FB: Liberty League

[ICGrad]

Is this what happens when your school hires a young and possibly overly ambitious head coach?

Brandon Maguire is 34 and in in his first season as a head coach
Michael Toerper was 34 when he was in his first season as a head coach, at Ithaca
Dan Swanstrom was 35 when he was in his first season as a head coach, at Ithaca

You don't have to like the playcall, but I'm sure what Maguire's age has to do with anything.

Is there a reason they haven't hired anyone over 50?

Jim Butterfield wasn't yet 40 when he was named head football coach @ Ithaca.

That hiring was so historically bad, I think Ithaca is just doomed to repeat it ever since.

[Machiavelli]

Third Division dude is all-knowing. Lolol. Based on what I know and have heard, Ithaca hired one heck of a coach.

[Bartman]

Very scary injury to a Hilbert player as the game was halted for over 30 minutes as his neck area was stabilized and he was transported by helicopter to either Rochester or Buffalo. I pray he is recovering, but I have not heard anything. While Hobart took a 58-0 lead in the first half, after the injury only one TD was scored in the second half as the final was 65-0.
The Hilbert team travelled with only 25 players and it is just not fair to schedule a team that has such a gap in skills. I hope their upgraded facilities allows them to recruit better players, although they played their butts off all game and managed to sack the Hobart QB twice on the last possession of the game. God Bless  them for playing so hard after the 30 minute injury delay.

[Bartman]

New Poll has RPI with one vote. Looks like Ithaca was jinxed by having article highlighting the team before the RPI game. Shoes game should be a good one. I'm rooting for an Ithaca upset in Cortaca to really confuse everyone . Hobart will hopefully be performing well against Buffalo State and getting a good Bowl game to spice up the end of the season. .

[Machiavelli]

Pretty horrible hearing about the Hilbert situation. They just shouldn't be in this league at this point. The LL is too tough and physical for a program that can't get started. Similar thing happened against RPI. Hopefully the kid is ok.

Shoes game should be fun. I hope the weather cooperates so I can go. I feel like the downside of Ithaca beating Cortland is RPI might travel to Cortland, though it'd be an interesting matchup. I'd just love to get a Springfield or something like that. I'd really love a game at Endicott, but I'd assume they get round 1 off. RPI could go out to Utica again as well. Will be interesting to see.

[Machiavelli]

Is there a bracket prediction out yet? The hamburger menu on mobile no longer works from the front page, so navigating the site is a little challenging.

[IC798891]

Is there a reason they haven't hired anyone over 50?

Is there a reason that they should?

[Machiavelli]

This is literally the dumbest discussion that's ever happened on this board. Dude is a troll. Not worth an ounce of thought.

But against my better judgement, some food for thought:

Mike Vrabel - just turned 51
Ryan Day - 47
Matt Patricia - 51
Paul LaPolice - Currently 56, but go check out what he did in his 30s and 40s
Sean McVay - 40
Kyle Shanahan - 46
Kevin O'Connell - 41

I can do this all night. Beat it troll. You bring ZERO to this board and any conversation. Clueless clown.

[IC798891]

Very scary injury to a Hilbert player as the game was halted for over 30 minutes as his neck area was stabilized and he was transported by helicopter to either Rochester or Buffalo. I pray he is recovering, but I have not heard anything.

The Hilbert team travelled with only 25 players

For comparison's sake, they played 41 players the opening week of the season, and 26 yesterday.

Absolutely unconscionable that the game wasn't called at halftime for the safety of the players. Frankly, the E8 or the LL should cancel the Hartwick game. If you're coming to a game with that few players, and someone suffers an injury that severe, and you continue to play, you have completely lost the plot.

They went to 10 minute quarters in the second half, which tells you that they continuing this game as it was going was a bad idea from a safety perspective.

(I could give two ****s about the score, just to be clear. Endicott dropped a 90 spot this week, and it's irrelevant.)