ECACs

[Senor RedTackle]

Confirmed...RPI game will be on '86

[pg04]

Is it just me or do the ECAC games seem to be more interesting than any of the 1st Round NCAA "east region" matchups (save Lycoming/Hobart, I suppose) ?

[Bombers798891]

Is it just me or do the ECAC games seem to be more interesting than any of the 1st Round NCAA "east region" matchups (save Lycoming/Hobart, I suppose) ?

I think that's because, for the most part, MUC, IC, C-State, the favorites look like heavy favorites

[pg04]

Is it just me or do the ECAC games seem to be more interesting than any of the 1st Round NCAA "east region" matchups (save Lycoming/Hobart, I suppose) ?

I think that's because, for the most part, MUC, IC, C-State, the favorites look like heavy favorites

Yeah I definitely see the second round as VERY interesting,

[fisheralum91]

after watching the cortaca jug game- i really hope that ic does their part and gets another shot at muc!

[gordonmann]

Here are all the match-ups courtesy of Matt Levy, Delaware Valley Sports Information Director Extraordinaire...

South Atlantic: Kean at DVC
Southeast: Catholic at Johns Hopkins
Southwest: Salisbury at Moravian
The new South Central: Albright at Montclair State

Northeast is St. John Fisher at Husson
North Atlantic: Alfred at RPI
Northwest is: Brockport at Hartwick

All are 12 p.m. kickoffs.

[Senor RedTackle]

RPI game notes, courtesy of RPI SID Kevin Beattie,

Engineers to host  Alfred on Saturday at noon on '86 Field

 

TROY, N.Y.– The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)  football team has been selected to play in the Eastern College Athletic  Conference (ECAC) North Atlantic Championship Game against AlfredUniversityon Saturday afternoon.   The Engineers, who are 7-2, and the Saxons, who are 7-3, will meet at noon on  '86 Field.

 

The game, the first meeting between the  two schools since 1973, will be the last on Rensselaer's historic home turf as  the Engineers move into the EastCampusAthleticVillagebeginning with the 2009  season.

 

This is the fourth straight season and  12th time in the last 17 years that RPI has qualified for post-season  action.  In addition to four NCAATournament appearances (1999, 2001, 2003 &  2007), the Engineers have played in seven ECAC Championship Games, including  in 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2005 & 2006.  They are 7-0 all-time  in ECAC games.

 

Senior quarterback Jimmy  Robertson (Yonkers, NY/Iona Prep.) leads Rensselaer, having completed 190 of 305 passes for 2,328  yards with 17 touchdowns and just four interceptions.  He has also run  the ball 75 times for 198 yards and a score.  He has set numerous school  career records this season, including attempts (1228), completions (742),  yards passing (9,375) and total offense (9,912  yards).

 

Robertson has connected with  12 different receivers, including sophomore Patrick McCarthy (Strafford, NH/Spaulding), who has a team-high 67  receptions for 704 yards and six touchdowns.  Classmate Nick Costa  (Yonkers, NY/Iona Prep.) paces the running game with  145 carries for 495 yards and 10 touchdowns.

 

Defensively, junior defensive  back Joe Albano (Dalton,  MA/Wahconah Regional) has a  team-high 58 tackles, including 27 unassisted.  He also has two  interceptions with 24 return yards and three pass break-ups.  Stefan  Schulz (Bradford, MA/Haverhill), a junior defensive back, has 56  tackles, including 21 unassisted and four for lost yards (20).  He has  intercepted a team-best three passes and broken up three  passes.

 

Rensselar and Alfred, which plays in the  Empire 8, have met 13 times with the Saxons holding an 11-2-0 advantage.   The most recent game was in September 1973, a 45-21 Alfred win.  This  year, the Engineers and Saxons have three common opponents.  Both teams  have played – and defeated – UticaCollege, St. Lawrence University and  the Universityof Rochester. 

 

Saturday's game will be broadcast live on  the radio on WRPI, 91.5 FM, and the Internet at www.wrpi.org.  Live statistics and a live  webcast will be available at www.rpiathletics.com.

 

[AUPepBand]

This Alfred-RPI contest has all the makings of a "Super ECAC Championship" as the Saxons are unbeaten in its six ECAC Championship appearances, including four titles during the past four seasons, while host RPI is 7-0 in ECAC title games.

RPI and Alfred were both members of the former Independent College Athletic Conference (ICAC) when they last competed on the football field. The ICAC did not impose mandatory scheduling of conference foes, thus awarding "championships" to teams with a 3-0 or sometimes 2-1 conference record. Former members included Hobart, Union, St. Lawrence, RPI, RIT, Clarkson, Ithaca and Alfred.

Pep remembers some wild games with RPI in the past and can only expect that Saterday's game could be pretty wild as well. The Saxons are banged up from their skirmish with those pesky St. John Fisher Cardinals but have never been a squad to "phone it in." Pep will be working to muster a pep band to hit the road very early Saturday morning.

[dewcrew88]

This Alfred-RPI contest has all the makings of a "Super ECAC Championship" as the Saxons are unbeaten in its six ECAC Championship appearances, including four titles during the past four seasons, while host RPI is 7-0 in ECAC title games.

RPI and Alfred were both members of the former Independent College Athletic Conference (ICAC) when they last competed on the football field. The ICAC did not impose mandatory scheduling of conference foes, thus awarding "championships" to teams with a 3-0 or sometimes 2-1 conference record. Former members included Hobart, Union, St. Lawrence, RPI, RIT, Clarkson, Ithaca and Alfred.

Pep remembers some wild games with RPI in the past and can only expect that Saterday's game could be pretty wild as well. The Saxons are banged up from their skirmish with those pesky St. John Fisher Cardinals but have never been a squad to "phone it in." Pep will be working to muster a pep band to hit the road very early Saturday morning.

I will probably be there too, Pep... I'm sure I will be able to find you with your band!

[JQV]

The new South Central: Albright at Montclair State

How does the name of this bowl slide past all the LLPPers lurking on the ECAC board?

ECAC announces that Tre, Doughboy, Ricky and Chris will flip the coin

[gordonmann]

Jose:

Surprisingly enough, the same image came to my mind when I read that game title.

[AUPepBand]

This Alfred-RPI contest has all the makings of a "Super ECAC Championship" as the Saxons are unbeaten in its six ECAC Championship appearances, including four titles during the past four seasons, while host RPI is 7-0 in ECAC title games.

RPI and Alfred were both members of the former Independent College Athletic Conference (ICAC) when they last competed on the football field. The ICAC did not impose mandatory scheduling of conference foes, thus awarding "championships" to teams with a 3-0 or sometimes 2-1 conference record. Former members included Hobart, Union, St. Lawrence, RPI, RIT, Clarkson, Ithaca and Alfred.

Pep remembers some wild games with RPI in the past and can only expect that Saterday's game could be pretty wild as well. The Saxons are banged up from their skirmish with those pesky St. John Fisher Cardinals but have never been a squad to "phone it in." Pep will be working to muster a pep band to hit the road very early Saturday morning.

I will probably be there too, Pep... I'm sure I will be able to find you with your band!

It doesn't appear that Pep will be able to muster much of a band for this Saterday as some pep band members also perform in the University's Concert Band (concert at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21) and AU's Jazz Band (concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22). Nevertheless, Pep will see if some of Mayberry's homeless people can hop on the bandwagon and pick up some pieces on the five-hour trip in order to make some noise at '86 Field's Last Hurrah!!

On Saxon Warriors!

[SJFF82]

Here are all the match-ups courtesy of Matt Levy, Delaware Valley Sports Information Director Extraordinaire...

South Atlantic: Kean at DVC
Southeast: Catholic at Johns Hopkins
Southwest: Salisbury at Moravian
The new South Central: Albright at Montclair State

Northeast is St. John Fisher at Husson
North Atlantic: Alfred at RPI
Northwest is: Brockport at Hartwick

All are 12 p.m. kickoffs.

82 hasn't a clue about what teams were eligible/considered?  Any surprises here?

Congrats to Fisher!  I fortunately won my last collegiate game in '95 ag Theil College.  In some ways (not many) that lessened the sting of not getting the ECAC nod.  So I think I can imagine how this feels like a life-rope to those seniors who were crushed on Sat. at Merrill. 

Take advantage of the opportunity to win your last game....that will last forever when the disappointment of the failed expectations in 2008 is gone 10 years from now!

[Frank Rossi]

Here are all the match-ups courtesy of Matt Levy, Delaware Valley Sports Information Director Extraordinaire...

South Atlantic: Kean at DVC
Southeast: Catholic at Johns Hopkins
Southwest: Salisbury at Moravian
The new South Central: Albright at Montclair State

Northeast is St. John Fisher at Husson
North Atlantic: Alfred at RPI
Northwest is: Brockport at Hartwick

All are 12 p.m. kickoffs.

82 hasn't a clue about what teams were eligible/considered?  Any surprises here?

Congrats to Fisher!  I fortunately won my last collegiate game in '95 ag Theil College.  In some ways (not many) that lessened the sting of not getting the ECAC nod.  So I think I can imagine how this feels like a life-rope to those seniors who were crushed on Sat. at Merrill. 

Take advantage of the opportunity to win your last game....that will last forever when the disappointment of the failed expectations in 2008 is gone 10 years from now!

Yes -- the surprise was that even though they added a fourth game in order to keep the NJAC teams in the ECAC South region, Steve Bamford screwed Union over for the third time in 13 years by allowing Brockport to be considered as an ECAC North team.  The ECAC needs to abide by its own rules and publications at some point.

[dlippiel]

Here are all the match-ups courtesy of Matt Levy, Delaware Valley Sports Information Director Extraordinaire...

South Atlantic: Kean at DVC
Southeast: Catholic at Johns Hopkins
Southwest: Salisbury at Moravian
The new South Central: Albright at Montclair State

Northeast is St. John Fisher at Husson
North Atlantic: Alfred at RPI
Northwest is: Brockport at Hartwick

All are 12 p.m. kickoffs.

82 hasn't a clue about what teams were eligible/considered?  Any surprises here?

Congrats to Fisher!  I fortunately won my last collegiate game in '95 ag Theil College.  In some ways (not many) that lessened the sting of not getting the ECAC nod.  So I think I can imagine how this feels like a life-rope to those seniors who were crushed on Sat. at Merrill. 

Take advantage of the opportunity to win your last game....that will last forever when the disappointment of the failed expectations in 2008 is gone 10 years from now!

Yes -- the surprise was that even though they added a fourth game in order to keep the NJAC teams in the ECAC South region, Steve Bamford screwed Union over for the third time in 13 years by allowing Brockport to be considered as an ECAC North team.  The ECAC needs to abide by its own rules and publications at some point.

Clearly than Steve Bamford is a ****head!