FB: Presidents' Athletic Conference

[AUPepBand]

Great to see Thiel cheerleaders and fans making it to today's game at Merrill Field. Your noise added to an exciting atmosphere. You've got a VERY TOUGH team. Best of luck on the rest of your season!

[OldPhart]

Great to see Thiel cheerleaders and fans making it to today's game at Merrill Field. Your noise added to an exciting atmosphere. You've got a VERY TOUGH team. Best of luck on the rest of your season!

Sorry I couldn't be there - it sounded like an exciting and hard fought game from my radio perspective.  Is there any word about your starting RB?  It is a scary proposition any time you strap somebody to a board and cart them off the field.

[Pat Coleman]

Thanks PittTBCW,

I couldn't get the link to work for me at their site.  Thanks for the insight though.

Pat, I tried the link, but it only gives me a link to the Wooster site, and like I said, they are not covering the game this week.

Alright, well, that's all I had -- Waynesburg hasn't sent any audio info for us to include.

[AUPepBand]

Great to see Thiel cheerleaders and fans making it to today's game at Merrill Field. Your noise added to an exciting atmosphere. You've got a VERY TOUGH team. Best of luck on the rest of your season!

Sorry I couldn't be there - it sounded like an exciting and hard fought game from my radio perspective.  Is there any word about your starting RB?  It is a scary proposition any time you strap somebody to a board and cart them off the field.

Saw Keeley and his dad an hour or so after the game and they said Julio was taken by Mercy Flight from the Hornell hospital to Strong Memorial in Rochester. Some of his teammates were en route to Rochester to see him. That's all I know.

[Wes Mantooth]

Just after i say W&J is not a smashmouth team anymore they go out and run for 300 yards against a tough Allegheny D. W&J controlled the game throughout although the pass D looked like it didnt want to cover the 10 yard out rout. Nice rebound against a good Allegheny team.

[PittTBCW]

Tough loss for the Tomcats hopefully they can rebound and get the mojo going against Albion in their home opener.

Congrats to W&J and Bethany on thier wins this weekend.

[AUPepBand]

Alfred starting TB Julio Fuentes, after taking wicked hit on second half kick-off, lost movement of both arms and legs. Taken to Hornell hospital then Mercy Flight to Strong Memorial in Rochester. After surgery last night, Fuentes had some movement in his arms Sunday morning. Now it's day-to-day....all prayers for our Julio are appreciated.

[roocru]

Count me in as one who will pray for his well-being.  I always hate to hear when this kind of injury occurs.

[Olinemom]

Alfred starting TB Julio Fuentes, after taking wicked hit on second half kick-off, lost movement of both arms and legs. Taken to Hornell hospital then Mercy Flight to Strong Memorial in Rochester. After surgery last night, Fuentes had some movement in his arms Sunday morning. Now it's day-to-day....all prayers for our Julio are appreciated.

I know we all have him and his family in our thoughts and prayers.  Please keep us updated.

[PittTBCW]

My prayers go out to him and his family.

[AUPepBand]

Text of an Alfred University campus-wide e-mail today:

Julio Fuentes, a sophomore criminal justice major, sustained a neck injury during the opening kick-off of the second half of Saturday's football game against Thiel College.

Julio was taken first to St. James Mercy Hospital in Hornell and then transferred to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester where he is listed in "guarded" condition in the intensive care unit.  "Guarded" means his condition is still being evaluated.

Coach Dave Murray and I are in touch with Julio's mother, and we will be notified when he is able to see friends. In the meantime, Mrs. Fuentes has asked for our prayers for Julio's recovery.  Cards may be sent to him in care of Strong Memorial Hospital, 601 Elmwood Ave. Rochester, NY 14642. 

Julio is a graduate of Olean High School.

[Olinemom]

Text of an Alfred University campus-wide e-mail today:

Julio Fuentes, a sophomore criminal justice major, sustained a neck injury during the opening kick-off of the second half of Saturday's football game against Thiel College.

Julio was taken first to St. James Mercy Hospital in Hornell and then transferred to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester where he is listed in "guarded" condition in the intensive care unit.  "Guarded" means his condition is still being evaluated.

Coach Dave Murray and I are in touch with Julio's mother, and we will be notified when he is able to see friends. In the meantime, Mrs. Fuentes has asked for our prayers for Julio's recovery.  Cards may be sent to him in care of Strong Memorial Hospital, 601 Elmwood Ave. Rochester, NY 14642. 

Julio is a graduate of Olean High School.

I hate to say it but "guarded" means much more than that his condition is still bein evaluated.  My prayers continue to go to him and his family and his Alfred U football family.

[oldtimer4774]

W&J running game will get shut down against Thiel.  Tomcats are too quick, and thats why they have had one of the top run defenses in the country the last couple years.  It's clear W&J doesn't have much of a passing game this year, so when they play a good run Defense, they should struggle.  On the other hand, Thiel hasn't shown much of an offense this year, so looks like when these two teams play it might be a VERY low scoring game- unlike last year.

[PittTBCW]

Any news on the Fluentes from Alfred???

I believe that W&J and Thiel are both relying on thier experience this year. Because of this you can see that Thiel is trying to win games with their defensive and by running the ball until Blankenship matures which I think will happen before conference games and W&J is running the ball and playing defense where they have the most experience. One team I think that could surprise both of these teams in the conference is Thomas More. They are flying under the radar and could punch both of these teams in the mouth if they are not careful. In addition I think Waynesburg is going to be tough. Bethany even though they had a big win it was against Hiram so I need another game or two to get a better judgement of where they stand. Westminster I think is still rebuilding trying to piece together their program. Grove City runs the Wing T which is hard for some teams to defend. However against the good defenses in the conference they will run into problems and lose.

Good Luck to PAC this week.

Tomcats bounce back against Albion in the home opener!!!

Predictions coming later in the week.

[AUPepBand]

Any news on the Fluentes from Alfred???

Sadly, nothing new. Last report was that he had surgery Saturday night. Heard second hand that he had some movement in his arms Sunday morning. Just day-to-day. AUPepBand prays for his continued healing...