East Region Playoff Discussion

[Bartman]

It's a bummer that d3football.com wasted their front page with an Ithaca picture. #1andDone #LossAlreadyExcused #TakingMyBallAndGoingHome


Haha. If Ithaca wins I'll be on the E8 train next week, but for now I'll ride the LL for a few stops.

The sun is trying to split the clouds in Geneva this morning...  the same way Tyre will split  the Ithaca Oline on the way up the all time sack list. Ithaca-Hobart match-up is great for this Finger Lakes rumble which should be a close one. Ball  bounces could determine the outcome,  but see Hobart winning 28-21 with a fourth quarter go ahead TD pass to Berkowitz from Conlan to  prove the D3football.com predictions wrong and dlip, Lewdogg and ITH(nice pregame write-up!) right! Tons of respect to Ithaca for beating Fisher for the E8 title , but It should be a great day to be a Statesman! 

Good luck to all of the East D3 teams today and congratulations on extending your seasons.

[wesleydad]

I think Hobart wins this game by 10.  The Widener game is going to be tighter than most think and I expect a shoot our in DelVal with DelVal winning it.  I don't think Rowan has any chance to beat Hopkins.  Playoff football gets started.  Almost forgot the big game today, I am taking Husson against MIT.

[GoPerry]

Nobody should miss the article in Saturday's Wall Street Journal on MIT's Football Team.  "How MIT Engineered a Football Team Out of Scrap".

Here's the link but it might not work if you're not a subscriber to the Online WSJ

http://online.wsj.com/articles/how-players-at-mit-engineered-a-football-team-1416586648


Enjoy!

[Bartman]

I think Hobart wins this game by 10.  The Widener game is going to be tighter than most think and I expect a shoot our in DelVal with DelVal winning it.  I don't think Rowan has any chance to beat Hopkins.  Playoff football gets started.  Almost forgot the big game today, I am taking Husson against MIT.

MIT over Husson by the square root of 196. MIT coached by Hobart  alum.

Would love a Wesley - Hobart  2011 playoff game rematch,( looks like a tremendous Wesley team this year)but Hobart needs their 2 best performances of the year to get there

No matter what the game outcomes, at least we have a bracket of real Eastern teams

[lewdogg11]

Good football today. Good win by Hobart.  RPI game went as expected other than the final score. Kudos to the NCAA for not putting Framingham in. They are good but definitely not playoff good. MIT is gonna get royally messed up next week. Hobart is in for another battle. LL > E8.

[continental]

Did you go to the RPI game?

[lewdogg11]

Did you go to the RPI game?

No I watched the live stream.

[bman]

Did you go to the RPI game?

No I watched the live stream.

Did you at least do an Irish Car Bomb?

[lewdogg11]

Did you go to the RPI game?

No I watched the live stream.

Did you at least do an Irish Car Bomb?

If by car bombs you mean tea parties, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and singing songs from Frozen...then YES, many many car bombs!  :-)

[bman]

Did you go to the RPI game?

No I watched the live stream.

Did you at least do an Irish Car Bomb?

If by car bombs you mean tea parties, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and singing songs from Frozen...then YES, many many car bombs!  :-)

HA!
Yeah...that's what I meant...

[wcrosby]

I think Hobart wins this game by 10.  The Widener game is going to be tighter than most think and I expect a shoot our in DelVal with DelVal winning it.  I don't think Rowan has any chance to beat Hopkins.  Playoff football gets started.  Almost forgot the big game today, I am taking Husson against MIT.

Wesleydad -- Husson thought they had it won too.  But then they failed to convert a fake punt on 4th and 5 on our 35, and we took over with < 54 seconds left.  Got a great pass play to Brad Goldsberry, and then another, where you see one of their coaches run up to the ref and scream right in his face (obviously something nasty), and they move us into field goal position.  Then the clock breaks, which gives us 2 full minutes to get a field goal prepared.  They tell us there are 18 seconds left, Goldsberry takes a pass and gets stopped in the field of play, but somehow the FG team gets on and kicks it through with no time left.  We got very lucky.  See you next week.

[wcrosby]

Nobody should miss the article in Saturday's Wall Street Journal on MIT's Football Team.  "How MIT Engineered a Football Team Out of Scrap".

Here's the link but it might not work if you're not a subscriber to the Online WSJ

http://online.wsj.com/articles/how-players-at-mit-engineered-a-football-team-1416586648


Enjoy!

Thanks -- it was fun talking to Ben Cohen about that article, and pulling all of the documents out of that archive.  I even got a chance to connect with Tim Lange of Siena.  As I said to him, MIT owes the players from the Siena program (deceased) a debt of gratitude for coming and playing us in 1978!

[wesleydad]

I think Hobart wins this game by 10.  The Widener game is going to be tighter than most think and I expect a shoot our in DelVal with DelVal winning it.  I don't think Rowan has any chance to beat Hopkins.  Playoff football gets started.  Almost forgot the big game today, I am taking Husson against MIT.

Wesleydad -- Husson thought they had it won too.  But then they failed to convert a fake punt on 4th and 5 on our 35, and we took over with < 54 seconds left.  Got a great pass play to Brad Goldsberry, and then another, where you see one of their coaches run up to the ref and scream right in his face (obviously something nasty), and they move us into field goal position.  Then the clock breaks, which gives us 2 full minutes to get a field goal prepared.  They tell us there are 18 seconds left, Goldsberry takes a pass and gets stopped in the field of play, but somehow the FG team gets on and kicks it through with no time left.  We got very lucky.  See you next week.

Another weird ending to a game.  widener/muhlenberg was just as crazy.

[wcrosby]

I think Hobart wins this game by 10.  The Widener game is going to be tighter than most think and I expect a shoot our in DelVal with DelVal winning it.  I don't think Rowan has any chance to beat Hopkins.  Playoff football gets started.  Almost forgot the big game today, I am taking Husson against MIT.

Wesleydad -- Husson thought they had it won too.  But then they failed to convert a fake punt on 4th and 5 on our 35, and we took over with < 54 seconds left.  Got a great pass play to Brad Goldsberry, and then another, where you see one of their coaches run up to the ref and scream right in his face (obviously something nasty), and they move us into field goal position.  Then the clock breaks, which gives us 2 full minutes to get a field goal prepared.  They tell us there are 18 seconds left, Goldsberry takes a pass and gets stopped in the field of play, but somehow the FG team gets on and kicks it through with no time left.  We got very lucky.  See you next week.

Another weird ending to a game.  widener/muhlenberg was just as crazy.

I just read the recap.  That was nuts.  When the clock went out at Husson with 24 seconds left, Somebody commented "There are enough electirical engineers in this place -- can't someone fix it?"

Also -- I just want to say this -- we were told we couldn't host the game because our press box and other facilities were unsatisfactory.  Yes, they have more seating than us -- but it is oriented for baseball.  Seeing anything in the east endzone was impossible if you sat right at the 50, which was the furthest to that side you could get.  The press box was no larger than ours -- may have been smaller.  And they had to take the tops of the stands for tents for the spotters.  You can't tell me that we didn't deserve the home field.  On the other hand, we somehow got a few hundred people up to Bangor on a cold day.  We hear that a large contingent of students will attend this Saturday in Dover.  We know you guys are vastly superior, but MIT has a tendency to play up in big games. 

[Bartman]

Congratulations to MIT on extending your  historic season. Good luck in Dover!