badnewsbear
Penfield Bear
"May they defend this house like and angry bear defends its den." - C. McMahon
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Post by badnewsbear on Sept 8, 2014 15:17:24 GMT -5
Furman just moved up to 12th in the coaches poll. In my opinion it show's the coaches have respect for their hard fought victory and rightfully so; they came into a tough atmosphere and beat a damn good team. Good for them and even better for us as it shows we aren't too far from being in the top 25 ourselves.
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Post by BearDownMU on Sept 8, 2014 15:26:23 GMT -5
SoCon fans might not respect us, but the coaches must. Big 'ole Furman only beat us by 5 and they move up 5 spots in the Coaches Poll? Lol. How many votes did we get???  |
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Post by FUBeAR on Sept 8, 2014 18:20:05 GMT -5
SoCon fans might not respect us, but the coaches must. Big 'ole Furman only beat us by 5 and they move up 5 spots in the Coaches Poll? Lol. How many votes did we get??? Not exactly....Of the 59 teams that rec'd votes in the TSN poll, Mercer rec'd 0. There are 124 teams in the FCS, according to the Massey Ratings...where Mercer is ranked #112. We have A LONG WAY to go to earn respect in the SoCon and the FCS...but these BEARS can do it! Here are the TSN voters - give 'em a call. The Sports Network FCS Top 25 Voters - The Sports Network: Aaron Corrill; Craig Haley; Brandon Lawrence; Phil Sokol; Kevin Spiegel. Big Sky Conference: Brian Berger; Brad Bugger; Eric Burdick; Dave Cook; Paul Grua; Dave Guffey; Mick Holien; Jon Kasper; Doug Kelly; Bill Lamberty; Mike Lund; Fritz Neighbor; Ryan Powell; Mike Robles; Steve Schaack; Randy Scovil; Mitch Strohman; Denise Thompson. Big South: Joe Cashion; Mike Cawood; Matt Harmon; Chris Lang; Kevin O'Rourke; Marc Rabb; Mark Simpson; Greg Viscomi; Todd Wetmore; Alan York. CAA Football: Lizzie Barlow; Scott Burns; Pete Clawson; Shane Donaldson; Glenn Frazer; Adam Gutes; Matt Jones; Dean Kenefick; Allen Lessels; John Martin; Tyson McHatten; Mike Murphy; Chris Rash; Andrew Santillo; Scott Selheimer; Kevin Tresolini. Ivy League: Rick Bender; Eric Dolan; Chris Humm; Craig Larson; Dan Loney; Craig Sachson. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference: Thomas Grant; Bill Hamilton; Brian Holloway; Chris Hooks; Dennis Jones; Kendrick Lewis; Matt Michalec; Ty Miller; St. Claire Murraine; Patricia Porter; Dan Ryan; Michael Stambaugh; Jay Walker; Maurice Williams; Brent Woronoff. Missouri Valley Football Conference: Bryan Boettcher, John Bohnenkamp; Jeremy Hoeck; Jason Hove; Todd Hefferman; Ace Hunt; Dom Izzo; Mike Kern; Rick Kindhart; Jeff Kolpack; John Lock; Colin McDonough; Patrick Osterman; Trevor Parks; Ryan Perreault; Randy Reinhardt; Jeff Schwartz; Mike Williams; Terry Vandrovec. Northeast Conference: Barry Beal; John Beisser; Brian Cleary; Spencer Kowitz; Tad Maurey; Ralph Ventre, Jim Waggoner. Ohio Valley Conference: Neal Bradley; John Brush; Michael Clark; Wallace Dooley; Jeff Honza; Brad Kirtley; Alex Mitchell; Rich Moser: Brian Nielsen: Karl Park: Mike Parris: Ryne Rickman; Kyle Schwartz: Greg Seitz. Patriot League: Charles Bare; Joe DiBari; Matt Dougherty; Keith Groller; Kevin Herr; Mike Joseph; Phil LaBella; Steve Lomangino; Eric Malanowski; Matt Markus; John Painter, Ryan Sakamoto. Pioneer Football League: Mark Brumbaugh; Cody Bush; Mike Ferraro; Ted Gosen; Ricky Hazel; Doug Hauschild; Paul Oren; Ty Patton; Matt Schabert; Jason Williams; Ryan Wronkowicz. Southern Conference: Jay Blackman; Jordon Bruner; Brian Gargone; Keith Jarrett; Joey Mullins; Hunter Reid; Todd Shanesy; Adam Smith; Brent Williamson. Southland Conference: Jason Barfield; Louis Bonnette; Matthew Bonnette; Jamie Bustos; Rand Champion; Kemmler Chapple; James Dixon; Alex Hickey; Calhoun Hipp; Doug Ireland; David McCollum; Shane Meling; Teddy Renois; Kyle Rogers; Paul Tierney. Southwestern Athletic Conference: Jasher Cox; Ros Dumlao; Ronnie Johnson; Jennifer Jones; Darrell Orand; Wesley Peterson; Je''Kel Smith. Other Representatives: Rolf Bertulies; Brian Brennan; Josh Buchanan; Kevin Marshall; Jim Seman. |
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Post by bear38 on Sept 8, 2014 19:38:57 GMT -5
It is probably going to take a major upset for Mercer to get noticed (not just across the country but even in the South). That is just the way it is. These guys really don't pay that much attention outside their conference. Not a problem though cause Mercer was one play away from beating the #12th ranked team. Probably raised a few eyebrows, but gonna need a W to get any votes.
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Post by mumd on Sept 8, 2014 22:09:03 GMT -5
Wow, Bearnow! You spent some major time on that post!
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Post by BearDownMU on Sept 8, 2014 22:27:23 GMT -5
You will find that BearNow is nothing if not thorough. |
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Post by bear38 on Sept 8, 2014 23:29:36 GMT -5
One last Furman comment before moving on and thinking about Stetson. Reading the Furman Fan page has made me appreciate Mercer all the more. Maybe it will come one day to Mercer, but the negativity on that page was really shocking. I think one of the Furman player's mom even called the Furman fans out on it yesterday. You got to think that recruits may be reading these comments and if they are, that can not reflect well on the school. Especially since Furman and Mercer are probably going after the same players. My experience with the fans at Mercer has been overwhelmingly positive. Maybe we are still in a "honeymoon" stage, I don't know. Macon & Middle Georgia has been so fired up about Mercer football and their enthusiasm and support certainly feeds the team.
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Post by FUBeAR on Sept 8, 2014 23:57:33 GMT -5
Wow, Bearnow! You spent some major time on that post! Yep - 6 keystrokes and I'm exhausted!!! Click, hold shift, arrow down, CTRL+c, click, CTRL+v If only Steve Gutenberg had a computer, he wouldn't have needed to invent the printing press nor made those 27 Police Academy movies! |
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badnewsbear
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Post by badnewsbear on Sept 9, 2014 9:20:55 GMT -5
One last Furman comment before moving on and thinking about Stetson. Reading the Furman Fan page has made me appreciate Mercer all the more. Maybe it will come one day to Mercer, but the negativity on that page was really shocking. I think one of the Furman player's mom even called the Furman fans out on it yesterday. You got to think that recruits may be reading these comments and if they are, that can not reflect well on the school. Especially since Furman and Mercer are probably going after the same players. My experience with the fans at Mercer has been overwhelmingly positive. Maybe we are still in a "honeymoon" stage, I don't know. Macon & Middle Georgia has been so fired up about Mercer football and their enthusiasm and support certainly feeds the team. I'd be bitter too if my best days were behind me... They are scared and rightfully so; read this quick article when you can- #1 best value in the south; #4 up and coming school, and many more accolades. news.mercer.edu/articles/2014/mercer-university-again-leads-georgia-institutions.cfm#.VA8MXcJdWSo |
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Post by jackal on Sept 9, 2014 13:50:52 GMT -5
First of all, I am pumped about this forum seeing how I had to read Furman's forum all last week and see them projecting a 60-0 blowout. By the way I loved your commenting beardownmu. What is even funnier than their projections is the disdain they are showing this week towards thier current team, and the respect that they gave ours (and also our amazing band). I love what we saw out of our boys Saturday night and one thing became obvious, they aren't backing down from anyone. Furthermore,after reading the after game quotes of there being no such thing as a "moral victory," I have to agree with BearNow and say these boys expect to win. I'm encouraged, Go Bears. Great game. As a Furman fan (and Mercer alum as well), I enjoyed the atmosphere and the outcome, but Mercer certainly made us work for it. A 60 point win was never a realistic prediction in this one. I think this will be a good series going forward. |
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Post by jackal on Sept 9, 2014 16:58:22 GMT -5
One last Furman comment before moving on and thinking about Stetson. Reading the Furman Fan page has made me appreciate Mercer all the more. Maybe it will come one day to Mercer, but the negativity on that page was really shocking. I think one of the Furman player's mom even called the Furman fans out on it yesterday. You got to think that recruits may be reading these comments and if they are, that can not reflect well on the school. Especially since Furman and Mercer are probably going after the same players. My experience with the fans at Mercer has been overwhelmingly positive. Maybe we are still in a "honeymoon" stage, I don't know. Macon & Middle Georgia has been so fired up about Mercer football and their enthusiasm and support certainly feeds the team. Though every fan base has its share of morons (be thankful you missed out on App State and GSU's group), our fans expect a lot out of the team this year. There are some that are critical regardless of the out come. You will find that everywhere. |
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Post by bear38 on Sept 9, 2014 21:44:59 GMT -5
I'm sure that the Mercer football team over achieving vs. expectations has provided a high level of positive fan support, but I think there is something special going on in Macon. The community and campus support has been incredible and it has been extremely positive for Macon as well with the spill-over economic benefit to the city. I think you have to credit Bill Underwood and his vision for realizing the potential. Then once they made the decision to bring football back, they went whole hog and did everything first class. It has snowballed from there.
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Post by jackal on Sept 10, 2014 7:23:41 GMT -5
I'm sure that the Mercer football team over achieving vs. expectations has provided a high level of positive fan support, but I think there is something special going on in Macon. The community and campus support has been incredible and it has been extremely positive for Macon as well with the spill-over economic benefit to the city. I think you have to credit Bill Underwood and his vision for realizing the potential. Then once they made the decision to bring football back, they went whole hog and did everything first class. It has snowballed from there. I definitely think Mercer is in the "just happy to be here" stage. They have been very successful starting the program and have had great support from the community and alumni. Just like everything else, though, eras of good feeling ebb and flow with time. I lived in Macon for seven years. Just moved about a month ago. I get the impression Macon leadership is finally recognizing the importance of Mercer to the Middle Georgia community. I think continuing to foster that relationship is absolutely critical to both sides. Macon is not Greenville, Birmingham, Chattanooga, or Charleston. Mercer has an opportunity to be the only show in town. |
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Post by bear38 on Sept 10, 2014 11:28:09 GMT -5
Since there has been some discussion concerning this topic, I just thought I would put the exact quote up from the FurmanFootballMom on the Furman Fan Page:
"It gets really old to log on here before and after every game and see almost pure negativity. Do you all realize that some of the players DO look at this board?"
I wouldn't want anyone to think I was making things up…..
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badnewsbear
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Post by badnewsbear on Sept 10, 2014 11:38:44 GMT -5
I'm sure that the Mercer football team over achieving vs. expectations has provided a high level of positive fan support, but I think there is something special going on in Macon. The community and campus support has been incredible and it has been extremely positive for Macon as well with the spill-over economic benefit to the city. I think you have to credit Bill Underwood and his vision for realizing the potential. Then once they made the decision to bring football back, they went whole hog and did everything first class. It has snowballed from there. I definitely think Mercer is in the "just happy to be here" stage. They have been very successful starting the program and have had great support from the community and alumni. Just like everything else, though, eras of good feeling ebb and flow with time. I lived in Macon for seven years. Just moved about a month ago. I get the impression Macon leadership is finally recognizing the importance of Mercer to the Middle Georgia community. I think continuing to foster that relationship is absolutely critical to both sides. Macon is not Greenville, Birmingham, Chattanooga, or Charleston. Mercer has an opportunity to be the only show in town. Jackal, what part of last week's game gave you any indication that we are in a "just happy to be here stage?" I know you hope we are in that stage because that's the only hope Furman has. Over 12K came to pack the finest facilities in the conference and create an atmosphere that most schools only dream of so that they can watch their freshman, sophomore, and some juniors go toe to toe with the defending champs for 4 quarters and almost beat them. Each year we admit more and more freshman while the Average GPA and SAT score continue to rise, our baseball team has reached top 25 rankings for multiple years in a row, and I do hope you got to see our basketball team on ESPN for the entire month of March. Happy to be here? You wish, we're on a mission and Bobby Lamb is out for blood; enjoy your wins while you can... |
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