Serious question

[fu77fan]

I am interested as to why we ended the 2019 so poorly with bad losses to Wofford as well as to Austin Peay, why we were awful in the spring, why we could not even look respectable against NC State , and why we were embarrassed yesterday ?

I know there are those more knowledgeable than me , and I would like only serious answers.

I personally think that our biggest problem is that we need a talented dual threat QB.

Thoughts?

[purplehorse]

My answer is serious although I am probably not qualified to answer. I would think it has to be multi factorial. Against Austin-Peay we were bad on both sides of the ball. It has been a long time since we have played a complete game.

[Sad Din]

[Thorny]

2019 we were young at qb regardless of who was qb.

We are a run first offense with a NFL prospect halfback and are throwing the ball to open up the running game instead of the other way around.

I'm still not inclined to blame qb play as much as saying there is something wrong with our overall offensive scheme and we are not taking advantage of our players strengths.

/I know the least about football of anyone on here.

[apaladin]

Our last complete game was the 2018 34-14 win at home over Wofford. It was also the last win over a team with more than 6 wins. In the CCH era FU has only 5 wins against teams that finished over .500(6 wins minimum). The last win vs. a team that finished above .500 was UTC in 2018 that finished 6-5. FU has now played 21 straight games without a win over a winning team, not counting this year. With this trend and the spring debacle why did JD jump and extend CCH’s contract thru 2025? Back to the original question, there is no single answer. Obviously FU has many problems.
Here are CCH wins against teams above .500
2017
Colgate 7-4
WCU 7-5
Elon 8-4
2018
Wofford 9-4
UTC 6-5

[gofurman]

I appreciate the OP question. i know this doesn't answer it but i would be happy to beat wofford and citadel at this po int., which is sad considering wofford and citadel are not good. but wofford has our number (for years now) and citadel was horrible and yet beat us last year. better damn beat one or both of them

[gofurman]

I am interested as to why we ended the 2019 so poorly with bad losses to Wofford as well as to Austin Peay, why we were awful in the spring, why we could not even look respectable against NC State , and why we were embarrassed yesterday ?

I know there are those more knowledgeable than me , and I would like only serious answers.

I personally think that our biggest problem is that we need a talented dual threat QB.

Thoughts?

I know it's been said but I think our OC is struggling. I do. compare the plays of Mercer yesterday to ours. 1) The OC concerns me most. Can he adjust???
2) As a unit the OL isn't getting much push but they concern me less than the OC because they are young (a lot of Fr/Soph/Junr - only one graduates) and have gotten better since spring and will get better.. I hope't
3) QB play - better decision making but Mercer was WAY more accurate with throws than we were. We just dont seem to be 'consistently accurate on our throws and make some bad decisions. THREE PICKS for HS i think? really?

I think the D is good enough were the O there to help them

thoughts? am I way? off

[apaladin]

I think it is obvious the defense is not as great as we were led to believe but good enough to win. The offense absolutely not good enough to win against decent teams.

[The Jackal]

I think it is obvious the defense is not as great as we were led to believe but good enough to win. The offense absolutely not good enough to win against decent teams.

Our defense played as poorly as I had seen them in long time Saturday. Our offense turned it over at least 4 times. Mercer still only scored 24.

Our defense will give us a chance to win every time out.

[youwouldno]

It wasn't the defense's fault. But they are nowhere near good enough to make up for how bad Furman's offense is (no FCS defense is - maybe it would be interesting with Alabama's defense).