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Prediction Thread EWU 42 at SUU 30 Eags WIN!

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luckyintheorder

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This one should be VERY interesting. SUU is balanced and will play physical. All hands on deck!

WR's, RB's and O Line step up big time and give Jordan West all the support he needs.

Coach Baldwin knows what JW does well, leverages play action off a strong running effort to attack deep. Hill, Bomber, Kupp and Bourne stretch the SUU D. Eag's dominate the TOP.

Eag's throw 3 TD passes and add 3 rushing TD's in a victory.

EWU 42 -- SUU 31

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Let's go big.

JW gets a rushing touchdown on a QB sneak
JW throws for 3 more, including 1 to Cooper
Mario gets another 100+ big game, 1 rushing TDs
D comes away with points on a perfectly read screen.

Defense "holds" SUU to only 2 big plays resulting in their only 2 TD's, the rest of time the game they are totally dominant.

SUU wins the toss and elects to receive.

42-17 EWU.
 
Agree with everyone above that Mario is primed for another solid game. I'm also calling TWO special teams TD's. A kick/punt return and a blocked punt return. Add two scores from Jordan, a respectable performance from the D and EWU comes away with a 35-22 win
 
Ryan31088 said:
I'm not sure my heart could handle that kind of finish.
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Mine sure wouldn't, and I'm only 26... I get stressed out enough as it is, maybe football fandom isn't for me. If only it wasn't so fun along the way.
 
Southern Utah is not having a hot year coming off of their playoff appearance. Personally, I didn't think they were playoff material last year and they certainly aren't this year.

Offensively, Southern Utah is going to be a run first offense that will lob the ball when they get stuffed by the run. They average 374 yards per game which is less than UC Davis did with a stronger schedule. Many of their offensive woes come from poor offensive line play. Even with a rush first offense, this team has given up 19 sacks. Although statistically they haven't looked very hot, SUU seems to have some upside, beating Weber State and putting 39 points on Cal Poly. Remember, every team we play in conference this year will be chomping at the bits. Every team will give their best effort. Every team wants to be the team to finally take down EWU's conference streak. SUU will come out to play on their home turf.

Defensively, SUU is doing even worse than EWU giving up 532.3 yards per game. Quite surprising for a team that was so good on defense last year. Now, that average yardage is pretty much split down the middle for rushing vs pass. However, take note that most teams SUU has played have been rush first offenses. I've seen a few games from SUU and their secondary play is bad. Like, real bad. If they played teams that could actually throw the ball (SELA and Fresno split their rush/pass down the middle, so they didn't inflate the stat) they would be giving up insane yards on offense.

This is a perfect game to break Jordan West in with. He will have many receivers wide open, he just needs to work on his accuracy and get the ball down field. If JW is struggling, Mario will be able to move the ball to help reduce high pressure situations. I expect with SUU recent upsides on offense, they will put some points on the board. There will still be some pressure on Jordan West to get points on the board. I hope he gets put in some pressure situations so that he can learn to relax and do his job.

I'm saying EWU 45- SUU 27
 
luckyintheorder said:
This one should be VERY interesting. SUU is balanced and will play physical. All hands on deck!

WR's, RB's and O Line step up big time and give Jordan West all the support he needs.

Coach Baldwin knows what JW does well, leverages play action off a strong running effort to attack deep. Hill, Bomber, Kupp and Bourne stretch the SUU D. Eag's dominate the TOP.

Eag's throw 3 TD passes and add 3 rushing TD's in a victory.

EWU 42 -- SUU 31
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Just going off their averages on O and D and what we give up, that's pretty much what I'd go with. That's the rational thought at least. Something unexpected will happen, it will be another nailbiter, so I'll say Eagles pull it out 42-35 with the help of either a Wadood or McDonald pick 6 in the second half.
 
Just watched the SUU @ Cal Poly game and am less concerned now that before. I just hope West plays better than their QB.
SUU was down 21-0 in the first qtr but kept fighting back and were leading as late as the 4th qtr. Then their QB started throwing it up for grabs and the CP db's stole a couple. The T-birds tried running the ball through the first qtr with poor results and when they started passing they got back into the game. Lots of stupid penalties late game by both sides.
CP's first pass was their 25th play of the game.
Def should have a good day with safeties in particular getting a couple of pics. Ebukam should be licking his chops (and not with Vics ribs :lol: )
Good team for West to get his first start against.
 
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