Preseason D1AA Football Polls
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CATMENDUE2
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Jag-BR said:
GSU 24 SU 13
yeah, right. :flippy:
DAHILL
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CATMENDUE2 said:
I still dont understand the "Grambling grew up at the end of the season" thing... Are you saying this because you beat your in state rival, because your last 4 games of the season with the exception of the SU game werent NOTHING to write home about. Lets look back at the schedule...
1. You lost to JACKSON STATE by 11 points
2. You beat a Winless Texas SO by 18 points
3. You lose to Bama St by 14 points
4. You win against Savannah State (a team with no D1AA wins) by 5 points
5. You win the Bayou Classic by 11
I just dont see the "Grambling progress" at the end of the season. All I see is a Bayou Classic win and 2 small margin wins over winless teams. Keep in mind this is NOT smack, Im asking honest questions.
MikeBigg
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DAHILL said:
Good valid points...even the one a couple of posts back where you mentioned that GSU failed to utilize the running game against A&M, receivers dropping passes, and the way Landers hung tough against the unrelenting A&M blitz. But the best point you made is that this can be attributed to coaching. Let's be real... Coach Spears cfuked up! Not only in the A&M game but also in several others by emphasizing the pass over the run.
Hopefully that's in the past. All last season, I disagreed with Coach Spear's penchant for relying so much on the passing game. The experience on our team wasn't at the wide receiver and qb position...the focal point should have been the offensive line and running game. Ab Kuaan, Ruben Mayes, and Terrion Rogers are all hard nose runners...in Kuaan case, he can also juke and scoot when necessary. Unfortunately, Spears opted to go for the quick strike in the passing game.
But before this comes across as me second quessing Spear's knowledge of the game, let me say that I understand the logic behind his play calling. Make no mistake about it...the man understands the passing game. He knows coverages and recognizes the gaps in a defense. However, I don't think he did a good job of utilizing last year's team personnel. Some of it might have been due to a "stubborness" that all good coaches have. Some coaches become "married" to a certain style and refuse to change. A part of the refusal is due to their belief that it will work and a part of it is due to them "proving a point" to the sideline coaches and Monday morning quarterbacks.
All last season, Coach Spears (in my opinion) wanted to prove himself as being "the" coach and that "his" system would work. I think he actually tried to become a run oriented coach...but he had so much of a "comfort" zone with the quick strike passing game that he always reverted back. Against Pine Bluff and Bama State, he opened up with the running game. Unfortunately, he didn't always "mix" the run calls effectively and/or he got impatient and went for the pass "cuz that was what the defense showed". Sometimes it worked but most times, Landers either misread the coverage or the receivers had crucial drops. The situation worsen when a defense that never jelled (coaching changes headed into the season with a new DC arriving just before the season) would give up big plays on third down due to blown assignments or bad signal calling...ie the blitz in the BC with 6 seconds to play before half that resulted in a cheap score (cheap in terms of it being a gimme against that type coverage).
A lengthy response on my part...but simply saying last year was a learning experience for the players and the staff.
J C
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MB, I saw the Bama State game and could not understand yall play selection in the 2nd half. Yall were in control of the game during the first half and resorted to a pass first offense in the 2nd half. Once yall fell behind, you had no other option but to pass.
I pick Ramblin coming out of the west this season. :nod2:
I pick Ramblin coming out of the west this season. :nod2:
DAHILL said:
Thats because you don't want to see it.
CATMENDUE2
The Cat Catcher II
Anonymous said:
Thats exactly the point I was making. Now who reports for 1AA.org. Why then is there such a difference in opinions and why does all the polls have the same HBCU's ranked, because 1AA.org polls consist of pollsters that don't recognize the SWAC and IVY league. Because of that SWAC teams loose in total point standings and then they fall in the polls, this is much like how they rank our conferences too. :nod2:
CATMENDUE2
The Cat Catcher II
DAHILL said:
the FACT OF THE MATTER, IS THAT YOU DID SEE PROGRESS AND SO DID WE. :wavey:
CATMENDUE2
The Cat Catcher II
Jag-BR said:
I think Dahill was addressing that to a Gman or lady. You need to concentrate on SU and STFU :wavey: Its apparent you don't know much at all about Grrambling and less about SU.
CATMENDUE2
The Cat Catcher II
:lmao: :lmao:
Ask all the teams that lost there last game and I bet they can tell you. :whatever: what color am I :wavey: I lost my last 2 :lmao:
DAHILL said:
Ask all the teams that lost there last game and I bet they can tell you. :whatever: what color am I :wavey: I lost my last 2 :lmao:
CATMENDUE2
The Cat Catcher II
Jag-BR said:
We are Grambling, and you are Southern the team that cost the West the trophy too. Yall got smacked around too. :slap:
MACHIAVELLI
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Da_Sperm said:
JROCK said:
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