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Frivolous Questions for Saturday

Regardless of the weather; rain sleet, snow, or bright sunshine, will Keeler wear his trademark wraparound shades? Will Keeler have more FBS transfers on the field than Villanova have students in the stands? Will any Delaware fans show up to greet Keeler and will they boo him? Will Andy Talley not go for a field goal even if it's a chip shot? Well that question may not be frivolous if it's the last second and the game is hanging in the balance. Let's hope he isn't faced with that decision.

Why a loss this weekend would be good for villanova

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This post was edited on 12/5 10:06 PM by ericw

December 7th And A Real Villanova Hero

Today always gets me thinking about America's Greatest Generation. Villanova has her share of these great people.
Michael Martin (Nick) Basca is one. Nick was born to immigrant parents (Austria for dad, Austria-Hungry for mom) Dad worked in a steel mill in Phoenixville. Nick was a great athlete at Sacred Heart grade school and Phoenixville High. Spent a year at Pennington Prep before starting his college career at Villanova in 1938. Was a triple threat football player while playing for famous VU coach Clipper Smith and also playing some hoops and baseball. Made All State and All East in football. Graduated in 1941 with a BS in Education. Played for Boston All Stars in their game vs Chicago Bears and College All Stars vs NYG.
The NYG, Chicago Cardinals, Pittsburg Steelers, Green Bay Packers, Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns, Philly Eagles all contacted Nick. Went with Philly. His last pro game was Dec 7,1941 at Washington. Enlisted Dec 10, 1941. Sent to England with Patton's 5th Army. This group was the big fake army. Germans expect Patton to led the invasion. Allies used Patton to fool them. His troops went into France on June 17th. Nick a tank commander was killed near Nancy, France on November 11, 1944 when his tank was hit by a German 88 mm round. Buried in the American Catholic Military Cemetery in Limey, France. He was returned to Phoenixville in 1949. He had two brothers serve, one of whom received three Purple Hearts.
. Nick Basca a true hero. RIP
On Nov 11th,2014 Philly Inquirer long time sports writer Frank Fitzpatrick wrote a wonderful article about Nick.

This post was edited on 12/7 9:58 AM by UncleEd

Cardiac Cats

In the past we had a couple of Basketball teams that were dubbed the Cardiac Cats by the local press. This years football team is doing a pretty good imitation with their come from behind and last minute wins. Today our O line was tremendous in that last, clock eating, drive. 80 plus yards, 16 plays all on the ground, for the winning TD. They owned the line of scrimmage. One for the memory books. The D line, Paris, Williams, Kpassagnon, and their backups were also very good. Kept Liberty's running back under control. Gutty win, against a very good team that looked ready to take home a win. Cats rose to the occasion once again. No quit in this special group, keep it going fellas!!!!

Born to Run, Cat's win 29-22

Jersey guys John Robertson and Kevin Monangai followed the Boss's direction, paraphrase the song Cats like us, baby we were Born to Run. Last minute JR TD capped off a 78 yard all run drive. Winning TD with 1:12 miuntes left. Both stars ran for over 100 and SAustin Medley also ran for TD. To long passes to Kevin Guylas were essential to the win. Bad weather watered down both teams causing TO and drops. This is getting to be fun. Take out the Texans next week.

This post was edited on 12/6 8:16 PM by PCH
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