FB: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[enzoneking6]

Great hitting by the defense... they made Ricca pay everytime he ran the ball.... near the end of the game he seemed to be a little timid about running with the football....


Also good job offense that's a way to respond to a slow first half...

The difference between that game was H-SC hoped to win but Bridgewater wanted to win!!!!!!

No let up on Guilford... have the same mentality that ya'll had for H-SC

[miz]

I would like to raise this question. Why should HSC get a crack at the post season.

They don't.  

Who have they beaten in the last 5 years that gives them the right to have a shot at the NC

Nobody.  

Excellent points.  That has been by arguement all year.  Might not be an issue they'll probably lose to either W&L or JHU too.  Their coach is a loose wire and has absolutely no clue how to manage a big game.  Cases in point:

2003- Favert gets a 15-yard unsportsmanship penalty while his team is trying to drive in their last chance to win the game.  Ego.  

2004- Favert starts going for 2 after TD's in the first half.  Ego.

2005- Favert coaches the game like I play NCAA 2006, going for it on every 4th down.  Never seen anything like it.  Ego, ego, ego.  

I've never seen Mike Clark as pumped up and emotional as he was running back to the BC sidelines after shaking hands Saturday.  He sprinted off and looked like he had tears in his eye's while he was pumping his fist to the wild BC crowd.  I'm sure the playcalling had something to do with how fired up Clark was to win the game.  

I LOVE MARTY BALL!!!!!

[norton]

Congrats to BC on their win...it was a great game won by a damn good team that deserved the victory...great fans who were classy before and after the game (except for Miz who's an a-hole)...good to finally meet Kid, Llama and Skoal after reading your posts for several years...Bridgewater is fortunate to have fans like you guys...good luck the rest of the way.

[miz]

Congrats to BC on their win...it was a great game won by a damn good team that deserved the victory...great fans who were classy before and after the game (except for Miz who's an a-hole)...good to finally meet Kid, Llama and Skoal after reading your posts for several years...Bridgewater is fortunate to have fans like you guys...good luck the rest of the way.

Hey, somebody's gotta' give you guys your locker room material......

And if it's worth anything at all I do hope HSC runs their table and makes the playoffs too.  It will ultimately be good for what is really a very weak conference right now.  HSC has good talent.  They played their guts out yesterday and gave BC a great game.  I don't try to take that away. 

I do really think that HSC's coach kills them in these games.  You may think I'm an "a-hole" for making the points I made in my last post, but I would challenge you to disagree with them.  I mean have you ever seen a coach get a personal foul in a spot like that?  He may get away with that stuff agains Sewanee, Gettysburg, and Guilford (barely) but that high-school crap won't cut it against good competition. 

[muchacho]

Going for it on 4th down in his own territory doesn't sound like anything new for Favret. Thats standard Marty Ball. Sounds like the game at HSC was a good one. Elsewhere in the ODAC, W&L had a big win over RMC, and if I were BC or HSC, I wouldn't assume that the ODAC has been decided already.
E&H looks like they are awful, and this year's RMC - E&H game might look like last year's GC - CUA game that decided who would go 1-9 and who would be winless.

[BCeagle79]

Greetings from Farmville! WOW, what a game is an understatement. The mood around here for the HSC faithful is truly dismal. My son, whom Marty mentioned in the DNR article, has talked with several of the HSC kids and their take on the game was "if we had 45 more seconds we would have won".  A lot of HSC folks that I talked with are wondering about the 4th down plays also. Like someone in our stands said "We Love you Marty"!

All the talk about J. Junes coming back didn't help them any either. I hope he didn't come back too soon after his concusion.

There was one kid whose parent works at HSC that had told me I would have to take my BC stickers off my vehicle after we lost. Well I guess they are safe for another year (or so!).

GREAT JOB EAGLES!!! Let's keep it rollin!

[pakownr97]

The BC players and coaches will remain focused on the remaining games and run the table.

I agree with you that it won't be as easy as the last few years.

Just to let you know where I stand, I am a BC diehard.  The only reason I care about the rest of the ODAC is that a stronger conference makes a stronger statement for Bridgewater's ranking and seeding.

Having said that, I think the ODAC is beginning to get more competitive.  This could be the last year that the winner of the BC-HSC game is the automatic conference champ.  Which has been the same team for five years now, but I digress...

I think Montgomery will turn things around at E & H but it may take a few years.  Catholic has really surprised me with the improvements they seem to have made so quickly.  W & L and Guilford seem tougher.  And HSC will still be competitive too.  Of course, whether any of these teams can upset our Eagles remains to be seen.

So, we Bridgewater people will continue to dominate this board and run our yaps like we own the ODAC until some other team can replace us.  But we will always thank our players and coaches who remain focused and work hard to get the job done on the field.

GO BC!

[muchacho]

A few thoughts from the BC-HSC boxscore. First, HSC's longest pass completion was 48 yards. Thats not bad for most teams, but Favret's teams rely on the big play, and it looks like BC was able to stop that.
The other things is that they reported the attendance as 8101.
Is this an E&H type number?  There would be a lot of fans standing at HSC, because they don't have much seating. Sounds like an impressive turnout.

[pakownr97]

although the d3football.com Top 25 voters do not determine the NCAA playoff contenders, the d3 voters must agree with you.  HSC received only 6 votes after the close loss to BC.

HSC is getting no love at all.

[BCeagle79]

The number reported is probably pretty true. It was parent's weekend and there were a lot of folks on the hill on the home side. Our stand were full with a lot of folks standing around the fence.

[muchacho]

Anybody reading the board watch the RMC-W&L game. RMC barely outgained W&L, but managed to get beat 44-7. How did that happen.
In regards to the best receiver in the ODAC not named Bublavi. I might have to go with Rodney Nelson at RMC. The kid is a freshman, and really impressed me last week(6 for 112 and 2 TDs) when he went up agains the Cards, and this week against the Generals he had 11 for 170.  In 3 games playing WR, he has 20 catches for 334. He also started the year as the Jackets starting DB and I know he went both ways against Catholic. This kids is going to be a stud if he sticks with it.

[muchacho]

I agree that HSC is getting no love. They lose a tight one to another top 25 team, and barely get any votes. I think most voters must think that there is only enough room for one ODAC team.
McDaniel is 4-0, but is barely winning those games. Beating Ursinus at home by just a touchdown isn't impressive
In regards to the d3football.com top 25, how is Ohio Northern still ranked after getting doubled up 50-25 by a team that lost 70-0 2 weeks ago?
Also how is a 4-0 Thiel ranked below Washington & Jefferson, who they just beat this week.

[Pat Coleman]

RE ONU: This could be the beginning of a slow slide from ONU. It's hard to go from #7 all the way out of the poll on one game, however. And Mount Union could beat almost anyone 35-0 just as easily as 80-0. After you get to about seven touchdowns in a Mount Union game it's all the same.

RE W&J/Thiel: I answered this on the PAC board. That's the conference both are in.

RE HSC: You may be right about one ODAC team. Also with HSC's unimpressive wins of late I don't think they had room for any losses.

RE McDaniel: They wouldn't be there if they hadn't won on the road at Bridgewater. They're hanging tough despite the injuries but without the signature win on the road, they don't make the poll, frankly.

[Jeremybozz]

team would help them garner some national respect. There are 4 more at large bids and they have a tougher schedule than in 2003. HSC has a shot.

[algernon]

I agree that HSC is getting no love. They lose a tight one to another top 25 team, and barely get any votes. I think most voters must think that there is only enough room for one ODAC team.
McDaniel is 4-0, but is barely winning those games. Beating Ursinus at home by just a touchdown isn't impressive.

What I'm wondering about is why Bridgewater is ranked as high as #18, given that they have only a 3-1 record against an unimpressive set of opponents.  The Eagles begin the season by losing to McDaniel, a team that is barely winning its other games (against teams like Ursinus) and then they beat Shenandoah (a team that is 2-3, with a couple of other 15-20 point losses), beat Hanover (giving up 42 points against a team that is only 2-3), and finally get their 3rd win of the season by barely beating the Tigers (a team that is 3-1 but is barely acknowledged by D3football voters).  So I'd like to better understand why the Eagles are getting ranked as high as #18 while Wesley (5-0) and Ferrum (5-0) fail to crack the Top 25?  Is this largely based upon their performance in past years?