Dane Pound

Trying to get an idea of how many people would be interested in a bus or van trip to the men's basketball game against UMass on Sunday, December 28. Transportation and tickets would be included, I'm not sure about food at this point. If you're interested either just post a response or email me. Thanks

Considering Dane96's previous success with getting the football ticket information on the Albany website by mentioning it on the old forum I thought I'd start this string. I was hoping to get some suggestions about the program from a fans perspective (not just complaints) and email them in from time to time to Charlie Voelker and staff who seems open to feedback. Here's a few for starters: -The football and basketball shows with Roger Wyland on Saturday. These are a great idea but are on (noon) exactly when I am driving into the game. If they can't move them to an earlier time (which I understand) then maybe they could air it on the radio like a pregame show. Sure I could record the show and watch it later but the whole idea is that they talk about the days opponent. -Hot beverages at the football game. This should be a no-brainer. We were discussing with the people in front of us at the St. Peters game how much we would have paid for a cup of coffee by the third quarter. How many sales are they missing out on? 50-100 cups? and that's just what I would have bought.

Another story in today's TU about Hitchcock but I couldn't find the link. She is one of 11 finalists and apparently didn't seek the Florida job but was selected by by their search committe.

I was thinking the same thing when I read the paper this morning. Also, Hitchcock has been a pretty strong supporter of athletics through a pretty difficult transition period. I have to wonder should Hitchcock leave whether the next pres. will be as encouraging. I would imagine things like a new stadium would require pretty strong support from the UA pres to get the money from the state but I don't really know.

You're right Ruler. We rushed well last week but I can't really point to a game where we've played well enough to beat a good conference opponent. St. Pete's is probably somewhat better than their record suggests considering their strength of schedule.

As mean-spirited as my initial post was I hope the MAAC football schools do plan on playing next year if they are bringing more kids in for football. At the Canisius game last year I chatted with someone whose grandsons played at Canisius, one was a junior and the other was a freshman who followed his brother. Obviously this guy had no idea the football program was going to be scrapped nor did his grandsons. Someone had to know at Canisius and they still continued to recruit kids. Seems like kind of a crappy thing to do.

Now that would be great. I'm curious to see the new place but we play them during the week this year. I'd imagine there will be alot of recruiting visits taken the first few games after that place opens. Great recruiting tool.

Story on the new basketball stadium in Binghamton. Expected to open in January. Bing Stadium

That is hysterical. I couldn't stop laughling long enough to type. No wonder he chose to return to England rather than play in the CBA. He is a marketing king! When they have that alumni game on senior day someone MUST bring a Todd Cetnar thong.

I-AA magazine rates all 1-AA teams. According to their list St. Francis is the worst team in 1-AA with $iena next to last. St. Francis plays Lasalle this weekend whose only win is over DIII College of NJ. Is it safe to assume you'll be rooting for St. Francis this weekend to open up that bottom spot?

It's been a long week so I really enjoyed seeing Patch's enthusiasam. I would have to think Zoellner was a good recruiting tool as soon as he transferred. It's got to be great to be able to tell a potential recruit that next year he'll be playing next to a Big East transfer. In terms of where the program is going I think just about everyone on this board would agree Brown is the guy to get us where we want to go. I don't know how the contracts are handled there but I'm pretty sure he is in the second year of a four or five year deal. I would imagine they wouldn't be talking about an extension until the final two years or so but who knows? I hope Brown is here at least as long as Doc Sauers

I wish I could tell you something that would make this game more compelling. St. Peters hasn't won this year and their best chance will probably be against $iena later this month. They have played a pretty tough schedule. They played Dayton last week (47-6). They played Robert Morris pretty tough earlier this year so maybe I'm not giving them enough credit. They also only lost to Marist (MAAC leader) by 2. I remember looking at their board at the beginning of the year and seeing that some people were complaining that their football schedule was designed to give them a poor record and get their football program cancelled. They will have played us, Dayton, Robert Morris, Monmouth and Sacred Heart. Why they would schedule Dayton I don't know.

Yes Bigpurpl and Dane Pound are both me. When I log in as admin it registers me as BigPurpl. I generally post as Dane Pound. Thanks for the recap of the football luncheon. I assume the one on October 22nd is at the Armory Center? I'll start getting my boss ready for my two hour lunch that day.

UAlum72 mentioned this before and it was driving me nuts. The type was flush left and I could not figure out what you guys were talking about. Then I opened the page in Netscape and (eureka) I saw what you guys were talking about. I'll do some research.

I know you're down on Wyatt but he was the only guy last year who displayed any toughness in going after rebounds. No matter what we should be improved at that position this year and anyone who gets minutes is going to have to fight for them. You have certainly piqued my interest in St. Hillaire. I remember reading something about him when he transferred in that described him as "freakishly athletic." We could use some freakishly athletic especially at the forward spot. I was wondering what you thought of Hughes? He would seem like a lock for the starting center spot.

I guess you can't give the award to the whole O-Line. I also see that the Danes moved up the poll this week but are still behind Duquense. How many ECAC bowls does the MAAC have to lose before the poll people realize the best MAAC team would be a middle of the pack NEC team? GARY JONES NAMED NORTHEAST CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Somerset, N.J. – University at Albany’s Gary Jones has been chosen as the Northeast Conference Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in last Saturday’s 42-7 victory over Sacred Heart on Monday, Sept. 29. Jones, a senior tailback, keyed a record-breaking running attack by carrying 24 times for a season-high 162 yards and one touchdown. Albany’s 404 rushing yards established a new NEC single-game mark, as Jones cracked the 100-yard plateau for the ninth time in his last 11 games dating back to last season. Jones, the 2002 NEC Offensive Player of the Year, moved into fourth place on the school’s career rushing touchdowns chart (25) with a 21-yard scamper in the first quarter to give the Great Danes a 14-0 edge. He also climbed to eighth on the school list in career rushing yards (1,884), ninth in all-purpose yards (2,363) and into a tie for fourth in scoring with 156 points.

Thanks for the help guys. I guess it is the "Big Fushia Fans" site. I wish now I would have put more thought into it when I set up the site. I actually got the color from the Dunking Dane at the top of the board. It never occured to me to check the UA website for the color. I used it in some of the graphics as well as some of the board preferences so it will take me a while to change it.

Todd Cetnar has a new team in England. It sounds like they love him over there as he lead his last team to a league championship. A good write-up for those who remember watching him play. Sutton Pumas Basketball Leader Herald Story Cetnar Fan Page

Couple of things that have surprised me so far this season: -Kicking game. I though with Pike graduating our punting would suffer. Zylinski has done a great job, one of the top punters in the conference. -Rohan Vidal. Much different type of back than Jones or George. Speedy and elusive rather than run through guys. Probably see alot more of him next year. -QB. I knew they would struggle but I didn't think this much. On the bright side Delgado is just a sophmore so he has time. I liked the way he sprinted down field on Saturday to throw a block for Jones. -Monmouth. When the schedule came out I looked at the homecoming game vs. Stony Brook as the one that would decide the conference. It looks like the week before against Monmouth may be more important to determining the conference champ. -Paving the road. Who's the rocket scientist who decided to repave the parking lot while people were arriving for the football game? -The "First Down" guy. The guy started that "First Down......Albany" last year then this year the announcer stole it on him. I see he even brought a megaphone with him this year.

Kind of a gloomy synopsis for a 42-7 win in which the school 1AA record for rushing was set. On the bright side it was sunny, the concession stands had plenty of hot dogs and both Stony Brook and $iena lost. The rushing game was absolutelty dominiant as was the defense. Sacred Heart had something like 41 rushes for 65 yards. We had over 400 yards on the ground. Yes, the passing game didn't look good. Sciarra (other than his TD run) didn't look good at all. I thought Delgado looked much better the few times he threw. He had two sure touchdowns dropped by his recievers. We wouldn't be the first college football team to win by rushing and not having a prolific passing attack (See Nebraska). The coaches (the fans either for that matter) don't determine what conference we play in. They just try and assemble the players to win their confernce. Coach Ford has done that the past two years. Pardon us for going out and enjoying the games.

I'll lose the AE link. I'm not sure what you mean about the type. It appears to be flush left.

I'm surprised they didn't post a story about the roster being released. Roster We've talked about Courtney Johnson before. As Patch mentioned Marvin Cheese comes in as a soph. I don't know about the level of play where he was but here are his Stats

Yes it is the official Siena Sucks icon. I had you and Dane 96 in mind when I made it. I can turn it into an avatar and send it to you if you'd like to use it all the time. I'm glad to see all the usual suspects registered and some new folks too. Haven't seen Czar on the board but hopefully he'll turn up. There are a few changes I still have to make, like the text appearing faded (UAlum72 pointed this out, it's not your eyes) on some of the headers. You'll probably notice some changes in the coming week. I think one thing it takes some time getting used to is having so much stuff on the main index. I'll try and weed some stuff out if it doesn't get used. I'm not sure about removing the links since I know I use them alot. If anyone has any suggestions by all means let me know.

Those are some really good walk-ons Patch. I was kind of surprised when Iati's injury was announced that Brown seemed so willing to red-shirt him. I guess with those two guys coming in we should have more guard depth that I would have thought. If those guys are the walk-ons for this year I can't wait to see next years recruits.

You're right that was who I was thinking of. Nice avatar by the way.