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Another team wearing maroon.......glad we play well on the road.........another team not to overlook and take for granted.......

I cannot find where UCA and EKU have ever played in football........below is from EKU's Football Record Book for some records vs schools UCA has played.......

Arkansas A&M, 1-0, 1940 (most recent win or game)
Arkansas State, 0-1, 1986
Austin Peay, 45-7, 2018
Carson-Newman, 2-0, 1941
Eastern Illinois, 15-12, 2019
Illinois State, 2-0, 1941
Kansas State, 0-1, 2011
Missouri State, 1-1, 2011
Montana, 0-1, 1995
Murray State, 47-28-4, 2019
North Dakota State, 0-1, 1976
SE Missouri, 25-5, 2018
SE Louisiana, 3-1, 1972
UT-Martin, 25-5, 2018
Tennessee Tech, 56-20, 2019
Western Kentucky, 34-48-3, 2006

Admittedly pure trivia....

The last three years is more meaningful as to how the Colonels fared.......

2017 Record: 4-7, 3-5
9/ 2 at Western Kentucky 17- 31 L
9 at Kentucky 16- 27 L
23 Tennessee Tech* 24- 21 W
30 at Southeast Missouri* 10- 29 L
10/ 7 Tennessee State* 21- 45 L
14 at No. 3 Jacksonville St.* 25- 41 L
21 UT Martin* ₍hc₎ 31- 21 W
28 at Murray State* 26- 13 W
11/ 4 at Eastern Illinois* ₍ot₎ 20- 23 L
11 Austin Peay* 24- 31 L
18 Saint Francis 14- 10 W
2018 Record: 7-4, 5-2
8/ 30 Morehead State 49- 23 W
9/ 8 at Marshall 16- 32 L
15 at Bowling Green 35- 42 L
22 Southeast Missouri* 23- 14 W
10/ 6 No. 8 Jacksonville St.* 7- 56 L
13 at UT Martin* 35- 34 W
20 Murray State* ₍hc₎ 6- 34 L
27 Eastern Illinois* 31- 23 W
11/ 3 at Austin Peay* 17- 13 W
10 Robert Morris* ₍ot₎ 40- 39 W
17 at Tennessee Tech* 37- 6 W
2019 Record: 7-5, 5-3
8/ 29 Valparaiso 53- 7 W
9/ 7 at Louisville 0- 42 L
14 at Indiana State 7- 19 L
21 at Presbyterian 35- 10 W
28 Tennessee State* 42- 16 W
10/ 5 UT Martin* ₍hc₎ 28- 38 L
19 at Murray State* 34- 27 W
26 at Eastern Illinois* 33- 6 W
11/ 2 No. 25 Austin Peay* ₍ot₎ 21- 28 L
9 at No. 17 Southeast Mo.* 31- 38 L
16 Tennessee Tech* 22- 10 W
17 at Jacksonville State* 29- 23 W

2020 Schedule and results so far..........

Sept. 5 (Sat) at Marshall University Huntington, W.Va., 0-59....understandable......Marshall rolled over La Tech in Ruston last Sat night......
Sept. 12 (Sat) at West Virginia University Morgantown, W.Va., 10-56
Sept. 26 (Sat) at The Citadel Charleston, S.C.,37-14
Oct 3 Houston Baptist, 30-33
Oct. 17 (Sat) at Troy University Troy, Ala., 29-31
Oct. 24 (Sat) UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS Richmond, Ky. TBA
Nov. 7 (Sat) STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY Richmond, Ky. TBA
Nov 14 (Sat) at University of Central Arkansas Conway, Ark. TBA
Nov. 21 (Sat) WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY Richmond, Ky. TBA

Big comeback vs Troy winning Q4 by 12-3........

https://ekusports.com/sports/football/stats/2020/troy-university/boxscore/7252

Rushed 30/55 vs 34/174 for Troy
Passed 30/48/370/2TD/1INT vs 26/38/338/3/2
3rd downs......6/17 vs 7/13
4th downs....2/3 and 0/0
Redzone...5/5 vs 3/3
2/2 PATs and 3/3 FGs
90yd TD pass from McKinney to Dixon who had 7 other catches for 106...J Jones as 8/75...

EKU has a rich football tradition.........21 OVC championships....2 FCS championships and 2 other runner-ups....21 FCS playoff appearances.......2 bowl games...overall record before 2020 of 609-391-38.........most wins of any OVC school.....67 AAs......40 NFL draftees....

https://ekusports.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/walt-wells/1196
Walt Wells, the program’s 15th head coach, took the helm
in December 2019. Was QC Assistant for Coach Mark Stoops at Kentucky in 2018-2019.

Coach Wells was also OL Coach at EKU for several years under HOF coach Roy Kidd.
He is very familiar with the School, its tradition and expectations. He was already well known, liked and respected in the community. We think it will turn out to be a great hire.

Wow, you got a lot of time on your hands. That took some research.

Retired........too wet to work in yard..............Go Bears!!

Question for all my Bear fan friends:

Why has UCA taken so long to begin scoring in most games this past few years?

I mean the offense is the same in the first half as it is in the second half.
Our defense is worn out by the fourth quarter and when we play good scoring teams we usually lose. We need our offense to put up some points in the first half of games. I don't expect that to happen every game as opponents are all different and present different strengths....but this "getting started" so slowly is dooming this team in BIG games and making it hard on our defense to finish out in most games.

So what's stopping us from scoring in the first half against FCS teams?

Austin Peay- 6 points first half
Missouri State- 7 points first half
NDSU- 6 points first half
Missouri State- 17 points first half (7 point pick six by defense) so 10 points for offense.

But you can look at last year where we won like 6 games because we came back.


Another question:
Why do I see game after game WRs running routes and the passes going somewhere else OR they are wide open and NO passes coming their way. I've seen a player throw his helmet down on the sideline out of frustration. I've heard the frustration on the sideline.

What's going on? How can we have Winningham, Hudson to name a couple and we throw the ball to the RB multiple times over and over. I get that it is a play that if the RB is the safety valve because no one is open but I can't believe Winningham, Enlow, Howard, Myers etc aren't getting open...this is the most talented set of WRs we have ever had and it looks like we struggle to even throw the ball their way. Makes no sense.

Hope I didn't overthink these two questions. I'm not a coach. I don't know what is happening internally but I truly believe we could have beaten NDSU for example.
Is it the play calling? Is is the players running wrong routes? Is it the QB not making the right decisions? Is it the OLINE not giving him enough time? Is it a combination of all that? Is it none of that?

Breylin IS talented.
Our WRs ARE talented.
Our OLINE appears to do enough for the offense.
Our D is doing their best.

I just wish I knew enough to know why we can't get that engine revved up enough early in the game so we put other teams on their heels instead of us over relying on our defense because our offense is and has been struggling to actually start scoring...

I will not put this on the players. It just looks like there is something more than that.

Play calling has been iffy for starters, too many screens and back to back run plays after we got stuffed the first time, secondly, line play determines a lot and we just are not getting the job done up front. The oline looks soft and they do not play with a chip on their shoulder. Which then comes to the qb who is so used to having to run for his life that when he does get good protection he panics since that’s what he is used to which causes inadequate throws. The receivers aren’t helping much either with what should be simple catches that they are just dropping whenever we need them the most. Winningham and Hudson are pretty good but Grandy and Croom were the best one two punch combo to put on the Bears jersey. Hopefully the offense can get this figured out in the remaining games, but starting in the offseason the strength coach needs to know that these players are not built like some straight dawgs like they should be physically. Go Bears.

Nail meet hammer. all of the above sucks the confidence out of the run game which is the central issue. however, it doesn’t have to be feast or famine. you can have a good 7 or 8 play drive that takes 4 minutes and punt the ball inside the 20. but we don’t seem to live by that philosophy. it’s typically a score in 5 plays or a 3 and out.

i’m only optimistic because of the letdown that’s probably going to hit EKU tomorrow after having troy on the ropes. with all of the personnel missing and our inability to act like humans on offense, this game is a straight up coin flip. hoping some crazy defensive or special teams plays catapult the bears

Well, let's hope we get off to a good start at EKU.....I watch and listen to same games the rest of you do and it beats anything I have ever seen......it's almost like we deliberately play conservative in H1 then start opening up in H2......maybe there is some thinking we are going to get everybody's max effort to stop LW and TH in H1 and the DBs actually run their legs ragged in H1 and lose a step later that LW and TH can take advantage of.........on the flip side we gave up 24 points to Mo State in Q2 and even with their QB situation were able to move seemingly at will....then our D comes out and totally shuts them down..50 yds total offense...... that has to be making adjustments once we know the speed of their game plus better endurance to turn up the heat.........however, against the really good teams it is much harder to pull al that off..........

Of course none of that explains dropped passes and errant passes and not seeing open receivers........... that sounds like a combination of QB/receiver communications and o-line protection issues.......and that sounds like game prep and execution......pandemic effects may explain this early in season but we are well into the season now.......

Like others I have long found our run game approach odd to say the least..........we do seem to run the same play again and again even when we get no yards.........as a former junior high DE (which basically means I am a fan and not much more) I can see where if a run plays goes for 10 yards you run it again until they stop you.........we seem to run it until we get positive yards......and finally throw a pass............mind you I have coached exactly zero teams and games at any level......

I suspect no one is more frustrated than the offense.....we always seem to have lots of skill position talent on offense but struggle to "...get the line moving" as they say in hockey...

Hats off to our defense as they play so hard all game and have the talent to play shut down when needed....I think the ASU game would have looked very different if Rochell and Grant would have been able to play.......hoping Robert can play tomorrow.....backups have really improved with more playing time but replacing an AA is not easy......

A good punter and placekicker which we normally have are usually big weapons for us......

Oh well, no answers.....we better not take EKU for granted.............Go Bears!!

PS...I never give up on the Bears....when they turn it on they can really blast off......

Heard Rochle will be back!

Unable to connect to radio broadcast.....

Well, at least offense off to a better start in Q1 until the redzone INT.....then EKU drives 87 for TD...behind early again.......Go Bears!!

Yet another INT because of a wrong route or miscommunication

defense has no energy

Another low scoring first half.