As a Salisbury fan and alumni, I am glad to be joining a conference such as the E8 for the scheduling and the AQ. Right now SU must virtually go undefeated in order to make the playoffs, or get help from other schools losing. The travel worries me as well, those are some long road trips. However, in the last few years they have been playing teams like Brockport, Buff St., and St. John Fisher from NY anyway. It will be cool to play Ithaca again, one of my greatest memories as a player was the semi-final game at Ithaca in 1986. What an incredible battle that game was back in the day. Ultimately I hope to see the Gulls form a CAC conference with Wesley, Frostburg, and Stevenson to keep things closer to home and develop regional rivalries. Looking forward to some great games in the next few years.

So, am I correct in that the conference would need 7 teams for an AQ? Maybe the CAC could convince some other schools to pick up football as well. Or, another school, or schools, joins the conference as football only. Who knows, but it is encouraging for schools like Salisbury and Wesley who have trouble filling out their schedule each year.

I also would like to see NNA stay in the conference as an affiliate member, those guys deserve it.

Stevenson is not a "peer institution," with the Centennial Conference schools. They are trying to build up enrollment and aren't really selective about admissions at this time. Which is why they won't have much trouble building up the program quickly. 

Stevenson is adding football in 2010. I think we will have the making of a CAC football conference soon. Great news for Salisbury, Wesley, and Frostburg. Stevenson should be able to have a decent team in a few years and make for conference full of rivals.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/college/football/bal-sp.stevenson27jun27,0,230361.story

article on the game

http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081031/SPORTS/810310334/1006/SPORTS

Gulls win in the 4th overtime!!!!!  A huge win under very difficult circumstances.

It pains me to post this story, but here it is

http://www.wboc.com/global/story.asp?s=9131140

Another black eye for SU sports given what happened with the lax team last spring.  This is tough to take after all the good Coach Wood has done with the team in the community, especially the schools.

What does this do to Wesley's chances of making the playoffs?  With them playing one less game and no automatic bid from the conference, it can't help.  I bet SU can't wait to get their hands on this tape since they play both teams this year.  I would think they may need some help from other teams to make it now.