WKU is a very good team. They still play LSU and MU so it won't be easy to get ranked. I have to admit that I would rather play MU than WKU again. The east is the fun division this year.
I don't know how many more injuries Tech can have and be competitive against good schools. We are the walking wounded.
(10-11-2015 11:54 PM)CoachMaclid Wrote: I think you completely missed the point, WKUYG. No skin off my back, but I admit my mind did indeed go where the Rice fan's went (and I'm assuming Stockstill went by the look on his face) after the double reverse flea flicker up 35 points.
Thanks for having us recall all those memorable fourth quarter first downs from last year.
WKU has run that play every game, it's not on them, it's on every else. Have no problem with them running that play, it was on us, for not stopping it.
(10-12-2015 02:43 AM)WEARE Wrote: Congratulations to WKU. They have a strong program this year. They should certainly squeeze whatever kudos they can out of it. Next year, the sixth year QB is gone, and mediocrity will be calling them back home.
I guess it depends on what your definition of mediocrity is if it's the follow...every school in this conference wishes they were mediocre
Wins over the last 5 years
5
8
8
7
7
The only school in this conference to say they had a winning season (7 or more wins) over the last 5 years... I believe Western will hit 7 this year. As far as losing our 6th year QB...maybe we'll just do a Marshall and play one of the worse schedules in FBS football for a few years...
121st of 125
109th of 128
118th of 128
It's can't get any better than this....
4 Marshall fans made a comment in this topic and 3 of them goes negative on Western. Boy you can just feel the hurt coming out of them. Of course they will never admit it...but it's there. Life is good when you are getting those little backhanded jabs thrown at your school...
it means one thing...you're winning
Uh, in fairness, you were in the SunBelt for three of those years. Weak argument. That being said, you're having a great season. Congratulations.
On another note, it's the other team's job to stop you. You can't put kids in the game and say' "psst.... Don't score..." That is just foolish.... And I had zero problem with what WKU has done this year and had no problem with Gunnar throwing the ball in mop up time because God forbid something happens to Chase, he's got to perform.
And I don't mean to be nit-picky, but unless the paper this morning is wrong, WKU is 34th...
25) Duke
26) Temple
27) Memphis
28) Arizona State
29) Mississippi State
30) Georgia
31) Texas Tech
32) BYU
33) USC
34) WKU
Don't mean to be picky, but that one place can really matter later. Either way, awesome season so far Toppers.
(10-12-2015 08:52 AM)THUNDERGround Wrote: On another note, it's the other team's job to stop you. You can't put kids in the game and say' "psst.... Don't score..." That is just foolish.... And I had zero problem with what WKU has done this year and had no problem with Gunnar throwing the ball in mop up time because God forbid something happens to Chase, he's got to perform.
And I don't mean to be nit-picky, but unless the paper this morning is wrong, WKU is 34th...
25) Duke
26) Temple
27) Memphis
28) Arizona State
29) Mississippi State
30) Georgia
31) Texas Tech
32) BYU
33) USC
34) WKU
Don't mean to be picky, but that one place can really matter later. Either way, awesome season so far Toppers.
We are tied with USC in the Poll. We both received 5 points. It is listed in alphabetical order when teams receive the same amount of points. We are Ranked 33rd. USC is also Ranked 33rd.
(10-11-2015 11:54 PM)CoachMaclid Wrote: I think you completely missed the point, WKUYG. No skin off my back, but I admit my mind did indeed go where the Rice fan's went (and I'm assuming Stockstill went by the look on his face) after the double reverse flea flicker up 35 points.
So you are suppose to stop trying to score points before the first half ends?
Are you trying to tell me you have no memory of Marshall doing a trick play up big in a game? I'm sure you know Marshall football 1000x better than I do but I ask you to think hard on this question before answering it.
As for the rice game...it was a 3rd down pass with 6:46 left in the game that just so happen to get 15 yards. It wasn't a 15 yard pass. But still I'm sure you thought the same about Doc in the games I listed.
And if a fan is going to complain about 1 freaking pass with 6+ minutes left in the game....
Rice is up 49-9 on Wagner and...
1st and 10 at RICE 23
(12:02 - 4th) Nate German pass complete to James Mayden for 11 yds to the Rice 34 for a 1ST down
Come on don't be one of those that complains about a team going after a first dow on a very short pass play...
when your team does it to a fcs school and just so we are talking apples to apples in that same game with just about the same amount of time left in the 4th... Rice passes again
1st and 10 at RICE 41
(6:34 - 4th) Luke Turner pass complete to Lance Wright for 8 yds to the Rice 49
In the last three games Western has did everything they could not to embarrass the 3 schools we played. I don't think there's any doubt Western could have put up 200+ more yards and at the very least a couple more scores in each of those.
So stop the freaking crying and worry about your own schools doing the same...but worse to a lot less talented teams. I think all 3 fans crying about this are being very petty.
Fort Bend Owl did you have the same feeling of bad sportsmanship and was your coach rubbed the wrong way last year vs Tech when they were up 69-31
(5:45 - 4th) James Hairston kickoff for 65 yds , Tevin King return for 55 yds to the Rice 45
1st and 10 at RICE 45
(5:45 - 4th) Ryan Higgins pass complete to Hunter Lee for 12 yds to the Rice 33 for a 1ST down
1st and 10 at RICE 33
(5:45 - 4th) Blake Martin run for 15 yds to the Rice 18 for a 1ST down
1st and 10 at RICE 18
(5:45 - 4th) Taylor Burch pass complete to Eddie Johnson for 9 yds to the Rice 9
2nd and 1 at RICE 9
(5:45 - 4th) Taylor Burch pass incomplete to Eddie Johnson, broken up by Emmanuel Ellerbee
3rd and 1 at RICE 9
(5:45 - 4th) Ryan Higgins run for no gain to the Rice 9
4th and 1 at RICE 9
(5:45 - 4th) Blake Martin run for 2 yds to the Rice 7 for a 1ST down
1st and 0 at RICE 7
(2:47 - 4th) Taylor Burch run for 7 yds for a TD, (Jonathan Barnes KICK)
I don't know why you have to drag LA Tech into your petty little argument.
That said, Ryan Higgins is our 2nd string QB and Taylor Burch was a 5th year senior 3rd string QB, who was actually on a baseball scholarship, and only played 2 years of football at Tech. Blake Martin is 4th on LA Tech's RB depth chart, and was a non-scholarship walk-on player who finally earned a scholarship this past spring (2015) for his senior year.
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The biggest wrinkle Marshall had last year in the offense was this Shuler to Cato pass in a 14-7 game in the Boca Raton Bowl, but it was called back due to the hold by the receiver.
When Pruett was coaching at Marshall, he had a wrinkle or trick play added every game. We won the South Carolina game in 1998 due to a successful Fumblerooskie.
The jaw dropper was in 2001 when we beat Miami of Ohio (they had Ben Roethlisberger at QB) at their place with two halfback passes... The first to a WR, and the second to Leftwich.
Doc Holliday and Bill Legg (our OC) are both from the Don Nehlen coaching tree, so you find their offensive philosophies to be rather conservative, so there's not a long list of unconventional plays ran by Marshall under Holliday's tenure.
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WKU vs Marshall is another strength vs strength matchup. Awesome O vs Awesome D.
Marshall D will slow WKU O down for sure then it comes to my question: will the one half decent Marshall O be able to score enough point against the acutual decent WKU/UAB D?
(10-12-2015 08:38 PM)NanoDawg Wrote: WKU vs Marshall is another strength vs strength matchup. Awesome O vs Awesome D.
Marshall D will slow WKU O down for sure then it comes to my question: will the one half decent Marshall O be able to score enough point against the actually decent WKU D?
FIFY! I'm not going to lie, Morris and McCollum have been great adds to our defense, especially McCollum. But to think they are the main reason our D is playing better is just nonsense!
It's a start , gotcha beat LSU to have a chance or have teams in front losing
If you guys go undefeated the rest of the way, it'd be really hard to argue against you getting the access bowl unless Memphis finishes undefeated.
If Toledo goes undefeated and Boise wins out, WKU won't stand a chance at the AB... Both UT and Boise are ranked. Even with a win over LSU, I don't think it would be enough to pass Boise.. Besides, ESPN uses Boise's ballbag as a pacifier.
If wku wins out including beating lsu they are in the access bowl. I've been very impressed with what I've watched of wku. I could see them beating lsu.
It's a start , gotcha beat LSU to have a chance or have teams in front losing
If you guys go undefeated the rest of the way, it'd be really hard to argue against you getting the access bowl unless Memphis finishes undefeated.
If Toledo goes undefeated and Boise wins out, WKU won't stand a chance at the AB... Both UT and Boise are ranked. Even with a win over LSU, I don't think it would be enough to pass Boise.. Besides, ESPN uses Boise's ballbag as a pacifier.
If wku wins out including beating lsu they are in the access bowl. I've been very impressed with what I've watched of wku. I could see them beating lsu.
I agree.
Boise is good. Several aac programs are good. But nobody would have a win the caliber of beating a top 10 sec team.
I don't see wku winning that one, but it would easily be the best G5 win of the year.
(10-12-2015 08:38 PM)NanoDawg Wrote: WKU vs Marshall is another strength vs strength matchup. Awesome O vs Awesome D.
Marshall D will slow WKU O down for sure then it comes to my question: will the one half decent Marshall O be able to score enough point against the actually decent WKU D?
FIFY! I'm not going to lie, Morris and McCollum have been great adds to our defense, especially McCollum. But to think they are the main reason our D is playing better is just nonsense!
lol I was hoping to lure YG or 518 in with that comment instead I got you :) haha
(10-11-2015 01:34 PM)wkuhilltopperfan Wrote: It's a start , gotcha beat LSU to have a chance or have teams in front losing
If you guys go undefeated the rest of the way, it'd be really hard to argue against you getting the access bowl unless Memphis finishes undefeated.
If Toledo goes undefeated and Boise wins out, WKU won't stand a chance at the AB... Both UT and Boise are ranked. Even with a win over LSU, I don't think it would be enough to pass Boise.. Besides, ESPN uses Boise's ballbag as a pacifier.
If wku wins out including beating lsu they are in the access bowl. I've been very impressed with what I've watched of wku. I could see them beating lsu.
I agree.
Boise is good. Several aac programs are good. But nobody would have a win the caliber of beating a top 10 sec team.
I don't see wku winning that one, but it would easily be the best G5 win of the year.
I will be the biggest WKU fan this weekend when they play against Walmart U.
(10-11-2015 01:57 PM)Niner National Wrote: If you guys go undefeated the rest of the way, it'd be really hard to argue against you getting the access bowl unless Memphis finishes undefeated.
If Toledo goes undefeated and Boise wins out, WKU won't stand a chance at the AB... Both UT and Boise are ranked. Even with a win over LSU, I don't think it would be enough to pass Boise.. Besides, ESPN uses Boise's ballbag as a pacifier.
If wku wins out including beating lsu they are in the access bowl. I've been very impressed with what I've watched of wku. I could see them beating lsu.
I agree.
Boise is good. Several aac programs are good. But nobody would have a win the caliber of beating a top 10 sec team.
I don't see wku winning that one, but it would easily be the best G5 win of the year.
I will be the biggest WKU fan this weekend when they play against Walmart U.
Next weekend! This weekend we play the opposite of LSU, UNT.
(10-12-2015 08:38 PM)NanoDawg Wrote: WKU vs Marshall is another strength vs strength matchup. Awesome O vs Awesome D.
Marshall D will slow WKU O down for sure then it comes to my question: will the one half decent Marshall O be able to score enough point against the actually decent WKU D?
FIFY! I'm not going to lie, Morris and McCollum have been great adds to our defense, especially McCollum. But to think they are the main reason our D is playing better is just nonsense!
lol I was hoping to lure YG or 518 in with that comment instead I got you :) haha
I'm not the type to say...told you so but if we were to go back to the preseason what exactly was it that I said about Western's defense?
I will make a exception this one time.....
Western's defense should improve 10 to 15 % on getting off the field on 3rd and 4th down and limit the numbers of big plays. Doing this will be 7 to 14 points difference from last year.
What were the reasons I gave? Below are those reasons...reasons some Tech fans (most likely you were one) and most Marshall fans took as nonsense and as bragging.
Western had a very young defense last year and with another year of grown and added depth at the 2 deep and with the addition of 2 UAB players ...
I expect to see a 15% increase on getting off the field...right now it's at 17% and 16 ppg less
It wasn't bragging it was using common sense...now do you need this weeks power ball numbers ?
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(10-12-2015 08:38 PM)NanoDawg Wrote: WKU vs Marshall is another strength vs strength matchup. Awesome O vs Awesome D.
Marshall D will slow WKU O down for sure then it comes to my question: will the one half decent Marshall O be able to score enough point against the actually decent WKU D?
FIFY! I'm not going to lie, Morris and McCollum have been great adds to our defense, especially McCollum. But to think they are the main reason our D is playing better is just nonsense!
lol I was hoping to lure YG or 518 in with that comment instead I got you :) haha
I'm not the type to say...told you so but if we were to go back to the preseason what exactly was it that I said about Western's defense?
I will make a exception this one time.....
Western's defense should improve 10 to 15 % on getting off the field on 3rd and 4th down and limit the numbers of big plays. Doing this will be 7 to 14 points difference from last year.
What were the reasons I gave? Below are those reasons...reasons some Tech fans (most likely you were one) and most Marshall fans took as nonsense and as bragging.
Western had a very young defense last year and with another year of grown and added depth at the 2 deep and with the addition of 2 UAB players ...
I expect to see a 15% increase on getting off the field...right now it's at 17% and 16 ppg less
It wasn't bragging it was using common sense...now do you need this weeks power ball numbers ?
lol if I really need a dose of common sense, I will find the voice of reason for it
(10-12-2015 08:38 PM)NanoDawg Wrote: WKU vs Marshall is another strength vs strength matchup. Awesome O vs Awesome D.
Marshall D will slow WKU O down for sure then it comes to my question: will the one half decent Marshall O be able to score enough point against the actually decent WKU D?
FIFY! I'm not going to lie, Morris and McCollum have been great adds to our defense, especially McCollum. But to think they are the main reason our D is playing better is just nonsense!
lol I was hoping to lure YG or 518 in with that comment instead I got you :) haha
I'm not the type to say...told you so but if we were to go back to the preseason what exactly was it that I said about Western's defense?
I will make a exception this one time.....
Western's defense should improve 10 to 15 % on getting off the field on 3rd and 4th down and limit the numbers of big plays. Doing this will be 7 to 14 points difference from last year.
What were the reasons I gave? Below are those reasons...reasons some Tech fans (most likely you were one) and most Marshall fans took as nonsense and as bragging.
Western had a very young defense last year and with another year of grown and added depth at the 2 deep and with the addition of 2 UAB players ...
I expect to see a 15% increase on getting off the field...right now it's at 17% and 16 ppg less
It wasn't bragging it was using common sense...now do you need this weeks power ball numbers ?
You were also saying Driskel was a washed-up SEC hack
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