On the radio, etc./Football notes
Tonight (Thursday) and for the rest of the season on Thursdays I will be on WOBM AM (1160 and I think it's broadcast as well on 1310 AM)..talking MU football with Kevin Williams and Ed Sarluca on the Chevy Giant Football Show. For any one has not heard it..the program mainly deals with high school football but we do a Monmouth segment every week...
Actually ..I have been doing this now since last year but have forgotten to mention it this year on the blog until now...
Following are Stony Brook game notes highlights from the Monmouth U. web site:
Head Coach: Stony Brook is led by first-year head coach Chuck Priore. Priore and the Seawolves are 0-4 on the season, with 48-7 a loss to nationally-ranked UMass on Saturday. Priore comes from Trinity College where he had a 30-game winning streak with the Bantams and was also an assistant at Penn.
Offense: The Seawolves have struggled in 2006 on offense, getting out-scored 134-22 through four games. Junior Josh Dudash and senior Andrew Garrett have almost split time at quarterback this season. Dudash has completed
55 percent of his passes, throwing for 407 yards and registering the team's only touchdown through the air. On the ground, Steve Austin and Conte Cuttino have carried the load for Stony Brook. Austin has 118 yards on 27 attempts this season for a 4.1 average and a long of 21. Cuttino has 100 yards on 32 attempts. Senior Mike Cosentino leads the team in receptions and yardage with 201 yards on 18 catches. Sophomore Dwayne Eley is second on the team in receptions with 11 for 109 yards.
Defense: Stony Brook's defense has allowed 33.3 points per game in 2006, with opponents racking up 211 yards per game on the ground against them. Senior outside linebacker Richie Richards leads the team in tackles with 11 solo and 15 assisted for 26 total. He also is tied for second on the team in tackles for a loss with two, including a sack. Sophomore Chris Merkle is second on the team in stops with 23. Sophomore defensive back Milo Otis has the team's only interception and freshman linebacker Tyler Santucci leads the Seawolves with three tackles for a loss. Stony Brook's best defensive performance
of the year came against Georgetown, when they held the Hoyas to seven points but the offense was unable to score against the Patriot League opponent.
Note: frosh Cory Giddings (Ocean) starts at corner for SB. Was also recruited by Monmouth.
Special Teams: Placekicker Matt Weeks has not attempted a field goal in 2006. Sean McGinty leads the NEC in punts, averaging 36.8 on a league-high 36 attempts. J.J. Cox Jr. leads the Seawolves in kick returns, averaging 18.1 yards per return with a long of 31 yards on 10 attempts. Cuttino has also taken six returns for a 135 yards or 22.5 yards per return. Eley has taken all 11 punt returns for the Seawolves.
BOLAND CLOSES IN ON RECORD (S)...
Monmouth senior quarterback needs just 11 yards to become the Hawk all-time leader in passing yards. He currently has 6,219 and is 10 yards behind former Hawk Dan Sabella for first. Boland also needs just three touchdown passes to tie Sabella for first in passing TDs. Even more impressive is the fact that he also needs just 20 attempts and 12 completions to tie Sabella's records in those two categories.
Brian is No. 24 in 1-AA football in pass efficiency rating (139.0). For comparison, leader is Jarred Rucker of Bethune Cookman (188.2).
You can go to ncaa.com/sports and find links to just about every category known to man and beast
RED ZONE DEFENSE...
As a team Monmouth ranks first in the NEC in Red Zone Defense this season, allowing their opponents just three scores in seven attempts for 42.9 percent. The Hawks have given up just one touchdown and two field goals when opponents are inside the MU Red Zone. The Hawks scoring
defense of 10.50 points per game is seventh among all teams that participate in I-AA football.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES...
This season the Hawks have been the best team in the NEC in penalty yardage, committing just 19 penalties this season for 39.5 yards per game. Last season Monmouth finished sixth in the eight-team conference in penalty yardage
committed per game with 74.8 penalty yards per game. Sacred Heart has committed the most penalties thus far this season, averaging almost 65 yards per game.
However, penalties have cost MU four TD the last two games.
I found this next item interesting: good note from Greg Viscomi (MU football SID):
No. NAME CLASS RUSHES (pct) YARDS (pct) AVG. LONG TD’s (pct)
30 David Sinisi RS-FR 46 (39%) 188 (39.1%) 4.1 32 4 (57.1%)
22 Leonard Brice SR 49 (41.5%) 179 (37.2%) 3.7 22 1 (14%)
7 Rob Lutz SR 17 (14.4%) 72 (15%) 4.2 11 1 (14%)
25 Ryan Skorupka FR 6 (5%) 42 (8.7%) 7.0 24 1 (14%)
Below is from the SB web site.. a weekly letter on the web site from coach Priore..here is part of it
Offensively (in last week's loss to UMass) we saw good play from our starting quarterback, Josh Dudash '08 (Beachwood, N.J.), who completed 15 of 28 passes for 150 yards. Josh did an excellent job of distributing the football around the field, hooking up with seven different receivers. His favorite target, Mike Cosentino '07 (Staten Island, N.Y.), had another good game with five receptions for 60 yards. He now leads the team with 18 catches for 205 yards. In the first quarter, with the score already 21-0, the offense showed resilience and promise by orchestrating a 12-play drive that took 6:30 off the clock. Undoubtedly these types of drives will result in points for the Seawolves versus NEC competition.
This weekend we open our league schedule against Monmouth. Monmouth has started the season 4-0, including a big win over Colgate. They are an experienced team with 10 returning seniors starting on their defense, a talented QB and an efficient offense. We will prepare this week no differently than any other week and when Saturday rolls around we will certainly play to our fullest potential.
Note from me: By leaving the NEC early (it had a contract through 2010 but will be gone after this year) SB will pay the NEC a penalty that amounts to $40,000 ($10,000 per year is its dues as an associate member). MU will continue to play SB..at least through next year.
Probably coming in the next blog or so.....my Stony Brook prediction. I only started this last week and am 1-0. Maybe I should quit while I'm ahead!!!
Actually ..I have been doing this now since last year but have forgotten to mention it this year on the blog until now...
Following are Stony Brook game notes highlights from the Monmouth U. web site:
Head Coach: Stony Brook is led by first-year head coach Chuck Priore. Priore and the Seawolves are 0-4 on the season, with 48-7 a loss to nationally-ranked UMass on Saturday. Priore comes from Trinity College where he had a 30-game winning streak with the Bantams and was also an assistant at Penn.
Offense: The Seawolves have struggled in 2006 on offense, getting out-scored 134-22 through four games. Junior Josh Dudash and senior Andrew Garrett have almost split time at quarterback this season. Dudash has completed
55 percent of his passes, throwing for 407 yards and registering the team's only touchdown through the air. On the ground, Steve Austin and Conte Cuttino have carried the load for Stony Brook. Austin has 118 yards on 27 attempts this season for a 4.1 average and a long of 21. Cuttino has 100 yards on 32 attempts. Senior Mike Cosentino leads the team in receptions and yardage with 201 yards on 18 catches. Sophomore Dwayne Eley is second on the team in receptions with 11 for 109 yards.
Defense: Stony Brook's defense has allowed 33.3 points per game in 2006, with opponents racking up 211 yards per game on the ground against them. Senior outside linebacker Richie Richards leads the team in tackles with 11 solo and 15 assisted for 26 total. He also is tied for second on the team in tackles for a loss with two, including a sack. Sophomore Chris Merkle is second on the team in stops with 23. Sophomore defensive back Milo Otis has the team's only interception and freshman linebacker Tyler Santucci leads the Seawolves with three tackles for a loss. Stony Brook's best defensive performance
of the year came against Georgetown, when they held the Hoyas to seven points but the offense was unable to score against the Patriot League opponent.
Note: frosh Cory Giddings (Ocean) starts at corner for SB. Was also recruited by Monmouth.
Special Teams: Placekicker Matt Weeks has not attempted a field goal in 2006. Sean McGinty leads the NEC in punts, averaging 36.8 on a league-high 36 attempts. J.J. Cox Jr. leads the Seawolves in kick returns, averaging 18.1 yards per return with a long of 31 yards on 10 attempts. Cuttino has also taken six returns for a 135 yards or 22.5 yards per return. Eley has taken all 11 punt returns for the Seawolves.
BOLAND CLOSES IN ON RECORD (S)...
Monmouth senior quarterback needs just 11 yards to become the Hawk all-time leader in passing yards. He currently has 6,219 and is 10 yards behind former Hawk Dan Sabella for first. Boland also needs just three touchdown passes to tie Sabella for first in passing TDs. Even more impressive is the fact that he also needs just 20 attempts and 12 completions to tie Sabella's records in those two categories.
Brian is No. 24 in 1-AA football in pass efficiency rating (139.0). For comparison, leader is Jarred Rucker of Bethune Cookman (188.2).
You can go to ncaa.com/sports and find links to just about every category known to man and beast
RED ZONE DEFENSE...
As a team Monmouth ranks first in the NEC in Red Zone Defense this season, allowing their opponents just three scores in seven attempts for 42.9 percent. The Hawks have given up just one touchdown and two field goals when opponents are inside the MU Red Zone. The Hawks scoring
defense of 10.50 points per game is seventh among all teams that participate in I-AA football.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES...
This season the Hawks have been the best team in the NEC in penalty yardage, committing just 19 penalties this season for 39.5 yards per game. Last season Monmouth finished sixth in the eight-team conference in penalty yardage
committed per game with 74.8 penalty yards per game. Sacred Heart has committed the most penalties thus far this season, averaging almost 65 yards per game.
However, penalties have cost MU four TD the last two games.
I found this next item interesting: good note from Greg Viscomi (MU football SID):
No. NAME CLASS RUSHES (pct) YARDS (pct) AVG. LONG TD’s (pct)
30 David Sinisi RS-FR 46 (39%) 188 (39.1%) 4.1 32 4 (57.1%)
22 Leonard Brice SR 49 (41.5%) 179 (37.2%) 3.7 22 1 (14%)
7 Rob Lutz SR 17 (14.4%) 72 (15%) 4.2 11 1 (14%)
25 Ryan Skorupka FR 6 (5%) 42 (8.7%) 7.0 24 1 (14%)
Below is from the SB web site.. a weekly letter on the web site from coach Priore..here is part of it
Offensively (in last week's loss to UMass) we saw good play from our starting quarterback, Josh Dudash '08 (Beachwood, N.J.), who completed 15 of 28 passes for 150 yards. Josh did an excellent job of distributing the football around the field, hooking up with seven different receivers. His favorite target, Mike Cosentino '07 (Staten Island, N.Y.), had another good game with five receptions for 60 yards. He now leads the team with 18 catches for 205 yards. In the first quarter, with the score already 21-0, the offense showed resilience and promise by orchestrating a 12-play drive that took 6:30 off the clock. Undoubtedly these types of drives will result in points for the Seawolves versus NEC competition.
This weekend we open our league schedule against Monmouth. Monmouth has started the season 4-0, including a big win over Colgate. They are an experienced team with 10 returning seniors starting on their defense, a talented QB and an efficient offense. We will prepare this week no differently than any other week and when Saturday rolls around we will certainly play to our fullest potential.
Note from me: By leaving the NEC early (it had a contract through 2010 but will be gone after this year) SB will pay the NEC a penalty that amounts to $40,000 ($10,000 per year is its dues as an associate member). MU will continue to play SB..at least through next year.
Probably coming in the next blog or so.....my Stony Brook prediction. I only started this last week and am 1-0. Maybe I should quit while I'm ahead!!!
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