FB: Middle Atlantic Conference

[kate]

Great game today Aggies - stiffen up that 'D' for Leb Val next week - that should be a good game!

[jmcozenlaw]

2025 MAC Predictions (without records):

1. Eastern - Youngest team in the conference last year, lost just about nobody and crushed the portal
2. Stevenson - Very young team last year with some impact transfers
3. King's - Lost a ton but did a great job with incoming impact players
4. Widener - Brought a lot back and grabbed a few impact portal players
5. LebVal - Lost a few key pieces but bring a lot back
6. DelVal - Lost a motherlode and did a brutal job reloading everywhere except for WR. Defense is a sieve
7. Misericordia - Second youngest team in the conference last year but still missing players in key areas
8. FDU - Lost a lot, bring back a few key players, but will fall back from last year
9. Alvernia - I don't get it. They built a wrestling national powerhouse quickly but can't get this right
10. Albright - School almost closed last year and not out of the woods. Can't help with recruiting

In an above post, I cited how many players (33 out of 44) that DelVal lost from their two deep roster to open the season last year. More discouraging, most of the starters on both sides of the ball this year are seniors so this might be a multi-year rebuild.

If they can come out of the box and beat King's tomorrow, maybe the season isn't nearly as bad as I think it might be. If they lose, they might have the worst season on record in the last 20+ years and the next recruiting cycle will be paramount.

This game is 90% recruiting (as Jimmy Johnson once famously said, "it's the Jimmy's and the Joe's......not the X's and the O's) and 10% coaching. The program has had coaches who were recruiting masters over many years. This staff might get one more chance this offseason. Nobody wants to be at the helm when a 20+ year powerhouse hits the crapper!

I had Eastern a smidge too high, Misericordia way low, Albright way low........and the Aggies just about spot on. This IS the worst Aggies roster since about 2001-2002 and the cupboard is pretty bare. We'll always have that 20+ year run of dominance, but that feels like light years away from this roster and the current state of this program!

[kate]

Spot on, Aggies will rebuild!!!

[jmcozenlaw]

2025 MAC Predictions (without records):

1. Eastern - Youngest team in the conference last year, lost just about nobody and crushed the portal
2. Stevenson - Very young team last year with some impact transfers
3. King's - Lost a ton but did a great job with incoming impact players
4. Widener - Brought a lot back and grabbed a few impact portal players
5. LebVal - Lost a few key pieces but bring a lot back
6. DelVal - Lost a motherlode and did a brutal job reloading everywhere except for WR. Defense is a sieve
7. Misericordia - Second youngest team in the conference last year but still missing players in key areas
8. FDU - Lost a lot, bring back a few key players, but will fall back from last year
9. Alvernia - I don't get it. They built a wrestling national powerhouse quickly but can't get this right
10. Albright - School almost closed last year and not out of the woods. Can't help with recruiting

In an above post, I cited how many players (33 out of 44) that DelVal lost from their two deep roster to open the season last year. More discouraging, most of the starters on both sides of the ball this year are seniors so this might be a multi-year rebuild.

If they can come out of the box and beat King's tomorrow, maybe the season isn't nearly as bad as I think it might be. If they lose, they might have the worst season on record in the last 20+ years and the next recruiting cycle will be paramount.

This game is 90% recruiting (as Jimmy Johnson once famously said, "it's the Jimmy's and the Joe's......not the X's and the O's) and 10% coaching. The program has had coaches who were recruiting masters over many years. This staff might get one more chance this offseason. Nobody wants to be at the helm when a 20+ year powerhouse hits the crapper!

Hmmmmmm.......the Aggies at 6th looks just about right at this point. The program is bereft of talent. They need their best recruiting class in more than 20+ years this offseason!

[gordonmann]

JM:

Check your personal messages. I sent you something a week or so ago

[PBR...]

JM:

Check your personal messages. I sent you something a week or so ago

Dang Gordon you didn't send me anything... 

[gordonmann]

Ha. Didn't realize you're still lurking about! Hope you're doing well.

[lefty2]

Misericordia football featured on front page of d3football.com in a story by Brian Lester:  https://d3football.com/columns/features/2025/misericordia-not-satisfied-at-4-1

[jmcozenlaw]

Misericordia football featured on front page of d3football.com in a story by Brian Lester:  https://d3football.com/columns/features/2025/misericordia-not-satisfied-at-4-1

Lefty on the football board? Now I've seen it all Misericordia had nowhere to go but up and they are putting together really nice financial aid packages, especially to impact players. Who said that all non-elite, small schools are hurting financially? With the way the world is headed, it's great to see Christian schools thriving as more and more younger people are leaning back into Faith!

[kate]

jm, I really like you, especially since you love Del Val and Doylestown, but how about we leave 'faith' off the boards.   It's a truly personal aspect of a person's life here on earth - unless of course you're a pastor, priest, you get the idea.   Nothing wrong with a quick prayer for the safety & health of our favorite teams, but this does need to be personal.   I remember years ago, on here, somebody from Messiah was saying 'this is God and please save a seat for me' (for a basketball game obviously )!   A poster from our dearly departed Wilkes (now scooped up by that landmark league), said something like God has far more important things to take care of than determining the outcome of a sport's contest!   How true!   Heck, I am FAR from a non-believer, but I do get annoyed even when I see the 'He gets Us' commercials while I'm watching certain baseball games!   

[jmcozenlaw]

jm, I really like you, especially since you love Del Val and Doylestown, but how about we leave 'faith' off the boards.  It's a truly personal aspect of a person's life here on earth - unless of course you're a pastor, priest, you get the idea.  Nothing wrong with a quick prayer for the safety & health of our favorite teams, but this does need to be personal.  I remember years ago, on here, somebody from Messiah was saying 'this is God and please save a seat for me' (for a basketball game obviously )!  A poster from our dearly departed Wilkes (now scooped up by that landmark league), said something like God has far more important things to take care of than determining the outcome of a sport's contest!  How true!  Heck, I am FAR from a non-believer, but I do get annoyed even when I see the 'He gets Us' commercials while I'm watching certain baseball games!

Kate,
I really like you as well and respect you a lot, but couldn't disagree more. As "FAR from a non-believer", you absolutely know what each and every one of us are called to do, not suggested to do, not asked to do, but told to do.......and not in a closed environment with other believers, like in Church. What good does that do? Nothing that I stated has anything to do with "God determining the outcome in sports". It was a general comment about the renaissance in sports (and admissions) at Misericordia......and I could add Eastern (a third year football program) as well as many similar schools across the country. As a believer, I love the 'He Gets Us" commercials because if everybody believed and lived accordingly, it would be a MUCH different country and a MUCH different world than the one we live in today.

Rant over, no more comments on the subject, so "Let's Go Sports"!!!!

[kate]

Yes, Believe and LIVE accordingly.   Could not agree with you more on that!   GO DEL VAL and yes, GO sports!

[lefty2]

I am pretty sure that this season doesn't have anything to do with financial aid or faith.

[PBR...]

Ha. Didn't realize you're still lurking about! Hope you're doing well.

Doing well... Living in south Florida at Delray Beach. Love the lifestyle. Beach, Boat, Golf, Tennis, Fish, Bike, etc. year round outdoors. Such a healthy lifestyle. Was hard leaving Doylestown, but much of my family now is leaving as well and heading south to the Carolinas or Florida. I make up back there a couple of times a year usually but probably will be less and less as more family moves south. I follow DVU from a distance. Be well.

[gordonmann]

Lefty:

Congrats to your guys, so far! Who would've thunk that Miseri/Eastern would be the de facto title game!

Has to be a little divine intervention in there, right?