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Post by hchoops on Oct 2, 2022 12:41:10 GMT -5
Good to still see 2 PL teams in the top 25, especially the one at #8.
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Post by sader1970 on Oct 2, 2022 12:42:09 GMT -5
Sean absolutely came back. His shoulder looked to have a very painful injury when it happened but he was back in the game pretty quickly. Surprised me.
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Post by breezy on Oct 2, 2022 13:36:02 GMT -5
The Holy Cross Football Twitter highlights:
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Post by hcnj on Oct 2, 2022 14:01:16 GMT -5
Watching yesterday, it appeared that the last FG barely reached. From the angle in these highlights, I see it cleared the crossbar with plenty of distance to spare You could audition for the commentator/color guy spot on the ivy broadcast. Every replay would "obviously be overturned" as soon as the officials get a better look at it. One, "will take just 20 seconds", and the field goal you referenced he complimented but closed with "... But, barely (in a tone that you knew it was pretty wimpy) made it over the crossbar". In general they were fine but they really didn't get beat, just "turnovers, an unforced fumble, penalties, and those [darn] blocked punts" that was the difference.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Oct 2, 2022 14:34:01 GMT -5
Coker's ascension over the last 12 months, to one of the very best receivers in FCS, is just amazing to me. Had he not stumbled after catching that second half post pattern pass he was probably taking that to the house.
So much ball left to be played, but my goodness, it's hard not to feel absolutely giddy about this team.
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Post by timholycross on Oct 2, 2022 14:50:09 GMT -5
I believe the Buffalo game had similarly lengthy time outs. Think that game was 3:52 or close. I think that's perhaps a clue. Each conference has a media rights package with ESPN. That package provides for x number of slots for advertising during a game. Some of these slots ESPN reserves for itself for national advertising, and receives revenue for such. Other slots are reserved for the conference, and/or school, and revenue goes to the conference / school. The conference / school slots may vary by game. As the ESPN+ broadcasts are streaming, not over-the-air broadcast, no one streaming broadcast can interfere with another from a time standpoint. In looking at the broadcast times from a few of the games on ESPN+ yesterday, HC's, at 3:40, was the longest. However, it should be noted that were several replays that took an extraordinary amount of time, ---and a concession by the referee that there would be no replay of a contested play because replay was not operating. So perhaps, there were problems with replay over the entire game. The broadcast time is the length of the broadcast, not the length of the game. Miami U - Buffalo broadcast time was 3;32. UMass E. Michigan was 3:25. Stephen F. Auston - Sam Houston was 3:25. Sac State - Cal Poly was 3;19. Princeton-Columbia 3:10. Lafayette-Bucknell 3:12. From Sept 24, Yale @ Cornell was 2:56. JMU v. App State was 3:21 Montana State @ E. Washington, 3:34. Tarleton @ N. Alabama, 3:20. HC@ Colgate, 3:11. All the things you mentioned were to be expected and probably made it a 3:30 length. Contracted stoppages have been agreed to by the schools and replays in college ball are much more dragged out than in the NFL (and there are more of them by rule). But, like I said, that accounts for all but 10 minutes. Those 10 minutes were spent rounding the teams up from the sidelines to get ready to resume. IMHO, this wasn't at all necessary. It's either the officiating crew or the person signaling them that the ads are coming to an end that are at fault. Or perhaps both.
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Post by efg72 on Oct 2, 2022 15:44:41 GMT -5
In reality the lengthy timeouts might be a negative for us given our depth and fitness we need the game to have a consistent flow or something close
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Post by cruskater31 on Oct 2, 2022 16:06:08 GMT -5
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Post by hcpride on Oct 2, 2022 16:12:31 GMT -5
Nice to see us at 5! Fordham at 42 is the highest ranked team (by far) remaining on our schedule.
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Post by rgs318 on Oct 2, 2022 16:20:46 GMT -5
Massey Composite Ranks (10 polls as of 10/2) _#5 HOLY CROSS #25 Harvard #34 Yale #42 Fordham #63 Merrimack #80 Lafayette #86 Colgate #99 Bryant #105 Lehigh #118 Georgetown #126 Bucknell
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Post by cmo on Oct 2, 2022 16:46:15 GMT -5
Thanks, efg No mention of Fordham and deMorat’s latest gaudy passing numbers, and their defense’s continuing to give up lafty point totals Those write ups will come when the PL gives out its weekly awards.
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Post by cmo on Oct 2, 2022 16:52:33 GMT -5
I hope the recruits are shown these highlights. They definitely are. Probably not on Twitter (which is for old guys in their 40’s and 50’s 😀) but they’re seeing them.
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Post by cmo on Oct 2, 2022 16:57:33 GMT -5
Coker's ascension over the last 12 months, to one of the very best receivers in FCS, is just amazing to me. Had he not stumbled after catching that second half post pattern pass he was probably taking that to the house. So much ball left to be played, but my goodness, it's hard not to feel absolutely giddy about this team. Un-coverable for a lot of the day. #0 had no shot. Especially singled up to the wide side of field. They had to use safety help on him even into the boundary. I like how we moved him into the slot later in game. Matchup nightmare.
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Post by cmo on Oct 2, 2022 17:00:17 GMT -5
Fun day in Cambridge. Never rained. Good HC turnout.
I think you would have had more if not for the threat of rain.
I think that win gets us in even if we were to (only) lose to Fordham.
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Post by longsuffering on Oct 2, 2022 17:53:25 GMT -5
Fun day in Cambridge. Never rained. Good HC turnout. I think you would have had more if not for the threat of rain. I think that win gets us in even if we were to (only) lose to Fordham. 10-1 with an FBS win? In like Flynn. I would rather see Fordham go 9-2, 5-1 and be the second PL team in than HC be the second team in, however.
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Post by sader1970 on Oct 2, 2022 17:58:50 GMT -5
Not sure who besides us but Fordham’s defense is so weak that I’m pretty sure some other PL team will bump the Rams off as well as us.
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Post by rgs318 on Oct 2, 2022 18:01:46 GMT -5
From your mouth to God's ear.
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Post by hchoops on Oct 2, 2022 18:17:01 GMT -5
Not sure who besides us but Fordham’s defense is so weak that I’m pretty sure some other PL team will bump the Rams off as well as us. None of their opponents, including Ohio, has been able to limit Fordham’s high scoring offense. Is there a PL team besides us that can outscore them, even with their bad defense ? They average 51.8 ppg( thanks SOV) They give up 44.4 ppg
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Post by hcnj on Oct 2, 2022 18:26:06 GMT -5
Not sure who besides us but Fordham’s defense is so weak that I’m pretty sure some other PL team will bump the Rams off as well as us. None of their opponents, including Ohio, has been able to limit Fordham’s high scoring offense. Is there a PL team besides us that can outscore them, even with their bad defense ? They average 34 ppg They give up 32 ppg Highly unlikely unless you allow that someone will play good defense that day. The flip side is that they narrowly missed losing several games.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Oct 2, 2022 18:42:34 GMT -5
Not sure who besides us but Fordham’s defense is so weak that I’m pretty sure some other PL team will bump the Rams off as well as us. None of their opponents, including Ohio, has been able to limit Fordham’s high scoring offense. Is there a PL team besides us that can outscore them, even with their bad defense ? They average 34 ppg They give up 32 ppg Fordham is averaging 51.8 ppg this year.
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Post by hchoops on Oct 2, 2022 18:46:32 GMT -5
Thanks
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Post by mm67 on Oct 2, 2022 19:03:19 GMT -5
The match up might prove daunting for HC.We cannot afford a shootout, trying merely to outscore Fordham. HC's defense must slow down FU if HC is to prevail. Our defensive strength rests in stopping the run. Our pass rush and secondary are good but are they good enough to slow down the Rams passing juggernaut? The matchup of their passing game against our passing defense might be problematic. They seem to be able to exploit a pass defense's weaknesses such as a particular DB. Give their QB time and he will connect. It seems their pass offense makes every opposing defense look bad. The lower the score the more likely an HC win. Hopefully, HC will be able to use the ground game to control the game. Deprive the FU offense of the ball. It would help if HC grabbed an early lead and did not have to play catch up football. Slow down the game.GoCrossGo
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Oct 2, 2022 19:24:27 GMT -5
Another well done highlights tape Thanks for posting, Lou It is a shame that deMorat automatically gets the OPoW every week. Coker or Sluka are more worthy considering the respective opponents. But that does not matter to the number counters at PL headquarters.. Greenwood will also probably get the DPoW with all his tackles. Not important, but annoying. AT Ntantang (Lafayette) probably gets DPOW. And yes, it’s silly the PL doesn’t seem to take into account opponent or the overall defensive performance for these awards.
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Post by hchoops on Oct 2, 2022 19:33:50 GMT -5
#35 ST POW ?
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Post by Ignutz on Oct 2, 2022 19:50:34 GMT -5
Imho Fordham is not even average on defense -for an FCS level team
If we avoid making mental errors we will put 45 plus on the board. It might take 32 points to win Fordham's defense has been abysmal so far this season. Opponent quarterbacks in composite are completing 63% of their passes and are gaining 9.6 yards per pass attempt. Opponent QB's have a composite QB rating of 164.13. For perspective the highest single season QB rating for a Crusader was Jeff Wiley's 163 in 1987. Dom Randolph's career rating was 143.1. The Fordham pass defense makes every passer look like an all-conference QB. Fordham has been weak against the run as well with opponents averaging 5.5 yards per carry. We certainly shouldn't take the Rams lightly, but objective analysis would suggest that we should put a plethora of points on the scoreboard, Games when we score a plethora of points are my favorites.
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