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Post by sader1970 on Jul 30, 2017 5:55:10 GMT -5
A month to go before the season kicks off against UConn. Time for everyone to weigh in on predicted results.
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Post by rgs318 on Jul 30, 2017 6:01:26 GMT -5
Connecticut (L) Bucknell (W) New Hampshire (L) Dartmouth (W) Lafayette (W) Monmouth (W) Yale (W) Colgate (W) Georgetown (W) Fordham (L) Lehigh (L)
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Post by sader1970 on Jul 30, 2017 6:15:39 GMT -5
I hope you are right but you are a bit more optimistic than I am. If things break right, I think you will be correct. I believe we will not prevail against Dartmouth or Yale, both being away games.
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Post by ncaam on Jul 30, 2017 7:06:28 GMT -5
W vs bucknell, Lafayette, gtown and Monmouth plus an upset tbd. 5 and 6
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Post by rgs318 on Jul 30, 2017 7:07:00 GMT -5
Sader70, I would certainly feel better if these games were at home, but I have a feeling the frosh may be getting involved by the time we play these games a month into the season.
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Post by richh on Jul 30, 2017 10:36:02 GMT -5
Assuming some improvement on D, Cross looks pretty good for 6.
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Post by sader1970 on Jul 31, 2017 8:02:35 GMT -5
I appreciate the optimism of a couple of posters with 8 to 11 wins.
Anything other than a "gut," "feel good" reason for those predictions?
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Post by unhfan on Jul 31, 2017 10:55:30 GMT -5
If you don't mind an outsiders opinion with your QB returning Holy Cross has a chance to win every game on your schedule. He was far away the best QB I saw UNH face last year. I just hope he has an off day when my Cats come to Worcester 😀!
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Post by sarasota on Jul 31, 2017 11:34:52 GMT -5
Talk about low expectations. Wow. Says a lot about how far this program has fallen.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jul 31, 2017 11:50:53 GMT -5
HC opponents in the Any Given Saturday poll, which is typically more accurate than most other FCS polls:
15. New Hampshire 19. Lehigh 23. Fordham
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Post by inhocsigno on Jul 31, 2017 12:12:59 GMT -5
Talk about low expectations. Wow. Says a lot about how far this program has fallen.
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Post by bikeman on Jul 31, 2017 16:15:47 GMT -5
Defense never seems to improve. Can't win when you can't stop them. Will we have a running game? No reason to be optimistic in my opinion. I hope to be pleasantly surprised.
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Post by hcpride on Aug 1, 2017 4:09:36 GMT -5
W vs bucknell, Lafayette, gtown and Monmouth plus an upset tbd. 5 and 6 I was thinking along these lines ...but Monmouth beat both Lehigh and Fordham last year and should be the favorite v HC...so optimistically and with an upset (Colgate? Dartmouth?), I'm saying 4 and 7.
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Post by sader1970 on Aug 3, 2017 8:40:24 GMT -5
bump. So far, almost the perfect bell curve! Would be interested in not only the poll results but the reasoning for the individual predictions. KY, you are the betting man on the board, are you going to wait until the morning of UConn kick-off?
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Aug 3, 2017 10:02:34 GMT -5
bump. So far, almost the perfect bell curve! Would be interested in not only the poll results but the reasoning for the individual predictions. KY, you are the betting man on the board, are you going to wait until the morning of UConn kick-off? No I had a good day playing the Spa yesterday so maybe I should place my bet while I'm hot.....
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Post by sarasota on Aug 3, 2017 10:12:03 GMT -5
Prediction: HC's Offense will be the "Air Coryell" Offense. We will live or die by it. It's all Gilmore knows.
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Post by hc89 on Aug 3, 2017 11:28:52 GMT -5
6-5 with wins over Bucknell, UNH, Dartmouth, Lafayette, Monmouth and Georgetown.
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Post by Chu Chu on Aug 7, 2017 13:51:43 GMT -5
Connecticut (W) I've got a feelin'! Bucknell (W) New Hampshire (L) Hope I'm wrong here Dartmouth (W) Lafayette (W) Monmouth (W) Yale (L) These guys always seem to have our number Colgate (W) Georgetown (W) Fordham (L) Lehigh (W)
Go Cross!
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Post by hchoops on Aug 7, 2017 13:59:47 GMT -5
bump. So far, almost the perfect bell curve! Would be interested in not only the poll results but the reasoning for the individual predictions. KY, you are the betting man on the board, are you going to wait until the morning of UConn kick-off? No I had a good day playing the Spa yesterday so maybe I should place my bet while I'm hot..... if you have not done so, a trip to .Saratoga is well worth it.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Aug 7, 2017 14:08:50 GMT -5
No I had a good day playing the Spa yesterday so maybe I should place my bet while I'm hot..... if you have not done so, a trip to .Saratoga is well worth it. I would really love to make that trip. At Churchill Downs on one Derby Day some years ago I was wearing a Holy Cross cap and, by coincidence, was seated in front of a group of HC grads who noticed the cap. One of whom owned a hotel in Saratoga. I'm sure he's busy right now but hopefully hauling in a lot of cash. Playing the late Pick Four today......EDIT--the racing gods were with us as we hit the late pick four and it paid a huge premium. Hit p3's as well.
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Post by hchoops on Aug 7, 2017 14:11:33 GMT -5
If you do go, try to combine the track visits with a concert at their Performing Arts Center
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Post by hc6774 on Aug 7, 2017 14:23:09 GMT -5
if you have not done so, a trip to .Saratoga is well worth it. I would really love to make that trip. At Churchill Downs on one Derby Day some years ago I was wearing a Holy Cross cap and, by coincidence, was seated in front of a group of HC grads who noticed the cap. One of whom owned a hotel in Saratoga. I'm sure he's busy right now but hopefully hauling in a lot of cash. Playing the late Pick Four today...... we're they class '65?... a group of them go to Saratoga every year
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Post by sader1970 on Aug 7, 2017 14:46:57 GMT -5
I tend to be an optimist when it comes to pre-season Holy Cross teams but see that overall there are some people a little more optimistic than I predicted . . . .
at Connecticut (L)
at Bucknell (W)
New Hampshire (L)
at Dartmouth (L)
Lafayette (W)
Monmouth (W)
at Yale (L)
Colgate (W)
Georgetown (W)
at Fordham (L)
at Lehigh (L)
There is an outside chance that those 3* frosh recruits will be as good as advertised and make a contribution to the team in the latter half of the season and perhaps for a change we will be on the better side of an upset win or two. I don't believe, unless we are plagued with injuries, that we will be out of any game including UConn and UNH.
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Post by td128 on Aug 7, 2017 15:52:06 GMT -5
Let's Win!!
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Post by sarasota on Aug 7, 2017 19:51:48 GMT -5
A bunch of my '63 classmates reunite at Saratoga track every August. Well attended. Dedicate a race to a class member. Book restaurants and boat excursion.
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