(11-02-2024 09:41 PM)Itinerant Texan Wrote:  

(10-29-2024 02:19 PM)Itinerant Texan Wrote:  As suspected, Whitten didn't have his team ready to go after the bye week. We played sloppy and the entire game our players look confused about their assignments right before snap. QB1 threw 3 picks and Britten barely eclipsed the century mark on the ground. However, our defense stood tall when needed and our size advantage in the trenches with a couple of big plays on offense ended up being too much for AP. Once again, we just can't seem to put it all together and if don't come around it will end up biting us in the butt sooner or later. We owe EKU a punch in the mouth after what happened last year, and I'm sure they're being coached up to believe they've got our number since they're undefeated against Tarleton. This WILL NOT be an easy game, and we better get our sh*t together and be ready for EKU's best shot!

Yep.

- Gabalis goes completely blind when his first read is covered.

- Cooper's nickname all next week better be "Butterfingers"

- The one time we needed Whitten to be conservative to wear down the defense and run out the clock, he g\oes all Air Raid and gives the game away.

Puzzled me as well. It then seemed like our running game worn down your defense. I was also surprised on the last drive that once you were across midfield and still had three timeouts and more than a minute and a half you didn't feed Britton more than once.

We don't have much of a passing game at the moment with lots of injuries to the receiving corps. Last time we opened up a bit passing the QB threw 3 picks against ACU. So we are down to running the ball and playing defense.

(11-03-2024 10:03 AM)Smokestack25 Wrote:  

(11-02-2024 10:23 PM)EatEmUp11 Wrote:  

(11-02-2024 10:04 PM)Outsider Wrote:  

(11-02-2024 09:54 PM)EatEmUp11 Wrote:  Wow. Tarleton is terrible. No wonder they were behind UIW and Montana. Have a feeling they will lose to UCA and ACU and miss the playoffs altogether!

BS, your idiocy is beyond stupid. Tarleton lost a tough game like all of us have. Get over yourself. EKU will never be a pushover.

Not under or over myself.

Am, however, incredibly knowledgeable about FCS football and realignment compared to 90% of this board.

How is it idiocy if its been proven correct? UIW and Montana, with two FCS losses respectively, were selected before (undefeated v. FCS) Tarleton State. And tonight’s results back that up and validate it.

Anyone with limited football knowledge can tell that Tarleton is an average FCS squad—at best—that would be trounced by most legit playoff teams.

Since, we want to talk about FCS knowledge let's talk about the 60 years of mediocrity Sam had before Fritz and Keeler arrived as well as Sam's history in the playoffs. In case you have forgotten I have included some games since you may have forgotten.

2013 L to Southeastern Louisiana 30-29 in the SECOND ROUND
2014 L to NDSU 35-3
2015 L to Jacksonville State 62-10
2016 L to James Madison 65-7
2017 L to NDSU 53-13
2018-2019 Didn't make Playoffs
2021 L to Montana State 42-19

Looks like to me the only team that has been trounced has been Sam Houston.

We are a whole 16-2 against Tarleton State all time, so if that’s mediocrity I’m pretty sure I know what your school is…

Convenient you mention the round of elimination against Southeastern Louisiana, but not the others. Also, you skipped a year it looks like. Over the past 20 years, SHSU is second to only the Bison in FCS Playoff wins.

The run of competitiveness you list is the reason we’re rising in the FBS, while our longtime peers like Lamar, SFA, McNeese, etc. are left behind to deal with the deteriorating FCS, devoid of nearly all its powers, watered down by no-name D2 callups ie: Dixie State and Tarleton State.

Congratulations to Eastern Kentucky on the big win. Many CUSA fans are in agreement; if there were a school worthy of a potential spot #12 in replacement of UTEP, it’d be the Colonels.

(11-03-2024 12:53 PM)EKUSteve Wrote:  

(11-02-2024 09:41 PM)Itinerant Texan Wrote:  

(10-29-2024 02:19 PM)Itinerant Texan Wrote:  As suspected, Whitten didn't have his team ready to go after the bye week. We played sloppy and the entire game our players look confused about their assignments right before snap. QB1 threw 3 picks and Britten barely eclipsed the century mark on the ground. However, our defense stood tall when needed and our size advantage in the trenches with a couple of big plays on offense ended up being too much for AP. Once again, we just can't seem to put it all together and if don't come around it will end up biting us in the butt sooner or later. We owe EKU a punch in the mouth after what happened last year, and I'm sure they're being coached up to believe they've got our number since they're undefeated against Tarleton. This WILL NOT be an easy game, and we better get our sh*t together and be ready for EKU's best shot!

Yep.

- Gabalis goes completely blind when his first read is covered.

- Cooper's nickname all next week better be "Butterfingers"

- The one time we needed Whitten to be conservative to wear down the defense and run out the clock, he g\oes all Air Raid and gives the game away.

Puzzled me as well. It then seemed like our running game worn down your defense. I was also surprised on the last drive that once you were across midfield and still had three timeouts and more than a minute and a half you didn't feed Britton more than once.

We don't have much of a passing game at the moment with lots of injuries to the receiving corps. Last time we opened up a bit passing the QB threw 3 picks against ACU. So we are down to running the ball and playing defense.

EKU came in with the perfect game plan of pressing our WRs at the line of scrimmage and forcing our QB to make decisions. All we really know how to do is run up the middle, or hit our first option pass play. When you force our QB actually read a defense and check down to his 2nd or 3rd option, we're doomed. He either takes the sack, or throws a pick. Never throws it away. He threw 2 INTs, with one essentially being a Pick-6, and then we became one dimensional. But, for whatever reason, we didn't do as we normally do and run the ball, we decided to double-down on all of the sudden becoming a pass-happy Air Raid offense. It was a really weird game for us, but mostly because EKU forced it to be weird. Hats off to you guys exposing and taking advantage of our flaws. Hopefully it will help us diversify on offense and get our butts in gear for the final stretch.

(11-02-2024 08:00 PM)Oscar P Wrote:  Tarleton has receivers running open all over the field. If they catch a ball here or there, it’s Church in the second half. Some bad drops. EKU brought a big bag of nothing,but Tarleton will keep it close and interesting looks like. Always do.

EKU's " big bag of nothing" bagged us a win. Whoaa doggies, Go Big E!