A closer look at Saturday's NEC football results and more MU news
With Monmouth (7-1, 3-1) still trailing Stony Btook (4-4, 4-0) in the NEC here's what Saturday's results mean.
Stony Brook pulled awayin the fourth quarter Saturday to defeat Sacred
Heart, 38-21, and will have to lose two of its final three regular season games to leave the door open for the Hawks to host the Dec. 2 Gridiron Classic vs. the Pioneer League champion.
MU loses any tiebreaker with SBU to SBU's head head-to-head triumph over MU.
SBU's final three games are Saturday at home vs. Robert Morris (5-3, 3-1) , then at Wagner (4-4, 0-4) and at Central Connecticut (6-2, 2-2).
Monmouth needs to win out to keep its hopes alive
beginning at noon in Saturday's homecoming game vs. Central Conn. State
, then hosts St. Francis, Pa. (1-7, 0-4) before traveling to Albany (5-3, 3-1) for MU's regular season finale.
MU could lead the NEC in wins with 10 and have no championship or post season to show for it. But it would still be a heck of a year, and give MU an NEC best 36 wins over the last five years, if MU wins out.
Is it me or is MU getting too many FGs and PAT's blocked this season. RMU got to one of each Saturday.
In other news: Brad Newman, Manasquan's standout tight/end tackle listed Monmouth among the schools have that offered him scholarships. "I've been offered by Delaware, New Hampshire, Towson, William & Mary,
and Monmouth,'' Newman told the Asbury Park Press after Saturday's victory over Raritan. ""And I'm looking at some Ivy Leagues and a couple
of D1 schools,'' he said. As for who leads in search of his commitment? ""Delaware, William & Mary, New Hampshire, and Penn,'' he said. ""I'm' trying to narrow it down, but not
really,'' he said.
In the game Raritan tight end/ defensive end Brian England, who is also believed to have drawn interest from Monmouth, snared a pass for the Rockets' lone touchdown.
Monmouth's game Saturday with Central Connecticut will be televised by Fox Sports
New York.
MU hoops men's practice: repeating their schedule for this week...each day at 3pm at Boylan Gym followed by the 8-am Blue-White scrimmage Saturday. All are open free to the public.
MU women's and women's soccer still very much in the first place hunt in the NEC. Men have a big home game Friday vs. FDU. I beleive MU columnist Steve Edelson working on a feature on MU men's soccer coach Robert McCourt for this week.
My schedule for this week: Follow story on MU - RMU game Monday. You may see some of this blog in it.
At football, hoops, and maybe soccer practice Tuesday for football stories Thursday and Saturday. Am going to try and make it to Saturday morning hoops before the football game.
Anyone with me????
e-mail tonygsports@aol.com
Stony Brook pulled awayin the fourth quarter Saturday to defeat Sacred
Heart, 38-21, and will have to lose two of its final three regular season games to leave the door open for the Hawks to host the Dec. 2 Gridiron Classic vs. the Pioneer League champion.
MU loses any tiebreaker with SBU to SBU's head head-to-head triumph over MU.
SBU's final three games are Saturday at home vs. Robert Morris (5-3, 3-1) , then at Wagner (4-4, 0-4) and at Central Connecticut (6-2, 2-2).
Monmouth needs to win out to keep its hopes alive
beginning at noon in Saturday's homecoming game vs. Central Conn. State
, then hosts St. Francis, Pa. (1-7, 0-4) before traveling to Albany (5-3, 3-1) for MU's regular season finale.
MU could lead the NEC in wins with 10 and have no championship or post season to show for it. But it would still be a heck of a year, and give MU an NEC best 36 wins over the last five years, if MU wins out.
Is it me or is MU getting too many FGs and PAT's blocked this season. RMU got to one of each Saturday.
In other news: Brad Newman, Manasquan's standout tight/end tackle listed Monmouth among the schools have that offered him scholarships. "I've been offered by Delaware, New Hampshire, Towson, William & Mary,
and Monmouth,'' Newman told the Asbury Park Press after Saturday's victory over Raritan. ""And I'm looking at some Ivy Leagues and a couple
of D1 schools,'' he said. As for who leads in search of his commitment? ""Delaware, William & Mary, New Hampshire, and Penn,'' he said. ""I'm' trying to narrow it down, but not
really,'' he said.
In the game Raritan tight end/ defensive end Brian England, who is also believed to have drawn interest from Monmouth, snared a pass for the Rockets' lone touchdown.
Monmouth's game Saturday with Central Connecticut will be televised by Fox Sports
New York.
MU hoops men's practice: repeating their schedule for this week...each day at 3pm at Boylan Gym followed by the 8-am Blue-White scrimmage Saturday. All are open free to the public.
MU women's and women's soccer still very much in the first place hunt in the NEC. Men have a big home game Friday vs. FDU. I beleive MU columnist Steve Edelson working on a feature on MU men's soccer coach Robert McCourt for this week.
My schedule for this week: Follow story on MU - RMU game Monday. You may see some of this blog in it.
At football, hoops, and maybe soccer practice Tuesday for football stories Thursday and Saturday. Am going to try and make it to Saturday morning hoops before the football game.
Anyone with me????
e-mail tonygsports@aol.com
posted by Tony Graham at 12:30 AM
4 Comments:
Mr. Graham,
I took off of work this Saturday to attend the Knicks open practice at FDU. However, I think that I am going to skip it and attend the MU scrimmage. Hope to see you there! Get the word out as best you can so that they can be playing for an audience. This could be like the Midnight Madness scrimmage we didn't get last week!
Tony, I have a question for you. Who gets the NEC bid to the Gridiron Classic if RMU, MU, and SBU finished tied, with SBU's only loss coming to RMU this weekend?? In this scenario, MU would have beaten RMU, RMU over SBU, and SBU over MU. I know in 2001, Coach mentioned it goes to rankings and other things (this was in regards to the ECAC Classic, before we got before the waxxing we took at Sacred Heart), which gets me thinking that MU would get the bid. I don't see how RMU or SBU would be ranked higher than MU.
I am sending the NEC your e-mail as we speak..good question.
I was going to wait until after this weekend to see what happens to ask them virtually the same thing but we may as well pose the question now..makes it that much more interesting for this week.
Ok..please check out the latest blog on MU football information..thanks...
TG
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