Seawolves Fans

I totally forgot sbufan...If only Kyle essington wouldve commanded that game... essington turned out to be one of my fav players. He really made the team better surpassing my initial expectations....

Brandon Lawrence from the sportsnetwork  predicts SB will beat Buffalo 28/20.

This guy has a very good track record predicting FCS games. Lets hope his success continues on Saturday!!

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/writers/infcshuddle_lawrence/archive/lawrence_09_12_13.htm

If SB Football actually pulls off an upset over Buffalo then I think we've begun the process of being a CAA powerhouse and gaining respect and attention they deserve. VILLANOVA WHO

Should be a great game. Although UB coming with a 0-2 record, they played two difficult FBS opponents. They will be super motivated to not lose third time against an FCS opponent and with SUNY bragging rights on the line. I expect a close hard faught and hard hitting gane with UB edging out 24-20.

I hope I am wrong.

can you view ESPN3 events at a later time in the day if I am not home to watch game live? 

Is it any wonder UB fans are confident on our recent FCS matchups, since our team backs it up? We've seen it all from FCS fans.

AGS thread of the Gardner-Webb @ UB game in 2010, where fans actually believed G-W had a chance. UB won 40-3:
http://www.anygivensaturday.com/showthread.php?64539-Gardner-Webb-at-Buffalo

AGS threads on FBS upsets which picked SBU in 2011. You know the result:
http://www.anygivensaturday.com/showthread.php?80118-SBU-Adds-Second-FBS-Opponent-Will-Play-UTEP-and-Buffalo-in-2011
http://www.anygivensaturday.com/showthread.php?84230-Top-10-FBS-Schools-Likely-to-Lose-to-FCS*Warning-Bleacher-Report*
http://www.anygivensaturday.com/showthread.php?84097-Most-intriguing-FBS-matchups-for-2011

Let's recap 2011. SBU excelled after the UB loss and reached the 2nd round. UB was picked to finish 6th in the MAC East, only garnering 28 voting points. We finished in that spot with 2 other wins besides SBU. We only started 4 SR's on both sides of the ball vs SBU. All TD's in that game were scored by players on the UB roster today. The stars of that game, Oliver, Mack, Neutz, Hughes, Dennison, were Sophs/R-Fr.

Fast-forward to today. UB received votes toward 4th in the MAC East, 7th overall, with 101 vote points (1 first-place vote). We return 17 of 22 starters and all our specialists. Our top 3 running backs on last season's depth chart, who combined to play in only 6 games, are all healthy. Mack is on multiple national award watch lists and Mel Kiper has him #13 on his big board. Neutz, Oliver, and CB Najja Johnson are all on national award watch lists. Our OL goes 310, 320, 320, 326, 327, much bigger than our 2011 line. Besides Mack rushing from OLB at 6'3" 248, our 3-man front is 273, 300, 293, also bigger than the 2011 front which stymied SBU drives for 3 quarters.

With all that returning talent and a lighter MAC schedule, multiple national reviews predict UB will become bowl eligible. The point being, we are much better than the first go round. I've read many points from here, AGS, the AE board, and there doesn't appear to be the same certainty about Stony Brook's improvement from impressive 2011 and 2012 squads. In posts regarding upsets, where would it develop, outside of a massive turnover fest by UB a la Army?

The depth advantage going deep into games can sometimes help FBS vs FCS, but FBS teams must have size, talent, and desire too. Army players don't receive athletic scholarships, since all cadets are covered cost wise. Their roster usually has 140-150 players, but that didn't help them against you guys last year.

 The point is UB fans should not be bragging or be happy for that matter about beating an FCS team, your an FBS team that's what your supposed to do. That would be the same way for us if we got excited to beat Div II C.W.Post. This game should be viewed as an extra home gm meaning one more time to tailgait, that's it. UB doesn't want to lose to Stony Brook, but again if beating us is what your worried about then your priorities are messed up. Win or lose this will not dictate how we play the rest of the year. This is a building block gm and a money grab for SB and it will not define the team or the program. Being a fan and alum of SB, I would much rather see our FCS team play towards a playoff birth and potential National Title run then root for my team to win 6 gms so it can play in some bowl sponsored by a muffler company. The last time I checked most FBS teams have 300+ pound lineman but that didn't stop quite a few of them from losing in week 1. As far as Mel Kiper goes he once thought that Jamarcus Russell was a can't miss prospect and that Russell Wilson was a reach in the 3rd round. we all know how that turned out. Like I said your supposed to win, just watch what you wish for.