GAME THREAD: Southern Illinois vs. Massachusetts

[crimsonfootball]

5:47 left, lets see what they got, season on the line

[appfan2008]

time for umass to move the football if they want to win...

[pather]

please SIU, i beg of you.

[crimsonfootball]

well i guess at least Umass has a decent lacrosse team

[skinny_uncle]

With the quick strike stuff we have seen from both teams this could still end up something like 55-41.

[appfan2008]

here we go game on the line now

[crimsonfootball]

no huddle

[crimsonfootball]

down to SI 33 nice pass

[minuteman65]

Omar = nasty

[appfan2008]

down to the 33 yard line and they are moving the ball quickly now

[crimsonfootball]

down to SI 23 yard line

[appfan2008]

a run? but it works!

[pather]

big nerves again. omar is redic

[crimsonfootball]

intercepted

[appfan2008]

intercepted!

[crimsonfootball]

game

[Col Hogan]

4th INT!!!!!

[minuteman65]

$#%&#$*!!!!!

He stepped out at the 1 by the way.

[appfan2008]

wait... penalty

[crimsonfootball]

pass interference

[appfan2008]

quit talking and lets play football

[minuteman65]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Col Hogan]

Bullet dodged

[appfan2008]

replay after offsetting penalties

[crimsonfootball]

offsetting

[MR. CHICKEN]

WHEW!

[crimsonfootball]

first down at 21

[minuteman65]

Still in it. Go UMass!

[T-Dog]

HUGE bullet dodged.

[appfan2008]

first down... umass at the 21 4:29 left

[crimsonfootball]

to the 3

[minuteman65]

'SHEED!

[appfan2008]

down to the 6... they need to punch it in quickly now

[crimsonfootball]

lol t-dog

[MR. CHICKEN]

C'MON PILGRIMS!

[crimsonfootball]

touchdown

[Col Hogan]

TD UMass

[appfan2008]

touchdown...

[crimsonfootball]

3:59 left

[minuteman65]

TD, Brad Listorti! First catch of the year after being injured! 34-26

[crimsonfootball]

34-27

[MR. CHICKEN]

TIGHT END TIME!

[minuteman65]

COME ON DEFENSE

[pather]

SON OF A

[MR. CHICKEN]

S I 34
UMA$$ 27

[crimsonfootball]

onside kick annoucer said, lol they have all timeouts with 4 mins, what an idiot

[T-Dog]

Dang, 360 is lagging. UMass is 1st and goal on my feed.

[appfan2008]

do you kick away? puch? onside? skwib?

[skinny_uncle]

UMass got a big break on that interference call.
Time to get the hands team out there for the kickoff.

[Cleets]

wow I think I would kick away and play D
and use time outs to stop the clock

[appfan2008]

here we go...

[minuteman65]

I think you gotta kick it away here, though look out for tricky stuff.

[pather]

wow. now i got HUGE nerves

[crimsonfootball]

returned to Si 14

[appfan2008]

kickoff... run back to the 14

[minuteman65]

Returned to SIU 14. 3:55 left.

[crimsonfootball]

should have taken touch back

[yorkcountyUNHfan]

Lets go D

[minuteman65]

COME ON D

[appfan2008]

should have taken a knee

[crimsonfootball]

sacked

[Col Hogan]

Big Sack

[Uncle Buck]

Defense has to step up

[pather]

nerves for turner too....

[crimsonfootball]

why are they passing, i think Umass has 10 sacks this half

[minuteman65]

Sacked! 2nd and 15!

[Col Hogan]

2nd & 15

[pather]

i do not have a good feeling at all about this

[appfan2008]

sacked!

[crimsonfootball]

lol first down

[minuteman65]

Horrible coverage.

[skinny_uncle]

Big first down play!

[appfan2008]

first down... big play... could be almost over now

[pather]

thank you turner. at least shift the field position some

[crimsonfootball]

well???

[appfan2008]

timeout for umass...

[minuteman65]

TO UMass, 2nd and 5 with 2:34 left.

[crimsonfootball]

3rd and 4 2:28 left

[appfan2008]

coming down the wire now in carbondale... getting more excited than i thought it would after how the game was going earlier...

[crimsonfootball]

2:20

[appfan2008]

big third down coming...

[crimsonfootball]

1 timeout left

[crimsonfootball]

3rd and 2 they say now

[crimsonfootball]

first down

[appfan2008]

first down salukis...?

[appfan2008]

game over... ud better book a flight to illinois

[crimsonfootball]

Southern Illinois vs Delaware?

[crimsonfootball]

1:46 2nd down no timeouts

[appfan2008]

second and 10 another timeout for umass its their final one...

[crimsonfootball]

take a safety on 4th down

[appfan2008]

the announcers are talking basketball for later in the day now..

[crimsonfootball]

wow cant even stop them

[crimsonfootball]

3rd and 2

[appfan2008]

one more yard and its all over...

[crimsonfootball]

1:02 left timeout SI

[EmeryZach]

This is the game

[crimsonfootball]

stack the line

[Col Hogan]

Congrats SIU.....

Go HENS!!!!!!!

[EmeryZach]

Game over

[appfan2008]

first down game over

[crimsonfootball]

first down game over

[appfan2008]

good season umass...

[crimsonfootball]

lol u beat me on that post

[MR. CHICKEN]

SEE YA'LL...IN CARBONDALE.................BRAWK!

[appfan2008]

good game siu

[Uncle Buck]

Congrats to SI

[crimsonfootball]

wait still 22 seconds left

[crimsonfootball]

7 seconds

[appfan2008]

lol u beat me on that post

there is a first for everything crimson!

[crimsonfootball]

its over they storm the field

[R.A.]

Impressive. I didn't think SIU would hold on due to their light schedule. I thought they had skated through the season up to this point. But they held on and proved me wrong.

Congrats SIU.

[pather]

wow i just breathed a huge sigh of relief

[crimsonfootball]

yeah right, all 3 fans

[appfan2008]

well one of the gateway's 2 big teams made it to the semi's...

[pather]

yeah reiss has to do indiana-siu gamae after this

[appfan2008]

why storm the field?

[minuteman65]

xnonono2x

Disappointing. SIU was good. We shot ourselves in the foot a lot. Defense was terrible in the first half and couldn't come up with key stops.

Oh well, there's always next year. So much for that Chattanooga trip.

[umassfan]

Congrats SIU.... good luck next week but Go Hens.(As painful as that is to say.)

[Cobblestone]

UMASS played well. SIU made the big plays when they had to. I think UMASS has much to be proud of. It looked like you guys were going to get blown out but you kept coming back. I think you guys should be happy with your offense, your season and your coach. Congrats on representing the CAA with pride.

[UMass922]

Congrats on the win, SIU. I'll be rooting for Delaware next week, but it's nothing personal. You've got a great team.

[skinny_uncle]

UMASS played well. SIU made the big plays when they had to. I think UMASS has much to be proud of. It looked like you guys were going to get blown out but you kept coming back. I think you guys should be happy with your offense, your season and your coach. Congrats on representing the CAA with pride.

Well put. UMass played well. The Saluki punter probably saved the day by making the Minutemen start from deep with some great kicks. Prior to this year our secondary was a weak point. They came up with some big INTs today against a very good QB.
Good game.

[KAUMASS]

SIU played a great game. Had to give the edge to SIU's offensive and defensive lines in this game. Good luck against Delaware.

[pather]

under appreciated hero of today's game has to go to larry luster

i heard his name at least a dozen times in on a play

[mistersykes]

It sounds like an exciting game with both teams representing their schools very well. UD and SIU sounds like another amazing game next week!

[Umass74]

Congrats to the Saluki's for a great game.

You won and deserved to win. Hope you win the National Championship.

Good luck in the future.

[Zoo]

What can I say about this game, besides the fact it had me on the edge of my seat all 60 minutes?

Great game by both the Salukis and the Minutemen.

[DrG]

Congrats to the Salukis. They were the better team today . . . made more plays and fewer mistakes.

[skinny_uncle]

under appreciated hero of today's game has to go to larry luster

i heard his name at least a dozen times in on a play
A lot of heroes today.
Randle, White and Warner combining for over 200 yards rushing.
Nick Hill being Nick (over 200 yards and 3 TDs).
Ravanesi and his punting.
Cloud, Johnson and Moe with INTs.
Cloud with his two sacks in the first half.
Gettis with his first TD catch of the year.
Craig Turner with 99 yards on three kick returns.
It was a team effort.

[skinny_uncle]

Congrats to the Salukis. They were the better team today . . . made more plays and fewer mistakes.
You guys were a very tough opponent. You have nothing to hang your head about. Your team never gave up when others might have.

[siugrad99]

Only issue I had was # 55 was a cheap shot artist. Everyone kickoff he was taunting and in someone's helmet. There is no need for that. Also I found it classless for the UMass cheerleaders and mascot to do push ups in our end zone after 2 of their TD's. Sorry, but show some respect, you won't find our cheerleaders pulling that crap period. Honestly wish Grey & Brown Dawg would have run through the end zone and disrupted their work out :)

[Sam Adams]

Good game SIU. Congratulations.

There is nothing "classless" about cheerleaders and mascots supporting their teams. Pushups for TDs is a standard practice in college football.

[TCisMYhero]

Skinny and the Salukis,
Good luck next weekend. Stop the 6-12 yard gains, and you stop Delaware. Unfortunately, stop the intermediate, the Panthers could not. Go rep the Gateway(/MVC?), and we will see you in December at the McLeod!

[TCisMYhero]

By the way, don't look in the endzone for SIU's cheerleaders, you will find their cheerleaders on a stretcher on CBS doing the fight-song because they don't know how to "stunt";).

[Syntax Error]

why storm the field?First quarterfinal win since 1983, first semi appearance after four consecutive misses.

[Sam Adams]

Enjoy the win Salukis !!

[Houndawg]

SIU played a great game. Had to give the edge to SIU's offensive and defensive lines in this game. Good luck against Delaware.

Our D line was noticeably smaller than UMass' O line but was faster and able to get pressure often with four rushing. UMass' D and SIU's O were more closely matched speed-wise, imo. Good game and it doesn't get any easier, I hope we don't have a let down over missing the rematch with UNI, I think they wanted that one real bad.

[Houndawg]

A lot of heroes today.
Randle, White and Warner combining for over 200 yards rushing.
Nick Hill being Nick (over 200 yards and 3 TDs).
Ravanesi and his punting.
Cloud, Johnson and Moe with INTs.
Cloud with his two sacks in the first half.
Gettis with his first TD catch of the year.
Craig Turner with 99 yards on three kick returns.
It was a team effort.

Turner was way overdue and the punting was HUGE, game ball huge.
Did you notice that old man TE on the first TD? Outran the pursuit from a dead stop after that catch. UMass is an excellent team but I think we had an edge in overall speed.

[Minuteman87]

Poor start on both sides of the ball by UMass.
If you'd told me we would give up 69 points in 2 playoffs games I would have said no way.
Still SIU played great and congrats to them.

[Houndawg]

the UMASS D sucked, and to many mistakes early by Coen.I still love UMASS, but they were hurt and not ready to play, lookd like the salukis wanted it more. LETS GO HENS, CAA ALL THE WAY.



I thought UMass would be faster, must have been the injuries.

[siugrad99]

Not funny about Christi getting hurt @ the MVC tournament last year sorry UNI fan. To the UMass fan who thinks it is alright to show disrespect to the home team by doing push ups in the endzone after a TD, I guess that is acceptable to you, but sorry I liken it to the when TO dance on the star in Dallas. Thankfully they did all those push ups for nothing and only have sore arms to show for it.

[Minuteman87]

Thankfully they did all those push ups for nothing and only have sore arms to show for it.

Our cheerleaders are in better shape than yours. Just kidding. Enjoy this win and stop obsessing about something so minor. Our cheerleaders do that at every game, as do cheerleaders for tons of other football programs. It is not "disrespect." It's called having fun and enjoying the college football experience. Maybe you should try it sometime. After all, you do have one of the four best teams in FCS. Good luck against the Hens.

[skinny_uncle]

By the way, don't look in the endzone for SIU's cheerleaders, you will find their cheerleaders on a stretcher on CBS doing the fight-song because they don't know how to "stunt";).

Kristi is doing quite well.
Thank you for asking.

[ChickenMan]

Congrats SIU.... good luck next week but Go Hens.(As painful as that is to say.)



worse than a root canal.. I'm sure.... ;)

[Houndawg]

worse than a root canal.. I'm sure.... ;)

Wish you guys had played each other this year, for film purposes.

[siugrad99]

Delaware is TOUGH and this game will be very difficult even at home. I would assume we will be the underdog. I just hope we don't have flashbacks of 03 ;)

[Houndawg]

Delaware is TOUGH and this game will be very difficult even at home. I would assume we will be the underdog. I just hope we don't have flashbacks of 03 ;)

They're the hottest right now, I think. What is impressive to me is that after all the talk I've heard about their weak defense this year, it was the two defensive TDs that were the margin of victory. That makes me feel a little better about being able to keep their offense reasonable and a little more nervous about us being able to score the 30 points we'll need as a minimum to win the game. Home field won't be an advatage after they've played at the dome.

Hope it rains like a cow pissing on a flat rock all week long.

[hawkeye]

Delaware is TOUGH and this game will be very difficult even at home. I would assume we will be the underdog. I just hope we don't have flashbacks of 03 ;)

And your not use to it? You will always be an "Underdog"

[Houndawg]

I saw the poor D against Fordham, and new if they didn't tighten up for USI, that they would lose, and the first TD by the dogs, i new it had not.

That play spoke volumes if you noticed that SIU's TE was at a stop with his back to the end zone 50 yds. away when he caught the ball. He turned around and from a dead stop outran #11, who had a running start, to the end zone. Right there I knew we had the edge in team speed.

[umassfan]

That play spoke volumes if you noticed that SIU's TE was at a stop with his back to the end zone 50 yds. away when he caught the ball. He turned around and from a dead stop outran #11, who had a running start, to the end zone. Right there I knew we had the edge in team speed.

You are crazy... right there does not prove you had the edge in team speed. What about the fact of Rancher and Horne burning your DBs for tds easy. Right there points to UMass having the edge in team speed. Your TE burnt a biting LBer for the long pass down the middle.

[Houndawg]

You are crazy... right there does not prove you had the edge in team speed. What about the fact of Rancher and Horne burning your DBs for tds easy. Right there points to UMass having the edge in team speed. Your TE burnt a biting LBer for the long pass down the middle.

When Coen had time he made some plays, he's a good QB, but he didn't have time often because our D-line was faster than your O-line. Our D had three picks and we burned your dbs for three TDs too. We also stuffed the run, I think 101 net rushing yards is below your average. Ball control? Ran out the last four minutes of the clock, the only four minutes that were closer than two scores besides the first two minutes of the game. Special teams? A little bit faster there, too. Not smack, just what I saw with my own eyes.

[umassfan]

When Coen had time he made some plays, he's a good QB, but he didn't have time often because our D-line was faster than your O-line. Our D had three picks and we burned your dbs for three TDs too. We also stuffed the run, I think 101 net rushing yards is below your average. Ball control? Ran out the last four minutes of the clock, the only four minutes that were closer than two scores besides the first two minutes of the game. Special teams? A little bit faster there, too. Not smack, just what I saw with my own eyes.

First of all Lawrence avg 4.7 yards per carry so I dont see how thats stuffing the run. We were down the whole game so we didnt run the ball as much as usual. I also stated our health on the OLine issue. We usually dont give up too much pressure or sacks during the Don Brown era. You did hold a good edge on special teams but that doesnt always equate to speed. Hell a good had nose blocking attack can provide great return yards for any kick returner. But anyways congrats on the win and good luck vs Delaware because you will need it. They beat your only loss by 12 at the dome. I see them winning by 2 tds.

[Houndawg]

First of all Lawrence avg 4.7 yards per carry so I dont see how thats stuffing the run. We were down the whole game so we didnt run the ball as much as usual. I also stated our health on the OLine issue. We usually dont give up too much pressure or sacks during the Don Brown era. You did hold a good edge on special teams but that doesnt always equate to speed. Hell a good had nose blocking attack can provide great return yards for any kick returner. But anyways congrats on the win and good luck vs Delaware because you will need it. They beat your only loss by 12 at the dome. I see them winning by 2 tds.

Your team averaged 3.6 yds./carry on 101 net yards rushing. Lawrence was only the second RB this year to get 100 yards on us and your point about being down early is a good one that I didn't consider. Like I said, I don't know your injury situation, I think injuries are a given at this time of the year and the favorite may well be the healthiest team. True that a special teams edge doesn't always equate to speed, but usually it's a fair indicator of overall team speed, I think, and there is a reason why the Gateway quit kicking to Craig Turner for the last two years.

Seems to me that UNI did a pretty good job by holding UD's offense under 30 pts. and that UDs oft-maligned defense were the heroes this time. Do you really think that there is a 3 TD difference between UMass and UD? If UD is that much better than you guys, how did you win the conference?

[Houndawg]

I see in the local paper today that Liam Coen is pulling out the old "we beat ourselves, they couldn't stop us" whine.xsmhx He sounds just like JMU and UNH.

[89Hen]

I see in the local paper today that Liam Coen is pulling out the old "we beat ourselves, they couldn't stop us" whine.xsmhx He sounds just like JMU and UNH.

You mean with quotes like...

"We lost our composure and it hurt us. Those penalties swung the game."

[umassfan]

I see in the local paper today that Liam Coen is pulling out the old "we beat ourselves, they couldn't stop us" whine.xsmhx He sounds just like JMU and UNH.

Take away the three ints and UMass wins the game. With that said the INTs happened and we lost. I could name 100 things about the game on why we lost but it really doesnt matter because we did. Coens quote is being taken out of context. He stated to me that your defense could not stop him and our passing game. If our oline was healthy he would have thrown over 500 yards that game. He was on fire during the playoffs. The ints he through were all due to pressure. His first one... he got hit when he through... the second he couldnt step into the throw because Diana was in his lap from the pressure... the third he got hid and the ball was tiped in the air. Coen had 14 ints this year but over half of them were tiped balls. He had a better season this year then last with two less games. For a season in which he battled a knee injury... he had a great year.

[Killsback]

Take away the three ints and UMass wins the game. With that said the INTs happened and we lost. I could name 100 things about the game on why we lost but it really doesnt matter because we did. Coens quote is being taken out of context. He stated to me that your defense could not stop him and our passing game. If our oline was healthy he would have thrown over 500 yards that game. He was on fire during the playoffs. The ints he through were all due to pressure. His first one... he got hit when he through... the second he couldnt step into the throw because Diana was in his lap from the pressure... the third he got hid and the ball was tiped in the air. Coen had 14 ints this year but over half of them were tiped balls. He had a better season this year then last with two less games. For a season in which he battled a knee injury... he had a great year.

Take away our four turnovers at UNI and we would be 13-0 right now...you can't take away what happened in the game...you guys got down by too many points and when it truly counted could not stop our offense from getting two critical first downs..Game Over...

[Houndawg]

You mean with quotes like...

"We lost our composure and it hurt us. Those penalties swung the game."

No. Ones like this: "You're moving the ball, moving the ball, moving the ball. They're not stopping us. It's what I'm doing out there and what we're doing to ourselves." xrolleyesx

Must be the CAA party line since we also heard it from UNH and JMU, although it sounds like JMU may have been right. The CAA is the best conference and if they lose a game it was their own fault, because there aren't any good teams outside of their conference.xrolleyesx

[Maroon&White]

UD, beat the **** out of SIU. They win and some fans are still whining about stupid things.

[Houndawg]

UD, beat the **** out of SIU. They win and some fans are still whining about stupid things.


Yeah, they sound just like the UNH and JMU fans.

[Saluki_man]

I was at the game and it appeared to me the reason why UMass put up so many passing yards in the second half was because SIU went into the dreaded prevent defense. The SIU defense played too conservative (for my tastes) and didn't mix up coverages too well. If it was not showing the hand for the next game or what the coaches saw, it looked like they were playing not to lose.

[Houndawg]

I was at the game and it appeared to me the reason why UMass put up so many passing yards in the second half was because SIU went into the dreaded prevent defense. The SIU defense played too conservative (for my tastes) and didn't mix up coverages too well. If it was not showing the hand for the next game or what the coaches saw, it looked like they were playing not to lose.

I believe we went into the prevent with 6:52 left in the third when Warner's score made it a 34-13 game.. Pressure from the D line is what made the decision to sit in the prevent work. Seemed like Coen was throwing 10-15 yard patterns because he couldn't wait any longer.

[pather]

UD, beat the **** out of SIU. They win and some fans are still whining about stupid things.


and you guys arent?

[Houndawg]

UD, beat the **** out of SIU. They win and some fans are still whining about stupid things.

If we do lose you won't hear our QB crying in the papers about how we didn't get beat.

[89Hen]

I don't think I've ever seen a game thread go for so many days after the game. xcoolx

[Maroon&White]

I don't think I've ever seen a game thread go for so many days after the game. xcoolx

Just imagine how long houndawg will keep it going if they get beat. xlolx

[Houndawg]

Just imagine how long houndawg will keep it going if they get beat. xlolx

Nah, if we lose I'll buy the rest of you losers a beer in Crapsville. xnodx

Actually Umass didn't play that bad, they just need a little more speed, especially at LB.

[yorkcountyUNHfan]

No. Ones like this: "You're moving the ball, moving the ball, moving the ball. They're not stopping us. It's what I'm doing out there and what we're doing to ourselves." xrolleyesx

Must be the CAA party line since we also heard it from UNH and JMU, although it sounds like JMU may have been right. The CAA is the best conference and if they lose a game it was their own fault, because there aren't any good teams outside of their conference.xrolleyesx


And just when was that?

[Houndawg]

And just when was that?


Any of the several UNI/UNH game threads. Wasn't my game but it was fun throwing gas on the fire.

[yorkcountyUNHfan]

I don't recall anything from UNH posters that didn't give UNI credit for making the plays to win the game. But I may have missed some.

We did however stand up for our guys when we were told they didn't belong or the refs kept them in the game.xnonono2x

[VT Wildcat Fan53]

I don't recall anything from UNH posters that didn't give UNI credit for making the plays to win the game. But I may have missed some.

We did however stand up for our guys when we were told they didn't belong or the refs kept them in the game.xnonono2x

Don't take the bait from Houndawg. You can't win :D

[Houndawg]

I don't recall anything from UNH posters that didn't give UNI credit for making the plays to win the game. But I may have missed some.

We did however stand up for our guys when we were told they didn't belong or the refs kept them in the game.xnonono2x

I saw quite a bit of Liam Coen style "we beat ourselves" stuff, but like I said, I was just there to add fuel to the fire. Quite a bit of "the defense blew it" which I thought was BS since nobody but UD, YSU, and, I think, Iowa State held them under 30 all year. YSU was actually up 13-0 in the 4th quarter. Sounded from the threads ike there was bad juju between the teams and fans from past meetings.

[Houndawg]

Don't take the bait from Houndawg. You can't win :D

:D It's you guys fault, CAA fans, especially UD ones, will absolutely steamroll a fellow if he doesn't get up and smack back. I'm just trying to survive in a hostile environment, hell, SIU gets so little respect this year that no one is even throwing smack their way. I am a lone beacon in an ocean of darkness.

[VT Wildcat Fan53]

:D It's you guys fault, CAA fans, especially UD ones, will absolutely steamroll a fellow if he doesn't get up and smack back. I'm just trying to survive in a hostile environment, hell, SIU gets so little respect this year that no one is even throwing smack their way. I am a lone beacon in an ocean of darkness.

Not anymore. SIU has got the attention of the CAA. For the record, great win over ZooMass! xthumbsupx