FB: Liberty League

[lewdogg11]

You know more about D3 football than I do, and you think I'm ignorant. And you have how many Stagg Bowl rings?

My comment was not aimed at the LL, their players or their other posters on this board, and shouldn't be taken as an attack on them.

As long as they have Stagg Bowl rings, right? How many do they need?

I need just ONE ring!!!!

[JT]

You know more about D3 football than I do, and you think I'm ignorant. And you have how many Stagg Bowl rings?

My comment was not aimed at the LL, their players or their other posters on this board, and shouldn't be taken as an attack on them.

As long as they have Stagg Bowl rings, right? How many do they need?

I'd settle for a picture of Rowan player's hand with one, before I take the big dirt nap.  I'm a man of little needs.

[PBR...]

[Yanks 99]

Hahahaha...WTF!!!

[Stlarry]

Hahahaha...WTF!!!

Mmmm, the sure is some good popcorn

[AUPepBand]

Pep is wondering how the heck someone got a video of Mrs Pep during the second half of the AU-RPI game. Pep does not lie,  a huge bag of buttered popcorn is likely what got Mrs. Pep to stay for the entire game, a first for her.

+K for making Pep laugh

[AUPepBand]

Will StLarry be making the trip to Mayberry for some football this Saturday?

[Stlarry]

Will StLarry be making the trip to Mayberry for some football this Saturday?

No, StLarry is still sweating it out in South Carolina, so not going to make it.  Plus, StLarry doesn't think he could face the music...(see what I did there?)

[dlippiel]

dlip loves him some pbr! Nice to see ya on here dude! That's a great picture of all D3 fans eating some U Dub Dub Dub popcorn...

[AUPepBand]

Will StLarry be making the trip to Mayberry for some football this Saturday?

No, StLarry is still sweating it out in South Carolina, so not going to make it.  Plus, StLarry doesn't think he could face the music...(see what I did there?)

Pretty clever there...they taught you well up in the North Country! +K

While the link doesn't appear on the D3 scoreboard, Pep understands that the game will be webcast by Empire8:
http://www.empire8.tv/play/index.cfm?fuseaction=embstay&id=2323C83BDE

[Stlarry]

Will StLarry be making the trip to Mayberry for some football this Saturday?

No, StLarry is still sweating it out in South Carolina, so not going to make it.  Plus, StLarry doesn't think he could face the music...(see what I did there?)

Pretty clever there...they taught you well up in the North Country! +K

While the link doesn't appear on the D3 scoreboard, Pep understands that the game will be webcast by Empire8:
http://www.empire8.tv/play/index.cfm?fuseaction=embstay&id=2323C83BDE

Thank sfor the link Pep.  Unfortunately, StLarry will actually be at a wedding, so won't get to see the game.  Tell the Saxons to play nice.

[dlippiel]

The SLU/Alfred game should be close...something like 52-10 dlip hoping SLU can get some magic together though.

[AUKaz00]

The SLU/Alfred game should be close...something like 52-10 dlip hoping SLU can get some magic together though.

I sure hope Alfred can score more than 10...

[dewcrew88]

Union/Ithaca will be a challenge for Union, although, I still believe it's a game that could go either way (no 10-point favorite, as we remember, is how I define this). 

This game against Ithaca is going to be very, very, interesting. The Bombers are dealing with a QB disaster unlike anything we've seen since Ryan Steenberg was thrown under the bus by his own teammate back in 2002 (In his defense, he was a good LB), but they are going up against a Union defense allowing 450 YPG. Union's offense is clicking, but IC has a better defense than Utica (and Salve, IMO).

A lot depends on if Will Carter returns in the middle for Ithaca, and if they are settled at QB. It seems like Hendel is the guy. He saw most of the action at QB last week, and has done less active sabotaging of the offense. If nothing else, his legs put him over the top, as he's run for 64 yards on 10 carries (removing sack yardage), Ultimately, however, the offense looks a lot worse than advertised--even accounting for Salisbury being really good on defense. Suffice to say, I expect a low scoring affair.

But let's be honest. Ithaca is, most likely, going to finish 5th or 6th in the E8. Union beating them at home in a semi-close game (or worse, losing to them in a close game) won't mean much if Alfred wins in a blowout (as I suspect they will) and Fisher beats Rochester--which may not happen.

To me, what the LL needs is this:

Union beats Ithaca handily, something like 27-10. St. Lawrence keeps it semi-respectable against Alfred, maybe 38-14, and Rochester beats Fisher.

Something that I think may hold the LL back is that so few of their teams play 10-game regular-season schedules. I'm not assigning blame, I know in some cases, it's no-one's fault. But the reality is, four of the seven teams only play nine games and this season, one plays eight. Last season, four of the seven teams played 9 games in the regular season. So over this year and last year, the LL has lost out on 10 OOC opportunities. That's a full season's worth of games.

That makes it tougher to prove yourself, because you're losing out on OOC opportunities that, if you win, can raise the profile of the league. And this is personal bias, but I've always had a little more trouble taking those teams at the same level. It's probably a residual effect from the 2001 RPI-IC playoff game (and yes, RPI beat IC two years later after playing a nine game regular season)

I wish the LL would get more of their teams on the 10-game schedule. I think it would help

I don't think Union beats Ithaca by 17... this game ends up very close on either side: 3 points one way or the other

[dewcrew88]

Utica fans (who made the near side jam-packed in the stands) acted like they were playing for the Super Bowl Saturday night.  Never mind that Union lost seven in a row to that point -- it was still the 800lb. gorilla their team was playing.  If Union had changed its name to Bob Smith University and played under identical circumstances, BSU would've likely won that game.  That's what name recognition and historical success can do on the football field.

Absolutely. From one there in the beginning losing games by 60, a one-point win over a Union team is incredible. I don't care if U was 2-7 last year and 0-2 this year. Biggest win ever, arguably.