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[bart37]

`Bart kickoff @ noon. Awesome tailgating at Bristol Fieldhouse parking lot behind the field. Fans would love to party w/you K-Mack! Hope to meet you at the festivities.Go `Bart!!!

[PBR...]

Congrats on 2500 pages, y'all.

So K-Mack needs a little advice from the LLPP. Coming to town this weekend. Definitely going to Rochester-SJF at 7, but for the early game

a) Carnegie Mellon-Hobart (starts at noon and shorter drive)
b) St. Lawrence-Alfred (might need the 1 p.m. kickoff since I fly in that a.m., and have never seen either team play)

Someone in the know, help me decide.

Also, if any of you are in the area on Saturday, definitely drop me a line. Keith@D3football.com or the ATN board or here or whatever.

(secretly wants Tennessee to magically pull out a W on Saturday, FWIW)

Keith,

The Rev is definitely biased, but you should go to Geneva.

Make sure when there you eat at Cam's New York Pizzeria on Exchange Street while you're there.

Trust me.  It's worth it.

Pep is equally biased and thinks K-Mack should pay a visit to Mayberry where Alfred is celebrating Homecoming.

And if it's steak/prime rib/seafood you like, you can't beat Muhleisens on Main Street in Almond.

Alfred had a New York Pizzeria at one time....that building is now home to Southern Tier Concrete Products, the Frontier Service Office and a Blood Test Lab/Clinic.

After DP Dough broke its 10-year lease halfway through, it was replaced by Sonora's Mexican Restaurant, which was nice until it suffered water damage from an apartment above and shut down. Now a Fox's Pizza Den is in the works, scheduled to open soon. There's also Panda Chinese, and, if you've got the time and good company, Cafe Za is pretty cosmopolitan.

A lifer told me recently that she and her husband listed all of the restaurants they remember in Alfred over the years and were quite amazed by the number....but after nearly 75 years, the Collegiate Restaurant still fills the bill.

Pep,
Even by LLPP standards, that could be the most random post of all time.....+1k.

The only thing that would have made it better would have been if you started with, "One time.....at Band Camp....."

d@mn u U89...pbr just about blew the first cup of coffee all over the keyboard LOL w/ the "One time at band camp..." reference... +k

[Mike Falk]

Hey Union89 -

Thanks for the compliment on page 2501. Very much appreciated.

Looking forward to Saturday's game!

Mike Falk
Sports Information Director
Muhlenberg College

['gro]

It may be one game but Hermann may make some noise in the LL this year.  I have not seen a 6'6" 240 pound kid scramble and run like that.  He may start to make some DC's spy him which may open up the middle of the field.

Any insight on why Herman didn't appear until the start of 2d quarter (if I followed Kurt Stutt's announcing correctly)?

I watched some of the archived broadcast, in the begining either Kurt or Bob mentioned that both QB's would play. Looks like Herman just got on a roll and stayed in.

[dewcrew88]

Wow.....U89 just noticed that they play Anna Maria later in the season also.....yikes!!

And Mt. Ida.

But this is Coach Faggiano's second year, so he probably didn't have a say regarding the schedule the past 2 years.  But Utica has been bad for a long time, I can't really blame them for scheduling those teams.  They have to actually win those games before they can be taken seriously anyway right?

Hmmm chalk up 4 wins for Utica, that helps RPI's OWP.

And hurts their OOWP.

knew I couldn't slip that past the guru...

Dewcrew, my bad, should have said chalk up at least 4 wins for UC. They've come that far where those games should be victories, and I agree UC has the capability to knock off E8 and LL teams. Good luck starting on 9/26, sorry but RPI must crush the moose.

Yeah I hear you. Saturday's game will be interesting, and I believe closer than you might think.

Is that a prediction?   

Maybe. Just a tiny one.

[stimulator]

My assumption is that they were both going to play... That may still happen and as 'gro said Hermann was putting together drives and points and they stayed with him.

No predicitons here other than a closer game than Utica/RPI of the past.  I will predict Utica won't score 60 and they haven't seen the likes of Hermann and an RPI offense from Castleton State or Becker.

[union89]

Hey Union89 -

Thanks for the compliment on page 2501. Very much appreciated.

Looking forward to Saturday's game!

Mike Falk
Sports Information Director
Muhlenberg College

You deserve the accolades for a very well done and comprehensive piece of work.

U89 just hopes your football team is not as impressive come Saturday.

In all seriousness, I was at the Union/Muhlenberg game last year and was very impressed with the team....the Mules dominated the Dutchmen in every aspect of the game.

Any thoughts on this years contest??

[AUKaz00]

Congrats on 2500 pages, y'all.

So K-Mack needs a little advice from the LLPP. Coming to town this weekend. Definitely going to Rochester-SJF at 7, but for the early game

a) Carnegie Mellon-Hobart (starts at noon and shorter drive)
b) St. Lawrence-Alfred (might need the 1 p.m. kickoff since I fly in that a.m., and have never seen either team play)

Someone in the know, help me decide.

Also, if any of you are in the area on Saturday, definitely drop me a line. Keith@D3football.com or the ATN board or here or whatever.

(secretly wants Tennessee to magically pull out a W on Saturday, FWIW)

Where are you flying into?  If it's Rochester, Alfred is about 81 miles (75-90+ mins) directly south on the 390.  Geneva is 46 miles (about 50 mins) east of Rocho on the NYS thruway (i-90).

I'd actually advise a triple dip of going to Hobart-CMU first half, listen to 89.7 FM WEOS en route to Alfred, see Alfred late 1st-early second half.

Roll up to Rocho, grab a garbage plate at Nick's (if that's still around), then hit the courage bowl for the night cap.

Otherwise, my biased opinion is Bart-CMU.  The last two games have been decided by a combined 6 points.  The Larries are improved (at least good enough to beat Norwich) but may get stomped by Alfred.

Thought about the Triple dip, but looking at the map, I wasn't sure it was possible necessarily. Or worth it. Though I think when I had that thought, I'd forgotten about the staggered start times at Bart & Alfred.

That's a heck of a lot of driving, but I would like to see all three campuses.

Even selfishly I'm torn. I've seen Hobart and CMU, and never the other two ... but shorter drives are always fun. People I'd like to meet at both places.

So basically I came for the biased opinion. Good stuff, it helps.

Pep would add that the drive between Geneva and Alfred (usually 90 min), no matter what routes one takes to get through the Finger Lakes, is quite enjoyable. Pep would recommend from Geneva, take Rt. 14A south (left off Rts. 5&20 west of the Boz) to Penn Yan, then take Rt. 54 South to Bath, where you can pick up I-86 West....take Exit 33, right on Karrdale Ave., right on Rt. 21 thru Almond, right on Rt. 244....straight into town to the light where you take a couple lefts and follow drive into McLane Parking Lot. (If you're coming to Alfred, let Pep know and he'll reserve a parking spot behind the Merrill Field grandstand, which is a left coming into town)

Follow your tracks back to I-86, go east to Exit 34N, follow Rt. 36 north to Dansville where you hit I-390 north to Rochester. Easy!

Let Pep know if you're coming; he'll give you the nickel tour and accentuate all of the positives of Alfred where Pep is serving a life sentence. 

I said it earlier on the LLPP, but since you have no horse in the race K-Mack I think your best bet is going to Geneva.  From your perspective you're looking for the best game and Bart-CMU gives you the best chance of an exciting finish.  If the Pumpkins come out flat again you may regret the decision and we'd absolutely love to have you down at Merrill, but you can wait for the first round of the playoffs to make the trip!

On Saxon Warriors!!!

[Mike Falk]

Hey Union89 -

Thanks for the compliment on page 2501. Very much appreciated.

Looking forward to Saturday's game!

Mike Falk
Sports Information Director
Muhlenberg College

You deserve the accolades for a very well done and comprehensive piece of work.

U89 just hopes your football team is not as impressive come Saturday.

In all seriousness, I was at the Union/Muhlenberg game last year and was very impressed with the team....the Mules dominated the Dutchmen in every aspect of the game.

Any thoughts on this years contest??

I haven't seen our team play yet ... didn't go to Wilkes and off last week. Obviously we are very young at key positions and I'm sure our play will reflect that over the course of the year. We'll have our hands full on Saturday! Union is always a solid program.

[dlippiel]

Hey Union89 -

Thanks for the compliment on page 2501. Very much appreciated.

Looking forward to Saturday's game!

Mike Falk
Sports Information Director
Muhlenberg College

You deserve the accolades for a very well done and comprehensive piece of work.

U89 just hopes your football team is not as impressive come Saturday.

In all seriousness, I was at the Union/Muhlenberg game last year and was very impressed with the team....the Mules dominated the Dutchmen in every aspect of the game.

Any thoughts on this years contest??

I haven't seen our team play yet ... didn't go to Wilkes and off last week. Obviously we are very young at key positions and I'm sure our play will reflect that over the course of the year. We'll have our hands full on Saturday! Union is always a solid program.

+k to Falk. Is it me U89 or are the Mules fans just awesome? dlip thinks back the past two years and all he can recall is great posts by Mules fans. dlip is thinking that Saturday is going to be a great game.

[union89]

Hey Union89 -

Thanks for the compliment on page 2501. Very much appreciated.

Looking forward to Saturday's game!

Mike Falk
Sports Information Director
Muhlenberg College

You deserve the accolades for a very well done and comprehensive piece of work.

U89 just hopes your football team is not as impressive come Saturday.

In all seriousness, I was at the Union/Muhlenberg game last year and was very impressed with the team....the Mules dominated the Dutchmen in every aspect of the game.

Any thoughts on this years contest??

I haven't seen our team play yet ... didn't go to Wilkes and off last week. Obviously we are very young at key positions and I'm sure our play will reflect that over the course of the year. We'll have our hands full on Saturday! Union is always a solid program.

+k to Falk. Is it me U89 or are the Mules fans just awesome? dlip thinks back the past two years and all he can recall is great posts by Mules fans. dlip is thinking that Saturday is going to be a great game.

They were pretty solid folks in Schenectady also.....they were also HUGE.

[PBR...]

Hey Union89 -

Thanks for the compliment on page 2501. Very much appreciated.

Looking forward to Saturday's game!

Mike Falk
Sports Information Director
Muhlenberg College

You deserve the accolades for a very well done and comprehensive piece of work.

U89 just hopes your football team is not as impressive come Saturday.

In all seriousness, I was at the Union/Muhlenberg game last year and was very impressed with the team....the Mules dominated the Dutchmen in every aspect of the game.

Any thoughts on this years contest??

I haven't seen our team play yet ... didn't go to Wilkes and off last week. Obviously we are very young at key positions and I'm sure our play will reflect that over the course of the year. We'll have our hands full on Saturday! Union is always a solid program.

+k to Falk. Is it me U89 or are the Mules fans just awesome? dlip thinks back the past two years and all he can recall is great posts by Mules fans. dlip is thinking that Saturday is going to be a great game.

come on dlip get w/ the program...all schools from PA are cool  8)   pbr has had many friends graduate from muhlenberg...its only 30 minutes from pbr's crib

EDIT: Plus the worlds oldest brewery and fantasmic beer....yuengling

[JT]

Hey Union89 -

Thanks for the compliment on page 2501. Very much appreciated.

Looking forward to Saturday's game!

Mike Falk
Sports Information Director
Muhlenberg College

You deserve the accolades for a very well done and comprehensive piece of work.

U89 just hopes your football team is not as impressive come Saturday.

In all seriousness, I was at the Union/Muhlenberg game last year and was very impressed with the team....the Mules dominated the Dutchmen in every aspect of the game.

Any thoughts on this years contest??

I haven't seen our team play yet ... didn't go to Wilkes and off last week. Obviously we are very young at key positions and I'm sure our play will reflect that over the course of the year. We'll have our hands full on Saturday! Union is always a solid program.

+k to Falk. Is it me U89 or are the Mules fans just awesome? dlip thinks back the past two years and all he can recall is great posts by Mules fans. dlip is thinking that Saturday is going to be a great game.

come on dlip get w/ the program...all schools from PA are cool  8)   pbr has had many friends graduate from muhlenberg...its only 30 minutes from pbr's crib

EDIT: Plus the worlds oldest brewery and fantasmic beer....yuengling

Don't they serve food too.  JT and MJT visited the brewery a few years ago.

[Knightstalker]

Prayers for the family of RPI graduate, Miles Brand.

Bachelors from RPI, Doctorate from U or R.  RIP

[RJ]

This week LL action ... Saturday, September 19

bold projected winner

12:00 pm Carnegie Mellon at Hobart   ... close game
1:00 pm Lycoming at Susquehanna   Stagg Hat Game
1:00 pm Union at Muhlenberg
1:00 pm Utica at Rensselaer  ...     upset special close game
1:00 pm St. Lawrence at Alfred
1:00 pm Maritime at Merchant Marine
2:30 pm WPI at Becker
7:00 pm Rochester at St. John Fisher Courage Bowl