Saturday, September 27
#25 Delaware (2-1) at JMU (2-2)
The Hens are coming off a bye week. They entered the Top 25 for the first time this season. Those two wins are over 1-2 Patriot Colgate, 28-25 (a game at home that they won in the last 40 seconds) and pathetic MEAC Delaware St.(0-4). The lone loss was the embarrassment at Pitt, 62-0. The Hens came from behind last year at home to defeat JMU, 29-22.
JMU, under new coach Everett Withers, is a team with a lot of 1-A transfers (their QB was a two year starter at Georgia Tech), a team built around a lot of speed and a team being built for the future (and a possible move up to 1-A). I was very impressed with the potential of this JMU team this past weekend. Besides Villanova, the Dukes lost to 1-A/Big 10 Maryland, 52-7 and has wins over Lehigh and St. Francis of Pa.
In spite of the extra week of preparation for coach Brock and his Hens, JMU should win 38-27. Next up for Delaware is Sacred Heart at home and for JMU - Albany on the road.
#12 William & Mary (3-1) at Stony Brook (1-3)
Why is W&M's schedule rated 230 out of 252? Outside of 1-A ACC Virginia Tech, a 34-9 loss, the Tribe has played 1-3 Hampton, 0-4 Norfolk St. and 1-2 Lafayette - all double digit wins. Still, #230 seems a little out-of-whack as Patriot Lafayette is not that bad of a team.
I'm very disappointed in you, Stony Brook Seawolves. You had a chance to beat a Big Sky team last week (a conference we always battle with for bragging rights as the best in 1-AA) in 1-2 North Dakota and you blew it scoring only 3 stinking points and lost, 13-3. We (the Conference) needed that win! How do you almost beat 1-A UConn (only losing by 3) but then lose to a Northeast Conference team in Bryant? The Seawolves only win is over a Division 2 team.
The Tribe comes North and grabs a 24-17 win over the Seawolves. After a bye week, the Tribe travels to UNH on October 11 and Stony Brook is at Towson next week.
Maine (1-2) at Towson (2-2)
The Black Bears went to Boston last week and played Steve Adazzio's BC Eagles and lost, 40-10. Like Stony Brook, the Bears also lost to 3-1 Bryant, 13-10. Their lone win was over 0-4 Norfolk St., 10-6.
The Towson Tigers are definitely in a rebuilding year after going to the Championship game last year (a 35-7 loss to North Dakota St.). Their first game of the 2014 season was a 31-27 loss to 1-3 Northeast Central Connecticut St. Next was a 54-0 blow-out by 1-A/Big 12 West Virginia (2-2). Next was a come-from-behind win over 0-4 MEAC Delaware St.and last week a win over 1-3 MEAC NC Central, 31-20.
If Maine can score more than 10 points maybe they can win this game. On second thought, how about a Tiger win, 20-17.
Maine hosts Villanova next and Towson travels to Stony Brook next weekend.
Columbia (0-1) at #24 Albany (3-0)
The Ivy League Lions opened up their 2014 campaign with a 49-7 loss vs 3-1 Fordham last week. They were picked dead-last in the preseason coaches poll due to their 0-10 season in 2013.
No doubt Albany is the surprise team in the CAA this year and in FCS football starting out 3-0 after winning just one game last year (1-11) and now being ranked in the Top 25! The Great Danes barely beat 2-2 Patriot Holy Cross in Week One, 14-13. Then it was a win over 1-3 Northeast Central Connecticut St. (their lone win is over Towson), 19-0. Last week the Great Danes got their 1st CAA win since joining the conference in 2013 with a 37-20 win over Rhode Island.
What a match-up in Albany, New York this weekend - two teams that won a total of one game out of 22 last year.Anyway,
the Great Danes get win #4 with a 35-10 win over the Lions. Columbia plays Princeton next and Albany has JMU at home.
Elon (1-2) at #3 Coastal Carolina (4-0)
The Phoenix took their 1-7 SoCon record (2-10 overall) and enrolled in the CAA where they were picked to finish last of the 12 teams in the CAA for 2014. New conference, new head coach, let's give them a little time. One thing is certain - Coastal won't wait. Elon got a nice little win last week over undefeated Charlotte, 20-13. Their two losses are to 1-A/ACC Duke (4-0) and 3-1 MEAC NC A&T, 17-12.
The Chanticleers, a 50 cent word for a bunch of Cocks, went to the playoffs last year going 2-1 with a big win at Montana, 42-35. They lost in the Quarterfinals to the eventual champion, North Dakota St. They are headed to the playoffs again this year as the Big South champion. Their wins this year are not much to brag about - at The 0-3 Citadel, 31-16, at 3-1 NC A&T, 31-30, 2-2 South Carolina St., 30-3 and 0-3 Florida A&M, 48-3.
Coastal 31 Elon 14. Elon hosts UNH next week and Coastal travels to Furman which may be the only chance for the Chanticleers to lose a game this year. Hope the Committee remembers their joke of a schedule come playoff time.
Dartmouth (1-0) at #4New Hampshire (2-1)
The Big Green opened their season last week with a 35-25 win over 1-3 Northeast Central Connecticut State. With their 6-4 2013 record they are a preseason pick for 3rd in the Ivy League behind Princeton and Harvard.
The UNH Wildcats scored a come-from-behind touchdown with just 19 seconds left (sound familiar Villanova fans?) to beat Richmond, 29-26. They also beat 0-3 Patriot Lehigh, 45-27 but lost to 1-A MAC 2-2 Toledo, 54-20.
Easy win for UNH as they overmatch the Big Green, 45-21. Dartmouth hosts Penn next and UNH goes to Elon.
Rhode Island (0-3) at Central Connecticut St. (1-3)
See what happens Ram fans when you fire Joe Trainer? An 0-3 curse! Your loss is Villanova's gain. OK, you had no chance to beat 4-0 1-A Marshall in Week One. Nor did you have a chance to beat a Top 20 1-AA team in Fordham. But a home game against a winless 2013 CAA team in Albany that you beat last year - ah, if not a win, a better showing than a 37-20 loss certainly was necessary.
The Blue Devils play their 3rd CAA team this year after splitting between Albany (a 19-0 loss) and Towson (a 31-27 win). 2-2
Patriot Holy Cross has a 20-7 win over Northeast CC St. and last week Ivy Dartmouth got a 10 point win over CC St.
The curse comes to an end Ram fans with your 28-24 win on Saturday. Rhode Island plays Ivy rival Brown next week.
#6 Villanova (2-1) at Penn (0-1)
The game is at historic Franklin Field, the oldest stadium in football and has the oldest stadium scoreboard (1895). The Al Bagnoli era will come to an end after this season - his 23rd at Penn. A class guy and a great coach - he will leave as the winningest coach in Penn's 135 year football history. He is just one of six coaches in FCS history to record 200 career wins
(of course, our own Andy Talley is one of those six but this is all about Coach Bagnoli). He is the only Ivy coach to win 9 outright Ivy titles. His games against Villanova are usually epic battles. The Quakers are picked a preseason 4th in the Ivy this year. They opened up in Florida playing 2-1 Jacksonville last week and had a 31-19 lead after 3 quarters. Unfortunately, the Dolphins scored a TD with 39 seconds left to secure a 34-31 win.
The Parents Weekend Crowd and almost a full house was treated to an offensive fireworks show on the Mainline last week.
What a game! The game ball on offense should go to QB John Robertson, who was chosen as the Offensive Player of the Week in the CAA for the 2nd time, who threw for a career-high 337 yards and career best 4 aerial touchdowns in spite of a broken bone in his hand. Robertson had plenty of help with Kevin Monangai scoring 2 touchdowns, one on a 62 yard sprint and amassed over 100 yards rushing. Earnest Pettway (6-4 SR/TE) scored 2 touchdowns and Gary Underwood (JR/RB) scored a touchdown on a great shovel-pass play by Robertson. Credit offensive coordinator Sam Venuto for the design and call! On defense (SR/DB) Joe Sarnese gets the game ball with his two interceptions which broke the back of JMU. One bad thing happened in the game. (SO/DL) Tanoh Kpassagnon (6-07/265) is probably lost for the season with a knee injury. He was recruited on potential and we started to see glimses of it in his limited time playing last year but was turning into a stud defender for us this year - so quick! What a big, big loss. I was really excited about our defense after the first two games but after game two and game three one has to just as excited about our offense having scored 99 points in our last two games.
Well, the Cats won this game last year on Lancaster Avenue, 35-6. Look for them to win down on 33rd and South St. this year, 42-14. We would like to thank the football gods for Coach Bagnoli - a real gentleman and credit to the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and FCS football!
Penn plays at Dartmouth next week and at Fordham in two weeks. Cats go up to Orono, Maine on the 4th.
GOOD LUCK CATS!
#25 Delaware (2-1) at JMU (2-2)
The Hens are coming off a bye week. They entered the Top 25 for the first time this season. Those two wins are over 1-2 Patriot Colgate, 28-25 (a game at home that they won in the last 40 seconds) and pathetic MEAC Delaware St.(0-4). The lone loss was the embarrassment at Pitt, 62-0. The Hens came from behind last year at home to defeat JMU, 29-22.
JMU, under new coach Everett Withers, is a team with a lot of 1-A transfers (their QB was a two year starter at Georgia Tech), a team built around a lot of speed and a team being built for the future (and a possible move up to 1-A). I was very impressed with the potential of this JMU team this past weekend. Besides Villanova, the Dukes lost to 1-A/Big 10 Maryland, 52-7 and has wins over Lehigh and St. Francis of Pa.
In spite of the extra week of preparation for coach Brock and his Hens, JMU should win 38-27. Next up for Delaware is Sacred Heart at home and for JMU - Albany on the road.
#12 William & Mary (3-1) at Stony Brook (1-3)
Why is W&M's schedule rated 230 out of 252? Outside of 1-A ACC Virginia Tech, a 34-9 loss, the Tribe has played 1-3 Hampton, 0-4 Norfolk St. and 1-2 Lafayette - all double digit wins. Still, #230 seems a little out-of-whack as Patriot Lafayette is not that bad of a team.
I'm very disappointed in you, Stony Brook Seawolves. You had a chance to beat a Big Sky team last week (a conference we always battle with for bragging rights as the best in 1-AA) in 1-2 North Dakota and you blew it scoring only 3 stinking points and lost, 13-3. We (the Conference) needed that win! How do you almost beat 1-A UConn (only losing by 3) but then lose to a Northeast Conference team in Bryant? The Seawolves only win is over a Division 2 team.
The Tribe comes North and grabs a 24-17 win over the Seawolves. After a bye week, the Tribe travels to UNH on October 11 and Stony Brook is at Towson next week.
Maine (1-2) at Towson (2-2)
The Black Bears went to Boston last week and played Steve Adazzio's BC Eagles and lost, 40-10. Like Stony Brook, the Bears also lost to 3-1 Bryant, 13-10. Their lone win was over 0-4 Norfolk St., 10-6.
The Towson Tigers are definitely in a rebuilding year after going to the Championship game last year (a 35-7 loss to North Dakota St.). Their first game of the 2014 season was a 31-27 loss to 1-3 Northeast Central Connecticut St. Next was a 54-0 blow-out by 1-A/Big 12 West Virginia (2-2). Next was a come-from-behind win over 0-4 MEAC Delaware St.and last week a win over 1-3 MEAC NC Central, 31-20.
If Maine can score more than 10 points maybe they can win this game. On second thought, how about a Tiger win, 20-17.
Maine hosts Villanova next and Towson travels to Stony Brook next weekend.
Columbia (0-1) at #24 Albany (3-0)
The Ivy League Lions opened up their 2014 campaign with a 49-7 loss vs 3-1 Fordham last week. They were picked dead-last in the preseason coaches poll due to their 0-10 season in 2013.
No doubt Albany is the surprise team in the CAA this year and in FCS football starting out 3-0 after winning just one game last year (1-11) and now being ranked in the Top 25! The Great Danes barely beat 2-2 Patriot Holy Cross in Week One, 14-13. Then it was a win over 1-3 Northeast Central Connecticut St. (their lone win is over Towson), 19-0. Last week the Great Danes got their 1st CAA win since joining the conference in 2013 with a 37-20 win over Rhode Island.
What a match-up in Albany, New York this weekend - two teams that won a total of one game out of 22 last year.Anyway,
the Great Danes get win #4 with a 35-10 win over the Lions. Columbia plays Princeton next and Albany has JMU at home.
Elon (1-2) at #3 Coastal Carolina (4-0)
The Phoenix took their 1-7 SoCon record (2-10 overall) and enrolled in the CAA where they were picked to finish last of the 12 teams in the CAA for 2014. New conference, new head coach, let's give them a little time. One thing is certain - Coastal won't wait. Elon got a nice little win last week over undefeated Charlotte, 20-13. Their two losses are to 1-A/ACC Duke (4-0) and 3-1 MEAC NC A&T, 17-12.
The Chanticleers, a 50 cent word for a bunch of Cocks, went to the playoffs last year going 2-1 with a big win at Montana, 42-35. They lost in the Quarterfinals to the eventual champion, North Dakota St. They are headed to the playoffs again this year as the Big South champion. Their wins this year are not much to brag about - at The 0-3 Citadel, 31-16, at 3-1 NC A&T, 31-30, 2-2 South Carolina St., 30-3 and 0-3 Florida A&M, 48-3.
Coastal 31 Elon 14. Elon hosts UNH next week and Coastal travels to Furman which may be the only chance for the Chanticleers to lose a game this year. Hope the Committee remembers their joke of a schedule come playoff time.
Dartmouth (1-0) at #4New Hampshire (2-1)
The Big Green opened their season last week with a 35-25 win over 1-3 Northeast Central Connecticut State. With their 6-4 2013 record they are a preseason pick for 3rd in the Ivy League behind Princeton and Harvard.
The UNH Wildcats scored a come-from-behind touchdown with just 19 seconds left (sound familiar Villanova fans?) to beat Richmond, 29-26. They also beat 0-3 Patriot Lehigh, 45-27 but lost to 1-A MAC 2-2 Toledo, 54-20.
Easy win for UNH as they overmatch the Big Green, 45-21. Dartmouth hosts Penn next and UNH goes to Elon.
Rhode Island (0-3) at Central Connecticut St. (1-3)
See what happens Ram fans when you fire Joe Trainer? An 0-3 curse! Your loss is Villanova's gain. OK, you had no chance to beat 4-0 1-A Marshall in Week One. Nor did you have a chance to beat a Top 20 1-AA team in Fordham. But a home game against a winless 2013 CAA team in Albany that you beat last year - ah, if not a win, a better showing than a 37-20 loss certainly was necessary.
The Blue Devils play their 3rd CAA team this year after splitting between Albany (a 19-0 loss) and Towson (a 31-27 win). 2-2
Patriot Holy Cross has a 20-7 win over Northeast CC St. and last week Ivy Dartmouth got a 10 point win over CC St.
The curse comes to an end Ram fans with your 28-24 win on Saturday. Rhode Island plays Ivy rival Brown next week.
#6 Villanova (2-1) at Penn (0-1)
The game is at historic Franklin Field, the oldest stadium in football and has the oldest stadium scoreboard (1895). The Al Bagnoli era will come to an end after this season - his 23rd at Penn. A class guy and a great coach - he will leave as the winningest coach in Penn's 135 year football history. He is just one of six coaches in FCS history to record 200 career wins
(of course, our own Andy Talley is one of those six but this is all about Coach Bagnoli). He is the only Ivy coach to win 9 outright Ivy titles. His games against Villanova are usually epic battles. The Quakers are picked a preseason 4th in the Ivy this year. They opened up in Florida playing 2-1 Jacksonville last week and had a 31-19 lead after 3 quarters. Unfortunately, the Dolphins scored a TD with 39 seconds left to secure a 34-31 win.
The Parents Weekend Crowd and almost a full house was treated to an offensive fireworks show on the Mainline last week.
What a game! The game ball on offense should go to QB John Robertson, who was chosen as the Offensive Player of the Week in the CAA for the 2nd time, who threw for a career-high 337 yards and career best 4 aerial touchdowns in spite of a broken bone in his hand. Robertson had plenty of help with Kevin Monangai scoring 2 touchdowns, one on a 62 yard sprint and amassed over 100 yards rushing. Earnest Pettway (6-4 SR/TE) scored 2 touchdowns and Gary Underwood (JR/RB) scored a touchdown on a great shovel-pass play by Robertson. Credit offensive coordinator Sam Venuto for the design and call! On defense (SR/DB) Joe Sarnese gets the game ball with his two interceptions which broke the back of JMU. One bad thing happened in the game. (SO/DL) Tanoh Kpassagnon (6-07/265) is probably lost for the season with a knee injury. He was recruited on potential and we started to see glimses of it in his limited time playing last year but was turning into a stud defender for us this year - so quick! What a big, big loss. I was really excited about our defense after the first two games but after game two and game three one has to just as excited about our offense having scored 99 points in our last two games.
Well, the Cats won this game last year on Lancaster Avenue, 35-6. Look for them to win down on 33rd and South St. this year, 42-14. We would like to thank the football gods for Coach Bagnoli - a real gentleman and credit to the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and FCS football!
Penn plays at Dartmouth next week and at Fordham in two weeks. Cats go up to Orono, Maine on the 4th.
GOOD LUCK CATS!