Looking like a tough weekend weatherwise in parts of the bracket this weekend.
I, for example, am projecting missed extra points in the North and West regional finals because of weather. But those are only a point or two either direction.
In last week’s picks, Keith and I both went 8-for-8 and Gordon was 7-for-8. Gordon got his in just under the gun, in a comment post eight minutes before kickoff.
Mount Union 59, New Jersey 7. Closest pick, Gordon (Mount Union 42-7). None picked TCNJ with more than seven points.
St. John Fisher 38, Curry 7. Closest pick, Pat (SJF 31-10). All three had St. John Fisher in the 30s.
Central 37, St. John’s 7. Closest pick, Pat (barely, Central 27-24).
Bethel 21, UW-Eau Claire 12. Closest pick, Gordon (Bethel 21-17).
Mary Hardin-Baylor 64, N.C. Wesleyan 0. Closest pick, Pat (UMHB 48-21).
Wesley 38, Muhlenberg 21. Closest pick, Pat (Wesley 28-20).
UW-Whitewater 59, North Central 28. Closest pick, Pat (UWW 38-17).
Wabash 38, Case Western Reserve 23. Closest pick, Pat (Wabash 30-19).
Here’s our take on the regional finals.
South Region
Pat: Mary Hardin-Baylor 41, Wesley 27
Keith: Wesley 34, Mary Hardin-Baylor 31 (OT)
Gordon: Mary Hardin-Baylor 28 Wesley 20
West Region
Pat: Central 20, Bethel 13
Keith: Central 29, Bethel 16
Gordon: Bethel 24 Central 21 (OT)
North Region
Pat: UW-Whitewater 34, Wabash 20
Keith: UW-Whitewater 44, Wabash 21
Gordon: UW-Whitewater 30 Wabash 17
East Region
Pat: Mount Union 40, St. John Fisher 17
Keith: Mount Union 45, St. John Fisher 27
Gordon: Mount Union 35 St. John Fisher 21
If MHB is looking forward to their rematch in WI, they better dress warm and enjoy playing in the cold/snow as much as UWW.
wesley fumbles kickoff and UMBH recovers in wesley territory
Cru gets fumble recovery from kick-off
UWW just got their third pick of the game. Still plenty of time left…in the first quarter.
34 yd TD run by Kmic on Mount’s first possession of the second half.
28-0 MUC
kmic goes 34yds to put MUC up 28-0.
Touchdown UWW first play after the pick. 28-0 Hawks.
Mount touchdown goes up 28-0
wesley’s defense holds after fumbled kickoff forces punt from UMBH
Dallas, the last time MHB played in the snow, they won at Mount Union. You know what they say about counting chickens 🙂
Mount’s done playing around, just stopped SJF on 4th and inches going in for anotherscore.
kmic now over 160, and micheli with almost 70 yards
Well, being that I saw what we did to MHB earlier THIS year in NICE weather, I like our chances in cold snowy weather. 😉 Let us focus on the current year.
touchdown UNBH 24-3
mount FG, 31-0, 8 to play in the 3rd
TD Quincy Daniels UMHB, 24-3, 3:50 3Q.
FG MUC 31-0
that game against mount was what like 3 years ago things have changed since then and they didn’t beat UW-W in nice weather
31-0 MUC.
Playing a pretty complete game today except for a few play action passes that caught them peaking into the backfield.
28-0 UWW end of the first quarter. UWW driving again.
Y’all keep thinking that. UW-W is gonna be a solid favorite but I doubt UMHB will turn the ball over three of the first five possessions again.
It is 40 degrees windy and cold in Dover! Wind chill 32, Wind is 15 MPH NNW.
Perhaps this is conditioning for UMHB.
turnover wesley UMBH football
UMHB has recovered a fumble, 4th of the day! 1 & 10 on the Wesley 43.
Jackson fumbled, broke thru the line, put a move on a defender, then tried to put another move on another defender and the ball popped out!
Sounds like UWW and MHB already want a piece or each other 🙂 …if things hold up, they’ll get their wish…good luck to both…gotta love power matchups like that with so much on the line
For the record – SJF really hasnt played a bad game…good 2nd qtr for them…Mount D’s bends but just doesnt break…the SJF D not really able to contain Kmic and the Mount O though…
okay im gone again…:)
game may not be over Touchdown wesley schatz to lanouette 24-10
MUCnash,
Thanks for the kind words….we may not be playing a bad game but it is certain that we are no where near where we need to be to compete for a national title. This has been a difficult game to listen to, I had hoped for a better showing. Best of luck to your boys going forward.
Wesleydad and Mille125————start eating the crow——woohoo—–3 points is all you can muster———-getting steam rolled. Well, it took 3 times—–I give Wesley the credit where it’s due—-ya’ll came to our house and put it to us 2 yrs ago but now it’s time to return the favor. Good luck next year and you Whitewater fans——–Beaver is in for a late Thanksgiving “stuffing” WOOHOO—-go CRU——that’s for you BLEEDPURPLE———–Wesley dad, I see you guys are trying to make a game of it and just scored—24-10 UMHB————may not get the 50+ as someone suggested but UMHB will win——sorry!
MUC 38 -0
CaptainCru, strong words. I guess you feel fairly confident right now.
you bet I do———UHMB will score again before the game is over
I’m talking about the Beaver and UWW comments.
that too! if I am wrong then I’ll eat the crow too!
Fair enough. I’m just not one to believe that the kid that got beat up BAD on the playground should keep running his mouth. 🙂 🙂
SJF gets a FG, 38-3
Whatever—UWW got lucky—–UMHB had 5 or 6 turnovers in that game——-different stoy next go round-CRU is going to be eating BEAVER stew next weekend and if not, like I said, then I’ll give credit where it’s due and I’ll eat the crow—–until then, enough trash talking–the game hasn’t even been played yet—I don’t want to have to eat crow too early
if i remember a certain D-1 football (Florida St) was going to pound Tim Tebow and what happened in that game Tebow embarassed Florida St. could we see a repeat with Beaver running all over UMBH well have to see so captaincru don’t talk to soon
TD MUC…..45-3
I just find it hard to believe that UWW got lucky. They’ve had that many turnovers every game since MHB. That’s a lot of luck. I’m done with this conversation.
I look forward to the rematch if it happens and hope everyone from Texas (where I live) has safe travels.
P.S. UWW just scored again. 35-0 UWW. 33 seconds left in the half. Wabash has 71 total yards…..47 of those coming on one long pass.
SJF should have tried to go for it. All they did was make Mount mad, I see another score to get the score in the 50’s.
Mount’s second team drives the field. 52-3. Keith may have to arbitrate this, but i believe we are getting very close to a “Double Monkey Stomp”
No need to arbitrate, you’re there mainjack……..
The Liberty League glossary defines a “monkey stomp” as a unit of 21 points.
This is qualifying as a double monkey stomp!
Bethal scores on their first drive of the game. 7-0 midway through the first quarter.
sorry, bethal misses the PAT, 6-0 Bethal.
SJF scores on a long bomb, then the receiver goes over to the band and starts playing the drums……. 52-10.
SJF finally gets in the end zone. 52-10.
Jackson just scored a TD and found the need to go beat Mount’s Kettle Drum…we’re losing 52-10…what the @#%*. Between that and the rantings of SJFfan I’m embarrassed to be a Fisher Fan right now.
Okay SJF fans – someone explain the banging the drum in the end zone after the TD…i mean c’mon…seriously….i doubt Kehres will call off the dogs now…sounds like the whole MUC team was jawing at them afterwards…
Wow. I thought Fisher would show up and play MUC a tighter today. Union is looking really good. Looks like UMHB will have another opportunity to get the UWW monkey off the back. Hopefully it will be a turnover free game for both sides….should be a good show.