FB: Empire 8

[Bombers798891]

Hope you fellas has a great Christmas!

I bought my father the 1988 Stagg Bowl DVD (Central vs. Ithaca) and we watched it. Fantastic experience. All the things that make it so 80's (mullets everywhere, no scoreboard on the screen) where great to watch. And, holy god, Ithaca's backfield might have been the greatest I've ever seen.

It's so weird because Mike Scott only had 298 regular-season carries as a Bomber, and Paul Parker probably less than that, since he only played one year. So it's really easy to see Scott buried on Ithaca's all-time lists and Parker almost nowhere to be found, and forget how good they were. But they were unreal. Ran for 300 yards in the game on just 37 carries, and Scott added an 84-yard kick return for a score.

And what's really cool is that they were in the backfield together. Heck, they're out there throwing blocks on the other guys' carries. That's just something you don't see anymore. This also led to a fantastic touchdown dance involving the two of them after one of Parker's scores. God, I miss the 80's

Sadly bombers,  I don't think anyone who posts on these boards knows who these great players are (including the few IC posters left).  I've only heard stories, but know that Paul Parker is one of the best running backs in the history of IC.

Parker's 1988 reminds me of Jamie Donovan's 2004. Both of them were transfers who didn't get a lot of reps early, but they took off later in the year. Donovan averaged 175 yards over his last 6 games of the season, and Parker ran for 493 in the four NCAA playoff games.

[AUPepBand]

Happy New Year to all Pep's posting pals!

[AUPepBand]

Okay, so Pep is in Florida for a few days and brought along some stuff of personal interest including an old AU Football Media Guide. Been doing some figuring and it appears that AU Football has an all-time record of: 493 wins, 369 losses and 45 ties. Pep is thinking that's an overall winning percentage of .568.

Pat: How does one apply ties in properly figuring a program's winning percentage? Pep's guess is that .5 wins is added to total wins for every tie. At least, that's what Pep did.

On Saxon Warriors!

[D3viewer]

http://www.ecacsports.com/sports/fall/fball/AllStars/2013-14/South
http://www.ecacsports.com/sports/fall/fball/AllStars/2013-14/North

ECAC North and South All Star teams.

Mixing conferences here to tally Upstate players/teams.
Hobart 5 players total
Fisher 4
Ithaca 4
Morrisville 2
Cortland 2
Brockport/AU/SLU/Utica/RPI/BUFFST  1 each

[Frank Rossi]

Okay, so Pep is in Florida for a few days and brought along some stuff of personal interest including an old AU Football Media Guide. Been doing some figuring and it appears that AU Football has an all-time record of: 493 wins, 369 losses and 45 ties. Pep is thinking that's an overall winning percentage of .568.

Pat: How does one apply ties in properly figuring a program's winning percentage? Pep's guess is that .5 wins is added to total wins for every tie. At least, that's what Pep did.

On Saxon Warriors!

Pep, that's correct.  Ties are .5 wins.  Up the numerator by .5 for every tie game, and the denominator by 1.0 for each.

[D3viewer]

Fisher D3 ECAC team of the year
Article says Fenti wil be back.

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/sports/columnist/mandelaro/2014/01/09/recognition-for-fisher-football/4381901/

[Upstate]

That's good news for Fisher fans...

Now just have to get some weapons to throw to and protection in front of him...

[AUPepBand]

NEWS FLASH!!   NEWS FLASH!!  NEWS FLASH!!  NEWS FLASH!!  NEWS FLASH!!   NEWS FLASH!!   NEWS FLASH!!   NEWS FLASH!!   NEWS FLASH!!   NEWS FLASH!!
A Saxon in the NFC Title Game!!
http://gosaxons.com/news/2014/1/17/FB_0117141749.aspx

On Saxon Warriors!

[FisherFan1984]

Hi fellow fisher and e8 fans die hard fisher football fan here .i heard cortland is off the schedule and brockport is now on also we have an open date ?

[sjfcards]

Hi fellow fisher and e8 fans die hard fisher football fan here .i heard cortland is off the schedule and brockport is now on also we have an open date ?

Welcome to the boards. Always happy to have a other Fisher fan on board.

[Bombers798891]

So, I saw Wesley/Mount highlights on YouTube. My god, the Mount secondary looked awful. In fairness, one of the TDs got helped by an official—literally, he got in the way of a Mount DB—but on the two long TDs late, I mean, talk about breakdowns. Guys running clear at midfield with three minutes to go and an 18 point lead?

Also, there are some old Wick games up on YouTube. The IC games from 2005-2007 are there, and some Fisher ones too

[FisherFan1984]

Hello, does anyone have any insight on the 2014 Fisher football schedule?
Thanks again

[fisheralum91]

Welcome the boards 84-
Havent seen the schedule, but like every year- look forward to the next season with excitement and optimism!

[Upstate]

Cortland joining E8 in 2014...

Not surprised, I thought they'd eventually join but I am pretty pumped to have them join...

[Pat Coleman]

In 2015, but yes -- getting closer to the upstate super league.
http://www.d3football.com/notables/2014/01/cortland-joins-archrival-in-empire-8