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Sitting Bull
September 8th, 2024, 07:39 PM
Week 3 Games - which will feature the first round of conference games, four scheduled for this weekend.

Conference games
DELAWARE (1-0) @ NC A&T (1-1)
Hens lead this series 1-0, winning the inaugural match-up last year, 21-6. Hens blew out Bryant in their only game so far. The Aggies fell to FBS Wake Forest and needed OT to top D2 Winston Salem, 27-20, week 2. The Hens should take this.

MONMOUTH (0-2) @ MAINE (1-1)
The Black Bears lead the series 3-0 and won the only CAA match-up 38-28 in 2022. The Hawks lost a heartbreaker to Lafayette on Saturday and could be in a bad mental state for this game. Maine turned a potential blowout loss at Montana State into a respectable finish with a 2H push. The momentum favors the Black Bears this weekend.

CAMPBELL (1-1) @ URI (1-1)
1st meeting. Campbell is coming off the leagues most surprising victory this past weekend, taking a road win at Western Carolina. This followed a competitive opener @ Liberty. URI has scored 20 points in 2 games, granted one was @ FBS Minnesota. I give the edge to the Camels in this one.

TOWSON (1-1) @ VILLANOVA (2-0)
Big opener for both. Cats lead the series 12-6 and won last game 33-10. The Tigers struggled to win their last game vs Morgan while Villanova dispatched Colgate 28-3. The expectation should be with Villanova but Towson never seems to perform as expected.

The Rest:
STONY BROOK (1-1) @ Fordham (0-2)
Tale of two different outcomes on Saturday. The Seawolves snapped their 11 game losing streak romping past Stonehill while the Rams flopped badly @ Central CT. Fordham is on the ropes in their home opener. Rams lead this series 4-3 and have won the last three games. Coin flip game but I like SBU to build on their momentum.

Holy Cross (0-2) @ BRYANT 1-1)
The Crusaders have lost two straight nailbiters to CAA opponents (URI and UNH) - that mini streak should end at Bryant. The Bulldogs needed late heroics to beat D2 F Pierce. I think HC rolls in this one.

Stonehill (0-1) @ UNH (1-1)
Wildcats will coast here, looking like the Cats of previous years. UNH coming off a big road win at Holy Cross. Stonehill was the punching bag for Stony Brooks frustration, losing streak, was smoked 37-10. 2nd meeting here, UNH rolled at Stonehill last year, 51-17.

UALBANY (1-1) @ Idaho (1-1)
DoesnÂ’t seem fair that the Danes have to return out to Moscow again so soon. Danes won the the only other match-up in last years Quarterfinals. Idaho is 1-1 against FBS competition and off to a very impressive start - a competitive loss at Oregon and a big win @ Wyoming this past Saturday. UAlbany is 1-3 against the Big Sky. I think the Vandals will run out early in this one, donÂ’t think it will be close.

W&M (1-1) @ Wofford (2-0)
Tribe back to South Carolina for 2nd consecutive weekend. Tribe fought back and held serve 2H after falling behind early and quickly at FBS Coastal Carolina, losing 40-21. Wofford hosts their home opener after taking two impressive road wins vs Gardner Webb and Richmond. If the Tribe can defend as they did at Coastal in 2H and doesnÂ’t turn the ball over as Richmond did ( 4 times), they should grab a win here. W&M leads the series 3-0, won last year 23-6. This is the first game in the series at Spartanburg.

Western Carolina (0-2) @ ELON (1-1)
Cats lead the series 24-17-2. This is the first game since 2013. This 44th meeting will make WCU the most played FCS rival for Elon. Western really slipped this past weekend losing their home opener to Campbell after an impressive showing at NC State. Elon found their offense at NC Central on Saturday 41-19. Elon should win this one but beware a possible angry WC team.

HAMPTON (1-1) @ Norfolk State
Battle of the Bay. Spartans lead series 30-27 and win last years game 31-23.

Charleston Southern (1-1) @ RICHMOND (0-2)
Spiders will be hungry. 1st meeting between these two. The Bucs are 1-1 so far against So Con opponents including an upset win at Furman on Saturday. Richmond may have settled on a new QB after the weekend loss to Wofford. Spiders also turned the ball over 4 times. I think UR will come out strong and take this one.

KPSUL
September 8th, 2024, 08:03 PM
Week 3 Games - which will feature the first round of conference games, four scheduled for this weekend.


Stonehill (0-2) @ UNH (1-1)
1st Meeting. Wildcats will coast here, looking like the Cats of previous years.



Stonehill is 0-1; A loss to Stony Brook yesterday. Second meeting, UNH played @ Stonehill last season UNH winning 51-17.

bonarae
September 8th, 2024, 08:27 PM
Delaware
Maine
Campbell
Villanova
Stony Brook
Holy Cross
UNH
Idaho
W&M
Elon
Norfolk State - Hampton needed 2 TDs in 4Q to avoid being a scalp victim.

ncspiderfan
September 8th, 2024, 10:36 PM
Week 3 Games - which will feature the first round of conference games, four scheduled for this weekend.

Conference games
DELAWARE (1-0) @ NC A&T (1-1)
Hens lead this series 1-0, winning the inaugural match-up last year, 21-6. Hens blew out Bryant in their only game so far. The Aggies fell to FBS Wake Forest and needed OT to top D2 Winston Salem, 27-20, week 2. The Hens should take this.

MONMOUTH (0-2) @ MAINE (1-1)
The Black Bears lead the series 3-0 and won the only CAA match-up 38-28 in 2022. The Hawks lost a heartbreaker to Lafayette on Saturday and could be in a bad mental state for this game. Maine turned a potential blowout loss at Montana State into a respectable finish with a 2H push. The momentum favors the Black Bears this weekend.

CAMPBELL @ URI
1st meeting. Campbell is coming off the leagues most surprising victory this past weekend, taking a road win at Western Carolina. This followed a competitive opener @ Liberty. URI has scored 20 points in 2 games, granted one was @ FBS Minnesota. I give the edge to the Camels in this one.

TOWSON (1-1) @ VILLANOVA (2-0)
Big opener for both. Cats leave the series 12-6 and won last game 33-10. The Tigers struggled to win their last game vs Morgan while Villanova dispatched Colgate 28-3. The expectation should be with Villanova but Towson never seems to perform as expected.

The Rest:
STONY BROOK (1-1) @ Fordham (0-2)
Tale of two different outcomes on Saturday. The Seawolves snapped their 11 game losing streak romping past Stonehill while the Rams flopped badly @ Central CT. Fordham is on the ropes in their home opener. Rams lead this series 4-3 and have won the last three games. Coin flip game but I like SBU to build on their momentum.

Holy Cross (0-2) @ BRYANT 1-1)
The Crusaders have lost two straight nailbiters to CAA opponents (URI and UNH) - that mini streak should end at Bryant. The Bulldogs needed late heroics to beat D2 F Pierce. I think HC rolls in this one.

Stonehill (0-2) @ UNH (1-1)
1st Meeting. Wildcats will coast here, looking like the Cats of previous years.

UALBANY (1-1) @ Idaho (1-1)
DoesnÂ’t seem fair that the Danes have to return out to Moscow again so soon. Danes won the the only other match-up in last years Quarterfinals. Idaho is 1-1 against FBS competition and off to a very impressive start - a competitive loss at Oregon and a big win @ Wyoming this past Saturday. UAlbany is 1-3 against the Big Sky. I think the Vandals will run out early in this one, donÂ’t think it will be close.

W&M (1-1) @ Wofford (2-0)
Tribe back to South Carolina for 2nd consecutive weekend. Tribe fought back and held serve 2H after falling behind early and quickly at FBS Coastal Carolina, losing 40-21. Wofford hosts their home opener after taking two impressive road wins vs Gardner Webb and Richmond. If the Tribe can defend as they did at Coastal in 2H and doesnÂ’t turn the ball over as Richmond did ( 4 times), they should grab a win here. W&M leads the series 3-0, won last year 23-6. This is the first game in the series at Spartanburg.

Western Carolina (0-2) @ ELON (1-1)
Cats lead the series 24-17-2. This is the first game since 2013. This 44th meeting will make WCU the most played FCS rival for Elon. Western really slipped this past weekend losing their home opener to Campbell after an impressive showing at NC State. Elon found their offense at NC Central on Saturday 41-19. Elon should win this one but beware a possible angry WC team.

HAMPTON (1-1) @ Norfolk State
Battle of the Bay. Spartans lead series 30-27 and win last years game 31-23.

Charleston Southern is at Richmond Saturday

Appreciate your efforts putting together even if I do not pick in the contest, I do watch the thread week to week.

bonarae
September 8th, 2024, 11:28 PM
I'll take Richmond in this one.

Sitting Bull
September 9th, 2024, 08:16 AM
I'll take Richmond in this one.

Thanks for the reminder, same with KPSUL. Made the adjustments to the schedule.

caribbeanhen
September 9th, 2024, 10:04 AM
Stonehill is 0-1; A loss to Stony Brook yesterday. Second meeting, UNH played @ Stonehill last season UNH winning 51-17.

should call em Tomb Stonehill .... they looked dead vs Stony

KPSUL
September 9th, 2024, 09:16 PM
should call em Tomb Stonehill .... they looked dead vs Stony

Holy Cross, Harvard and Central FL are the other UNH OOC opponents, so even with "Tomb Stonehill" not a walk thru the park OOC schedule.

Go Lehigh TU Owl
September 9th, 2024, 10:07 PM
Holy Cross, Harvard and Central FL are the other UNH OOC opponents, so even with "Tomb Stonehill" not a walk thru the park OOC schedule.

Harvard vs UNH is an awesome OOC game! Looong time coming!

caribbeanhen
September 9th, 2024, 11:27 PM
Holy Cross, Harvard and Central FL are the other UNH OOC opponents, so even with "Tomb Stonehill" not a walk thru the park OOC schedule.

Wasn't commenting on UNH OOC schedule at all

its a good one and Tomb Stonehill looks awful

Harvard UNH is a great game

UNHWildcat18
September 10th, 2024, 01:44 PM
Wasn't commenting on UNH OOC schedule at all

its a good one and Tomb Stonehill looks awful

Harvard UNH is a great game

Very excited to have Harvard on the schedule. If UNH isn't playing Dartmouth in the Granite Bowl, Harvard is definitely my second choice for them to schedule.
Weather looks good for Stonehill. I think just north of 10k will show up for this non conference opener.

UNHWildcat18
September 10th, 2024, 01:53 PM
CAA attendance

Week 1
Villanova- 5,421
Delaware- 17,244
William and Mary- 8,096
Maine- 5,775
Hampton- 7,714
Albany- 6,169
URI- 5,770 (Isn't that a sellout for URI?)

Week 2
Monmouth- 0 (athletics never updated website)
Bryant- 0 (athletics never updated website)
Richmond- 5,382
SBU- 8,062
Towson- 8,394
Hampton- 6,308
NCA&T- 21,500

caribbeanhen
September 10th, 2024, 02:42 PM
When is Aggie gonna show up and tell about NC A&T?

when it rains does the grass field turn into a slippery swamp?

How did the Delaware QB transfer shake out in practice?

WestCoastAggie
September 10th, 2024, 03:37 PM
Hope springs eternal.

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WestCoastAggie
September 10th, 2024, 03:39 PM
CAA attendance

Week 1
Villanova- 5,421
Delaware- 17,244
William and Mary- 8,096
Maine- 5,775
Hampton- 7,714
Albany- 6,169
URI- 5,770 (Isn't that a sellout for URI?)

Week 2
Monmouth- 0 (athletics never updated website)
Bryant- 0 (athletics never updated website)
Richmond- 5,382
SBU- 8,062
Towson- 8,394
Hampton- 6,308
NCA&T- 0 (athletics never updated website)

It was 21,500 and A&T Officials will send off that number during the next update.

MR. CHICKEN
September 10th, 2024, 04:22 PM
Hope springs eternal.

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caribbeanhen
September 10th, 2024, 05:30 PM
Hope springs eternal.

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well at least start a good rumor or something...... like this won't be the last time NC A&T hosts Delaware because 21 thousand works well in CUSA for the Aggies

NY Crusader 2010
September 11th, 2024, 09:39 PM
Are we doing CAA pick'em here?

Delaware
Maine
Campbell
Villanova
Stony Brook
Holy Cross
UNH
Idaho
W&M
Elon
Norfolk St
Richmond

bonarae
September 11th, 2024, 09:44 PM
Are we doing CAA pick'em here?

Delaware
Maine
Campbell
Villanova
Stony Brook
Holy Cross
UNH
Idaho
W&M
Elon
Norfolk St
Richmond

Yes; I didn't create a thread for the pick'em to prevent thread sprawl. xpeacex

CenMEBlackBearFan
September 11th, 2024, 10:08 PM
Interesting matchup with Monmouth at Maine. Monmouth has ex Maine QB Robertson who leads the league with 7TD's and they lead league with 41 pts/game. Pretty impressive to do what he has done considering the Hawks graduated all their receivors. Unfortunately their D is last in the league. Maine has Mercer transfer Carter Peevy at QB who has demonstrated the ability to escape pressure which he had to do routinely against Montana State. Most Maine fans are very happy with Peevy over Robertson but a Hawk win might sour that. This one has high scoring written all over it. I have Maine winning this one 41-31.
MUHAWKS, where are you on this one???

MUHAWKS
September 12th, 2024, 09:31 AM
Interesting matchup with Monmouth at Maine. Monmouth has ex Maine QB Robertson who leads the league with 7TD's and they lead league with 41 pts/game. Pretty impressive to do what he has done considering the Hawks graduated all their receivors. Unfortunately their D is last in the league. Maine has Mercer transfer Carter Peevy at QB who has demonstrated the ability to escape pressure which he had to do routinely against Montana State. Most Maine fans are very happy with Peevy over Robertson but a Hawk win might sour that. This one has high scoring written all over it. I have Maine winning this one 41-31.
MUHAWKS, where are you on this one???


What you see is what you get my friend- SAME OLD MONMOUTH. The offensive staff did a very good job developing younger guys and to a lesser extent in the portal- sure, there is no Shirden or Dymere Miller but production has not fallen off. New O line doing a decent to perhaps even good job pass protecting but we have not run for crap yet- mostly due to situational stuff but also b/c it has not been there. I myself am not overly surprised at the Offense despite 9 new starters but I think others are. There is some real talent at WR and frankly, Robertson looks very good, ot sure why he was not loved in maine (or maybe he was )..

On defense, what is there to say? We just cannot get off the field, have not tackled well and our corners are all young and new. Our Safeties are often in wrong spots under new D/C. I would say its been 75% execution/lack of enough good guys, 25% coaching (have to change stuff when not working- different bltiz schemes, disguise stuff. Its like we try and play bend dont break and hope the opposing O will make a mistake- it doesnot work. Rather be aggressive. Not an excuse at all but we are missing 2 starting LB's Remi Johnson and Charlie Sasso- We think Remi may be back this week he is a team captain and big and experienced and can run for his size.

Before the year I thought to myself if we entered this game 1-1, this is where we go and crap the bed similar to a couple years ago. Now I see ONLY 2 scenarios. You break our will with what seems to be a much better team than what was thought 3 weeks ago and we just put our tails between legs and it ends up beign embarrassing. Or, somehow we put it together and if we play the same offensively we just need to play average on D and I think we sort of tur a close game into a 2 score win. However, I watched your game against MSU and it does not look good for us- Your RB is very good and I know all about Your QB- they are gonna extend drives, make us miss tackles and make our offense then have to be perfect which wont happen up in Maine.. I am not very optimistic. If we win this game it would be a good win and it would mean that one more play against Lafayette and we are in the discussion. But goes the other way and its a real problem. The recipe is there for us to get our wills broken on D and lay an egg- we will know by middle 2nd Quarter if the D made any adjustments. Intriguing matchup with Maine 1-1 and feeling good and us reeling and desperate.

centraljerseycat
September 12th, 2024, 10:33 AM
Winners in bold

Delaware @ NC A&T Hens continue to roll
Monmouth @ Maine Monmouth is reeling from Lafayette thriller and lose a close one
Campbell @ Rhode Island Camels will walk a mile over the Rams
Towson @ Villanova Nova rolls
Stony Brook @ Fordham Stony Brook still isn't any good but Fordham is just going through the motions before Conlin is shown the door
Holy Cross @ Bryant First year coach Dan Curran finally gets his first win as Crusaders coach
Stonehill @ UNH Wildcats roll over undermanned Skyhawks in Durham
Albany @ Idaho Albany is 2 steps down from last year but kudos to them for taking the non-Blue Hen approach to non-con scheduling
W&M @ Wofford Yoder due for a big game on the road
WCU @ Elon Going with the home team
College of Charleston @ Richmond Spiders finally playing someone they can beat

caribbeanhen
September 12th, 2024, 10:40 AM
Winners in bold

Delaware @ NC A&T Hens continue to roll
Monmouth @ Maine Monmouth is reeling from Lafayette thriller and lose a close one
Campbell @ Rhode Island Camels will walk a mile over the Rams
Towson @ Villanova Nova rolls
Stony Brook @ Fordham Stony Brook still isn't any good but Fordham is just going through the motions before Conlin is shown the door
Holy Cross @ Bryant First year coach Dan Curran finally gets his first win as Crusaders coach
Stonehill @ UNH Wildcats roll over undermanned Skyhawks in Durham
Albany @ Idaho Albany is 2 steps down from last year but kudos to them for taking the non-Blue Hen approach to non-con scheduling
W&M @ Wofford Yoder due for a big game on the road
WCU @ Elon Going with the home team
College of Charleston @ Richmond Spiders finally playing someone they can beat

you better start looking for a new whipping boy

Sitting Bull
September 12th, 2024, 11:40 AM
Winners in bold

Delaware @ NC A&T Hens continue to roll
Monmouth @ Maine Monmouth is reeling from Lafayette thriller and lose a close one
Campbell @ Rhode Island Camels will walk a mile over the Rams
Towson @ Villanova Nova rolls
Stony Brook @ Fordham Stony Brook still isn't any good but Fordham is just going through the motions before Conlin is shown the door
Holy Cross @ Bryant First year coach Dan Curran finally gets his first win as Crusaders coach
Stonehill @ UNH Wildcats roll over undermanned Skyhawks in Durham
Albany @ Idaho Albany is 2 steps down from last year but kudos to them for taking the non-Blue Hen approach to non-con scheduling
W&M @ Wofford Yoder due for a big game on the road
WCU @ Elon Going with the home team
College of Charleston @ Richmond Spiders finally playing someone they can beat

Richmond is actually playing Charleston Southern but your point well taken. They need some juice. At this early rate, they will move into the PL as a mid league contender next year.

kdinva
September 12th, 2024, 11:57 AM
Delaware 45; NC A&T 13
Monmouth 24; Maine 31
Campbell 35; Rhode Island 23
Towson 13; Villanova 42
Stony Brook 24; Fordham 21
Holy Cross 34; Bryant 24
Stonehill 7; UNH 45
Albany 14; Idaho 38
W&M 35; Wofford 28
WCU 34; Elon 30
Chuck South 20; Richmond 28

caribbeanhen
September 12th, 2024, 12:13 PM
Richmond is actually playing Charleston Southern but your point well taken. They need some juice. At this early rate, they will move into the PL as a mid league contender next year.

Or Richmond might be pre-season favorite

Go Lehigh TU Owl
September 12th, 2024, 12:54 PM
Or Richmond might be pre-season favorite

Maybe...

I think it depends how Lafayette's and Holy Cross's season plays out. If Lehigh shows significant improvement this season the L-Train hype will be significant heading into 2025 imo. Homerism aside, and with respect for HC87's love for purple, no PL program moves the needle like Lehigh. Yup, I said it...xrotatehx

I'll give it a 30% chance Richmond is the 2025 preseason favorite...

Is it building momentum?

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CenMEBlackBearFan
September 12th, 2024, 04:01 PM
What you see is what you get my friend- SAME OLD MONMOUTH. The offensive staff did a very good job developing younger guys and to a lesser extent in the portal- sure, there is no Shirden or Dymere Miller but production has not fallen off. New O line doing a decent to perhaps even good job pass protecting but we have not run for crap yet- mostly due to situational stuff but also b/c it has not been there. I myself am not overly surprised at the Offense despite 9 new starters but I think others are. There is some real talent at WR and frankly, Robertson looks very good, ot sure why he was not loved in maine (or maybe he was )..

On defense, what is there to say? We just cannot get off the field, have not tackled well and our corners are all young and new. Our Safeties are often in wrong spots under new D/C. I would say its been 75% execution/lack of enough good guys, 25% coaching (have to change stuff when not working- different bltiz schemes, disguise stuff. Its like we try and play bend dont break and hope the opposing O will make a mistake- it doesnot work. Rather be aggressive. Not an excuse at all but we are missing 2 starting LB's Remi Johnson and Charlie Sasso- We think Remi may be back this week he is a team captain and big and experienced and can run for his size.

Before the year I thought to myself if we entered this game 1-1, this is where we go and crap the bed similar to a couple years ago. Now I see ONLY 2 scenarios. You break our will with what seems to be a much better team than what was thought 3 weeks ago and we just put our tails between legs and it ends up beign embarrassing. Or, somehow we put it together and if we play the same offensively we just need to play average on D and I think we sort of tur a close game into a 2 score win. However, I watched your game against MSU and it does not look good for us- Your RB is very good and I know all about Your QB- they are gonna extend drives, make us miss tackles and make our offense then have to be perfect which wont happen up in Maine.. I am not very optimistic. If we win this game it would be a good win and it would mean that one more play against Lafayette and we are in the discussion. But goes the other way and its a real problem. The recipe is there for us to get our wills broken on D and lay an egg- we will know by middle 2nd Quarter if the D made any adjustments. Intriguing matchup with Maine 1-1 and feeling good and us reeling and desperate.

As usual MUHAWK great assessment. Robertson put up great yardage and TD's but would seem to throw an INT at the most in opportune time. Peevy seems to have a better handle on handling pressure and is not afraid to tuck it and run. Any disdain for Robertson is probably not deserved as our problem in the past was a failure to establish a run attack and defense gave up big plays routinely.
Certainly understand Robertson wanting to try something different after two consecutive 2-9 seasons and his brother being the QB coach made for an easy choice and transition. Don't have a great read on this Maine team having just squeaked out a win against Colgate and getting destroyed by Montana State. Have to agree that this game is probably real important for both teams in the direction that both are headed this year.

caribbeanhen
September 12th, 2024, 04:16 PM
As usual MUHAWK great assessment. Robertson put up great yardage and TD's but would seem to throw an INT at the most in opportune time. Peevy seems to have a better handle on handling pressure and is not afraid to tuck it and run. Any disdain for Robertson is probably not deserved as our problem in the past was a failure to establish a run attack and defense gave up big plays routinely.
Certainly understand Robertson wanting to try something different after two consecutive 2-9 seasons and his brother being the QB coach made for an easy choice and transition. Don't have a great read on this Maine team having just squeaked out a win against Colgate and getting destroyed by Montana State. Have to agree that this game is probably real important for both teams in the direction that both are headed this year.

Might we have the next Peavenburger on our hands

Peavy is good

KPSUL
September 12th, 2024, 04:36 PM
Delaware @ NC A&T
Monmouth @ Maine
Campbell @ Rhode Island
Towson @ Villanova
Stony Brook @ Fordham
Holy Cross @ Bryant
Stonehill @ UNH
Albany @ Idaho
W&M @ Wofford
WCU @ Elon
Charleston Southern @ Richmond

NY Crusader 2010
September 12th, 2024, 04:41 PM
Wasn't commenting on UNH OOC schedule at all

its a good one and Tomb Stonehill looks awful

Harvard UNH is a great game

The New England college football community was absolutely robbed by the fact that Harvard and UNH didn't play a series in the late 2000's and/or early 2010's.

MUHAWKS
September 12th, 2024, 05:08 PM
As usual MUHAWK great assessment. Robertson put up great yardage and TD's but would seem to throw an INT at the most in opportune time. Peevy seems to have a better handle on handling pressure and is not afraid to tuck it and run. Any disdain for Robertson is probably not deserved as our problem in the past was a failure to establish a run attack and defense gave up big plays routinely.
Certainly understand Robertson wanting to try something different after two consecutive 2-9 seasons and his brother being the QB coach made for an easy choice and transition. Don't have a great read on this Maine team having just squeaked out a win against Colgate and getting destroyed by Montana State. Have to agree that this game is probably real important for both teams in the direction that both are headed this year.

The irony of this- Although we were prob not eating EWU that night we did battle back from being down 42-14 to make it 42-27 quickly AND we were driving again to probably make it a 1 score game with what would have been about a minute left (at least have a shot at onsides kick). But guess what? Poorly thrown ball an INT. THEN in a back and forth game against Lafayette which saw us take a 35-28 lead with only 1:50 to play, Lafayette scores against our horrid D in like a minute- goes for two and misses, they recover onsides kick and score a couple plays later. BUT we got from our 30 to tier 35 in life 25 seconds and STILL had a timeout and had some mismatches with our WR's against some of their DB's but guess what happened? An AWFUL INT where Derek stared down his guy the entire time and threw into a host of Lafayette defenders. Clearly not blaming him since Our D was the Culprit but like you said "the most inopportune times".. The other 59 minutes and change of each game he has been lights out and really gelling with our very under rated WR crew. If The Maine pass defense is weak and/or there s no pass rush it may be a long day for the Bears which really only means that whoever has the ball last will win b/c again It would be hard to imagine our D getting that much better in a week. I was super impressed with your RB Tavion Banks- His style and ability to find the hole and just go will be an issue for us. But it is so hard not to want to open it up against our pass D- I just cannot see us Not biting on play action after Banks gashes us.. Will be interesting but unless we are just totally off, you should expect us to be able to move the ball. as always, turnovers will be a big deal but an even bigger deal for us as we cannot afford lost possessions due to our D. Muskett went up there and ***** the bed a couple years ago in a season where yet again we lost several close games.

Go Lehigh TU Owl
September 12th, 2024, 07:53 PM
Delaware 42 NC A&T 17: Hens easily take care of business
Monmouth 35 Maine 27: Monmouth has to rebound from a heart breaking loss to Lafayette while Maine is coming off a long trip to Bozeman, tough game to get a read on...
Campbell 30 URI 28: Another game that I'm having trouble getting a read on. I think the Camels are a little more explosive/consistent on offense so I'll give them a slight edge...
Villanova 31 Towson 20: It would not surprise me if Villanova wins by 30 or if the Tigers pull the upset. Towson is a perplexing program...
Stony Brook 27 Fordham 17: The Rams have talent but no direction. SBU seems to be headed in the right direction; relatively speaking...
Holy Cross 34 Bryant 13: The Crusaders are still a dangerous team. Bryant? Not so much...
UNH 45 Stonehill 20: I don't anticipate this one to be close...
Idaho 42 Albany 23: The Vandals exact a measure of revenge on the Danes...
Wofford 27 W&M 24: I struggled picking this game game in our weekly AGS contest. I'll go with the rejuvenated home team....
Elon 31 WCU 27: This should be one of the best games of the weekend. I'll take the home team again...
Norfolk State 28 Hampton 17: I'll go with the Spartans...
Richmond 38 Charleston Southern 20: Spiders get back on track against a Charleston Southern team that should be feeling good after their stunning win over Furman

MRuler
September 13th, 2024, 08:19 AM
Winners in bold

Delaware @ NC A&T Hens continue to roll
Monmouth @ Maine Monmouth is reeling from Lafayette thriller and lose a close one
Campbell @ Rhode Island Camels will walk a mile over the Rams
Towson @ Villanova Nova rolls
Stony Brook @ Fordham Stony Brook still isn't any good but Fordham is just going through the motions before Conlin is shown the door
Holy Cross @ Bryant First year coach Dan Curran finally gets his first win as Crusaders coach
Stonehill @ UNH Wildcats roll over undermanned Skyhawks in Durham
Albany @ Idaho Albany is 2 steps down from last year but kudos to them for taking the non-Blue Hen approach to non-con scheduling
W&M @ Wofford Yoder due for a big game on the road
WCU @ Elon Going with the home team
College of Charleston @ Richmond Spiders finally playing someone they can beat


I agree Albany is a different team in 24. I don't believe they are two steps down from last year. The Defense is not as good but will get their footing and still not be the same caliber on D as last season. The offense in my opinion may be better. This Burkett kid from Wisconsin can sling it and we have outstanding receivers that in my opinion are on the same level as last year's receiving core but faster. #7 will be the fastest player on the field in every game. Burkett is the same kind of QB that Poff was. Time will tell if he is better. The Offense put up 300 yards on West Virginia and if they could have scored points on their two second half drives the game would have been a little scary for the WVU faithful. They didn't and the better team won.

Yes, they got off to a slow start against LIU (Burkett was rusty in the first half) and Lehigh will find out Saturday that LIU is better than you realize. That coach at LIU is building a winner. BTW LIU's schedule is brutal. The UA offense had a better showing against WVU than LIU. The good news for UA is their schedule is not as daunting as in years past. I could see 7 wins. This Idaho game will be a big test for our D. Idaho is down to their 3rd string QB. I believe the offense will score. Win or lose UA will be better than most on this board believe. Elon and Delaware will be tough outings. Time will tell.

caribbeanhen
September 13th, 2024, 08:28 AM
I agree Albany is a different team in 24. I don't believe they are two steps down from last year. The Defense is not as good but will get their footing and still not be the same caliber on D as last season. The offense in my opinion may be better. This Burkett kid from Wisconsin can sling it and we have outstanding receivers that in my opinion are on the same level as last year's receiving core but faster. #7 will be the fastest player on the field in every game. Burkett is the same kind of QB that Poff was. Time will tell if he is better. The Offense put up 300 yards on West Virginia and if they could have scored points on their two second half drives the game would have been a little scary for the WVU faithful. They didn't and the better team won.

Yes, they got off to a slow start against LIU (Burkett was rusty in the first half) and Lehigh will find out Saturday that LIU is better than you realize. That coach at LIU is building a winner. BTW LIU's schedule is brutal. The UA offense had a better showing against WVU than LIU. The good news for UA is their schedule is not as daunting as in years past. I could see 7 wins. This Idaho game will be a big test for our D. Idaho is down to their 3rd string QB. I believe the offense will score. Win or lose UA will be better than most on this board believe. Elon and Delaware will be tough outings. Time will tell.

good stuff!

would be epic if Albany beats Idaho again

I watched about 10 minutes of the LIU game and was like Albany looks bad .. but now I’m interested

MRuler
September 13th, 2024, 08:44 AM
good stuff!

would be epic if Albany beats Idaho again

I watched about 10 minutes of the LIU game and was like Albany looks bad .. but now I’m interested


Go and watch the WVU game from the 2nd to the 3rd qtrs. if you literally have nothing to do LOL! WVU was up 21-14 with a minute in the first half. I knew we wouldn't win but 50,000 people at WVU went silent. Then UA had two huge drives in the second half and one of them got down to the 1-yard line and they couldn't punch it in. Watch Burkett's passes. He is deadly accurate. UA will be just fine in CAA play

BTW going miss Delaware in the CAA as in my opinion they are the gold standard

caribbeanhen
September 13th, 2024, 08:48 AM
Go and watch the WVU game from the 2nd to the 3rd qtrs. if you literally have nothing to do LOL! WVU was up 21-14 with a minute in the first half. I knew we wouldn't win but 50,000 people at WVU went silent. Then UA had two huge drives in the second half and one of them got down to the 1-yard line and they couldn't punch it in. Watch Burkett's passes. He is deadly accurate. UA will be just fine in CAA play

BTW going miss Delaware in the CAA as in my opinion they are the gold standard

The Big Sky thread is calling you, they are totally blank on Albany

Idaho apparently down to third string QB

MR. CHICKEN
September 13th, 2024, 09:09 AM
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MUHAWKS
September 13th, 2024, 10:29 PM
Delaware @ NC A&T- A shame of a wasted season.
Stony Brook @ Fordham-I think SB will keep it closer than folks would have said 3 weeks ago maybe even win
Charlie South @ Richmond- Not b/c Richmond is not good- but b/c C/S is quietly not bad
Holy Cross @ Bryant- why not?
Monmouth @ Maine- you know the rule but I do really think we win somehow
Towson @ Villanova- I think Nova squeaks out a game of the week type matchup but taking Towson.
Hampton @ Norfolk State- no clue
Albany @ Idaho- I am not paying attention to The LIU game and giving The Danes a chance
Campbell @ URI- Camels are Jekyll and Hyde but prob the better team
W&M @ Wofford- is Wofford The good team from that conference? Honestly no clue #CAA
WCU @ Elon- i am still smitten for those 40 goo minutes against NC State
Stonehill @ UNH- UNH is probably not a powerhouse but this should be an easy win, right?

Sitting Bull
September 14th, 2024, 04:42 PM
STONY BROOK (1-1) @ Fordham (0-2)
Tale of two different outcomes on Saturday. The Seawolves snapped their 11 game losing streak romping past Stonehill while the Rams flopped badly @ Central CT. Fordham is on the ropes in their home opener. Rams lead this series 4-3 and have won the last three games. Coin flip game but I like SBU to build on their momentum.

Nice win today by the Seawolves, 27-21.

CAA now 5-1 vs the PL.

WestCoastAggie
September 14th, 2024, 06:08 PM
Sigh...

Sitting Bull
September 15th, 2024, 08:18 AM
Final Scoreboard
Delaware 42, NC A&T 13
Stony Brook 27, Fordham 21
Richmond 38, Charleston Southern 0
Holy Cross 43, Bryant 22
Villanova 14, Towson 13
Monmouth 51, Maine 22
Idaho 41, UAlbany 13
Hampton 37, Norfolk State 7
W&M 28, Wofford 21
URI 21, Campbell 9
UNH 45, Stonehill 6
Western Carolina 24, Elon 17

Trending up
Monmouth, Richmond, Hampton

Slipping
Villanova, UAlbany

- - - Updated - - -

Standings through week 3

SCHOOL CAA OVERALL
Delaware 1-0 2-0
Villanova 1-0 3-0
Rhode Island 1-0 2-1
Monmouth 1-0 1-2
Hampton 0-0 2-1
Stony Brook 0-0 2-1
UNH 0-0 2-1
William & Mary 0-0 2-1
Bryant 0-0 1-2
Elon 0-0 1-2
Richmond 0-0 1-2
UAlbany 0-0 1-2
Campbell 0-1 1-2
Maine 0-1 1-2
N.C. A&T 0-1 1-2
Towson 0-1 1-2

KPSUL
September 15th, 2024, 10:47 AM
U Albany is trending down,
down,
down
I'd say Towson is trending up, not Villanova trending down
URI is trending up
Stony Brook is trending up, although they started a lot further down
Maine HC Jordan Stevens is trending towards a new job next season
Bryant is trending towards an 0-8 conference record
Campbell is trending south with their dromedary tails between their legs
Monmouth is trending towards over-confidence after beating Maine by 29 points
NCA&T and Hampton are trending towards the CAA basement again
Elon is trending towards mediocrity
Richmond is trending around in circles
W&M and UNH are trending towards better opponents in the up coming weeks
Delaware is trending no where, they aren't really in the CAA this season

MUHAWKS
September 15th, 2024, 11:00 AM
U Albany is trending down,
down,
down
I'd say Towson is trending up, not Villanova trending down
URI is trending up
Stony Brook is trending up, although they started a lot further down
Maine HC Jordan Stevens is trending towards a new job next season
Bryant is trending towards an 0-8 conference record
Campbell is trending south with their dromedary tails between their legs
Monmouth is trending towards over-confidence after beating Maine by 29 points
NCA&T and Hampton are trending towards the CAA basement again
Elon is trending towards mediocrity
Richmond is trending around in circles
W&M and UNH are trending towards better opponents in the up coming weeks
Delaware is trending no where, they aren't really in the CAA this season

This is actually hilarious.. well done!

caribbeanhen
September 15th, 2024, 11:03 AM
Sigh...

Aggie,

just an observation, you have some of the most laid-back fans in the country, every flo shot up in the stands was total chill. Greensboro California

Sitting Bull
September 15th, 2024, 12:09 PM
U Albany is trending down,
down,
down
I'd say Towson is trending up, not Villanova trending down
URI is trending up
Stony Brook is trending up, although they started a lot further down
Maine HC Jordan Stevens is trending towards a new job next season
Bryant is trending towards an 0-8 conference record
Campbell is trending south with their dromedary tails between their legs
Monmouth is trending towards over-confidence after beating Maine by 29 points
NCA&T and Hampton are trending towards the CAA basement again
Elon is trending towards mediocrity
Richmond is trending around in circles
W&M and UNH are trending towards better opponents in the up coming weeks
Delaware is trending no where, they aren't really in the CAA this season

I actually think UNH could be a sleeper in the conference at this point. Your next two games are tough - @Harvard and @Elon - though after Elon game, there’s a chance you could sweep the northern edge CAA teams from there. A chance.

W&M has their next 2 games at home, Furman and Hampton. I don’t think either are givens.

One game at a time is the only way to do this, I’m very pleased with the Wofford win. Never trailed and always responded when the Terriers tied the game, three times. After allowing Wofford to tie the game with a few seconds to go before halftime seemed to signal a bad omen to me - but the Tribe won Q3, the defense also held when they had to.

KPSUL
September 15th, 2024, 12:24 PM
I actually think UNH could be a sleeper in the conference at this point. Your next two games are tough - @Harvard and @Elon - though after Elon game, there’s a chance you could sweep the northern edge CAA teams from there. A chance.

W&M has their next 2 games at home, Furman and Hampton. I don’t think either are givens.

One game at a time is the only way to do this, I’m very pleased with the Wofford win. Never trailed and always responded when the Terriers tied the game, three times. After allowing Wofford to tie the game with a few seconds to go before halftime seemed to signal a bad omen to me - but the Tribe won Q3, the defense also held when they had to.

I wanted to post "UNH and W&M are trending towards 2022 and Co- Champs", but neither team has really done much to justify that yet.

We may be looking at a mid-20-teens Wofford team, it's actually good to see them improve.

CenMEBlackBearFan
September 15th, 2024, 12:44 PM
Monmouth just threw all over us, no pressure on Robertson and we all knew you could not let him stay in the pocket but he did and we payed the price. Was a fan of coach Stevens but yesterdays performance was not good to say the least. A loss at Merrimack and the Stevens experience should could be short-lived. Not only was the defense not good neither was the offense. Sat with ex RB Carl Smith and he liked that Stevens had tryed to get alumni involved but he left at halftime like many others.

KPSUL
September 15th, 2024, 09:53 PM
Monmouth just threw all over us, no pressure on Robertson and we all knew you could not let him stay in the pocket but he did and we payed the price. Was a fan of coach Stevens but yesterdays performance was not good to say the least. A loss at Merrimack and the Stevens experience should could be short-lived. Not only was the defense not good neither was the offense. Sat with ex RB Carl Smith and he liked that Stevens had tryed to get alumni involved but he left at halftime like many others.

Well you always find a way to give UNH a good game, particularly in Orono. It's got to be tough when you hire a coach who was a respected and well liked former player. I had the same thought when UNH hired Rick Santos - if this doesn't go well it will be real tough to tell him to move on.

MUHAWKS
September 15th, 2024, 11:11 PM
Monmouth just threw all over us, no pressure on Robertson and we all knew you could not let him stay in the pocket but he did and we payed the price. Was a fan of coach Stevens but yesterdays performance was not good to say the least. A loss at Merrimack and the Stevens experience should could be short-lived. Not only was the defense not good neither was the offense. Sat with ex RB Carl Smith and he liked that Stevens had tryed to get alumni involved but he left at halftime like many others.

I totally get what you are saying and where you are coming from but I am going to offer a differing view- First of all, Monmouth has a VERY good Offense. Lafayette, who totally shut us down last year and had most of their guys back this year could not really slow us down and we moved the ball well against EWU in the groups first ever playing time together. The difference was more the lack of Offense on Maine's part in my view. EWU and Lafayette moved the ball and got out to leads and scored often taking some pressure off their D and making the game different. We were a defense that came in not being able to hold a 7 point lead with less than 2 minutes to go against Lafayette who scored 2 TD's in the last 1:50 of the game. EWU who seems to maybe not even be good lit our defense up. Yet you guys with the heralded Peevy and a couple good RB's and WR's essentially did nothing (7 points on a kickoff return) and less than 300 yards total Offense. Still does not change the point you are making about your Coach, but I would be more concerned about your Offense making our "swiss cheese" defense look pretty good, b/c not many teams are going to thwart our Offense. We will be a difficult team to prepare for defensively (our offense) b/c you do know know who will be playing, where there will be playing ad when. We have 4 RB's that get real carries, all of them pretty good and perhaps the next Jaden Shirden on our hands and 6-7 WR's all capable of creating mismatches and taking it to the house. We also finally are utilizing the TE and somehow our O line is doing well in pass protection. I guess what I am saying is, we will probably put up 400-600 yards on many teams and score 30-40 points. We have a legitimately good CAA offense and are deep at skill positions. I am sort of surprised you focused on your D not stopping us as opposed to you offense being inept against what has been one of the worst defenses in the CAA for 2.5 years now. The other thing is- sometimes teams have bad days while others are just on point and sometimes it happens at the same time. I think many of The CAA teams we play this year will be surprised how hard it is to defend us. If there is no pass rush or pressure we are going to gain 400-500 yards and put up 30-40 pts. flat out, but the other issue is- if you try and take that away somehow we have 4 backs we can use and run the ball to then set up the pass. The recipe is usually just outscoring us b/c we have not been able to play consistent or good defense. If we figure out how to do that I think we are a CAA contender easily. Our D will not even have to be good, just average or slightly above average. This is why our fluke like loss to Lafayette stings so bad. Recover the onsides kick and we are 2-1, a win against a ranked team and blowout win against Maine on the road. But we did not and now will have to beat either FBS FIU, Delaware or Nova AND run the table against the rest (Fordham, Bryant, URI, UNH, Stony Brook and Towson) to make the playoffs. Honestly, the latter is possible but I fear Towson is a good team and 2 road games in a row against UNH and URI will not be easy and this is assuming we do steal one from the top 3 I mentioned first. Believe me, this is not me being over confident, this is just reality- we have a good Offense and I am not reading that much into our D's performance against Maine. I would just take it as a perfect storm game for us- I was surprise that we mentally recovered from the Lafayette loss and came out like we did- that is a good and positive sign, but again, we recover that kick and the recipe to 8-4 and probable playoffs at 2-1 would be just go 6-3 from here which seems very possible. I fear the Lafayette loss is going to come back to haunt us come playoff selection time. Hell, for all I know we finish 4-8 and it will not matter but I would not be that bent out f shape for what your defense did not not, but more so worried about the Maine Offense. We did not get that much better in 6 days although like I said we did get our Sr.Captain and LB back on the field. If Monmouth can play C+ defense the rest of the way we will be 6-6 or 7-5 and if it turns out we can turn it around and have eve better D we will be a tough out for ANY non elite FCS team. I fear Delaware much more than FIU and Villanova I think sets up well for us IF we can manage to get to that game having it matter (which means being 6-4 or better).. Bottom line- I would not be so dramatic b/c we may actually be pretty good. We will find out soon.

Sitting Bull
September 18th, 2024, 08:38 PM
Aggie,

just an observation, you have some of the most laid-back fans in the country, every flo shot up in the stands was total chill. Greensboro California

Probably just some muted shock - the first time they encountered a bunch of paunchy fans with white belts and white shoes.

caribbeanhen
September 18th, 2024, 08:47 PM
Probably just some muted shock - the first time they encountered a bunch of paunchy fans with white belts and white shoes.

you been reading Gohens haven't you

Sitting Bull
September 18th, 2024, 09:11 PM
you been reading Gohens haven't you

No, why? What’s up there now. Are they still pedaling the line about increased admissions because the Hens will be playing FIU? So that’s why Monmouth scheduled that game!

caribbeanhen
September 18th, 2024, 09:16 PM
No, why? What’s up there now. Are they still pedaling the line about increased admissions because the Hens will be playing FIU? So that’s why Monmouth scheduled that game!

Lot's of Colonial city talk today and yes I'm guilty but several have mentioned William & Mary

Sitting Bull
September 18th, 2024, 09:37 PM
Lot's of Colonial city talk today and yes I'm guilty but several have mentioned William & Mary

They should be concentrating on Sam Houston and Kennesaw at this point. Unfortunately, the W&M rivalry will also be colonial history. I know many UD fans loved coming down though.

caribbeanhen
September 18th, 2024, 09:41 PM
They should be concentrating on Sam Houston and Kennesaw at this point. Unfortunately, the W&M rivalry will also be colonial history. I know many UD fans loved coming down though.

I well know many Hen fans like coming down to the Burg, some talk about several CUSA teams getting poached and somebody, not a Hen fan, asked about William moving up to CUSA....

FUBeAR
September 18th, 2024, 11:45 PM
I totally get what you are saying and where you are coming from but I am going to offer a differing view- First of all, Monmouth has a VERY good Offense. Lafayette, who totally shut us down last year and had most of their guys back this year could not really slow us down and we moved the ball well against EWU in the groups first ever playing time together. The difference was more the lack of Offense on Maine's part in my view. EWU and Lafayette moved the ball and got out to leads and scored often taking some pressure off their D and making the game different. We were a defense that came in not being able to hold a 7 point lead with less than 2 minutes to go against Lafayette who scored 2 TD's in the last 1:50 of the game. EWU who seems to maybe not even be good lit our defense up. Yet you guys with the heralded Peevy and a couple good RB's and WR's essentially did nothing (7 points on a kickoff return) and less than 300 yards total Offense. Still does not change the point you are making about your Coach, but I would be more concerned about your Offense making our "swiss cheese" defense look pretty good, b/c not many teams are going to thwart our Offense. We will be a difficult team to prepare for defensively (our offense) b/c you do know know who will be playing, where there will be playing ad when. We have 4 RB's that get real carries, all of them pretty good and perhaps the next Jaden Shirden on our hands and 6-7 WR's all capable of creating mismatches and taking it to the house. We also finally are utilizing the TE and somehow our O line is doing well in pass protection. I guess what I am saying is, we will probably put up 400-600 yards on many teams and score 30-40 points. We have a legitimately good CAA offense and are deep at skill positions. I am sort of surprised you focused on your D not stopping us as opposed to you offense being inept against what has been one of the worst defenses in the CAA for 2.5 years now. The other thing is- sometimes teams have bad days while others are just on point and sometimes it happens at the same time. I think many of The CAA teams we play this year will be surprised how hard it is to defend us. If there is no pass rush or pressure we are going to gain 400-500 yards and put up 30-40 pts. flat out, but the other issue is- if you try and take that away somehow we have 4 backs we can use and run the ball to then set up the pass. The recipe is usually just outscoring us b/c we have not been able to play consistent or good defense. If we figure out how to do that I think we are a CAA contender easily. Our D will not even have to be good, just average or slightly above average. This is why our fluke like loss to Lafayette stings so bad. Recover the onsides kick and we are 2-1, a win against a ranked team and blowout win against Maine on the road. But we did not and now will have to beat either FBS FIU, Delaware or Nova AND run the table against the rest (Fordham, Bryant, URI, UNH, Stony Brook and Towson) to make the playoffs. Honestly, the latter is possible but I fear Towson is a good team and 2 road games in a row against UNH and URI will not be easy and this is assuming we do steal one from the top 3 I mentioned first. Believe me, this is not me being over confident, this is just reality- we have a good Offense and I am not reading that much into our D's performance against Maine. I would just take it as a perfect storm game for us- I was surprise that we mentally recovered from the Lafayette loss and came out like we did- that is a good and positive sign, but again, we recover that kick and the recipe to 8-4 and probable playoffs at 2-1 would be just go 6-3 from here which seems very possible. I fear the Lafayette loss is going to come back to haunt us come playoff selection time. Hell, for all I know we finish 4-8 and it will not matter but I would not be that bent out f shape for what your defense did not not, but more so worried about the Maine Offense. We did not get that much better in 6 days although like I said we did get our Sr.Captain and LB back on the field. If Monmouth can play C+ defense the rest of the way we will be 6-6 or 7-5 and if it turns out we can turn it around and have eve better D we will be a tough out for ANY non elite FCS team. I fear Delaware much more than FIU and Villanova I think sets up well for us IF we can manage to get to that game having it matter (which means being 6-4 or better).. Bottom line- I would not be so dramatic b/c we may actually be pretty good. We will find out soon.
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The Cats
September 19th, 2024, 01:08 PM
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don't you love those wannabe high school English teachers... ?



(oh, did I put question mark in the correct place?)

FUBeAR
September 20th, 2024, 10:09 AM
Just thought CHen & Mr. Chicken might want to have a moment in remembrance…and share with their flock
https://twitter.com/paladinfootball/status/1837114493027111050
interesting fact - Thomas Twitty, is the same-age stepbrother of Natalee Holloway, the young girl who was killed in Aruba in May of 2005, the same year he and his twin brother, Hunter, committed to and enrolled at Furman.

caribbeanhen
September 20th, 2024, 10:25 AM
Just thought CHen & Mr. Chicken might want to have a moment in remembrance…and share with their flock
https://twitter.com/paladinfootball/status/1837114493027111050

I remember that back country game, Hen fans discovered the Qb had no clothes

2008 was a year when the Hens we’re using a TE and a WR at QB before it was over