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Message: [QUOTE="JeremyCuse, post: 3206605, member: 43"] Good post a few additional thoughts. Bingo is going to be historically bad this year, they were blown out by Lemoyne in the fall. Colgate lost their big attackmen I believe and were pretty awful in the second half of the season last year, if this game is remotely close were in big trouble. Hobart - They were a good offensive team last year but were very susceptible on defense and their shooting % was putrid. This is definitely a game where SU cant mail it in or they will be in major trouble. That said they lose their best FOGO in years to graduation and their goalie I believe. They also lost their #1 attackmen that Mellen blanked in back to back years. SU is a bad matchup for Hobart but as you noted we need to be careful here and their offense should again be very good. Army - I know a lot of people are high on them but I think there going to take a step back. They will potentially have their best offense in a long time with Nictern but they lost 2 AA defenders who just happened to be their goalie and #1 cover guy and they lost their #2 cover guy to graduation as well as Nate Jones who led the attack unit with 36 goals. Its Army so they will be a pain in the ass but this is a game SU should win. Albany - Tough to tell what we will see here. Usually we benefit from seeing them early in the year but now were looking at April so who knows what both teams will look like. Albany's main issue will again be defense and midfield. The attack unit will be potent as always and they have a lot of young guys back but its hard to tell if last year was a blip or if its going to take Marr a few years to build it back up. Midfield and closed D will again be a major issue for them and some of their higher end guys like Hay don't get on campus till the fall of 2020. Rutgers - They will be a very very good offensive team. That attack unit will be skilled to say the least. Mullins and Charalambides are a deadly combo and Charalambides is still rounding back into form from his back to back ACL tears. They also have that jitterbug attack dude Gallagher. Their issue is that a bad defense lost by far their two best players in the goalie in Edelman and Pless. They also lost the only half decent FOGO on the roster and by far their best SSDM in Christiano. They brought in several goalie and FOGO transfers but I think there going to be in for another long year defensively. Still there a dangerous team if your not winning faceoffs and the shot clock is a huge help for them. A bit surprised SU decided to sign another home and home with them to be honest as they are a bit of an enigma as a team. Cornell - Will be a real challenge. They got a high end Frosh FOGO and have a deadly attack unit with Teat and crew. A lot like Rutty their issues are on Defense though they have an excellent goalie in Ierlan who will make up for a lot of that. Peterson will be a big loss as their finisher but they have plenty of options with returning guys and another good recruiting class. Midfield is good but not great, they need more consistency there. Playing them later in the year could be beneficial though as you figure Teat maybe worn down a bit and Colgate's depth while good offensively is less then great defensively. UNC - Is a bit of an unknown. I know you mentioned they returned almost everyone but thats actually incorrect. They lost their #1 attack in Timmy Kelly and their #2 Middie in Andy Matthews who played more midfield after moving from attack and was the leading assist guy. They also lost their entire starting close defense in Rowlett, Peden, and Nathan. Now they do bring in an elite talent in Grey and bring back the young attack core the was up and down last year including Nicky Solomon. They also have Perry back and the two enigmas Cook and Justin Anderson and a goalie that really came on late. The key for them is how much does Grey elevate the entire team and can they take that next step with a mix of young attackmen and older middies. I think they will be good but Kelly Matthews and Rowlett are enormous losses especially Rowlett in what was a so so defense to begin with. They do get that highly touted frosh kid Egan back after a season ending injury last year but he's likely to take a bit to round back into form. There the most unknown on our schedule, all the pieces are there but I think they maybe a lot like the last few years, look great one week and then MIA the next. Will review the rest of the teams tomorrow hopefully. [/QUOTE]

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