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Post by mm67 on May 8, 2023 7:41:31 GMT -5
Given the weather in the Northeast, one can always expect the running game to play a major role. FU's pass happy offense was an outlier.
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Post by mm67 on May 8, 2023 8:12:17 GMT -5
HC- Villanova has not been a traditional rivalry game. I believe we have played Villanova approx. 20+ times. There does not appear to be much interest by either side. No reason to expect any change. Villanova & HC fans have plenty of other opportunities to watch their respective teams play against other opponents.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 8, 2023 8:32:57 GMT -5
HC- Villanova has not been a traditional rivalry game. I believe we have played Villanova approx. 20+ times. There does not appear to be much interest by either side. No reason to expect any change. Villanova & HC fans have plenty of other opportunities to watch their respective teams play against other opponents. Having a home and home with 'Nova every so often would definitely be nice. We haven't had a regular season game with them since 1989. We have a nice rivalry brewing with UNH, which I hope continues. Having Rhody on the schedule in the coming seasons makes all the sense in the world.
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Post by timholycross on May 8, 2023 8:46:54 GMT -5
HC- Villanova has not been a traditional rivalry game. I believe we have played Villanova approx. 20+ times. There does not appear to be much interest by either side. No reason to expect any change. Villanova & HC fans have plenty of other opportunities to watch their respective teams play against other opponents. Having a home and home with 'Nova every so often would definitely be nice. We haven't had a regular season game with them since 1989. We have a nice rivalry brewing with UNH, which I hope continues. Having Rhody on the schedule in the coming seasons makes all the sense in the world. VU is a good choice in some respects, but when you consider HC's playing in PA once or twice a season anyway; not so much. Also, HC hasn't played them in basketball since 1968, total of 4 times; so it's not like there's any kind of ongoing relationship w/that school.
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Post by gks on May 8, 2023 9:05:46 GMT -5
HC- Villanova has not been a traditional rivalry game. I believe we have played Villanova approx. 20+ times. There does not appear to be much interest by either side. No reason to expect any change. Villanova & HC fans have plenty of other opportunities to watch their respective teams play against other opponents. Having a home and home with 'Nova every so often would definitely be nice. We haven't had a regular season game with them since 1989. We have a nice rivalry brewing with UNH, which I hope continues. Having Rhody on the schedule in the coming seasons makes all the sense in the world. Should be a yearly game.
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Post by hcpride on May 8, 2023 10:29:54 GMT -5
Having a home and home with 'Nova every so often would definitely be nice. We haven't had a regular season game with them since 1989. We have a nice rivalry brewing with UNH, which I hope continues. Having Rhody on the schedule in the coming seasons makes all the sense in the world. Should be a yearly game. Yes, Colgate worked out a home and home with Nova (they’re playing in 2023) so it is possible. UNH, like Nova, is CAA and is generally good so is also a reliable counterweight to the PL patsies. I’d like to see URI every other year or so. Nearby and Catholic Merrimack is another budding rivalry I’d put in the every other year category.
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Post by longsuffering on May 8, 2023 11:26:22 GMT -5
Villanova has achieved what Crossporters often wish for Holy Cross: Selectivity and academic ratings that have improved over time coincident with becoming a potential national factor in BB and FCS football every season.
I'll take a game with them anytime. If that continues to not be a mutually good fit, I plan on enjoying games with Merrimack and Bryant (not both in the same year hopefully and weighted more towards Merrimack, our fellow Catholic College than our closest D-1 neighbor Bryant) because I think they are taking football seriously. Seemingly more seriously than some of our deeper pocketed PL partners, unfortunately.😒
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Post by nycrusader2010 on May 8, 2023 12:16:26 GMT -5
Having a home and home with 'Nova every so often would definitely be nice. We haven't had a regular season game with them since 1989. We have a nice rivalry brewing with UNH, which I hope continues. Having Rhody on the schedule in the coming seasons makes all the sense in the world. Should be a yearly game. Remember the CAA has an 8 game conference schedule. So UNH every year has: CAA x 8 FBS buy game Dartmouth This leaves them ONE date to play around with and TWO dates to play with when 12 games are permitted. So pledging their one open date to HC every year realistically isn't going to happen. But I imagine we'll hopefully be pursuing on and off series with them moving forward.
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Post by HC92 on May 8, 2023 13:17:58 GMT -5
HC- Villanova has not been a traditional rivalry game. I believe we have played Villanova approx. 20+ times. There does not appear to be much interest by either side. No reason to expect any change. Villanova & HC fans have plenty of other opportunities to watch their respective teams play against other opponents. Having a home and home with 'Nova every so often would definitely be nice. We haven't had a regular season game with them since 1989. We have a nice rivalry brewing with UNH, which I hope continues. Having Rhody on the schedule in the coming seasons makes all the sense in the world. We beat them 38-17 in 1989. Would think they’d be over it by now but I guess not.
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Post by newfieguy74 on May 8, 2023 16:44:02 GMT -5
Maybe someone has already pointed this out but there's an excellent half hour interview with Matthew Sluka on Bluebloods on You Tube.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on May 8, 2023 17:19:52 GMT -5
I think for many posters , HC men’s basketball and football would be the two sports we follow with the greatest interest. I must say that it has been decades since I have been awaiting their seasons with as much interest and optimism that I have for 2023. Bring it on!
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Post by drjack on May 8, 2023 21:40:41 GMT -5
Maybe someone has already pointed this out but there's an excellent half hour interview with Matthew Sluka on Bluebloods on You Tube. I hadn't seen this but it's one of my favorite podcasts for the FCS. I think he was even trying to come up from Alabama for the Fordham game last year but it didn't work. Definitely worth a follow if you wanna keep up with FCS football. Probably HBCU focused, but one of the few who would routinely at least recap our games.
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Post by HC92 on May 10, 2023 20:35:08 GMT -5
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Post by bfoley82 on May 12, 2023 6:35:46 GMT -5
Remember the CAA has an 8 game conference schedule. So UNH every year has: CAA x 8 FBS buy game Dartmouth This leaves them ONE date to play around with and TWO dates to play with when 12 games are permitted. So pledging their one open date to HC every year realistically isn't going to happen. But I imagine we'll hopefully be pursuing on and off series with them moving forward. UNH also has scheduled Harvard in the coming years...
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Post by hc1998 on May 12, 2023 7:18:30 GMT -5
And Sluka #2 QB, Coker #10 WR...interestingly Fordham has #1 RB, perhaps a completely new offensive look for them (although they ran a good amount last year too)
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Post by mm67 on May 12, 2023 7:46:21 GMT -5
Long view. PL rivalry games. In state UMass is a better choice than UNH for a home & home series.Try to continue w/2-3 Ivies Harvard (Yale & Brown on a regular basis). Add an occasional blowout against BC, the Army/Navy. A game against a local New England rising school. Intersectionals against quality schools on the sked, CAA and the rest. Sac State(Home & Home), U SanDiego, Air Force or another occasional out of the box would be fun, too. I am sure with the capable guidance the AD & coachHC will continue to offer a fine schedule.
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Post by hchoops on May 12, 2023 8:03:47 GMT -5
And Sluka #2 QB, Coker #10 WR...interestingly Fordham has #1 RB, perhaps a completely new offensive look for them (although they ran a good amount last year too) Going back to Chase Edmonds offense
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Post by hcpride on May 12, 2023 8:26:15 GMT -5
And Sluka #2 QB, Coker #10 WR...interestingly Fordham has #1 RB, perhaps a completely new offensive look for them (although they ran a good amount last year too) While I wouldn’t expect them to be as strong next year (given the departure of DeMorat and his backup and a few other fifth years), they’re still a solid second in the PL and should have a good running game. DeMorat was a FCS mismatch in terms of throwing ability whose presence also opened up the running game. No idea if any incoming frosh (those that weren’t poached by Harvard after signing NLIs with Fordham) are difference makers. One thing about the PL, a good frosh (Sluka, Dobbs, DeMorat, etc) can make an immediate difference.
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Post by Ignutz on May 12, 2023 10:04:41 GMT -5
Long view. PL rivalry games. In state UMass is a better choice than UNH for a home & home series.Try to continue w/2-3 Ivies Harvard (Yale & Brown on a regular basis). Add an occasional blowout against BC, the Army/Navy. A game against a local New England rising school. Intersectionals against quality schools on the sked, CAA and the rest. Sac State(Home & Home), U SanDiego, Air Force or another occasional out of the box would be fun, too. I am sure with the capable guidance the AD & coachHC will continue to offer a fine schedule. I'm still holding out for an FBS game against Rice - a good academic school, a chance to be competitive on the national stage, and a chip to entice recruits from the Lone Star state.
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Post by necfbfan on May 12, 2023 10:48:41 GMT -5
Long view. PL rivalry games. In state UMass is a better choice than UNH for a home & home series.Try to continue w/2-3 Ivies Harvard (Yale & Brown on a regular basis). Add an occasional blowout against BC, the Army/Navy. A game against a local New England rising school. Intersectionals against quality schools on the sked, CAA and the rest. Sac State(Home & Home), U SanDiego, Air Force or another occasional out of the box would be fun, too. I am sure with the capable guidance the AD & coachHC will continue to offer a fine schedule. I'm still holding out for an FBS game against Rice - a good academic school, a chance to be competitive on the national stage, and a chip to entice recruits from the Lone Star state. Not to mention they're in the AAC now, which has long held the moniker of "best G5 conference" for several years now.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on May 12, 2023 10:53:39 GMT -5
Long view. PL rivalry games. In state UMass is a better choice than UNH for a home & home series.Try to continue w/2-3 Ivies Harvard (Yale & Brown on a regular basis). Add an occasional blowout against BC, the Army/Navy. A game against a local New England rising school. Intersectionals against quality schools on the sked, CAA and the rest. Sac State(Home & Home), U SanDiego, Air Force or another occasional out of the box would be fun, too. I am sure with the capable guidance the AD & coachHC will continue to offer a fine schedule. I'm still holding out for an FBS game against Rice - a good academic school, a chance to be competitive on the national stage, and a chip to entice recruits from the Lone Star state. Rice FB isn't on the "national stage".
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Post by gks on May 12, 2023 11:14:35 GMT -5
I'm still holding out for an FBS game against Rice - a good academic school, a chance to be competitive on the national stage, and a chip to entice recruits from the Lone Star state. Rice FB isn't on the "national stage". Rice isn't even on the Houston stage.
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Post by hc1998 on May 12, 2023 11:20:15 GMT -5
And Sluka #2 QB, Coker #10 WR...interestingly Fordham has #1 RB, perhaps a completely new offensive look for them (although they ran a good amount last year too) While I wouldn’t expect them to be as strong next year (given the departure of DeMorat and his backup and a few other fifth years), they’re still a solid second in the PL and should have a good running game. DeMorat was a FCS mismatch in terms of throwing ability whose presence also opened up the running game. No idea if any incoming frosh (those that weren’t poached by Harvard after signing NLIs with Fordham) are difference makers. One thing about the PL, a good frosh (Sluka, Dobbs, DeMorat, etc) can make an immediate difference. They actually had a pretty solid run game last year too...it was just overshadowed (and likely helped) by the strong pass game. That team covered alot of yards last year
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Post by purplehaze on May 12, 2023 11:35:48 GMT -5
If you ask Rice what they pay for an FCS team to visit - they might say 'we'll provide free orange slices at halftime' - this idea is a total loser as it would only be expenses and no income - they draw flies
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Post by nycrusader2010 on May 12, 2023 11:53:02 GMT -5
If you look at the last 15 years of Rice FCS opponents, I guarantee almost all of them are either SWAC or Southland teams within driving distance.
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