FB: New Jersey Athletic Conference

[RowanPhan]

Wow! What a game!

If you would have told me Barry gains more yards on the ground than McGowan, I would not have believed it.

I'm not sure why SU attempted 2 on the final TD with 19 seconds left. There was no upside to that, at all.  Had SU recovered the onside kick and kicked a FG, the game would have gone to OT. Had  they kicked the PAT and then get the onsides and managed a FG, they win the NJAC. Baffling decision.

Kudos to CNU, I had a feeling CNU would win if it turned into a shoot out

[CNU85]

The NJAC is improving.  2 ranked teams. Rowan getting votes which means some people think they are top 25. TCNJ having a winning season. I believe both CNU and SU are better teams having played that game. Other than extra points and trying to make up for it, that game was a tie. Turnovers were the difference. SU will be tough in the playoffs. I hope the NJAC makes some noise in the coming weeks.

[MRMIKESMITH]

First want to say congrats to CNU for winning the NJAC championship. CNU was the better team, their crowd was in it all night and they seized key moments throughout the game.

Now from a Salisbury perspective, Salisbury did not perform to its standard on and off the field. Salisbury committed too many penalties and the BAD penalties which changed field position multiple times. IMHO, those multiple unsportsmanlike penalties are very selfish and SHOULD never happen. As CNU85 mentioned, Salisbury had 4/5 turnovers (including turnover on downs on 4th and 8???) that either resulted in CNU having short field position or return for a TD, CNU capitalized on every single turnover. Aside from the big hit on the pass that was reviewed and confirmed, those turnovers were self-inflicted. Offensively, Salisbury has to protect the ball and have better execution, which I know they will overkill this upcoming week. In a perfect world, if Salisbury does not have the "self-inflicted" turnovers, its a different ball game. Defensively, Salisbury played well considering the offense put them in precarious position. I think the gameplan was to take away #2, which was not successful in key moments, but Salisbury paid for it as CNU QB had converted with his legs on multiple 3rd and longs. Salisbury defense does make adjustments, but against good teams, its appears to be late, I think some self scouting is need to improve on 3rd and long defense. Now regarding the missed extra point, that proved costly as Salisbury was chasing those points and couldn't get it. IMHO, the key moment (series) was CNU 90+ drive where they brought in multiple TEs and ran QB/RB power, which Salisbury had no answer for, Salisbury overcompensated for #2, which allowed CNU to have numbers on the their right side. The weird thing is is that CNU did the same thing to Montclair a week ago, so I'm somewhat disappointed in the scout. Overall, it was a good game to watch if you weren't a Salisbury supporter, I did enjoy the effort from the players and I know they are disappointed in the outcome. Hopefully, the staff learns from this and self scout for A, B, and C scenarios. Players execute better and celebrate with team and keep the yapping to themselves. Salisbury is not done, we are not finish.