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Brevard at Western Jul 31, 2014 18:07:49 GMT -5

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Moving on to game #2. Brevard College Tornados

The Tornados open the home football season for the Catamounts on Saturday, 9-5-14 at 3:30 pm

Just to refresh your memory, he'd an updated Look at Game 2, Brevard College

Who: Brevard College Tornados

When: Saturday, September 6, 2014 at 3:30 pm

Where: Bob Waters Field at E.J. Whitmire Stadium

The Series: The upcoming game will be only the second meeting between the Tornados and Catamounts on the football field . The first meeting between the two schools was played back in 1945, and won by Western Carolina.

Their conference: The South Atlantic Conference (SAC) - The South Atlantic Conference is in its 38th year as a NCAA Division II conference. A forerunner of the South Atlantic Conference was the North State Atlantic Conference (NSIAC). The NSIAC was formed when the "Little Six", as it was called, broke from the North Carolina Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1930. These charter members included Lenoir-Rhyne College, Atlantic Christian, Catawba College, Guilford College, Elon College, and High Point College.

Their coach: Paul Hamilton (67-111 overall). Head Coach Paul Hamilton enters his 31th year coaching collegiate football at both the Division I and Division II levels, with 16 years of experience as a head coach. Hamilton is in his eighth year at the helm of the Tornados.

Last year’s record: 3-8 overall, and 2-5 in conference play

How they got there: In 2013, Brevard played two Big South Conference teams, Presbyterian to kick off the season, and Liberty to close out the season. The Tornados lost both games, by a score of 21-59 in the former and 24-62 in the latter. Between those two losses, Brevard won three games (Tusculum, Mars Hill, & College of Faith), then lost their last six (Newberry, Catawba, Wingate, Lenior-Rhyne, North Greenville, and Carson-Newman). Brevard used a trio of quarterbacks last season, led by junior Tanner Wright and a pair of freshmen, Caleb Stephens & Kevin Herbst.

Statistics:
Rushing Offense: 258.9 yards per game
Passing Offense: 56.7 yards per game
Total Offense: 315.6 yards per game
Scoring Offense: 27.7 per game
Fumbles-Lost: 18 - 9
Red-Zone Scores: (33-39) 85%
Red-Zone Touchdowns: (30-39) 7 7%
PAT-Attempts: (41-42) 98%

Losses/Weaknesses - The Toronados lose 13 seniors to graduation.
Key Losses -
Kelvin Jeter - Jeter earned a spot on the All-SAC team as a running back after finishing second in the conference with 6.3 yards per carry. The redshirt junior rushed for 800 yards and eight touchdowns on 126 carries. Jeter ran for a season-high 148 yards against Liberty University.

Strengths - Returning Leaders:
Michael Gruber -Gruber was named All-SAC as a linebacker after setting a Brevard College single-season record with 124 total tackles in 2013. The junior recorded a season-high 16 tackles at Carson-Newman on September 28th, and grabbed two interceptions on the year.

Jacob McCleery - McCleery earned a All-SAC honors as a defensive back after finishing third in the SAC in interceptions (four) and second for interception return yards (112). The sophomore intercepted passes in three consecutive conference games, including a 74-yard interception returned for a touchdown in the win over Mars Hill on October 12th

Jordan Ollis - The junior fullback rushed for 786 yards on 183 carries. Ollis finished third in the South Atlantic Conference in rushing touchdowns (11) and also caught a pair of touchdown passes.

Jacob McCleery - McCleery finished third in the SAC in interceptions (four) and second for interception return yards (112). The sophomore intercepted passes in three consecutive conference games, including a 74-yard interception returned for a touchdown in the win over Mars Hill on October 12th.

"Go Cats"
- in honor of Catamount man / Pickens

“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” —Thomas Jefferson

Top Cat Redshirt Freshman Fan of WCU Catamounts Posts: 348	Brevard at Western Jul 31, 2014 19:35:55 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Top Cat on Jul 31, 2014 19:35:55 GMT -5 Whoever voted for Brevard, I'd like to hear your rational for that vote. Are you an App State fan?
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catamountrobert Boomer Don't ever argue with idiots...They'll beat you down with their experience! Posts: 41	Brevard at Western Aug 2, 2014 19:52:22 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by catamountrobert on Aug 2, 2014 19:52:22 GMT -5 Western Carolina wins easily 41-6 improves to 1-1 with the win! GO CATS!

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Brevard at Western Aug 13, 2014 14:06:55 GMT -5

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an update on Brevard courtesy their web site......

2014 SAC Digital Media Day: Paul Hamilton Comments

Paul Hamilton: Good morning everyone! We’re excited about our players reporting back to campus today and we’re looking forward to the 2014 season and the opportunity to be a part of a great league like the South Atlantic Conference.

Question: First question has to be about the turf. How awesome is it??

PH: There will be no more Mud Bowls in Brevard! The community along with all of Brevard College is very excited and thankful to enhance our program with the new turf, and I’m sure our opponents will be glad to know now that they’ll be able to play in a better venue.

Q: Have your players reported yet? What is the practice schedule looking like for the Tornados?

PH: Our players report to campus today and tomorrow will be a transition day with compliance and equipment issues as well as knocking out physicals and administrative meetings. We’re looking forward to starting practice on Wednesday.

Q: Talk about being one of the least-penalized teams in the country last season. How can you translate that into more success this season?

PH: We emphasize structure and discipline a great deal in our program. That’s an area where our teams have done a good job year in and year out, not only at Brevard but everywhere I’ve been a coach. We realize that we must be good in that area because we can’t do things to beat ourselves. We hope, along with improvement in other areas, that it will make a difference in us being a better football team this fall.

Q: Saw Overholt was named to the first-team preseason all-SAC, how much of a weapon is he for you in the return game?

PH: To begin with, Andre Overholt is one of the finest young men I’ve ever had a chance to coach. He sets a standard, not only for our football program, but for all of Brevard College. He not only is a big part of our special teams in every phase, not just returning punts and kickoffs, he contributes as much to this football team as any guy we’ve had play here at Brevard. Offensively, he runs, blocks, and catches, and he does the little things to make him one of the better football players in the entire conference.

Q: Are there any games on your schedule that stand out for you this season?

PH: I think most people would agree that we may be playing the toughest schedule in all of Division II football. Opening up against Western Carolina and Liberty certainly is a great challenge for a lot of football teams. Then when you follow that up with our conference opener against Carson-Newman, a game at North Greenville, and Lenoir-Rhyne at home we’ve got to play well early on. Without a doubt.

"Go Cats"
- in honor of Catamount man / Pickens

“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” —Thomas Jefferson

Top Cat Redshirt Freshman Fan of WCU Catamounts Posts: 348	Brevard at Western Sept 2, 2014 15:40:27 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Top Cat on Sept 2, 2014 15:40:27 GMT -5 Weather outlook for Saturday - High: 84 Chance of Rain: 60% Wind: W at 4 mph Humidity: 84% www.weather.com/weather/wxdetail4/USNC0169
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Brevard at Western Sept 3, 2014 8:24:10 GMT -5

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Post by The Cats on Sept 3, 2014 8:24:10 GMT -5

Quotes from Coach Speir about hosting Brevard College:

"We've got a lot of respect for Brevard College. They're going to be excited to come up here to play, and a lot of our fan bases are right here together. And so, we're expecting a really good crowd for our home opener. We've got to prepare just like we did last week; have got to have another great week of preparation,"

"Coach (Paul) Hamilton does a great job; he knows what he's doing and they've got their identity and know who they are. They run the triple option and they do it well. That's an offense you don't see a whole lot. A lot of teams that run that offense have a lot of success because to defense it, you have to be very disciplined, assignment oriented and it's a complete different offense than what our guys have faced all spring and preseason in getting ready for our first opponent - and that always presents a big challenge for you."

"Another big challenge is that we haven't seen them play this year. Obviously, we've seen some film from last year, but this will be their first game. You never know in a first ball game what to expect. They've got some film on us from last Saturday, so they're going to know where our team is. But the big unknown, we won't know what they've changed or are doing different from last year."

"We don't look at it as a Division II team - we look at it as our next opponent. My message to the team Sunday night in our team meeting was that this is our next opponent. We did a great job of preparing last week - our coaches and our players - to get ready for that ball game. And it's about what we do internally."

"It's all about us and us preparing ourselves for our next opponent. It doesn't matter who they are - if they're FBS, Division II. It's the next guy across from us. We've got to focus on what we're doing, how we're executing and the process. The outcome will take care of itself."

Last Edit: Sept 3, 2014 8:24:57 GMT -5 by The Cats

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Brevard at Western Sept 3, 2014 12:22:23 GMT -5 The Cats likes this

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Post by cadco25 on Sept 3, 2014 12:22:23 GMT -5

I will be disappointed if we don't really run away with this game. Our first two games are against Brevard and Catawba, and then the Cats won't play on the Whee again until October 11... With that being the case, I want to have some fun showing off and just dominating some games, you know? Build the hype.

Regardless of how much we win by, I have no doubt we will be victorious against Brevard.

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Brevard at Western Sept 3, 2014 14:12:45 GMT -5 Admin and gocats95 like this

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Post by wcatradio75 on Sept 3, 2014 14:12:45 GMT -5

My only fear is that last year we played a respectable game against Middle Tennessee, not horribly against Virginia Tech and I was expecting a big improvement. Then we played a squeaker (in the rain) against Mars Hill. We didn't win again until Elon. We need to blow out these next two games and come away from Greenville with a win over Furman. Then I'll breathe a little more easily.

Go Cats!

catamountsfan98 Freshman Posts: 269	Brevard at Western Sept 3, 2014 20:22:08 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by catamountsfan98 on Sept 3, 2014 20:22:08 GMT -5 I am interested to see how our defense performs against Brevard's offense. Will definitely be a tester for upcoming SoCon opponents.

purplecat Sophomore Catamount Fan Posts: 574	Brevard at Western Sept 5, 2014 17:14:33 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by purplecat on Sept 5, 2014 17:14:33 GMT -5 Saturday's forecast Partly cloudy skies during the morning hours. Thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. High 83F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 80%.
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