Fifth time. This kid is very special. Congrats to JR

My wife is running for PA State Congress...and that is election day...so my two seats will be available as I will be working the polls and then either celebrating or consoling...

MAKE SURE YOU VOTE...then go to the game!

Text me at 267.250.1507 if interested. Section EB, row 17...basically center court up behind the benches.

pete

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30 - 7 at Wake.
Oh how I wish our Cats played Wake.

I learned a few years ago to always go to the opponents website where sometimes they have the game televised thru streaming or some other method. Then if you're unable to make it work get your more able wife or other to get it on. I posted that on Nova Nation and kept tryinq to get in on here with my IPhone yet kept getting thwarted by that irritating device even though that's a newer implement.

The streaming picture was awesome. Of course we were subjected to that " Move those Chains" renditions every time the Tribe got a first down. No doubt the game was an unmercifully tease to the Home Coming Tribe following only to be thwarted by Robertson's Raiders.

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Beating NDSU in the Fracking Bowl in Frisco or beating UCONN next Labor Day?

Saturday, October 18

Towson (0-3/2-5) at Delaware (2-0/4-2)
The Tigers finished their out-of-conference schedule at 2-2. Their 3 CAA losses were to Maine at home, 27-24 in the last minute, Stony Brook, also at home, 14-3 and this past weekend an embarrassing loss down at Harrisonburglosing to JMU, 62-7. Last year Towson was picked for 2nd behind Villanova and finished tied for 2nd with UNH at 6-2. Those two losses were both at home - one to Villanova and the other to Delaware, 32-31. Towson finished their storybook-season with atrip to the Championship game where they lost to North Dakota St.
In 2013 after week ten Delaware was ready to print playoff tickets for first year head coach Dave Brock sitting at 7-2. They are trying to write the same story for this year. Like Towson, the Hens finished 2-2 in their out-of-conference schedule. Those two CAA wins came at JMU in overtime, 30-23 and at home last week to Elon, 34-24.
If Delaware can find a way to keep Towson RB Darius Victor somewhat in-check then the Hens win, 31-24. Towson hosts Elon after a bye week and the Blue Hens travel to Williamsburg to play W&M on the 25th.

Stony Brook (2-1/3-4) at Elon (0-2/1-5)
The Seawolves were 1-3 in their non-CAA schedule and have CAA wins over Towson, 14-3 and Maine, 19-7. That one conference loss was an overtime killer at home to W&M, 27-21. It seems that Stony Brook is hitting its stride right now and are becoming a dangerous team to play for teams with playoff hopes. They have the best defense in the conference giving up less than 13ppg.
Like the Seawolves the Elon Phoenix also finished 1-3 in their non-conference schedule. Their two CAA losses were to UNH at home, 48-14 and last week at Delaware, 34-24.
Coach Chuck Priore's Seawolves will grab a 24-10 win down in North Carolina this weekend. Stony Brook plays at UNH next weekend and Elon hosts Richmond.

Albany (1-2/4-2) at Maine (1-2/2-4)
This should be a very close and great game. Get ready to flip a coin on this one. The Great Danes are 3-0 in out-of-conference play with 4-2 Colgate next week finishing that part of their schedule. In the CAA they opened up at URI and came away with a 37-20 win. They dropped their next two - both at home - but the competition was stiffer, losing to JMU, 31-28 and then to Richmond, 41-28.
Maine won this game last year, 33-27 but don't use that as an indicator for this year's game. Maine was picked to finish 8th last year and ended up winning the conference at 7-1 and Albany lost all their conference games going 0-8 and 1-11. I'm just surprised it was that close. Since the Black Bears are only playing 11 games this year they had only 3 out-of-conference games and went 1-2. They opened up their 2014 CAA schedule at Towson and came from behind in the last minute for a 27-24 win. Then it was a trip home to play Villanova and the Bears lost, 41-20. Last week coach Jack Cosgrove took his Bears to Stony Brook, New York and lost, 19-7.
Let's see if Albany can stop the bleeding and squeeze out a one-point victory in Orono, 21-20. Patriot Colgate visits Albany on the 25th while Maine plays at URI.

Rhode Island (0-2/0-6) at #19 Richmond (1-1/4-2)
URI went 0-4 away from the CAA and is 0-2 within the conference. The two losses were to Albany, 37-20 and this past weekend at Villanova, 44-21. While new Ram head coach and former Andy Talley assistant Jim Fleming had to be pleased with his 21 points in the last 6 minutes of the game, I know that ex-Ram head coach and current Villanova assistant Joe Trainer was pissed.
The Spiders were 3-1 in non-CAA action and after letting their UNH game slip away in the last 19 seconds, losing 29-26, they won at Albany last weekend, 41-28.
Spiders to win with ease even without their injured starting QB (Michael Strauss), 42-10. By the way, URI upset Richmond last year, 12-10. That won't happen this year. URI hosts Maine next weekend and the Spiders get back-to-back breathers playing at Elon.

#5 Villanova (3-0/5-1) at #15 William & Mary (1-1/4-2)
The FBS and ACC guardian angel (heard his name is Lucifer) snuck into the Carrier Dome on August 29 and blew so hard that it caused the pig skin to go far right of the upright with just seconds to go snatching victory away from an FCS upstart and keeping them from perfection this year. Credit the coaching staff with keeping the boys focused from week to week and credit John Robertson's guardian angel for keeping him on the field for every game in spite of broken bones and other injuries. For the fourth consecutive week Robertson has been named the CAA Offensive Player of the Week and for 5 straight games has led the Cat offense to more than 40 points a game. That may stop this week but hopefully not the winning. Can the Cats win down in Williamsburg? Let's look at the Cat-Tribe games in the past ten years.
2013 Cats (6-5) win at home over W&M (7-5), 20-16.
2012 no play
2011 W&M (5-6) wins at Villanova (2-9), 20-16.
2010 Cats (9-5/semifinalists) lose at W&M (8-4), 31-24.
2009 Cats (14-1/National Champions) win at home over W&M (9-2), 28-17
Cats beat W&M at home in the semifinals, 14-13 (4th Q victory) W&M finishes 11-3
2008 Cats (10-3) win at W&M (7-4), 38-28.
2007 Cats(7-4) win an uncharacteristic W&M (4-7) game at 'Nova, 63-24.
2006 Cats (6-5) win at W&M (3-8), 35-31.
2005 Cats (4-7) win at home over W&M (5-6), 35-21.
2004 Cats (6-5) lose at W&M (11-3/semifinalists?), 37-29.
2003 no play
2002 Cats (11-4/semifinalists) win at home over W&M (6-5), 41-20.
Many think the Tribe has more talent on their team than Villanova. William & Mary placed the most players (7) on the preseason CAA All-Conference teams than any other CAA team.
Mikal Abdul-Saboor (JR/RB) is 3rd best rusher in the conference. Cats have to stop him. SR/WR Tre McBride is an All-American. He must be stopped. SR/K John Carpenter is the best kicker in the conference. If it comes down to a kicking game, the Tribe wins hands down. SR/DL Mike Reilly, the All-American was voted Defensive Player of the Year in the CAA. Can Villanova's OL keep him off/away from their QB John Robertson? If not, Tribe win hands down. The Tribe QB is sophomore Steve Cluley. The Tribe football team is like North Korea - they have the weapons but can't deliver them. Let's hope Cluley doesn't have an all-star performance against the Cat defense.
The Tribe schedule looks like this: at 1-A 4-2 Virginia Tech, 9-34. Game two - at 1-5 MEAC Hampton, 42-14. Game three - 2-5 MEAC Norfolk St., 29-14. Game four - 3-3 Patriot Lafayette, 33-19. Game five - at Stony Brook, 27-21 OT. Game six - at UNH, 3-32. They dropped out of the Top 10 with that loss. The Tribe have 3 definite wins in their last 6 games and 3 coin-flip games: Villanova, at JMU and Richmond. They must go 2-1 in those games to secure a playoff spot. Beat a Top 5 team and you open up committee members' eyes and probably a playoff door. It's Homecoming down at Zable Stadium with a lot on line. Will Villanova be up to the task? This CAA fan thinks they will be with a 35-31 (hopefully) win down in Williamsburg.

Last week was a perfect 6-0 pick week in the CAA. Let's hope it continues this week.

GO CATS - BEAT THE TRIBE!

Although outplayed statisticall by W&M QB Robby mounted at 69 yd three completion drive to take the lead in the last 51 sec. Two forced fumbles by W&M deep in the red zone critical for win. D holds of desperation passing attack to end game.

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Now that Andy's buddy is retiring will Villanova look elsewhere for a game? If so any ideas? Another Ivy, Patriot, or other?

Damn. Listened to the entire game. What excitement. Super Super Nova win. Even getting an extra play. Clock ran out but a penalty on Nova gave W&M an extra play. Cats win Cats win Cats win Thank you Ryan Fannon.35 -31. Cats now 6-1 and we all know Cats won everything but the final score at Cuse. On to homecoming.

I still regret Boston U.'s dropping 1-AA football. Anyone think UMass will concede it made a HUGE, expensive mistake & move back to FCS level? How long will UConn put up with being in the AAC, after all, they place their flagship basketball teams above all else, & I'm sure their alum, students, & fans would prefer being in the Big East, their football team be damned (unless the ACC called). Lastly, why isn't Holy Cross interested in being a CAA program? Sure, scholarships cost money, but I was under the alum, students love their Crusaders. I remember the days when HC was undefeated, #1 in 1-AA, & had stars like Gordie Lockbaum & Jeff Wylie. In '87, ESPN televised HC-VU (2nd or 3rd season since VU revived football). I was a freshman & in the stands, the students taunted ockbaum with "Gordie goes both ways!"

Was watching the Steelers-Browns game. Pitt. punted and a Pitt. player made a solid one on one tackle of the Browns returner. It was one of those wow, that was a nice hit plays. The announcer says that hit was made by Ross Vetrone who was just signed by the Steelers Saturday. The younger of the Vetrone brothers still doing their Special Teams act in the NFL.

On 11/20. Headed down for my first Pavilion game in a few years. Disclaimer: will be with my best friend, a Bucknell Alum, who will surely be drowned out by me then entire game.

Please let me know if anything is available!

Does anyone know if the hoops scrimmage will be before or after the football game? Thanks.

Ross Ventrone - Pittsburgh Steelers
Ben Ijalana - NY Jets
Darrel Young - Washington Redskins
Matt Szczur - Chicago Cubs
Four players from that team in the pros.

I'm done shopping for tix this season! Thanks, John!
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Bob Capone's brainchild, now under the capable leadership of Admiral Joe Hare and his bride to be Kate, is throwing a gala dinner to honor all donors on Homecoming. Festivities begin at Merion Cricket Club as soon as the football game wraps up. Follow the link for more details or e-mail Ken Christovich at kgchristo@aol.com.

Blue White Club Gala

If I got this correct our Cats are 4th and UNH Cats are 5th. ( I North Dakota St 2 Eastern Washington # Coastal Carolina )

We have moved up on the list so we can get 2 BB season tickets. No one in the family lives within 125 miles of VU so probably would have a lot of games looking to sell at face value. Is there a market for this ? Thanks for any input

I left the game Saturday at the end of the 3rd quarter. URI didn't look like it could score a point against us in 8 quarters. By the time I put the radio on, they had scored 21 points in less than 2 minutes. What happened ? Was it just a case of our reserves not being as good as their inept offense ?

Am I wrong or were there about 9 starters in the Eagle vs Giants game that came from the old Big East football schools?

Not a lot of movement among the top 8. For example last week's top 8 were exactly the same a the week before. Not this week
#1 NoDakota St Bison, # 2 Eastern Washington Eagles, #3 Costal Carolina Chanticleers and #4 UNH Wildcats all won. But #5 McNeese St. Cowboys (3-2) lost . Our Cats, 6th should move up one spot.
Granted these rankings are not the be all and end all. Yet Coach T likes to see Nova ranked high. Recruits, their families and friends watch them. As fans we can have fun with them. Always good to get positive coverage.
Guys - this post is incorrect. This morning I guess I was looking at last week's poll. Sorry.

This post was edited on 10/13 3:47 PM by UncleEd I should have realized this week's polls don't come out until about 2:15

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This series should end. VU now leads all time 17-3. Today at half, Robby 13-16 189 yds 4 TDs. Poppy 6 recps, 2 TD 109 yards. Cats should be playing UNH not URI.

If starters stayed in score would end about 70-0. The second team should score around 2 TDs in second half.

Forham rolled it up on Penn today. I saw that Neibrich (sp?) played the whole game. Villanova could have scored 70 on Penn and probably 60 today. By rolling up scores, they are probably trying to make the Villanova loss look like a fluke. The Patriot League is horrible and the only challenge they have left is Army.

Oh dear sacred heart- bad loss for UD and the CAA In Newark Heart 10 UD 7. Heart shutout UD for the last three quarters