I'm concerned about our visit to the Blue turf...tough place
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I'm not a big fan of the smurf turf. That game will surely be a good test for The Herd....Unlike some teams
(cough cough), we aren't afraid to travel.
Herd should be use to smurf like things. Such as their schedule.
At least Boise has the balls to play P5 schools on the road.
Boise State vs FSU Aug. 31
At least Boise has the balls to play P5 schools on the road.
Boise State vs FSU Aug. 31
That game will tell us a lot, IMHO! BSU lost some great players off last years team and FSU was the biggest disappointment in College Football last season but we all know they have great talent. Interesting game!
Yeah right, we're "skeert" to play in Huntington. That's why we scheduled future home and home series with much less intimidating teams like Florida State, Penn State, Pitt, Virginia Tech and Alabama. Have fun in Boise, you're really Big Time now. [pfftt]
Concentrate on JMU for now...that tilt will require your full effort!
The Broncos will lose 18 players for 2019, including some key players on both sides of the ball. Multiple skill-position players will have room to move up in the roster with quarterback Brett Rypien, wide receivers A.J. Richardson and Sean Modster, cornerback Tyler Horton and STUD Jabril Frazier all graduating.
RB Alexander Matterson entered the draft forgoing his senior season. He rushed for 1,415 yards this season and 17 touchdowns on the year, tied for fifth most in the country.
Junior middle linebacker Tyson Maeva announced on Jan. 3 that he will be with the team. Mavea was the second-leading tackler on the team with 61.
Lost to graduation:
Chase Blakley
Haden Hoggarth
Tyler Horton
Jabril Frazier
Joseph Inda
Tony Lashley
Durrant Miles
Sean Modster
Andrew Preciado
Joe Provenzano
A.J. Richardson
Brett Rypien
Skyler Seibold
Paul Semons
Quinn Skillin
Zachary Troughton
The offense will be returning most of the starters with the entire offensive line and four wide receivers that combined for 1,413 yards and 12 touchdowns, with CT Thomas, John Hightower, Aklian Butler, and Khalil Shakir all returning. Octavius Evans will join that group next fall after playing sparingly this past season due to injuries.
Defense will see most of the lineup return with two of the top three tacklers, and seven of the top 10 tacklers on defense still on the roster next season.
Outside of those positions with depth returning much of the 2018 team, Boise State will have to find their next stars to lead them through a tough 2019 season.
Bronco Nation hasn't seen a season where they've had to replace both their star quarterback and running back, without knowing who would take over for sure since 2008, when Kellen Moore and DJ Harper, both unknowns entering that season, took over.
The two position battles that Boise States fans should keep their eyes on through this August are the quarterback and running back starters.
Unlike previous seasons, there is no heir apparent for the running back position. This leaves an opening for incoming Holani and Duncan to earn more reps and move into a starting role.
Boise State opens up the 2019 season with a neutral site game in Jacksonville, Fla. against Florida State on August 31.
It's not like the Herd is playing the 1962 Packers. Boise will be down this year. So the blue turf will be a tad easier. Plus opening with FSU, Boise will be busy putting their entire focus on the them. The Herd will be over looked because of that game. But the Doc led Herd will find a way to choke on it.
RB Alexander Matterson entered the draft forgoing his senior season. He rushed for 1,415 yards this season and 17 touchdowns on the year, tied for fifth most in the country.
Junior middle linebacker Tyson Maeva announced on Jan. 3 that he will be with the team. Mavea was the second-leading tackler on the team with 61.
Lost to graduation:
Chase Blakley
Haden Hoggarth
Tyler Horton
Jabril Frazier
Joseph Inda
Tony Lashley
Durrant Miles
Sean Modster
Andrew Preciado
Joe Provenzano
A.J. Richardson
Brett Rypien
Skyler Seibold
Paul Semons
Quinn Skillin
Zachary Troughton
The offense will be returning most of the starters with the entire offensive line and four wide receivers that combined for 1,413 yards and 12 touchdowns, with CT Thomas, John Hightower, Aklian Butler, and Khalil Shakir all returning. Octavius Evans will join that group next fall after playing sparingly this past season due to injuries.
Defense will see most of the lineup return with two of the top three tacklers, and seven of the top 10 tacklers on defense still on the roster next season.
Outside of those positions with depth returning much of the 2018 team, Boise State will have to find their next stars to lead them through a tough 2019 season.
Bronco Nation hasn't seen a season where they've had to replace both their star quarterback and running back, without knowing who would take over for sure since 2008, when Kellen Moore and DJ Harper, both unknowns entering that season, took over.
The two position battles that Boise States fans should keep their eyes on through this August are the quarterback and running back starters.
Unlike previous seasons, there is no heir apparent for the running back position. This leaves an opening for incoming Holani and Duncan to earn more reps and move into a starting role.
Boise State opens up the 2019 season with a neutral site game in Jacksonville, Fla. against Florida State on August 31.
It's not like the Herd is playing the 1962 Packers. Boise will be down this year. So the blue turf will be a tad easier. Plus opening with FSU, Boise will be busy putting their entire focus on the them. The Herd will be over looked because of that game. But the Doc led Herd will find a way to choke on it.
BSU did lose some good players but they're still BSU at home! To be honest Cincinnati is a better team than BSU but we're at home for that one. Curious to see BSU and FSU.
Cincinnati Bearcats
Head coach: Fickell (15-10, third year)
2018 record and S&P+ ranking: 11-2 (50th)
Projected 2019 record and S&P+ ranking: 8-4 (44th)
Five key points:
1. Fickell’s second season at UC featured a freshman QB, a sophomore RB, a couple of key injuries ... and a surge from four to 11 wins.
2. QB Desmond Ridder was a passing-downs magician, but inefficiency meant he had to pull a lot of rabbits out of hats. Is that sustainable?
3. Keeping Ridder out of passing downs will require more efficiency out of 1,300-yard rusher Michael Warren II and a rebuilt line. The potential is massive, though.
4. The defense combined aggressive on-ball pass defense and a dominant run front. The former will again be a strength, but attrition up front could threaten the latter.
5.The schedule, with three top-30 opponents and five more in the top 80, is full of both opportunity and peril. UC could improve but go 8-4.
If you’re looking for signs that Cincinnati can climb higher in 2019, your biggest source of encouragement has to be that the offense still has a lot of room to rise.
The base offense didn’t work all that well. They ranked 91st in standard-downs marginal efficiency, which means they were constantly falling behind schedule and asking a freshman QB to catch them up.
The defense doesn’t have nearly as much room to grow. The Bearcats rose from 68th to 36th. Dominating against the run and playing ultra-aggressive, on-ball pass defense. When you rank sixth in rushing marginal efficiency and first in completion rate allowed, you’re doing something right.
Cornerbacks Coby Bryant and Cam Jefferies combined for three interceptions, 20 pass breakups, and four tackles for loss (all from Jefferies) and played on such islands that they ended up with 54 solo tackles and only 12 assists. They’re back, as is redshirt freshman Arquon Bush, a 2018 star recruit who managed to break up four passes, with only three tackles solo, of course, in a four-game audition.
Safeties James Wiggins and Darrick Forrest are back after leading such an aggressive unit as sophomores. They combined for five INTs, seven breakups, and two TFLs.
At linebacker, Clements is gone after leading the team in tackles following his move from safety to SLB. But Jarell White and Bryan White return after combining for 15.5 TFLs, five sacks (all from Wright), 22 run stuffs, and a pair of passes defense.
Senior Perry Young, junior Joel Dublanko, sophomore RJ Potts, Duke transfer Tinashe Bere, redshirt freshman Ty Van Fossen, and others should combine to give Cincy the deepest LB corps in the AAC. And the secondary isn’t exactly thin.
Now the bad news: the line needs a little bit of retooling. Last year’s top three all depart, and while Freeman played a pretty large rotation up front, their production (33 TFLs, 14 sacks, 40 run stuffs, eight breakups) set a high bar.
Mouhon's return should solve one of those problems, at least. The senior had 16.5 TFLs in 2016-17. And at the jack/DE hybrid spot, juniors Michael Pitts and Ethan Tucky combined for 11.5 TFLs and six sacks last year. There are still playmakers on the edge.
In the middle, though, lots of guys will be asked to punch above their weight class. but no particularly known entities. Run defense was such an important driver of success, and further improvement will depend on a couple of tackles playing at a really high level.
Cincinnati is going to be good again this year, but how good is very much a “see whatever you want to see” situation.
The most likely scenario is that Cincinnati improves slightly overall. Granted, the Record might not improve, thanks to trips to Ohio State, Memphis, Marshall, and Houston and visits from UCF, UCLA, and Temple. That’s a rugged schedule, and a top-40 team might lose four games.
Still, after a brief stumble, Cincinnati was basically back to looking like a power conference team last year. The Bearcats were nasty, physical, and fun. That probably won’t change as long as Fickell’s there.
https://www.sbnation.com/college-fo...earcats-football-2019-preview-schedule-roster
Head coach: Fickell (15-10, third year)
2018 record and S&P+ ranking: 11-2 (50th)
Projected 2019 record and S&P+ ranking: 8-4 (44th)
Five key points:
1. Fickell’s second season at UC featured a freshman QB, a sophomore RB, a couple of key injuries ... and a surge from four to 11 wins.
2. QB Desmond Ridder was a passing-downs magician, but inefficiency meant he had to pull a lot of rabbits out of hats. Is that sustainable?
3. Keeping Ridder out of passing downs will require more efficiency out of 1,300-yard rusher Michael Warren II and a rebuilt line. The potential is massive, though.
4. The defense combined aggressive on-ball pass defense and a dominant run front. The former will again be a strength, but attrition up front could threaten the latter.
5.The schedule, with three top-30 opponents and five more in the top 80, is full of both opportunity and peril. UC could improve but go 8-4.
If you’re looking for signs that Cincinnati can climb higher in 2019, your biggest source of encouragement has to be that the offense still has a lot of room to rise.
The base offense didn’t work all that well. They ranked 91st in standard-downs marginal efficiency, which means they were constantly falling behind schedule and asking a freshman QB to catch them up.
The defense doesn’t have nearly as much room to grow. The Bearcats rose from 68th to 36th. Dominating against the run and playing ultra-aggressive, on-ball pass defense. When you rank sixth in rushing marginal efficiency and first in completion rate allowed, you’re doing something right.
Cornerbacks Coby Bryant and Cam Jefferies combined for three interceptions, 20 pass breakups, and four tackles for loss (all from Jefferies) and played on such islands that they ended up with 54 solo tackles and only 12 assists. They’re back, as is redshirt freshman Arquon Bush, a 2018 star recruit who managed to break up four passes, with only three tackles solo, of course, in a four-game audition.
Safeties James Wiggins and Darrick Forrest are back after leading such an aggressive unit as sophomores. They combined for five INTs, seven breakups, and two TFLs.
At linebacker, Clements is gone after leading the team in tackles following his move from safety to SLB. But Jarell White and Bryan White return after combining for 15.5 TFLs, five sacks (all from Wright), 22 run stuffs, and a pair of passes defense.
Senior Perry Young, junior Joel Dublanko, sophomore RJ Potts, Duke transfer Tinashe Bere, redshirt freshman Ty Van Fossen, and others should combine to give Cincy the deepest LB corps in the AAC. And the secondary isn’t exactly thin.
Now the bad news: the line needs a little bit of retooling. Last year’s top three all depart, and while Freeman played a pretty large rotation up front, their production (33 TFLs, 14 sacks, 40 run stuffs, eight breakups) set a high bar.
Mouhon's return should solve one of those problems, at least. The senior had 16.5 TFLs in 2016-17. And at the jack/DE hybrid spot, juniors Michael Pitts and Ethan Tucky combined for 11.5 TFLs and six sacks last year. There are still playmakers on the edge.
In the middle, though, lots of guys will be asked to punch above their weight class. but no particularly known entities. Run defense was such an important driver of success, and further improvement will depend on a couple of tackles playing at a really high level.
Cincinnati is going to be good again this year, but how good is very much a “see whatever you want to see” situation.
The most likely scenario is that Cincinnati improves slightly overall. Granted, the Record might not improve, thanks to trips to Ohio State, Memphis, Marshall, and Houston and visits from UCF, UCLA, and Temple. That’s a rugged schedule, and a top-40 team might lose four games.
Still, after a brief stumble, Cincinnati was basically back to looking like a power conference team last year. The Bearcats were nasty, physical, and fun. That probably won’t change as long as Fickell’s there.
https://www.sbnation.com/college-fo...earcats-football-2019-preview-schedule-roster
I think we'll get a handle on UC right off the bat as well....if they lose to UCLA at home to open the season tough to see them in the Top 25 like last year!
I don't see a single team on this years Marshall schedule that will end the season ranked in the Top 25. On top of that, the Herd could go 12-0 against that schedule and still end up in a crummy bowl in a lousy location that will be played on a weeknight in the height of the Christmas shopping season and only available for viewing on facebook.
Just to early to tell about BSU and UC...but it won't take long to tell as they both open with big games!
Vegas will be open for for your pleasure my old friend!
If WVU were to win it would be more like 22-20.
I'm not confident in the QB or the WR at this moment. Defense it's decent but no depth. Injuries would be deadly.
WVU returning production 2019 -
42% offense
67% defense
57% Total returning
WVU ranked 105th overall
Ranking for offense - 118
Ranking for defense - 58
Marshall Returning production 2019 -
63% offense
50% defense
57% Total returning
Marshall ranked 94th overall
Ranking for offense - 66
Ranking for defense - 105
https://www.sbnation.com/college-fo...9-ncaa-football-returning-starters-experience
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Well we know what happened when you decided to play the best in WV all 12 times. I hope you fair better against the best team with a blue turf.
You mean play every year on your terms? Hhahahahaha....will we get 6 points for a TD or only 5?
My bad. Here you were running your mouth about someone not wanting to play and then when reminded that you can play every year you want to fall back to terms.
Bottom line. Marshall doesnt want to play WVU nearly as bad as the want to talk about playing WVU because at Marshall talk is easier than reality.
We'll play you phonies every year...just send the home and home contract! We'll play your cry baby basketball coach every year in Charleston. Ain't MU that blinks!
Which future home and home series that we already have under contract would you suggest we drop in favor of scheduling Marshall home and home? Alabama? Florida State? Penn State? Our old rival Pitt?
[pfftt]
You have open dates that you fill with the YSU and JMU of the world, even though the Dukes may have a surprise up their sleeves!
Just a couple of points about that - both YSU and James Madison are very well respected programs at their level. They are both closer to Morgantown than Huntington is, and they are willing to play in Morgantown, unlike Marshall. I do agree that the JMU game might be a real tussle this year due to the amount of returning starters they have.
So yes, you do have open dates that you fill with FCS teams? What about basketball? Stickin' with the Huggy got his feeling hurt nonsense?
we are 1 of only 4 power 5 schools playing 11 power 5 opponents......JMU is better than many power 5 schools.....we don't have room for you......tell your coaches and AD to behave themselves and get in line....when we have an opening and if your folks can control themselves then maybe we might consider the herd.....maybe.....in basketball tell the doctrine to curb his ego and dress better and they might get a one off game if we have room
It's not like we are filling our schedule with FCS programs which is what you implied. Far from it in fact. Our football schedule includes 11 P-5's which allows for one opening to give us a 6th home game. Marshall is more than welcome to be that 6th home game whenever they realize they are no more prestigious than the JMU's and YSU's of the world. And we all know that on the basketball side that D'Antoni got the result he wanted when he stated his "they are afraid of us" rhetoric.
...so you do have an open date that you fill with FCS teams! The rest is just your rationalization! Sticks and stones is a nursery rhyme that Huggy never heard.
