New Hampshire at Maine

[Twyxx7]

And don't think nova's performance was anything special:

23 points in ~8 minutes isn't special? Name one other team in the FCS this year that managed a comeback of that magnitude with that little time left. The only point you're making is that the Delaware defense is terrible. Villanova and Robertson took advantage of it.

Regardless, this is a stupid conversation to have in the UNH @ Maine thread. (Not the "Delaware defense sucks so bad it makes every one else look good" thread. Villanova beat Delaware this year, just like they do every year. Can we get back on topic now?

[mainejeff]

Maine has sold about 5K tickets so far......which is almost a minor miracle.

[craneac27]

New Hampshire kicked the royal shit outta McNeese back in 2009… I was at the game. but id like to ask the local Maine experts. what kind of crowd do you expect saturday? this website says old Harold Alfond Sports Stadium has 10K seating capacity… will Bananas the Bear be in attendance?

[Mvemjsunpx]

Total coin flip here. New Hampshire is playing their best ball at the best time, and they did just beat up Maine a couple weeks ago. That game mattered a bit more for the Wildcats than it did for the Black Bears, though, and this one's in Orono. UNH has 15 sacks in the last two games, including 5 in that earlier win over Maine. If Maine neutralizes the pass rush, they win; if they don't, they lose. The weather calls for snow & 13 mph winds, which I think favors the better rushing team in UNH & may give their suspect DBs just enough help to pull the upset.

Here's my assessment of the matchups & my pick for the game:

• • • Quarterbacks -- Maine
      
      Running Backs - (push)
      
      Receivers/TEs - New Hampshire
      
      Offensive Line - New Hampshire
      
      
      Defensive Line - New Hampshire
      
      Linebackers --- Maine
      
      Secondary ---- Maine
      
      
      Kicking ------ Maine
      
      Punting ------ New Hampshire
      
      Return Teams - New Hampshire
      
      Kickoffs ------ (push)
      
      
      
      
      • New Hampshire 28-24 Maine

[bluehenbillk]

Maine has sold about 5K tickets so far......which is almost a minor miracle.

Caribou season over already?

[YoUDeeMan]

And don't think nova's performance was anything special:

23 points in ~8 minutes isn't special? Name one other team in the FCS this year that managed a comeback of that magnitude with that little time left. The only point you're making is that the Delaware defense is terrible. Villanova and Robertson took advantage of it.

Regardless, this is a stupid conversation to have in the UNH @ Maine thread. (Not the "Delaware defense sucks so bad it makes every one else look good" thread. Villanova beat Delaware this year, just like they do every year. Can we get back on topic now?

Well, without doing any research, UD came back in the last 11 minutes from a 22-point deficit to win this year against Towson. Can't find the play-by-play info on the nova game, but most likely they started their drives within a minute or two of each other. UD was at Towson, while nova was at a neutral site...and UD was facing Towson's defense, while nova was facing Weaver's surrender formation.

And no, the point I was making was that your QB made it painfully clear that our DC's choice to go prevent was the very thing that made it easier for nova to score. That wasn't about Kerr or our DL getting dominated, as yours was against UNH...that was about our DC having no clue about being a DC. The one time we blitzed, we threw you for a loss. That was so effective that Weaver decided to not call it again.

In the end, the Hens finished with one more victory than the pre-season CAA favorite kitties. nova's collapse
from top 10 to being out of the playoffs by Nov. 2nd, was almost as bad as our DC's surrender tactics. But, neither of those things were as bad as your administration's decision to schedule only 11 games in a 12 game season. That was either arrogance, stupidity, or poor math skills...and probably a combination of all of those things.

But, you're right, we should move on to UNH-Maine.

[mainejeff]

New Hampshire kicked the royal **** outta McNeese back in 2009… I was at the game. but id like to ask the local Maine experts. what kind of crowd do you expect saturday? this website says old Harold Alfond Sports Stadium has 10K seating capacity… will Bananas the Bear be in attendance?

If the weather holds for around 30 degrees and no precip........we're probably looking at 7-8K. By the way......actual seating capacity is more like 8K.

[UMaineD]

Most everyone is healthy. Only 1 starter out is one of the DL so I don't know what your talking about being banged up.

Maine wins easily this time around.

Stop playing possum. We have it on good authority (mainejeff) that Maine had injuries galore at the end of the season...and that is why they sh*t the bed recently.

What other explanation do you have for Maine's recent woes?

I am TELLING you we have ONE 1 UNO starter that is out and he is a RS Freshmen DL. So you are wrong with being unhealthy. We had some injuries and some starters were out in game 10 and game 11 and probably should not have played in week 12 HOWEVER they are all back and ready to go.

[craneac27]

New Hampshire kicked the royal **** outta McNeese back in 2009… I was at the game. but id like to ask the local Maine experts. what kind of crowd do you expect saturday? this website says old Harold Alfond Sports Stadium has 10K seating capacity… will Bananas the Bear be in attendance?

If the weather holds for around 30 degrees and no precip........we're probably looking at 7-8K. By the way......actual seating capacity is more like 8K.

what about my boy ?

[UNHWildCats]

New Hampshire with a three touchdown lead with about 3 minutes left.

[UNHWildCats]

New Hampshire will win multiple playoff games in a season for the first time while advancing to the quarterfinals for the 7th time in 10 seasons.

[UNHWildCats]

[UNHWildCats]