FB: Presidents' Athletic Conference

[oldtimer4774]

In response to the post by Wes.......

last 4 years PAC champs

Waynesburg in 2003
W&J in 2004
Thiel in 2005
most likely W&J in 2006?

meaning Mendel has 2 out of 4 PAC championships?? Or did I make a mistake in what I just wrote...just curious

[Wes Mantooth]

Oldtimere Good call i was thinking on the lines of 3 out of 4 years in the playoffs. But yes 2 out of 4. Anyways the main point is his teams won.

[erniesfreestyle]

with w&j outscoring their last four conference opponents 159 - 51 and their last three 132 - 28 i think it is reasonable to say that bob swallow, ryan mendel and the rest of the offense is on a roll and extremely hard to stop with sirriani mixing the run and the pass, and knowing he can do both. the offensive line has been doing a great job with mendel breaking the 1000 yard mark for the season last week. the defense is also starting to put things together after two defensive touchdowns last week and not allowing a respectable wanynesburg offense with two extraordinary backs, daniels and ables, to reach the endzone once. w&j defense is starting to play up to their potential. this week the saints come to town after a dissapointing loss to the bison of bethany. thomas more will still be a formidable opponent for the presidents but the way the team is clicking right now with a chance to regain the pac championship and playoffs in sight i expect w&j to come out on top regaining their rightful place on top of the pac.

[SaintsFAN]

I love the matchup this weekend.  This is a game the Saints need to be legitimate pre-season contenders next year.  Remember, they are playing to gain respect in this conference...add that to the fact they have nothing to lose this weekend and I think you have a recipe for success for Thomas More.....IF they execute the best they can...in all three phases. 

The Saints may not have a chance at the playoffs this season....but this game and next week are both statement games.  Enough so, that this is their playoffs.  I think you'll see Thomas More come out and play as aggressive as any team has seen them play in almost two years of PAC play.  These seniors will be determined to be the guys who helped get the program over the hump with their first "winning season" in the PAC. 

[erniesfreestyle]

saintsfan first of all you said TMC is playing to gain respect, meaning of course that they have something to gain, then you said they have nothing to lose however if they lose the game wouldnt that mean that they have lost even more respect if they even have any left after losing to bethany. the only recipe i can see ends with another L in the loss column for the saints. as for thomas more coming out and playing more aggressive than any team has ever seen them play, the presidents deal with that every week. every week w&j opponents play well over their heads knowing they are going up against the most consistently victorious team in the PAC. this week will be business as usual.

[SaintsFAN]

Ernie,

You don't understand....and sorry if I offended you here. 

Everything to gain....nothing to lose.  Especially after losing to Bethany.  If they lose to W&J how do they lose respect with them "supposed" to lose this game?

What I said about the way the Saints are going to play has nothing to do with what the other teams bring to the game against W&J....it has everything to do with the Saints playing more aggressive than any other team that faced them this year has seen. 

If EVERY team came out against W&J playing above their heads....then you'd see closer games.

Again, sorry you don't like my opinoin...but I didn't say I expect TMore to win.  I do expect that you'll see their best effort of the year.  There's a big difference...

If you don't like what I have to say....don't read it.

[EC Warrior]

you wouldn't necessarily see closer games.  i agree with ernie that pretty much every team w&j plays in the regular season plays above their heads.  the fact is w&j has done a great job of not playing down to the opponents level.  that is not a knock on any of w&j's opponents, but i am sure they would all agree that playing against the presidents is the biggest game of the year.  every team in the PAC plays w&j like its their superbowl.  tmc had great talent, and anything could happen, but their best chance to win might be to have w&j play down to their level and let them hang around. w&j is used to big games and are playing for a playoff birth, while tmc is playing for a winning season

[Wes Mantooth]

Its a shame that TMC has waited till the end of the year to play their hearts out that must be why they are 2-3 in the conference. Thiel must not have played very hard to start when they were up 16-7 at halftime on W&J. I agree that they will come out and play hard as should any team but to say they will play harder than anyone they have played is arguable.

Prediction time

Westminster -10 @ Thiel-38

Thiel is too powerful for the young Titans and they win this one easily and try and finish the season on a postive note. Player of the Game is Blankenship with 200 yards along with 40 on the ground with 3 td's.

Bethany - 14 @ Cmu-48

CMU runs over Bethany as the Tartans look to win an at large berth. Player of the Game is the FB Sivek with 120 and three td's.

Case Western -31 @ GCC-10

Case Western comes to GCC and cruises. Player of the Game is QB Whalen for CWR with 200 yards and 2 td's.

Frostburg- 10 @ Waynesburg- 27

Waynesburg rebounds and wins this one handily. Abels and Daniels are co players of the Game with 200 total yards on the ground and 3 td's.

Game of the Week at Cameron. Brinks truck will be waiting for the officials after the game as the refs win this one for the Prez. Just kidding.

TMC-17 @ W&J -33

TMC plays harder than any opponent to start the game and jumps to an early 7-0 lead. Defense rebounds and the offense sparkles with drive after drive for TD's. Player of the Game Tommy Mcafferty with 92 yards recieving and 2 td's.

Good Luck to All

Go W&J

[erniesfreestyle]

tmc like most teams wants to establish their run first. they split the majority of the carries with 3 different backs, QB Trevor Stellman also has the ability to run and does not shy away from tucking the ball with 61 attempts thus far on the season. however after shutting down ables and daniels last week w&j front 4 and linebackers taslov, bane and gitlitz should not have a problem taking away the running game of the saints forcing stellman to go to the air, giving safety nick cherish opportunities to make some plays and corner back corey walsh a chance to showcase what he can do since replacing lockdown corner back mike wilmus from a year ago. i predict a close game into the midle of the second quarter however with w&j stuffing the run and mendel controlling the clock on the ground mixed with swallows ability to find open receivers downfield the second half will be a different story with w&j blowing past the saints.

[EC Warrior]

Don't forget about the refs, W&J really needs them to come through in this game.  Being a better football team has nothing to do with it.  It's all about the calls.

[Wes Mantooth]

EC the refs are of no worry they have already been paid off as they are every week according to some in our posting world.

[erniesfreestyle]

i have decided to throw the refs a few extra reasons to give the presidents some calls as well victory is pretty much guarunteed now

[EC Warrior]

So who do yinz think is better, Abels or Mendel?

[SaintsFAN]

Referree calls are BS.  You play at home....you get the benefit of the doubt...if its close.  And you should...the home team is the home team.  But a ref has never lost a game for a team...not even close.

I never could understand teams whining about calls....its like an old coach of mine always used to tell us...."Play good enough to take the refs out of the game."

If you don't...its your own fault. 

And Wes,

You've misunderstood me.  I'm not going to continue to discuss it with you because we are on different wavelengths here.  TMC has not decided to start playing now....they just are playing with a desperation to save the season and make it a winning campaign. 

Maybe you never had to do that in playing for W&J but plenty of teams I've been on have had to do that.  It has nothing to do with not playing hard early in the year.

[erniesfreestyle]

warrior, this award clearly goes to mendel. mendel finishes his career with the upper hand after last weeks victory and ables being held to under 60 yards while mendel racked up over 150. but lets not live in the past these two will never meet on the gridiron again. mendel has much bigger fish to fry or should i say (orange) yellow jackets to swat with the remainder of his career still meaning something.