Very disappointing performance...EKU did what we knew they do and executed well, made few mistakes, took advantage of Bears' mistakes and ran clock....and did I mention they ran clock?
I am still trying to figure out what we were doing with 5 minutes left in the half trailing 14-7 going into the wind...instead of letting James and Smith who were averaging 5-6 yds per touch tote the ball and run a couple minutes off the clock at worst, we throw a pass incomplete, have a sack and QB runs on 3rd and 16....took 90 seconds off clock and lost 3 yards making Caughron kick into a 20+ wind and EKU returning to U38 but fortunate for Bears they fumble and we get another possession... then we start off good with a QB run by McDowell and a run by James on a razzle dazzle then get a 15 yd penalty with the QB called for a block below the waist and back to U34 and on 1st and 25 throw an INT with 2 minutes left that is returned to U6...end up down 21-7 at half and we really never recovered...our Q3 possessions were 6 plays/13 yds, 4/-2, 5-24.....and down 28-7.....EKU had Q3 possessions of 5+, 2+ and 5+..and 2 TDs....
Not sure this was really a winnable game given how well EKU played but seemed we just did not help ourselves out when we could...
It will take huge efforts and improvements to win next two...
ASUN standings have:
JSU, 3-0....EKU, @UCA UCA, 3-1....@SFA, JSU EKU, 2-1....@JSU, KSU APU, 2-2....@KSU, @Bama KSU, 1-2....@EKU UNA, 0-5...Tenn Tech. @Memphis
Bears need JSU or KSU to beat EKU and we need to beat JSU....possible but no more off games....
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