AWESOME - we are glad to have you. insights are welcome... but only those you feel you can share. Like the practice ability of the team this week. Much appreciated sir !
(R) Sophomoregofurman wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 5:11 pmAWESOME - we are glad to have you. insights are welcome... but only those you feel you can share. Like the practice ability of the team this week. Much appreciated sir !
May I ask simply what year your 'one on the roster' is ?? Freshman, Sophomore, .... ?
I have been lurking here for 3 years now and always get a kick out of your user name. I have the one on the Furman roster and then my other son is at Mercer. Not quite the same as your dual association with the both schools. I will give it to my Bear - he will rock the purple one game a year.FUBeAR wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 3:32 pmLOL - FUBeAR feels ya - brings back great memories, actually …
DNA before BAJoe706 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2024 8:13 amI have been lurking here for 3 years now and always get a kick out of your user name. I have the one on the Furman roster and then my other son is at Mercer. Not quite the same as your dual association with the both schools. I will give it to my Bear - he will rock the purple one game a year.FUBeAR wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 3:32 pmLOL - FUBeAR feels ya - brings back great memories, actually …
Joe706, thanks ! Hey, check your Private Messages please!!!Joe706 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2024 8:09 am(R) Sophomoregofurman wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 5:11 pmAWESOME - we are glad to have you. insights are welcome... but only those you feel you can share. Like the practice ability of the team this week. Much appreciated sir !
May I ask simply what year your 'one on the roster' is ?? Freshman, Sophomore, .... ?
I WANT TO SEE US RUN THE BALL ON THESE GUYS. The good SoCon teams have been doing that. Big time.gofurman wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2024 6:28 pmIt's CITADEL WEEK. Get fired up !!
What do we know.
They edged CSU. Lost to SC State.. LOST TO TWO GOOD TEAMS - so if we play them we really know where we stand. GOOD TEAMS BEAT THE CITADEL ! IE, Mercer and ETSU put the beatin' on Citadel. CSU and SC State were fairly even with them. Pretty easy to get a read, no?
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Most recently, vs ETSU (after a harrowing road trip !) - ETSU gained roughly 460 yards and CItadel 260. roughly.
That's fairly dominant. It was a turnover filled game but good teams overcome this - ETSU lost FOUR turnovers and gained two... for a fairly significant negative two ratio. Yet, ETSU won anyway.
The major difference in these two teams was RUSHING. RUSHING I SAY.
ETSU 308 yards; 40 attempts - 7.7 PER CARRY !
Citadel 80; 37 attempts' for 2.2 PER CARRY !
The game is won by rushing and stopping the run. In this game, in some odd stat, despite the dominant rushing... ETSU was only 3-11 on 3rd down. Awesome rushing would usually yield more than that
The other thing that sticks out to me is Citadel did intercept ETSU 3 times ! Not sure if that's an aberration but it sure helped.
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MERCER put an FUBeAR whoopin on them too. Also controlled the LOS from a running standpoint. Need to look more closely but as far as rushing -
CITADEL AGAIN with exactly 2.2 yards per carry ... exactly the same as v ETSU. basically 60 yards rushing total in the game.
MERCER with a good 180 yards rushing (I would take that for Furman!) on 38 attempts for 4.7 yards per rush. I think that would be such a springboard for our offense and take so much pressure off the young QB etc.
