Maine is the best the CAA has
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Maine is leading the #2 seed now in the FCS quarter finals. CAA had a bad showing in the opening round but still a perennial 3-4 bid league each year
Maine 23 Weber St 18 -- score was 14-12 when I had to call it a night
Way to go Maine - keep the banner high
I turned the game on with 12 minutes left in the 3rd quarter. 35 minutes later, after 7 penalties and 4, yes 4 replays and overturned calls, with NO scoring; there was still over 9 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.
At that time I turned the game off...
At that time I turned the game off...
The 3rd quarter was truly bizarre.
Of all the other CAA teams, Maine is the only one I can root for without feeling like I need a shower.
Of all the other CAA teams, Maine is the only one I can root for without feeling like I need a shower.
My favorite memory was back in the 80's when we switched to the Yankee Conference. I talked to one of our guys, he said playing in the Yankee was different. (They had just played Maine.) He said the guys from Maine would help you up, whereas players from schools like Virginia Tech were more likely to stomp on you and kick you. Go Maine.
I watched most of the game - not a good TV game. Happy for our conference that Maine won, but they really didn't look like a good playoff team this deep into the playoffs. Didn't think Weber State looked like much at all. From what I saw, a handful of CAA teams could have easily beaten them, and I don't think it was Maine making WS look bad.
Orono to Ogden to Orono to Cheney
Richmond to Grand Forks to Richmond to Cheney
Icey Red Carpets are not inviting
Richmond to Grand Forks to Richmond to Cheney
Icey Red Carpets are not inviting
i completely agree. Very sound club. Maine's front 7 controlled the game. It's a ton of travel but i wouldn't be surprised to see them win again next week.
Other takeaway for me is that we can get things turned around quickly. Maine looked unspectacular here, less than a month ago, and they are now in the Final 4.
South Dakota State at NDSU Friday at 8pm ET/ ESPN2
Maine at Eastern Washington Saturday at 2pm ET / ESPN2
Maine at Eastern Washington Saturday at 2pm ET / ESPN2
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While Maine may have been unspectacular, I thought they were the most complete team that visited Robins Stadium this year. They soundly beat us. We just turned the ball over a zillion times against JMU, VU and UD.
What's even more impressive (and encouraging) is that they were 4-6 last season.
Our 2008 squad was coming off the Final 4 the year before.
What's even more impressive (and encouraging) is that they were 4-6 last season.
Our 2008 squad was coming off the Final 4 the year before.
EWU does well against the CAA.
Maine overachieved this season, and did rep the CAA well. They were the only CAA team to make even the quarterfinals, much less the semis.
Maine overachieved this season, and did rep the CAA well. They were the only CAA team to make even the quarterfinals, much less the semis.
Defense travels except on back to back trips from Maine to the west coast.
Maine head coach Joe Harasymiak leaving for assistant job at Minnesota
https://sports.yahoo.com/source-mai...eaving-assistant-job-minnesota-154431377.html
https://sports.yahoo.com/source-mai...eaving-assistant-job-minnesota-154431377.html
There were only two upsets over higher seeded teams from the round of 16 on (14 games). Maine had one of them. The other was #5 over #4 (SDSU/Kennesaw) which wasn't much of an upset at all.
probably getting his exposure to high-end football so that he can get a head job in power five at some point. when DC did not get the boston college job, the athletic director told him was because he had no experience in the top echelon so he went and got it. not all schools think that way but most likely helps to have been involved with how that side works.
It amazes me that Maine can recurringly have extremely competitive football teams when they sometimes play 2 FBS teams each season,pay their head coach $150,000,are located in the tundra of New England and have woefully inadequate facilities and have 15.25 hours of darkness on the winter solstice(today).Got to be coaching ability and excellent recruiting.Too bad a few benefactors couldn’t kick in to keep this guy coaching up there.
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32, think the same way about new hampshire, really no reason they should be any good in football. have no idea how the two coaches compare financially but neither shoud be any good yet are.
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