FB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[formerd3db]

Hey JacketsFan:

Good to see you posting.  Looks like both our teams "took it on the chin" today  Hope all is well with you and yours.  I thought I recall you saying you might make it up to a DC game or two even though your son has graduated.  I'll send you an email to catch up on all the news in the next days or so.  Take care.

[Mr. Ypsi]

I am convinced, Ohio is THE BEST football state in America from top to bottom.

Now THERE'S something I'll bet that 'reality' TV has overlooked - a tournament of the 50 'bottom' teams in America!

I can see it now: "Our bottom can kick your bottom!"

"We're number ONE (well, except for every other team in our state)!"

"Ohio: the BEST bottom in America!"

[70_dc_alum]

Sayer - if i recall i was the one who predicted the AppSt victory which lead VB to say if that happened he would swim naked with fat chicks in a pool of mayonaise.  I was also correct saying HasBeen would actually be happy becuase it would be the kiss of death for Lloyd.  while it was all in good fun UofM has struggled in recent years against very athletic QB's with lots of WR's.  that might be the best team in 1AA history no one came close to them last year and most everyone returned, they got some players.

Heading down to Nippert to see the dayton teams in the herbie classic.

in regards to DC, if you dont get it after a year or 2 starting at QB you have to wonder if they ever will get it...ask Jeff Eldred

[Adam Sayer]

Situation: Hoover and Colerain are tied, 17-17 and Hoover has the ball 1st and goal with a minute left in the game. They run a few plays and are faced with a 3rd down with about 20 seconds left to play. Rather than call a timeout, Hoover's coach runs another play. Hoover snaps the ball with 6 seconds left and time runs out. Hoover never used the timeout. All this after Colerain scores only 3 points in the second half and the only reason they scored those 3 points was because a DL read the screen and intercepted the ball on the 20 or so yard line. Hoover stopped (you heard that right) Colerain's option in the 2nd half and Colerain didn't know what to do. In OT, Colerain has to settle for a FG. Hoover's 1st play in OT, QB nails a wide open WR on the 5 yard line but...he drops it. Similar to Ryan Hamby for OSU vs Texas. Colerain's defense comes alive and stops Hoover winning the game 20-17 with the help of a big sack to take them out of FG range.

Independence starts off their game by going down the field with ease and scoring. This game looked like it was going to be a blow out and Elder eventually came together, got a couple stops and went in to the half down 27-14. Elder was a different team in the second half, pounded the rock, threw the rock and looked like a great football team (complete 180 from 1st half).

Elder eventually scores to tie the game. The kicker misses the extra point. Independence goes down the field and scores to take the lead with about 3 minutes left. On Elder's ensuing drive they drive but get faced with a 4th and 15. They toss it up into triple coverage and #9, the unbelievable TE for Elder comes down with the 1st down reception (this is what it was like having Andy Wellendorf at MSJ). Elder eventually scores to tie the game. With less than a minute left Independence drives and kicks a 48 yard FG that ends up short. In OT, Elder gets the ball with momentum and scores a TD to take the lead. On 3rd down and long, Elder intercepts the QB and wins the game, ending Independence's 109 or whatever game win streak. Thay had not lost a football game since September of 2000 until last night and were ranked the highest of any team in the Classic (According to USA Today).

USA Today has St. X rankd #4 and DeMatha ranked #5. Should be a good one. Deer Park resident and St. X star HB, Darrius Ashley is not expected to play due to a sprained ankle.

In the other games

LaSalle loses 7-6 to Indianapolis Cathredral, giving up a TD late in the game (LaSalle's DB and stud WR gets beat bad on Cathedral's scoring drive for a 40+ yard catch)

Moeller loses a 22-14 lead and loses the game 26-22. Moeler drives to Mission Viejo's (CA) 20 yard line but can't complete the TD pass with 4 seconds left. Bob Crable, with 21 seconds left and the clock still running calls a QB dive on 3rd and 2 (on the 37 yard line). The QB gets stood up and Moeller loses an extra 8-10 seconds. I get the point that the clock stops with the first down, but you risk wasting 5-6 seconds on a play that will get you 2-3 yards when you don't have much time left and need a TD.

Overall great football yesterday and I hope more people can make it out next year. This has been good. JacketsFan, next September you and the boy should come up and watch. You'll get your football fix for the year.

www.ohiovsusa.com - I believe they may have 2008 teams on there. And Cardinal Mooney (Youngstown, OH) is a Division 4 school who is ranked in the USA Today poll (20-something I believe).

[JacketsFan]

Formerd3db, great hearing from you again. I'm not going anywhere. Just because my son graduated from DC doesn't mean I'm going to abandon all these d3.com hcac miscreants and reprobates. I'll be looking forward to hearing from you.

Yep, DC took it on the chin yesterday - and on every other exposed body surface, as well. I hate to see them start out this way and I'm afraid it's a bad omen. They've got to find themselves a reliable QB, one that can get the ball to his own team as efficiently as he can get it to the other team. He still has happy feet. He still throws wildly off his back foot. Shall I say more? And when he's got capable weapons to get the ball to (Dillon, Allen, Coralla, etc) it only makes it more frustrating that he can't. The O-line seemed to do well for their inexperience yesterday and that's good. The D gave up too many big plays and there's got to be more action at the point of attack. From what I could gather by listening, it seemed to me that DC didn't play with its usual fire and determination. Come on guys. Wake up.

Adam, I'd love to get up there, seeing as how I owe you a visit. Richard lost a massive bull redfish last weekend. Must've gone 25 lb or better. R was so tired after fighting him twenty minutes that he had cramps in those big ol' arms of his.

UF Football. Tim Tebow. God gawdamighty, son! The kid's got a space shuttle engine for an arm.

[dc_has_been]

I would just like to see DC recruit a qb that is over 6' & isn't a run first qb.  Also, what happened to Curtis yesterday?  He had something like 6 carries.  I thought he would be carrying the work load in the run game.
JacketsFan- Flordia does look scary w/ that lefty slinging the ball all over the field.
70dcalum- now lets just see if uofm is smart enough to get rid of Carr or maybe they'll just wait for them to drop another one to OSU or a fifth straight bowl loss.  & yes I'm disgruntled!

By the way, if Ohio has the best high school football programs in the country then Michigan should start playing them in their opening week for now on.

[victorybell_57]

quick thoughts:

app st has more speed and michigan couldn't hang with them. that means simply that michigan is exposed and is going to be in for a long year. still, #5 michigan had no business losing to APP. ST, ever. they did, now I would fire everybody and bring bo's son to come and coach some life back into these guys.

hey, if you are playing appy st next week, are you even seriously considering beating them? get them in the BCS now. they run a funky offense like WVU, only funkier, and they can fly. speed, speed, speed, they could have kept up with USC better than Mich last year.

Ohio is by far the best football state, hands down. top to bottom across the board. i'll never say it isn't.

on a side note, nobody can seriously tell me that they expected app st to beat michigan. a lower level team playing the #5 team in nation!!! you all said it would be a game and they better not take them lightly. i said appy st will get pounded like the IAA program they are. if you really expected that upset, then you need to be placing a lot of bets in vegas and not being on here.

i've seen them play about 5 times and never thought they would beat michigan. i guess it's time for gvsu to play app st (they used to play IAA playoff teams and beat them pretty consistently) and get mount union playing gvsu. after yesterdays game, i cannot make predictions anymore and say it can't happen. it just f****** happened.

[Adam Sayer]

3-6 Ball State went toe to toe with 9-0 Michigan in the Big House last year. I think ASU is a better team than BSU and if Michigan is thinking of using ASU as a warm up game, they will be beaten.

I wasn't joking when I wrote this VBell. But I'm a not gambler other than the NCAA basketball tournament. This is the first year I'll be doing fantasy football.

St. X laid the wood on DeMatha. It was on ESPN so I hope all of you got to see it. St. X's defense is great. They may be better than Colerain's defense from their title run. They also put up almost 150 rushing without their star runningback. I hope now, Ohio teams get more respect in the USA Today. St. X should be #1 in the USA Today Poll.

[victorybell_57]

i believe that you didn't joke around. i am just shocked michigan lost. like i said, it just f****** happened. go app st, fire carr.

[INQBScout]

Any names being thrown around as Coach Perry's replacement at Hanover?

[formerd3db]

HCAC colleagues:

In case you missed this last winter (and I did, thus my apologies for sending this if it has already been presented), here is something that I think will put things in perspective for all of us.  It does for me and a reminder for the next time I start to whine or complain about something in my day/life.  Go to:

// htt;:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qTiYA1WiY8

This story about a Univ of Louisville band member is as good as that one about the autistic h.s. basketball player that someone posted on the boards earlier this year.  Hope you enjoy it.

[70_dc_alum]

InQBScout - Perry's replacement is north of the border named Lloyd Carr.  of course Hanover's prez does not want to pull the trigger because we are trying to get a little exposure and ar looking for a coach that can win in the post season!!!

[INQBScout]

InQBScout - Perry's replacement is north of the border named Lloyd Carr.  of course Hanover's prez does not want to pull the trigger because we are trying to get a little exposure and ar looking for a coach that can win in the post season!!!

[Adam Sayer]

That was a low blow. I like it.

[dc_has_been]

I just do not understand how he still has a job?  He is 5-7 in bowl games losing 4 in a row & I don't even want to get into his record vs. Tressel, & now he lost to a DIAA school!  If he can't get fired w/ that track record then he is truely untouchable.