FB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

FCGrizzliesGrad · September 14, 2013, 06:18:46 PM

The link only goes to the radio coverage for the Franklin game... here's the link for video: http://54.243.204.109:8080/player/

And congrats to Earlham for taking over the best record in the HCAC as they're the only ones with a win at the moment.

70_dc_alum · September 14, 2013, 06:30:21 PM

Earlam representing!

Watched sone of Defiance and looks like had a different QB today not sure what happened to hcac player of the week from last week. They show elements of a good but young team. Play well but bad penalties and bad turnovers while dominating the stats. Held Adrian to 200yds of offense but can't give them the ball on the 9 no matter how well D is playing. I predict Defiance will make some waves in league play. They are playing well just need to clean it up.

FCGrizzliesGrad · September 14, 2013, 08:36:53 PM

Franklin is in another exciting game this week. 21-21 with 5 minutes left and Franklin driving inside the 10. But an interception keeps the game tied and gives Butler the chance to drive down the field.

Edit: Butler drives down the field and lead 28-21. Grizzlies have to drive 75 yards in 2:39 with 2 timeouts left
Edit2: 4 and out and Butler has the ball inside the Franklin 20. Looking like another heartbreaker for the Grizzlies unless they can force a fumble or something

FCGrizzliesGrad · September 14, 2013, 08:58:06 PM

Butler with a FG to take a 31-21 lead and 40 seconds left... Franklin doesn't give up and returns the kickoff for a TD and now it's 31-28 Butler with 27 seconds left and the onside kick coming

Edit: Butler recovers the kick and Franklin loses again to an excellent team by 3 points. Franklin is arguably the most impressive 0-2 team in the country... time to focus on trying to run the HCAC slate and then make some noise in the postseason.

Mr. Ypsi · September 14, 2013, 09:20:18 PM

Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on September 14, 2013, 08:58:06 PM
Butler with a FG to take a 31-21 lead and 40 seconds left... Franklin doesn't give up and returns the kickoff for a TD and now it's 31-28 Butler with 27 seconds left and the onside kick coming

Edit: Butler recovers the kick and Franklin loses again to an excellent team by 3 points. Franklin is arguably the most impressive 0-2 team in the country... time to focus on trying to run the HCAC slate and then make some noise in the postseason.

IMO, no 'arguably' about it (though Salisbury is also a rather impressive 0-2 team). Given the HCAC this year, I have little doubt that in a couple of months Franklin will be at least 'arguably' the most impressive 8-2 team in the country!

NCF · September 14, 2013, 09:24:39 PM

Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on September 14, 2013, 09:20:18 PM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on September 14, 2013, 08:58:06 PM
Butler with a FG to take a 31-21 lead and 40 seconds left... Franklin doesn't give up and returns the kickoff for a TD and now it's 31-28 Butler with 27 seconds left and the onside kick coming

Edit: Butler recovers the kick and Franklin loses again to an excellent team by 3 points. Franklin is arguably the most impressive 0-2 team in the country... time to focus on trying to run the HCAC slate and then make some noise in the postseason.

IMO, no 'arguably' about it (though Salisbury is also a rather impressive 0-2 team). Given the HCAC this year, I have little doubt that in a couple of months Franklin will be at least 'arguably' the most impressive 8-2 team in the country!

To say the least! Wow!

ECFan11 · September 15, 2013, 08:37:06 AM

Earlham College #1 in the HCAC !! well for this week anyways we will take it. still had some mistakes but if they can clean it up some more watch out. the D is looking better and more confident. good job EC!

dc_has_been · September 15, 2013, 10:58:20 AM

Congrats Earlham for the W and not letting the HCAC go winless!

Franklin, keep your heads up, because this is a very impressive team that will for sure do damage in the HCAC, but will do well in the playoffs.

DC's defense has done a good job yesterday and the week before. The offense is doing well, but do need to eliminate the turnovers inside their own 50. They're young, especially the qb who still did a decent job this week, and I believe they are going to do a lot better than expected this season. Go Jackets!

FCGrizzliesGrad · September 21, 2013, 08:49:55 AM

It's time for conference play to begin. My prediction is that HCAC teams will have 4 times as many wins as they've had the first two weeks

It will be interesting to see how everyone does because I haven't really gotten a feel for how most teams are going to do this season.

dc_has_been · September 22, 2013, 09:43:13 AM

Well, for the third week in a row, DC has more total yards than their opponent and they still lose. I will stay calm and remind myself that this is still a pretty young team and a coach under his second year at DC. I like what they are doing, but need to eliminate their costly mistakes.

FCGrizzliesGrad · September 22, 2013, 10:56:17 AM

Quote from: dc_has_been on September 22, 2013, 09:43:13 AM
Well, for the third week in a row, DC has more total yards than their opponent and they still lose. I will stay calm and remind myself that this is still a pretty young team and a coach under his second year at DC. I like what they are doing, but need to eliminate their costly mistakes.

To be honest this season is all about Franklin as it's going to be quite the upset if Franklin doesn't run the table. But with a lot of graduating seniors the Grizzlies might finally be beaten next year. So if I was coach of a young team in the HCAC I wouldn't even worry about the record this year and use it as a season long training camp to focus on 2014. The good news for Defiance is they have Anderson next so they should be able to get in the win column and get a little positive momentum going.

dc_has_been · September 22, 2013, 01:13:24 PM

I do agree that Franklin is going to run the table this year in the HCAC. I wish the rest of the HCAC helped them a bit with their non-conference games so it would benefit them getting a better seed in the playoffs.
In regards to them losing seniors after this season, I have a feeling they have many underclassman capable filling their spots and continuing to do well as long as Coach Leonard is there.
For DC, I hope they continue to play strong defense and put up good offensive numbers. If they can get on the plus side of turnovers and convert some third downs, I can see them towards the top of the HCAC this year building towards a better 2014.

panthersfan · September 23, 2013, 01:38:00 PM

Yup. Looks to be a one team conference for the foreseeable future. Only good news is 2nd place is anyone's guess at this point.

GRIZ_BACKER · September 23, 2013, 01:45:25 PM

It would be a lot more fun if there were 3-4 teams truly in the mix. While the GRIZ took two losses this year, it was certainly fun to attend games where the outcome was in doubt until the final tick. I am sure the Mount and Butler folks enjoyed the games for the same reason.

GrizFan · September 23, 2013, 03:31:36 PM

Quote from: panthersfan on September 23, 2013, 01:38:00 PM
Yup. Looks to be a one team conference for the foreseeable future. Only good news is 2nd place is anyone's guess at this point.

I believe the GRIZ should easily run the table and claim the playoff spot. I do always worry about a let down. I am a little scared of MSJ. If they ever get good QB play, they could be dangerous. They always play tough against FC (except last year) and they do have Antonio Banks, a former Div. I player who started as a freshman at IU. He is very dangerous.