FB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[dc_has_been]

altor, you are on the ball w/ the scores!  If I could give you some + karma I would.  
Whatever happened to all my posts?  One second I was over 200 then I had less than 100!
Huge win for Franklin today, looking forward to hearing some final comments from MSJ & Franklin posters.

[cave2bens]

Great game, Grizzlies.

My bad 34-7 , Don't know how I came up w/ 43...

It's called "age", and believe me, it only gets better  

[altor]

Han 30 - Man 28   FINAL
Han kicks FG as time runs out.

[victorybell_57]

well it wasn't the russian knocking out apollo creed, but it was another great franklin/msj football game. great job grizzlies!! let's get tuned up for the final stretch before we get to the playoffs and make some noise.

[Li'l Giant]

Congrats to Franklin on the big win.

[JacketsFan]

Way to shine, Grizzlies! I started out the season thinking Franklin would win then I changed my mind and said MSJ would. Should stayed where I was.

Nice win for DC today, too. Way to go, fellas!

[Adam Sayer]

You all knew I'd bere here soon enough. I'll give FC credit. They played great on both sides of the ball, however, MSJ needs to improve on simple aspects of the game. They missed open field tackle after open field tackle. The O-line needs to come together and decide what they want to do with the reaminder of the season. Mike Lovell had 25 carries in the 1st half (estimate). MSJ didn't have that luxery in the 2nd half and a strength, which I thought MSJ had (Specialties) was't a strength at all. This team has been 9-1 and 9-1 since our 10-0 year and will most likely be 9-1 this year, but they have gone downhill since we were 10-0. That was the best team MSJ has and ever will have. Players who have played with me and have been on the former teams have agreed.

It's just an oppinion, but Rod needs to go back to recruting guys who are assholes like me and Tepee (especially tepee) and others. I'm super critical on the o-line, but Steve Wergers, as good as he is and I believe he is an MSJ best, is not an asshole. Rod needs (to quote Mike Hallet) pricks on the O-line. They now have size but they arn't half the O-line we were in 2004. Why? because guys like Me and Tepee would fight a guy before we got beat.  I left that game an embarrassed man. MSJ could have and should have played better. They are capable of playing with the top 15-20 in the NCAA.  That is why it hurts so much.

[Adam Sayer]

I am drunk. I would wite more and no, I didn't heckle the FC bench (As much as an asshole I may be, I'm not that mkuch of a prick). Congrats coach leonard. Represent the HCAC well in the playoffs...please!!!! I'm begging. Had we had a QB in 2004, we would have, but you have a chance. I look forward to treavling to FC again next year. Again, I'm impressed and I am the hardest person I know to impress.


F you all, I'm drunk!!!!!!!

[dc_has_been]

sayer- i know you are drunk, but I can't believe you threw in the towel b/c of one conf., loss. 

Anyways, DC has disappointed w/ their results against two MIAA schools, but it does look like they are improving even though they haven't played a true test yet.  I'm looking forward to see what they can do against MSJ & Franklin back to back.  First they have to take care of Hanover, so I guess I shouldn't get ahead of myself.

[altor]

Some offensive stats from Saturday.  These aren't necessarily the "top x" in any particular category.  I'm just trying to highlight some of the playmakers from each team.

Rushing     Sch  Att  Yrds  TD  Long   Avg
Hartsfield  FC    27   133   1    19   4.9
Kimmel      AU    28   119   1    11   4.3
Lovell      MSJ   28   118   2    14   4.2
Bennett     FC     8    99   1    48  12.4
Thornton    DC    21    99   0    14   4.7
Wong        RHIT  16    66   0    11   4.1
Mason       BU     9    30   2    15   3.3

Passing  Sch  Att  Cmp  Int Yds TD Long
Palmer   MSJ   30   18   0  295  1   36
Grimes   Man   31   22   0  274  1   35
Thiems   Han   21   20   0  235  2   44
Vetter   DC    20   12   1  230  4   54
Coleman  BU    30   15   2  169  0   35

Receiv  Sch  Rec   Yds TD Long
Dillon  DC     8   173  4   54
Miller  Han    8   108  0   24
Yoder   Man    6    90  0   35
Burrell MSJ    5    63  0   36
Eason   RHIT   5    43  1   11
Jones   MSJ    4    72  0   35
Meiner  MSJ    3    55  1   27
Gorrell FC     3    43  0   22

[FCAlum06]

This line might say it all about the FC win:

"CINCINNATI, Ohio - The Grizzlies today captured what might be their biggest football victory ever in the Heartland Conference in a 28-19 decision at Mount St. Joseph."

Go Grizz and dont anything get in your way of winning conference and makin some noise in the playoffs!!!

[altor]

Same thing...only Defensive side.

Defender    Sch  Solo Ast Tot  TFL/Yds Sack/Yds FF FR-Yd Int PD Blkd
McCullough  BU    10   6   16  1.0/2
Pickrell    FC     4   9   13  1.0/2
Spillmann   Han    6   6   12  1.5/2                          1   
Bradtmiller Man   11       11                       1-54
Depoy       Man    8   3   11
Yahl        MSJ    7   4   11  2.0/5
Siegal      MSJ    6   5   11
Cook        Han    8   1    9  1.0/1
Nelson      Han    6   3    9                                 1   
Cornely     Han    4   5    9  1.0/2
Spreen      RHIT   5   4    9  3.0/12   2.5/11   2            1   
Hastings    RHIT   3   6    9                                 1   
Townsell    AU     7   2    9  1.0/9      1/9                     2
Whickcar    AU     6   3    9                            1-0  1   
White       FC     5   3    8                    1  1-0       1   
Snyder      DC     6   2    8
Bayer       DC     5   2    7  2.0/9      1/6
Tietje      DC     5   2    7             1/0    2
Hawkins     RHIT   2   4    6                            2-47 2   
Rode        BU     4        4  1.0/8      1/8                 1   
Cass        DC     2   1    3                            2-13 3   

[dc_has_been]

altor- d3football.com needs to hire you to do DIII stats for them .  Nicely done.  What were Rupp's stats like for the day?   I noticed he wasn't a qb that was highlighted in your stats.

[altor]

altor- d3football.com needs to hire you to do DIII stats for them .  Nicely done.  What were Rupp's stats like for the day?   I noticed he wasn't a qb that was highlighted in your stats.

I'm just regurgitating the stats from the box scores at heartlandconf.org.  Trying make it easy to compare numbers for this week.

Rupp was 11-19 for 140 yards, 2 TDs and 1 INT.  The 11 completions were to 6 different receivers...so he spread it around.  He wasn't highlighted because it appeared from the box score that the running backs must have been the stars for FC today.  Admittedly, I originally overlooked the 2 TDs, which certainly deserved to be shown.  Sorry Chad!

[Adam Sayer]

Just a little...I called 700 wlw because some prick was downing UC's defense (they disagreed). UC turned the ball over 4 times  and still held louisville to 28 points (lowest of season). Someone came on and in my oppinion was dowing UC's D. I took exception and was cut off. Bastards.

You ask why am I throwing in the towl. FC needs to lose 2 HCAC games to get bumped from the HCAC championship race. That isn't happeing.  The suprising number to me was FC's running stats. This team was supposed to be a throw and catch offense. Coach Leonard did a good job game planning and I believe caught the MSJ coaches on their heels. They were not prepared for the running game FC had.. Regardless, MSJ had opporunities and could have won. They just didn't capitalize..

I also have a question for anyone who might want to answer. MSJ scores to make it a 28-19 game. Instead of kicking the extra point to make it 28-10 (and still a 1 posession game), Suriano elects to go for 2. The play fails and MSJ is left with a 28-19 deficit...a 2 posession game? Kick the extra point in my opinion. The 2 pt conversion at that point doesn't necessarily gain anything, yet if it is not made, loses everything. Sounds like a riverboat gamble that didn;t work out.