FB: Presidents' Athletic Conference

[PittTBCW]

Rel. Major,

I agree it will be a close game but of course I have the Tomcats coming out on top.

Does anyone think the weather will play a part in this contest???

I heard there might be some white stuff on the ground.

[ThielFan]

They're calling for rain/snow for most of the week in NW PA, which means it could be one of those sloppy, slushy, slippery type games.

[Outsider14]

i hear you guys have field turf, so the weather shouldn't affect the game too too much. although i recall when we played on the field turf at mount union, the field was hard as a rock and about half as slick as the lycoming field (which translates into pretty slick). at least it won't be the mud that we've been used to playing on late in the year (catholic, trinity-all 3 games, rowan... etc).

[PittTBCW]

Yes Thiel has field turf and it will help with the weather situation I am sure.

[bcsportswriter]

W&J fans....Is Chris Edwards always so quick to deflect blame to his recievers?  Or were his words misconstrued in today's Daily-News Record?

"A couple of the plays we practiced during the week were meant to go a little bit deeper to get right in-between their secondary," Edwards said. "A couple of times we did run shorter routes than we should have and, yeah, the ball did sail because it was supposed to be a deeper pass."

[Darkside90]

I'm interested in seeing the match up between Thiel's 9th ranked run defense (75.9 ypg) and BC's 9th ranked rushing offense (277.6). 
In my opinion for Thiel to successfully stop the run they must have Senior LB/Defensive Captain Tom Wozniak in the lineup.  This season Thiel has allowed only three teams to rush for 100 yds or more:
Blufftion- (101 yds) which was insignificant because they avg only 2.2 yds/carry
Waynesburg- (197 yds) Wozniak didn't play
CMU- (148 yds) Wozniak didn't play
Thiel's D can handle below avg, avg, or even above avg running teams with or w/o Wozniak, but against a great running team (WC,CMU, and BC) this young defense needs its Captain.

[bcsportswriter]

Darkside....is he hurt?  Expected to play this weekend?

[oldtimer4774]

Wozniak played against JHU and seemed to be ok, it was his first game back-- expected to play this weekend

[e_lee]

Capital alum here.  First of all congrats to Thiel on a great season so far.  I almost went to Thiel out of HS but chose Capital and don't regret it, but I always had a soft spot for Thiel as many guys I played with or against and later coached against in HS went there.(Darrell Stterfield, CLint Nims-transferred from Cap, Josh Baker-baseball, Abe Woodard-football, baseball--just to namea  few recent ones)

I have a wedding to go to Saturday night in Ashtabula and probably won't be able to make it to Cap's game in Inidana, but will probably go to the Thiel-Bridgewater game while back in Ohio.

Great to see Satterfield doing so well. Hated to see him leave Capital when he did.  Great to see such good things happening for him.  Look forward to a good game on Saturday.

[Darkside90]

Darkside....is he hurt?  Expected to play this weekend?

bcsportswriter,
Wozniak just caught the injury bug early in the season, which is why he missed about four games.  He seems to have recovered, and he played well in the game against JHU.  I'll probably talk to him sometime this week to make sure, but I'm sure he's playing.

[Olinemom]

Rel. Major,

I agree it will be a close game but of course I have the Tomcats coming out on top.

Does anyone think the weather will play a part in this contest???

I heard there might be some white stuff on the ground.

I wouldn't see why the weather would bother my guys.  It didn't bother us at Lycoming and they had to cleran the field off there was so much snow!  I'm looking forward to seeing what this part of PA looks like.  I think it will be a good game, albeit a close one.  I would never bet against my guys, would I, Religion Major?

[religion_major]

Rel. Major,

I agree it will be a close game but of course I have the Tomcats coming out on top.

Does anyone think the weather will play a part in this contest???

I heard there might be some white stuff on the ground.

I wouldn't see why the weather would bother my guys. It didn't bother us at Lycoming and they had to cleran the field off there was so much snow! I'm looking forward to seeing what this part of PA looks like. I think it will be a good game, albeit a close one. I would never bet against my guys, would I, Religion Major?

That was more in reference to how poor weather might affect Thiel.  I am not sure what their major offensive plan is, but for a run balance team like Bridgewater, weather is not usually an issue. 

[spliskin]

That was more in reference to how poor weather might affect Thiel.  I am not sure what their major offensive plan is, but for a run balance team like Bridgewater, weather is not usually an issue. 

Actually, teams in Western, PA practice and play games every year in the snow so this will be an advantage to Thiel as far as I'm concerned.

[religion_major]

From what I can gather, Thiel is a fairly ballenced offense.  The thing about the weather is that it is the same for both teams.  Bridgewater beat Lycoming two years ago after a snowstorm.  UMHB beat Mount Union in the cold and snow.  All in all I think it will be a close one.

[mizzou_mafia]

I wouldn't see why the weather would bother my guys.  It didn't bother us at Lycoming and they had to cleran the field off there was so much snow! 

Well, I'd say BC still won, but I think the field's condition definitely impacted BC's play against Lycoming.