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Post by Cap'n on Sept 1, 2024 20:57:43 GMT -6
I watched the first part of the West Georgia v Samford game. They run the air raid offense although without Morton, Brooks, Kelly and Douglas. Their quarterback, Davin Wedner is a transfer from Ole Miss and his primary target, Karmello English, transferred from Michigan. They were very busy in the portal this year so their roster is pretty good.
They defeated Samford with 38-29 with a 12 point 4th quarter rally. They had 456 yds of total offense while allowing 465 yards. They did not turn the ball over but forced 2 Bulldog turnovers.
The Wildcats are favored by 17.5 (Massey) and are definitely better but UGW is no pushover.
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Post by jCat on Sept 2, 2024 7:56:43 GMT -6
A fairly impressive win for transitioning UWG last night against SoCon Samford: 38-29. Samford was 6-5 last year, including wins against Wofford, The Citadel, UT-Matrin, VMI, & ETSU. I think we win against them at home, as long as we don't have a letdown game, but UWG won't be a newcomer pushover. The Cats will welcome the opportunity to tackle UWG's RBs, Rajeaz Mosley (5-7 200) and Chase Belcher (6-1 208) instead of Tahj Brooks (5'10 230); however, Mosley is a surprisingly physical runner. There is a nice Hudl tape from high school that shows him plowing over guys and breaking tackles. He's now a grad student. UWG added 29 players via the portal (16 FBS +13 FCS transfers). The QB for the Wolves, Dayin Wydner (6-5 215), was at Ole Miss for two years but didn't play. The Samford game was his first start since high school. He completed his first 11 passes in a row and showed nice running instincts. Last note: In front of 4,000 home fans, first year coach Joel Taylor called a flea-flicker for the Wolves that netted 71 yards, setting up their first score.
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Post by jCat on Sept 2, 2024 8:53:04 GMT -6
It will be interesting to see how West Georgia looks on the road. They played well in their home opener, with many contributions from transfers.
If the Cats can create pressure at the line of scrimmage, they can break the Wolves' rhythm, which should lead to mistakes.
I agree that UGW is no pushover.
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Post by acutrackfan on Sept 2, 2024 9:17:07 GMT -6
UWG will be a great game to open the home season for the 'Cats. After the outstanding game against Tech, the ACU coaches will have to work to keep the team from overlooking UWG because they are transitioning from D2 to FCS. The fact that UWG opened their season beating a FCS school and moving up 17 places in the Massey Ratings should make it easier for the ACU coaches to get the Wildcat players attention. We as fans can't come into the game expected a patsy, like we did when D2 Angelo came into Wildcat Stadium and embarrassed us in our own stadium. I am looking forward to being at that game.
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Post by Outsider on Sept 2, 2024 18:37:28 GMT -6
Cap, can we combine this thread with the other UWG gameday thread? There is no need for both & going back and forth.
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Post by ybp80 on Sept 3, 2024 12:14:25 GMT -6
Parking Pass?? Are they mailing these out? I haven’t seen anything about passes.
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Post by EvanNemec on Sept 3, 2024 12:50:37 GMT -6
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Post by bogeyman on Sept 3, 2024 14:00:30 GMT -6
I guess my age makes me "crotchety" but Coach said time after time that a statement would be released later in the day (yesterday) about the accident but the questioners kept asking questions about the accident so we had no time to ask about the game performance of players or position groups or how the game was evaluated. Did our defense perform like was expected. Did we expect to be able to pass as effectively as we did. What are the West Georgia strengths. What skill players do they have etc. Would have loved to hear how Rick Bowie thought his players performed and can we do this week after week. We played a B12 opponent down to the wire. Where were we great and where do we need to improve. I guess I'm frustrated with all the time taken with the accident when that could have been (and was) handled well later on. Off soapbox. I'm truly glad all are OK. PS-KP's insistence that there were 5 plays that changed the game and his remembrance of the early score differential was impressive.
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Post by bogeyman on Sept 3, 2024 14:07:24 GMT -6
If West Georgia gave up 465 yds of offense to Samford, then we ought to be alright on the offense side of the ball this Saturday. If West Georgia moved the ball to the tune of 450+ yds then we really need to shore up our defense. Are they stronger in the run or pass. Morton (TT) did not pose much of a running threat, so a running QB would be different for us. I can't think that W Georgia had a running game anywhere close to what Tajh Brooks challenged us with. Our DL is going to clog up the middle, we have to be better when a back bounces to the outside.
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Post by jCat on Sept 3, 2024 16:18:25 GMT -6
I looked at portions of the Samford game. The QB is a selective runner in a zone read scheme. He’s not a break away threat but if given the chance, he can make a play.
The main RBs look quick and capable of surprising a would-be tackler. But these guys aren’t Brooks or the backs we’ll see from Idaho, Tarleton, or UCA(!).
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Post by bucfan on Sept 4, 2024 8:17:24 GMT -6
This game will help to answer the question everyone has been asking me - "Is ACU that good or Tech that bad?" I sure hope this game and the rest of the season show that ACU is that good.
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Post by Outsider on Sept 5, 2024 12:54:51 GMT -6
Well, we won't get the B1 or the B23, but we'll get the local small plane flying team flyover again on Saturday before the UWG game. Glad to see this for the Salute to Service game at least. I really do hope we have a good turn-out after the Tech performance.
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Post by acutrackfan on Sept 5, 2024 14:13:36 GMT -6
So, we are favored by 17.5 over a team that beat a pretty good FCS team last week. I am truly excited to see this Wildcat team in action -- I am have been this pumped about seeing a home game this much in a while. KP passed the first test of the year with flying colors. Now, we see if he can get the team up for a team where WE are favored. I say 42-24 -- we win by 18 points.
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Post by EvanNemec on Sept 6, 2024 8:18:25 GMT -6
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Post by bogeyman on Sept 6, 2024 9:04:51 GMT -6
Thanks Evan.
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