fourthandshort
Well-known member
- Joined
- Jul 17, 2017
- Messages
- 9,767
will do more research but UCA is a lot like SEMO in this sense .. their stats reflect a 7-5 or 6-6 team, not a 9-3 team. Though I would say Southland is a step above OVC for sure.
Buy UCA opponents have more 1st downs and more total yards than UCS, but UCA kept finding ways to win. They got the 8th seed, but lost easily to the 2 best teams in their conference, SELA and Nicholls St, both good but inconsistent .. so UCA might be the 3rd best team in Southland, despite being the top seed from Southland (8th seed). Like us, they avoided upsets for most part, but otherwise didn't really play like a top 8 seed or a 9-3 team.
But they throw a lot more than they run, and throw & catch it well .. and they just aren't very good running the ball and they sure won't look to run on us. Normally, if they run 65 plays, 40 will be passes, 25 will be runs .. but probably even less runs against us.
We will need to go with more speed in our LBer group. And time to dial up our pass rush .. looking for 5+ sacks and 10 QBHs !!!!
Buy UCA opponents have more 1st downs and more total yards than UCS, but UCA kept finding ways to win. They got the 8th seed, but lost easily to the 2 best teams in their conference, SELA and Nicholls St, both good but inconsistent .. so UCA might be the 3rd best team in Southland, despite being the top seed from Southland (8th seed). Like us, they avoided upsets for most part, but otherwise didn't really play like a top 8 seed or a 9-3 team.
But they throw a lot more than they run, and throw & catch it well .. and they just aren't very good running the ball and they sure won't look to run on us. Normally, if they run 65 plays, 40 will be passes, 25 will be runs .. but probably even less runs against us.
We will need to go with more speed in our LBer group. And time to dial up our pass rush .. looking for 5+ sacks and 10 QBHs !!!!