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Post by aggiejazz on Sept 11, 2007 16:52:18 GMT -5
Sorry Doom, there will be no let up in intensity from Hampton. Joe Taylor is working his defense in overtime after they were run on and passed on for a total of 400 yards by Howard U.
A&T's QB, Morgan, won't even have time to breath much less see a receiver 20-plus yards down the field after he gets the ball from center.
I have talked a couple of people who made the trip to LA and they are trying to adjust to east time. I suspect A&T's football coaches and players are feeling the jetlag too. Expect the Aggies to look a step slow this Saturday night.
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Post by enlightenedaggie on Sept 11, 2007 20:36:29 GMT -5
The Aggies will continue to struggle on offense. And on defense the Aggies will not be able to stop the Pirates offense. The Aggies' Special Teams *sigh*. This might be the first time the Aggies are shut out at home this season. The game will over by half time. If the Aggies score it will be in the second half, but I seriously doubt it.
Aggies 0 Pirates 42
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Post by Bornthrilla on Sept 11, 2007 20:40:29 GMT -5
Your first post on this board and you pick A&T to get beat 0-42. LOL
Let me guess: you probably think Fobbs is a bad coach and Dee Todd is the devil, right?
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Post by trues on Sept 11, 2007 23:19:14 GMT -5
No I think A&T score a touch down miss the extra point. Then score a field goal. LOLOL Hey I have a creative imagination.
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Post by DECKS on Sept 12, 2007 10:34:21 GMT -5
The last thing we need is another blowout loss on national tv. Keep it on the ground and try to burn up clock.
Hampton usually have the best special teams in I-AA which worries me, especially with all that speed.
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Post by @ProfBellamy on Sept 12, 2007 10:48:33 GMT -5
Hampton-28 A&T-10
I just forsee it being another bad day for Aggie football...
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Post by trues on Sept 12, 2007 22:13:54 GMT -5
I personally will not be upset if we get blown out. I want be happy either. But I think it is very unreasonable given we have such a unexperienced QB that realistically we can be Hampton(although Hampton is in this rebuilding year).
My hope is that this game will get us prepare to beat NCCU. I have a gut feeling we can beat NCCU. I cannot explain it.
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Post by AggieMike on Sept 12, 2007 22:46:05 GMT -5
Worst Case... Hampton - 49 Aggies - 13 (we miss an extra point)
Best Case... Hampton - 34 Aggies - 20
My Heart Hopes Hampton - 24 Aggies - 27
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Post by enlightenedaggie on Sept 13, 2007 6:14:11 GMT -5
Your first post on this board and you pick A&T to get beat 0-42. LOL Let me guess: you probably think Fobbs is a bad coach and Dee Todd is the devil, right? Yes, my first post and I am predicting A&T to get beat. From what I have seen on the field I am giving my honest opinion. I will save my opinion of Coach Fobbs and AD Todd for another message thread. But to answer your question "not rushing to judgement" and "No".
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Post by BigtimeAggie on Sept 13, 2007 8:38:12 GMT -5
I say Hampton 28 A&T 35 This is my dream.... I think the team and the students will up for the first home game of the year....on ESPN U We'll hang in the game for a while, but Hampton will wear us down during the second half, then the defense will come up big with a fumble recovery/ intercetion and score a TD.
okay reality
Hampton 41 A&T 14
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Post by Maxell on Sept 13, 2007 10:54:58 GMT -5
Hampton 28 A&T 20
But if Morgan surprises folk ...
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Post by aggiejazz on Sept 14, 2007 8:33:22 GMT -5
Here is my score
A&T - 7 Hampton - 35
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Post by JayBee on Sept 14, 2007 8:48:05 GMT -5
When I read the article below, I feel like we might have a slim chance of making it a game. It's our inexperience against their's. Our offense really needs to show up!
Hampton - 30 A&T - 14
Pirates lack experience, not talent Some think Hampton University's talented true freshmen compare to the legendary 2003 group.
By MARTY O'BRIEN Daily Press| September 14, 2007
HAMPTON - Jacobi Fenner was so nervous on his first play in a Hampton University uniform that he jogged downfield covering a kickoff Saturday at Howard.
Pirates coach Joe Taylor pulled him aside and chastised him
"He told me, 'I brought you here for a reason, because you have speed and can hit, so hit somebody,' " Fenner said. "On the next two kickoffs, I sprinted downfield and was in on the tackles.
"Coach Taylor met me at the sideline, shook my hand and said, 'That's what I'm looking for, son.' Knowing he's there for me gives me faith."
Minus 14 senior starters from last year's team, Taylor will place his faith in more true freshmen than usual. He played eight in the 31-24 win at Howard: Fenner, cornerback James Butts, wide receiver Dyrri McCain, tailback Dennis Mathis, safety Jonathan Wade, safety Rasoul Wilson, place-kicker Carlo Turavani and linebacker Carson Byrd.
Turavani went 4-for-4 on extra points and made his only field-goal attempt. He was selected the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week.
Butts returned a kickoff 46 yards and held his own while playing most of the game at cornerback.
The others, like Fenner, got their feet wet without making any glaring mistakes.
Taylor expected nothing less.
"You've got to go through to get through," said Taylor, whose Pirates play Saturday at North Carolina A&T. "That's how you gain experience."
The number of true freshmen playing already has some comparing them to the 2003 group. It's probably too early for that.
Taylor played nine true freshmen in the '03 opener, and by season's end, seven were starters. Only Turavani starts at the moment.
These days, the Pirates tend more to supplement the lineup with Division I-A transfers, and five are starting this season.
All told, the '03 recruiting class produced 11 starters, a 38-9 record, three MEAC titles and six NFL rookie camp participants.
Ten seniors from last season were in rookie camps in the spring. Three are drawing NFL paychecks, and another plays in Canada.
Their legacy inspires, rather than intimidates, the newcomers.
"I think it's more motivation than pressure," Mathis said. "That class won three rings and raised the bar.
"If we learn from our juniors and seniors and put it all together, we can raise the bar at Hampton even further."
Byrd, a top-60 high-school recruit in Ohio last year, said last year's seniors attracted him to Hampton. "The fact that 10 Hampton guys got a shot (in NFL camps) this year and that five went to the NFL combine was a real big bonus for me in making my decision," he said. "Even though I was from Ohio, I knew those guys' names."
Senior fullback Qutrell Payton likes to remind the newcomers that last year's seniors didn't win the MEAC title until he and the current seniors arrived on the scene.
He mentors them on the ingredients for becoming perennial MEAC champions.
"Coach Taylor taught us that it's about becoming a family and being your brother's keeper. I think that's why we've had so much success.
"I came in with 22 freshmen and 20 are still here. We take a lot of pride in what we've accomplished."
McCain said the new freshmen plan to help Payton and the other seniors earn a fourth MEAC title ring.
Then they'll look to create their own legacy.
"We had a team meeting Tuesday night and the guys were all getting their MEAC championship rings from last season," McCain said.
"Qutrell was talking about going for their fourth one. Coach Taylor said that if we win a national championship, we get a diamond in the ring.
"We're going for four straight, too, all with diamonds in them."
Saturday's game WHAT: Hampton vs. North Carolina A&T
WHERE: Greensboro, N.C.
WHEN: 6 p.m.
TV: ESPNU _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Post by aggiejazz on Sept 14, 2007 9:42:48 GMT -5
Talk about having retention in your football program, boy oh boy, Hampton has it in their football program.
Senior fullback Qutrell Payton likes to remind the newcomers that last year's seniors didn't win the MEAC title until he and the current seniors arrived on the scene.
He mentors them on the ingredients for becoming perennial MEAC champions.
"Coach Taylor taught us that it's about becoming a family and being your brother's keeper. I think that's why we've had so much success.
"I came in with 22 freshmen and 20 are still here. We take a lot of pride in what we've accomplished."
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Post by aggiejazz on Sept 14, 2007 13:03:03 GMT -5
Did-cha-know, as successful and as long as Joe Taylor has been coaching, he still has less wins than Bill Hayes. Of course Coach Taylor will pass Hayes this year or next year. Hayes has 199 wins and Taylor has 192 wins.
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