Villanova @ App State

[SpeedkingATL]

I was at the game and came away very impressed by Nova in all phases. Their O and D lines pushed us around all day and their defense appeared to have Presley confused much of the time. Nova covered our receivers better than any team I've seen this year and Szcur is the best player I've seen in FCS this year. Also there was no yapping or chest thumping by the Nova players, just kicked butt and went to the sidelines. Talked to many of their fans and they were a class act as well.

Another great year by the App players ....just wasn't enough against Nova this year.

[Appaholic]

Villanova was by far the better team. ASU hit Nova for two big plays totaling 120 yrds early on before the Nova defense settled in. Once VU's defense became acclimated ASU was done. ASU's defense was no match for the Nova power running game (285 yrds) while the ASU running game was completely shut down. ASU had 100 rushing yrds but half of that came on one play in their first series, after that their running game was pretty much non existent. I took a lot of heat when I predicted early on;

by AssKickinChicken » Sun Oct 10, 2010 8:55 am

ASU has played two decent opponents (UTC & Elon) and given up 500 yrds of offense to both.

ASU may be currently unbeaten and ranked #1, but they can forget Frisco and maybe even the SoCon title unless that tissue thin defense improves a whole lot before the Furman, GSU, Wofford run

but it seems I was correct, as ASU met two teams who played really tough defense, GSU & Villanova and lost to both.

Where above, exactly, are you saying that? Your highlighted statement doesn't say one thing about playing tough defenses, just that our defense was paper-tissue thin. We beat 2 out fo three teams listed above (handily) & lost to the 3rd in overtime at their stadium by giving up a whopping 14 pts in regulation on the way to our 6th SoCon title. I wouldn't quit your day job to become a fulltime soothsayer or astrologer anytime soon....

[AZGrizFan]

I was at the game and came away very impressed by Nova in all phases. Their O and D lines pushed us around all day and their defense appeared to have Presley confused much of the time. Nova covered our receivers better than any team I've seen this year and Szcur is the best player I've seen in FCS this year. Also there was no yapping or chest thumping by the Nova players, just kicked butt and went to the sidelines. Talked to many of their fans and they were a class act as well.

Another great year by the App players ....just wasn't enough against Nova this year.

Read: four.

[AssKickinChicken]

Where above, exactly, are you saying that? You're highlighted statement doesn't say one thing about playing tough defenses, just that our defense was paper-tissue thin. We beat 2 out fo three teams listed above (handily) & lost to the 3rd in overtime at their stadium by giving up a whopping 14 pts in regulation on the way to our 6th SoCon title. I wouldn't quit your day job to become a fulltime soothsayer or astrologer anytime soon....

I was saying that DEFENSE wins champioships and good defense usually will win out over good offense. ASU's offense was very good, averaging over 35 points a game, but in their loses to GSU and Nova that great offense averaged just 17 a game, wonder why? The point was that ASU defense wasn't good enough and I predicted that when they finally did meet a good opponent who played very tough defense that they would be in big trouble. And that is exactly what happened.

[GannonFan]

I was at the game and came away very impressed by Nova in all phases. Their O and D lines pushed us around all day and their defense appeared to have Presley confused much of the time. Nova covered our receivers better than any team I've seen this year and Szcur is the best player I've seen in FCS this year. Also there was no yapping or chest thumping by the Nova players, just kicked butt and went to the sidelines. Talked to many of their fans and they were a class act as well.

Another great year by the App players ....just wasn't enough against Nova this year.

Read: four.

I don't know - if he really talked to 4 of them then he should've used the word "most". I say he talked to 3 of them so he can go with "many" or simply "half" - his choice.

[AZGrizFan]

Read: four.

I don't know - if he really talked to 4 of them then he should've used the word "most". I say he talked to 3 of them so he can go with "many" or simply "half" - his choice.

Point taken.

[Appaholic]

Where above, exactly, are you saying that? You're highlighted statement doesn't say one thing about playing tough defenses, just that our defense was paper-tissue thin. We beat 2 out fo three teams listed above (handily) & lost to the 3rd in overtime at their stadium by giving up a whopping 14 pts in regulation on the way to our 6th SoCon title. I wouldn't quit your day job to become a fulltime soothsayer or astrologer anytime soon....

I was saying that DEFENSE wins champioships and good defense usually will win out over good offense. ASU's offense was very good, averaging over 35 points a game, but in their loses to GSU and Nova that great offense averaged just 17 a game, wonder why? The point was that ASU defense wasn't good enough and I predicted that when they finally did meet a good opponent who played very tough defense that they would be in big trouble. And that is exactly what happened.

[CrackerRiley]

Fun fact: I met a guy while tailgating that was decked out in Montana gear, gave him a beer, talked for about 15 mins and found out he went to undergrad at Montana and now works at.... Western Carolina. The only thing I could tell him: I'm sorry.

[CrackerRiley]

As for the game. Everytime Caesar got behind center I just quit looking and told the people around me to cheer if he got less than 5 yards on the play. Never cheered... As said before, got whipped in the trenches. It was difficult to watch.

I don't care what people say, I do not want to so Deandre Presley behind center again. He is not a QB. Let's get our other guys some experience. Maybe they can take an even better advantage of our system than DP was able to do.