By By Nick Pipitone
MOVIN’ ON UPAfter blowout wins over Albany and Stony Brook, The Sports Network announced that the Pride had moved up seven spots in its weekly top 25 poll to No. 17. Six other Atlantic 10 teams are represented the poll: New Hampshire at No. 2, Delaware at No. 6, James Madison at No. 7, William & Mary at No. 16, Massachusetts at No. 24 and Rhode Island at No. 25.
In addition, the Pride was selected to the ESPN top 25 poll at no. 24, marking the first time since 2002 the Pride has appeared in the poll.
PRIDE GAMES ON TVAthletic Director Jack Hayes announced that three Pride games will be televised in the New York metropolitan area this season. Including last Saturday’s home game against Stony Brook, which was aired this past Sunday on tape delay on the Regional News Network (RNN). The Pride will also be on TV in its next home game against James Madison Oct. 1 at 3:30 p.m. and at Delaware the following week at noon. Both games will be televised on the Madison Square Garden Sports Network (MSG), channel 71 for school’s cable.
CB ANDERSON SUSPENDEDIt was announced this past Saturday that sophomore cornerback Emanuel Anderson has been suspended from the team for the next week for violating University policy. The team has released no further comment on the specifics of the suspension.
SECOND HALF SHORTENEDIn an intriguing situation, both head coach Joe Gardi and his counterpart Sam Kornhauser, decided to shorten the third and fourth quarters from 15 to 10 minutes in Saturday’s game against Stony Brook. The decision, made after some talks with the referee crew at halftime, is to say the least, rare in football. The two lightning delays, totaling 99 minutes, caused the first quarter to last two hours and twenty minutes. The decision, however bizarre it may seem, is legal according to the rule books. Section two, article 2A of the NCAA football rule book states, “Any time during the game, the playing time of the remaining period or periods and the intermission between halves may be shortened by mutual agreement of the opposing head coaches and the referee.”