McDaniel Week!
Let's get back to playing some Bullets football! As we look forward to this season's final roadtrip to McDaniel I'll start by posting the McDaniel season preview as posted in the D3Football.com Kick-off edition as well as a link to this week's Centennial Conference Weekly Release.
McDaniel Green Terror
Last playoff appearance: 2001
Last year: 1-9, 1-7 CC
Last conference title: 2002
2007 NCAA ranking, total offense: 219
2007 NCAA ranking, total defense: 161
Wins increase from 06-07: Minus-3
Preseason ranking: 186 of 239
Players who started camp: 82
Head coach: Tim Keating, 15th year, 96-57-3, overall 122-80-3
Starters returning: 14 (seven offense, six defense, one specialists)
Position battle to watch: Quarterback. McDaniel lost both of its primary quarterbacks to graduation. Two juniors have the experience to replace Brad Baer and Tom Wenrich, but they will be pushed by incoming freshmen. Keating stressed that the competition will be wide open.
Pressure is on: Everyone. The Green Terror's one win in 2007 was the lowest mark since 1988. While McDaniel is still young and inexperienced, Keating hopes to see some of those youngsters develop and form a nucleus that can turn around the program.
Where did he come from? Quarterback Tom Massucci was a prospect during his junior year in South Jersey. But during the first game of his senior year, he broke his foot, ending his season. He fell off the radar and wound up with McDaniel. Keating said before the injury, Massucci may have been a scholarship player.
Their season will be defined by: The first game. McDaniel gets a new opening opponent, St. Vincent. The Bearcats' coach, Bob Colbert, was the offensive coordinator at Bridgewater, which had opened with McDaniel. Keating and Colbert are longtime friends and decided to play each other when St. Vincent had an opening on the schedule.
Predicted record: 2-8, 1-7
Capsule: Given the history of McDaniel football, it would seem that last season will be used as a rallying cry, one that this year's team will not want to repeat. While the biggest question will be at quarterback, many of the other skill players and much of the line returns, giving the Green Terror a solid foundation on which to build. If a better record is to come, however, those returners must have better production; McDaniel was last in the Centennial in total offense in 2006 -- by more than 50 yards. With six starters back, the defense is in better shape, though improvement would be helpful on that side of the ball as well.
McDaniel Green Terror
Last playoff appearance: 2001
Last year: 1-9, 1-7 CC
Last conference title: 2002
2007 NCAA ranking, total offense: 219
2007 NCAA ranking, total defense: 161
Wins increase from 06-07: Minus-3
Preseason ranking: 186 of 239
Players who started camp: 82
Head coach: Tim Keating, 15th year, 96-57-3, overall 122-80-3
Starters returning: 14 (seven offense, six defense, one specialists)
Position battle to watch: Quarterback. McDaniel lost both of its primary quarterbacks to graduation. Two juniors have the experience to replace Brad Baer and Tom Wenrich, but they will be pushed by incoming freshmen. Keating stressed that the competition will be wide open.
Pressure is on: Everyone. The Green Terror's one win in 2007 was the lowest mark since 1988. While McDaniel is still young and inexperienced, Keating hopes to see some of those youngsters develop and form a nucleus that can turn around the program.
Where did he come from? Quarterback Tom Massucci was a prospect during his junior year in South Jersey. But during the first game of his senior year, he broke his foot, ending his season. He fell off the radar and wound up with McDaniel. Keating said before the injury, Massucci may have been a scholarship player.
Their season will be defined by: The first game. McDaniel gets a new opening opponent, St. Vincent. The Bearcats' coach, Bob Colbert, was the offensive coordinator at Bridgewater, which had opened with McDaniel. Keating and Colbert are longtime friends and decided to play each other when St. Vincent had an opening on the schedule.
Predicted record: 2-8, 1-7
Capsule: Given the history of McDaniel football, it would seem that last season will be used as a rallying cry, one that this year's team will not want to repeat. While the biggest question will be at quarterback, many of the other skill players and much of the line returns, giving the Green Terror a solid foundation on which to build. If a better record is to come, however, those returners must have better production; McDaniel was last in the Centennial in total offense in 2006 -- by more than 50 yards. With six starters back, the defense is in better shape, though improvement would be helpful on that side of the ball as well.
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