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Idaho
Sept 24, 2024 12:45:28 GMT -6
Post by Cap'n on Sept 24, 2024 12:45:28 GMT -6
Lets be real. Idaho's first TD was a thing of beauty. Great route, great throw. Just perfect.
But....they never beat us on that route again. They couldn't run or pass effectively against our D. All they got was a trick play and a surprise end around with a roughing tacked on. Unfortunately, we made some undisciplined mistakes. We allowed 4 critical first downs on penalties. I watched the video and the call that Patterson protested was the right call. But the runner kept fighting after forward progress was stopped. Refs surely could have prevented the whole thing by blowing the whistle earlier. Oh well, it is what is is.
Hopefully, our time is coming...
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Post by EastTexasWildcat on Sept 24, 2024 15:38:47 GMT -6
These last few posts reminded me of a Bill Parcells quote when it comes to winning culture and confidence…
“Confidence is only born out of one thing demonstrated ability. It is not born of anything else. You cannot dream up confidence. You cannot fabricate it. You cannot wish it. You have to accomplish it.”
The Cats are close, just got to have more moments of demonstrated ability and get that confidence and swagger.
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Idaho
Sept 24, 2024 15:45:22 GMT -6
Post by jCat on Sept 24, 2024 15:45:22 GMT -6
For a backup, Idaho's QB had a solid outing, showing nice poise. He punished DBs when they left receivers open, and Idaho also had the ability to hit on big plays and didn't miss them.
The ACU offense has playmakers, but we seem to grind down the field in fits and sparks. I am hoping it will come together.
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Post by acutrackfan on Sept 24, 2024 17:47:45 GMT -6
I did not get to attend the game due to a previous event. ACU gave up a big lead to a top-5 team and almost came back. So, we have lost the 2 games where we were the underdogs, one time beating a D-1 school who is suddenly playing much better football where he beat the spread in both games. We won the 2 games where we were favored, although neither times did we beat the spread. So, we are losing the games were we are not favored and winning the games where we are favored. I think that means that we are not that far off from having a very competitive team.
Dwalk had some terrific comments above that ACU's next step must be to showing that we believe we are going to win those games where we are not favored. First, we must take care of business against Utah Tech, then a victory against a ranked UCA would be the perfect time to show that we are turning the corner.
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Idaho
Sept 24, 2024 18:38:50 GMT -6
Post by bucfan on Sept 24, 2024 18:38:50 GMT -6
For a backup, Idaho's QB had a solid outing, showing nice poise. He punished DBs when they left receivers open, and Idaho also had the ability to hit on big plays and didn't miss them. The ACU offense has playmakers, but we seem to grind down the field in fits and sparks. I am hoping it will come together. It helped that we didn't get a lot of pressure on him most of the night. He seriously looked like he would snap in half if we ever put a big hit on him.
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Idaho
Sept 25, 2024 15:59:48 GMT -6
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Post by ybp80 on Sept 25, 2024 15:59:48 GMT -6
I did not get to attend the game due to a previous event. ACU gave up a big lead to a top-5 team and almost came back. So, we have lost the 2 games where we were the underdogs, one time beating a D-1 school who is suddenly playing much better football where he beat the spread in both games. We won the 2 games where we were favored, although neither times did we beat the spread. So, we are losing the games were we are not favored and winning the games where we are favored. I think that means that we are not that far off from having a very competitive team. Dwalk had some terrific comments above that ACU's next step must be to showing that we believe we are going to win those games where we are not favored. First, we must take care of business against Utah Tech, then a victory against a ranked UCA would be the perfect time to show that we are turning the corner. A certain son of mine missed seeing you.
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Idaho
Sept 25, 2024 16:19:04 GMT -6
Post by acutrackfan on Sept 25, 2024 16:19:04 GMT -6
I did not get to attend the game due to a previous event. ACU gave up a big lead to a top-5 team and almost came back. So, we have lost the 2 games where we were the underdogs, one time beating a D-1 school who is suddenly playing much better football where he beat the spread in both games. We won the 2 games where we were favored, although neither times did we beat the spread. So, we are losing the games were we are not favored and winning the games where we are favored. I think that means that we are not that far off from having a very competitive team. Dwalk had some terrific comments above that ACU's next step must be to showing that we believe we are going to win those games where we are not favored. First, we must take care of business against Utah Tech, then a victory against a ranked UCA would be the perfect time to show that we are turning the corner. A certain son of mine missed seeing you. Bummer, would love to see him.
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Idaho
Sept 29, 2024 9:50:30 GMT -6
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Post by wildcatter on Sept 29, 2024 9:50:30 GMT -6
Idaho loses last night to UC-Davis (who beat Utah Tech last week). They went for two to tie the game in the last 30 seconds and the conversion failed. They also lost the QB that played against us in the third quarter I think. He had thrown two interceptions fwiw.
Idaho has played four out of five games on the road to start the season, have to think fatigue sets in with travel a bit. I’m hoping to see them continue to be successful after our game.
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