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Post by neighborhoodsuperstar on Sept 15, 2019 11:13:41 GMT -5
What do I mean by this:
We've beaten Elon ---- since then, they have beaten the Citadel and Richmond.
The Citadel just beat Georgia Tech... Richmond had already beaten Jacksonville....
We lost to Duke, who just hammered Middle Tennessee St AT MTSU...... MTSU has already beaten Tennessee St and hung in there tough with Michigan before losing.....
Charleston Southern was down to Furman 24-13 before they were broken down in the latter parts of the game (sounds familiar). They also play the Citadel next week. I'm curious to see how much they've grown from our game to see how well they compete against the Citadel, who's coming of a win vs Ga Tech. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I may be wrong (which wouldn't be the first time), but when the smoke clears at the end of the season, we may ultimately realize that our performances against Elon, Duke and Charleston Southern will look better and better and better as the season rolls along.
Undoubtedly, there are some things we need to improve upon, but we have not been playing VU-Lynchburg and Chowan. We're playing teams with quality coaching staffs that are doing everything possible to eliminate those things we like to do and exploit the things we have problems doing......but here we are 2-1 heading into the conference. I like where we are.....
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Post by Aggie One on Sept 15, 2019 11:56:09 GMT -5
I agree. Some of our fans are often far too quick to discount those facts. Keep in mind that we've now notched wins over a pair of CAA and Big South upper division teams to start our season. These folks are no pushovers by a long shot. Other folk have good football programs too. 10 takeaways from FCS Week 3 By CRAIG HALEY STATS FCS Senior Editor (STATS) - It was Statement Saturday across the FCS, and while a number of teams voiced them loud and clearly, others failed to get the right words out in pivotal games. Some surprise performances added to the strong schedule of games, so there were plenty of eye-catching results. Here are 10 takeaways from Week 3 of the FCS season: - The Citadel overcame 0-22 history against the ACC in beating Georgia Tech 27-24 in overtime for the season's third FCS win over the FBS. Jacob Godek kicked a 37-yard field goal to hand the Yellow Jackets their first loss to an FCS opponent in 36 years. Including tight losses to Towson and Elon, the Bulldogs have faced one of the tougher early season schedules in the FCS, so following their matchup against crosstown rival Charleston Southern next Saturday, coach Brent Thompson believes his team will be ready for the rugged Southern Conference. - It was quite the day in the Big South, highlighted by Monmouth beating old Northeast Conference rival Albany 38-35 in overtime - the Hawks' first over the Great Danes after seven losses. Matt Mosquera's third field goal was the game-winner and it gave him a trio in two straight wins. Also, defending Big South champ Kennesaw State rushed for 481 yards in routing Alabama State 42-7, while Hampton beat rival Howard 41-20 before 19,425 in the Chicago Football Classic and Gardner-Webb earned its first win, topping North Carolina Central 21-12. Charleston Southern troubled No. 15 North Carolina A&T before falling 27-21. For the rest of the story:www.fcs.football/cfb/story.asp?i=20190914233807677573804
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Post by AggiePride on Sept 15, 2019 12:28:09 GMT -5
The Big South will be interesting to watch Maynor and AAMU beat UNA. My only concern is we seem to sleep walk through games, reminds me of SCSU, FAMU, and Morgan last year. Either we start on fire and slow down or start slow and fire it up.
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Post by Aggie Monster on Sept 15, 2019 12:29:10 GMT -5
We are giving the MEAC and HBCUs life. I was so disappointed in NCCU yesterday. I was actually hoping they could pull off the W yesterday at Gardner Webb, so we could claim 2 victories over the big south in the same week. Bums!
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Post by neighborhoodsuperstar on Sept 15, 2019 12:45:20 GMT -5
NCCU isn't good. I wasn't expecting them to beat G-W at all..... You'll lose time, hair and life relying upon other schools in our conference to consistently beat OOC FCS opponents. It's a futile exercise I refuse to keep doing....
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Post by thefriscotxaggie on Sept 16, 2019 9:40:04 GMT -5
We have two out of conference FCS wins over Big South & CAA. SC State & BCU have 1 out of conference FCS wins over Southern & SWAC. Obviously State win over Wofford is more impressive than BCU win over Jackson State.
The rest of the conference either is 0-3 or have 1 win over a D2 school. Geez....
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