FB: Liberty League

[dlippiel]

Of course it's not because it's missing beautiful eye sore type buildings like this ****ing thing:
 

That is the largest electronic door entry keypad I've ever seen on a building. How do you punch the buttons to open the door?

That's only their brand new $141 million Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center.  It's a pretty incredible building actually, you may want to educate yourself on it:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_Media_and_Performing_Arts_Center 



Union could have one but they just don't have the endowment or anonymous donations like RPI.

Thanks for the link and dlip is sure it's quite amazing. With the endless flow of $ that continues to pour into that school it better be ****ing amazing. For now to dlip it simply looks like the ass of a hippo. Kind of like what President Jackson looks like when she tries to micro manage the the sports programs over in Troy.

[Ralph Turner]

Lasts nights podcast with Duey Naatz, Coach Cragg and others

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ith/2013/11/18/in-the-huddlle--liberty-league-football-talk-show

I really enjoyed the podcast.

I posted this on the Around The Nation board with respect to the comment on a 27th or a 28th Pool A bid.  Respectfully, I don't see where the new conferences and teams will come from.

We should build a map tool that plots all 244 schools, then lets you shade out 243 of them and draw a 500-mile radius around it. Or lets you pick any two and determine the distance between.

@smedindy @wallywabash @d3football @RalphTurnerMcMurry ... anybody?

For a programmer, this can't be that hard.

That would be a great Google map!

I have no trouble with the winner of a member conference getting into the playoffs. How much excitement have we had with Gallaudet winning their conference.  Those are their peer institutions.  We let the NESCAC play in their own sandbox.  Hey!  This is D-3. The idea is the competition, the life lessons, and the life long friendships. K-Mack did a great job of covering that this year in ATN. 

As for continued expansion of conferences, the SAA pulls 9 teams (from Pool B into a Pool A conference, when WashUStL and UChicago join. You have Berry and Hendrix adding football because they don't have to play Trinity!).  CWRU and CMU move from Pool B into a Pool A conference.  The MASCAC finally takes the bid that it had loaned D-3 for a decade while it was in the NEFC.  Let's also remember that the Pools are the reason the more schools are sponsoring teams. There is more excitement.  Besides, 16 of those Pool A teams will be done by Saturday about 3:15pm local time.

I cannot find the 27th Pool A conference, unless it is the NESCAC.  Maybe the Capital AC finally gets a Pool A bid as schools add football. You cannot carve up the football-playing schools in the East Region any other logical way to get another conference.  The SCAC might get a Football Pool A bid if several more schools resume or start programs, but I don't see that either.  Pool B in 2016 will be Wesley, Macalester, the SCAC-4 and maybe CNU.  Has anyone heard of another possible realignments?

We were at 24 Pool A, 3 Pool B and 5 Pool C teams in 2013. 

By 2016, I think that we will be at 26 Pool A (adding the MASCAC and the SAA to Pool A) and 6 Pool C bids. I don't think that they will reserve a Pool B slot for only 5-6 Pool B teams. 

Thanks for the In the HuddLLe podcast. Getting Mr Naatz was great!

[ITH radio]

Thanks Ralph!

[Ralph Turner]

Thanks Ralph!

And thank you!  I enjoy the opportunities to hear quality D3radio... HudLLe, D3football podcast, Hoopsville...

[ITH radio]

Received an email today that has the link to the Gallaudet v Hobart video (free), audio (WEOS) and Live Stats feed info. 

http://www.hwsathletics.com/showcase/#Live/275

[mattvsmith]

Received an email today that has the link to the Gallaudet v Hobart video (free), audio (WEOS) and Live Stats feed info. 

http://www.hwsathletics.com/showcase/#Live/275

Scha-WING!

[Frank Rossi]

Received an email today that has the link to the Gallaudet v Hobart video (free), audio (WEOS) and Live Stats feed info. 

http://www.hwsathletics.com/showcase/#Live/275

By rule, they have to be free or the school would have to pay extreme rights fees.  Thank Turner and the NCAA for the freeness.

[res ipsa loquitur]

Anybody know why Conlan is out of the game for Hobart? 

[res ipsa loquitur]

Sounds like he got hurt, but no specifics given. Hope he's back next week. Heal quick! 

Nice effort today Bart. 

[Bartman]

Congrats to the Statesmen. Solid effort. They tried to run away from Coleman and he still gets 3 TFLs. Great first round by New York teams with SJF and Ithaca prevailing. Can't wait for a classic against the Cardinals on Saturday. Hope Conlan is OK.

[hobart16]

Nice job by Bayley to come in and take care of business.  Great to see Hobart come out with a very nice, controlled passing attack in the first half.

I watched Fisher dominate the second half at JCU.  As I expected, JCU was one dimensional and not very weather proof.  If not for three key penalties, JCU would not have advanced the ball over midfield in the second half.  Fisher has some playmakers out there.  Solid at skill positions, solid special teams, and they really stuck to their play book rushing only 3 guys even she behind.  They showed a lot of heart and are not short of effort.  It will be a battle net week. 

[middlerelief]

Glad Hobart and SJF get a chance to face off.  The last 10 years, probably a good debate as to which program is tops in NYS, and these two would be in the mix.

Comparing schedules though, SJF despite being a lower seed and on the road, based on body of work in '13,  they just might be the favored in this match up

[hobart16]

SJF schedule was tougher than Hobart's this year and they have had to pull some games out of the fire.  Hobart has not had starters play in the 4th quarter yet this year, including against Utica which lost to SJF because they missed a PAT. 

[boobyhasgameyo]

You could say that Utica lost to SJF because they missed an extra PAT...but you could also say that Fisher would have beaten them even more handily if they didn't fumble the ball on the Utica one yard line, if the ref didn't miss one of the most blatant offensive pass interference no calls on Utica's first touchdown, etc. 

Point is - all of the things that happen in the course of a game are what make it a game.  You can't always cherry pick, even though I do it a bunch as well. 

Has Hobart really not let a starter play in the 4th quarter yet this year?  That's pretty crazy.  Betcha that changes next week 

[dlippiel]

Dlip feels SJF is the slight favorite next week. Honestly there are not many scenarios with a score within 10 points with either team winning next week that would surprise Dlip.