FB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[JacketsFan]

Dang, where'd my post from yesterday go? I must've hit the wrong key. I've been saying since RHIT came into the HCAC they they'd be a force to be reckoned with one day. Jackets Backer, I'm putting my money on a two way split between Franklin and RHIT but I would not be hugely surprised to see RHIT take the whole enchilada.

DC should go out and buy the Jackets toe rings to wear. They sure as shootin' ain't gonna win one to wear on their fingers with this team or staff.

Sayer, you should've been here weekend before last. My boys and I went back water fishing off Little Tiger Island across the harbor from us. Trey hooked up a sea trout that looked like a baby alligator. Must've been 12-15 lb. Foul hooked him and I missed with the net and we lost him. Daddy nearly got filleted for that booboo.

[cave2bens]

cave don't short change Hanover Manchester and Anderson they are right there with DC and bluffton

True enough, 70 - Earlham best be careful or they'll play themselves right out of a favorable, October vote, eh? 

Toe rings?  With little serpentine, ankle bracelets in 10K electroplate to compliment the ensemble, JF?    BTW, great pirate look - anticipating a fishing adventure bar none with you as skipper, mate!

Wonder what happened to my Bruce Campbell avatar - too old and not technologically adept enough to come up with my own, dangnabbit.

[JacketsFan]

Oh, touche, Robert. Mayhap they can replace their letter jackets with purple and gold tutus.
I'm thinking of trading in my old avatar for one of my pirate photos. How do I do it?

[Pat Coleman]

If you put your photo online somewhere you can then grab the URL for the image (it would start with http:// and probably end with .jpg) and use it in the spot for your avatar.

I think most posters favor photobucket -- it must be the easiest to use.

[Jackets Backer]

I've been saying since RHIT came into the HCAC they they'd be a force to be reckoned with one day. Jackets Backer, I'm putting my money on a two way split between Franklin and RHIT but I would not be hugely surprised to see RHIT take the whole enchilada.

DC should go out and buy the Jackets toe rings to wear. They sure as shootin' ain't gonna win one to wear on their fingers with this team or staff.

Joe, hopefully the Jackets can win another one. Luckily the rest of the league, with the exception of MSJ, RHIT and Grizz, is simply terrible. I think it's a bit too early to crown any of the three HCAC champions. All  three really haven't played a big-time team out of conference. Franklin's win at B-W is probably the HCAC's top victory, but nothing to brag about.

we'll find out this Saturday if RHIT's for real. They've got a great chance looking them in the eye with MSJ coming to town. I like the Lions however in a close one from what Sayer's been saying. The Mount finally has a QB to go along with that nasty D.

Franklin will get a real test with Trine. Trine's won something like 14 or 15 regular season games in a row and have something going. I thought they struggled defending the pass Saturday against DC. The Jackets had a very high completion percentage 32 of 45. That's troubling for a defense to give up that many completions to DC. Maybe they were playing very vanilla defensively with the lead but they didn't put much pressure on the QB.

I saw bits and pieces of Franklin's win at B-W. Looked like they could still chuck it all over the field. Plus they still have plenty of buffet busters returning on the o-line. I think the Grizz avenge the loss last year in Angola.

Looks like the HCAC comes down to an Oct. 24 showdown in south-central part of the Hoosier State.

[Adam Sayer]

RHIT's got me a little worried. I know their 1st 2 games were against doormats, but regardless, they put up over 100 points. Greenville is a better football team but they won't be knocking on the playoff door by any means. I worry that RHIT may have 'overlooked' them and weren't prepared. All teams have a slip up and I worry that RHIT's offense will be fine tuned for this game. Even if it is, I still think they key will be MSJ's defense. If MSJ's defense is prepared and plays well (they have had 2 weeks to prepare for this game), MSJ wins.

[JacketsFan]

Thanks, Pat. I'm a technotard and it'll take me a month of Sundays to figure this out without one of my kids here to walk me through it. I did manage to put the photos on photobucket. I just can't figure out how to get one to here.

[Pat Coleman]

If you want to send me a link to the pic you want to use, I can get it taken care of.

[GRIZ_BACKER]

RHIT's got me a little worried. I know their 1st 2 games were against doormats, but regardless, they put up over 100 points. Greenville is a better football team but they won't be knocking on the playoff door by any means. I worry that RHIT may have 'overlooked' them and weren't prepared. All teams have a slip up and I worry that RHIT's offense will be fine tuned for this game. Even if it is, I still think they key will be MSJ's defense. If MSJ's defense is prepared and plays well (they have had 2 weeks to prepare for this game), MSJ wins.

this saturday the truth will be told with regard to who is king of the HCAC.  If FC takes care of businesss with Trine (I think they will) then the crown stays where it is.  MSJ and RHIT is going to be a war IMO. I really think RHIT will prevail (outscore MSJ in a close one).

[dc_has_been]

RHIT's got me a little worried. I know their 1st 2 games were against doormats, but regardless, they put up over 100 points. Greenville is a better football team but they won't be knocking on the playoff door by any means. I worry that RHIT may have 'overlooked' them and weren't prepared. All teams have a slip up and I worry that RHIT's offense will be fine tuned for this game. Even if it is, I still think they key will be MSJ's defense. If MSJ's defense is prepared and plays well (they have had 2 weeks to prepare for this game), MSJ wins.

this saturday the truth will be told with regard to who is king of the HCAC.  If FC takes care of businesss with Trine (I think they will) then the crown stays where it is.  MSJ and RHIT is going to be a war IMO. I really think RHIT will prevail (outscore MSJ in a close one).

Griz- I think that is wishful thinking about the RHIT game.  I could be wrong but MSJ is looking pretty good & if their qb is the real deal & their D is the same as usual they will take this one.  RHIT still has yet to prove anything yet based upon their past nonconference contenders plus their lack of domination in HCAC action over the years too.  I do think they have improved, but I don't know if they are a true contender yet.
In regard to Franklin, I hope they wipe up Trine big time to give the HCAC a quality win.  I don't think the loss against Butler should be held against what kind of team they are.  Butler has been building a quality program in the DI FCS ranks & should stop playing DIII schools when their contracts are up.

[GRIZ_BACKER]

Has been,
you might right with regards to rhit. They were supposed to good last year an FC popped them pretty  good.  This is going to be good weekend for HCAC football.  Speculation and theory time is over.

[SaintsFAN]

RHIT's got me a little worried. I know their 1st 2 games were against doormats, but regardless, they put up over 100 points. Greenville is a better football team but they won't be knocking on the playoff door by any means. I worry that RHIT may have 'overlooked' them and weren't prepared. All teams have a slip up and I worry that RHIT's offense will be fine tuned for this game. Even if it is, I still think they key will be MSJ's defense. If MSJ's defense is prepared and plays well (they have had 2 weeks to prepare for this game), MSJ wins.

this saturday the truth will be told with regard to who is king of the HCAC.  If FC takes care of businesss with Trine (I think they will) then the crown stays where it is.  MSJ and RHIT is going to be a war IMO. I really think RHIT will prevail (outscore MSJ in a close one).

I'm rooting for MSJ and Trine.... EF Rose Hulman...  I actually want MSJ to win the conference this season, so Thomas More has another reason to bring it in the Bridge Bowl ---- and besides the 25 other reasons most of which happened last year. 

[Adam Sayer]

You need to update your signature...TMC won the Bridge Bowl in 2008, yet you don't have it listed. Someone might think MSJ won that game in the cold rain 

I wondered how long it would take until we had a Bridge Bowl where MSJ and TMC were both 9-0. I think we've only had 1 where both teams were over .500.

[formerd3db]

You need to update your signature...TMC won the Bridge Bowl in 2008, yet you don't have it listed. Someone might think MSJ won that game in the cold rain  

I wondered how long it would take until we had a Bridge Bowl where MSJ and TMC were both 9-0. I think we've only had 1 where both teams were over .500.

Sayer:

That would be a fantastic game to see i.e. Bridge Bow with undefeated teams and one that you and SaintsFAN would absolutely have to attend.  If such a situation were ever to occur, do you think that there would be a huge record crowd?  I would hope so.  Anyway, such rivalries are great, especially for two schools that are close enought to "throw stones at each other across the big river".  

[JacketsFan]

Doc Todd, how are you? I haven't heard from you in a month of Sundays. I can't remember which of us owes the other the next e-mail it's been so long. Bob says you might be coming down this way. True?

Pat, thanks for the offer. Now I can't find the photo. It's in this infernal machine somewhere. Where are my damn sons and daughters in law when I need them?

If a computer crashes in the middle of a room in a state far away and there's no one there to hear it except the one who blew a hole in it with a .45-caliber pistol, does it make a sound?