EagerEagle
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UCABEARS75 said:
Welcome UCABear,
Are you or any of your fans making the trip? If so please swing in to any of the tailgates going on around the stadium and visit. Most of us EWU fans love to interact and meet opposing fans!
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Prediction Thread UCA 14 @ EWU 31 Eags WUN!
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Welcome UCABear,
Are you or any of your fans making the trip? If so please swing in to any of the tailgates going on around the stadium and visit. Most of us EWU fans love to interact and meet opposing fans!
UCABEARS75
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There will be a handfull of us on the team plane. We are staying in Spokane but I'm guessing we will get to the stadium in time to roam around and visit a bit.
As to comparisons with Sam, some guessing here based on seeing some games, reading and our coaches comments: both of y'all have great QBs with your guy being more mobile. I would give receiver edge to EWU due to Kupp while Sam spreads it around but Sam is fast, very fast.
On D Sam might have a slight edge vs the run
It would be a high scoring matchup for sure.
They beat us pretty good but we turned the ball iver 6 times, 4 of them early which took away any chance we might have had.
As to comparisons with Sam, some guessing here based on seeing some games, reading and our coaches comments: both of y'all have great QBs with your guy being more mobile. I would give receiver edge to EWU due to Kupp while Sam spreads it around but Sam is fast, very fast.
On D Sam might have a slight edge vs the run
It would be a high scoring matchup for sure.
They beat us pretty good but we turned the ball iver 6 times, 4 of them early which took away any chance we might have had.
luckyintheorder
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UCABEARS75 said:
Not meaning to detract from the game facing both teams this week. We just have a more than passing familiarity with Keeler and SHSU.
Thanks for your insight. Truly looking forward to this one and seeing how our young team handles playoff pressure and good athletes. Know everyone on this board is ready
; fortunately for Eastern, none of us is suiting up or it would be a sorry showing. Might look a lot like this:
luckyintheorder
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UCA Hype Video:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFyuHyCWE-U[/youtube]
Post Redbird interview:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vXz__ESO-k[/youtube]
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFyuHyCWE-U[/youtube]
Post Redbird interview:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vXz__ESO-k[/youtube]
UCABEARS75
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Our team is very young and this will be only our 4th playoff game at fcs level.
UCABEARS75
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Correction-5th
UCABEARS75
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BTW, I was sitting right behind y'alls bench when you won championship in Frisco a few years back
Great game, great comeback.
Great game, great comeback.
luckyintheorder
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UCABEARS75 said:
It was indeed. Keeler had been packing it in all season when the BlueHens had a lead and hadn't faced an offense like Eastern's in the CAA that season (UNH maybe); a couple lucky breaks, one great over the shoulder catch from freshman RB to start it off and Kaufman willing it to happen... the rest was history. My son and I were there and I will be at the game Saturday and not looking for that much drama in this one.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW4ShzTDLF4[/youtube]
Crabcakes&Football
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Trekking up to Cheney from the Yakima Valley. This will be my first time back for a game since 2014. Can anyone tell me, can you set up a grill in the general parking lots (p3 and p7) or are they only allowed in the tailgating lots?
Howdy, Eagles.
Been reading up on your team but haven't seen any games so I only know some numbers and what has been said on here. Looking forward to seeing what all the hype is about on Saturday (but not really looking forward to looking at that red field on tv for 3 hours. Y'all need to get some gray stripes.... maybe a bit too WSU though, lol). The Kupp boy sounds incredible, curious to see what he's all about. For someone who hasn't watched him any, what does he do that separates him from everybody else? Always fun to see NFL players at the FCS level. We've got a really good one in #88 Desmond Smith but his numbers don't even come close to Kupp's. Sam Houston St has some guys who can go, but from the sound of things your receiver crew overall might be even better, which is pretty scary after what they did to us. Hopefully our coaches have made some adjustments since then or it could be a long day for the Bears.
To beat Washington State and nearly beat NDSU then win everything else, y'all obviously have a legit championship caliber team. I don't think we're quite there yet. But I do think we have the big play ability on offense, defense and special teams to pull an upset if some things go right. Going to have to take care of the dadgum ball and run it better than we have been, and most importantly force some turnovers and do something with it. Need some points (or at least a VERY short field) from defense and/or special teams. Our great run defense won't be of much use it sounds like, but hopefully our speed over there will limit the short passing game and force Gubrud to beat us deep with high risk/reward throws. That worked fine for SHSU though so our DB's will need to be ready. Hopefully we will change up the formations and have more DB's on the field more often than we did at SHSU. Sure would be good if our DL could get some pressure from the edges and keep your QB bottled up and hurried.
In a best of 7 series, I wouldn't lay too much money on the Bears. But in 1 game anything can happen. So I won't be surprised to see the Bears come away with the upset (of course I've got a couple decades and then some of Bear blood in me so I'm a homer), but I'm not really expecting it either. Heart says 35-31 Bears but head predicts 37-24 Eagles. Damn it.
Been reading up on your team but haven't seen any games so I only know some numbers and what has been said on here. Looking forward to seeing what all the hype is about on Saturday (but not really looking forward to looking at that red field on tv for 3 hours. Y'all need to get some gray stripes.... maybe a bit too WSU though, lol). The Kupp boy sounds incredible, curious to see what he's all about. For someone who hasn't watched him any, what does he do that separates him from everybody else? Always fun to see NFL players at the FCS level. We've got a really good one in #88 Desmond Smith but his numbers don't even come close to Kupp's. Sam Houston St has some guys who can go, but from the sound of things your receiver crew overall might be even better, which is pretty scary after what they did to us. Hopefully our coaches have made some adjustments since then or it could be a long day for the Bears.
To beat Washington State and nearly beat NDSU then win everything else, y'all obviously have a legit championship caliber team. I don't think we're quite there yet. But I do think we have the big play ability on offense, defense and special teams to pull an upset if some things go right. Going to have to take care of the dadgum ball and run it better than we have been, and most importantly force some turnovers and do something with it. Need some points (or at least a VERY short field) from defense and/or special teams. Our great run defense won't be of much use it sounds like, but hopefully our speed over there will limit the short passing game and force Gubrud to beat us deep with high risk/reward throws. That worked fine for SHSU though so our DB's will need to be ready. Hopefully we will change up the formations and have more DB's on the field more often than we did at SHSU. Sure would be good if our DL could get some pressure from the edges and keep your QB bottled up and hurried.
In a best of 7 series, I wouldn't lay too much money on the Bears. But in 1 game anything can happen. So I won't be surprised to see the Bears come away with the upset (of course I've got a couple decades and then some of Bear blood in me so I'm a homer), but I'm not really expecting it either. Heart says 35-31 Bears but head predicts 37-24 Eagles. Damn it.
Screamin_Eagle174
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BearBones said:
Exceptional footwork and precision help him get separation so often. He's got laser focus and soft hands with the jumps balls... he comes down with it 95% of the time it seems. He's got a nasty stiff arm and is a very physical runner with the ball... will power up the wazooo. Overall, he's just a master of his craft because he's humble and always hungry to improve. Very fun to watch. :thumb:
luckyintheorder
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Pretty good prediction. Defense surprised to the upside.01eag said:
And know one thinks we will kick a FG. Nice job 01Eag
Screamin_Eagle174
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Who'd a thunk it... underpredicted on the yards, overpredicted on the points. I did get the two turnovers, and the pick by Fettig... at the last minute. :lol:Screamin_Eagle174 said:
luckyintheorder
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Nice job SE. Really thought our defense would come to play, but who thought we would hold them to 244 yards? Incredible performance.Screamin_Eagle174 said:
