Last year's battle between these two teams was surprisingly close (37-27). If 10 was the point spread this time around, I would take the Rams to cover. Fordham's run defense is their biggest weakness, just like last season, but the Pioneers have been noticeably less efficient running the ball than they were a year ago (4.0 ypc versus 5.5 in 2013). With that and Fordham's tendency to destroy teams that aren't truly playoff caliber, it doesn't appear this contest should be anywhere near a nailbiter.
Here's my assessment of the matchups & my pick for the game:
I wish I could share your optimism, but Fordham suffered some significant injuries in the Army game. Biesteck is out, which is big, since he's the Rams' best run defender. On offense, Light suffered an ACL injury and is out for the rest of the season.
Army was a very physical opponent and Fordham got banged up pretty good in that game. Sacred Heart is coming off a bye week.
We need to control the ball more on offense, run the clock, keep the defense on the sidelines for long stretches, and score a lot in the first half. If this is a close game at the half, that could be bad news for us.
This doesn't exactly look like a blowout to me....
SuperHornet's Athletics Hall of Fame includes Jacksonville State kicker Ashley Martin, the first girl to score in a Division I football game. She kicked 3 PATs in a 2001 game for J-State.
Uh, dal...have a look at the post times. Apparently, this game started out looking like a blowout, but Sacred Heart was catching up at the point at which I started watching. When I got home from lunch, Fordham had reinstated the runaway conditions in the second half....
SuperHornet's Athletics Hall of Fame includes Jacksonville State kicker Ashley Martin, the first girl to score in a Division I football game. She kicked 3 PATs in a 2001 game for J-State.
SuperHornet wrote:Uh, dal...have a look at the post times. Apparently, this game started out looking like a blowout, but Sacred Heart was catching up at the point at which I started watching. When I got home from lunch, Fordham had reinstated the runaway conditions in the second half....
Yes I noticed that but as someone else said Fordham closed the door and never let Sacred Heart back in the game.
