kiss my axe wrote:I know SFA got housed in the playoffs last year by Montana, but the few excuses they actually do have for that game are ok ones I guess. SFA is not used to playing in below freezing temps. They had never played a game (in the last several years at least) in front of so many people, and they were just shellshocked plain and simple. They got hammered by a team that was lightyears better than them, and I called it as soon as the matchup came to be.
However, people seem to forget that SFA did win a home playoff game last year, though that was against a very different EWU team. The sad thing about that game was that it was over Thanksgiving day weekend, so it was mostly locals at the game, thankfully that's not the same deal this year.
To the poster above who said that SFA has been the #1 team in the nation except for 10 minutes against TX State, I really can't disagree more. They've dominated some teams yeah, but they've also looked average on several occasions, and I wouldn't put our defense/running game/special teams up against many teams, because they are average or below average. Our defensive line has done some good things, our secondary is servicable but still young.
Our running game so-so is because of the spread they run, but running out the clock has been an issue several times this year. The other team just get so many possessions. Between SFA airing it out, mediocre running backs, and the high frequencies of quick snaps and no huddle that we use sometimes, the other offense usually will have plenty of chances to find their rythm.
I think SFA should win this by a touchdown, but I don't expect a high scoring game, but I don't think anyone would be shocked to see them go down. I hope they don't, I'd love them to get a chance to play App State, though like the game against Montana, I don't think I would like the outcome of that game.
I, for one, would be glad to entertain the QB the night before the game.
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ASUMountaineer wrote:
Perhaps, but if you've watched our D play at all this year, you'd definitely see why I'd prefer a team that is more balanced than a team that prefers to air-it-out.
Good Point, but Sczcur and Whitney are to be feared.
For W&M we would much rather face a team with a balanced offense as well. Not too keen on your TO offense brethren from SoCon that we have to face...
I agree, on both accounts. ASU utilized a lot of back-side blitzes to curtail the TO...I'd suspect W&M to do the same.
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kiss my axe wrote:To the poster above who said that SFA has been the #1 team in the nation except for 10 minutes against TX State, I really can't disagree more. They've dominated some teams yeah, but they've also looked average on several occasions, and I wouldn't put our defense/running game/special teams up against many teams, because they are average or below average. Our defensive line has done some good things, our secondary is servicable but still young.
SFA hasn't looked overly dominant this season, but no-one has. They have looked average at times, but that's true for every other top team as well.
Aside from that 10-minute stretch, I do think SFA has been the best team in the nation (as I said earlier). However, the standards for being the best team in the nation are lower in 2010 than in past years. App State is the #1 seed with just a 9-2 record. I can't even remember the last time a #1 seed had single-digit wins.
kiss my axe wrote:To the poster above who said that SFA has been the #1 team in the nation except for 10 minutes against TX State, I really can't disagree more. They've dominated some teams yeah, but they've also looked average on several occasions, and I wouldn't put our defense/running game/special teams up against many teams, because they are average or below average. Our defensive line has done some good things, our secondary is servicable but still young.
SFA hasn't looked overly dominant this season, but no-one has. They have looked average at times, but that's true for every other top team as well.
Aside from that 10-minute stretch, I do think SFA has been the best team in the nation (as I said earlier). However, the standards for being the best team in the nation are lower in 2010 than in past years. App State is the #1 seed with just a 9-2 record. I can't even remember the last time a #1 seed had single-digit wins.
I didn't get to see this game as I was in Boone, and then driving back to Charlotte in the snow. Did SFA fall apart, or did Nova take them apart? From what I've read, they had nothing after halftime.
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ASUMountaineer wrote:I didn't get to see this game as I was in Boone, and then driving back to Charlotte in the snow. Did SFA fall apart, or did Nova take them apart? From what I've read, they had nothing after halftime.
I skimmed through my DVR of the game. Nova called a fake FG and punched it in for a TD right before half and then Talley made the necessary halftime adjustments, as he usually does, and it was a Nova cakewalk after that. SFA had no resiliency, and as GF mentioned, this is par for the course for them. They folded like a cheap three piece.
