That stadium is an oddity.  I'm sure most OAC fans would say it's too small.  Personally with the size of OAC crowds in Tiffin I think it's great.  Much better to have smaller capacity on campus IMO.  It's a nice facility.

I was afraid that wasn't going to end well for Berg after the botched PAT to keep the lead at 3 followed by the fumble inside the Etta 10 on the door step of the knockout blow TD.  After those two things happened I got that bad feeling that was setting the stage for Etta to sneak out a win at the end.  That slide on the scramble was indeed a huge mistake.

Quote from: D3fanboy on October 08, 2025, 03:09:40 PMhttps://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/athletics.mountunion.edu/documents/2025/10/7/25_Football_Game_Notes_Wilmington.pdf

Mount game notes up for Wilma.

I'd love to see the Mount defense step up and shut down an inferior opponent, but this looks like a game where the offense scores every 2-4 minutes and Mount loses the TOP battle 2:1. Gotta think that Cockrell goes off a little after a couple of big drops, Williams is a home run hitter and likely has a long run or two

If you're like me, and the lack of size at LB for Mount keeps you up at night....at least they tower over Wilma's 5-5 175 OLB....right?

Erhardt at 220 lbs looked good out there against Ott subbing in for Rinard.  Cruz is listed at 5'8", 205 and he looks smaller than that watching the games.  He's fast and seems like a sure tackler, but when your MLB is that size and they run the ball you're a long way from hosses like Jason Hall or Tony DeRiggi blasting RB's.  I know the game has changed so maybe there is more value on your LBs being able to defend the pass today so smaller, more athletic LBs are preferred.

Wow.  That should be amazing.  What a win for their student athletes.  And in the article it mentioned that the $80MM is part of $365MM already raised for their fundraising campaign for 2027.  Always great to see alumni investing in their alma mater.

It's one loss after escaping Bexley.  That's half the season to date.  And as someone who has watched a couple ONU games it's not ONU unless the conference is way down.  Not downplaying ONU but just what I saw.

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Quote from: D3fanboy on October 04, 2025, 06:37:43 PMMarietta...woof

Incredibly shocking and disappointing result in yesterday's game. I think a lot of Marietta fans were hoping that the close games vs. Otterbein and Capital were flukes. Not the case. Hard to believe that this team beat Westminster in week one (who may very well win the PAC).

Marietta has major issues at QB and in the secondary. Two All-American linebackers will only take you so far on defense.

Seems like the switch flipped from playing for playoffs to playing for pride real quick. New staff needs a monster recruiting class and may need to hit the portal for a QB.

This was Cap's fear when Collins left.  Berg's fear when Hallett left.  Is the program foundation built for sustained success or was it a transformational player or HC that elevated the program temporarily?  In Cap's case the answer is clear because without Collins and Pentello, well.  Berg has never been quite as good as with Hallett, but they've been pretty good and definitely sustained a solid program under Donaldson.  I hope Etta lands in the latter camp.

Preseason we thought maybe, but weren't sure, but 4 games in we have a better idea.  Based on the current state of the OAC this seems to be BW's best chance to make the playoffs in a while.  Which, inevitably, means they'll drop one to Muskie or something and go 8-2.

Quote from: D3 Poster on October 04, 2025, 03:21:07 PMHalf-time thoughts...
Cap and Ott have improved from the last few years.  Etta has no pass defense and no offense without Hodges.  And JCU is happy with the move to NCAC

I had the JCU game on another screen for the 1st half.  They were up 28-3 at half and held Wabash to 64 yds.

Quote from: BergAlum2 on October 04, 2025, 03:09:31 PMNorthern is up 28 to 3 against the Pioneers 

It's 42-9 now.  I think we can very much put to bed the idea of Mount being challenged in OAC play.

Quote from: Desertraider on October 04, 2025, 02:41:27 PMI am at the Mount game. Mount D is being out physicalled by Ott and they cant tackle to save their life. Ott is down only because their O cant execute. Mount is sloppy. Sorry Raiders but they look sloppy... 

They don't look much better on the stream.  Hopefully this is like last week and they come out and shut them down in the second half.

Quote from: WRMUalum13 on October 04, 2025, 02:10:55 PMWe let OTT score in the 1st quarter? Now i've got some concerns about this defense

Mount had the ball for barely 7 minutes in the half.  Ott isn't doing anything fancy offensively.  Mount's D has held them to 7 points and not really any other scoring chances, but they can't get off the field.

I really hope that we aren't in for another season of iffy special teams.  Harry said the snap was "rolled back" to the holder on the PAT.

Good news is the Mount offense is doing anything they want so far.  If the D can get the stops this will be over quickly.

Raiders going with the all purple today.  Nice choice for homecoming.  Looks like a beautiful day for all the alumni back on campus.

Quote from: #1OacFan on October 01, 2025, 11:34:22 AM

Quote from: Dr. Acula on October 01, 2025, 10:47:32 AMYou don't need to remind us of those bad memories, WRMU!!

I looked at the game notes for this week.  Didn't notice much if anything in the way of changes.  For a game like Ott they should maybe give us the 3 deep so we know who everyone is though.

Not so fast my friend, this is a much better Otterbein team than they've been the last few seasons.

I hope you're right because I want them to be ascending, but their defense is bad.  50 points and 548 yards allowed per game.  8.3 yds/rush.  8.9 yds/play.  It looks like they're improving week to week which is positive, but the step up to Mount's offensive firepower is a whole different animal.  Unless Mount no shows like last year they should pretty much score at will.   

You don't need to remind us of those bad memories, WRMU!!

I looked at the game notes for this week.  Didn't notice much if anything in the way of changes.  For a game like Ott they should maybe give us the 3 deep so we know who everyone is though.