Eli

Beautiful pass after the punt. What a throw. Laser.

Kick it into the endzone!

Great answer Poff! On the money!

Secondary gettin picked apart.

That's not an auspicious start...but D does their job! And a missed FG!

That bad kickoff return turned out to be a big fat zero. Go Great Danes!

Let's go Danes!

For all the talk on the Idaho board about the CAA, the CAA is seemingly a lot closer to them than they think. Close game and far far from a blowout. 

1 hour ago, jimbo said:

For every Boise St, JMU and App St there’s a lot of UMass stories. 
 

And…..does everyone know that Cortland is playing in the D3 football semi finals on Saturday at 12? Two SUNY schools getting it done! Go Red Dragons! 

Cortland was also in the National Collegiate Rugby finale. SUNY's representin on many levels.

(I don't watch rugby, but someone I know's daugher is on the team and I saw his FB posts in Houston)

1 minute ago, B9j2j6s said:

For him given his situation it would be the best place to land.  SR was the ideal place for him but we know what is happening their.  Hope he gets the job it is just going to be awkward one night every year.

He better not cry about hosting the game at TUC every year! Maybe this is how we get true home and homes with no neutral site garbage going forward. 

🤮. That's like Tom Brady playing for the Jets, to me at least. Booo! 🤣

Gattuso CAA coach of the year. Who would thunk it last year? 

20 minutes ago, Clickclack said:

Yeah, I mean if you told me this time last year this would go down like this, I'd have to ask your family to commit you. 

Yep. House money. All of us just wanted to be .500 or competitive this year and continue building. Even if we lose by 100, this year has been a resounding success. BUT, considering what's transpired the last 7-8 weeks, our team deserves to be in the same sentence as all of the other remaining teams - we're that good. But it'll still be a resounding success even if we get our doors blown off and beat like a red headed step child.

Last Up: W (98-59) vs SUNY Potsdam (D3)
Next Up: vs Temple (4-3) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY
Date: 12/10/23 @ 7:00PM
TV/Streaming: YES Network
Local Radio: ESPN Radio 104.5 FM
ESPN Matchup Predictor: 35.3% chance of a UAlbany win

UAlbany Wins																																			
** Albany stats are the left side in each grouping **																																			
Opponent	Type	LOC	ATN	PTS		FGM		FGA		FG%		3PTM		3PTA		3PT%		FTM		FTA		FT%		REB		AST		STL		BLK		TO		FOUL	
Columbia	OOC	Away	761	78	75	27	23	59	57	45.8%	40.4%	6	7	17	22	35.3%	31.8%	18	22	27	24	66.7%	91.7%	40	25	14	11	4	7	3	3	15	10	18	19
Army		OOC	Home	2011	62	59	22	22	53	62	41.5%	35.5%	7	4	21	18	33.3%	22.2%	11	11	14	17	78.6%	64.7%	31	31	8	7	5	7	4	3	11	7	17	10
Siena		OOC	Away	7605	86	51	36	20	70	61	51.4%	32.8%	6	3	19	14	31.6%	21.4%	8	8	9	13	88.9%	61.5%	45	33	14	9	12	6	1	3	12	18	18	9
Boston Univ.	OOC	Home	3103	86	72	25	25	55	65	45.5%	38.5%	14	4	32	14	43.8%	28.6%	22	18	37	26	59.5%	69.2%	36	42	15	9	9	6	4	4	10	13	22	25
Dartmouth	OOC	Home	2075	73	68	27	25	63	56	42.9%	44.6%	5	6	20	26	25.0%	23.1%	14	12	24	16	58.3%	75.0%	38	34	14	10	11	5	1	9	14	17	20	23
SUNY Potsdam	OOC	Home	-	98	59	39	22	73	65			9	4	23	19	39.1%	21.1%	11	11	15	13	73.3%	84.6%	38	32	20	7	17	5	3	5	13	21	14	10
																																			
Tot. W				15555	483	384	176	137	373	366	47.2%	37.4%	47	28	132	113	35.6%	24.8%	84	82	126	109	66.7%	75.2%	228	197	85	53	58	36	16	27	75	86	109	96
Avg. W				2592.5	80.5	64.0	29.3	22.8	62.2	61.0	37.8%	32.0%	7.8	4.7	22.0	18.8	34.7%	24.7%	14.0	13.7	21.0	18.2	70.9%	74.5%	38.0	32.8	14.2	8.8	9.7	6.0	2.7	4.5	12.5	14.3	18.2	16.0
																																			
UAlbany Losses																																			
** Albany stats are the left side in each grouping **																																			
Opponent	Type	LOC	ATN	PTS		FGM		FGA		FG%		3PTM		3PTA		3PT%		FTM		FTA		FT%		REB		AST		STL		BLK		TO		FOUL	
UMass		OOC	Away	3015	71	92	20	33	56	76	35.7%	43.4%	9	10	26	22	34.6%	45.5%	22	16	31	26	71.0%	61.5%	40	43	10	20	2	12	5	4	18	5	23	21
Seton Hall	OOC	Away	7712	71	96	25	36	61	58	41.0%	62.1%	8	5	28	14	28.6%	35.7%	13	19	19	25	68.4%	76.0%	29	33	12	17	7	11	3	3	13	9	20	13
Quinnipiac	OOC	Away	763	82	85	29	30	73	68	39.7%	44.1%	7	1	20	7	35.0%	14.3%	17	24	23	30	73.9%	80.0%	38	39	11	13	7	3	6	7	10	11	21	27
																																			
Tot. L				11490	224	273	74	99	190	202	38.9%	49.0%	24	16	74	43	32.4%	37.2%	52	59	73	81	71.2%	72.8%	107	115	33	50	16	26	14	14	41	25	64	61
Avg. L				3830.0	74.7	91.0	24.7	33.0	63.3	67.3	38.8%	49.9%	8.0	5.3	24.7	14.3	32.7%	31.8%	17.3	19.7	24.3	27.0	71.1%	72.5%	35.7	38.3	11.0	16.7	5.3	8.7	4.7	4.7	13.7	8.3	21.3	20.3
																																			
Tot. (all)			27045	707	657	250	236	563	568	44.4%	41.5%	71	44	206	156	34.5%	28.2%	136	141	199	190	68.3%	74.2%	335	312	118	103	74	62	30	41	116	111	173	157
Avg. (all)			3005.0	78.6	73.0	27.8	26.2	62.6	63.1	38.2%	37.9%	7.9	4.9	22.9	17.3	34.0%	27.1%	15.1	15.7	22.1	21.1	71.0%	73.8%	37.2	34.7	13.1	11.4	8.2	6.9	3.3	4.6	12.9	12.3	19.2	17.4
			LOC	ATN	PTS		FGM		FGA		FG%		3PTM		3PTA		3PT%		FTM		FTA		FT%		REB		AST		STL		BLK		TO		FOUL	

Wait. Is this saying that Siena is the absolute worst program in the country? Like bar none? 

Hahahaha haha *breath* hahahaha hahaha 

They are definitely watching and lurking here...and call us Scoobys 🤣. It's all in good fun! They are even reading our local paper - lol. For the Vandals lurking here, please don't give the Times Useless any clicks or ad revenue! We don't like that paper around these parts as they always treated UA sports as a second fiddle to a much worse education institution known as Loudonville Community College (legal name Siena College - yes, like the minivan).

11 minutes ago, Clickclack said:

They don't care much for our run game and think we only throw...Their #1 guy vs our guy...funny they both wear 28. Their O line is allegedly banged up but who isn't this time of year?

 

Not to mention our guy was a walkon who has dominated all things considered 🤣. 

Agreed.

Based on my play throughs of NCAA March Madness 13 and NCAA Football 14 years ago when I was a kid...I honestly thought Idaho was some big school in P5. I was surprised to see them in the FCS bracket lol. I think these people think they are P5 as well.

9 minutes ago, UAalum72 said:

BTW we were 0-7 vs. Richmond before Saturday, so we're probably due for a western win too.

Yep. And Richmond fans were talkin smack before the game too...then it went from punch them in the mouth to watching cooking shows to lets disband the FB team and focus on basketball.

I'm not saying we're going to win. Hell, I'm not even saying it's gonna be a 1-2 score game. But I'm pretty confident it will NOT be a repeat of 2019 at Montana State. We are a LOT closer to Idaho than we were to Montana State. We've NEVER had a defense like this.

2 hours ago, BestDaneSinceHamlet said:

Reading any level of confidence, nay, cockiness on this board about the football team is nothing short of feeling like you live in bizarro world.  What next? Congratulating Benson for his patience in letting things develop?

 

I think this iteration of Albany football has earned that. But hell no on Benson. Not until Gattuso can do this for 3 years in a row. Then and ONLY then will I take back most everything I've said. Until then, he's just had 2 great years out of 10. His record is still only 45% (49-60) even with this impressive 10-3 season (so far)?

But based on the game last night, Idaho definitely better study.

15 minutes ago, Clickclack said:

The other guys message board...I know they found our board based on comments. It's not that we are clowning them but they looked like ass last night. I'm sure probably a bad game and obviously everyone is aware of their record etc. We can talk all the $iena we want as fans but we don't play the game...the team I'm sure is aware of the task at hand. But if they show up like that next weekend they will lose by a couple of TDs. I would not kick to their kick returner...that kid can fly. 

 

https://247sports.com/college/idaho/board/103901/Contents/albany-222170146/?page=1

lol...calling us azzhats. We're just calling a spade a spade. I haven't watched a lick of Idaho football in my life but if last night was an aberration for them, then good for them. If it wasn't...I'm not sure us saying it like it is...is us being 'azzhats'. Either way, it'll be settled on the field. If we play like we did against Richmond (hopefully minus the stupid penalties) - they better buckle their chin straps.

ESPN+ and UA site shows it as 10PM on 12/9.

1 hour ago, dslyank said:

Women had stats & line-ups on scoreboard yesterday.

MEN HAD NOTHING BUT ADS all game long both on overhead and floor.

 A friend confronted Benson @ the ½ who seemed totally flustered. Benson said it must be a software issue. When friend showed him a scoreboard picture of women"s game with line-ups & stats, Benson said not in his providence or expertises. Friend said he was a season ticket holder and asked Benson to look into😜.

reposted from women's thread.

Good! Keep the pressure on. 

Stupid Moscow it is. As a Ukrainian, I hate it. 🤣

Wow. Between the NDSU game and this game, I've never seen so many blocked kicks in one day. Do these lines not practice blocking people? UGH. We were 3 seconds from a home game!