Bloomsburg football

[TheBigCat2192]

Tough to watch

The Huskies have lost too many close games.

Was nice to see the D take a step and shut down an opposing offense. The offense goes as Riley goes. He has made some head scratching decisions this year that has cost them games.....but he also has some incredible plays. Bottom line is Sheptock needs wins. I think the OC needs to calm down w the QB runs....if they loose Riley season is over. I am not a fan of the OC even though they have put up some points this year but i would put the loss on him this week.

Not being prepared for an onside kick is coaching. Not a single player was ready on the front line and as Bart said a big moment in the game.

Schedule starting to heat up for East play....i feel like every game is going to be a close but they have to stop making the big mistakes

Riley's a gunslinger, for better or worse, and has been for his entire tenure as a Husky. I don't think that's going to change now.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

100 agree regarding the onside kick. That was the game. And another game, another missed field goal. It’s really unbelievable at this point. It continues to haunt this team. The turnovers though - just can’t happen. Each game something is just a bit off. They’ve got to find a way to put it all together.

The kickers already live in their own little secluded corner of the program. I can only imagine how popular the Bloom kickers are internally at this point.

Not much difference between 1-3 and 4-0, although the Huskies have some drastically upgraded competition upcoming. That was a dream schedule to start and a nightmare result.

[TheBigCat2192]

After getting the chance to sift through the box score on top of watching the game to double check things I wanted to give my opinion on who performed well, "meh", and poorly.

Highlights:

• Griffen-Batchler: While JGB didn't add any value in the return game this time he was an offensive bright spot for the Huskies. On six targets he hauled in five balls for 54 yards which doesn't sound like much BUT his first catch was a TD and the other four were all first downs, including two third down conversions.

In-between performers:

• Brower: Brower threw an absolutely terrible pick in the 4th and had his first stuff on the season as a ballcarrier. On the positive side he also had carry for a first down and all four of his receptions were first downs.
• BU Defense: The defense allowed too many big runs by Ship and did a poor job at tackling. However they held Ship to only 10 points, seven of which were scored on a short field, and even stuffed a Ship 4th down play to get the ball back late in the game. I think they did their job adequately given the circumstances.
• The refs: Bloomsburg did not lose because of the officiating and this wasn't a "ref show" game but I thought the crew was consistently too generous in where they spotted the ball. I believe they gave both teams a first down or two on plays that looked like they had been short from the sideline cam. I also thought the refs were slow to whistle plays dead a few times which is a serious injury risk when guys are slamming into a pile.

Negatives:

• Riley: Riley threw two picks; the first was "only" regular bad. I can forgive a guy for missing on a tight throw downfield. The second pick was inexcusable. An experienced QB needs to know better than to try and throw the ball away while he's being dragged down. Sacks are a negative play but better a negative play than a disaster. Speaking of sacks I honestly can't blame Riley for the first since two defenders were in his grill immediately after the play fake but the second was on him for not dumping the ball off or throwing it away in time. Riley didn't offer much on the ground otherwise - his 10 non-sack carries only gained 50 yards and one first down (very poor percentage for a QB) but at least he didn't get stuffed for a loss this game.
• Special Teams: BU missed a FG, got nothing in the return game, allowed a long-ish return on the opening kickoff (drive started at the Ship 40), and were caught completely unaware by Ship's onside kick (more on this in the next blurb.)
• Coaching: The offense must have used up most of its creative juices on the 99 yard drive in the 2nd quarter. Landis at least tried to shuffle things around a bit in the 3rd by running a string of plays with Riley in an empty set but outside of those two drives/series the offense was stale and unproductive. The coaching staff apparently used the halftime break as an opportunity to catch a quick catnap. Ship has been struggling on offense all season and desperately needed a spark, so how did no one on the sideline even suspect an onside kick was a possibility? About the only decent decision the coaches made was throwing the challenge flag on Brower's pick. I didn't expect it to be overturned but you don't get to take them with you so might as well use it on a game-changing play.

[Bart]

The kickers already live in their own little secluded corner of the program. I can only imagine how popular the Bloom kickers are internally at this point.

Not much difference between 1-3 and 4-0, although the Huskies have some drastically upgraded competition upcoming. That was a dream schedule to start and a nightmare result.

A problem is Bloom has no kickers, they have listed WR, DB, and QB doing kick offs, extra point, and field goal kicking.

[TheBigCat2192]

Since we’ve hit the 1/3rd mark of the season I wanted to share some granular individual and team stats as well as some stats the official numbers don’t cover (such as first downs, big plays, and plays for a loss) that I’ve collated from the BU play-by-plays to this point in the season. A few notes:

• There is a minor stat discrepancy vs. the official numbers for Gabe Brower and K.J. Riley. This stems from a play in the Edinboro game that was credited as a one yard rush but was actually a flip pass on a fly sweep for a gain of one yard.
• Individual rushing is sack-adjusted, so QB carry and yard totals will not match official numbers.
• Target, Air Yard, yards after the catch (YAC), and passing by distance numbers are based on the play-by-play writeup. There are four minor flaws with these numbers:
  • About 7 pass attempts this year had no listed target. Two were easy to figure out but the other 5 I’ve simply left unmarked. "Targets" will be marked with an asterisk to reflect this missing data.
  • The play-by-play for the Seton Hill game does NOT include info on where a ball was thrown (“caught at” for completions and “thrown to” for incompletions.) As a result Air Yards, YAC, and passing by distance only reflects the games against Fairmont State, Edinboro, and Shippensburg. These stats will be marked with an asterisk to indicate that data is missing. Brower and Clancy probably suffer the most from this since both had their longest runs after the catch of the season against the Griffons.
  • Since BU and other SR1 teams are probably not paying for fancy player tracking (or not sharing with the fans if they are) “Air Yards” are based on the difference between the line of scrimmage and where a ball was thrown or caught. This means:
    • Air Yards does not account for depth of QB dropback. I’m actually alright with this since it helps to sift out screens, shovel passes, and fly sweeps thrown at or behind the line of scrimmage.
    • All throws into the endzone are treated as if they are thrown to the goal line (00). Obviously this is not true but I don’t have the time to watch every throw into the endzone and figure out how deep they were. If anyone with experience in play design would like to suggest a constant to add to endzone throws to adjust for this I’m open to the idea.
• The passing data here is only for Riley. I did not think it was worth the time or effort to chart Gabe Brower’s 0/1, 0 yard, 0 TD/1 INT performance on a trick play.
• The data I've put together only covers offense. Sorry, defense aficionados and fans of opposing teams but defensive stats are a little harder to do the work for and I'm not trying to evaluate your team's offensive players. I can explain how I did this if you'd like to try the same.
• Rushing and receiving are sorted by alphabetical order since this makes adding season totals a little easier. It is not meant to show preference for Gabe Brower or Alex Achenbach.
• 2PA are not included in the stats. They're a negligible number of plays and the writeup isn't detailed enough to glean all needed info.

Without further adieu, here are some season stat tables. Feel free to use them to argue about the team's performance or player performance.

For individual passing:

Player	Riley
Totals	Completions	Attempts	Yards	Air Yards*	Long	Big (20+)	Losses (< = 0)	First Downs	TD	INT
	67	112	933	460	54	14	2	35	7	5

Distance	Completions*	Attempts*	Yards	*Air Yards*	Long*	Big (20+)*	Losses (< = 0)*	First Downs*	TD*	INT*
Behind (< = 0)	7	7	42	-11	12	0	1	1	0	0
Short (1-9)	31	40	327	179	54	2	0	15	2	1
Medium (10-19)	10	19	155	133	24	2	0	10	0	1
Long (20+)	7	19	180	159	32	7	0	4	3	1

Down	Completions	Attempts	Yards	Air Yards*	Long	Big (20+)	Losses (< = 0)	First Downs	TD	INT
1st	17	34	120	82	15	0	1	3	1	2
2nd	24	41	343	237	32	8	1	15	2	1
3rd	22	33	387	130	54	5	0	13	4	2
4th	4	4	83	11	48	1	0	4	0	0

Quarter	Completions	Attempts	Yards	Air Yards*	Long	Big (20+)	Losses (< = 0)	First Downs	TD	INT
1st	12	23	132	82	31	2	0	5	1	1
2nd	23	35	295	199	32	4	0	14	2	1
3rd	17	28	229	137	54	4	2	9	2	1
4th	12	21	257	53	53	4	0	6	2	2
OT	3	5	20	15	8	0	0	1	0	0

For individual rushing:

Player	Carries	Yards	First Downs	Big (10+)	Stuffs (< = 0)	Long	TD	Fumbles	Lost
Brower	9	81	5	4	1	22	1	0	0
Clancy	49	193	12	3	6	21	1	0	0
Riley	35	150	5	5	6	23	4	0	0
Wolfe	7	3	1	0	5	5	0	0	0
Zimmerman	37	124	9	4	8	14	3	0	0

Short Yardage Rushing (< = 3)
Player	ALLC	ALLA	ALL%	3DC	3DA	3D%	4DC	4DA	4D%	GLC	GLA	GL%
Clancy	7	9	77.78%	3	3	100.00%	0	0		0	1	0.00%
Riley	5	5	100.00%	1	1	100.00%	1	1	100.00%	4	4	100.00%
Wolfe	1	2	50.00%	0	1	0.00%	0	0		0	0
Zimmerman	5	6	83.33%	2	3	66.67%	0	0		3	4	75.00%

For individual receiving:

Player	Targets*	Receptions	Yards	YAC*	First Downs	Big (20+)	Losses (< = 0)	Long	TD	Fumbles	Lost
Achenbach	7	4	60	14	2	2	0	24	0	0	0
Brower	30	17	214	27	10	2	1	48	2	0	0
Clancy	2	2	55	4	2	1	0	55	0	0	0
Diaz	4	1	10	2	1	0	0	10	0	0	0
Griffen-Batchler	27	17	329	113	10	5	0	54	4	0	0
Landis	2	1	25	0	1	1	0	25	0	0	0
Wojciechowski	16	8	96	6	3	2	0	23	1	0	0
Wolfe	19	16	113	48	5	0	1	16	0	0	0
Zimmerman	1	1	31	30	1	1	0	31	0	0	0

Team third downs by distance:

3rd Downs	Average Distance	7.72
Distance	Conversions	Attempts	Percentage
Short (0-3)	7	10	70.00%
Medium (4-6)	6	10	60.00%
Long (7-10)	9	19	47.37%
Extreme (> 10)	4	11	36.36%
Totals	26	50	52.00%

Team fourth downs by distance

4th Downs	Average Distance	6.00
Distance	Conversions	Attempts	Percentage
Short (0-3)	1	1	100.00%
Medium (4-6)	3	3	100.00%
Long (7-10)	1	1	100.00%
Extreme (> 10)	0	0

Team red zone:

Plays	Yards	First Downs	Big	Stuffs/Losses (< = 0)	Long	TD	INT	Fumbles	Lost
38	135	7	3	3	20	10	0	0	0

Rushing
Carries	Yards	First Downs	Big (10+)	Stuffs (< = 0)	Long	TD	Fumbles	Lost
27	86	6	2	3	10	8	0	0

Passing
Completions	Attempts	Yards	Air Yards*	Long	Big (20+)	Losses (< = 0)	First Downs	TD	INT	Fumbles	Lost
6	11	49	32	20	1	0	1	2	0	0	0

Red zone 3rd downs:

3rd Downs	Average Distance	5.00
Distance	Conversions	Attempts	Percentage
Short (0-3)	4	5	80.00%
Medium (4-6)	0	1	0.00%
Long (7-10)	2	2	100.00%
Extreme (> 10)	0	1	0.00%
Totals	6	9	66.67%

Red zone 4th downs:

4th Downs	Average Distance	4.50
Distance	Conversions	Attempts	Percentage
Short (0-3)	1	1	100.00%
Medium (4-6)	1	1	100.00%
Long (7-10)	0	0
Extreme (> 10)	0	0
Totals	2	2	100.00%

[BloomFootballDad]

Since we’ve hit the 1/3rd mark of the season I wanted to share some granular individual and team stats as well as some stats the official numbers don’t cover (such as first downs, big plays, and plays for a loss) that I’ve collated from the BU play-by-plays to this point in the season. A few notes:

• There is a minor stat discrepancy vs. the official numbers for Gabe Brower and K.J. Riley. This stems from a play in the Edinboro game that was credited as a one yard rush but was actually a flip pass on a fly sweep for a gain of one yard.
• Individual rushing is sack-adjusted, so QB carry and yard totals will not match official numbers.
• Target, Air Yard, yards after the catch (YAC), and passing by distance numbers are based on the play-by-play writeup. There are four minor flaws with these numbers:
  • About 7 pass attempts this year had no listed target. Two were easy to figure out but the other 5 I’ve simply left unmarked. "Targets" will be marked with an asterisk to reflect this missing data.
  • The play-by-play for the Seton Hill game does NOT include info on where a ball was thrown (“caught at” for completions and “thrown to” for incompletions.) As a result Air Yards, YAC, and passing by distance only reflects the games against Fairmont State, Edinboro, and Shippensburg. These stats will be marked with an asterisk to indicate that data is missing. Brower and Clancy probably suffer the most from this since both had their longest runs after the catch of the season against the Griffons.
  • Since BU and other SR1 teams are probably not paying for fancy player tracking (or not sharing with the fans if they are) “Air Yards” are based on the difference between the line of scrimmage and where a ball was thrown or caught. This means:
    • Air Yards does not account for depth of QB dropback. I’m actually alright with this since it helps to sift out screens, shovel passes, and fly sweeps thrown at or behind the line of scrimmage.
    • All throws into the endzone are treated as if they are thrown to the goal line (00). Obviously this is not true but I don’t have the time to watch every throw into the endzone and figure out how deep they were. If anyone with experience in play design would like to suggest a constant to add to endzone throws to adjust for this I’m open to the idea.
• The passing data here is only for Riley. I did not think it was worth the time or effort to chart Gabe Brower’s 0/1, 0 yard, 0 TD/1 INT performance on a trick play.
• The data I've put together only covers offense. Sorry, defense aficionados and fans of opposing teams but defensive stats are a little harder to do the work for and I'm not trying to evaluate your team's offensive players. I can explain how I did this if you'd like to try the same.
• Rushing and receiving are sorted by alphabetical order since this makes adding season totals a little easier. It is not meant to show preference for Gabe Brower or Alex Achenbach.
• 2PA are not included in the stats. They're a negligible number of plays and the writeup isn't detailed enough to glean all needed info.

Without further adieu, here are some season stat tables. Feel free to use them to argue about the team's performance or player performance.

For individual passing:

Player	Riley
Totals	Completions	Attempts	Yards	Air Yards*	Long	Big (20+)	Losses (< = 0)	First Downs	TD	INT
	67	112	933	460	54	14	2	35	7	5

Distance	Completions*	Attempts*	Yards	*Air Yards*	Long*	Big (20+)*	Losses (< = 0)*	First Downs*	TD*	INT*
Behind (< = 0)	7	7	42	-11	12	0	1	1	0	0
Short (1-9)	31	40	327	179	54	2	0	15	2	1
Medium (10-19)	10	19	155	133	24	2	0	10	0	1
Long (20+)	7	19	180	159	32	7	0	4	3	1

Down	Completions	Attempts	Yards	Air Yards*	Long	Big (20+)	Losses (< = 0)	First Downs	TD	INT
1st	17	34	120	82	15	0	1	3	1	2
2nd	24	41	343	237	32	8	1	15	2	1
3rd	22	33	387	130	54	5	0	13	4	2
4th	4	4	83	11	48	1	0	4	0	0

Quarter	Completions	Attempts	Yards	Air Yards*	Long	Big (20+)	Losses (< = 0)	First Downs	TD	INT
1st	12	23	132	82	31	2	0	5	1	1
2nd	23	35	295	199	32	4	0	14	2	1
3rd	17	28	229	137	54	4	2	9	2	1
4th	12	21	257	53	53	4	0	6	2	2
OT	3	5	20	15	8	0	0	1	0	0

For individual rushing:

Player	Carries	Yards	First Downs	Big (10+)	Stuffs (< = 0)	Long	TD	Fumbles	Lost
Brower	9	81	5	4	1	22	1	0	0
Clancy	49	193	12	3	6	21	1	0	0
Riley	35	150	5	5	6	23	4	0	0
Wolfe	7	3	1	0	5	5	0	0	0
Zimmerman	37	124	9	4	8	14	3	0	0

Short Yardage Rushing (< = 3)
Player	ALLC	ALLA	ALL%	3DC	3DA	3D%	4DC	4DA	4D%	GLC	GLA	GL%
Clancy	7	9	77.78%	3	3	100.00%	0	0		0	1	0.00%
Riley	5	5	100.00%	1	1	100.00%	1	1	100.00%	4	4	100.00%
Wolfe	1	2	50.00%	0	1	0.00%	0	0		0	0
Zimmerman	5	6	83.33%	2	3	66.67%	0	0		3	4	75.00%

For individual receiving:

Player	Targets*	Receptions	Yards	YAC*	First Downs	Big (20+)	Losses (< = 0)	Long	TD	Fumbles	Lost
Achenbach	7	4	60	14	2	2	0	24	0	0	0
Brower	30	17	214	27	10	2	1	48	2	0	0
Clancy	2	2	55	4	2	1	0	55	0	0	0
Diaz	4	1	10	2	1	0	0	10	0	0	0
Griffen-Batchler	27	17	329	113	10	5	0	54	4	0	0
Landis	2	1	25	0	1	1	0	25	0	0	0
Wojciechowski	16	8	96	6	3	2	0	23	1	0	0
Wolfe	19	16	113	48	5	0	1	16	0	0	0
Zimmerman	1	1	31	30	1	1	0	31	0	0	0

Team third downs by distance:

3rd Downs	Average Distance	7.72
Distance	Conversions	Attempts	Percentage
Short (0-3)	7	10	70.00%
Medium (4-6)	6	10	60.00%
Long (7-10)	9	19	47.37%
Extreme (> 10)	4	11	36.36%
Totals	26	50	52.00%

Team fourth downs by distance

4th Downs	Average Distance	6.00
Distance	Conversions	Attempts	Percentage
Short (0-3)	1	1	100.00%
Medium (4-6)	3	3	100.00%
Long (7-10)	1	1	100.00%
Extreme (> 10)	0	0

Team red zone:

Plays	Yards	First Downs	Big	Stuffs/Losses (< = 0)	Long	TD	INT	Fumbles	Lost
38	135	7	3	3	20	10	0	0	0

Rushing
Carries	Yards	First Downs	Big (10+)	Stuffs (< = 0)	Long	TD	Fumbles	Lost
27	86	6	2	3	10	8	0	0

Passing
Completions	Attempts	Yards	Air Yards*	Long	Big (20+)	Losses (< = 0)	First Downs	TD	INT	Fumbles	Lost
6	11	49	32	20	1	0	1	2	0	0	0

Red zone 3rd downs:

3rd Downs	Average Distance	5.00
Distance	Conversions	Attempts	Percentage
Short (0-3)	4	5	80.00%
Medium (4-6)	0	1	0.00%
Long (7-10)	2	2	100.00%
Extreme (> 10)	0	1	0.00%
Totals	6	9	66.67%

Red zone 4th downs:

4th Downs	Average Distance	4.50
Distance	Conversions	Attempts	Percentage
Short (0-3)	1	1	100.00%
Medium (4-6)	1	1	100.00%
Long (7-10)	0	0
Extreme (> 10)	0	0
Totals	2	2	100.00%

Really quality work here! Thank you for such a detailed breakdown. I’m torn with Riley. One play he makes a throw that makes me say “wow”, and the next he’s throwing a mind numbing interception. He definitely needs to cut down on the mistakes moving forward for Bloom to have a successful season. I know in most instances the roster is very young and they may be building for a year or two down the road. So knowing that, if the season starts to get off the rails do you play the freshmen QB’s to see what you might have there or just stick it out with the Senior until the end? From the tape I’ve watched of them, I like the two true freshmen QB’s on the roster. Hoping for the best because this is a real easy group of young men to root for and I want them to have success. Not just for my Son but all of them. They seem to be soooooooo close but just can’t quite kick the door down yet for one reason or another. Their three losses are by a combined 7 points. Just beyond frustrating.

[TheBigCat2192]

Someone at the Bloomsburg athletic department finally got around to putting up the game notes for this week which is nice. Unfortunately whoever was writing them accidentally copied the two-deep from the Shippensburg game complete with last Saturday's date and "@ Shippensburg" so there is no insight into Jerry Griffen-Batchler's injury or whether there's been any shakeup in the backfield.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Someone at the Bloomsburg athletic department finally got around to putting up the game notes for this week which is nice. Unfortunately whoever was writing them accidentally copied the two-deep from the Shippensburg game complete with last Saturday's date and "@ Shippensburg" so there is no insight into Jerry Griffen-Batchler's injury or whether there's been any shakeup in the backfield.

Likely not an accident

[BloomFootballDad]

GAMEDAY!!!! Let’s go Huskies!!

[BloomFootballDad]

What does this team need to do in order to improve? Yesterday’s game was just painful. There’s something that’s just a bit off but I can’t put my finger on it. It’s something different each week it seems. Frustrating because I was expecting (hoping) they would be better than this. I know they’ve got talented players on the roster but something just isn’t clicking. Can it all be blamed on injuries? That seems too easy because all teams deal with that. I will say if the team doesn’t get better QB play they don’t have much of a chance. I like his arm talent but if he doesn’t start making better decisions with the football they’re really behind the 8 ball.

[Bart]

What does this team need to do in order to improve? Yesterday’s game was just painful. There’s something that’s just a bit off but I can’t put my finger on it. It’s something different each week it seems. Frustrating because I was expecting (hoping) they would be better than this. I know they’ve got talented players on the roster but something just isn’t clicking. Can it all be blamed on injuries? That seems too easy because all teams deal with that. I will say if the team doesn’t get better QB play they don’t have much of a chance. I like his arm talent but if he doesn’t start making better decisions with the football they’re really behind the 8 ball.

The list could be long. Poor tackling: the one wr td looked like everyone had a chance to bring him down after the catch. There were several 3rd or 4th and long that Bloom couldn't stop. Bloom's secondary is mostly new this year and they look it.

The team needs to play offense and defense. The games have the defense showing up for Ship, but no offense or the offense shows, but no defense. In LHU game the offense disappeared in the second half and the defense was missing the whole game. Need some consistency on offense and defense showing up for the same game and playing the whole game.

The team was beaten again by the tricks of a double reverse pass and fake extra point. The turnovers are also killers and game changers. The best offensive and defensive players out with injuries didn't help any.

It was disappointing for the final game with LHU as they move to the western division next year. No foreseeable future schedule with them.

[BloomFootballDad]

The list could be long. Poor tackling: the one wr td looked like everyone had a chance to bring him down after the catch. There were several 3rd or 4th and long that Bloom couldn't stop. Bloom's secondary is mostly new this year and they look it.

The team needs to play offense and defense. The games have the defense showing up for Ship, but no offense or the offense shows, but no defense. In LHU game the offense disappeared in the second half and the defense was missing the whole game. Need some consistency on offense and defense showing up for the same game and playing the whole game.

The team was beaten again by the tricks of a double reverse pass and fake extra point. The turnovers are also killers and game changers. The best offensive and defensive players out with injuries didn't help any.

It was disappointing for the final game with LHU as they move to the western division next year. No foreseeable future schedule with them.

So in your opinion do all of these shortcomings lead back to the coaching? I mean something is just off. They don’t seem to be as buttoned up as they need to be to compete on a weekly basis and it looks to my uneducated eye that the other teams are doing a great job of game planning against Bloom and have a couple game changing plays set up. It’s frustrating. As you said, it doesn’t seem to be the same thing every week but it is SOMETHING every week that is getting them beat. I know they’re very young with only a couple of seniors and juniors playing so in theory they should get better as they get more game reps under their belts. And I will continue to stand by my opinion that the freshmen class this year has a lot of talented players in it so I believe better times are ahead. In the meantime though they need to stop turning the ball over.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

So in your opinion do all of these shortcomings lead back to the coaching? I mean something is just off. They don’t seem to be as buttoned up as they need to be to compete on a weekly basis and it looks to my uneducated eye that the other teams are doing a great job of game planning against Bloom and have a couple game changing plays set up. It’s frustrating. As you said, it doesn’t seem to be the same thing every week but it is SOMETHING every week that is getting them beat. I know they’re very young with only a couple of seniors and juniors playing so in theory they should get better as they get more game reps under their belts. And I will continue to stand by my opinion that the freshmen class this year has a lot of talented players in it so I believe better times are ahead. In the meantime though they need to stop turning the ball over.

If they have a coaching change and/or keep losing, the majority of that perceived talented freshmen class will be in the transfer portal come early December (likely trying to land at one of the better programs in the league).

Vicious cycle these days. Ask Millersville. They develop freshmen for others.

[Bart]

So in your opinion do all of these shortcomings lead back to the coaching? I mean something is just off. They don’t seem to be as buttoned up as they need to be to compete on a weekly basis and it looks to my uneducated eye that the other teams are doing a great job of game planning against Bloom and have a couple game changing plays set up. It’s frustrating. As you said, it doesn’t seem to be the same thing every week but it is SOMETHING every week that is getting them beat. I know they’re very young with only a couple of seniors and juniors playing so in theory they should get better as they get more game reps under their belts. And I will continue to stand by my opinion that the freshmen class this year has a lot of talented players in it so I believe better times are ahead. In the meantime though they need to stop turning the ball over.

Coaching is another piece, sure. Some on posters mention Sheptock as getting the job because someone made a donation or as an honor for being inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player at Bloom and a member of the NCAA Division II Team of the Quarter Century (1973-97). The donation didn't go to football, so I doubt it was the sole reason. Sheptock was the HC at D3 Wilkes University from 1996 to 2013, compiling a record of 107–81, and the DC at Wilkes from 1990-95. He also was an assistant at Bloom, Misercordia, and coached high school. He worked his way to D2 HC and has the credentials for the job. I listened to the halftime interview with arguably Bloom's best defensive player LB Garcia yesterday, and he said the reason he chose Bloom was because of Sheptock; Garcia said he pushes the players to get the best out of them. I've heard that before that players come to Bloom because of Sheptock and his willingness to do whatever he can to make a better player.

OC Landis was the HC at Bucknell with an impressive resume. I don't know about the other coaches, especially the part timers. Coaching is certainly a big part of the game, but sometimes the players are outmatched too. Bloom is low on the football money list, and they don't hit the portal, perhaps the talent level isn't what we think. Anyway there is another game this week.

[BloomFootballDad]

Coaching is another piece, sure. Some on posters mention Sheptock as getting the job because someone made a donation or as an honor for being inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player at Bloom and a member of the NCAA Division II Team of the Quarter Century (1973-97). The donation didn't go to football, so I doubt it was the sole reason. Sheptock was the HC at D3 Wilkes University from 1996 to 2013, compiling a record of 107–81, and the DC at Wilkes from 1990-95. He also was an assistant at Bloom, Misercordia, and coached high school. He worked his way to D2 HC and has the credentials for the job. I listened to the halftime interview with arguably Bloom's best defensive player LB Garcia yesterday, and he said the reason he chose Bloom was because of Sheptock; Garcia said he pushes the players to get the best out of them. I've heard that before that players come to Bloom because of Sheptock and his willingness to do whatever he can to make a better player.

OC Landis was the HC at Bucknell with an impressive resume. I don't know about the other coaches, especially the part timers. Coaching is certainly a big part of the game, but sometimes the players are outmatched too. Bloom is low on the football money list, and they don't hit the portal, perhaps the talent level isn't what we think. Anyway there is another game this week.

I can tell you from firsthand experience that my Son also chose Bloomsburg because of Sheptock. He was the most persistent and in touch HC who recruited him. He had other offers from PSAC institutions but chose Bloomsburg for the reasons you mentioned. He’s been nothing but professional in the interactions I have had with him and I believe in his vision for the team. I believe things will get better going forward. It’s just going to be a process. And sometimes you have to have some luck too. And so far this season Bloom hasn’t had much of that.