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Post by cruskater31 on Apr 26, 2024 8:02:31 GMT -5
Impact players make a difference at every level, but I'd argue that an impact player, whether a diamond in the rough or a 3 star coming out of HS, make a bigger difference in a league like the PL. Montes and Felton should have Fordham chugging along offensively, but it remains to be seen how their defense will fare. Still not convinced of Colgate's resurgence, although I've talked to folks who think Colgate will be this year's Laffy. Laffy lost a lot on defense. I feel like the league title is wide open, but I have to think we might be the most well rounded squad.
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Post by mm67 on Apr 26, 2024 8:27:48 GMT -5
It appears the PL will be a scramble w/ a few closely bunched teams in the mix. I think it would be great for the PL to be truly competitive with closely fought, exciting games. The thrill of victory & the agony of defeat looks to be the reality for this year. GoCrossGo.
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Post by midwestsader05 on May 8, 2024 11:43:17 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on May 8, 2024 13:28:26 GMT -5
And no sign of the Crusaders. We could be the underdogs in one/some PL games this season. A first in a number of years. Interesting where we are ranked in the PL poll
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Post by Ignutz on May 8, 2024 15:08:02 GMT -5
As the song ("Rosalita") goes, "Someday we'll look back on this, and it will all seem funny."
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Post by hc1996 on May 8, 2024 15:26:00 GMT -5
No Ivies. Does he not include them or is speculation that the IL will suck this year?
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Post by HC92 on May 8, 2024 16:04:01 GMT -5
For anyone wanting to feel better about our home slate, this season UConn will host Merrimack, FAU, Buffalo, Temple, Wake, Rice and Georgia State. Yikes. And they still have the cajones to charge a mandatory donation for the privilege of buying any non-end zone season tickets. To be fair, even with the donation, a lower bowl season ticket on the 30 only costs $250 for 7 games. But still . . .
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Post by purplehaze on May 8, 2024 16:19:48 GMT -5
A strange fact about their schedule is 6 straight home games from Sep 21 through Nov 2 - not ideal but when you’re an Indy you have to be flexible
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Post by timholycross on May 8, 2024 16:55:37 GMT -5
No Ivies. Does he not include them or is speculation that the IL will suck this year? Sooner or later, all this upheaval is going to hurt their recruiting.
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Post by timholycross on May 8, 2024 17:00:01 GMT -5
A strange fact about their schedule is 6 straight home games from Sep 21 through Nov 2 - not ideal but when you’re an Indy you have to be flexible Actually, rain is a random event; but other than that, decent dates in that it shouldn't be too hot nor be too cold. Playing some of those games in late November or early December is not a recipe for a big crowd.
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Post by longsuffering on May 8, 2024 20:01:12 GMT -5
UBuffalo vs the PL indicates that HC and Fordham with stable head coaches had an early season advantage over the Bulls as they seem to move coaches in and out more often. Laffy will face a brand new Buffalo head coach in his first game. I hope Coach Curran can settle in for a long successful run at HC.
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Post by longsuffering on May 8, 2024 20:06:28 GMT -5
The way too early projection highlights the regional nature of FCS and how HC has limited options to face the FCS national iron when it is located in other sections of the country. HC does an admirable job of scheduling games against Northesst FBS teams and as strong an FCS OOC slate as available among regional teams.
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Post by efg72 on May 8, 2024 21:22:35 GMT -5
Not a fan of New England FCS regional play but for those that want it I guess it makes for a decent schedule I would prefer two mid majors each year and three or four out of region FCS opponents
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 9, 2024 5:30:47 GMT -5
Not a fan of New England FCS regional play but for those that want it I guess it makes for a decent schedule I would prefer two mid majors each year and three or four out of region FCS opponents It takes two to tango and that becomes very costly playing opponents that require flights in the OOC. There are enough good CAA opponents regionally that we can round out a good schedule.
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Post by hc1996 on May 9, 2024 6:24:00 GMT -5
Not a fan of New England FCS regional play but for those that want it I guess it makes for a decent schedule I would prefer two mid majors each year and three or four out of region FCS opponents I assume you are referring to teams like BC as “mid majors” correct? If so, that’s awesome. I’m sure they’d love that label. 😀
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Post by efg72 on May 9, 2024 8:23:38 GMT -5
Service academies, MAC, and possibly the AAC and USA fit my definition of mid-majors. An occasional big pay game against schools like BC, Duke, Northwestern would be welcome.
How about FCS OOC games each season that were part of a PL Conference challenge- PL/Ivy, PL/CAA, PL/SoCon, PL/Big Sky, PL/MV, PL/MEAC
You could do something similar for hoops and maybe Hockey -Atlantic vs Hockey East
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Post by timholycross on May 9, 2024 8:31:50 GMT -5
Monmouth, Villanova, Stony Brook, Albany all relatively reachable to our fan base in addition to the New England schools (URI, Bryant, UNH, Maine). All 4 don't need flights. Next in line is Towson, they're the equivalent of Georgetown in terms of travel method/time.
After that, there's a couple of interesting opponents (W&M, Richmond); but those are flights and I wouldn't go out of my way to schedule anyone else.
The New England (and Albany, probably) schools in the CAA hurt Holy Cross' chances of scheduling the remaining schools; how many trips to New England do the others want to make considering they're already making some.
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Post by purplehaze on May 9, 2024 9:29:57 GMT -5
If we attracted better crowds (like Delaware has in recent years, in the 15k neighborhood) it would justify scheduling more aggressively out of the region. But our fan base is fairly thin and we do not generate enough revenue to justify plane trip games. In other words, more need to 'show up at Fitton'.
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Post by Ignutz on May 9, 2024 10:16:51 GMT -5
If we attracted better crowds (like Delaware has in recent years, in the 15k neighborhood) it would justify scheduling more aggressively out of the region. But our fan base is fairly thin and we do not generate enough revenue to justify plane trip games. In other words, more need to 'show up at Fitton'. And no longer at Polar Park.
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Post by hchoops on May 9, 2024 10:28:12 GMT -5
If we attracted better crowds (like Delaware has in recent years, in the 15k neighborhood) it would justify scheduling more aggressively out of the region. But our fan base is fairly thin and we do not generate enough revenue to justify plane trip games. In other words, more need to 'show up at Fitton'. The HC faithful certainly showed up in strong numbers at Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, last season.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on May 9, 2024 10:39:24 GMT -5
If we attracted better crowds (like Delaware has in recent years, in the 15k neighborhood) it would justify scheduling more aggressively out of the region. But our fan base is fairly thin and we do not generate enough revenue to justify plane trip games. In other words, more need to 'show up at Fitton'. Attendance at Delaware is actually down versus their 1990s and early 2000s heyday. Their last decade or so in FCS was pretty milquetoast for UD football standards. I'm sure FBS will provide a spike, at least initially. If they're not playing all their home games on Tuesday and Wednesday nights that is.
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Post by hcpride on May 9, 2024 11:22:01 GMT -5
Laffy’s got a soft FCS OOC…Monmouth, Marist, Columbia, Sacred Heart, Stonehill…they may need an early win v FBS Buffalo to ultimately make some noise in the FCS rankings.
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Post by hcpride on May 9, 2024 11:28:31 GMT -5
The way too early projection highlights the regional nature of FCS and how HC has limited options to face the FCS national iron when it is located in other sections of the country. HC does an admirable job of scheduling games against Northesst FBS teams and as strong an FCS OOC slate as available among regional teams. Villanova is pre-season ranked 6 (in the ranking we are referencing) and is traveling up to Colgate this year. There have been all sorts of reasons posted as to why we essentially never play them regular season any more.
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Post by HC92 on May 9, 2024 11:33:18 GMT -5
Always seems weird that we never play Villanova. Their OOC opponents this year are Youngstown State, Colgate, Maryland, Towson and LIU.
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Post by hcpride on May 9, 2024 11:41:38 GMT -5
No Ivies. Does he not include them or is speculation that the IL will suck this year? Don’t know about ‘suck’ but not good enough for this top 25 projection (ditto Holy Cross). The better Ivies need robust OOCs to land good rankings mid season and check out Princeton’s marshmallow OOC: Lehigh, Howard, Mercer.
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