FB: New Jersey Athletic Conference

[Red Hawks Pride]

The quiet before the storm baby!!!! Looking for my squad to swarm, i'm talking 11 hats on the ball...

[Teamski]

Eh...We at Wesley have another week before our storm starts....   

-Ski

[CNU85]

You know it is getting close to opening kickoff when you drive to work with Metallica's Sandman blasting on the radio. People looked at me like I'm crazy! They're right!!!

[Teamski]

You know it is getting close to opening kickoff when you drive to work with Metallica's Sandman blasting on the radio. People looked at me like I'm crazy! They're right!!!

So, that's your football song, hey?  Mine would have to be W.K. Andrew's Party Hard.

-Ski

[CNU85]

You know it is getting close to opening kickoff when you drive to work with Metallica's Sandman blasting on the radio. People looked at me like I'm crazy! They're right!!!

So, that's your football song, hey?  Mine would have to be W.K. Andrew's Party Hard.

-Ski

That was the song for the morning!! Haha - Gotta have head banger music to get it rolling!!

[Teamski]

You know it is getting close to opening kickoff when you drive to work with Metallica's Sandman blasting on the radio. People looked at me like I'm crazy! They're right!!!

So, that's your football song, hey?  Mine would have to be W.K. Andrew's Party Hard.

-Ski

That was the song for the morning!! Haha - Gotta have head banger music to get it rolling!!

Of course I meant Andrew W.K.   

-Ski

[rams1102]

The quiet before the storm baby!!!! Looking for my squad to swarm, i'm talking 11 hats on the ball...

110-60  And  "Keep Pounding"

[rams1102]

What are everyone's thoughts on "Out Of Conference" games. Below are mine :

Montclair / Del-Val----------Montclair (Time to even the score from last year & the talent SB there)
Salisbury / Albright---------Salisbury (Have the talent to cover the 7.5)
Rowan / Widner-------------Widner (Give Widner the edge at home, SB a good one)
Willy P / Alfred St.----------Willy P  (SB a no brainer)
Frostburg / Geneva---------Frostburg (Frostburg should win but will they cover the 7.5)

Overall 4-1

[wesleydad]

With Wesley being off tomorrow I will be taking a 10 minute walk to Widener to see their game with Rowan.  I will be interested to see if the Rowan offense has improved as much as D3 thinks it should compared to last years.  I am also interested to see how Widener looks on offense with the graduation of their stud receiver.  I expect a good game, likely low scoring.  The Del Val/ Montclair game looks to be a good one also.  The east region poll will have a little shake up in the first couple weeks with teams playing each other.  I will be interested to see how the preseason poll looks.  At least it is game time.

[CNU85]

With Wesley being off tomorrow I will be taking a 10 minute walk to Widener to see their game with Rowan.  I will be interested to see if the Rowan offense has improved as much as D3 thinks it should compared to last years.  I am also interested to see how Widener looks on offense with the graduation of their stud receiver.  I expect a good game, likely low scoring.  The Del Val/ Montclair game looks to be a good one also.  The east region poll will have a little shake up in the first couple weeks with teams playing each other.  I will be interested to see how the preseason poll looks.  At least it is game time.

Truth! Finally, it is time to start the preparation as a fan. Today involves a trip to the book store for magnets and flags for the new Jeep. Then a trip to get the beer for tomorrow. Leaving work at noon! Football is here fellas!!!!!!!!

[TheOsprey]

Still time to join the njac pick em league.

Salisbury??  What happened??😕 thought game was over in the fourth early.

Nice comeback AU.

[rams1102]

That is why we play the game. I was shocked also. Nobody got the game right.  Let's see what tomorrow brings.

[thewaterboy]

One more week for Wesley. Spending my day tuned in to the Rowan game and the John Carroll game (a high school classmate of mine plays for St. Vincent). Eager to hear what wesleydad has to report on Rowan-Widener. Looks like Marcelin is carrying the load for Rowan just fine.

[wesleydad]

Did not see that happening after the first half.  Rowan showed nothing on offense trailing 10-3.  First drive in second half takes 3 mins and 75 yards and tie the game at 10.  Marcellin goes 85 yards and it is 17-10.  Int returned for TD 24-10 and game over.  The d line dominated the second half.  They had Klein running for his life most of it.  The only plays that worked for Widener were when he avoided pressure and his receivers got open.  Rowan stopped Widener inside the 5 twice, once stripping the ball from the runner and the second stuffing a 4th and QB sneak.  Rowan has Marcellin and not much else on offense.  The QB is average and the receivers are not fast to get deep.  The defense will keep them in games as I expected and they are going to hand it to Marcellin and hope he breaks enough to win games.  Excellent second half for Rowan.

[jmcozenlaw]

I was traveling and not at the Del Val vs. Montclair State game today but got a few in game and post game updates from some friends. I have to say that I was stunned by the result. Montclair brought a lot of starters back on both sides of the ball, Del Val had only ONE returning offensive starter and only five or six on defense, and lost their stud kicker as well. I really thought the loss of Aaron Wilmer, Rasheed Bailey, Chris Smallwood and 4/5 of the offensive line would be way too much against a stout, veteran Montclair defense.

I also thought that the revenge factor would be huge in benefiting Montclair. I guess that's why they play the game though. As young and inexperienced (a lot of freshman saw significant time today) as the Aggies are, this game was huge in building confidence going forward. Let's hope it didn't deflate Montclair as the likes of Wesley, Rowan, CNU and Salisbury await.

Per my buddies, several of the Aggies after the game mentioned how they had never been involved in a game with so much much sideline trash talk. I was told that this is what led to the end of game throat slash gesture by Del Val's freshman wide receiver (who did get a 15 yard unsportsmanlike like penalty). He had enough of the taunting, cursing and Bailey comparisons all day. Mentions of "being lucky" last year. Mentions of "knocking someone's head off". A lot of "Vinnie from Bayonne" kind of stuff. It served as some motivation at the half and the Aggies built 10 point leads on two occasions. When that kind of talk backfires, it's a tough pill to swallow. Anybody can talk the talk.......it's all about walking the walk. I'm a bit old school but I'd bet Sam Mills let his play do all of his talking. He was a hero of mine growing up in NJ.

Sometimes a team just has your number, even when significantly depleted by the loss of significant senior talent. Del Val just does have Montclair's number. I'm looking forward to seeing both team's trajectory from here.