I guess the Aggies didn't bid on a home game, because it's fairly odd a team that averages 8700 in attendance is hosting a team that averages 14,500. Anyway… making this game even stranger than the fact it has a post-auto-bid at-large for the MEAC is that both squads will be without their starting quarterbacks. On the surface, this seems to hurt Richmond more because they were a lot more reliant on their QB. However, the Aggies
did just get slaughtered by their archrivals (just like Richmond) without Lamar Raynard. I don't expect the Spiders to score much, but I do expect them to stack the box like crazy to take away Tarik Cohen. The game likely hinges on whether NC A&T can make them pay for doing that. The Spider secondary, however, should be just good enough to prevent that from happening.
At any rate, I don't expect the winner of this game to go any further…
Here's my assessment of the matchups & my pick for the game:
- Quarterbacks -- (who the f*ck knows?)
Running Backs - North Carolina A&T
Receivers/TEs - Richmond
Offensive Line - (push)
Defensive Line - North Carolina A&T
Linebackers --- North Carolina A&T
Secondary ---- Richmond
Kicking ------ Richmond
Punting ------ Richmond
Return Teams - North Carolina A&T
Kickoffs ------ North Carolina A&T
- North Carolina A&T 17-20 Richmond