Rochester Week
Throughout this week I will post information and articles leading up to this week's away game at Rochester.
The following information is taken from D3Football.com's Kickoff 2006 Season Preview:
Rochester Yellowjackets
Last time not in playoffs: 2005
Last year: 4-6, 3-4 LL
Last conference title: N/A
Wins increase/decrease: No change
Preseason ranking: 116 of 234
Head coach: Scott Greene, 1st season, 0-0
Starters returning: 14 total (7 offense, 6 defense, 1 special team)
Position battle to watch: Receiver. Five of the six top receivers from a year ago, including David Ferris, who scored 10 receiving touchdowns last year, graduated, leaving only Matt Bielecki. The position will be wide open to find quality players for quarterback Aaron Molisani to throw to. Greene said freshmen Zach Ingoldsby has been a pleasant surprise in camp, along with Pedro Sosa at tight end, and Mike Coolbaugh. These players will be getting playing time in 2006. A position battle at the cornerback spot between junior Andy Rape and sophomore Sean Simpson also will be a fierce one, Greene said.
Pressure is on: The entire coaching staff. Greene, a linebacker coach last year, was promoted to head coach in May, and Mike Foster, the offensive coordinator was named to the position in June. He did, however, lead St. John Fisher as the offensive coordinator from 2002 to 2005. Defensive coordinator Nick Grange will also be a rookie as a coordinator but has coached the Yellowjackets' outside linebackers for the past two seasons. Depending on how fast everything can come together between the coaches and new players will play a role in how the team does this season. "We've all become pretty close as a staff," Greene said. "We all want to win."
Where did he come from? Senior Running back Patrick O'Brien has 664 yards and four touchdowns as a sophomore in 2004, but got injured in 2005, running for 191 yards and 3 touchdowns before the injury. O'Brien looks to come back strong in 2006.
Their season will be defined by: The Courage Bowl on Sept. 9 versus St. John Fisher will be a defining early season test for the Yellowjackets. Also, four games from Sept. 30 to Oct. 28 against St. Lawrence, Kings Point, WPI, and Grove City will make the difference between a 5-5 or 6-4 campaign and one a lot more disappointing.
Predicted record: 3-3, 5-5
Capsule: Junior Matt Bielecki rushed for 1,124 yards and seven touchdowns in 2005, only the fourth time in 117 years of football at Rochester that a Yellowjacket has rushed for a thousand yards in a season. Senior quarterback Aaron Molisani had almost 2,000 all-purpose yards in 2005, throwing for 1,451 yards and 14 TD's and rushing for 482 yards and 5 TDs. The Yellowjackets are right on the edge of being in the top echelon of the Liberty League, and a couple of breaks here and there could vault them into that in 2006. It will all depend on how the team gels with a young coaching staff and a young receiving corps.
The following information is taken from D3Football.com's Kickoff 2006 Season Preview:
Rochester Yellowjackets
Last time not in playoffs: 2005
Last year: 4-6, 3-4 LL
Last conference title: N/A
Wins increase/decrease: No change
Preseason ranking: 116 of 234
Head coach: Scott Greene, 1st season, 0-0
Starters returning: 14 total (7 offense, 6 defense, 1 special team)
Position battle to watch: Receiver. Five of the six top receivers from a year ago, including David Ferris, who scored 10 receiving touchdowns last year, graduated, leaving only Matt Bielecki. The position will be wide open to find quality players for quarterback Aaron Molisani to throw to. Greene said freshmen Zach Ingoldsby has been a pleasant surprise in camp, along with Pedro Sosa at tight end, and Mike Coolbaugh. These players will be getting playing time in 2006. A position battle at the cornerback spot between junior Andy Rape and sophomore Sean Simpson also will be a fierce one, Greene said.
Pressure is on: The entire coaching staff. Greene, a linebacker coach last year, was promoted to head coach in May, and Mike Foster, the offensive coordinator was named to the position in June. He did, however, lead St. John Fisher as the offensive coordinator from 2002 to 2005. Defensive coordinator Nick Grange will also be a rookie as a coordinator but has coached the Yellowjackets' outside linebackers for the past two seasons. Depending on how fast everything can come together between the coaches and new players will play a role in how the team does this season. "We've all become pretty close as a staff," Greene said. "We all want to win."
Where did he come from? Senior Running back Patrick O'Brien has 664 yards and four touchdowns as a sophomore in 2004, but got injured in 2005, running for 191 yards and 3 touchdowns before the injury. O'Brien looks to come back strong in 2006.
Their season will be defined by: The Courage Bowl on Sept. 9 versus St. John Fisher will be a defining early season test for the Yellowjackets. Also, four games from Sept. 30 to Oct. 28 against St. Lawrence, Kings Point, WPI, and Grove City will make the difference between a 5-5 or 6-4 campaign and one a lot more disappointing.
Predicted record: 3-3, 5-5
Capsule: Junior Matt Bielecki rushed for 1,124 yards and seven touchdowns in 2005, only the fourth time in 117 years of football at Rochester that a Yellowjacket has rushed for a thousand yards in a season. Senior quarterback Aaron Molisani had almost 2,000 all-purpose yards in 2005, throwing for 1,451 yards and 14 TD's and rushing for 482 yards and 5 TDs. The Yellowjackets are right on the edge of being in the top echelon of the Liberty League, and a couple of breaks here and there could vault them into that in 2006. It will all depend on how the team gels with a young coaching staff and a young receiving corps.
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