Narrative talking point that you’ll tire of by the end of the game.
“After last week where the ACC saw two teams lose to FCS schools, you never know what you’ll get…” Although I am guilty of it at times, I am always bothered by the media narrative to attach flaws of a few conference schools to all of the conference. Duke and Virginia suffered embarrassing losses last week. If Kent State pulls off the upset it won’t be because we are an ACC school and ACC schools are somehow more susceptible to upsets. If BC loses this weekend, it will be due to bad football.
Three Simple Keys
1. Get to Georgio Morgan. The KSU QB threw two picks last week against Coastal Carolina. BC needs to put pressure on him and force more mistakes and incompletions.
2. Take advantage of the short and intermediate passing opportunities. Given how last year’s Kent State game played out, I expect them to try to stop the run. This will force us to throw more than last week. Whoever is the QB will have to hit those short routes that are in the soft spots of the zone.
3. Contain Kent State's big plays. Kent State is not going to light up the scoreboard. If we keep them from breaking two big scoring plays we should be okay…regardless of what our offense does.
Gambling notes
-- While at Kent State Doug Martin is 1-9 vs BCS teams
-- While at Kent State Doug Martin is 9-23 on the road
-- BC has not lost to a MAC team at home in 43 seasons
The current line is BC -20
Factiod
Akron and Miami (OH) are the only two FBS schools in Ohio that BC has yet to play.
Scoreboard Watching
The most important game for us is actually being played Thursday night in Atlanta. Clemson is our next opponent, the first real test of the season and Spaz’s first conference game. Ideally they would come into our game next week defeated and uncertain about their new staff. Let’s hope the struggle against the Jackets.
I hope to see…
More passing. Last week was fine, but not really a test or indicator of what we have at QB. Let’s open it up a bit this week and see what each truly has to offer.
BC is in trouble if…
Kent State moves the ball with ease. The defense looked great last week. Kent State has more weapons than the Huskies could ever think of having. If we cannot contain them, it doesn’t bode well for the season to come.
Bottom Line
Little did we know that last year’s Kent State game would prove to be a good template for the remainder of the season. Crane looked off but the offense did enough to win and the defense was outstanding. I think we will have a similar result this weekend and hopefully it will be another sign of good things ahead.
Final Score: BC 28, Kent State 10
Thursday, September 10, 2009
BC-Kent State preview
In retrospect Northeastern was a scrimmage that counts in the win total. Kent State, while overmatched, still represents a challenge and a test to see what we have. I expect the opponent's tackling to be better, the speed to be better, the schemes to be better, but the end result should still be a BC victory.
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"Factiod
Akron and Miami (OH) are the only two FBS schools in Ohio that BC has yet to play."
If Gene D reads your blog, he's already on a flight to these two cities.
lol, Erik.
I wonder if BC does this given our strong relationship with recruiting the Cincy area?
I hope we kill Kent State. The only downside is that it is going to get my hopes up really high for a win against Clemson. Here's to hoping that the QB situation is decided by the 3rd quarter on Saturday.
There's two things I want to see in this game that will give me hope for the season.
1) More passing and one QB to stand out (obviously)
2) Improved pass rush over last week's performance. Even though we have a good secondary this year, they'll get picked apart if we can't put more pressure on the opposing QB.
So if you think the new BC commercial is bad, you should see the Clemson commercial they jsu showed on ESPN. It comes complete with a ferocious tiger growl at the end, haha.
Clemson is getting killed right now 21-0 to boot.
We had better get some pressure on Parker though, because Clemson has some weapons. They'll have a longer rest period before we come into their place, also.
Watching all the pressure that the DEs are getting on Clemson...I'm hoping that's a sign that we can get some good pressure on Kyle Parker since our DE's are our strength on the d-line...
BC 42 KSU 3
Can somebody please re-post how to get a stream for the game? My ISP won't provide ESPN360. Thanks.
We'll pick Kyle Parker apart with our secondary. And i dont know if our DEs can be considered a strength on D?
I said our DE's were the strength on our D-line, not defense, with Ramella and Albright being our best players on the D-line. Obviously, our most experienced and probably the strongest part of our defense is our secondary, since it returns so many players from last year.
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