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JR out but penalties ruin strong Cat effort, lose 34-31

As announces said on ESPN3, it was penalties not kicking game that did in the Cats, playing without John Robertson. Chris Polony played as well as could be expected and ran suprising well, almost JR like. Bit as noted all week Sam Houston St wide receiver was their obvious go to guy and Cats never stopped him. Cats won the running game but SHS won in the air.

Cats made a game fight of it but even had they won, without JR it would have been very nasty at the Fargo Dome next weekend.

This post was edited on 12/14 11:27 AM by PCH

Congratulations for a great season.

Got to the game to find out Robertson wouldn't play. Still in disbelief. As someone posted, we keep secrets better than the CIA. I felt we had virtually no chance to beat Keeler's latest and probably best Transfer U team. Transfers from Texas, Oklahoma, T.C.U. , etc. Yep, it's legal but there should be a max on how many, just like there is a max on scholarships. Despite losing the most dynamic offensive player in FCS football we took them down to the wire. Don't want to get into the if's, and's, and but's. This team did themselves proud today and all year. That we had a chance to win without Robertson at the helm was amazing. Polony was terrific. He hadn't started a game in 3 years and played very little during those 3 years. Did he make some mistakes, of course, but he played like a warrior. Way to go Chris, and way to go Wildcats. Thanks for a great season, you deserved better.

Good Weather, Good Crowd, Good Football Club Tailgate

Clear, around 43 .More tickets sold than last week. That is good because a part of last week's crowd were Liberty fans. I don't think SHSt will have as many fans as Liberty did. So, more tickets sold means more Nova fans. If students come out in large numbers then the South side will be full. Football club tailgating in back of North stands. Best place to be pregame.
GO CATS on Saturday and Sunday

All Hail the Blue & White football heros

Saw Liberty game on ESPN3. Reflecting on the game it has to go down as one of the greatest in Nova football history. The defensive team fought like the fictional Rocky Balboa to shut down a good offensive team that had taken out excellent opponents, Coastal Carolina and JMU. This time the defense had to erase 4 weather created Villanova tunovers. Except for the short field Ist Q TD caused by a 72 yd. Liberty kickoff return the defense held their own, stopped every Blazer drive and holding them to 3 Field Goals and only 67 yds rushing. The leading heros were Paris, Shockley, Cherry, Calitro, Harman and Sarnese but every man on the defense did his part.

As for the offense what more can be said about Robby and his crew fighting off some of the worst weather I or anyone could remember. The pride and teamwork of this diverse group of student athletes reflects the intelligence, training and effort that will stand each man in great stead for the rest of their lives. They are a great example to the Villanova community. Hopefully with better weather the community will turn out and show the team the respect it deserves. It is far past time for one outspoken apparent alumni, who probably couldn't beat his sister at arm wrestling if he is lucky enough to have a sister, to stand down and recognize the accomplishments of Villanova's Band of Brothers or at least stop annoying those that do.
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