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Subject: All four A-10 teams (Delaware, James Madison, New Hampshire, and William & Mary) won their first-round playoff games today. Half the teams competing in next week’s quarterfinals will be from the A-10. Author: ramMan [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 21:15:31 11/27/04 Sat In reply to: ramMan 's message, "Home field advantage not enough for the Mountain Hawks as they fall to James Madison, 14-13. Lafayette is losing to Delaware, 7-0, in the first quarter." on 15:27:23 11/27/04 Sat [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date This is what 1-AA scholarship football will do for Fordham. Every year we would have a shot to win the 1-AA title with several nationally telelvised games, including the national championship. In the Patriot League, that will never happen. I guess the real question is, how serious are we about excelling at the 1-AA level? (NT) Rambacker 10:36:41 11/28/04 Sun Absolutely not true. It guarantees nothing. You still have to recruit and coach players and then they have to play. We are on a level field with the PL right now and we are again struggling to be a .500 team. There is no reason to assume this would change with scholarships. It is like saying just because he have a scholarship program in basketball, we can compete for a national championship. PL seems to be representing itself quite nicely. Colgate goes to the final in '03 and two teams make the play-offs in '04. Fordham can compete if we can get our act together. (NT) -- Ramadama, 13:00:49 11/29/04 Mon Incorrect. If a player has to choose between Colgate, Lehigh and Fordham(which is a realistic, ongoing scenario for us now), 9 out of 10 times they go the higher ranked academic school. It's impossible to be consistently successful under that scenario. With full scholarships, we'll get top flight players and student-athletes, can compete with Army, Navy and top 1-A academic schools like Duke, Tulane, etc. and will have a chance to go deep into the 1-AA Playoffs and appear on ESPN. That's national exposure. This is a no-brainer. Let's get it done. (NT) -- Rambacker, 17:07:01 12/02/04 Thu Keep in mind that the best team in 1-AA this year, Harvard (10-0 record and thrashed an A-10 team, Northeastern during the year), is not allowed the compete in the playoffs. Their QB received a Hula Bowl invitation. Their WR turned down a full ride to a Pac-10 team, Oregon St.. Their RB is a transfer from Northwestern. They would have a great chance to win the 1-AA championship because of the caliber of athletes drawn to that school. (NT) gordo 13:10:19 11/28/04 Sun Northeastern was 5-6 overall, 4-4 in the A-10 this season. Not a very good team. I don't think Harvard would make it past the 1st round in the 1-AA playoffs this year, although they do get some very good athletes because they're Harvard. If you get a chance to go to Harvard, you don't pass it up. (NT) -- Rambacker, 16:46:21 11/28/04 Sun I think they would have done very well. I saw them play this year and they were an offensive machine. That QB they had was special. They seem to get a few guys every year who are 1-A level talent because those guys want that Harvard diploma. (NT) -- gordo, 20:08:44 11/28/04 Sun Harvard has always had a couple of 1-A level players for the very reason you mention. But we'll never know how they would have done in the 1-AA playoffs since the Ivy League considers itself above post season play. Another example of the elitism that prevails there and seeps into the wanna-be Ivy League, the Patriot League. (NT) -- Rambacker, 22:00:32 11/28/04 Sun So how many times did you see Harvard play this year? You have no idea what you're talking about . (NT) -- #44, 09:24:10 11/29/04 Mon Harvard would go 0-4 against the 4 A-10 teams that are currently competing in the 1-AA playoffs for the national championship. Who cares about Harvard? This is a Fordham message board. (NT) -- Rambacker, 09:30:44 11/29/04 Mon Apparently you do and are an expert about the Harvard program. Stick to something else you know nothing about, Fordham football. (NT) -- #44, 12:55:35 11/29/04 Mon I couldn't care less about Harvard. Very weak comeback. Maybe next time. (NT) -- Rambacker, 18:36:52 11/29/04 Mon Just remember Harvard once hired Frank. (NT) -- Joe Genius, 01:11:26 11/30/04 Tue