what they have been doing for the last 20 years.

[Dutch12]

Genie, I'm not sure about your analysis of the current situation in the PAC, but your mastery of the written English language certainly is impeccable. 

[oldtimer4774]

Sorry Gamegenie--- this year its the TOMCATS Athletic Conference---  (if they win on Saturday)-- but def not the Presidents this year

[spliskin]

Game Genie,

You'd better not let Coach Sirianni find out your posting on this forum or you'll be benched for the Waynesburg game. You know he doesn't allow his players to "pop-off" on the internet.

[Bob.Gregg]

spliskin,

genie is NOT a current player, trust me!

[OldPhart]

From the Wburg/GCC press release:

>>Abels led Waynesburg with 133 yards on 16 carries. Cobb completed five of 16 >>passes for 48 yards.

>>Grove City held a 37:28-22:32 edge in time of possession. Grove City out-gained >>Waynesburg, 223-205.

First of all - great win for GCC!  Congratulations are in order. 
I know this is the first year for Coach Shepas at Waynesburg, but what the heck is going on there?  IMO Waynesburg had the tools to win over both GCC and TMC this year.  With the talent that is there I thought the preseason ranking of #3 in the PAC was reasonable.  Of course, they MATHEMATICALLY have an opportunity to meet that preseason expectationl - provided they win against W&J and Westmin and W&J loses to TMC too.   Not a very likely scenario.  Anyone have any thoughts as to how Wburg got to this point?

BTW - Please do not feed the troll.

[Cleveland Cartel]

Old Phart,

Shepas was the football coach at Massilion outside of Canton,OH for years.  In fact he was quite impressive there as a coach during his tenure except for the last few years, but from what has been told to me by several parents and former players was that everyone in the town wanted him out.  For years they did, and when his contract was finnally up they did not rehire him back.  Now he is at Waynesburg and time will tell his outcome there also.  Give him a few years to recruit and get his recruiting classes in there just like at Thiel with Leiphiemer.  Then we will be able to judge how succesful or dissapointment he has been. 

You are right though with all that athletic talent there you would think they would be able to get the ball more to hunter hawkins abels and there other runningback that comes in for abels is tough too!  Also, it might not be his or the coaches fault because this team was run by Dumm for 4 years.  The Dumm was lights out and always very accurate in his throws.  Cobb does not seem to have the same velocity or accuracy game in and game out. 

On a side note....Massilion (Shepas old team) beat St. Ignatius this year for the first time in over 17 years I believe.  I know its been awhile but they recently said it was 17 or 18 years. 

[OldPhart]

  Give him a few years to recruit and get his recruiting classes in there just like at Thiel with Leiphiemer.  Then we will be able to judge how succesful or dissapointment he has been. 

Thanks for the insight CC.  I know that Leip had a somewhat easier time starting at Thiel because, initially, it just couldn't get that much worse.  Shepas has more of a challenge inheriting a .500+ team.  Of course, it will be interesting to see how Shepas recruits.  I forget that former HS coaches have to make a big adjustment when they go to college level where recruiting becomes a critical issue.

[Dutch12]

OldPhart,

I think part of the reason Waynesburg has struggled is a new coach, more importantly like CC said,  they have struggled due to the loss of Dumm.  Abels and Daniels are good backs, but without the threat of a solid passing game teams have been able to focus solely on stopping the run.  Hunter and Hawkins are good too, they just don't have anyone to get them the ball right now. 

I think this is the case with GCC and Westminster as well.  Both have capable backs, but struggle to throw the football.  Obviously, when you are one dimensional offensively defenses will just try to force you into relying on your weakness. 

Being balanced goes a long way.  You don't have to look any further than Thiel and W&J to see examples of that.

[the_burghboy]

If GENIE is a W&J grad, I may as well sell my diploma on ebay.

[Senor RedTackle]

This guy thinks that the REAL talent in D3 football is in upstate NY in the Liberty League baby...look out for RPI, Hobart, and Union!!!

[Dutch12]

If GENIE is a W&J grad, I may as well sell my diploma on ebay.

Haha  I wouldn't go that far.  Most people on this board represent their institutions of higher learning in a better light.  There are of course exceptions....

[gamegenie]

well dutch if you are so smart why on earth were you at the Thiel / Westminister game?

and to you burgh boy you prob should sell your diploma cause you spend your whole day on d3football post patterns sounds like you need a life or a job for starters.

[Cleveland Cartel]

A round of Applause for Game Genie for correctly spelling everything right in his sentances!!  You still need to work on the completion of words such as Probably and Because.  That was only your third post you have plenty of time to work on that, but to come out and trash people who have been posting on this board for years you must have some serious stones brother. 

[the_burghboy]

I "prob should sell" ?