FB: Empire 8

[boobyhasgameyo]

matter of fact +K for bringing that here, and since it's my 500th post and the culmination of d3football for this season..... +K to everybody that's posted the last few pages.

Happy 500!!!!

Booby is growing up...

[PBR...]

+k back at ya....congrats on the 500...everyone could can use a little melissa now and then...

[chris7sarge]

the REAL big three.

Are these the real big three of which you speak?

1979

1988

1991

Yeah.  Those are the big three.  91- MC Hammer was atop the charts, super nintendo came out, and Saved By the Bell was #1

I got a short memory and as I recall, Ithaca came in fourth this year.  Who did they beat?  Springfield.  Who else?  They are NOT the team to beat as suggested earlier.  You have to have done something to earn that.  People say you're the team to beat when you have the belt. 

On the other hand, yes, they do have the most prolific PROGRAM of anyone in the E8.  That is indisputable.  But I dont care about any years besides the last one and the next one.

[chris7sarge]

In other news,  I went to the Stagg Bowl today.  I think Garcon confirmed what I warned against the week of the Fisher/MU game.  He had a broken hand the week of the Fisher game and could barely play.  Today he had a cast on under his gloves and still went for 2 td's and dominated the game.  He was by far the best offensive weapon Mount Union had.  His speed is head and shoulders above anyone else on the field at any times. 

[runyr]

I must be drunk... I just saw them compare Kehres to Knute Rockne.

I'm pretty positive I misread it, I'm sure they wouldn't do that.

Tags, you're not drunk.  It was Rockne and Leahy and why not?
Of course, Rockne's team beat Mount Union pretty badly in 1919, it was before Larry Kehres was coach!

[runyr]

+k back at ya....congrats on the 500...everyone could can use a little melissa now and then...

http://www.diggersrealm.com/mt/archives/001204.html
Is she the best or is she the best???

[Kira & Jaxon's Dad]

+k back at ya....congrats on the 500...everyone could can use a little melissa now and then...

http://www.diggersrealm.com/mt/archives/001204.html
Is she the best or is she the best???

As I posted last week.  "Most Beautiful Woman in the World"

[frank uible]

To my knowledge only two coaches have gone directly from high school football coaching to HFC at the very highest level of major college football: Paul Brown and Gerry Faust. Like Kehres Ohio guys.

[Tags]

In other news,  I went to the Stagg Bowl today.  I think Garcon confirmed what I warned against the week of the Fisher/MU game.  He had a broken hand the week of the Fisher game and could barely play.  Today he had a cast on under his gloves and still went for 2 td's and dominated the game.  He was by far the best offensive weapon Mount Union had.  His speed is head and shoulders above anyone else on the field at any times. 

So let me get this right Sarge - he had a broken hand at the Fisher game so he couldn't really play, but a week later he was better and ok to play?

That makes no sense - try this:

Fisher had a much better secondary, and it didn't matter b/c they couldn't stop the run. UWW didn't have a very good secondary & it did matter b/c they could contain the run.

That makes more sense.

[Tags]

I must be drunk... I just saw them compare Kehres to Knute Rockne.

I'm pretty positive I misread it, I'm sure they wouldn't do that.

Tags, you're not drunk.  It was Rockne and Leahy and why not?
Of course, Rockne's team beat Mount Union pretty badly in 1919, it was before Larry Kehres was coach!

Why not? Oh I don't know, I suppose b/c we're comparing winning with Notre Dame vs. winning w/ Mt. Union?

Come on, Kehres is a legend in DIII & deserves every single bit of respect that he's given - look at what the man has done with that program. But really, could he do that with a high profile program in DI? ... My thought is that sure he'd probably win, but he wouldn't have as much success as he's accustomed to in DIII.

I mean no disrespect to him as I said earlier, but I know what will be said --- "Kent State went after him" ... Think about it though, if he were really up there people like Alabama, and Miami would be giving him a look. That's why comparing Kehres to any legendary DI coach is foolish in my mind. Give him the utmost respect, but don't compare numbers.

[Frank Rossi]

In other news,  I went to the Stagg Bowl today.  I think Garcon confirmed what I warned against the week of the Fisher/MU game.  He had a broken hand the week of the Fisher game and could barely play.  Today he had a cast on under his gloves and still went for 2 td's and dominated the game.  He was by far the best offensive weapon Mount Union had.  His speed is head and shoulders above anyone else on the field at any times. 

So let me get this right Sarge - he had a broken hand at the Fisher game so he couldn't really play, but a week later he was better and ok to play?

That makes no sense - try this:

Fisher had a much better secondary, and it didn't matter b/c they couldn't stop the run. UWW didn't have a very good secondary & it did matter b/c they could contain the run.

That makes more sense.

A much better secondary?  That can't really be proven because Mount was able to run for 378 yards so had no need to pass in the entire game...

Regardless of all this, I was really disappointed by Garcon's attitude.  Again, my philosophy is under the "Act like you been there before" category.  It's like he found the red light on the ESPN camera at all times and acted like TO and Chad Johnson all in one. Does he have talent?  Sure.  However, I still don't enjoy kids who try to parlay a Division III football career into an NFL career in the way he's going about it.  His attitude yesterday solidifies about 90% of what has been said about him on this board from a couple weeks back. 

A reminder to Mr. Garcon:  Terrell Owens and Chad Johnson didn't start in the NFL with the egos they have today -- TO was a shy mofo, and Chad Johnson had to brandish his talent first, and then add his flair for the dramatic.  Anybody wanna place a wager that he tries to transfer to a D1 school for next year?  I think that'd be a huge mistake, but who am I to pontificate?

By the way, Mt. Union deserves a huge congratulations, whether it's old or not to see the Purple Raiders holding the wooden plaque at the end of the season or not.  They continue to win, and in some ways, a dynasty keeps making teams better in terms of them trying to take that dynasty down.  Eventually, things will even out -- but the front-running Garcons of this world need to stop flocking to the program -- I don't blame Mt. Union for that type of situation because, honestly, why would they say no?

Frank

[fisheralum91]

Agree with the premise Frank- its one of my stand bye's- but what did Garcon do or say- i missed most of the telecast

[superman57]

you know I don't think even Garcon is a big enough of an idiot to to transfer to D1..... A) he's a junior this year so it would be for one season and your going to have a hard time finding a coach willing to give a DIII player a scholarship for 1 year and if he doesn't get  a scholarship he's walking on and that could be ugly....so I say stay at MUC and shoot for 3 in a row and then see what you can get at with the pros....though I do think he could definatly play AFL if not NFL

[Frank Rossi]

Agree with the premise Frank- its one of my stand bye's- but what did Garcon do or say- i missed most of the telecast

It was one of those situations in which he got to the endzone and self-glorified the situation.  Teammates came over to congratulate him, and he stuck out his chest and acted like he was the man...Came to the sideline, took off the helmet, and started pointing to the camera and to himself again like he had something he needed to prove to the world and like he had just proven it.  It angered me, to be honest.  It was completely NOT what this level of football is about.

[fan of d3]

Can someone enlighten me, I just saw Chris Sharpe won muhlberger award (sp) for top D3 player, is that like the heisman for D3? Whats Gagliardi then?