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We have yet to demonstrate ability to slow down much less stop Babers' offense in three tries including once under previous regime when he was at BG.

Which also worries me a little about our game with Kent this fall.

(02-28-2020 12:44 PM)MajorHoople Wrote:  We have yet to demonstrate ability to slow down much less stop Babers' offense in three tries including once under previous regime when he was at BG.

Which also worries me a little about our game with Kent this fall.

Do you think we will beat Akron?

(02-28-2020 01:28 PM)WMU2013 Wrote:  

(02-28-2020 12:44 PM)MajorHoople Wrote:  We have yet to demonstrate ability to slow down much less stop Babers' offense in three tries including once under previous regime when he was at BG.

Which also worries me a little about our game with Kent this fall.

Do you think we will beat Akron?

Of course I think we'll beat Akron.

Kent has Babers' former OC as their third-year HC, which is why I posted what I did.

Two different deals.

Also - did YOU notice Kent had the same record as we did last year?

(02-28-2020 01:48 PM)MajorHoople Wrote:  

(02-28-2020 01:28 PM)WMU2013 Wrote:  

(02-28-2020 12:44 PM)MajorHoople Wrote:  We have yet to demonstrate ability to slow down much less stop Babers' offense in three tries including once under previous regime when he was at BG.

Which also worries me a little about our game with Kent this fall.

Do you think we will beat Akron?

Of course I think we'll beat Akron.

Kent has Babers' former OC as their third-year HC, which is why I posted what I did.

Two different deals.

Also - did YOU notice Kent had the same record as we did last year?

Sean Lewis is impressive, he will land a bigger job soon.

If we can't beat KSU and/or Akron, it's gonna be 5-7 or worse.

I get KSU's supposed to be decent, but this team's gonna need to beat decent teams. Surely they're not better then Miami or Ohio?

(02-28-2020 01:48 PM)MajorHoople Wrote:  

(02-28-2020 01:28 PM)WMU2013 Wrote:  

(02-28-2020 12:44 PM)MajorHoople Wrote:  We have yet to demonstrate ability to slow down much less stop Babers' offense in three tries including once under previous regime when he was at BG.

Which also worries me a little about our game with Kent this fall.

Do you think we will beat Akron?

Of course I think we'll beat Akron.

Kent has Babers' former OC as their third-year HC, which is why I posted what I did.

Two different deals.

Also - did YOU notice Kent had the same record as we did last year?

And if memory serves... they actually won their bowl game.

(02-28-2020 09:37 AM)Broncodan Wrote:  

(02-28-2020 08:30 AM)RunningGame Wrote:  

(02-27-2020 08:48 PM)Hiller4Hyz09 Wrote:  

(02-27-2020 05:06 PM)Bronco14 Wrote:  If we're not beating Syracuse, we're probably not winning the MAC. A MAC Champion should be able to beat a 5-7 Syracuse team at the MAC stadium. Unless Syracuse is significantly improved.

Not sure who said it, but someone on here said 'if Lester can't beat a below-average Syracuse team in 4 tries, he's never beating a Power 5.' The time is now.

I just don’t see him beating Babers.

We are 1-3 against Babers and he knows our M.O. better than probably any coach outside the conference.

That said, the last two seasons we came pretty close. I don't understand the defeatism. We don't take that penalty sacking Dungey in 2018, we convert a late 4th and 1 in 2019, and I think we would have won those two games if those crucial moments went differently.

I would say the odds are against us, but Lester's teams have made those big plays to change a few games. We'll probably need to do that again this season and I expect another barn-burner.

2018 was a barn burner but 2019 was not, 33-52 loss is not a barn burner

It was 33-38 heading into the 4th. It was very similar to the USC game, we didn’t convert a critical 4th quarter drive to take the lead. Momentum is everything.