At least I assume it will be sunny, since it was after midnight Pacific Time by the time I left the airport. Looking forward to a great day, watching four halves of football and six teams, five of which I’ve never seen, in three stadiums I’ve never been to.
Meanwhile, Keith is going to be knocking some teams and stadiums off his list, too, so perhaps it will be a good time for us to meet up and compare notes again in the future. Sure, my goal is still to somehow, someday see all 245 teams play, or however many teams it is by then. Still got a ways to go.
I’ll leave the intro short, since I haven’t been to sleep yet and games are starting soon. Would like to be awake again by the time Mount Union and Ohio Northern take the field.
As always, comment on what you see!
Yeah. That was definitely not enough sleep. 🙂
Picturesque is the best way to describe the weather here in Doylestown, Pennsylvania where Delaware Valley hosts No. 5 Wesley in a match up of 2-0 teams. The temperature is 75 degrees with a bright, blue cloudless sky.
Cloudless is a pretty good way to describe Wesley’s performance to date. The Wolverines have given up 3 total points against Christopher Newport and Division II Greenville (SC). The offense is balanced and dangerous with 200 yards per game throwing and passing. From a playoff perspective, the game looms large for Wesley who doesn’t have many regional Division III opponents.
Wesley quarterback Shane McSweeney returns to the place where he took over the Wolverines offense last season. That game ended with a dramatic one-yard touchdown plunge by Del Val full back Butch Whiteside. People around the Del Val program remember a close game in Dover in 2007, too, with Wesley rallying to win in the second half.
Del Val needs a big game from senior quarterback Mike Isgro who keyed the Aggies win last year with a fourth and goal touchdown scramble early in the second half. The team’s tackle leader, ILB Chris James, will not start due to an illness but will play. Can Del Val’s young linebacking corp continue their impressive play against the run where they’ve allowed just 83 ypg?
Here’s hoping for another close one today.
Hobart scores on a 51 yard flea flicker TD (Vella to Vincent). 7-0 Statesmen with about 6 mins to play in the first quarter.
CMU ties it up with a Pratt TD, but gives the lead up an 85 yard Andy Marlier kick-off return TD.
Bart 14- CMU 7.
First one to 50 wins. 🙂
You could be right Gordon. Hobart D holds on 3rd and long. CMU 28 yard FG is good. 14-10 with 11:24 to play in the first half.
Utica up early 7-0 over RPI.
Delaware Valley outgains Wesley 139 to 12 in first quarter but fumbles twice. No Score, Wolverines driving.
Rocco intercepted on the first play in Ada. ONU stopped but kicks a 36 yard FG to go up 3-0 early.
Centre is surprising DePauw (at DPU) early – up 14-0 as the first quarter comes to an end. Matt Mazzanti kicked off the scoring with a 75-yd interception return, and Johnathan Pinque scored from one yard out after Tyler Ostermann had found Nick Edwards for a 37-yd completion. The DPU O is totally out of sync so far with Spud Dick struggling (6-of-11 but for only 35 yards).
As I left the hotel this morning Linfield was doing its walkthrough in the parking lot. Been there!
Someone approve my previous comment, please: Net-net, Centre 14, DPU 0, end of first quarter.
Seaman is in at QB on the third offensive series for MUC. Still 3-0 ONU halfway through the first quarter in Ada.
Another MUC pass intercepted. This one is thrown by Seaman. ONU ball at midfield.
ONU intercepted at the MUC 9. Sloppy both ways and MUC already has 4 penalties and another that was offset. Hopefully they stop turning the ball over both ways so I don’t keep monopolizing this feed.
Centre now up 21-3, three minutes to play in the first half in Greencastle.
17-10 hobart late in the third but a vincent 8 yard punt gives cmu a 1st and 10 from the hobart 47.
Lyco 21 – Sus 17 late in the 2nd qtr.
Hobart blocks extra pt kick & lead 17-16 early in 4th
Make that 27-3. About the only thing not going right for Centre is their kicking game, with two missed PATs (one blocked) and two missed field goals (one of which was wiped out thanks to a personal foul penalty on DePauw). 0:48 before the half.
Vella interception leads to CMU scoring drive (Pratt rush TD) with 11:21 in the 4th qtr but PAT is no good. 17-16 Hobart.
Wesley dominates the last 8 minutes of the first half and takes advantage of two short fields. Wesley 17-0 at the half.
Two scoring drives by MUC in the second quarter. First a TD from wildcat formation for Shorts. Second a 28 yard FG. 10-3 MUC with just under nine minutes left in the first half.
Sus adds a short FG as time expires to make it 28-20 Lyco at the half.
Hobart TD (Vella to Overdorf) – 24-16 Statesmen with 7:30 to play.
Monmouth already up 14-0 with 7 min left in the 1Q vs Beloit. I think the Bucs were Pat’s “least likely to improve to 3-0” team this week.
Trinity up 10-0 early at Rhodes after two fumbles in Rhodes territory.
Austin up 14-0 on Millsaps after turning away the Majors with a goal line interception and a surprisingly easy 80-yard drive.
Now 14-7 AC after Michael Galatas rips of a 92-yard kick return for the Majors.
And ONU answers wit an 88 yard KR for TD. Tied 10-10 in Ada in the middle of the second quarter.
Dickinson 28 F&M 27 at the half.
#9 Cortland up 17-14 over Rowan in NJAC play.
Ithaca up 20 – 10 over Widener
10-7 Trinity after the Lynx return a fumble 73 yards for score. Fourth fumble of the day there (three by Rhodes).
10-6 SJU leads CM in the 2nd Q
Going to be a long day for Beloit. 21-0 Scots still in the 1Q
Monmouth offense is awfully good, leading Beloit 28-0 start of 2Q
2nd fake punt gets hobart another first down and hobart milks the clock to wrap it up. 24-16 Final in Geneva.
Millsaps has tied it up in Sherman, 14-all.
10-10 at the half in Ada. A great battle so far between the Polar Bears and Purple Raiders.
Austin regains the lead with a nice 9-play, 78 yard drive. 21-14 over Millsaps with 4:49 left in the half.
Trinity is now playing their third-string QB, Patrick Dickinson. 13-7 over Rhodes.
Trinity now up 27-7 over Rhodes with 0:22 left in the half. Young Mr. Dickinson, in his first collegiate action, is 10-13 for 131 yards so far.
45-0 Monmouth over Beloit just before half.
Centre 34, DePauw 10. Michael Engle now in at QB for the Tigers. 9:30 to play.
Now Centre 34, DPU 18 after another Colonel turnover. 6:38 to play.
DPU gets another stop, Engle finds Alex Koors again, but the 2pt conversion is no good. Centre 34, DPU 24, 3:25 to play.
Wesley wins easily, 31-13!
Two plays after an underthrown pass bounces out of the hands of a defender into the receiver, Rhodes scores on a short run to close to within 27-13 (PAT no good). 0:32 left in third quarter.
As Piper Archer mentions, Wesley defeats Del Val 31-13. The Aggies gained 341 yards to Wesley’s 338 but had five turnovers including two inside Wesley’s 30 to start the game. The Wolverines lost Aaron Jackson to an ankle injury in the first half so we’ll have to keep an eye on his status. Good game for McSweeney, good game for Wesley who rolls on to 3-0.
DePauw drives to the Centre 3, but Brian Sneed picks off Engle in the end zone to save the Colonels from what had the possibility to be a crushing collapse. Centre 34, DePauw 24, FINAL.
Millsaps scores on the first play of the fourth quarter, close to a 24-21 deficit vs. Austin.
Centre holds onto a 34-3 fourth quarter lead by intercepting a DPU Michael Engle pass in the end zone to win 34-24.