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Post by roaringsince96 on Sept 19, 2023 20:08:57 GMT -6
Well hopefully UT Martin got all of their scoring out the way last week. 66 points in a week is a lot of points. Sliver lining is their defense gave up points like week, 7 of them. Our defense gave up Nada, Nada, Nada. Hoping their crowd travels down for the game. Honoring the 1993 National Champion team is pretty cool. What a year to be at UNA. UNA trying to get a winning record for the first time since….well it has been a minute. Looking forward to seeing the starting lineups and two deep tomorrow. Prediction will come later in the week. Last game at home against UTC we put up 41….cause we missed the extra point and failed a 4th and goal from the 1. Is that enough this week? Does our passing game come back to life? Can our defense build off last weeks success? I’m ready to cheer on our Lions! Se y’all Saturday at Braly.
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Post by brandon on Sept 20, 2023 9:33:27 GMT -6
I've watched all 4 of UNAs games repeatedly on demand and in person.
1st thing I've noticed is we are talented, and we could easily be undefeated right now.
Mercer game I'll chalk up to not being comfortable for various reasons. First game new coaching staff, new players against a good team, it's a touchy process. I believe we could beat them now.
Defense got tired against Chattanooga and led to Chattanooga scoring like they did...
Take turnovers away against Tarleton and I think we win that game. Again, Defense was on the field too long with the turnovers and you know how momentum especially on the road can kill you... it also didn't help that our best RB has a broken leg during that game.
The last two games Tarleton and TTU, are the most disappointing to me... I thought we should have done a lot more offensively against TTU, and I believe we could have with RB1.
So if I'm UT Martin's HC, I'm extremely worried about this game.
I'm going against the media's grain here, but I honestly feel like we finish top 3 in UAC this year. We lost to Tarleton, I think the only other lose we should have in conference is UCA. Not a prediction by any means but just where I think we are capable of being.
UNA-42 UTM-10
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Post by unafied on Sept 20, 2023 13:25:33 GMT -6
Just getting back into the swing of things here after being in the woods for the better part of 2 weekends. Yeah I know, terrible time to take a vacation, but blame that on my wife. Anyway...
So Jalyn Daniels - is he done for the year? Broken leg? Or do we know? I'm assuming it was planned for him to be a big part of the offense and now we have to adjust. I still wonder if Lacey is a natural RB, but I guess we definitely have no choice but to use him there now.
I think Martin is a pretty good team. I'm sure we COULD blow them out, but I'm not sure that's what will happen. I think at this point I'll take any 'W' we get and hope that it builds to the future. IF we could win this weekend and beat a struggling EKU on Homecoming, that would be about as nice of a start as we could expect. The stretch run after that will be a tough one.
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Post by unalions on Sept 20, 2023 14:10:49 GMT -6
Daniels is out for the season based on seeing the injury on the broadcast live. Yet, I wish the team would give us some kind of update on him. Sending my prayers to him.
I, also, don’t think we have any idea how the team with do this week. It’ll be good to have two home games in a row.
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Post by brandon on Sept 20, 2023 15:00:10 GMT -6
Yall realize that Chattanooga is RV in the latest two polls?
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Post by unafied on Sept 20, 2023 17:27:48 GMT -6
Yall realize that Chattanooga is RV in the latest two polls? They beat Kennesaw and destroyed Citadel. They’re a good team. Are we better? I don’t know. I think playing them in their first game, especially with us having one already under our belts, definitely helped. Either way, I’m glad we won it. If we somehow finished 3rd in the UAC, as you talked out above, it could certainly help our chances with getting in the playoffs. But hey, let’s just win Saturday and go from there.
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Post by roaringsince96 on Sept 20, 2023 19:13:33 GMT -6
UTC is a good team. TSU is a good team. We didn’t adjust to their blitz in the 2nd half and our offense got shut down. We also struggled to cover their receiver one on one over and over. Hopefully we have learned from those games and will continue to improve. I am looking forward to Saturdays game. UT Martin has a winning record we want a winning record. I looked at the two deep on both websites. Players are built similar. One difference is at QB. UTM Qb is tall and light. He doesn’t seem to pose a big running threat. Their running back is very good. He definitely has our coaches attention. Our run defense needs to stand up again. Their receivers appear to be most dangerous after the catch, very explosive. Their defense is not bad, held Georgia to under 50. Like us just held a FCS opponent under 10 points. Seem to protect the ball on offense. Can we create a couple of turnovers to swing the game in our favor? I sure hope so….I think our passing game gets life this week. Lacey must hold onto the ball, if so he has another solid outing. Coach Dearmon said the SkyHawks are really good, one of the best if not the best team we have played this season. Good we are not over looking them and should be ready: Prediction:
UNA 34 UTM 24
Roar Lions!
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Post by unafied on Sept 22, 2023 6:08:06 GMT -6
So apparently, we will be wearing names on the jerseys for the first time this weekend! Not gonna lie... I'm old-school in my tastes for a lot of things, but I like having names on the jerseys. And I'm sure the players do too.
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Post by ekusteve on Sept 22, 2023 8:29:48 GMT -6
You need to change x.com to Twitter.com for it to work right now.
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Post by unafied on Sept 22, 2023 8:49:44 GMT -6
You need to change x.com to Twitter.com for it to work right now. I'll be darned. You'd think they would have worked this out before now. Guess that's asking too much Thanks!
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Post by ekusteve on Sept 22, 2023 11:12:42 GMT -6
Still have to do it on the CSN BBS and Maroon Nation boards as well.
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Post by unafied on Sept 23, 2023 11:14:33 GMT -6
How’s gameday looking in Florence today? Hope we have a big crowd. I’m hoping to make it for homecoming next week. According to this site, we are 10.5 point underdogs tonight. That seems a little high? I know UTM was a playoff team last year, but still. I feel like at home we’ll be tough. Won’t be surprised to see a close final score, though. Roar Lions!
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Post by roaringsince96 on Sept 23, 2023 14:08:19 GMT -6
Expecting a fight. Explosive receivers have been our weakness. Our offense showed little last week, must make some explosive plays tonight.
Roar Lions!
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Post by brandon on Sept 23, 2023 17:07:46 GMT -6
Not a very good crowd....
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Post by unafied on Sept 23, 2023 17:41:45 GMT -6
Not a very good crowd.... Man, that’s disappointing. Good 1st quarter after their opening drive. They can move the ball, but so far our defense is playing pretty well. Love their energy.
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