FB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[nittanybacker]

I am finally on here after only reading the board for 7 years.  I agree with Victorybell about game day at Happy Valley.  I was at the game about 5 years ago when Penn State played Nebraska and people were sitting in the aisles.  Beaver Stadium was the third largest city in PA.  It was amazing.

I am going to try and make the MSJ game on Saturday even though I should probably be at the house helping my wife unpack but that isn't very much fun.

[SaintsFAN]

I now think MSJ is going to lose....unless Sayer shows up in his cheerleading outfit. 

cave2bens,

i can put up with anything my ex does...as long as she takes me to the game and takes care of me later.  HA!  I'll even wear orange...

[tepee]

I would like to go to beaver stadium and wear a bright yellow shirt to one of their "whiteout" games.

travis

[SaintsFAN]

i would like to go to Beaver Stadium next year to play QB....since they have "Open Tryouts" Yearly...

I think any of us could do it, really.

[cave2bens]

I now think MSJ is going to lose....unless Sayer shows up in his cheerleading outfit. 

cave2bens,

i can put up with anything my ex does...as long as she takes me to the game and takes care of me later.  HA!  I'll even wear orange...

Geez, Neyland as a giant "Skinner Box"... game matchup and bonus stimuli would have me hopping around like a grinning, Push-Up too.    Have big fun!

Bob, as you so aptly noted, there does, indeed, seem to be some sort of atmospheric phenomena affecting the radio transmissions of speech patterns north and south of the Mason-Dixon Line. I would imaging that quaffing extreme quantities of certain fermented beverage consisting of hops, malt and water might have a direct effect on this atmospheric oddity, but I think it's also quite possible that people "down heah" talk like we've got a mouth full of hot grits and our ears just ain't accustomed to the Cream of Wheat linguistics in yon northern climes. What say you, brother?

As a fellow, nitro-carrying member of the cardiac club, days of intense, volumetric intake are behind me - the rental contract (and potential consequences) may lead to embarrassments from outflow vents other than my mouth. Then there's the "Dragon Lady."  

After living in nine, different geographies over the past four decades, this poster is no one to judge another's inflections and pronunciations.  Nothing like being classified as a verbal "mutt" - does that constitute a accentual, vowel movement?  

[nittanybacker]

Every year Penn State can never get a QB.  I know they don't have a QB but with Wisconsin, Purdue and Ohio State coming to Happy Valley I think we have three wins at least from these games. 

I know what the OSU fans are going to say, but remember what happen the last time the Buckeyes came to Happy Valley.  Were they undefeated then to?

Back to DIII football, I think the Mount beats Franklin 42-14.

[KYGrizzly]

Wow, a 28 point blowout prediction.

MSJ should be the favorite in this game playing at their place, but I'll go with the Grizz upsetting the Lions in this one 24 - 21.

Should be a great game to watch.

[SaintsFAN]

Who all is going to this game Saturday at MSJ?  What time is it?

I may be making an appearance..

[dc_has_been]

Pretty nice pregame write up about the MSJ/Franklin game in the around the region section by Clyde Hughes.  After reading it got me excited for the game.  Hopefully both teams just destroy eachother leaving DC to come through & steal the HCAC crown.
On predicting this game I'm still going w/ Franklin edging out MSJ.  If MSJ can somehow rattle Rupp then it will be a different story.

[Adam Sayer]

You know I will be there as soon as I get back from our JV game at Middletown Fenwick. If you come, just skip the entrance and walk to the south endzone and sit on the hill. Anyone think the MSJ meter maids would get angry if we brought a charcoal grill onto the hill? He hasn't been on here in a while but Rick Wiehe will be there too along with a sh!t-ton of others.

The key in this game isn't going to any team's offense vs defense match up. It will be special teams. I believe MSJ has the better unit. It's the same kicker the last 4 years and he can make it fairly consistently from 40+. MSj doesn't have to get 6 every time whereas Franklin might. MSj has home field advantage and a better offense than last year and a great running back named Mike Lovell (name may ring a bell). In 3 games against Franklin he has 80 carries, 382 yards, and 5 TD's. If MSJ has the lead in the 4th quarter, they can pound Lovell and work the clock.

I see them winning 34 - 28.

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[Adam Sayer]

I want every MSJ football player to see this and realize what you're expected to maintain. There have been battles, injuries, and close calls, but one thing has remained the same. We don't F'ing lose to Franklin. In 2004, we were down 30-27. Tepee walks into the huddle and remindes us why we did all the hard work in the spring and summer. It wasn't to go 9-1 and almost win a HCAC Championship. It was to WIN the damn thing. We proceded to go on a game winning, 7 minute drive. Sometimes you just need to realize when the going gets tough...you're the better man. Line up and kick the piss out of the man accross from you. That's what is expected of the MSJ players when they line up on Saturday. No exceptions.


YEAR                 MOUNT                    FRANKLIN
2006                     21                              14
2005                     41                              20                             
2004                     34                              30
2003                     17                              13
2002                     28                              13

[JacketsFan]

That's about the way I see it, too, Adam. Your prediction on the point spread is pretty much what I had in mind. I still think D v O is going to be an important factor in this game but there's also the Lovell factor and, as you say, special teams, which MSJ has traditionally done a pretty snappy job of from what I've seen the past four years. It's like real estate, only instead of location, location, location, it comes down to field position, field position, field position.

Bob, do you carry in your wallet or on your person a cardiologist certified piece of documentation appertaining thereto the make, model, serial number and physical composition of said medical and/or therapeutic device(s) and/or structure(s) implanted within the coronary confines of your thoracic region? I do. Mine contains language that literally makes the geniuses of the airport TSA (Take your Shoes off Agency) call their supervisors in for a confab, whereupon they all stand around in a large semicircle scratching their heads and scrotums and uttering such witty and pithy remarks as "Whoa!" and "Holy ****!" and "Go-llly!" and "Is that thing REALLY radioactive, dude?"

As a third generation Irish American sufficiently embalmed by the spirits of ethanol, I've had no need to top off me tanks or pickle me liver for the past 21 years. I do, however, make an occasional visit to one of those smoky rooms where the current poison of choice is vast quantities of foul tasting coffee just to see if other people really do piss in the closet or on the next door neighbor's front porch (with said porch light brightly shining), or if it was just my own special way of saying, "I've probably had wayyyyy too much to drink."

[altor]

Just did a little research before I made my picks for the week.  I don't know why I was under the impression that Franklin's wins were more impressive that MSJ's.  These two teams should really stack up well against each other.  MSJ beat Wilmington by 12 and Illinois Wes by 10.  That probably compares to Franklin beating OWU by 13 and Tri-State by 24...perhaps a slight edge to Franklin on that last one.  They've played one common opponent so far.  MSJ beat Anderson by 37 and Franklin won by 36.  Franklin does have the 2 point loss to undefeated Wabash and MSJ hasn't really played anyone of that caliber yet.

I was planning to predict a 2 TD or more win for Franklin, but now I'm imagining this one coming down to the final plays.  Franklin 34, MSJ 31.  Boy, I wish I could be there.

In other HCAC action, nothing else will be close.  Manchester will defeat Hanover by 3 TDs.  Defiance over Anderson by 24.  And RHIT will avenge last week at Bluffton's expense.  Expect a 30 point difference in Terra Haute.

[nittanybacker]

Can you believe that D3football.com is talking about MSJ and Frankling playing for a conference title.  It wasn't that long ago that it was all about Hanover and Anderson.  MSJ and Franklin use to be the bottom feeders on the league. 

Conference Standings from 2001:

Defiance                5 1
Anderson              5 1
Hanover                4 2
Bluffton                 4 2
Franklin                 2 4
Manchester           1 5
Mount St. Joseph  0 6   



I am probably going to make it to the game on saturday but it is still up in the air.  I have mixed feelings about rooting for the Mount with some of the things that took place in the off season but it is hard to turn away from something that you were apart of for so many years.

I have a new prediction (after talking to wise people)

Mount 35-28

[Adam Sayer]

Manchester will defeat Hanover by 3 TDs. 

I knew I wasn't going to be the one to go there...but there it is. Manchester will beat Hanover by 3 TD's. Of all the topsy-turvy, rollar-coaster, occurances in the HCAC the last 5-6 years, I never thought I would ever see this prediction (a pridiction that may actually happen...though I think it will be closer). My how things have changed.


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