VS Maine

[UA'08]

How many freshman red shirted this season?

[Dane96]

Pretty much the whole class...18 or more.

[Dane96]

I believe Ngachie and Senn are the only two who played a considerable amount of time.

[danefan]

Pretty much the whole class...18 or more.

 

The only guys I have seen play are Senn and Ngachie right?

[UA'08]

Pretty much the whole class...18 or more.

 

Damn

[Dane96]

Pretty much the whole class...18 or more.

 

The only guys I have seen play are Senn and Ngachie right?

 

Nope...we are both wrong. Just remembered, Andre Martin has played in about every game at RB. Probably due to Omar's injuries. And Senn wasn't on the two-deep last week. Wonder if he ended up not playing the requisite number of games in order to keep him red-shirted. The little I've seen of him...I expect pretty big things from that kid.

 

By the way, during my visit to State Quad on Opening Night of BFF, I ran into Will Allen (OL) and a girl he was walking with back into the quad. Man, that kid is an absolute MONSTER. He's 6'6 295...but a fit 295. He's going to be a beast when the training staff is done with him. I see him getting into the 310 range.

[uofalbany]

Is that a larger than normal amount of red shirting? Seems so to me.

That should set us up nicely for next season.

[Dane96]

No, we've done that even during our time in the NEC. Maybe a bit more this year...but RS's are normal at the big boy level. We are playing at the big boy level of FCS.

[UA_MA_2000]

Final score: Maine wins 33-27. Penalties on Maine's offense throughout the game helped out our defense and kept it close.

[UAalum72]

Attendance 4912 is pretty good considering the 40-degrees, clouds, and losing record. Anybody hear what's the problem with the visiting bleachers, kept empty tonight?

 

13 penalties on Maine, six on us for 99 yards (16.5 yds per penalty?). One of ours was for blocking with interlocked arms - are we trying to revive the flying wedge?

 

We moved the ball pretty good but couldn't stop them. No discipline - two facemasks, the unsportmanlike after a TD, but I thought the call for the hit out of bounds was iffy.

[danefan]

Attendance 4912 is pretty good considering the 40-degrees, clouds, and losing record. Anybody hear what's the problem with the visiting bleachers, kept empty tonight?

 

13 penalties on Maine, six on us for 99 yards (16.5 yds per penalty?). One of ours was for blocking with interlocked arms - are we trying to revive the flying wedge?

 

We moved the ball pretty good but couldn't stop them. No discipline - two facemasks, the unsportmanlike after a TD, but I thought the call for the hit out of bounds was iffy.

 

A bolt came loose during the Section II Super Bowl last night. Easy fix, but the university's code enforcement team wouldn't pass it in time and wouldn't allow anyone to sit on any of the bleachers. It was a good game for it to happen though. They'll have it fixed for next week.

[danefan]

Best we've played all year. If we play like this the next two weeks we'll get a win.

 

Very surprising to see the dropped balls by Cole King. Usually a sure handed receiver. Really hurt us tonight.

[Michigan_Dane]

The hit out of bounds basically cost us the game. It restarted downs and they scored a short while afterward.

 

I love college football and UAlbany but this is painful... I'm kind of waiting for the end. Like a sick family member at hospice dreading the day but can't take the pain anymore.

 

What is a feasible record for next year? What should the expectation be for the new coach? I'm thinking 4 to 5 wins overall. 2 in conference. That's my baseline following this year.

[UAalum72]

A bolt came loose during the Section II Super Bowl last night. Easy fix, but the university's code enforcement team wouldn't pass it in time and wouldn't allow anyone to sit on any of the bleachers. It was a good game for it to happen though. They'll have it fixed for next week.

Is this another argument for Phase 2 with permanent seats there instead of temps?

[UA_MA_2000]

The hit out of bounds basically cost us the game. It restarted downs and they scored a short while afterward.

 

I love college football and UAlbany but this is painful... I'm kind of waiting for the end. Like a sick family member at hospice dreading the day but can't take the pain anymore.

 

What is a feasible record for next year? What should the expectation be for the new coach? I'm thinking 4 to 5 wins overall. 2 in conference. That's my baseline following this year.

 

Even more painful was sitting there in person in the cold. I was freezing my tail off today! I can't see college football ever drawing huge crowds in November anywhere in the Northeast (Syracuse has a dome).

 

I thought I dressed appropriately, but I guess not. I'll be more prepared next week for UNH.

 

That hot chocolate was amazing though. Best I ever had, and the pulled pork sandwiches were nice and moist; very tasty. Food was a lot better today than the cardboard pizza at the TUC last night, which was worse than it ever has been.

Edited November 10, 2013 by UA_MA_2000