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pbrooks3

Centre records its 2nd win tonight in their home opener in Danville against Rose Hulman 49-21.  The Colonels have been a scoring machine having racked up 13 touchdowns in 2 weeks of play.
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PrayingColonel

Centre cracks the top 25 at #23. Congratulations Colonels!

Ron Boerger

Quote from: PrayingColonel on September 09, 2012, 09:56:57 PM
Centre cracks the top 25 at #23. Congratulations Colonels!

Well-deserved, too.  Going to be some interesting games down the stretch between Centre, B-SC, Millsaps, and Trinity, all of whom are playing well and really don't want to have any losses this year since playoff bids are going to be so hard to come by.  Wesley probably has the pool B bid locked up, barring upset, so all those teams will be fighting for a C.

Ralph Turner

Quote from: Ron Boerger on September 10, 2012, 10:04:46 AM
Quote from: PrayingColonel on September 09, 2012, 09:56:57 PM
Centre cracks the top 25 at #23. Congratulations Colonels!

Well-deserved, too.  Going to be some interesting games down the stretch between Centre, B-SC, Millsaps, and Trinity, all of whom are playing well and really don't want to have any losses this year since playoff bids are going to be so hard to come by.  Wesley probably has the pool B bid locked up, barring upset, so all those teams will be fighting for a C.
Wesley must beat UMHB this weekend.

If Trinity and Wesley only lose to UMHB, but Trinity has more South Region wins, the criteria might favor Trinity.

Ron Boerger

Good point, Ralph - but Wesley's SOS is probably going to knock that of the SAA teams out of the park.   Trinity playing what appears to be three teams in the lower half of the ASC won't help them, either (UMHB will, but not enough).  Would 9-1 over 5-1 in-region overcome a substantial SOS deficit? 

Centre and B-SC both get Trinity at home this season; 9-1 will be tough, though I'm encouraged by what I've seen from the Tigers so far. 

Ralph Turner

Quote from: Ron Boerger on September 11, 2012, 09:25:22 AM
Good point, Ralph - but Wesley's SOS is probably going to knock that of the SAA teams out of the park.   Trinity playing what appears to be three teams in the lower half of the ASC won't help them, either (UMHB will, but not enough).  Would 9-1 over 5-1 in-region overcome a substantial SOS deficit? 

Centre and B-SC both get Trinity at home this season; 9-1 will be tough, though I'm encouraged by what I've seen from the Tigers so far.
Centre, BSC and UMHB may be regionally ranked games too.

For Wesley, it would be Salisbury, BSC and UMHB.

Shoreman

Picks for the week:

Millsaps
at Point, Majors win big v. NAIA opponent, 28+ margin

Ave Maria
at Birmingham Southern, BSC by 35

Sewanee
at Maryville (Tenn.), Tigers over Scots by 15

Claremont-M-S
at Rhodes, Rhodes loses to west coast Stags by 7

Centre
at Washington and Lee, Centre by 10

awadelewis

Results from today's game:
B-SC 61 - Ave Maria 14 :  B-SC was up 40-0 at the half.

Maryville 24 - Sewanee 14 :  Maryville comes back in the 4Q to beat Sewanee.

Rhodes 21 - Claremont Mudd Scripps 17

Millsaps 54 - Point 28

The Centre  - W&L game kicks at 7PM ET.

jknezek

Generals up 21-10 at the end of the first half. Could have been wider. The Generals fumbled a goal line possession with about 2 minutes to go in the half. Centre's offensive line looks confused with some of the blitzes W&L has done when they are in passing downs. The Colonels are definitely struggling against the General's offense. Similarly, Centre has had at least 2 good drives showcasing their offense and, when they pass block, look very tough to stop. They seem to want to run, which isn't working all that well.

The Generals will kick off to lead the second half, but Centre has some work cut out for them, especially proving they can stop the General's offense to catch up. Looks similar to last year where Centre made the second half adjustments to come back and win, but can they do the same on the road and without the bye week to prepare?

awadelewis

Looks like W&L was able to hold off the Centre comeback to win 34-16.  The description in the W&L press release makes it sound like a really entertaining ball game.  Going to make for an interesting time for when B-SC has to play CC here in a few weeks.

jknezek

To be honest, it wasn't all that close of a game. Centre could move the ball, as evidenced by the yards, so long as they were outside the Generals 30 yard line. After that, they ran out of options. Centre had 2 really good drives, and winning the onside kick made it slightly more nervy for the Generals than it needed to be, but there wasn't a quarter where the Generals didn't outscore the Colonels and it never looked like the Colonels were going to make a serious run from mid third through the 4th. Last year's game was much more competitive and closer. Centre is going to have to be much better if they are going to challenge B-SC or Trinity.

The QB looks to be the difference to me from last year, which is understandable going from Senior to Soph. He made some good throws, some bad throws (could have been picked twice if W&L held on to the throws), and it looked like for almost the middle half of the game Centre's coaches lost a little faith in him and went to a lot of running plays. When they let him throw short or run off a read, he was pretty effective, but by that time the Generals were already in soft defense (mid-third) so those 6-8 yard passes were open from the 20 to the 30 yard line. After that, the Generals would clamp down and he lost his easy outlets. He does look like a winner as he picks up some experience. Good athleticism and he seemed to do his reads pretty well.

Defensively, Centre had no answer for the Generals. W&L mixed in just enough passes to keep them from putting more than 7 in the box and Centre was completely flummoxed by sweeps. With 7 in the box if the sweep got to the edge they were sealed off. They moved one man back to prevent it, W&L faked the sweep and ran through holes in the middle. Unless they improve, they are not the team I saw last year considering I think W&L is also a weaker version of the last 2 years. Be interesting to see if Sewanee has the same effect on them as the Generals.

Just like last year, I think these two teams are somewhat evenly matched despite vastly different styles and the home team probably wins. Last year there was no doubt in my mind W&L wins that game at home. This year I think Centre probably would have won at home, but it would have been just as tight as last year.

Shoreman

SAA Predictions:

Sep. 22    Sewanee       Austin    Sewanee needs road win to get back on track, Tigers by 13   
      
             Kalamazoo       Centre    Centre gets right at home, wins by 21   
      
     Birmingham Southern       Rhodes       BSC bust Rhodes balloon win by 17

awadelewis

Looks like an interesting game with BS-C up on Rhodes with a score of 10-2 at the start of the 4Q.   Rhodes looks to have had the better game from a stats standpoint but have only managed to put up a safety on the scoreboard.

Sewanee beats Austin College today by a score of 31-10 with 376 yds rushing out of 395 total.

Kalamazoo mounting a bit of comeback on Centre as they've scored twice so far in the 3Q to close to 28-23 at Centre.


awadelewis

Both B-SC and Centre hold on for wins.   

B-SC adds a late score to beat Rhodes 16-2. 

Centre also scores late to put away Kalamazoo 35-23.


Shoreman

SAA predictions Week 5:

Sept. 29

   Millsaps    at      Centre          1:30 PM    Centre by 10
      
     Willamette          Sewanee          2:00 PM    Tiger run game prevails over pass heavy west coast Bearcats
      
     Austin          Birmingham-Southern          BSC by 20
      
     Rhodes          Trinity (Texas)                  See if Rhodes is for real, Tigers by 10 at home.