Game Thread: Lafayette

[Brookside kid hen]

Just from the TV shots I'd guess 6500-7000. But what do I know. Lol

[Bluewyn Gold]

Credit to Mini and the club for a hard-fought win. The Hens dug themselves into a deep hole playing uninspired football in the first half. Man, did momentum shift in the 3rd quarter. You could feel it.

Possibly the last FCS home game in Newark, unless we can somehow pull off a win out west and Chattanooga knocks out Furman.

[UDDave]

Got back from the game a little while ago. Section K was full of boisterous Pards fans. They were an excited, respectful bunch. One sitting near me in section L told his father that it felt like a home game. in the first half, it was hard to disagree.

Credit to our players for digging deep in the second half. They responded again and again. It was missing under Brock and Rocco, but nice to see again. Credit also to our coaches who likely broke a few chalk boards at halftime.

Kudos to Oldhen for pulling up a chair for his serving of crow. Hopefully a few others will join him.

On to Montana. Not worried. Nobody has a better winning percentage against them than our Hens.

[Warrior Hen]

Good win. I hope we will be going with #4 for the rest of the reason regardless of the health status of the other quarterbacks. He earned that right tonight.

[bluehens2005]

Seemed like a lot more than that

Maybe 6K. Stadium was no more than 1/3 full. Every game I look at the home stands from the east and shake my head, there are always so many empty seats on that side. Shameful. I was thinking of the miracle at Youngstown too in Q2. Top two QBs out, top two RBs out (basically) and missing other important players but still hung in there. Proud of the team and the players for sticking in there and pulling it out.

Well that would be 50 percent more than reported and that was my point. I've been going to the stadium for almost every game since '69 and there was more than 4K there today

Under reporting maybe skimming a little
Extra for our pockets

[Attila the Hen]

Make up for some of the $5MM the NCAA is extorting for the move up.

[Bluewyn Gold]

4K? 5K? What's it matter? It's the interest we've come to expect for early round FCS post-season games in Newark. It was roughly less than attended the high school semi-final I witnessed a week ago in Wilmington town.

Win's a win. The good guys move on to play at least one more game as an FCS program.

[Jaxhen1]

Did Herring play in this game? Was #22 injured or did Manning just replace him in the second half. As I believe UDForever mentioned, Delaware had three true freshman playing in the secondary in the second half (Seay, Manning, and Domnie).

[RalphD58]

Highlights from the game...

https://youtu.be/Ma1K9UrnFMA?feature=shared

[HENJOHN]

4K? 5K? What's it matter? It's the interest we've come to expect for early round FCS post-season games in Newark. It was roughly less than attended the high school semi-final I witnessed a week ago in Wilmington town.

Win's a win. The good guys move on to play at least one more game as an FCS program.

It doesn't really matter but it is a topic for discussion in light of the reported difference hence the brief discussion if that's ok.

[UD '01 grad]

The attendance numbers are always low-balled for NCAA games, for whatever reason. Probably money.

Game turned when Laffay's QB was injured. As said earlier, team never gave up.

Shout-out to Watson. Made some huge plays at running back in second half, as well as old reliable Brose.

All you can ask for is heart and giving your all. Those came together late yesterday. Radio called it another "program win" which is a term that's getting overused, but it's still better than the alternative.

[Redcoat]

4K? 5K? What's it matter? It's the interest we've come to expect for early round FCS post-season games in Newark. It was roughly less than attended the high school semi-final I witnessed a week ago in Wilmington town.

Win's a win. The good guys move on to play at least one more game as an FCS program.

It doesn't really matter but it is a topic for discussion in light of the reported difference hence the brief discussion if that's ok.

And on Thanksgiving weekend as well

[HENJOHN]

Lafayette had a really nice group with them and were loud

[Hengrad07]

Bet anyone $10,000 Delaware wins this game

I'm feeling the same, not $10,000 though...

Winner, winner, chicken dinner!

Hey 96, post your betting slip where you bet 10K?? The payoff must have been huge! Congrats

[Bluewyn Gold]

It doesn't really matter…

IMO, probably didn’t bear repeating, but if you insist..

Can only imagine the mood here if the team didn’t just pull off an historic comeback. Wow.