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Subject: Re: Mercer 34 P 7

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P-Fan

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Date Posted: 07:52:11 10/13/24 Sun
In reply to: Bengal 's message, "Mercer 34 P 7" on 20:57:29 10/12/24 Sat

M3 is spot on. IMO Clark is already better than Volker. He hits the whole hard and is a stronger runner. Volker tends to dance too much and Clark seems to be better in short yardage. However, the QB spot is a big problem. The tigers were not going to beat Mercer for sure, but Hipa is not the answer. I don't see any progress since the Lehigh game. He already has 9 INT's. This stat alone will lose ball games. The first pass he threw should have been a touchdown, but that was his best pass all day. He throws into double coverage and a couple of times, triple coverage. I don't think he sees the field well either and many of his passes are off target when receivers are open. He just needed to lead Barber on that one that was intercepted in the endzone. Of course, not all of this is on him. Special teams were bad yesterday and I have no idea what #66 was doing when that fumble (by Hipa) went into the endzone. His effort was subpar at best. Coach Surace has to see the same thing at QB and I think he may make the change this week. I think this week's Brown game will determine whether the Tigers are still in the race, or whether they're playing for next year. Two losses are pretty hard to overcome. Should be interesting this Friday night.

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Jerrylh
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Date Posted: 10:00:59 10/13/24 Sun

I was pessimistic about this season when I saw the preseason all-ivy list. We were tied for last with six and one was our punter. In addition, we didn't have an experienced quarterback. The quarterback situation is a disaster so far. Hipa threw 4 interceptions and lost two fumbles.
The defense did OK and in my opinion was due to playing some freshmen and sophomores. A.J. Pigford is a freshman and is already the best linebacker on the team. We will be underdogs in every game for the foreseeable future. We need to develop a quarterback. We also need to develop some young wide receivers as all of our current wide receivers are seniors.
Clark is already one of the best running backs in the Ivy League. He gained 117 yards against a team that no one has been able to run on and it wasn't because the offensive line opened any hole for him. He made his own holes.
Bottom line is that we need to develop our freshmen and sophomores. There is significant talent there.

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Author: HDallmar [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 10:19:53 10/13/24 Sun The Tigers only had 196 yards of total offense. Their top two running backs did not play. The Mercer Bears, a 14 point favorite, are now 6-0. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

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Author: Jerrylh [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 10:54:39 10/13/24 Sun Respectfully, the Tigers top running back is Ethan Clark. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]