BC Remains in Top 25 After Loss
Following a 33-28 loss at the hands of Guilford this past weekend, which ended Bridgewater's ODAC record 36 consecutive conference wins, the Eagles are still ranked in the national polls.
Don Hansen's Football Gazette dropped BC from No. 6 to No. 21, while the Eagles fell from No. 8 to No. 21 in the D3football.com Top 25.
The Eagles are ranked the highest in the AFCA Coaches' Poll, dropping to No. 19 after being No. 7 a week ago.
5 Comments:
I hope this loss is a wakeup call to Coach Clark and the offense. We came into this game knowing we had to out score the Quakers. We have to make changes for the team to win the next games. We have become programmatic for every game. We run, run, run, then pass in desperate situations. A 'high school coach' could pickup our offensive plays after the first series of plays from the Eagles. Every coach knows that to establish a running game, you must first have a passing game. We have one of the best receivers in the conference..yet instead we only throw to him 3 to 4 times per game. Are we stuck on running the ball or do we want to win? These little tactics will not work with superior teams, like Mt. Union and Wesley. We have to prepare now.
I think we need to credit out coaching staff a little more. Yes, have some great wide receivers, and Highfill has shown he can find them, but when you have Young, Carter and Highfill in the backfield, why the heck wouldn't you run, run, run?
I will agree that we aren't taking as many shots downfield as I would like. On many occasions, I see Ropp, Hedgepeth, Oakes or Copeland five steps in front of his defender. But I really trust in Clark, Higgison and Soltis to get the job done.
I think what killed us this past weekend were penalties and turnovers. I think those problems are more the players than it is the coaching staff. Clark and the assistants can only do so much as far as physical and mention preparation - after that, it's up the players to perform.
Agreed, but I purposely looked for the newspaper in North Carolina to see what they had to say about our loss and they stated the following, 'Our game plan was to make them pass.. We wanted to stop the run and not let them win by running all over us'. This is what I was talking about. Teams already know what Bridgewater is about and we have to shake up our plays.
Here is my observation. When GC hit us I could hear it on the sideline. When we hit them, I could not hear it. (arm tackles) We are a physical team that owns the 2nd half partly because of our strength(s).
The week off allowed rust to get in the BC Engine. I have total faith that the team "gets the message" and understands the mission. GO EAGLES.
Highfill is by far the most efficient passer in the ODAC (146.1 pass efficiency rating). Us in Bridgewater know we have the deepest core of wide receivers in the conference. When needed, we can use both of those things to our advantage. This past weekend, when we went to them, it didn't work. Penalties, turnovers, overthrown balls. It wasn't that we didn't go to them enough or at the right times - it was that when we went to them, we didn't excute.
We came in averaging 5.9 rushing yards a carry. We averaged that exact amount in the Guilford game. We still got what we wanted when we wanted it, but again, we didn't excute well the entire game - and getting down 17-0 on the road to a team known for its offense wasn't the greatest start.
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