ECU Game: Not a gimme

[USFBulls727]

23 hours ago, jchem1995 said:

ECU fans seem to think they’re gonna win.

I looked at their message board, and was surprised to see how many posters on there predicting a win. Maybe they meant with the +21 points?

[Bull Dozer]

I don't like playing teams with emotional motivators like this. We can't afford to start slow again or let them hang around. If we start off fast we should be fine but if we shoot ourselves in the foot and stop drives with our own stupidity and turn the ball over it could end badly. 

[CousinRicky]

5 hours ago, USFBulls727 said:

I looked at their message board, and was surprised to see how many posters on there predicting a win. Maybe they meant with the +21 points?

Because this board never predominantly picks the Bulls over whatever team they are playing.

[puc86]

32 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

Because this board never predominantly picks the Bulls over whatever team they are playing.

But lately we are right!!

[Triple B]

5 hours ago, USFBulls727 said:

I looked at their message board, and was surprised to see how many posters on there predicting a win. Maybe they meant with the +21 points?

 

30 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

Because this board never predominantly picks the Bulls over whatever team they are playing.

 

7 minutes ago, puc86 said:

But lately we are right!!

And it's been a long while since we were a 3 TD dog ...

[USFBulls727]

1 hour ago, CousinRicky said:

Because this board never predominantly picks the Bulls over whatever team they are playing.

There have been occasions where we knew we where headed for a beatdown. Surprised they don't know..

[Brad]

14 minutes ago, USFBulls727 said:

There have been occasions where we knew we where headed for a beatdown. Surprised they don't know..

Well, it's not like they've had some training on the topic.

[Flowers4Heisman]

When a team can't stop the run, there's no guarantee of anything.

I call this game a 50/50. Flip a coin to see which USF team plays. We might cover the spread or we might just lay an egg.

This coaching staff is iffy in my book.

Losing to Houston last year was unforgivable. Losing to the gnats on special teams at the end... C'mon!

And then playing like they did at Illinois?

Remember, most of this staff was fired from Texas.

 

coaching staff

[USFBulls727]

4 hours ago, Flowers4Heisman said:

When a team can't stop the run, there's no guarantee of anything.

I call this game a 50/50. Flip a coin to see which USF team plays. We might cover the spread or we might just lay an egg.

This coaching staff is iffy in my book.

Losing to Houston last year was unforgivable. Losing to the gnats on special teams at the end... C'mon!

And then playing like they did at Illinois?

Remember, most of this staff was fired from Texas.

 

coaching staff

Houston winning that game took a minor miracle (4th & 24), and that was a VERY good UCF team that beat us in a game we were in until the final minute. Illinois on the other hand, that was on Strong and company, and he said as much. He didn't have them ready, and it showed. Some on this forum rated the coaching an A for the first quarter of the season. I would probably go with a B mainly because of that Illinois game. They have shown the ability to make in-game adjustments though, and we're 3-0. 

BTW, I don't see this as a 50/50 game. It's probably more like 80/20. If we blow this at home somehow, being 21.5 favorites, I'm sure you will have a lot more people backing everything you just said....

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Edited September 22, 2018 by USFBulls727

[Brad]

On 9/20/2018 at 10:02 AM, Bobby said:

I always get nervous when teams are coming off of some sort of emotional situation, like this hurricane. Plus the extra week where they were away from home and had nothing to do but focus on us. No class, etc. I think they're gonna come out hyped up and thinking upset.

 

"“I think this upcoming game is going to be just kind of a defining moment for ECU, just to show how hard we’ve been working and what we are coming out with this year,” Pirate defensive lineman Alex Turner said. “With everything that has been going on, we also are playing for the people back home in Greenville. ... We want them to know that we are playing for them and playing for the entire coast in North Carolina and South Carolina.”"

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