FB: New Jersey Athletic Conference

[wesleydad]

checking into flights to chicago midway for the NCC game.  $50 each way on southwest if you are ok flying out at 700 in the morning on saturday and flying back at 700 in the evening.  I know it is out and back but the time is fine if the game starts at 100 NCC time.  Game over at 4 and it is less than an hour back to the airport.  Land at 830 Chicago time means plenty of time to get to NCC and hang with some NCC folks and tailgate before the game.  I spend more than that for gas and tolls going to Mount Union.  I am almost certainly booking this.

It can be done wesleydad. 5 years ago I flew out from Washington DC to Chicago to see my son play and returned that evening.  Just make sure your taxi cab driver knows what he is doing.  I touched down at 10:00 but arrived at the University of Chicago as the game was about to kickoff at 1:00.  He had no idea where he was going and took me on a tour of Chicago.  Needless to say, I wasn't happy.

jete, just booked the flights.  My dad and I are going so it will be a fun 1 day trip.  Landing at 830 so we have plenty of time getting to NCC.  Our return flight is not until 720 so we have plenty of time getting back to the airport.  Not sure what we will do for transportation, likely rent a car, but we will worry about that later.

[ITH radio]

There was train service from downtown to Naperville when I lived in CHI back in the late 90's. Maybe worth checking those schedules then just getting a quick Uber ride to and from game. Prob cheaper than a rental but you never know.

[CNU85]

D3football Preseason Poll is out.

Wesley ranked at #5

Others receiving votes (and rank if counted in order of votes rec'd)

Rowan - #28
CNU - #32
Montclair St - #33
Salisbury - #42

Not bad - half the NJAC gaining some recognition!

[Teamski]

Ah, excellent.  Now to see if Wesley can meet the new NJAC challenge.  That alone is worth the price of admission!

-Ski

[rams1102]

D3football Preseason Poll is out.

Wesley ranked at #5

Others receiving votes (and rank if counted in order of votes rec'd)

Rowan - #28
CNU - #32
Montclair St - #33
Salisbury - #42

Not bad - half the NJAC gaining some recognition!

Screws up my NJAC Pre -Season predictions.  On a serious note, it's starting to get exciting.

LET'S  GO  MIGHTY  RED  HAWKS  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mr. Ypsi]

checking into flights to chicago midway for the NCC game.  $50 each way on southwest if you are ok flying out at 700 in the morning on saturday and flying back at 700 in the evening.  I know it is out and back but the time is fine if the game starts at 100 NCC time.  Game over at 4 and it is less than an hour back to the airport.  Land at 830 Chicago time means plenty of time to get to NCC and hang with some NCC folks and tailgate before the game.  I spend more than that for gas and tolls going to Mount Union.  I am almost certainly booking this.

It can be done wesleydad. 5 years ago I flew out from Washington DC to Chicago to see my son play and returned that evening.  Just make sure your taxi cab driver knows what he is doing.  I touched down at 10:00 but arrived at the University of Chicago as the game was about to kickoff at 1:00.  He had no idea where he was going and took me on a tour of Chicago.  Needless to say, I wasn't happy.

jete, just booked the flights.  My dad and I are going so it will be a fun 1 day trip.  Landing at 830 so we have plenty of time getting to NCC.  Our return flight is not until 720 so we have plenty of time getting back to the airport.  Not sure what we will do for transportation, likely rent a car, but we will worry about that later.

wesleydad, Gregory Sager doesn't even own a car, but attends sporting events all over the Chicago area (including NCC) mainly by train.  Send him a PM for suggestions.

[wesleydad]

checking into flights to chicago midway for the NCC game.  $50 each way on southwest if you are ok flying out at 700 in the morning on saturday and flying back at 700 in the evening.  I know it is out and back but the time is fine if the game starts at 100 NCC time.  Game over at 4 and it is less than an hour back to the airport.  Land at 830 Chicago time means plenty of time to get to NCC and hang with some NCC folks and tailgate before the game.  I spend more than that for gas and tolls going to Mount Union.  I am almost certainly booking this.

It can be done wesleydad. 5 years ago I flew out from Washington DC to Chicago to see my son play and returned that evening.  Just make sure your taxi cab driver knows what he is doing.  I touched down at 10:00 but arrived at the University of Chicago as the game was about to kickoff at 1:00.  He had no idea where he was going and took me on a tour of Chicago.  Needless to say, I wasn't happy.

jete, just booked the flights.  My dad and I are going so it will be a fun 1 day trip.  Landing at 830 so we have plenty of time getting to NCC.  Our return flight is not until 720 so we have plenty of time getting back to the airport.  Not sure what we will do for transportation, likely rent a car, but we will worry about that later.

wesleydad, Gregory Sager doesn't even own a car, but attends sporting events all over the Chicago area (including NCC) mainly by train.  Send him a PM for suggestions.

Mr. Ypsi, I will keep that in mind as we get closer to the game.  Thanks for the info.

[Knightstalker]

When my son son was being recruited by R-MC and Bridgewater he received financial packages that were much better than CNU's.  It helped that he was a very good student but I was surprised that CNU couldn't come up with more aid.

This certainly does happen. The private schools have more ability to try and attract kids that are a stretch for the school. For a kid going to a school that is somewhat indifferent on whether he gets in or not, or a reach for the student, the public schools are usually a financial winner.

  Are you saying the New Jersey public schools are not as affordable as the Virginia publics or the competition among them makes it harder to recruit in state kids?  Anyways, my point is in my experience with my children is that the private schools had an advantage over the publics because they could offer more $$ whether it be academic, leadership based, etc.

I have no idea if the NJ schools are more expensive. My point was, if you want to play at the D3 level in VA and are looking for state school affordability, CNU is your only football option. In NJ, as the NJAC shows, there are six schools that must compete for the athlete. So CNU doesn't have to compete against other state schools for D3 football players, but Morrisville, Montclair, Rowan, TCNJ, Willy Pat, and Kean are competing against each other for D3 football players in NJ.

In other words, if you want to play football at a state school in VA and are a D3 level player, CNU is your only choice. The plethora of D3 options surrounding CNU make it a small advantage, but it is still some kind of an advantage in comparison to the NJ state schools all in competition with each other and the private D3 schools in the area.

Morrisville is actually a SUNY school, State University of New York.  They are an associate member of the NJAC for football.

[stonecold84]

I think its hilarious when CNU of all schools complains about money issues when they are one of the few D3 schools that give performance-based incentives and bonuses to coaches and have a budget that is the largest in all of Division III.  They built a bell tower on campus recently just because they could which was a direct quote from a coach there.

[wesleydad]

D3football Preseason Poll is out.

Wesley ranked at #5

Others receiving votes (and rank if counted in order of votes rec'd)

Rowan - #28
CNU - #32
Montclair St - #33
Salisbury - #42

Not bad - half the NJAC gaining some recognition!

CNU, that is the way I look at it too.  I think Wesley might be a little high at 5.  Many questions on both sides of the ball although I think they will be in pretty good shape on offense.  The defense has major contributors to replace.  The early season games will allow them to grow before getting into the meat of the NJAC schedule.  Starting to follow along here more often as things are starting to get started.  This will be a good board with more than just us Wesley folk, that is all there was on the other board.

[Pat Coleman]

When my son son was being recruited by R-MC and Bridgewater he received financial packages that were much better than CNU's.  It helped that he was a very good student but I was surprised that CNU couldn't come up with more aid.

This certainly does happen. The private schools have more ability to try and attract kids that are a stretch for the school. For a kid going to a school that is somewhat indifferent on whether he gets in or not, or a reach for the student, the public schools are usually a financial winner.

  Are you saying the New Jersey public schools are not as affordable as the Virginia publics or the competition among them makes it harder to recruit in state kids?  Anyways, my point is in my experience with my children is that the private schools had an advantage over the publics because they could offer more $$ whether it be academic, leadership based, etc.

I have no idea if the NJ schools are more expensive. My point was, if you want to play at the D3 level in VA and are looking for state school affordability, CNU is your only football option. In NJ, as the NJAC shows, there are six schools that must compete for the athlete. So CNU doesn't have to compete against other state schools for D3 football players, but Morrisville, Montclair, Rowan, TCNJ, Willy Pat, and Kean are competing against each other for D3 football players in NJ.

In other words, if you want to play football at a state school in VA and are a D3 level player, CNU is your only choice. The plethora of D3 options surrounding CNU make it a small advantage, but it is still some kind of an advantage in comparison to the NJ state schools all in competition with each other and the private D3 schools in the area.

Morrisville is actually a SUNY school, State University of New York.  They are an associate member of the NJAC for football.

Not any longer -- Morrisville is a member of the Empire 8 now.

[CNU85]

D3football Preseason Poll is out.

Wesley ranked at #5

Others receiving votes (and rank if counted in order of votes rec'd)

Rowan - #28
CNU - #32
Montclair St - #33
Salisbury - #42

Not bad - half the NJAC gaining some recognition!

Screws up my NJAC Pre -Season predictions.  On a serious note, it's starting to get exciting.

LET'S  GO  MIGHTY  RED  HAWKS  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Getting very excited as the season gets closer. Just received season ticket order package in the mail!!! Time to order my 50 yd line tix and dole out some cash!!

[jknezek]

When my son son was being recruited by R-MC and Bridgewater he received financial packages that were much better than CNU's.  It helped that he was a very good student but I was surprised that CNU couldn't come up with more aid.

This certainly does happen. The private schools have more ability to try and attract kids that are a stretch for the school. For a kid going to a school that is somewhat indifferent on whether he gets in or not, or a reach for the student, the public schools are usually a financial winner.

  Are you saying the New Jersey public schools are not as affordable as the Virginia publics or the competition among them makes it harder to recruit in state kids?  Anyways, my point is in my experience with my children is that the private schools had an advantage over the publics because they could offer more $$ whether it be academic, leadership based, etc.

I have no idea if the NJ schools are more expensive. My point was, if you want to play at the D3 level in VA and are looking for state school affordability, CNU is your only football option. In NJ, as the NJAC shows, there are six schools that must compete for the athlete. So CNU doesn't have to compete against other state schools for D3 football players, but Morrisville, Montclair, Rowan, TCNJ, Willy Pat, and Kean are competing against each other for D3 football players in NJ.

In other words, if you want to play football at a state school in VA and are a D3 level player, CNU is your only choice. The plethora of D3 options surrounding CNU make it a small advantage, but it is still some kind of an advantage in comparison to the NJ state schools all in competition with each other and the private D3 schools in the area.

Morrisville is actually a SUNY school, State University of New York.  They are an associate member of the NJAC for football.

Good catch. Overstated by one. +K

[Swish3]

D3football Preseason Poll is out.

Wesley ranked at #5

Others receiving votes (and rank if counted in order of votes rec'd)

Rowan - #28
CNU - #32
Montclair St - #33
Salisbury - #42

Not bad - half the NJAC gaining some recognition!

The recognition is nice, but CNU lost too much to be that high....perhaps I'll be pleasantly surprised?

GO CAPS!

[Knightstalker]

When my son son was being recruited by R-MC and Bridgewater he received financial packages that were much better than CNU's.  It helped that he was a very good student but I was surprised that CNU couldn't come up with more aid.

This certainly does happen. The private schools have more ability to try and attract kids that are a stretch for the school. For a kid going to a school that is somewhat indifferent on whether he gets in or not, or a reach for the student, the public schools are usually a financial winner.

  Are you saying the New Jersey public schools are not as affordable as the Virginia publics or the competition among them makes it harder to recruit in state kids?  Anyways, my point is in my experience with my children is that the private schools had an advantage over the publics because they could offer more $$ whether it be academic, leadership based, etc.

I have no idea if the NJ schools are more expensive. My point was, if you want to play at the D3 level in VA and are looking for state school affordability, CNU is your only football option. In NJ, as the NJAC shows, there are six schools that must compete for the athlete. So CNU doesn't have to compete against other state schools for D3 football players, but Morrisville, Montclair, Rowan, TCNJ, Willy Pat, and Kean are competing against each other for D3 football players in NJ.

In other words, if you want to play football at a state school in VA and are a D3 level player, CNU is your only choice. The plethora of D3 options surrounding CNU make it a small advantage, but it is still some kind of an advantage in comparison to the NJ state schools all in competition with each other and the private D3 schools in the area.

Morrisville is actually a SUNY school, State University of New York.  They are an associate member of the NJAC for football.

Not any longer -- Morrisville is a member of the Empire 8 now.

I can't keep up with all the conference changes anymore.