FB: Empire 8

[AUPepBand]

how does WICB have negative Karma?  All they post is info about their broadcasts.

someone on here is a little touchy.

Apparently someone is jealous of the coverage. Heck, let's at least get the WICB team back to 0. Here's my +k....

Anyone else have a little love for media coverage? Throw some +K their way.

[msarge7]

Hey PEP, do you have a forecast for us for tomorrow's game?

[theoriginalupstate]

Found on the SJF student newspaper website....

Football team drops to 10th in nation
By Craig Kanalley
Last Updated:1:52 PM EST 10/2/07 Section: Sports

After losing to unranked Hartwick 31-28 on Saturday, the fifth-ranked Cardinals fell to 10th in the country, according to the latest poll released Sunday by d3football.com.

The only other Empire 8 team currently ranked is Alfred, which moved up to No. 20 from No. 22 after routing Norwich this weekend.

Hartwick only received three votes to be listed in the "Others receiving votes" section.

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Paul Connors
posted 10/02/07 @ 1:49 PM EST
I'm number 92, and I f***ed your s*** up. I blew up your kick return wall "F*** Em!"

Classy response by a Hartwick player posted in an article on the SJF student newspaper website....


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Also Vos's reaction to the play call on the hartwick game can be found on there....

Commentary: Vosburgh's handling of "worst call ever" earns my respect
By Mike Spier
Many people are willing to make excuses for their mistakes but only a few will take sole responsibility for them.

Paul Vosburgh, head coach of the Cardinals' football team, proved that he was one of those select few after the team's 31-28 loss to the Hartwick Hawks.

After a rough first half, Fisher did well in the second half and put themselves in good position. With fourth-and-goal on the three-yard line and 13.5 seconds remaining, the Cardinals had an opportunity to tie the game at 31 with a 20-yard field goal.

In a typical head coaching move, Hawks' head coach Mark Carr called a timeout to "ice" Cardinals' kicker, Kyle Piccirilli.

In an atypical move in that situation, Vosburgh kept the kicking unit on the sideline and sent out the offensive unit with backup quarterback Tommy Hammel at the helm.

Perhaps Vosburgh had in the back of his mind that Piccirilli had missed a 23-yard attempt in the third quarter or that Fisher had converted six of seven fourth downs prior to that final snap. Nevertheless, Hammel took the snap, ran to his left and was tackled almost immediately by a tenacious Hartwick defense. All Hartwick had to do after that was take a knee and celebrate their victory over the fifth-ranked team in the nation.

While the play was being executed, I, and probably everyone else in Wright Stadium, was wondering why Vosburgh wouldn't just go for the tie to enter overtime. A general football rule that coaches tend to follow is that when you are on the road, have a chance to tie with a field goal and enter overtime, you take it.

But Vosburgh didn't, and Fisher lost their first game of the season.

When I approached him for my interview, the only question that immediately popped into my head was, "Why was the decision made to go for it on fourth down?"

His response, word-for-word, was this:

"It was a bad decision. The buck stops right here. I made a poor coaching decision to go for the win instead of putting the tie on the board, and then playing overtime with these guys. I thought that we were outplaying them the second half, but it was just a bad coaching decision."

After the interview, as I was walking away, I heard him say to one of the other coaches that that call was the "worst call that I have ever made."As I finished all of my other interviews and got in my car to ride home from Oneonta it finally hit me how much respect I had for Vosburgh. He could have blamed the loss on any number of things that went against him in that game ... but he didn't. Vosburgh manned up and admitted his call was completely wrong.

In this instance Vosburgh ended up being the "goat," but many might forget that he could've just as easily been the hero with a genius coaching move that won the game 35-31.

Vosburgh's ability to accept responsibility for his mistakes and move on from them is not only a lesson for football, but also a lesson for life. The thing to take from the entire situation is that some lessons are more important than any sport.

[Pat Coleman]

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Paul Connors
posted 10/02/07 @ 1:49 PM EST
I'm number 92, and I f***ed your s*** up. I blew up your kick return wall "F*** Em!"

Classy response by a Hartwick player posted in an article on the SJF student newspaper website....

Is there an IP address, or registration, or some other system that proves he actually wrote this? Just wondering.

[AUPepBand]

Hey PEP, do you have a forecast for us for tomorrow's game?

If you're asking about the weather....

Tonight...Partly cloudy. Mild with lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 10 mph or less.

Saturday...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 mph or less...Becoming west 10 to 15 mph.

Saturday Night...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds 10 to 15 mph...Becoming northwest. Chance of rain 30 percent.

When will you be arriving in Mayberry, sarge? Look for me with the band among tailgaters and/or at the Alumni Tailgate Tent.

[AUPepBand]

how does WICB have negative Karma?  All they post is info about their broadcasts.

someone on here is a little touchy.

Apparently someone is jealous of the coverage. Heck, let's at least get the WICB team back to 0. Here's my +k....

Anyone else have a little love for media coverage? Throw some +K their way.

Gosh, there is someone touchy on here. Pep distributed some +K and lost one as a result? That's it, +K for everyone on here tonight. The +K is on Pep!

[Knightstalker]

KS is watching one great baseball game between the Indians and Yanks and in the bottom of the 8th they are busting out the Deep Woods Off for the fielders, batters and umpires and even the pitcher.  The bugs are all over tonight. 

This is the first time KS has seen Carbonna pitch, KS is very impressed, nasty stuff and good composure.  He looks to be a real good one if he stays healthy.

The bugs are flying ants, they players and umps are covered with them.

[superman57]

tags are you around these boards at all

[AUKaz00]

I need a pick-me-up from the Saxons tomorrow after the ant-astrophy in Cleveland.  My drive home from Sunday night's game could be really painful if the Yanks get swept.

Anyway, is TCNJ the Hartwick of the NJAC this year?

[pg04]

I need a pick-me-up from the Saxons tomorrow after the ant-astrophy in Cleveland.  My drive home from Sunday night's game could be really painful if the Yanks get swept.

Anyway, is TCNJ the Hartwick of the NJAC this year?

No.  TCNJ is much better.  Defensively anyway.  they beat Rowan 10-7 tonight. 

[msarge7]

Hi Pep.  My wife, son Greg and I are coming for the game.  We expect to get there around 12:30 or so.  Sounds like a great day for a game.  80's in October!  WOW!  I hope the Saxons have more luck than my Yankees.  I'm glad we don't have school tomorrow.  I have a bunch of 5th grade Red Sox fans that would make some of the trash talking on this site look tame!  See you tomorrow.  On Saxon warriors!

[AUKaz00]

I need a pick-me-up from the Saxons tomorrow after the ant-astrophy in Cleveland.  My drive home from Sunday night's game could be really painful if the Yanks get swept.

Anyway, is TCNJ the Hartwick of the NJAC this year?

No.  TCNJ is much better.  Defensively anyway.  they beat Rowan 10-7 tonight. 

So perhaps Hartwick is the TCNJ of the E8.  I'm just trying to draw a parallel between TCNJ's big wins the past two weeks and Wick's wins over IC & SJF.

[theoriginalupstate]

I need a pick-me-up from the Saxons tomorrow after the ant-astrophy in Cleveland.  My drive home from Sunday night's game could be really painful if the Yanks get swept.

Anyway, is TCNJ the Hartwick of the NJAC this year?

No.  TCNJ is much better.  Defensively anyway.  they beat Rowan 10-7 tonight. 

So perhaps Hartwick is the TCNJ of the E8.  I'm just trying to draw a parallel between TCNJ's big wins the past two weeks and Wick's wins over IC & SJF.

TCNJ is shutting people down defensively.....

Hartwick is outscoring people and letting their opposition beat themselves....

[superman57]

I need a pick-me-up from the Saxons tomorrow after the ant-astrophy in Cleveland.  My drive home from Sunday night's game could be really painful if the Yanks get swept.

Anyway, is TCNJ the Hartwick of the NJAC this year?

No.  TCNJ is much better.  Defensively anyway.  they beat Rowan 10-7 tonight. 

So perhaps Hartwick is the TCNJ of the E8.  I'm just trying to draw a parallel between TCNJ's big wins the past two weeks and Wick's wins over IC & SJF.

TCNJ is shutting people down defensively.....

Hartwick is outscoring people and letting their opposition beat themselves....

no Hartwick isn't even out scoring people... they are so far being outscored this year...

[boobyhasgameyo]

Yes we all know they are being outscored with the grand total of points, but so far they've out scored their opponents in all but one game, you know what they mean Super.