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Post by Outsider on Apr 27, 2024 14:38:18 GMT -6
Going to go ahead and create a thread just for general UAC stuff. Instead of putting it down in the general WAC folder at the bottom, I'll put it here since the UAC is specific to football. To get things started, I found this video on UWG. I am semi-familiar with them and was well aware of their move to DI sports. They are moving from the GSC to the ASUN and will of course play football in the UAC. The video is a nice historical breakdown of their football program that I found pretty cool. UWG will be our first home game next year, although it won't be counted as a conference game. They were 6-4 last year and are led by ex-Mercer DC Joel Taylor. So, it will be interesting to see how their defense does against our new offense as Joel did a great job at Mercer and continued doing well in his move to UWG. UWG was 6-4 last year.
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Post by Outsider on May 9, 2024 15:28:19 GMT -6
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UAC 2024
May 10, 2024 9:31:22 GMT -6
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Post by ybp80 on May 10, 2024 9:31:22 GMT -6
I noticed we did not make Idaho’s list of “notable games.”
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Post by Outsider on May 10, 2024 10:33:47 GMT -6
I noticed we did not make Idaho’s list of “notable games.” Looking at their schedule, I don't see why we would. Other than I don't think they have come to Abilene before, there isn't much too talk about. One interesting aspect is that you can say a once FBS team is playing in Wildcat Stadium.
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Post by Outsider on Jul 10, 2024 14:51:39 GMT -6
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Post by dry on Jul 10, 2024 15:45:44 GMT -6
As someone who lives in Stephenville, but has a son that plays for ACU, it really feels awkward that I have a better feeling of Tarleton than I do ACU. Tarleton’s OC left (he was my neighbor for a year) for the OL job at Baylor. He was a guy that at one time was on staff at Hardin Simmons. Tarleton, while not getting the FBS kids we did in the portal this year, has some serious athletes. They are going to be good. Not two years ago, we thought Dr. Hurley would fire Coach Whitten and get Art Briles as the new HC. That obviously never came to fruition for a lot of reasons. Now Coach Whitten has momentum locally that he didn’t seem to have before. Their D will still be the question.
Two years ago, 42 was coming off an injury and we thought he’d play against Tarleton, but he didn’t suit out. We had tons of people here to watch him, again, play at Memorial Stadium. I feel fortunate to have an away game this year that is only 5 miles away from my house. I want us to beat Tarleton so bad. I just wish I had a better feel on what we have.
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Post by Outsider on Jul 10, 2024 18:03:34 GMT -6
Tarleton is one win I want so bad I can taste it. Hopefully I am not sitting behind the Plowboys again, although I loved watching then as we won last time we were in Stephenville. This is going to be a tough game. The UAC is still a very tough league from top to bottom. Even if we make improvements, creating the consistency that it takes to make the kinds of leaps needed in leagues like the UAC is difficult. I like what we have done but the pudding is always on the field. I am not sure we are a dark horse but would love to be proven wrong. I would always love to be proven wrong.
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Post by Cap'n on Jul 11, 2024 7:08:12 GMT -6
Note. Rather than put general discussion threads in with the sports threads, I prefer that these threads be for the current competitive season. So, I changed the name. General comments about UAC should still go in the other space.
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Post by Outsider on Jul 11, 2024 7:20:54 GMT -6
Yes Father
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Post by Cap'n on Jul 11, 2024 7:24:19 GMT -6
I think SB is a bit off. Agree that UCA is the best team in the conference. I like TSU and SUU 2 and 3. But not only did AP lose their very fine QB but 4 5th year starters on the OL. Don’t think that dog is gonna hunt this year. He also has EKU a bit overrated, IMHO. ACU is closer to AP and EKU and ahead of UT and UNA somewhat. But in this conference it’s all about the QBs and the top 3 teams have excellent QBs and the rest of us do not.
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Post by Cap'n on Jul 11, 2024 7:29:28 GMT -6
The preferred response is “aye aye, Cap’n” Just so you know, this is a good thread that’s always been about 2024. I just changed the name to make it easier to find.
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Post by Outsider on Jul 11, 2024 10:52:46 GMT -6
The preferred response is “aye aye, Cap’n” Just so you know, this is a good thread that’s always been about 2024. I just changed the name to make it easier to find. If I thought that it would get enough traffic and the UAC was steady enough I would have worried more about a yearly UAC thread. As it was, I thought one that could carry over would suffice. It would never go into any other general discussion threads because the UAC is ALWAYS football specific. If you feel you you need to make it more specific than I guess that is your prerogative. It didn't really have that much traffic anyway.
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Post by Outsider on Jul 11, 2024 10:58:49 GMT -6
I think SB is a bit off. Agree that UCA is the best team in the conference. I like TSU and SUU 2 and 3. But not only did AP lose their very fine QB but 4 5th year starters on the OL. Don’t think that dog is gonna hunt this year. He also has EKU a bit overrated, IMHO. ACU is closer to AP and EKU and ahead of UT and UNA somewhat. But in this conference it’s all about the QBs and the top 3 teams have excellent QBs and the rest of us do not. ACU could be closer to AP and EKU but really has no proof to back it up. We have good players on paper, but we can't can't show it on the field. So, there isn't really any reason for anyone to give us any benefit of the doubt. So, SB may be a little off with AP, but not sure they are off with much of anything else at this point. I think I would go #1 UCA and #2 TSU, after that I am not sure. I don't see us in the top 4 yet.
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Post by Cap'n on Jul 12, 2024 6:11:34 GMT -6
Well. AP lost their head coach and 17 starters from last year’s UAC champs.
EKU lost their star QB and several skill players but return a bunch of good players on the OL and DL.
So, yeah. Both teams have regressed a little.
Where are we? I’ll tell ya later.
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Post by Outsider on Jul 12, 2024 6:49:45 GMT -6
Well. AP lost their head coach and 17 starters from last year’s UAC champs. EKU lost their star QB and several skill players but return a bunch of good players on the OL and DL. So, yeah. Both teams have regressed a little. Where are we? I’ll tell ya later. We look decent on paper. Later will be on the field, and as the season progresses as always. We have looked good on paper before and not shown it on the field. Both AP and EKU also brought in good players. So, SB combined the paper with the past proof of translating that proof down on the field and put them ahead of us. I can't necessarily disagree with that. Why? because we haven't translated that paper into proof on the field yet. Even if AP and EKU regressed a little, you aren't going to necessarily put them behind us when we haven't proven that we deserve to be ahead of them. **MY quick addition: EKY and ACU were really close in conference. Bother were 5-6 over-all, but EKU was 4-2 (.667) in conference and ACU was 3-3 (.500) in conference. So, SB still gives them a benefit of the doubt above us until we prove them otherwise. AP was 6-0 in conference play, do they fall THAT far? Maybe, but it hasn't been shown yet and it wouldn't necessarily be predicted unless something really bad had been seen during the offseason beyond predictable things.**
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