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Post by JeffAggieFan on Sept 2, 2014 16:55:19 GMT -5
Special teams could be a key also. We might can get that kickoff return or that punt blocked.
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Post by neighborhoodsuperstar on Sept 2, 2014 17:39:04 GMT -5
Special teams WILL be a key. We won vs App last year and special teams (KO return and punts inside the 5) were key reasons why. When you step up in class, special teams has to be on point. This group can be a major reason why you win or lose....
I might be in the minority, but I feel good about what's gonna happen this weekend. We now have legitimate talent. Broadway's track record vs OOC opposition has always been solid. We can win this game.
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Post by marchingband1969 on Sept 2, 2014 18:21:22 GMT -5
Special teams WILL be a key. We won vs App last year and special teams (KO return and punts inside the 5) were key reasons why. When you step up in class, special teams has to be on point. This group can be a major reason why you win or lose.... I might be in the minority, but I feel good about what's gonna happen this weekend. We now have legitimate talent. Broadway's track record vs OOC opposition has always been solid. We can win this game. When I read this I had to do a double take to see if I misread the name. Now when you come out this positive I'm starting to believe too.
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Post by bodoyle on Sept 2, 2014 19:13:55 GMT -5
nabor: I saw that my preview/prediction ruffled a few feathers over here. First off, I did not mean to ruffle any feathers. it is just my opinion. I am not at all affiliated with CCU other than being an alumnus and season ticket holder. My only question about my prediction basically being bulletin board material: if your team needs to post what I saw to get them fired up, then, as I stated on our board, your team is not as good as I thought. I don't mean that as a knock on your team, but they're a decent team. I would expect some low level team, kinda like Alabama A&M to need that to fire up a team that is going nowhere fast. Not you guys. I understand you and your fan base being confident after your win last week, but on the other hand, put that in relationship to who you played. It would be one thing if you played.....Montana, or Easter Washington, or a solid SoCon team, but A&M? As Cris Carter says, "C'mon man!"
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Post by Aggie E on Sept 2, 2014 19:20:24 GMT -5
Special teams WILL be a key. We won vs App last year and special teams (KO return and punts inside the 5) were key reasons why. When you step up in class, special teams has to be on point. This group can be a major reason why you win or lose.... I might be in the minority, but I feel good about what's gonna happen this weekend. We now have legitimate talent. Broadway's track record vs OOC opposition has always been solid. We can win this game. When I read this I had to do a double take to see if I misread the name. Now when you come out this positive I'm starting to believe too. The more I read, the more I like this match -up. I believe we have the depth and talent to win this game. It's time for our coaching staff to step up with a great game plan. The defense will be okay if we can minimize big plays and our special teams are explosive. Bustle really needs to "dial up" the offense Saturday night. If we can get the ball to our speedy playmakers in space, things could get interesting!
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Post by aggieepower1990 on Sept 2, 2014 20:42:40 GMT -5
I like our chances this weekeend as well. We have a solid coaching staff, good FCS talent, and we are in Aggie Stadium. Broadway has done well in games like this, remember we swept the SoCon last year and had our problems in the MEAC. I am sure that Broadway and staff will have this team ready like against the SoCon last year, and against BCE three years ago. The key, I think and most have stated on BDV, is Quick gaining early confidence in his passing ability. He threw some really good passes in the second half last week. However, I think Broadway will give Klugh an opportunity to lead the Aggies to victory. We have a good offensive line to protect a passing QB. The last Top 5 team that came to Aggie Stadium I believe was HU with Jay Walker for GHOE in 1991, absolutely the best game I have ever seen though we lost. We may be in store for another thriller! I can't wait.
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Post by ohsixrain on Sept 2, 2014 20:51:52 GMT -5
It's no doubt that if the stage is not too big we will play well....I don't this as big a stage as homecoming. However, this is an important game for us. I really like our chances though...I cannot tell you how we will win but, we can do this, mark it down.
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Post by bigchocolate1 on Sept 2, 2014 21:33:31 GMT -5
Special teams could be a key also. We might can get that kickoff return or that punt blocked. Coastal is a solid football team but A&T should be okay if they run the ball, tackle well, and don't loose it because of special teams. Their record against the MEAC is impressive but also deceptive. Okay, they beat Cookman in the playoffs!!!!! so has every playoff bound team that has met Cookman in the playoffs. They are 3 and 0 against SC State, but I personally attended all 3 contest. SC State could easily be 2-1 against Coastal. In their 1st meeting, SC fumbled the opening kickoff and fumbled away their first offensive carry, falling behinds 10-0 2 minutes into the game. Coastal had to take it the 80 plus yards to win with no time left on the clock. The second meeting they were simply better in the Conway contest. Last year special teams played a major role in them getting out of Orangeburg with a win. If my memory serves me, in last year's game SC was either tied or ahead in a very close game late 3rd/early 4th Qtr and attempted a short field goal that was block and returned for a score. This was a 10 point reversal. They can talk all the noise they want to but Coastal can and should be beaten by North Carolina A&T. Most of those 17 wins were against the lower half of this conference. They are a great offensive team....They will take what you give them. Aggies, just do what you do well...Pound that rock....make them 1 dimensional...pressure the passer and pick off a couple of passes...Aggie Pride!!!!
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Post by neighborhoodsuperstar on Sept 2, 2014 21:49:26 GMT -5
nabor: I saw that my preview/prediction ruffled a few feathers over here. First off, I did not mean to ruffle any feathers. it is just my opinion. I am not at all affiliated with CCU other than being an alumnus and season ticket holder. My only question about my prediction basically being bulletin board material: if your team needs to post what I saw to get them fired up, then, as I stated on our board, your team is not as good as I thought. I don't mean that as a knock on your team, but they're a decent team. I would expect some low level team, kinda like Alabama A&M to need that to fire up a team that is going nowhere fast. Not you guys. I understand you and your fan base being confident after your win last week, but on the other hand, put that in relationship to who you played. It would be one thing if you played.....Montana, or Easter Washington, or a solid SoCon team, but A&M? As Cris Carter says, "C'mon man!" You're not talking to FCS neophytes on this site. We know where we stand on the FCS totem pole. We know where Coastal Carolina currently stands on the FCS totem pole. We also know where AAMU stood on the FCS totem pole before we played them this weekend. I have no problem with you or any other person believing CCU will win the game this weekend. If you pushed me into a corner and asked me to choose a winner, I'd pick CCU as well. The only problem I had was with the score you gave. When you post a score that predicts you will come to Aggie Stadium and beat us 45-13, that shows a lack of respect you have for our football program. You are free to have that lack of respect. What our team needs to realize is that many people share these same sentiments about Aggie football. Your post should be viewed by our team to help them realize how many really perceive our football as an inferior brand.....and how this week of preparation should be even more meticulous than usual. Your post shouldn't make our team mad.......it should make them more focused. FYI fellow Aggies, the other day I told someone how our team beat App State last year and he looked at me as if I had just smoked some good green. Y'all know the deal - there are people who cannot even fathom us even competing (let alone winning) against non-MEAC FCS programs. This is yet another example. 45-13......they didn't even beat us that bad in Coach Broadway's first year in 2011. Again, your post shouldn't make any Aggie coach, player or fan angry......it should make us even more focused on what we need to do do be successful.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Sept 2, 2014 21:55:21 GMT -5
nabor: I saw that my preview/prediction ruffled a few feathers over here. First off, I did not mean to ruffle any feathers. it is just my opinion. I am not at all affiliated with CCU other than being an alumnus and season ticket holder. My only question about my prediction basically being bulletin board material: if your team needs to post what I saw to get them fired up, then, as I stated on our board, your team is not as good as I thought. I don't mean that as a knock on your team, but they're a decent team. I would expect some low level team, kinda like Alabama A&M to need that to fire up a team that is going nowhere fast. Not you guys. I understand you and your fan base being confident after your win last week, but on the other hand, put that in relationship to who you played. It would be one thing if you played.....Montana, or Easter Washington, or a solid SoCon team, but A&M? As Cris Carter says, "C'mon man!" bodoyle, no team "needs" bulletin board material for motivation. but why do you think most head coaches instruct their players to refrain from saying anything negative about their upcoming opponents to the media? in case you don't know, coaches tell their players that because they realize that "disrespect" by your opponent is the "ultimate motivation" for most athletes. no other emotion gets a competitive athlete more motivated than to be "disrespected" by his opponent. so while our team doesn't "need" bulletin board material to get motivated, bulletin board material does add fuel to the fire. in that regard, i have nothing bad to say about your team. we're the big underdogs and we shouldn't even be on the same field as your football team. no need for your team to even game plan against us because we have no chance of beating your team. your team is too "superior" to our team and is way better "funded" than our team. please ask your guys to take it easy on our team and don't hurt none of our guys because we're scared to play ya'll. we are so scared, we're thinking about not showing up for the game this saturday. but let me warn you, app state thought the same things about us last year around this time...
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Post by bodoyle on Sept 3, 2014 8:49:30 GMT -5
nabor: I do have some reasoning/logic behind my prediction. Eastern Kentucky had a great defense last year, similar to you guys, and some crazy home win%, and we hung 51 on them and rolled up 631 yards. Now we do not have the same team as we did last year, and that is part of the reason I was skeptical last week when we played the Citadel, but we still managed to score 31, (IMO, it should have been about 50, but we were still knocking the rust off), and managed to gain 433yds. I could be dead wrong, but I hold EKU a little higher than NC A&T on the FCS totem poll as you put it. I don't think that A&T is a bad team. I think you have some solid skill position players on offense (Quick and Cohen), but as one of your other posters mentioned, one of our strong suits is your weakness (passing the ball vs your secondary).
oldschool: I absolutely agree with you about why coaches instruct their players to not say anything that can be used as bulletin board material. The difference here is that I am a fan, not a player. If your team, or any team for that matter, is looking for bulletin board material, they can find it EVERY SINGLE WEEK on the opponents message board. I am sure some other posters on CoastalFans.com will think we're going to put up 50+ on you guys. I am not the only fan to ever think this. I don't intend this as a knock on your win over Appy St (anyone who beats them is good in my book), but Appy was 4-8 last year, very un-Appy.
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Post by Aggie Monster on Sept 3, 2014 9:04:31 GMT -5
Man, their fans sure did get the big head fast. This is the same Coastal fans that HATED the new coaching hire. Thought it was a "money" hire. But back to the game. This team had a different focus last saturday. Yeah, Alabama A&M sucks. But in the past we would have let a team like that stick around at least until late 3rd quarter or even worse, let them make a game out of it. We put them away early. As far as the pass breakdowns. Yeah, it happens, but thats how DBs play when they have a large lead. They take risk trying to pile on. I would rather them make the mistakes against A&M than play a perfect game and then make mistakes against Coastal. it will be a mistake for Coastal to think this secondary is really weak. I know their coaches know better. This will be a close game that special teams will decide. 45-13? Thats ridiculous after watching A&T Satruday.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Sept 3, 2014 9:27:38 GMT -5
oldschool: I absolutely agree with you about why coaches instruct their players to not say anything that can be used as bulletin board material. The difference here is that I am a fan, not a player. If your team, or any team for that matter, is looking for bulletin board material, they can find it EVERY SINGLE WEEK on the opponents message board. I am sure some other posters on CoastalFans.com will think we're going to put up 50+ on you guys. I am not the only fan to ever think this. I don't intend this as a knock on your win over Appy St (anyone who beats them is good in my book), but Appy was 4-8 last year, very un-Appy. dude, i understand exactly where your confidence comes from. i suppose if our coach was a “millionaire” like yours, we’d be much better funded too and perhaps a top 5 team. but make no mistake about it, our guys are not scared of ya’ll, not even by a long shot. no matter how “cocky” you are. obviously i was only being “sarcastic” in my last post. and, while you’re beating your chest over there, let’s be real. your school is no better than ours except your school has a lot more money to spend on athletics than ours does or any other hbcu for that matter. bottom line, your success is predicated on “funding”, just like most other highly successful fcs and bcs teams. but other than that, your school is no better than ours. so sure, beat your chest. but understand that your team is successful because of the cultural advantages schools like yours have over schools like mine. but despite our “disadvantages” (shall we say), we will put up a darn good fight and don’t be surprised if you go home with a sad face. we don’t have your money, but do have a lot of “pride”. tell your fans to keep talking smack, personally i luv it! we’ll see you on saturday...
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Post by Babynupe on Sept 3, 2014 9:42:38 GMT -5
The Coastal fans are funny...even if their numbers are limited. I live in Charleston. Even with Coastal's recent success, they still garner no respect in this state. Even lowly Citadel thinks of them as second rate. I can only assume it's because the Citadel is in the SOCON. Even that in itself is crazy since the formidable teams (App State & Ga Southern) left the SOCON. As for Coastal, they can't pay their fans to support them in Conway or on the road. Their only support is done behind a key board or in a bar. They're still struggling to become relevant. They're only known for the party school on the beach with a high HIV infection rate. I can't wait for the Aggies to bring them down a few notches when their only claim to fame gets diminished. Saturday can't get here fast enough.
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Post by bodoyle on Sept 3, 2014 10:02:43 GMT -5
The Coastal fans are funny...even if their numbers are limited. I live in Charleston. Even with Coastal's recent success, they still garner no respect in this state. Even lowly Citadel thinks of them as second rate. I can only assume it's because the Citadel is in the SOCON. Even that in itself is crazy since the formidable teams (App State & Ga Southern) left the SOCON. As for Coastal, they can't pay their fans to support them in Conway or on the road. Their only support is done behind a key board or in a bar. They're still struggling to become relevant. They're only known for the party school on the beach with a high HIV infection rate. I can't wait for the Aggies to bring them down a few notches when their only claim to fame gets diminished. Saturday can't get here fast enough. Yes El Cid thinks of us as second rate and they're 0-1 and we're 1-0. Ask Montana about how second rate we are. Moving on....I don't hide behind a keyboard. As I stated before I am a season ticket holder, and go to 1-2 road games every year. Would it be nice if we had more respect, sure everyone wants more respect. Is our lack of respect going to effect me going to games and supporting my alma mater? Not a chance in hell.
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