Did I just read correctly that Del Val just hired Bill Zwaan as HC?  If so, what a great hire for DV.   Widener misses the boat again....

Quote from: bill on September 20, 2024, 09:21:34 AMI'm still lurking...

I am excited to return to FDU's campus next week (9/28) as FDU celebrates 50 years of football. Will be good to see some old familiar faces!

Me too Bill (lurking)...
Good to see you here!

Quote from: thewaterboy on November 27, 2022, 02:58:34 PM
Delaware's 3A HS Football State Final will be Smyrna against Dover on December 10. Lots of Wesley ties on both coaching staffs. That I know of: for Smyrna you have Mike Judy and Chris Sfamurri (former Wesley OL coach). For Dover you have Chip Knapp (former Wesley OC and HC), and Alex Kemp (former Wesley WR).

If I am correct, Sean Greene and WDEL will be on the call for that game as well.

Did Knapp not look for a position elsewhere (i.e at Del St?) or did he want to go to the HS route?

Quote from: jmcozenlaw on November 13, 2022, 08:45:00 PM
I am convinced that DelVal's run of dominance has dried this collective board up more than the cumulative issues of death, sickness, divorce (she had a good lawyer and you lost permanent access to the internet as a result:),  bankruptcy (see divorce:), loss of sports appetite, incarceration, witness protection program and maturity (substituting crap like art museums and Shakespeare)!!

Go Aggies!! Next year.................the Aggies start filling up the other hand's fingers with consecutive MAC Championship rings!!

Probably for some...for me it has been Work, Family (the kids are growing up (I have one at Juniata now)...boo!!!!and some health issues....
While DV's dominance galls me, I am glad they represent us so well in the playoffs (In all non conference games really).
Also, I have virtually no contact with the WU Pride football program now, so I don't have much to add to the discussions.  What the administration has done to the program is such a shame...
Anyway. Happy 2023 to the board and will be on and off throughout the year...

To be fair JM, there is no super bowl game for Widener, and hasn't been for quite some time...

Down here in OBX its quite pleasant...highs of 75 each day...light breeze, nice evening temps...great fishing...
The thought of using a furnace is unsettling...

that is all...carry on...

FanofD3
I have always been a bit skeptical of SOS numbers to differentiate teams.   The OOC choices help, but teams generally can't pick their schedule, and get harmed if their OOC choices bomb. Their SOS is determined by whether their league is good.  For a team like Del Val, they get harmed if their division plays poorly, and their OOC choices don't have winning records (See Widener/Rowan).   I like that it is normalized (a bit) by the SOOS and the quality wins.   
I like your listing, but given that factor I wonder if Muhl and W&J belong a bit higher due to their quality wins.

also  +K for all of your efforts

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Quote from: RowanPhan on October 16, 2021, 11:57:01 PM
I watched the majority of the Salisbury/Rowan game today.  Rowan hung in there for awhile, but the better team won.  Rowan is 0-5 for the first time in decades.  On to Homecoming next week.

A little over a month ago, I watched DelVal destroy Kean, 57-6 (and it could have been much worse). Kean rushed the ball 23 times for -4 yards and threw it 27 times for 60 yards.

I saw the final score of the Kean vs. Rowan game and my jaw hit the ground. How did THAT happen and what the heck has happened to the Rowan program?

If Rowan, Montclair or CNU don't start drastically improving their programs, with Frostburg and Wesley gone.........Salisbury might just dominate this conference, for as long as they are a part of it (little rumor, with not enough substance to post here at this point).

I was wondering the same thing...good lord, how the mighty have fallen...
Perhaps Keeler will come back to win a title and close unfinished business, now that he has climbed the FCS mountain again, with nothing more to prove...

Maybe he takes the USC job.

I guarantee you he thinks he's qualified....

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Quote from: RowanPhan on October 16, 2021, 11:57:01 PM
I watched the majority of the Salisbury/Rowan game today.  Rowan hung in there for awhile, but the better team won.  Rowan is 0-5 for the first time in decades.  On to Homecoming next week.

A little over a month ago, I watched DelVal destroy Kean, 57-6 (and it could have been much worse). Kean rushed the ball 23 times for -4 yards and threw it 27 times for 60 yards.

I saw the final score of the Kean vs. Rowan game and my jaw hit the ground. How did THAT happen and what the heck has happened to the Rowan program?

If Rowan, Montclair or CNU don't start drastically improving their programs, with Frostburg and Wesley gone.........Salisbury might just dominate this conference, for as long as they are a part of it (little rumor, with not enough substance to post here at this point).

I was wondering the same thing...good lord, how the mighty have fallen...
Perhaps Keeler will come back to win a title and close unfinished business, now that he has climbed the FCS mountain again, with nothing more to prove...

Let me catch up...

Bill
Congrats of the FDU Widener win.  I saw coach's press conference the week after.  He acknowledged that FDU punched WU in the mouth and then continued pummeling them from there...

too bad you couldn't continue the momentum...

Unfortunately this is who WU has been for the last 10 years...Win one game you aren't supposed to win, and lose one you aren't supposed to lose...(The loss to Misericordia comes to mind).  The lack of consistency just continues.  Hopefully that goes away in the long run.

We will see who WU really is, since the next 3 weeks are Stevenson, Lyco and Del Val...

JC
Was it someone from the Kings program posting things on Social Media?  can you send a link to the posts?

I would think the coaches/administration would have a problem with that...  most are advised even to stay off these boards...

...and I got crap for not posting???😆😆😆😂

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MAC keep on adding teams, while the NJAC just sitting around like, let us have Stevenson and/or Widener and we can be happy. Or can New Jersey City, Ramapo just add football. I think it's time to look at Newport News Apprentice, wondering if NIL will allow them become full member.

Widener and/or FDU would be perfect for the NJAC. Any chance Richard Stockton gets a team? Would be nice for them to add at least one more school.

Ramapo had some recruiting violations in the early 1990's. School just shut the whole program down. Shame. They had decent teams in the late 80's, early 90's. The make up the Ramapo college admin/board leads me to believe, that hell would freeze over before re-starting football would be considered.

For NJCU, I think it was an expense that the school no longer wanted to have... that and all the sub .500 seasons.

It would be highly unlikely that Widener would leave the MAC.  Its mostly comprised of Eastern PA teams or teams relatively nearby...

Quote from: Pat Coleman on September 16, 2021, 11:44:29 AM
There is intent behind the schedule but I don't know what the details are.

Well I hope there is intent Pat...otherwise, they will have to bring out their magic dart board again!😆

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Quote from: bman on September 05, 2021, 09:41:58 AM
Any insights on the Stevenson game?

Johns Hopkins controlled the game from start to finish for the clips I watched. I tuned out after the Johns Hopkins 3 qtr td. I think Stevenson can eliminate the TOs, they can get a good amount of points on the board. Defensively have to be better overall to get to the playoffs, but Johns Hopkins was a tough OOC opponent to start the season. The can compete to win the conference, but that most likely will depend on that early wk 3 matchup against Del Val. Nevertheless, I think they have to focus on RPI, who came back to beat Montclair State after Montclair State scored 3 defensive touchdowns, but couldn't do anything offensively against RPI.

Thanks!   Just very surprised at the lopsided score...

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Quote from: JT2 on September 04, 2021, 09:48:30 PM
I was hoping to watch the entire game in the den, but the wife wasn't getting the hint at the advanced notice given starting on Wednesday. I did catch the rest of the game upstairs at the dinner table.

Bubble screens were as effective as running plays for Widener. Never big yardage, but kept the sticks moving. In the end, Widener QB was also more accurate too.

I'm seeing Rowan at 5-4 this year... unless more playmakers haven't made themselves known yet.

I caught about half of the game...
Neither team looks like they are going to be conference contenders...
Hope all is well JT

Hey Bman,

Things are going well. Austin started kindergarten, and is a yellow belt in karate. I gotta shed those COVID lbs I packed on. Hope all is well with your family.

JT in order to make you feel old...
The last time I partook in your delicious Gumbo, I was on call as my wife was overdue with our first child...
He is a freshman at Juniata this year....that is all...