FB: Liberty League

[Frank Rossi]

whew...world is definetly spinning on a new axis....joepa names a true freshmen as starting qb congrats to robert bolden by all accounts he has outperformed everyone over the last month!  new big 10 conference has psu/osu/wiscy and a cross division game against nebraska every year...yeowzah some fantastic home games.

Thank god the Big Ten didn't screw this up and kept the Mich/ OSU game on the last weekend of the Big Ten season. I thought they should have kept Mich and OSU in the same division, but I can see it both ways, and overall I thought they did a great job of splitting up the league. The only thing I'm pissed at is that Nebraska plays at Michigan in 2011, so I'll have to wait until 2012 when Michigan plays at Nebraska to finally visit college football mecca, i.e. Lincoln.

They should never have divisional crossover games on the last weekend of a season since that game could be "replayed" the following weekend in the Championship.  I think that's a danger that would've necessitated moving the game up by at least a couple weeks, to be honest.  Otherwise, I would've agreed with you here, Doid.  It's just a farce when you get the same game two weeks in a row potentially.

[Doid23]

whew...world is definetly spinning on a new axis....joepa names a true freshmen as starting qb congrats to robert bolden by all accounts he has outperformed everyone over the last month!  new big 10 conference has psu/osu/wiscy and a cross division game against nebraska every year...yeowzah some fantastic home games.

Thank god the Big Ten didn't screw this up and kept the Mich/ OSU game on the last weekend of the Big Ten season. I thought they should have kept Mich and OSU in the same division, but I can see it both ways, and overall I thought they did a great job of splitting up the league. The only thing I'm pissed at is that Nebraska plays at Michigan in 2011, so I'll have to wait until 2012 when Michigan plays at Nebraska to finally visit college football mecca, i.e. Lincoln.

They should never have divisional crossover games on the last weekend of a season since that game could be "replayed" the following weekend in the Championship.  I think that's a danger that would've necessitated moving the game up by at least a couple weeks, to be honest.  Otherwise, I would've agreed with you here, Doid.  It's just a farce when you get the same game two weeks in a row potentially.

Which is why they should have kept Michigan and OSU in the same division. Back in the day when it was the Big 2 plus the Little 8 I wouldn't have thought to put them in separate divisions, but over the past decade or so balance has come to the Big Ten, and there's no reason to think that it won't stay balanced, so I thought they would have kept them in the same division and kept the late November date.

[Frank Rossi]

It's time again -- we're just days away from the THIRD SEASON PREMIERE of "In the HuddLLe" on BlogTalkRadio.com!  This Thursday, September 2nd at 8pm EDT, join Frank Rossi, James Baker and Eric Ren as they preview the 2010 Liberty League Football Season.  During the show, we'll provide:

- Interviews with key players from each of the seven teams to discuss their 2010 campaigns;

- An interview with former St. Lawrence Head Coach Chris Phelps, in which he discusses his departure from the Saints to the Head Coach position at Salisbury Prep during the off-season;

- Predictions on the 2010 Liberty League final standings; and

- An opportunity to interact with the hosts by calling our listener hotline or posting messages in the chatroom during the show.

This two-hour special and the chatroom can be accessed by pointing your browser to http://inthehuddlle.com -- recordings of the show will be available there soon after the live show ends.  On Sunday, September 5th, "ITH" will return to its normal time slot of 7:30pm EDT for the remainder of the 2010 season, so don't miss a minute of the only Division III Conference Radio Show out there!

Just a quick reminder that we're going live at 8pm EDT at InTheHuddLLe.com -- It is our most content-rich program in our three seasons, with eight interviews and team-by-team analysis packed into two hours.  Please join us live (even use the new (free) "Cinch" iPhone App -- choose "Radio" and search for the upcoming or live shows for "HuddLLe").  The archive will be available soon after the show ends at 10pm EDT.  Thanks for your continued support and listenership!

[PBR...]

holiday weekend...lamp be lit




pbr suggests 1 of these to kick off the weekend rolling early jimmy buffett style...



cheers everyone...have a safe holiday weekend on the last weekend of summer. Stay safe and be careful driving those traveling and enjoy the football!!!

[TheGrove]

Holiday? What holiday? We labor on Labor Day around here...

Good luck and Happy Opening Weekend to all my LL friends!

[Knightstalker]

It looks like the weather is going to be fine tomorrow so KS band will be playing at the Willow Point Marina, Greenwood lake NY 7-10.

[labart96]

Thx to all who tuned into the ITH preseason kickoff show!  We doubled our live listener base from preseason 2009 and expect a number of additional downloads over the holiday weekend. 

If you missed it, we spoke with the following individuals on last night's show:

WPI SID Rusty Eggen and SR S Jack Mulhern, former SLU HC Chris Phelps and SR TE Tim Robinson, MMA SR RB Karl Heimbrock, RPI SR WR Pat McCarthy, UofR SR RB Clarence Onyiriuka, Hobart JR QB Doug Vella, and Union SR DE Chris Gross.

We're back at our regularly scheduled time of 7:30 PM ET this Sunday night where we'll recap this weekend's games and preview 9/11 ones, including coach and player interviews (more info on the following to come soon).

Have a great LDW and good luck to SLU, WPI and MMA this weekend!

[pumkinattack]

Nice job on the In the Huddle.  I'm getting psyched for the season.  Poor WPI and SLU sound like they're still on the bottom (other than that peak year for WPI).  Coach Phelps sounded like a beaten down guy and it's hard to believe that was the winningest class in a long time there.  

I'd like to think MMA can be competitive, and maybe it's just the specific matchup, but they just can't run the ball to save their lives.  I think Hobart's given up 70 yards rushing collectively to them since inception and accounted for about 1/3 of their sacks.  

UofR, I'm not so sure they're going to be in the mix, but they've done enough the past 3-5 years that you have to be weary.  No idea about RPI.  I'm not sure the RB's are as good as some past ones, so Hermann's going to be really important.

Union's going to be tough.  Bring back a lot, but they didn't run away from teams last year with a home heavy schedule (IC, Bart, RPI, SUS), so the gap isn't wide, but they get the benefit of doubt as the top returning league team.  Bart shredded that D on the ground last year (have no idea of the final stats, but Marlier had to have had 120+ yards and every time he touched it he picked up 5-6yds right up the gut), so it'll be interesting to see how their run D is this year w/o Peters, though I'm sure they'll have talent.

Surprised Frank thinks he can write of Vella after his first year, as a SO, as starter.  HE has a ton to prove, but the talent's there.  Mizro was good his SO year, but had a better running game (Blackowski) and two of Bart's best receivers ever in Suozzi and Pinero (and Colby Feane was a really good 3rd option too), so it's not a reasonable comparison.  Totally fired up by the confidence and admission that they walked into a buzzsaw thinking teams were going to lay down for them last year.  He's righ tabout the back end of the season and the improvement.  Also fired  up about this Webb kid.  He had crazy HS stats, but at a small school, so it's hard to translate, but the way Vella was on his nuts I've got to think he's going to be a potent weapon.  Bart doesn't seem to have the size of a couple of years ago, but superior speed and skill.  

Love teh upgrades in schedules w RPI picking up AU and Bart grabbing SJF.  I think RT's right, if things break right and some FR contribute for the teams, you could have a 2005 all over agian.  Some leaps need to be made by all teams though.  Didn't agree with Frank's 04-05 analysis for Union, but I just assume it's the rose glasses we all have.  Also not convinced Coney, good as he is, will bebetter than Arciddicono (Sp).        

[kate]

Hey, pbr - nice, Facebook on D3 Football!   Good luck to everyone starting the season this weekend (Especially the Aggies), & a Great Labor Weekend to all!

[dlippiel]

Great pre-season "In the Huddle" fellas. Just builds the excitement that so many of us fans have with the LL season opening up this weekend.

[dlippiel]

Also not convinced Coney, good as he is, will bebetter than Arciddicono (Sp).

A tough call here especially with their different running styles. dlip feels Coney will make his own mark during his senior campaign and the comparison will be enjoyable for all. Bottom line they are both fantastic backs and a pleasure to watch run the ball for the Dutchman.

On another note (this won't surprise U89) dlip is very excited for the Pride's arrival upon the LL scene joining us next year (dlip believes) as a conference member. They will bring that vaunted triple option to the conference, increase some offensive #'s for the conference, raise the football strength of the conference, and maybe replace the three headed monster with a four headed monster.

Ed Zaloom will be missed for sure but maybe this gives WPI a jump with their hand picked replacement (Robinson) and hopeful improvement in conference play.

[Stlarry]

St. Lawrence write-up to start the season off:
http://www.stlawu.edu/athletics/saints/football/story/5539

Looks like a fair number of freshmen on offense, and the o-line in particular.  Going to have to hope the defense keeps them in games.

[dlippiel]

St. Lawrence write-up to start the season off:
http://www.stlawu.edu/athletics/saints/football/story/5539

Looks like a fair number of freshmen on offense, and the o-line in particular.  Going to have to hope the defense keeps them in games.

Thanks for posting this STlarry. dlip is rooting for SLU this weekend bigtime. He really liked the article and upbeat attitude of the of Saints heading into the 2010 campaign.

[Stlarry]

St. Lawrence write-up to start the season off:
http://www.stlawu.edu/athletics/saints/football/story/5539

Looks like a fair number of freshmen on offense, and the o-line in particular.  Going to have to hope the defense keeps them in games.

Thanks for posting this STlarry. dlip is rooting for SLU this weekend bigtime. He really liked the article and upbeat attitude of the of Saints heading into the 2010 campaign.

Should be interesting to see the type of attitude Raymond brings to the SLU squad.  He brought a bunch of former Ithaca players/coaches in with him, so it could help bring a winning attitude to the team.

[labart96]

St. Lawrence write-up to start the season off:
http://www.stlawu.edu/athletics/saints/football/story/5539

Looks like a fair number of freshmen on offense, and the o-line in particular.  Going to have to hope the defense keeps them in games.

Agreed.  Glad to see you back on the boards.  TGP enjoyed speaking with Tim Robinson last week and we have Coach Raymond coming on our 9/12 show.  Good luck vs. IC this weekend!

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