Last (regular season) home game of the year! Wow...it went by fast!

Game tonight is at 7pm at the Palumbo Center in Pittsburgh vs Central Connecticut St.

Come out tonight! Bring family, friends, aunts, uncles, etc! Lol everyone!

#PackthePalumbo #GoRMU

RMU S&C gives out weekly Virtue of the Week (VOW) awards. Last week it went to Matt Barr for commitment, and this week it went to Andrew Romanchak for courage. It will be interesting to see if these two former QBs will be listed as WR again this year and if they get much playing time next season at that position or whatever position they play.

A few weeks ago the VOW went to another WR, Delano Madison, for tenacity.

Anyone have anything to share about the offseason workouts?

Let's get out for the last two regular season "home" games. Obvious must win against the 3-win Bryant Bulldogs. This is one that anything other than a convincing victory would be disappointing. Hopefully the momentum from the LIU game will carryover and Colonials roll big.

This should be coming together in the next couple of months. Here's what we have so far, with 12 weeks to play 11 games.

Sept. 1 - at Dayton
Sept. 8 - TBA
Sept. 15 - at James Madison
Sept. 22 - at Bryant
Sept. 29 - TBA
Oct. 6 - TBA
Oct. 13 - TBA
Oct. 20 - TBA
Oct. 27 - TBA
Nov. 3 - TBA
Nov. 10 - at Eastern Kentucky
Nov. 17 - TBA

NEC ROAD GAMES: Bryant, Duquesne, Sacred Heart
NEC HOME GAMES: CCSU, St. Francis, Wagner

96-82 win over LIU breaks the four-game losing streak.

Ugly game. Way too many fouls called by the refs. Just non-stop whistles. RMU actually played well defensively until the fouls began to mount. Coalman and Gombe fouled out. Leondre didn't play for some reason. So Seth Rouse had to play a little in the second half.

Dachon and Matty were awesome. Dachon had 29, Matty had 23. Both were active and engaged on D.

Weird game but hopefully this got the guys out of their funk and they finish strong. Four games left until the NEC tourney and a lot still at stake.

I've had a good feeling this week going in to tonight's game with SF. Kenpom has RMU at 222 after our recent slide, and SFNY at an ugly 296. Just a few games ago we were tied atop the NEC with Wagner, which is currently sitting at 136. Stick with the plan fellas even through adversity and you'll get a needed win.

Please post within this thread who has been offered by RMU, verbal commits and transfers.
I'll create a sticky thread to update who RMU is recruiting.

Thanks

Let's hope Matty plays and our young team gets back to what made them successful. Come on down to the last regular season game of the year at PPG and cheer the Colonials.

7pm tip!

Go to the game if you can!

We need a W!


Go RMU!

A little early to start talking about bracketology when you play in the NEC, still fun to see that ESPN has the Colonials as a 15 seed playing Xavier in the South regional.

Go Bobby Mo!

Game starts in just over 10 minutes!

Let's Go Guys!

#RMCMB

Another big game for the guys tomorrow. SFU is 3-1 in NEC and was the preseason favorite. They lost at CCSU, beat Bryant on the road and LIU and SFBK at home. So there are some common opponents.

Hopefully the guys can improve FTs, continue to play excellent team defense, and just work hard.

Massey Info:
Ratings:
RMU: 171 (Duq 170, LaSalle 172)
SFUPA: 202 (Monmouth 201, Texas St 202)

Prediction:
Massey gives RMU a 65% chance to win, 79 to 75

My worthless prediction:
RMU comes out on fire, and runs it whistle to whistle, I think Coalman sets a career high with 12 pts. RMU 73 - 62.

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Great start to the NEC campaign but I would like to win this one with the trip to Wagner looming.

Let's Bounce back with a win!

Team can do it!

Hope Petteway is back soon as well!

~Go RMU

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/Pitt/2018/01/05/kam-carter-transfer-netflix-last-chance-u-kaezon-pugh-pitt-football-henry-miller-malik-henderson/stories/201801050127

With already 3 known FBS transfers, I wonder if Coach Clark can land any former Pitt players.

RMU needs to step in and not allow Pugh to go to CalU.

Looks like the three transfers - QB Caleb Lewis, RB Terrence Stephens, and TE Steve Petrick - will be enrolled for the spring. That's good news.

http://rmucolonials.com/news/2018/1/11/football-trio-of-transfers-choose-robert-morris.aspx

After the "at least they won" game against SFBK, the guys have another "home" game at PPG Saturday.

LIU is 1-2 in conference, and just got beat by SFPA. Need to win the home games, and that was mentioned in the other thread, FTs need to improve quickly. The guys played tough, and Bain is looking good, I imagine he will get some more minutes, and Gombe continues to play well down low.

Massey Information:
Rankings
RMU 185
LIU 289

Prediction:
Massey gives RMU a 79% chance to win, with a predicted score of 75-67.

My worthless prediction is a BIG win for RMU. 74-52 with the D clamping down.

GO BOBBY MO

What a start for the guys!! 2-0 in conference, both on road. I figured they would beat Bryant, but thought CCSU would have been close, but the D destroyed the Devil's will. Amazing what great team d can do. Game is at Palumbo and on necfrontrow!

SF is 2-0 in NEC beating SHU and Wagner.

Massey info:
Ratings:
RMU - 183 (Mercer 182, FLGC 184)
SFBK - 295 (Charleston southern 294, TAMCC 296)

Massey score prediction:
RMU 74 SF 63. RMU 83% chance to win.

My worthless prediction:
RMU 71 SF 60.

Can't let the success go to head, have to grind on D and work for open shot on O. As long as the guys listen to Toole, I think they will get the W.

GO BoBBY MO

Former LSU quarterback Caleb Lewis is transferring to Robert Morris.

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He was a walk-on who earned a scholarship for a brief period, according to this article:
http://www.nola.com/lsu/index.ssf/2018/01/lsu_caleb_lewis_transfers.html

"Lewis, the Class 2A player of the year in Florida, is a pro-style quarterback who completed 353 of 632 passes for 5,647 yards with 60 touchdowns and just 21 interceptions in leading Victory Christian to the Class 2A state championship this year."

From this article about him initially joining LSU - http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_f1096f7d-5538-5cdd-82a5-9e02f746fb89.html

RMU women's lacrosse has hired former Monmouth head coach, Eileen Ghent, as an assistant coach. Ghent was running a successful program at Monmouth, so why did she leave to become an assistant at RMU? To be near her fiancé, Pitt basketball assistant, Sam Ferry.

Welcome Eileen!