Chuck Bitner

Wow. Week 10 already. I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again. The eleven game regular season of Division II football is the fastest three months of the year. This Saturday will be the final round of divisional play, and while the Eastern division race was wrapped up a week ago in the “Instant Classic” between Bloomsburg and Shippensburg, the Western division is far from settled. California, IUP and Mercyhurst are still fighting it out and the champion will host Shippensburg next Saturday for ...

Erie, Pa will host a pair of games this Satuday that will determine the PSAC Western Division Championship.

One participant in the Championship game has already been locked in and this week our focus moves to the Western division, where we will await the outcomes of two games to decide who will meet Shippensburg for the overall title. Unlike last week's "winner take all brawl" between Bloomsburg and Shippensburg, there are still three teams in play for the Western Division.
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I really love football. I love to watch for many reasons, and perhaps the biggest reason I love it is that so many times I see things that inspire me. On Saturday at Seth Grove Stadium, I watched two incredible teams that impressed and inspired me. The Shippensburg Red Raiders earned their second PSAC Eastern division crown in the past four years with an unbelievable 49-42 victory over the visiting Bloomsburg Huskies. Ship did what they do best by scoring early and often to race out to a 35-7 half ...

Mercyhurst (6-2, 4-1) at Edinboro (3-4, 2-3)

Mercyhurst suffered its first conference defeat one week ago at IUP, while Edinboro dropped an overtime heartbreaker at Slippery Rock. In this contest, the match ups favor Mercyhurst on both sides of the ball. The Lakers have a ground and pound rushing attack (224 yards per game) and the Fighting Scots have struggled against good rushing offenses. However, the Lakers don’t throw the ball nearly as well as they run, and Edinboro is very ...

The PSAC championship is still two weeks away, but this Saturday Shippensburg will host an unofficial championship game for the PSAC Eastern division. Bloomsburg and Shippensburg both come in to this game undefeated at 8-0 overall and 5-0 in the division. Both are highly ranked in the national polls, and in the Regional Rankings announced on Monday, Shippesburg is first and Bloomsburg is third. There is still one round of divisional play following this Saturday, but the winner of this game will ...