William Jewell @ Valpo

[milanmiracle]

St. Joe lost 35-31 to Siena Heights Univ(who?) in Rensselear on Saturday.

http://athletics.saintjoe.edu/news/2013/9/14/FB_0914134951.aspx?path=football

In a back-and-forth contest, the final two minutes received the most attention in Saint Joseph's College football teams 35-31 loss to Siena Heights University. SJC recorded 525 yards of total offense, but could not get the final five needed for victory in the last two seconds of the game.

Siena Heights is a NAIA school located in Michigan. So just to be clear, Valpo a D1 institution, couldn't beat St. Joe, but an NAIA school could accomplish the task?!? Pathetic.

[bluehorseshoe]

VALPO football and some observations:

1. Team warms up and gathers in the tunnel with little or no emotion, many seem lost and casual.  No juice & no 'tude...not good. They should ALL be taking the field like pent up dogs ready to smack WJ all over the turf. 
2. I have never seen so many missed tackles, dropped passes, bad angles for pursuit and blown assignments (even at the HS level let alone here). No corrections are made real time, no subs put in and the same players make the same plays over and over.  Film sessions should be lasting 4-5 hours!
3. How many kickers do we have?
4. At this level you make things happen instead of using the old "one play either way and maybe we win " line. Take the field expecting to dominate, focus and finish. Jewell hit harder all day and their coaches were louder as they pulled players on the spot to reinforce their talking points.

QB had awesome game...congrats!

[VULB#62]

Siena Heights is a NAIA school located in Michigan. So just to be clear, Valpo a D1 institution, couldn't beat St. Joe, but an NAIA school could accomplish the task?!? Pathetic.

And WJ lost to Concordia-Nebraska, another NAIA school.  So, both of our losses were to D-II schools who couldn't beat NAIA schools.

[Valpo89]

Not that it matters - well maybe it does - but I think NAIA schools are allowed to give athletic scholarships.

[vu72]

Valpo gives scholarships, just not athletic ones.  The notion that all football players pay full tuition is just not true.  Most Valpo students receive scholarship or grant money of some sort and some how I'm sure the football players get their fair share.  We need to stop giving excuses for our terrible team record.  All PFL teams are in the same boat.

The educational opportunity at a place like Valpo is vastly superior to say, Concordia Nebraska, with their 2200 students.  Somehow they have managed to attract better coaches or better players based on their result v. William Jewell v. ours.  It is inexcusable.

[agibson]

The educational opportunity at a place like Valpo is vastly superior to say, Concordia Nebraska, with their 2200 students.  Somehow they have managed to attract better coaches or better players based on their result v. William Jewell v. ours.  It is inexcusable.

I suppose the educational standard could be a piece of it.  Valpo's admissions standards are a pretty big tent.  But, if our minimum bar is higher than theirs, it could make a difference in what athletic talent we're able to attract.

[vu72]

I think the key players are paying attention, who knows...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/valparaiso_university/9754318763/#