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Welp, Cal Poly is over, I've passed my stages of grief over it. I'm ready to talk about our upcoming opponent WIU.
Western has only played two games so far with their bye week last week, but both were solid wins against two good programs. They beat the Eastern Illinois squad that has a FBS win and just beat Illinois State in Normal fairly handily, and also beat the Big Sky preseason pick to win the conference and auto bid. Their big back has been steamrolling over defenses so far, but their defense hasn't looked like world beaters. So far though they have really looked like a possible top 10 program and a definite playoff team IMHO.
We could possibly still say the defense has a chance this week to truly show what they can do this week. You could argue that as disconcerting the results to date could be one part underperforming and one equal part of playing against an extremely athletic spread offense we won't see the likes of this year, a let down vs Drake, and just getting caught flat footed by a very good triple option team we won't see again and could make any defense look silly. So realistically this is going to be the true test, with a bye week to prepare against an offense we are built to play against. I would say this game hinges on stopping the run, but if you look deeper at it WIU has a receiving corps that has the deepest talent in the conference. So I don't know how much selling out on the run will help unless our young corners have a breakout week. Our front seven will HAVE to stop the run and get pressure on the QB. No ifs ands or buts about it. We could win a shootout, but that's what I thought last week as well.
WIU is playing at Northern Illinois this week in what looks to be a real winnable FBS game this week that I think and hope they win. Hopefully they win so we can catch them in a letdown week next week, and hopefully the loss down there still burns our guys. I will be tickled pink with any win against these guys, even if it's by one in three OTs. With their performance to date they look like a legit top 2-3 team in the conference, and are going to be more than a handful. They have a darn good offense and we will need to put up 30+ to win I think.
Also, I promise not to post anything the next couple weeks about any tailgating policies, practices, or theories
Western has only played two games so far with their bye week last week, but both were solid wins against two good programs. They beat the Eastern Illinois squad that has a FBS win and just beat Illinois State in Normal fairly handily, and also beat the Big Sky preseason pick to win the conference and auto bid. Their big back has been steamrolling over defenses so far, but their defense hasn't looked like world beaters. So far though they have really looked like a possible top 10 program and a definite playoff team IMHO.
We could possibly still say the defense has a chance this week to truly show what they can do this week. You could argue that as disconcerting the results to date could be one part underperforming and one equal part of playing against an extremely athletic spread offense we won't see the likes of this year, a let down vs Drake, and just getting caught flat footed by a very good triple option team we won't see again and could make any defense look silly. So realistically this is going to be the true test, with a bye week to prepare against an offense we are built to play against. I would say this game hinges on stopping the run, but if you look deeper at it WIU has a receiving corps that has the deepest talent in the conference. So I don't know how much selling out on the run will help unless our young corners have a breakout week. Our front seven will HAVE to stop the run and get pressure on the QB. No ifs ands or buts about it. We could win a shootout, but that's what I thought last week as well.
WIU is playing at Northern Illinois this week in what looks to be a real winnable FBS game this week that I think and hope they win. Hopefully they win so we can catch them in a letdown week next week, and hopefully the loss down there still burns our guys. I will be tickled pink with any win against these guys, even if it's by one in three OTs. With their performance to date they look like a legit top 2-3 team in the conference, and are going to be more than a handful. They have a darn good offense and we will need to put up 30+ to win I think.
Also, I promise not to post anything the next couple weeks about any tailgating policies, practices, or theories
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