Week2 Prediction Thread EWU 35 @ UNI 38 Uggh!

[sammamisheag]

 

[luckyintheorder]

Per Jim blog/article his UNI newspaperman counterpart has it: Eastern Washington 31, Northern Iowa 27

 

[luckyintheorder]

clawman stirred the pot, albeit very politely, over on the panther site and a preponderance are leaning towards hari kari. One fan had it ewu 77 - UNI 17. Gotta laugh.

The sense from eag fans is this one will be a tough road game, but will be holding out for 77-17 eags . Think UNI coaches will have them ready to play. Someone does think their DB's can hang.... more importantly can their DL disrupt? If not, no one can hang with Eag wideouts.

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[Vic E. Wallace]

clawman,
Thanks for the correction on the flight to UNI. The flight departs Airport to UNI @07:00hrs, I was incorrect when I stated they were leaving at 08:00hrs, will try and get up a little earlier than usual. Go Eagles!!!!! Vic Wallace

 

[01eag]

I think we finally get over the hump against UNI this week, but it will be another stress test. I am going with 45 to 35 Eags.

 

[eaglesfootball]

i watched some of their game with Iowa St and what we have here is your typical Gateway/Missouri Valley team with a good defense and a ball control running offense. their game plan offensively will undoubtedly be to run the ball as much as possible to limit our possession. Our number one priority must be to limit their running game and keep their third down opportunities at low percentage. our defensive front seven is going to need to make plays, period. If we can limit their running game, I think we will win, because I am questioning whether or not they can make enough big passing plays to stay in the game if thats the case.

 

[Hambone]

The strength of their defense is their secondary so I think we'll see our offense run the ball a lot more than in the Oregon game.

 

[EWURanger]

The strength of their defense is their secondary so I think we'll see our offense run the ball a lot more than in the Oregon game.

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[Eaglefanatical]

EWU 35 UNI 27

 

[EWURanger]

Interestingly, everything I have seen puts UNI at -3 for this game, even though we are slightly higher in the Sagarin, which is presumably what most of the simulations and betting lines are based off of. What I am taking from that is that we're basically two evenly matched teams, and they're giving UNI a slight edge due to playing at home.

That said, I think the computers are underestimating our offense, while maybe slightly overestimating theirs. Guess we'll find out tomorrow.

 

[GROUND&POUND]

I'm a little worried about this game. I understand our starting RT Cassidy Curtis is out and I think we have some drop off there. I'm confident we can get a win, but I'm hoping our players aren't happy with last week's performance.

Prediction:
Wilson has a big game at RB, and one of our WR's other than Kupp will also have a big game as UNI tries to contain the ALL GALAXY WR.

This may be a huge week for our defense to show what they can do.

I think our game plan will be one of the best we've seen, as this is a very important game and we can expect our coaches to pull out all the stops.

EWU 40, UNI 27

 

[clawman1]

UNI's strength appears to be their experience on defense. Our strength is on offense so that matchup will be interesting. I would expect we will see a lot more balance between run/pass than the Oregon game. Our O-line should be able to protect West and open holes for the run game. As good as our receiving corp and West is it will be difficult to run the ball when we should be able to move the ball through the air.
I feel our defense is better that the 61 points given up in Eugene. It will be interesting to see how they hold the UNI offense. I think we will see more dynamic offenses in league play so this will be a good primer for that.
If we scored 6 times against a Pac 12 team that is ranked in the top 10 nationally I don't see why we can't score 8 times, 2x per quarter, in this game.
I like our overall defensive speed, and physicality of the D-line. As mentioned UNI offense is not their strength and they are having some turmoil at the QB position so I don't see them scoring more than 1x per qtr. I would expect coach Farley will quickly realize they can't trade field goals for TD's so will be forced to go for it on 4th down thus effectively creating a turnover.
Eagles 56
UNI 28

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/sep/11/eagles-need-another-big-performance-vs-northern-io/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Jims makes a good point in his article, and this does kind of feel like the South Dakota game. One similarity, we lost Cassidy Curtis on the O-line. In the SD game we also lost key players that affected the entire season.
I'm backing off my first prediction and saying we only score 42 and if they play their Iowa transfer running back, they may add a couple of field goals.
Final score
EWU 42
UNI 32

 

[luckyintheorder]

UNI's strength appears to be their experience on defense. Our strength is on offense so that matchup will be interesting. I would expect we will see a lot more balance between run/pass than the Oregon game. Our O-line should be able to protect West and open holes for the run game. As good as our receiving corp and West is it will be difficult to run the ball when we should be able to move the ball through the air.
I feel our defense is better that the 61 points given up in Eugene. It will be interesting to see how they hold the UNI offense. I think we will see more dynamic offenses in league play so this will be a good primer for that.
If we scored 6 times against a Pac 12 team that is ranked in the top 10 nationally I don't see why we can't score 8 times, 2x per quarter, in this game.
I like our overall defensive speed, and physicality of the D-line. As mentioned UNI offense is not their strength and they are having some turmoil at the QB position so I don't see them scoring more than 1x per qtr. I would expect coach Farley will quickly realize they can't trade field goals for TD's so will be forced to go for it on 4th down thus effectively creating a turnover.
Eagles 56
UNI 28

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/sep/11/eagles-need-another-big-performance-vs-northern-io/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Jims makes a good point in his article, and this does kind of feel like the South Dakota game. One similarity, we lost Cassidy Curtis on the O-line. In the SD game we also lost key players that affected the entire season.
I'm backing off my first prediction and saying we only score 42 and if they play their Iowa transfer running back, they may add a couple of field goals.
Final score
EWU 42
UNI 32

Jim is reaching a bit. Most of the passes last week were underneath or comeback types against good athletes. The difference was downfield blocking executed well by the other WR's and OL. Expect that to pull the safeties in for a big play or two later. Losing a senior OL could be an issue, but with 4 starters and a redshirt Jr replacing him, this doesn't sound like 2011.

The UNI board isn't sure who is starting at RB or QB.... Sounds like their offense is in the air. Agree though if they can put a running game together 28+ points is likely. Excited to see our defense really contribute to the victory today. Eag's will have to play a complete game on both sides to notch the victory.