FB: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[abnrgr]

HS and BC------not much love lost there

[HSC85]

I would have to disagree with HSCFAN88.  I thought that both teams showed better sportsmanship than in recent years.  There did not seem to be any altercations after the game.  I thought that Bridgewater was by far the strongest team that HSC has played this year.

[Llamaguy]

The Eagles are one player position away from winning ODAC Championships again. Which one I won't mention, you guys figure it out. 

Looking forward to seeing everyone at Homecoming!

Last year I attended the game with Hampden Sydney at Jopson Field.
We were down 30-6 going into the 4th and Vince Reese sparked us at QB with 4 TD's in a 37-34 loss.
He went 2 of 3 yesterday passing for 21 yards and had 2 carries for 5 yards but we waited too long to insert him into the game to see if he could bring us back again.
Hagan is still doing a better job than last year because he is no longer the most sacked QB in the nation but if it were me I would have Vince and Hagan compete in practice for the starting QB job vs Guilford. Stay tuned.

The DNR article had a quote from a HSC player that said "We were calling plays before they ran them," the junior said with a grin."  I think our offensive play calling has gotten too vanilla. If the other team could study films and pick out what we were going to run before we ran it there is a problem upstairs too. Maybe we are one coach away from an ODAC Championship.

Have to say I think the coaching has improved from 2007. Coach even mentioned on the postgame that there were some missed reads at the line of scrimmage. They may have known what was coming but had we checked out of it there could have been a different result. If they knew our plays then giving up 2 or possibly 3 TDs to it isn't saying much. (3 ints in the endzone took care of those scores) The correct calls were made, just need a little better execution. The good thing is we are still a good team, just not quite a champinship team.
ps. There were quit a few dropped balls as well so it doesn't fall on one set of shoulders as well. 

[Jeremybozz]

The Eagles are one player position away from winning ODAC Championships again. Which one I won't mention, you guys figure it out. 

Looking forward to seeing everyone at Homecoming!

Last year I attended the game with Hampden Sydney at Jopson Field.
We were down 30-6 going into the 4th and Vince Reese sparked us at QB with 4 TD's in a 37-34 loss.
He went 2 of 3 yesterday passing for 21 yards and had 2 carries for 5 yards but we waited too long to insert him into the game to see if he could bring us back again.
Hagan is still doing a better job than last year because he is no longer the most sacked QB in the nation but if it were me I would have Vince and Hagan compete in practice for the starting QB job vs Guilford. Stay tuned.

The DNR article had a quote from a HSC player that said "We were calling plays before they ran them," the junior said with a grin."  I think our offensive play calling has gotten too vanilla. If the other team could study films and pick out what we were going to run before we ran it there is a problem upstairs too. Maybe we are one coach away from an ODAC Championship.

Mike Clark is a good coach but it is no coincidence we have not been to the playoffs since Bob Colbert went to coach at St. Vincent. His offense was never,ever predictable. He kept the D on their toes with trick plays.

[hasanova]

I drove to Bridgewater for the Guilford games two years ago ... and boy was it a long trip home after such a lopsided loss!  Thanks again to all the BC fans for the great hospitality and, as always, a Stone Station feast.

My Mom will be 80 on the 19th and we're planning a surprise party for her on the 17th in Patrick Co., so no trip this year.  Mom doesn't have a computer and doesn't follow DIII football, so I think the surprise is still safe!    Sorry I can't make it this year, but I'll be checking the Blackberry.  Hope it's a great game!

[HSC85]

Randolph Macon receiver Earl Peoples caught 20 passes for 295 yds on Saturday.  The unique thing is that RMC only completed 20 passes on the day.  He was the only receiver to catch a pass.

[hasanova]

Randolph Macon receiver Earl Peoples caught 20 passes for 295 yds on Saturday.  The unique thing is that RMC only completed 20 passes on the day.  He was the only receiver to catch a pass.

Wow!  That is an odd stat ... thanks for sharing it.  Who's the DB who draws him next?  Better yet, what two players are going to double-up on Mr. Peoples?!

[Ryan Tipps]

Randolph Macon receiver Earl Peoples caught 20 passes for 295 yds on Saturday.  The unique thing is that RMC only completed 20 passes on the day.  He was the only receiver to catch a pass.

That's fine. Play the spoiler to my column's quirky stat of the week 

[hasanova]

Randolph Macon receiver Earl Peoples caught 20 passes for 295 yds on Saturday.  The unique thing is that RMC only completed 20 passes on the day.  He was the only receiver to catch a pass.

That's fine. Play the spoiler to my column's quirky stat of the week 

Hey, maybe HSC85 had an earlier deadline. 

[Ryan Tipps]

Randolph Macon receiver Earl Peoples caught 20 passes for 295 yds on Saturday.  The unique thing is that RMC only completed 20 passes on the day.  He was the only receiver to catch a pass.

That's fine. Play the spoiler to my column's quirky stat of the week 

Hey, maybe HSC85 had an earlier deadline. 

Probably true! 

On another note for the wider ODAC faithful, this coming weekend I'm headed down to Emory to see the battle of the ODAC unbeatens. Is everyone healthy? Mostly? Hopefully H-SC and E&H will be coming at each other at full-strength and without regrets. If there's a defense than can slow the Tigers, I'd expect it to be the Wasps'. But it won't be easy.

I know that with R-MC undefeated in conference play, I can't technically call this coming Saturday the de facto ODAC title matchup, but it'd be a good candidate as one.

[HSC85]

Ryan,

Sorry about spilling the beans on the unique stat.  No harm intended.  I thought Bridgewater did an adequate job of slowing down the HSC offense this past Saturday.  HSC had one long drive in the second half and seemed to be one play away from breaking the game wide open.  Bridgewater kept them from getting that play. 

[HSC85]

HSC has their work cut out for them this week.  Two years ago the Tigers won a hard fought game against Bridgewater and then went to Emory and Henry and got beaten soundly.  E&H is a stronger team now.  Go Tigers.  Take care of business.

[Ryan Tipps]

Ryan,

Sorry about spilling the beans on the unique stat.  No harm intended. 

Seriously, no biggie. Just giving you a hard time

[RMCFan]

Congradulations to Earl (and the entire Macon squad)....thats one heck of a day at the office.  That is now his second game over 200 yards this season.

I think it is safe to say that the landscape of Randolph-Macon football has changed.

[ratlsnak]

The Eagles are one player position away from winning ODAC Championships again. Which one I won't mention, you guys figure it out. 

Looking forward to seeing everyone at Homecoming!

Last year I attended the game with Hampden Sydney at Jopson Field.
We were down 30-6 going into the 4th and Vince Reese sparked us at QB with 4 TD's in a 37-34 loss.
He went 2 of 3 yesterday passing for 21 yards and had 2 carries for 5 yards but we waited too long to insert him into the game to see if he could bring us back again.
Hagan is still doing a better job than last year because he is no longer the most sacked QB in the nation but if it were me I would have Vince and Hagan compete in practice for the starting QB job vs Guilford. Stay tuned.

The DNR article had a quote from a HSC player that said "We were calling plays before they ran them," the junior said with a grin."  I think our offensive play calling has gotten too vanilla. If the other team could study films and pick out what we were going to run before we ran it there is a problem upstairs too. Maybe we are one coach away from an ODAC Championship.

Clark's Record with Bob Colbert as OC was 69-26;  Clark's Record without Bob Colbert as OC is 26-35.  Coincidence?