Hillsdale vs. NMU
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Hillsdale vs. NMU
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D2football.com: Tony Nicolette's Week 5 Recaps
D2football.com: Week Five Recaps
We had plenty of excitement in the first weekend of divisional play, including several overtime finishes. As we prep for "Rivalry Week", most of the clubs that were expected to be competitive have been looking the part. Can they keep things going as their schedule's continue to stiffen? Let's see how they faired on Saturday:
Findlay 43, Notre Dame 42 - 2OT
Hey...there's that Notre Dame team that we all know and love, playing in a high-scoring track meet! After two straight week's of clunkers the Falcons gave the Oilers all they could handle, including putting together an 80-yard drive to tie the game with less than a minute to go. Unfortunately for NDC, a missed FG and a missed PAT in overtime ended up costing them a victory as Findlay held on to run their record to 3-1. Monterae Williams led the Oiler attack by racking up 121 yards and two scores on the ground, and Brandon Butler tallied 21 tackles to pace the UF defense. Pedro Powell had 162 yards and three scores rushing for Notre Dame in the losing cause.
Wayne State 21, Northwood 11
The Warriors took another step forward this week after looking sluggish in their first two contests, as Toney Davis pounded the Northwood defense 29 times for 159 yards and two TD's. The Woodies had their chances, as a couple of first half drives went deep into WSU territory only to come up empty. Once WSU took advantage and got the lead up to 21-3, NU was forced to start throwing it and that simply isn't their strength. Beyond that, the Wayne defense was solid as they held Northwood to less than four yards per carry, including clamping down on NU QB Aaron Shavers (25 carries, 28 yards).
Malone 33, Tiffin 27 - 2OT
Tiffin put together a furious comeback, scoring 10 points in the last three minutes of regulation to send this one into extra frames. The Dragon magic ended there, however, as Malone found pay-dirt in the second extra session to earn their first GLIAC win. Malik Felton scored the winning TD for the Pioneers, his second on the day to go along with 130 yards rushing. Malone QB Truman Franklin tossed two TD passes after stepping in for starter Will Szpor.
Hillsdale 44, Northern Michigan 6
I mentioned that the Chargers would likely send the staff home early in this one, and that's exactly what happened as Hillsdale handled their business for the fourth straight week. Nine different receivers made grabs for Hillsdale, as three different QB's saw playing time. Starter Anthony Mifsud threw two TD tosses in his limited time, both of which came from long distance (38 and 75 yards). Joe Glendening was also his typical self with 106 yards and three TD's on the ground, and the Charger defense chipped-in by picking off Ryan Morley four times. Prince Young had 116 yards for the Wildcats in the loss.
Grand Valley 51, Michigan Tech 43
For about 40 minutes, Grand Valley looked like the team that LakerNation typically expects. They were up 51-14, and were consistently torching the GLIAC's best defense. More importantly, the GV defense completely shut down the Husky power running attack. The Tech passing game finally caught fire from there, however, and the Huskies managed to post four straight TD's to close the gap to a single possession. The Laker O finished it out from there, but the GV staff has to be concerned with another game that saw their club hold a big lead late only to watch it disappear. Concern aside, they are undoubtedly happy about their offense continuing to perform at a high level despite an improbably rash of injuries. Isiah Grimes threw for 411 yards and four TD's in his second collegiate start, and Kirk Spencer cashed in his first career start at RB with 136 yards and a score on the ground. Charles Johnson was once again Charles Johnson with seven catches for 165 yards and three TD's. While the Huskies only managed 34 rushing yards on the game, Tyler Scarlett was hot via the air in the second half connecting for 441 yards and five TD's, including four to Matt Curtin (11 rec, 190 yds).
Ashland 68, Lake Erie 21
Ashland QB Taylor Housewright (19-30, 305 yds) made it three straight contests with four TD passes, and Jordan McCune added 102 yards and two TD's on only ten carries as the Eagles cruised. Lake Erie tried to exchange punches early, but had two first half turnovers that set-up Ashland TD drives of 20 yards or less. You can't do that against anyone, let alone a quality team and expect to get away with it...The Storm didn't. Anthony Capasso was Housewright's favorite target on the evening hauling in six grabs for 93 yards and two TD's. Anthony Bilal notched 103 yards and two TD's rushing for Lake Erie.
Ohio Dominican 24, Walsh 13
Despite racking up 537 yards of offense, ODU couldn't put Walsh away until the fourth quarter. Turning the ball over will do that to you, and the Panthers gave it up three times. Other than that they dominated, possessing the ball for more than 35 minutes thanks to 297 yards on the ground. After his eye-popping performance a week ago at Grand Valley, Brandon Shoen followed-up with another big day registering 139 yards and a TD. The Panther passing game offered nice balance as well, with QB Mark Miller (18-21, 240 yds, TD, INT) and Abe Johnson (7 rec, 128 yds) having nice days. On the whole, the Walsh offense just couldn't get any rhythm or cash in on the ODU mistakes. One bright spot was the passing offense took a big step forward. Both scores (71 and 40 yds) came via the air, and WR Anthony Schrock had a great day with seven grabs for 187 yards and a TD.
Saginaw Valley 31, Ferris State 24 - OT
Just above, I talked about how turnovers could have cost Ohio Dominican dearly. In this one, they did Ferris in. The Bulldogs suffered through four giveaways, including one that set-up a game-tying TD for Saginaw Valley late in regulation. So, instead of earning a win in Saginaw after running all over (literally...FSU had 439 yards rushing) the Cards, the Bulldogs head West on M-20 thinking about "what could have been". Ferris QB Jason VanderLaan didn't do much via the air...and he didn't need to as he lugged it 32 times for 254 yards and two TD's on the ground. Give credit also to the FSU defense, which after being torched multiple times this year held the league's best passing offense relatively in check (SV had 255 passing yards). Tim Hogue led the Cardinal offense with 86 yards and a TD on the ground, and seven catches for 75 yards and two more TD's via the air. While SV managed to snag the win on Homecoming, that's two straight home games where they have allowed more than 500 yards of offense. That lack of defense has already cost them once this year, and you have to wonder how many more times Saginaw Valley (and Grand Valley, for that matter) can get away with giving up so much production to opposing offenses.
It is Rivalry Week in the GLIAC as Hillsdale travels to Wayne State
No more playing with patsies for the Chargers. For this team to "leave no doubt" and handle "unfinished business" Hillsdale will have to get a W on a field it hasn't since 1998. The last time Hillsdale won in Detroit was in 2004 but that game was played at Ford Field.
The fates have been unkind to the Chargers lately against the Warriors. Last year Joe Glendening was lost due to a concussion in a 27-24 overtime loss. The year before in Detroit saw Hillsdale fall 14-9 after a Troy Weatherhead redzone pass went for a pick six. In 2009 Hillsdale manhandled Wayne at home but fell 7-14 in 2008.
Hillsdale has hit on all cylinders since an opening week 8 point loss to Cal, PA. Wayne too fell in its opener by a touchdown but has three straight wins over Lake Erie, Malone, and Northwood.
Kickoff is at noon on Saturday. This one is going to be BIG and so is the rest of the GLIAC slate this week.
Tiffin at Findlay, noon
Saginaw Valley at Northwood, noon
Michigan Tech at Northern Michigan, 1:00
Ashland at Ohio Dominican, 1:00
Malone at Walsh, 6:00
Ferris State at Grand Valley, 7:00
Lake Erie at Notre Dame College, 7:00
Saturday, September 29, 2012
HillsdaleChargers.com: No Contest
Box Score
September 29, 2012 - The Hillsdale College football team went about winning its fourth game in a row in business-like fashion.
Dominating Northern Michigan University from start to finish, the Chargers improved to 4-1 on the season with a 44-6 dismantling of the Wildcats on a sunny Saturday afternoon at Frank "Muddy" Waters Stadium. Hillsdale is 4-0 in the GLIAC heading into next weekend's showdown with Wayne State University in downtown Detroit. NMU falls to 1-4 on the season with the loss.
This was one of those games where the statistical differences between the teams was accurately reflected in the final score. Hillsdale outgained Northern Michigan 488-227, held a huge time-of-possession edge - particularly in the first half - ran 19 more plays and averaged 2.5 more yards per play than the Wildcats.
Hillsdale set the tone early with a drive that so far, represents a snapshot of its season. The Chargers grinded their way down the field to the tune of 13 plays that took up more than seven minutes on their opening possession, capped by a 3-yard touchdown run by senior QB Anthony Mifsud. He rolled out to the right and had a clear run-pass option, but smartly found a hole in the NMU defense and galloped in for the score.
The Chargers finished the first quarter with a 13-0 lead after the first of three rushing touchdowns by senior RB Joe Glendening. His first score was the longest, as he cut against the grain and scored from 28 yards out.
Junior LB Brett Pasche picked off a pass at midfield later in the second quarter to set up the Chargers' third score. One play after the turnover, Mifsud lofted a gorgeous 38-yard touchdown pass to junior WR Andrew Mott, who timed his leaping catch perfectly to put Hillsdale up 20-0 with 12:51 left in the second quarter.
Pasche enjoyed another big game defensively for Hillsdale, with a sack, interception and six total tackles. Hillsdale intercepted three passes in the game, giving it seven over the past two. Nick Galvan picked off two passes, giving him three over the past two weeks, and Butch Herzog snagged himself a pick in the ballgame.
The Chargers went into halftime with a 34-3 lead, and held the ball for more than 21 of the first half's 30 minutes. NMU moved the ball more effectively in the second half after being held to just 48 yards in the first half, but the Charger defense prevented the Wildcats from finding the end zone at any point in the contest.
WR Evan Bach hauled in a 75-yard touchdown pass from Mifsud to make the score 41-3 early in the third quarter. With Mifsud rolling out, Bach read the defense to perfection, separating from the defensive back, running himself open for Mifsud, who hit him in stride for the big play.
Freshman kicker Paul Wendy scored his first collegiate points with a 23-yard field goal in the fourth quarter to close the scoring for Hillsdale.
Glendening got just one carry in the second half, and finished with 24 attempts for 106 yards and three touchdowns. Glendening's career touchdowns record now stands at 56, extending the record he broke last week.
Mifsud was 14-for-17 for 223 yards and two touchdowns. Redshirt freshman QB Jacob Richter got into his first collegiate game and completed a pass to WR Evan Sassack.
Nine different receivers caught passes for the Chargers, led by Mott's four receptions for 80 yards. Bach caught three passes for 98 yards, and three players had two catches apiece.
Junior LB Steven Embry led Hillsdale with 11 total tackles on defense, while teammate Devin Moynihan had nine. Ian Sheldon and David Galginaitis teamed up for a sack, and The Chargers had four tackles-for-loss as a team.
September 29, 2012 - The Hillsdale College football team went about winning its fourth game in a row in business-like fashion.
Dominating Northern Michigan University from start to finish, the Chargers improved to 4-1 on the season with a 44-6 dismantling of the Wildcats on a sunny Saturday afternoon at Frank "Muddy" Waters Stadium. Hillsdale is 4-0 in the GLIAC heading into next weekend's showdown with Wayne State University in downtown Detroit. NMU falls to 1-4 on the season with the loss.
This was one of those games where the statistical differences between the teams was accurately reflected in the final score. Hillsdale outgained Northern Michigan 488-227, held a huge time-of-possession edge - particularly in the first half - ran 19 more plays and averaged 2.5 more yards per play than the Wildcats.
Hillsdale set the tone early with a drive that so far, represents a snapshot of its season. The Chargers grinded their way down the field to the tune of 13 plays that took up more than seven minutes on their opening possession, capped by a 3-yard touchdown run by senior QB Anthony Mifsud. He rolled out to the right and had a clear run-pass option, but smartly found a hole in the NMU defense and galloped in for the score.
The Chargers finished the first quarter with a 13-0 lead after the first of three rushing touchdowns by senior RB Joe Glendening. His first score was the longest, as he cut against the grain and scored from 28 yards out.
Junior LB Brett Pasche picked off a pass at midfield later in the second quarter to set up the Chargers' third score. One play after the turnover, Mifsud lofted a gorgeous 38-yard touchdown pass to junior WR Andrew Mott, who timed his leaping catch perfectly to put Hillsdale up 20-0 with 12:51 left in the second quarter.
Pasche enjoyed another big game defensively for Hillsdale, with a sack, interception and six total tackles. Hillsdale intercepted three passes in the game, giving it seven over the past two. Nick Galvan picked off two passes, giving him three over the past two weeks, and Butch Herzog snagged himself a pick in the ballgame.
The Chargers went into halftime with a 34-3 lead, and held the ball for more than 21 of the first half's 30 minutes. NMU moved the ball more effectively in the second half after being held to just 48 yards in the first half, but the Charger defense prevented the Wildcats from finding the end zone at any point in the contest.
WR Evan Bach hauled in a 75-yard touchdown pass from Mifsud to make the score 41-3 early in the third quarter. With Mifsud rolling out, Bach read the defense to perfection, separating from the defensive back, running himself open for Mifsud, who hit him in stride for the big play.
Freshman kicker Paul Wendy scored his first collegiate points with a 23-yard field goal in the fourth quarter to close the scoring for Hillsdale.
Glendening got just one carry in the second half, and finished with 24 attempts for 106 yards and three touchdowns. Glendening's career touchdowns record now stands at 56, extending the record he broke last week.
Mifsud was 14-for-17 for 223 yards and two touchdowns. Redshirt freshman QB Jacob Richter got into his first collegiate game and completed a pass to WR Evan Sassack.
Nine different receivers caught passes for the Chargers, led by Mott's four receptions for 80 yards. Bach caught three passes for 98 yards, and three players had two catches apiece.
Junior LB Steven Embry led Hillsdale with 11 total tackles on defense, while teammate Devin Moynihan had nine. Ian Sheldon and David Galginaitis teamed up for a sack, and The Chargers had four tackles-for-loss as a team.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Wayback Machine: Is Muddy Waters Stadium haunted?
Here is a re-post from November of 2005. It's one of my favorite Hillsdale legends.
Lots of cool photos and articles but the neatest section was a legend about the Indian princess Winona, for whom the yearbook is still named.
She was the great Chief Baw Beese's first born but didn't care much for her arranged marriage because she really loved the brave Ash Te Wette. Having had enough of her husband, she killed him with a hatchet.
Having no choice, Baw Beese had to have Winona executed. He disappeared with her body for days.
Years later a female skeleton wearing Winona's silver cross was found in the lake that bears her name and is located just behind the northeast corner of Muddy Waters Stadium.
The legend says that on an Indian Summer day, if you look out across the lake, you can see the ghostly figures of Winona with Baw Beese standing by her side.
Jerry Glanville used to leave tickets for Elvis and the Phantom of the Opera, Coach Otterbein might want to leave a pair for these guys at Will Call as well.
Is Muddy Waters Stadium Haunted?
I just got a Hillsdale College yearbook from the early 1940's in the mail that I bought for 9 bucks on eBay.Lots of cool photos and articles but the neatest section was a legend about the Indian princess Winona, for whom the yearbook is still named.
She was the great Chief Baw Beese's first born but didn't care much for her arranged marriage because she really loved the brave Ash Te Wette. Having had enough of her husband, she killed him with a hatchet.
Having no choice, Baw Beese had to have Winona executed. He disappeared with her body for days.
Years later a female skeleton wearing Winona's silver cross was found in the lake that bears her name and is located just behind the northeast corner of Muddy Waters Stadium.
The legend says that on an Indian Summer day, if you look out across the lake, you can see the ghostly figures of Winona with Baw Beese standing by her side.
Jerry Glanville used to leave tickets for Elvis and the Phantom of the Opera, Coach Otterbein might want to leave a pair for these guys at Will Call as well.
D2football.com's Tony Nicolette Week 5 Preview #d2fb
Northern Michigan (0-3, 1-3) at #13 Hillsdale (3-0, 3-1)
Despite their opening loss against a tough opponent, there are few teams in this league that have been more solid or consistent through the first month than Hillsdale. The Chargers have sinced chewed up their three Southies, and have the good fortune of opening their North slate against that division's only under-performer. Northern Michigan has had its struggles with a young coaching staff, a redshirt-freshman quarterback, and a team that is pretty inexperienced in general. Add to that their strange inability to play with any consistency on the road and this could be a long season for the Wildcats.
Northern HAS to find a way to get a couple of quick, early scores. If Anthony Mifsud and the Charger offense are allowed grind clock and put together 10+ play scoring drives in the first half (especially from in front), this one will be over fast. Northern simply hasn't shown the firepower thus far to be able to come back from any real deficit, and certainly not the ones that they have seen in their three GLIAC tilts thus far. Making matters worse, the 'Cats have only posted 21 first-half points through three games. Given that, I'm not liking their chances to get those "quick-and-earlies" I mentioned previously.
Look, barring some sort of bizarre haze/funk, I just don't see Hillsdale allowing this to be close. Joe G has taken over the GLIAC rushing lead in conference play (and somehow it has been done rather quietly), so he's right on pace with the type of production we would all expect. Look for him and his first string offense to have their typical day at the office...well, OK, maybe it's a casual Friday where they go home early. Hillsdale 52, Northern 17.
The rest of Tony's league preview.
Despite their opening loss against a tough opponent, there are few teams in this league that have been more solid or consistent through the first month than Hillsdale. The Chargers have sinced chewed up their three Southies, and have the good fortune of opening their North slate against that division's only under-performer. Northern Michigan has had its struggles with a young coaching staff, a redshirt-freshman quarterback, and a team that is pretty inexperienced in general. Add to that their strange inability to play with any consistency on the road and this could be a long season for the Wildcats.
Northern HAS to find a way to get a couple of quick, early scores. If Anthony Mifsud and the Charger offense are allowed grind clock and put together 10+ play scoring drives in the first half (especially from in front), this one will be over fast. Northern simply hasn't shown the firepower thus far to be able to come back from any real deficit, and certainly not the ones that they have seen in their three GLIAC tilts thus far. Making matters worse, the 'Cats have only posted 21 first-half points through three games. Given that, I'm not liking their chances to get those "quick-and-earlies" I mentioned previously.
Look, barring some sort of bizarre haze/funk, I just don't see Hillsdale allowing this to be close. Joe G has taken over the GLIAC rushing lead in conference play (and somehow it has been done rather quietly), so he's right on pace with the type of production we would all expect. Look for him and his first string offense to have their typical day at the office...well, OK, maybe it's a casual Friday where they go home early. Hillsdale 52, Northern 17.
The rest of Tony's league preview.
Hilllsdale College launches new athletics website at HillsdaleChargers.com
Congratulations to Hillsdale College and especially sports information director Brad Monastiere on the athletic department's new website launched at HillsdaleChargers.com.
The site features easier access to past stories and integration with GLIAC.org so fans can follow other happenings around the league on each team's individual page.
The site features easier access to past stories and integration with GLIAC.org so fans can follow other happenings around the league on each team's individual page.
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