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Post by longsuffering on Nov 28, 2021 10:13:01 GMT -5
I think a seed would automatically host a non-seed in the quarters. So its my understanding VU would host SDSU. Since Sac St is seeded higher than Villanova, I believe the Wildcats would go out there. That leaves one other possible scenario: Crusaders vs Jackrabbits, the Sequel. SDSU would seem to have the intangibles (everything except dollar amount of bid) in their favor, but hope HC would make their best offer to the NCAA. Cart before the horse, I know. HC Athletics is saving the AD salary for now. Maybe that helped them them outbid SHU for home field. SHU might be wondering if they could have won the game at home, especially given the support they brought to Worcester.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Nov 28, 2021 10:18:38 GMT -5
I think a seed would automatically host a non-seed in the quarters. So its my understanding VU would host SDSU. Since Sac St is seeded higher than Villanova, I believe the Wildcats would go out there. That leaves one other possible scenario: Crusaders vs Jackrabbits, the Sequel. SDSU would seem to have the intangibles (everything except dollar amount of bid) in their favor, but hope HC would make their best offer to the NCAA. Cart before the horse, I know. HC Athletics is saving the AD salary for now. Maybe that helped them them outbid SHU for home field. SHU might be wondering if they could have won the game at home, especially given the support they brought to Worcester. Believe it or not, our game outdrew the playoff game in Brookings yesterday.
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Post by rgs318 on Nov 28, 2021 11:35:59 GMT -5
Doesn't Villanova actually have to actually win a game before traveling anywhere?
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Post by hc2020 on Nov 28, 2021 12:02:24 GMT -5
I think a seed would automatically host a non-seed in the quarters. So its my understanding VU would host SDSU. Since Sac St is seeded higher than Villanova, I believe the Wildcats would go out there. That leaves one other possible scenario: Crusaders vs Jackrabbits, the Sequel. SDSU would seem to have the intangibles (everything except dollar amount of bid) in their favor, but hope HC would make their best offer to the NCAA. Cart before the horse, I know. HC Athletics is saving the AD salary for now. Maybe that helped them them outbid SHU for home field. SHU might be wondering if they could have won the game at home, especially given the support they brought to Worcester. Hopefully HC brings the entire team to Villanova, even if it means they have to spend some of their own money to do so which is separate and apart from the FCS per diems they receive. Leaving 15-20 players behind who have given their all for the team since the summer, after securing the first FCS playoff win in school history, is a bad look in my opinion.
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Post by longsuffering on Nov 28, 2021 12:08:48 GMT -5
Good point. PL roster restrictions should be moot in the NCAA tournament I would think. And even if some sit in the stands their leather lungs will help the cause.
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Post by hchoops on Nov 28, 2021 12:30:47 GMT -5
I think a seed would automatically host a non-seed in the quarters. So its my understanding VU would host SDSU. Since Sac St is seeded higher than Villanova, I believe the Wildcats would go out there. Both scenarios of course dependent on a Villanova win.
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Post by kaftan12 on Nov 28, 2021 14:13:43 GMT -5
The Nova QB is very good. Remained composed even at Penn State. I like our pressure and our DB's. We will see how we do against their running game. We were lost on some of those early runs and RPO's to the outside. I wouldnt be surprised if Nova tries to run on us more than they are used to. Call me crazy but I like this matchup! We were bigger and better than SHU on paper but look how that turned out. Go Cross! Daniel smith had a 1 bad game against W&M threw 4 picks. Need to watch that film and replicate that scheme.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Nov 28, 2021 14:26:57 GMT -5
Good point. PL roster restrictions should be moot in the NCAA tournament I would think. And even if some sit in the stands their leather lungs will help the cause. The restrictions on the size of traveling squads are imposed by various conferences. The NCAA restricts the number of players who can dress (participate) in a regular season game to 82. For bowl games, there is no NCAA limit. (That policy may apply to Power Five bowls.) HC took the entire roster to SDSU and to Fordham, but at least for the Fordham game, not all were in uniforms. I would expect that HC will take the whole team to Villanova, as it is a bus ride. A Silver Fox bus seats over 50.
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Post by longsuffering on Nov 28, 2021 14:59:25 GMT -5
Good point. PL roster restrictions should be moot in the NCAA tournament I would think. And even if some sit in the stands their leather lungs will help the cause. The restrictions on the size of traveling squads are imposed by various conferences. The NCAA restricts the number of players who can dress (participate) in a regular season game to 82. For bowl games, there is no NCAA limit. (That policy may apply to Power Five bowls.) HC took the entire roster to SDSU and to Fordham, but at least for the Fordham game, not all were in uniforms. I would expect that HC will take the whole team to Villanova, as it is a bus ride. A Silver Fox bus seats over 50. Do you think HC will follow the SHU precedent and bring the band and cheerleaders? HC band sounded great on ESPN+. Logistics are tougher for a Philly night game than they were for SHU to drive to and from Fitton for a noon start.
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Post by alum on Nov 28, 2021 15:08:09 GMT -5
Looking ahead (I only worry about jinxes in baseball) I can say that either a rematch with the Jacks or a chance to talk about the hepatitis season would be an acceptable distraction to the difficult non conference hoops situation.
I have also come up with a game plan to win the Nova game. It involves a couple of interceptions and a punt return for a TD.
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Post by thecrossisback on Nov 28, 2021 15:18:08 GMT -5
How about some trick play calls. When we have to flip the script. Like the Reverse vs Harvard or the fake punt vs Monmouth
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Post by hc2020 on Nov 28, 2021 15:35:18 GMT -5
Good point. PL roster restrictions should be moot in the NCAA tournament I would think. And even if some sit in the stands their leather lungs will help the cause. The restrictions on the size of traveling squads are imposed by various conferences. The NCAA restricts the number of players who can dress (participate) in a regular season game to 82. For bowl games, there is no NCAA limit. (That policy may apply to Power Five bowls.) HC took the entire roster to SDSU and to Fordham, but at least for the Fordham game, not all were in uniforms. I would expect that HC will take the whole team to Villanova, as it is a bus ride. A Silver Fox bus seats over 50. I believe the NCAA sets the player limit in uniform for FCS playoff prelims. at 64, but the traveling team (players, coaches and trainers) can be as high as 130.
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Post by sader1970 on Nov 28, 2021 15:40:15 GMT -5
That's my understanding. Who knows how the fee is calculated? Wouldn't be surprised if the NCAA doesn't even know! For those looking for a replay of the South Dakota State game, let's get by Villanova first and then my hope would be for a game against Sacramento State over South Dakota State. I've been looking forward to a Crusader-Hornets game since 1970. And a trip to Sacramento, while not San Diego, is much more preferable than South Dakota.
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Post by hcpride on Nov 28, 2021 15:42:44 GMT -5
Villanova decimated (couldn’t think of a stronger word) its two PL opponents this year by a combined score of 102-6. Only 6 of those Nova points were 4th quarter points.
We trounced those two juggernauts (Lehigh, Bucknell) 76-18.
Nothing to learn in the context of common opponents.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Nov 28, 2021 16:13:33 GMT -5
Six of Villanova's 13 All Conference selections are graduate students. Smith, the QB, made third team.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Nov 28, 2021 16:35:08 GMT -5
The restrictions on the size of traveling squads are imposed by various conferences. The NCAA restricts the number of players who can dress (participate) in a regular season game to 82. For bowl games, there is no NCAA limit. (That policy may apply to Power Five bowls.) HC took the entire roster to SDSU and to Fordham, but at least for the Fordham game, not all were in uniforms. I would expect that HC will take the whole team to Villanova, as it is a bus ride. A Silver Fox bus seats over 50. Do you think HC will follow the SHU precedent and bring the band and cheerleaders? HC band sounded great on ESPN+. Logistics are tougher for a Philly night game than they were for SHU to drive to and from Fitton for a noon start. Assuming the NCAA pays for travel and hotel, why not?
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Post by bikeman on Nov 28, 2021 17:49:56 GMT -5
Any chance of this game being televised?
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Post by hc2020 on Nov 28, 2021 18:00:16 GMT -5
Do you think HC will follow the SHU precedent and bring the band and cheerleaders? HC band sounded great on ESPN+. Logistics are tougher for a Philly night game than they were for SHU to drive to and from Fitton for a noon start. Assuming the NCAA pays for travel and hotel, why not? Exactly. So long as HC doesn’t have to pay anything. Otherwise, I wouldn’t count on it.
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Post by purplehaze on Nov 28, 2021 18:08:48 GMT -5
I think you can take something from the common Lehigh games - ‘nova dominated from the start and led 44-3 after 3qtrs - while we struggled and led by only 14-12 going into the 4th qtr Any team that can win at JMU is a major challenge for any PL team I agree with the poster that said we’ll have to utilize some trick plays to stay in this game
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Post by classof83 on Nov 28, 2021 18:16:19 GMT -5
Any chance of this game being televised? I believe the game is on ESPN2 on Friday night
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Post by hcpride on Nov 28, 2021 18:22:19 GMT -5
I think you can take something from the common Lehigh games - ‘nova dominated from the start and led 44-3 after 3qtrs - while we struggled and led by only 14-12 going into the 4th qtr Any team that can win at JMU is a major challenge for any PL team I agree with the poster that said we’ll have to utilize some trick plays to stay in this game I’m keeping hope alive v the CAA champs by thinking ‘trap game’ for them but if trick plays give folks hope that’ll work too.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2021 18:23:22 GMT -5
A great weekend in Philly area for HC sports. Football Fri.night & BB vs.. La Salle on Sat. afternoon.
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Post by efg72 on Nov 28, 2021 18:24:55 GMT -5
Chesney is a master builder Phases I see in his approach Teach the Team To Win Win the PL Get to playoffs Win a game Win 2 games Win 3 games Semis Win and get to finals Win It All
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Post by hcpride on Nov 28, 2021 18:27:50 GMT -5
/\ Even if the game doesn’t go our way it’ll provide a good illustration as to the sort of talent you need to be top 5 or 6 in the country.
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Post by HC92 on Nov 28, 2021 19:27:56 GMT -5
/\ Even if the game doesn’t go our way it’ll provide a good illustration as to the sort of talent you need to be top 5 or 6 in the country. Didn’t we already see that illustration in South Dakota?
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