Blue Dawg's Weekly Sagarin Football Thread 2020

[HogDawg]

Appalachian State also held them to 17 points, the lowest of the 3 teams App has played and that was a home game.

I can see their offense struggling with a fresh QB on the road. We’d have to take advantage of that. I think our defense is settling in a bit.

....If we put pressure on their freshman QB, great things can happen......

[PawDawg]

. We lost 53 players to COVID related issues.

Our roster is down 53 or we've lost 53 overall? Oh, you mean seniors off last year's team. :-)




BTW, my comment was towards our HC, not our players.

[Blue Dawg]

A better than expected performance against Marshall moves us out of FCS territory to where we were last week.

[Bulldog Tom]

Vegas opened us a 2.5 point early favorite. That is down to 1 to 1.5 already.

[PawDawg]

Vegas opened us a 2.5 point early favorite. That is down to 1 to 1.5 already.

I have it at 2 and 55.5. Has the injury to their QB caused this?

[Bulldog Tom]

I have it at 2 and 55.5. Has the injury to their QB caused this?

Man I wish I knew what Vegas is thinking. LOL

Probably not as much as we would think though. Yesterday was that QB's first start of the season, which he earned with his performance against BYU. That didn't carry over to yesterdays game. He was 16 for 31, 155 yards and a TD, he did run for 47 yards on 10 carries. Not horrible, but nothing like what he did against BYU. Those stats are not much different from the other QB.

A side note Army was playing without their 1st and 2nd QB and rotated their 3rd and 4th QB.

[PawDawg]

A side note Army was playing without their 1st and 2nd QB and rotated their 3rd and 4th QB.

IMO, option system QBs are rarely the difference makers unless they are REALLY great passers.

[dawg80]

IMO, option system QBs are rarely the difference makers unless they are REALLY great passers.

I don't agree with that. Great option QBs make a huge difference over just good option QBs. Yeah, an aspect of making them great is the capacity to throw the ball "well enough." But it's really their own running ability and, most importantly, their ball-handling skills and reading defenses. Like a great PG in hoops. They seem to have eyes in the back of their heads and almost a 6th-sense for outguessing defenders. It's often a razor-thin thing. Option QB "guesses" right and executes the right option on a play and it pops wide open. How many times have you seen a fullback pop thru a hole and go for a big gainer? It's not luck, it's the QB seeing right at the snap the defense is vacating the middle.

[PawDawg]

I don't agree with that. Great option QBs make a huge difference over just good option QBs. Yeah, an aspect of making them great is the capacity to throw the ball "well enough." But it's really their own running ability and, most importantly, their ball-handling skills and reading defenses. Like a great PG in hoops. They seem to have eyes in the back of their heads and almost a 6th-sense for outguessing defenders. It's often a razor-thin thing. Option QB "guesses" right and executes the right option on a play and it pops wide open. How many times have you seen a fullback pop thru a hole and go for a big gainer? It's not luck, it's the QB seeing right at the snap the defense is vacating the middle.

They are great athletes playing for Army. It's not like any of them are THAT much better than the others. Older, more seasoned, better at certain skills like passing, etc..

[Champ967]

I like how we still have a 15% chance to beat Marshall.

Hang in there Bulldogs!

[Blue Dawg]

I like how we still have a 15% chance to beat Marshall.

Hang in there Bulldogs!

Lol I noticed that after I uploaded. Too lazy to fix.

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[Blue Dawg]

I've not yet accounted for the fact that ULM will most likely chicken(hawk) out.

[Cal&Ken]

I've not yet accounted for the fact that ULM will most likely chicken(hawk) out.

I hope they do decide not to play us. I understand why we agreed to play them this year, but if they don't want the spanking, I will be much happier. I can't imagine the ticket sales are breaking any records.