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Post by Admin on Sept 23, 2024 15:31:46 GMT -5
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Post by catamountalum04 on Sept 23, 2024 17:03:00 GMT -5
We have to come out ready to grind out the conference part of our schedule. A 1-3 record is a big hole to climb out of
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Sept 23, 2024 18:04:19 GMT -5
I do know that we will not lose this week.
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catman72
Redshirt Freshman
2023 SoCon Football Pick'em Champion & 2022 SoCon Football Pick'em Co-Champion
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Post by catman72 on Sept 23, 2024 18:22:11 GMT -5
Kerwin Bell said he hopes to have Cole ready to go by the Wofford game.....I'm worried with that statement.....I understand there competitive drive but I wish he would have taken Cole out before he got so beat up.....They were taking some serious shots at him....His shoulder was affecting his throwing even Coach Bell said that so I'm not sure how much of a chance we had of winning.....Wofford is going to play tough!
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Post by wcu77 on Sept 23, 2024 19:12:34 GMT -5
The open week comes at a great time under these circumstances. We have to be ready for a hard game that Wofford seems to always give us.
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Sept 24, 2024 4:51:13 GMT -5
In my opinion, if we bring it like we did against Montana in each of our remaining games, we will be fine in the SoCon. If we lay an egg 🥚 like we did against Campbells Soups 🍜 we will not win. Arguably Campbell was the weakest team we played so far and we played to the level of our competition. Montana will end the season as a top 5 team and we gave them all they wanted at their place. Preparation and determination is what we need. We can’t win 2 or 3 in a row now and start thinking, we have arrived. If we can play with a chip on our shoulder and prepare hard every week, we can win the rest, but if we start thinking that all we have to do is show up, we will lose. That’s where coaching comes in. Coaches need to prepare and motivate these kids every week. I hope that the offense is back because if it is, we can compete with anybody. Our defense is better than it has been. We have given up some big plays but I think a lot of that is because the players are missing assignments because they are still learning the system. Also, sometimes Cole looks like a brand new player and sometimes he looks like Joe Montana. If he has another game like Campbell, I hope coach takes him out before he throws 4 interceptions. Sometimes players have a bad day, but coaches need to realize that and make a change before it gets too bad.
GO CATS!!!!!
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Post by wcatradio75 on Sept 24, 2024 10:06:16 GMT -5
Kerwin Bell said he hopes to have Cole ready to go by the Wofford game.....I'm worried with that statement.....I understand there competitive drive but I wish he would have taken Cole out before he got so beat up.....They were taking some serious shots at him....His shoulder was affecting his throwing even Coach Bell said that so I'm not sure how much of a chance we had of winning.....Wofford is going to play tough! Yes. Woffy will be tough. No. We did have a chance at winning @ Montana and I respect Coach’s decision to leave Cole in. We were down by 3 with 1:50 left in the game. If we had stopped that 3rd down, we could have gotten the ball back with a potential final drive.
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Post by wcugrad95 on Sept 24, 2024 12:23:18 GMT -5
I think our coaches and players want to win every game, so it is hard - especially in the moment - to think about taking anybody off the field if they are still able to go. That is especially true when it is arguably your best player (and no argument he is our most important player). No doubt the SOCON games are more important, but having a chance to get the first road win against a top-10 opponent would be huge for the program, too. Given we have the bye I am not going to second-guess Coach Bell's decision.
Every week is now basically a playoff week. We can obviously still have a good season by playing well and winning some games, but to have a great one means we have to do something crazy and go 7-1 in SOCON play. You can't do that without truly focusing on every single game. As mentioned, the bye really couldn't have come at a better time for us. Really tough OOC schedule followed by an always tough SOCON slate. Nice to get some rest and heal up before that gauntlet begins.
In the voice of Kerwin Bell - "We need to go out and be 1-0 in the next game"
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Post by The Cats on Sept 24, 2024 19:50:16 GMT -5
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catman72
Redshirt Freshman
2023 SoCon Football Pick'em Champion & 2022 SoCon Football Pick'em Co-Champion
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Post by catman72 on Sept 25, 2024 19:19:08 GMT -5
Not sure yet who I'm picking but we really need Wofford to knock off Mercer this weekend and Citadel to beat ETSU !!!!!!!
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