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Quote from: MUC 2008 on September 14, 2026, 10:51:13 AMPat had a great point on the podcast - if any other team had wholesale coordinator changes and wholesale roster turnover, no one bats an eye at a 1-1 start with a 1 point loss to a top 5 team on the road. That's the other thing many of us here (myself included, I'll own it) have taken for granted for so long - a coaching staff so well schooled in the minutia and finer things of the game that preparedness and sheer will can change the game. I don't think it's unfair for me to say that, at times, has not been seen by this head coach. LK and VK could take a team that was, on paper, outmatched by its opponent and win - sometimes by a surprisingly wide margin. With this staff, it seems to be the opposite: continually playing down to competition and lacking a killer instinct. Case in point, an end zone INT would, most other years, end in a Mount TD and a 14 point swing. Instead it's an immediate giveaway back. Having a lack of playmakers and "home run hitters" can lend itself to that, especially since no one has stepped up on offense yet.

Ouch!

Yeah -- Greg made that great point, but I am glad you listen to the pod!

Not listening well enough, apparently - just as my professors at (then MUC) always alleged too!

My most sincere apologies to both of you. Well done, Greg.

Quote from: D3fanboy on September 14, 2026, 10:21:45 AM

Quote from: Dr. Acula on September 13, 2026, 11:27:17 AMA couple thoughts from yesterday now that I got a chance to watch it this morning.

The thing that popped into my head last week and again this week is the absence of difference makers.  I didn't make a ton of it after Wheaton because that's a really good team on the road in game 1.  A lot of factors that could skew what your roster legitimately is.  But this week my takeaway is that Maloney (and maybe Ashby) are about it when it comes to difference makers right now.  I'm not sure who on defense it could be.  And when Maloney doesn't play well yesterday is how it's gonna look right now. 

I think the defense as a unit played pretty well both games, but by no means dominant to the eye.  And to be clear when I say difference makers I'm not expecting to have All-World guys Kaleb Brown or Rossy or Lally or Driskill all over the field every single year.  I'm thinking guys like Duke Hill, Danny Robinson, Isaiah Scott, Matt Fetchko, etc.  Just really, really good D3 defenders.  And I agree with the statement that the defense does not look as fast this year. 

Offensively I'm not sure what to make of things.  At Wheaton they looked abysmal in the first half, then looked good in the second half against a really good defense.  Then yesterday 5 turnovers against a decent team and looking disjointed basically the entire game until the end.  Just seems like a lot of stuff to work out.  I noticed in the box score that Caldwell did not play yesterday.  I'm not down on Minner and Bokman, but anyone local to the area probably shares my annoyance when I see a stud RB from their backyard looking like he's gonna be a star at BW in Boston Mulinix from West Branch.  142 yds and 3 scores on 11 carries in their opener.  Oh, and he's 5'8" 195 lbs so he is very comfortable running between the tackles too.  And yes, it already crept into my head the agony it would be if not only Mount somehow lost to BW, but lost with the sons of two M club HOF'ers playing key roles on their offense.  Luckily that's their 9th game so hopefully we'll be humming along by then.

where are these transfer WRs that we heard about in the offseason?  on a similar topic, former Raider (and Muskie) Davion Grant got into last weeks Valdosta State game and caught one pass, bringing his season stats to 1 catch for -2 yards.

I think the defense has played well as a unit, especially with the circumstances that the offense has put them in through two weeks (6 mins of possession in the Wheaton 1st half and the 5 TO's against GCC).  I am shocked at the secondary playing so well without their #1 corner since a handful of plays into the Wheaton game. 

More or less my take. Defense has played well to very well all things considered, even going back to the JCU loss. Offense had to overcome TOP issues against the Thunder and GCC had the ball a long time too. -4 in turnovers absolutely buries most teams, so the fact that Mount won shows they still have at least some of that mettle.

That all being said, naturally this year's squad is right now a long, long way from being a typical Mount team. For years fans took for granted the fact that the previous seasons crop of wideouts would be replaced. So far, that hasn't happened yet - the playmaker(s) so often that make a difference haven't shown up yet. Will they at all? I can't say. It's possible that QB15 was playing hurt, especially on some of his longer passes of the day - they lacked zip and velocity. It's been bandied about here that he's banged up, and some evidence in the film supports that, so that's a possibility too.


Pat had a great point on the podcast - if any other team had wholesale coordinator changes and wholesale roster turnover, no one bats an eye at a 1-1 start with a 1 point loss to a top 5 team on the road. That's the other thing many of us here (myself included, I'll own it) have taken for granted for so long - a coaching staff so well schooled in the minutia and finer things of the game that preparedness and sheer will can change the game. I don't think it's unfair for me to say that, at times, has not been seen by this head coach. LK and VK could take a team that was, on paper, outmatched by its opponent and win - sometimes by a surprisingly wide margin. With this staff, it seems to be the opposite: continually playing down to competition and lacking a killer instinct. Case in point, an end zone INT would, most other years, end in a Mount TD and a 14 point swing. Instead it's an immediate giveaway back. Having a lack of playmakers and "home run hitters" can lend itself to that, especially since no one has stepped up on offense yet.

There is still time and opportunity, of course, but it's on the players and coaches to show us what they can do. In my 25+ years as a Mount fan and alum, the players nearly always step up when you call upon them to do so. The coaching staff, since 2021 especially, is another story. But, with two new coordinators, there's still time for that too.

Quote from: BergAlum2 on September 12, 2026, 09:32:12 PMLet's hope Mount plays bad next week too, so at least it will be an entertaining game 

Mount hasn't lost 2 games in a row since '88, which was the last time the Berg beat Mount 🤔

*in his best Lou Brown voice from Major League* "I have a hunch you're due."

Quote from: Desertraider on September 12, 2026, 02:55:52 PMSo far I see a team that is undisciplined. Too many penalties to extend GC drives. The D is not setting the tone - they are reacting. We are arriving to the ball late, slow, and soft. Their WRs are open and the QB is not under pressure. The game is 10-7 but GC has dominated all aspects. Did Mount just start practice last week? I mean they look unprepared.

I think the better question is when's the last time they looked prepared against a (hypothetical) inferior team?

The program has been killed with a Dartt.

I don't know if I have seen so much as a crossing pattern run by the receivers.

Quote from: Desertraider on September 11, 2026, 11:34:33 PMI posted to Tiktok. Never done it before - dont do social media - but here we are. I guess we will see if it works
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTUucK1RA/

It worked, clear as day.

Wow. Simply wow.

Quote from: D3fanboy on September 05, 2026, 07:44:52 PM

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Quote from: Fido0650 on September 05, 2026, 06:25:34 PMHopefully Purple didn't stock up on his Geoff Dartt Fan Club  merch, because no one is going to want that free garbage at next week's home opener.  The way they played today, no one is going to fear playing Mount anymore and that includes high school JV teams.
Looks like he is going to have the same seat at the 2027 family Thanksgiving meal.
It has been the same for so many years now, why break tradition?

This was disappointing but it was a top 5 opponent. Not exactly like dropping a game to Capital.

It's not the loss that's disappointing.  It's the 13 penalties, the no energy, the sleepwalking for a half, the bonehead coaching (TO, run on 3rd & 6, TO, punt).  An entire off-season after an embarrassing loss and you get one of the worst halves of Mount football in years?

A young team is going to need some leadership to keep the train from going off of the rails.  Has Geoff ever shown that he's that guy?

Everyone in that building better grow up quick.  Nobody on the field has won anything of significance and are currently the first Mount team to be on a losing streak since the Carter administration

You're forgetting when a defensive coordinator tackled an official after a potentially game changing play, leading to a penalty and a new set of downs.

Quote from: WRMUalum13 on September 05, 2026, 07:05:09 PM

Quote from: Fido0650 on September 05, 2026, 06:25:34 PMHopefully Purple didn't stock up on his Geoff Dartt Fan Club  merch, because no one is going to want that free garbage at next week's home opener.  The way they played today, no one is going to fear playing Mount anymore and that includes high school JV teams.
Looks like he is going to have the same seat at the 2027 family Thanksgiving meal.
It has been the same for so many years now, why break tradition?

This was disappointing but it was a top 5 opponent. Not exactly like dropping a game to Capital.

Not unfair. The other side of it was critical penalties at bad times, questionable coaching and playcall decisions, and a special teams gaffe.

Stop me if you have read that before leading to a Mount loss under this current head coach.

Well done Wheaton and NCC. A very deserving victory! And many thanks to the Wheaton announcers and video crew - first class all the way. Very polished, very knowledgeable, very professional. Loved every moment of today's broadcast and game, except for the result, naturally! ☺️

Quote from: D3fanboy on September 05, 2026, 04:23:18 PMAn impressive notch on the belt of Geoff Dartt - program slayer, Mount Union football has not lost back-to-back football games since 1977 and had never lost a playoff game to end one season and the opening game of the next year..

Until today

Wable planted it

Kehres x 2 tilled it

Geoff killed it.

Quote from: Dr. Acula on September 05, 2026, 03:54:23 PMReally?!  FFS.

I am surprised you're surprised.

Quote from: WRMUalum13 on September 05, 2026, 03:36:50 PM

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Quote from: WRMUalum13 on September 05, 2026, 03:23:12 PMit was Kappas! that's who the sideline call was on LOL

I don't know if this is sarcasm or not, but it looks very, very large at the moment.

No it wasn't sarcastic at all, I was watching the stream and my buddy did a rewind and picked out the guy the ref ran into and sure enough it was CK

O o f.

Quote from: WRMUalum13 on September 05, 2026, 03:23:12 PMit was Kappas! that's who the sideline call was on LOL

I don't know if this is sarcasm or not, but it looks very, very large at the moment.

Quote from: Fido0650 on September 05, 2026, 02:32:25 PMThe game might not be, but at least the announcers are enjoyable.

And you don't have to pay for the game either! We can't have that at The Machine, we have #TheStandard to protect. Too bad it seems like all people want to do about it anymore is mention it without, you know, actually doing work to maintain it.