UCABEARS75 wrote:
The SLC is the Big 12 of FCS football: spread offense, dink and dunk passing, can't run the ballot. little defense. Clint Conque was the poster boy for this type of team.
The MVC is the SEC/Big 10 of FCS football. Big boy football, run the ball, use run to establish pass, stop the run, be more physical on both sides of the ball.
You can win in SLC playing the more wide open and less physical brand of ball but you would have to have vastly superior athletes than what we have had to compete nationally.
I. for one, want us to be able to take the field against the top teams nationally and compete.
35 months ago we hired the right guy to build the team to do just that.
In my humble opinion he is 1-2 years ahead of schedule.
We are 10-2, won a playoff game,beat a pretty good FBS team, and the two games we lost were due, at least in part to too many turnovers.
Ironically, the two games we lost were where we had to pass more.
It took guts to continue running the ball at asu!!
I'm 100% confident the staff knows what they are doing. I love Dez and all star WRs want the ball thriwn to him more.
Campbell has really only had 2.5 recruiting classes to get his type athlete. Each class has gotten more athletic than the last. We need more speed at RB and LB.
We need more size, strength and experience at OL. We need depth and ability at DB.
We are getting there. We have the right head coach and staff. We do not have national championship talent.., yet.
This team has ability and guts.
Let's enjoy them and look forward to even better teams in the very near future.
I agree with everything you said my Pike County Bear Brother...
The deciding factor in all of this has been the strength of the defensive line to
stop the running game of the opponents this year...this has allowed the Bears
to ground and pound the ball, keep the game close and come away with wins.
The two exceptions are Samford and Sam when UCA got so far behind they could
no longer play ball control.
The Bears have the ability to play imo, a faster paced game when needed but
have chose to grind it out so to speak in most games this year. And that is
fine with me...but vs. EWU this week they may need to push the envelope
a little more...UCA will need to match them score for score and not get one
dimensional...
BPSG
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