…..and that should do it.
A win is a win….but the time to move on from Dimel is fast approaching.
A win is a win….but the time to move on from Dimel is fast approaching.
UIW Game Thread
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Happy with the win, but we are far from being an improved team from last year.
Fire Dimel and Senter!
Why aren’t those 80s white Adidas polos for sale right now?!? Had all summer…
Why aren’t those 80s white Adidas polos for sale right now?!? Had all summer…
Yay, we win. This doesn't bode well for the rest of the season. Pretty sub-par for the competition. Same as last week. On to slaughter Northwestern.
Did you prepare this post in case of a loss and accidentally sent it anyways Lol 😂
A good win is one that is unexpected or dominant. UTEP beat a FCS team, that is all.
This game belongs to D.
-Good tackling.
-good upfront pressure, especially in the second half.
-D backs get a C+ but there was help and didn’t break.
Offense
-Offensive line was pushing a pile and the second half they owned the UIW D line and pushed a berm.
-Hardison didn’t throw a pic. (Dimel went vanilla).
-8 1/2 minutes (according to Teich) drive in the 3rd. (Still sputtered a few times).
-Good tackling.
-good upfront pressure, especially in the second half.
-D backs get a C+ but there was help and didn’t break.
Offense
-Offensive line was pushing a pile and the second half they owned the UIW D line and pushed a berm.
-Hardison didn’t throw a pic. (Dimel went vanilla).
-8 1/2 minutes (according to Teich) drive in the 3rd. (Still sputtered a few times).
Yes, and it’s no reason to “celebrate” FCS wins in a coach’s 6th year.
Don’t forget that this year Northwestern sucks and is in full turmoil
It's a win and that's all that matters. Doesn't have to be celebrated, but it's a sigh of relief. Plus half this board had us losing, so nice for them to be proven wrong. Utep did what they needed Period!
See! Someone here said we could hang with a good FCS team! He told us!
We should not wait until they move up to FBS and start kicking our asses! We need to move down to FCS while we can still beat them!
We should not wait until they move up to FBS and start kicking our asses! We need to move down to FCS while we can still beat them!
I don’t see celebrating on here, but more of a collective “whew!”.
Personally, it was good to see the Oline manhandle their opponent. 174 yards from Hankins is really good even against a FCS team. UIW is led by a solid qb and thank goodness he missed some slants for incompletions.
Personally, it was good to see the Oline manhandle their opponent. 174 yards from Hankins is really good even against a FCS team. UIW is led by a solid qb and thank goodness he missed some slants for incompletions.
My takeaways:
1. We didn't lose
2. RBs looked good against lesser competition
3. Another slow start
4. I felt their QB looked better than Hardison.
1. We didn't lose
2. RBs looked good against lesser competition
3. Another slow start
4. I felt their QB looked better than Hardison.
Utep did what they game played for, dominate the line of scrimmage and run it down their throats.
Most don’t like the style but that’s what Dismel coaches. If anyone expects us to score 45 points against anyone, they haven’t paid attention to the last six years.
We won, enjoy it, it may be the only one this year.
Most don’t like the style but that’s what Dismel coaches. If anyone expects us to score 45 points against anyone, they haven’t paid attention to the last six years.
We won, enjoy it, it may be the only one this year.
I agree. That game looked very shaky but I’ll give UTEP credit for sticking to their identity, making the game ugly and scum bagging a win. But I think we can all see that this play style will fail miserably versus better opposition.
The 4th one may be accurate as far as him as a QB, but not for this game. Hardison wasn't asked to do much, due to the running game, but he was very accurate threw for 2 tds and was a good game manager and that's probably all he should be. Problem is Utep's offensive line won't dominate against the next 2 opponents like they did last night, so he'll have to throw more and that's when he gets in trouble 😵💫
Their QB threw 31 times and threw 1 int in desperation at the end. He threw a nice ball. If Hardison throws 31 times he has 3 interceptions.
To be fair, beating an FCS team by 2 scores is a loss for a typical FBS team.
The production was completely embarrassing.
The 4th one may be accurate as far as him as a QB, but not for this game. Hardison wasn't asked to do much, due to the running game, but he was very accurate threw for 2 tds and was a good game manager and that's probably all he should be. Problem is Utep's offensive line won't dominate against the next 2 opponents like they did last night, so he'll have to throw more and that's when he gets in trouble 😵💫
Re read what I posted and you'll understand my point. You just repeated basically what I said lol
Weren't they ranked #7 and weren't some saying we'd lose though?
For their QB coming from a P 5 school. I was not impressed. Maybe just a half of step better than Hardison.
They beat Nevada last year and Texas State the year before.
And I bet it was embarrassing for both of those programs. And it is still embarrassing to barely beat an FCS program. There is never an excuse because you should have a severe talent advantage.
Early on and it looks like Nevada made a bad hire. Coach Wilson might not be around much longer if he doesn’t win this Saturday. Tough intriguing game coming up for them.
