eaglesfootball
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The offense is rolling but our defense is a serious handicap to winning the conference again. What you do you think?
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predict the record
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eaglesfootball said:
Seriously? We win a close game and everyone starts s***ing the bed. Ndsu came closer to losing against a 2-3 team, but I doubt they are predicting losing the conference or even national title. Now we have people calling 2-3 conference losses.
Unbelievable. Have a little more faith in the coaching staff.
I see us finishing at 10-2 in the regular season and winning the auto-bid due to the head to head against MSU. I think MSU beats UM this year. I don't know when or who the other loss comes from, but it's probably not totally realistic to think we'll get through the conference unscathed. Montana, NAU, PSU will all be tough games. Hell, they all might be tough at this point.
EWUeag said:
No doubt, this isn't a one-off by the defense. They've been playing like this all year. I still think Eastern has the leadership to get a lot of wins, but a complete team of lesser quality could expose us badly just because we are so one-sided. Even poor teams have a chance because the defense gives up so much.
Yeah, it's a high-class problem to be critical during a win, but anyone watching this has to have some concerns.
Rjones61 said:
Just about everyone who posts on here is a hard core fan. Everyone wants to see Eastern go as far as they possibly can this year. I don't think we'll finish with 2 or 3 conference losses, but it's hard to argue against the D being a serious liability at this point. Will they get a little better? Maybe. I sure hope so!
DefendtheRed
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Rjones61 said:
No, but I'll bet they are very concerned with barely beating such an inferior opponent. NDSU has their issues, so does Montana, MSU. The question is how much of our mistakes on defense are correctable or coachable. I don't have all the answers, either, but it is alarming how poorly prepared we seem to be game after game on Defense.
dudeitsaid
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More than anything, I think this weekends games around the FCS have shown that every team this year is vulnerable. I don't know that there is any team out there that just looks unstoppable right now. Maybe Villanova, if anyone.
We can see that our team has some issues. I don't personally even feel the same swagger as last year, but maybe that's just me. But regardless, I think EWU can be beat, but I also believe we can beat anyone. I don't think there is a team in the FCS that we cannot compete with, especially seeing the way the top 25 struggled this weekend.
Maybe we are disappointed because we thought this would be the year that we would be the giant on the battlefield, and nobody would be able to compete with us. Unfortunately, that is not the case. However, I think in 2010, it was a similar situation. We were not unstoppable. But we found a way to win. I would say at this point, I think we make the playoffs, but I don't know that we win every BSC game, and I don't think any playoff game is going to be a gimme.
Sure would've been nice to be able to pull an "NDSU" this year, and just be so far above the competition that winning the NC was never in doubt. But to be in a position of being frustrated about our performance at 5-1, and 1st place in the BSC standings is a pretty blessed place to be. There were years I'd only dreamed of being here.
We can see that our team has some issues. I don't personally even feel the same swagger as last year, but maybe that's just me. But regardless, I think EWU can be beat, but I also believe we can beat anyone. I don't think there is a team in the FCS that we cannot compete with, especially seeing the way the top 25 struggled this weekend.
Maybe we are disappointed because we thought this would be the year that we would be the giant on the battlefield, and nobody would be able to compete with us. Unfortunately, that is not the case. However, I think in 2010, it was a similar situation. We were not unstoppable. But we found a way to win. I would say at this point, I think we make the playoffs, but I don't know that we win every BSC game, and I don't think any playoff game is going to be a gimme.
Sure would've been nice to be able to pull an "NDSU" this year, and just be so far above the competition that winning the NC was never in doubt. But to be in a position of being frustrated about our performance at 5-1, and 1st place in the BSC standings is a pretty blessed place to be. There were years I'd only dreamed of being here.
GoldenEagle
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We will lose ALL of our remaining games because the EAGS simply do not know how to win.
Our record of 5-1 means nothing.
In a defense dominated league we can't compete.
It's time to panic and redundantly describe how our defense is horrible every week without actually attempting to describe why our defense is bad.
When posters attempt to describe why the defense is struggling, we accuse them of only providing excuses.
Our record of 5-1 means nothing.
In a defense dominated league we can't compete.
It's time to panic and redundantly describe how our defense is horrible every week without actually attempting to describe why our defense is bad.
When posters attempt to describe why the defense is struggling, we accuse them of only providing excuses.
Screamin_Eagle174
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:lol: :thumb:GoldenEagle said:
I don't know, nobody I have seen seems to have any idea why the defense is so bad. The one common theme that gets recited is that every offense we play is great; but that excuse falls a little flat when recited every week.
There is no way for me to reconcile the results on the field with what appears to be a talented bunch on paper. We've got two guys who started for PAC-12 teams in the secondary and yet teams throw all over the field on us. Pretty much everyone in the media marveled over our LB corps before the season, but they've done almost nothing in half a season. There are several guys from the Summer two-deep banged up, but the whole starting unit is still available.
I mentioned before I don't like how much we depend on a rotation, even at the expense of bringing guys in who pose a liability. I also think we need to find some kind of blitz package to get some semblance of pressure in the backfield, because our down 4 linemen are getting no pressure on their own.
There are probably some question marks on some of the guys, but really, I think we need to change some of the defensive philosophy. I hate watching us just get chewed up over and over, it makes me nauseous. I'd rather get nasty at the line of scrimmage and get beat time to time, but at least let-'s put some stress on the QB and force him to beat us instead of just picking us apart.
Today, as it was against Montana State and Washington, hurt to watch. Again, critiquing a winning team is a high class issue, but we need to get that defense up to speed or we're going to get beat by an inferior team.
There is no way for me to reconcile the results on the field with what appears to be a talented bunch on paper. We've got two guys who started for PAC-12 teams in the secondary and yet teams throw all over the field on us. Pretty much everyone in the media marveled over our LB corps before the season, but they've done almost nothing in half a season. There are several guys from the Summer two-deep banged up, but the whole starting unit is still available.
I mentioned before I don't like how much we depend on a rotation, even at the expense of bringing guys in who pose a liability. I also think we need to find some kind of blitz package to get some semblance of pressure in the backfield, because our down 4 linemen are getting no pressure on their own.
There are probably some question marks on some of the guys, but really, I think we need to change some of the defensive philosophy. I hate watching us just get chewed up over and over, it makes me nauseous. I'd rather get nasty at the line of scrimmage and get beat time to time, but at least let-'s put some stress on the QB and force him to beat us instead of just picking us apart.
Today, as it was against Montana State and Washington, hurt to watch. Again, critiquing a winning team is a high class issue, but we need to get that defense up to speed or we're going to get beat by an inferior team.
LDopaPDX said:
1) We are starting six 18-19 year olds. You can't just take peach fuzzed d-lineman who haven't yet lost their baby fat and instantly turn them into "nasty".
2) We got burned badly twice when we blitzed yesterday. When you have a secondary that's giving up yardage it's tough to pull that trigger.
3) McDonald is literally all over the place picking up the pieces. He is having a great season. Wadood still looks lost and got burned badly a couple of times yesterday.
kalm said:
It'd be really silly thinking that all the youth doesn't factor into this equation. That said, everyone knew we were going to be really young, especially on the line, I wonder whether maybe it wouldn't have made sense to bring in a transfer or two more (if they were available). Cowherd said on the SHSU broadcast that Baldwin turned away 8 of 9 transfer requests. Of course, they need to be the right kind of players and we don't want to be the kind of program that relies too heavily on transfers, but in retrospect it does seem as if there was an immediate need seeing as how we're playing so many true freshman. Which is worse - bringing in an additional transfer or two, or having to burn redshirts on seven guys (on the defense alone). I know some of those guys would have played anyway, but that's a lot of redshirts to burn in one season. I would say probably half of those guys would have benefited tremendously from having a RS year.
eaglesfootball
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Wadood got schooled by their big WR yesterday but was also being left on an island out there and that's what happens sometimes. Looks like most people still think we'll go 11-1 regular season record, that's a good thing.
