FB: Liberty League

[UfanBill]

Watching Pate State podcast... who give us a D3 shoutout.

Syracuse lost to Notre Dame 70-7 yesterday.

Josh Pate says that is the worst loss by Syracuse since they lost to Union in the 1890's.

Union beat Syracuse 75-0 on November 1,1891. They played eight times between 1890-1897. Union won seven of them.

[Machiavelli]

I was streaming the RPI/Fisher game(no technical difficulties) until about halftime when I tried flipping over to the Union game and couldn't stream it...It's kinda funny espn is loaded with excuses, because last year I remember having the exact same issues for several of the games. If the NCAA is going to require these games be streamed via espn, they need to get their sh!t together. Sure, the number of fans is pretty low and D3 is not a real revenue generator, but if there is a requirement for this, it should be flawless. I didn't have a single issue with streaming games all season, not on the espn app.

[unionpalooza]

NCAA has posted the Muhlenberg/Union game on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/zIOD1wVfCns?si=wHyX3Bs5t8YRp03-

[UfanBill]

NCAA has posted the Muhlenberg/Union game on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/zIOD1wVfCns?si=wHyX3Bs5t8YRp03-

Tremendous...thanks

[Machiavelli]

Not sure if anyone caught the Endicott/Salisbury game, but it was a good one. Endicott looked very overmatched early, but tightened up the defense and their offense started moving the ball. They had a chance to tie the game in the 4th from like the inch line and called a boneheaded play from shotgun. Seriously, 3 inches. QB sneak will get that 97 times out of 100. Instead they handed it off 4 yards behind the LOS and that was that. Great effort overall. QB had some good reads but throws like it's a shotput and a few were a little too slow to the WRs.

In any case, with the thinking that Salisbury can likely compete with anyone, this was a really nice showing by Endicott.

[MRMIKESMITH]

Not sure if anyone caught the Endicott/Salisbury game, but it was a good one. Endicott looked very overmatched early, but tightened up the defense and their offense started moving the ball. They had a chance to tie the game in the 4th from like the inch line and called a boneheaded play from shotgun. Seriously, 3 inches. QB sneak will get that 97 times out of 100. Instead they handed it off 4 yards behind the LOS and that was that. Great effort overall. QB had some good reads but throws like it's a shotput and a few were a little too slow to the WRs.

In any case, with the thinking that Salisbury can likely compete with anyone, this was a really nice showing by Endicott.

I was at the game and kudos to Endicott. I think Endicott played well on offense and their HC/OC took advantage of Salisbury scheme, which  typically happens early in games. Endicott also added tempo in 3rd to get back in game as well. That appeared to surprise Salisbury. Salisbury did adjust, but poor special teams play gave momentum back to Endicott as Salisbury defense had settled down after quick 3rd quarter tds.  I think Salisbury offensively aside from one drive in 3rd was able to do what it wanted, especially when they were ahead of the chains. I mentioned in the NJAC channel that the game would come down to Salisbury defense vs Endicott offense and a key special teams play. Endicott actually won the special teams game, but as you mentioned that key 4th down stop was the difference. A bigger difference was Salisbury DB chasing down a fleet footed #1 from Endicott, stopping him at the 4, which eventually led to 4th down stop.  I too didn't think Endicott QB threw the ball with pop, but he managed the game well and the scheme allows for great success and didn't make any errant throw. I'd say he'd fall in the middle to top of pack of NJAC QBs. Salisbury in its current state will rely on if they can protect the ball and outscore opponents with its defense limiting big plays and stopping run.