FB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[SaintsFAN]

Thanks FC... it was CLEAR today who was the better team.  A couple W&J fans on the PAC board said that the Saints "clearly outplayed and outcoached" W&J.  The score shouldn't have been that close, but that QB and his two receivers are studs for the Presidents.  When we went up 35-14 with 2 minutes left in the 3rd... we started the party.  We had to hold on because of the QB/WR trio of W&J and some VERY questionable calls... Thomas More was penalized 12 times to W&J's 6 times for 106 yards.  You had back judges running in front of side judges on 5 yard out's throwing penalty flags on our DB's... when the side judge, who was standing right there, didn't see the need for a flag on the clean play. 

Our defense played great despite all that, making W&J drive the field in 6+ minutes to get it to two TDs and we held on from there.  The defense held W&J off the scoreboard following a blocked punt where they took over on our 10 yard line.  The offense scores points (Collier, Knott and Stellman were the leading rushers today) but today the defense played very well also. 

We'll see MSJ in two weeks.

[KYGrizzly]

SaintsFan, Congras in TMC big win.

Franklin is now one win away from back to back HCAC Championships, as they dominated RHIT the whole game.

Any word on the QB's injury for RHIT. Hope it is not serious as he is one of the top pitchers in the conference .

Congrats Franklin and go out and take care of business next week.

[Jacket18]

Congrats to TMC and FC both!

What a day of football yesterday.  I don't know about the rest of you, but that Texas/Texas Tech game was pretty damn good!  And that was only one of several amazing finishes.  It seems like there have been a ton of amazing finishes this year.

Oh, and congrats to DC too!  I just can't get excited about anything they do this year. 

[cave2bens]

Belated congrats to TMC and the Griz (cavesMom still hungover from prune juice OD).  Speaking of hangovers, has JacketsFan recovered from the brat and beer bolus this morning?  Still chuckling over the Georgia post mortem in today's Atlanta fishwrap.   

After Wabash let the clock expire, while camped on Oberlin's 1 and already up 47-nil before half, took an opportunity to switch video feed over to San Antonio.  Juan Joseph and Millsaps are certainly as good as advertised, and the North and South Regions should have some real donnybrooks during the next few weeks.

[JacketsFan]

A belated congratulations to SaintsFan and TMC, as well as to FC and the rest of the Grizz. Congrats to DC on your second win this season.

A great big Orange and Blue Gator Nation shout out to UF for stomping the dog**** out of Georgia. That'll teach those miscreant mutts not to come down to Florida and swarm the field after their first touchdown again like they did last year. Bunch of yahoos. When they finally made a touchdown with a couple minutes left in the 4th quarter, it was against Urban Myers' back bench and there was no one left in the stadium to cheer for them except Florida fans. It was funny to watch the Florida players cheering for their opponents' touchdown while, in the background, all you could see were empty seats where the Georgia faithless had been sitting earlier.

Bob, I did not see the Atlanta Journal and Constipation pity-party over yesterday's game. If you've got the link, please send it.

That pick up the fumble and run by Florida's #92 Therron Sanders kinda gave me a lump in my throat. Ahhh, why do sons have to grow up so quick? Come on boys. Papa needs grandsons. Great big mean-ass defensive player grandsons.

[fc_alum_84]

Where is Mr Sayer this weekend? Is this the weekend he left town with Mrs Sayer.  No said posts related to his high school, D1, NFL, or MSJ this weekend.  The Bungels even won a game.

[cave2bens]

Bob, I did not see the Atlanta Journal and Constipation pity-party over yesterday's game. If you've got the link, please send it.

You may be able to pick up Mark Bradley's column on a link - sorry, but after a quick perusal of this morning's sports and Mrs. Cave's coupon clipping, the Urinal Constipation found its way to the appropriate receptacle.  Hell, we even have to offer the household Lab her weekend mouthwash for just retrieving that rag! 

Nice take on Florida - after six years in Austin, I suffered (?) similar giddiness seeing Mack Brown's burnt orange convicts and malcontents take one in the shorts during the last 1:29 in Lubbock.    Fortunately, no more serious reaction as the dark pants were in the laundry hamper.   

[Adam Sayer]

Was in Chicago this weekend with no internet access. But I did happen to phone a friend and get the good word on TMC late Saturday night. He said W&J had two 20 play drives that resulted in 0 points. You do need to be worried about 2 stat lines though. 1/11 on 3rd downs and giving up two, 20-play drives. I know they didn't score any points, but if you give those kind of drives (15+ plays), 95% of the time, you're giving up points. They bowed up when they needed to and the young team grew a backbone. Props to Coach Hilvert and TMC. Those around here knew he could coach. I'm not aware of the teams who run the spread in the PAC, but I'm sure the days of playing Brett Dietz and Hanover helped to cook up something defensively for W&J.

I think the FC win against RHIT shows where the rest of the HCAC is compared to other conferences. Last year I thought we were taking steps forward as a conference, but this year was a giant leap backwards. It's a little disheartening.

If you're in Ohio and have a chance to see Coldwater play either in person or on TV...watch them. I don't think they've given up a defensive TD the entire year. The Glenville - St. Ignatius game should be a barnburner as well.

[fc_alum_84]

You have a point about the HCAC.  It would be more fun with a little parity at the very top.  At least the last two years MSJ and FC fought a war for the title.  MSJ will be back but for the rest of the conference a big question mark.  Maybe Defiance will rise back to being a solid contender??

[SaintsFAN]

Sayer,

1/11 on 3rd down isn't a big deal to a big play team.  Look at the number of 10+ yard runs. 

[Adam Sayer]

It's a big deal to every team. You can't consistently win games against quality competition when you convert that few of third downs. That's 9.1%. Even big play teams need to be able to sustain drives because as we get further into Fall/Winter and the weather gets worse, you don't have as many opportunities for the big play. As an offense, that's one area where I would emphasize a need for improvement. You can't really complain about anything else. If TMC can keep up what they're doing, plus convert 40% or better on 3rd down. That's going to be a tough offense to stop.

[dc_has_been]

You have a point about the HCAC.  It would be more fun with a little parity at the very top.  At least the last two years MSJ and FC fought a war for the title.  MSJ will be back but for the rest of the conference a big question mark.  Maybe Defiance will rise back to being a solid contender??

I think if DC has a definite shot of returning as a contender in the HCAC conference.  They have alot of young guys that have contributed this season on both ends of the ball & if they stick around they will be back mixing things up. 

[cave2bens]

You have a point about the HCAC.  It would be more fun with a little parity at the very top.  At least the last two years MSJ and FC fought a war for the title.  MSJ will be back but for the rest of the conference a big question mark.  Maybe Defiance will rise back to being a solid contender??

I think if DC has a definite shot of returning as a contender in the HCAC conference.  They have alot of young guys that have contributed this season on both ends of the ball & if they stick around they will be back mixing things up. 

Retention is a key component, and that has become an issue at DC lately.  More explicit spew ( see page 229, #3426) from this curmudgeon is wasted rehash.

[cave2bens]

Nice to see Longsdorf and Foos garner POW awards from Saturday.  It sounded like quite a battle in the fourth between Thiems (OPOW from Handjob) and the DC defensive back.  To think, Tom goaled his OT kick after some major hesitancy and a resultant TO from RT on 4th and 6 - are you kidding, Coach?  Arggghhhh.   

Congrats to all three - it was an exciting radiocast 

[SaintsFAN]

At this point (though its early), some are predicting a Thomas More move to the North Region as a #5.  In the same predictions, they have Franklin as a #4.  This would put these two schools against eachother in Round 1. 

Thoughts?