FB: New Jersey Athletic Conference

[rams1102]

All NJAC Selections

Congrats to 6 Montclair State Players - Jason Scott, Jeremy Mercer, Jason Wombaugh, Nick Giangrande, Cornell Hunt, Mario Mclean and Sal McGrady.

Scott, Mercer and Wombaugh - 1st Team Offfense
Hunt, McLean and McGrady - 1st team Defense

Congrats guys and to all the other Red Hawks who were selected.

Can't agree more with you. Just back from a business trip, and looking forward to being at Sam Mills Field tomorrow.

110-60 and "Keep Pounding" Let's end the season on a big "W".

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

[rams1102]

Yes...Congrats and we should be seeing you play in NCAA round 1!

I agree, but we have nobody to blame but ourselves. A simple QB change to Boysen in the 4th and indeed we would probably be playing Ithaca tomorrow. Coulda, would, shouda and now to the ECAC'S.

Kick some arzz tomorrow, then finish the deal with a "W" against Ithaca. You guys can do it.

[Findtheball]

                  GAME DAY

[clandfan]

Rams...what the heck happened yesterday?  Reminds me of Cortland / RPI a few years ago.  Not easy to play when you think you should be in the playoffs.  Albright that good?

[XREDDRAGON77]

I do not see that defense folding for no good reason.  I guess thats why Rowan declined an ECAC.

[morris wild]

Rams...what the heck happened yesterday?  Reminds me of Cortland / RPI a few years ago.  Not easy to play when you think you should be in the playoffs.  Albright that good?

I hadn't seen MSU play before Saturday but AC completely controlled the game from the outset. The only 2 TDs from MSU came from a short field on a fumbled snap by AC QB at their 20 yd line, and a 54 yd int return by MSU MLB (#34), otherwise AC defense shut MSU offense down. MSU coudn't run the ball at all and the QB was pulled after going 2 or 3 for 13/15 with one int. The back-up QB didn't fare any better - he might have completed 6/15 but threw 2 more ints.

AC knocked MSU d-line off the ball and ran all over them (250+ yds rushing). When MSU tried blitzing to stop the run, AC beat them in the air vs man coverage. It really could have been worse for MSU as AC ran ball from 2 TE's for entire 4th qtr and quit throwing the ball (even on 3rd/L). They were just chewing clock and content to punt - AC must have had ball for 10+ minutes in 4th Qtr.

MSU punt unit was a debacle with one blocked for TD, another partially blocked, and 2 attemted punts where the punter panicked under the pressure and tried to scramble for sticks but didn't make either.

I was surprised having read the game preview about the prowess of MSU defense and strong run game. MSU looked much bigger and had good speed at skill positions but both their O/D lines looked slow and unathletic. AC controlled LOS on both sides. Big difference at QB position as well.

[Findtheball]

 Cortland , hold onto your jock straps here comes the hot stuff.

[KingSting999]

Question?

What kind of defense do they play in the NJAC???

Albright shuts down what was supposed to be a decent Montclair offense and the Kean team which was averaging 33+ points a game were almost completely shut down by Del Val. Do you play like arena football where no body stops anyone???

I know your answer.......... your teams didn't take the games serious, right???

[clandfan]

No...actually I am not going to say that.  I think it is a fair point.  When we only have one OOC opponent, it is hard to see where we stand comparatively.  I will say that I am surprised about Montclair.  All season long than have been outstanding vs. the run.  The lack of posting by Montclair...Rams...et al., tells me that they are really disappointed too.  For the rest of the league...us included, defense is vulnerable.  Cortland is a good rush defense but we struggle in the secondary.  There is no secret there.  We all have our vulnerabilities.  We are very competetive in the league.  We need to become more competetive OOC but not sure how they will accomplish that with a 10 team conference.

[phil]

Question?

What kind of defense do they play in the NJAC???

Albright shuts down what was supposed to be a decent Montclair offense and the Kean team which was averaging 33+ points a game were almost completely shut down by Del Val. Do you play like arena football where no body stops anyone???

I know your answer.......... your teams didn't take the games serious, right???

It's perfectly sensible after all these seasons to judge the NJAC based on two ECAC games — especially when Montclair had so much to play for after the kind and benevolent (or was that malevolent) NCAA defied convention and opted not to invite the Red Hawks to the dance. Yes, I'm sure the Red Hawks were fully ready, motivated and dying to play this game like it were an NCAA playoff game — just with different initials.

Based on the kind of reasoning you're suggesting, I must ask why Albright had such difficulty dispatching a Western Connecticut team (by a field goal) early in the season? The same Western Connecticut team which lost to each of the top five NJAC teams by an average of three-plus touchdowns per game?

I think the conclusion you can draw is that you can't draw a conclusion. If you really want to bust a cranial blood vessel spend some time contemplating the Plymouth State, Ithaca, Curry and Cortland game comparisons!

[pg04]

Well Brockport won their game... But I can't say they played any defense!

[rams1102]

clandfan,

Disappointed is probably the best way to sum it up along with pissed, angry and what F%&# happened. Albright just took us to the wood shed and beat the living daylights out of us. Can't make any excuses cause there are none.

Coach G. needs to talke a long hard look at his system. This team played good for (9) games and figured that they could coast by Kean. Coach G was out coached by Garrett. Why O'Conner didn't pull Fisher is the 4th quarter, only God knows. If Fisher had half the talent of "Jump" things might be different. Fisher appears to be afraid to run, throws lolly pop passes and zooms in on (1) receiver and many times forces the lolly pop pass in. I'm sure the kid did his best, but he is not the future for us IMHO. The play calling stinks. Kean and Albright knew what we were doing and when. I can predict 85% of our plays and what does that tell you. I feel real bad for the Montclair players. These past 2 weeks were the worst losses I have seen in a while. My best regards to my friends at the Train Station. It was nice to find out that one of you guys are a Ram Fan. Well it's all over for now and let's look forward to next year.

Everyone out there have a Happy And Healthy Thanksgiving !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


You guys take care of business this Saturday and make the NJAC Proud !!!!!!!

[clandfan]

NJAC love.   I can understand why NEFC posters are so passionate.   Despite Curry's victory, I don't understand how they got in...on an off week no less.  they turn down an ecac bid because they "knew" they would get an ncaa bid?  Pretty clairvoyent.

Cortland will take nothing for granted.  they beat IC, that's all we need to know.  We have some serious preparation to do on a short week.

[maAggie]

Well, I'd say that the selection committee knew of what they speak by failing to invite an NJAC at large representative. It would seem that the once mighty conference has dropped a few pegs by looking at their representatives to the ECAC games and how they got whooped up on by their MAC opponents. I was looking for a very competitive game between DVC and Kean, but the Aggies just ran rough-shod over Kean and their potent NJAC offense was non-existent for the entire first half, and only showed flashes in the second half. When you looked at their size vs DelVal one would have expected them to run with success all day long, but that was not the case as the Aggies defense shut down their feature back.

It will be interesting to see how this rivalry progresses as the two teams meet next season.

[clandfan]

methinks rumors of NJACs demise are premature.  I am beginning to think, though, that the 10 team conference was not the way to go.  Yes it is easier scheduling but we do not get quality OOC recognition.  I too am interested in how that rematch plays out.