A Sea Of Red

This game has all the makings of a trap game. Back home from a grueling 3 game road trip against a team we should unload on. Any thoughts?

That being said...MAINTAINING FOCUS seems to be a top priority with Coach Rocco, and I do not anticipate a problem.

I am heading to the stadium now to get a first row seat! (not in the reserved front row seats for the LUNATICS of course). I can not wait to see the team back at home in front of a record breaking crowd.

I would want to be anybody but StoneyBrooks coach this week. Coming off a bad loosing streak into a Bye week, then Up to "THE BILL" OOOO WEEE.

Letdown is always a concern, but this LU team worries me less than any other that I've seen. I love what Coach Rocco has done with the Flames in the past few seasons, and I'm looking forward to more!

Fumblerooskies wrote:This game has all the makings of a trap game.

I thought last week was a trap game?

Is it possible to have two trap games in a row? Is every game the rest of the year going to be a trap game?

The thing is, this team understands better than any of us what they MUST do. Theat makes a trap less likely. I'm not saying we can't lose, but this team is very well coached!

Thanks for getting this thread started, fumbles. This is a team that looked like a contender after two weeks but that has since gone in the tank over the last three games being led by freshmen at QB & RB. Since we haven't seen them play before, who knows what to expect?



Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York

State University Founded in 1957
Full Name: State University of New York at Stony Brook
2008 Undergrad Enrollment: 14,851
Nickname: Seawolves
School Colors: Scarlet & Gray
Football Classification: FCS (I-AA) since 1999
Athletic Conference: America East Conference
Football Conference: Big South Associate member
Famous Alumni: Joe Nathan, Dr. Laura, US Surgeon General Steven Galson and a bunch of scientists


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Chuck Priore
3rd Season as SBU Head Coach


2008 Schedule/Results

• 08/30 Colgate ..................... W 42-26
  09/06 Elon ........................... L 30-20
  09/13 at Maine .................... L 28-13
  09/20 at Brown ................... L 17-7
  09/27 Hofstra ...................... L 41-3
  10/11 at Liberty *
  10/18 Charleston Southern *
  10/25 at Coastal Carolina *
  11/01 Gardner-Webb *
  11/08 at Iona
  11/15 VMI *

Key Players



#16 Dayne Hoffman
6' 2" Redshirt Freshman Quarterback
Thru 5 Games: 51-of-119 for 670 Yards with 4 TDs and 6 INTs + 1 TD Rushing



#23 Edwin Gowins
5' 11" 220 lb Freshman Running Back
Thru 5 Games: Team-High 398 Yds Rushing (7.1 YPC) with 3 TDs but No Receptions



#7 Dwayne Eley
5' 10" Senior Receiver
Thru 5 Games: Team High 20 Catches for 213 Yds with 0 TDs



#44 Tyler Santucci
6' 1" 230 lb Junior Inside Linebacker
Thru 5 Games: Team High 39 Tackles including 5.5 for Loss with 1 INT & 2 Pass Breakups

One note: we've played 2 very tough games since they've played.

Another note... I'm calling it now that we break attendance records next weekend by at least 1000. one main reason that i just realized.... CFAW. CFAW+ A 5-0 record= Really BIG crowd.

SuperJon wrote:

Fumblerooskies wrote:This game has all the makings of a trap game.

I thought last week was a trap game?

Is it possible to have two trap games in a row? Is every game the rest of the year going to be a trap game?

For some of us who've been watching LU football for over 20 years- every game that we should win might seem like a trap game. I think Rocco is slowly changing some of those old perceptions.

the D has way to much to prove for this to be a trap game.

After all the interaction we've had with Coastal's fans, this week is going to seem boring. No Stony Brook message board to harass people on!

phoenix wrote:After all the interaction we've had with Coastal's fans, this week is going to seem boring. No Stony Brook message board to harass people on!

Here here!

Maybe one of us could make up a Stony Brook name and pretend to be one of them...just for kicks.

I'll try and invite some SBU fans on AGS over here.

In the meantime, entertain yourselves with this site.

Awesome...surprised the LU filter does not block it.

Fat people like Stony Brook...

i think with a huge crowd + angry D we will put them away no problem

Hey, I'm fat and I love the flames. That's racist. lol:

I stand by last weeks prediction that the offense has worked out some of its "issues" that caused nervous uncertainty, especially the O-line. The free subing has given us 7-8 well played players that seem to be getting better each week.

The questions remain with the defense. Which team shows up? At times they look brilliant, other times like a Jr. Varsity high school team. They are too good to be playing like this.

I know that each game can be the "trap" game because big upsets happen all the time. It doesn't mean that the loser is a bad team, just had a bad game. Stop the madness, any week can be the "trap" week.

the D will show up this week. Rocco recognizes the problem and I'm sure he will take care of it this week in practice

JDUB wrote:the D will show up this week. Rocco recognizes the problem and I'm sure he will take care of it this week in practice

Interesting thought:

What is the difference between the way GW threw on us the 2nd half 2 years ago, W+M game, Elon, YSU, and last night? I mean each individual game.

Maybe thats why Im so ehhhh on this teams chances, because I lump all of these bad defensive performances together(Yardage wise) and assume we havent made the adjustments overall in our Cover 2 scheme to be effective against quality teams. It seems every quality game will have to be won by a shootout IMO, but Im probably wrong, so Id like to see the differences.

Saturday was just different ... hard to explain. Elon was doing a ton of quick-hit passing. Two-step drop, throw, done. Youngstown State did the same thing. The Penguins realized the run wasn't going to work, and instead threw 2-yard outs and used that as the run game. The problem with the Cover 2 is that there is little jamming/contact at the line of scrimmage, so those short throws are always going to be there. You rely on tackling at that point. If you don't tackle, you have Marquell Pittman going 78 yards for a touchdown after getting through the initial wave of defenders.

At Coastal, MacDowall was just elusive, a lot more than I thought he would be. The D-line needed to do a better job getting pressure on him. A couple of times, a LU linebacker had him, but he just managed to shake away. A couple of times, guys slipped, like Hursky when he had MacDowall inside the Coastal 5.

When the quarterback has 10 seconds to find a receiver, someone is going to be open downfield. That's how Coastal was getting its yards. That and Sitton busting through the line of scrimmage. Not a banner day for the D-line. I'm talking to Clark today about it, and I'll have some of his thoughts in tomorrow's notebook.

Watching the game on MASN I thought that the D Line played adequate but not great. The pressure on the QB was there but he eluded it many times. So I give some of the credit to McDowell. It seems like our soft coverage and poor tackling were the issues. Coverage was okay on the deep ball but the short passes were always there for coastal and they ate us alive.

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posted 7:41 pm Tue October 07, 2008 - Lynchburg, VA
reporter: Justin Feldkamp posted by: Webteam

For the Liberty football team -- it's welcome home. They haven't played in Williams Stadium in more than a month. Not that that hurt their record. The Flames are 5-and-0 and are up to number 15 in the FCS top 25 Poll -- the highest ranking in program history. Danny Rocco, LU Coach - "We've positioned ourself exactly where we need to be. Now we just gotta continue to maintain our focus, stay hungry and stay humble and continue to follow the season through."

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I know they're only 1-4, but they did play Elon pretty tough. They certainly can have their moments, but Hofstra blew them out big time! I have know idea what to expect.

The game against Elon was in six inches of standing water and a hurricane.