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Sept 26, 2024 12:08:06 GMT -5
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Post by fearthephoenix on Sept 26, 2024 12:08:06 GMT -5
I don’t have much to say, but it’s Family Weekend, we are 1-3, and a third consecutive loss at home would likely end any at-large opportunity. They need to wake up and play four quarters of football.
Go Phoenix.
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Post by elon2008 on Sept 26, 2024 15:10:15 GMT -5
I have us going 6-2 in conference, which is interesting b/c that would put us at 7 wins on the year, which usually gets you in the playoffs, but with the extra game on the schedule that might not be the case...
CAA Schedule/Prediction - Richmond (win) - UNH (win) - Albany (loss) - Hampton (win) - Campbell (win) - W&M (loss) - Maine (win) - A&T (win)
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Sept 26, 2024 15:28:44 GMT -5
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Post by eu96 on Sept 26, 2024 15:28:44 GMT -5
Bad luck continues for Elon. Yes, the weather should not impact the game much BUT it will almost certainly affect travel for out of town parents, resulting in I’m sure a lighter than normal parents weekend crowd…traditionally our biggest crowd of the year.
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Post by stonewalld on Sept 26, 2024 21:48:11 GMT -5
Richmond fan here. It should be a good game. Richmond is starting its best QB, Cam Coleman. Coleman is accurate and has a quick release. Both teams are evenly matched. Expect a 3 point game.
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phawkes
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Post by phawkes on Sept 27, 2024 8:45:51 GMT -5
Defense must play with fire, from the first play.
Offensive line must protect Downing and open lanes for Thomas and Baker.
It's tough to evaluate the Spiders from their 2-2 record. We can't go by the loss to Virginia or the victory over Delaware State. Rout of Charleston Southern probably just means Bucs are having an off year. Loss to Wofford may be most telling, but Wofford football has changed drastically. Against Richmond they had 233 yards passing and 71 yards rushing. That doesn't sound like the Wofford we used to battle in SoCon.
Win may come down to motivation. Richmond's got it--final year in CAA, they'll want to dominate. Elon? I guess we'll see.
Go, Phoenix!
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bjiyf
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Sept 28, 2024 14:25:53 GMT -5
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Post by bjiyf on Sept 28, 2024 14:25:53 GMT -5
UGH! So tired of complaining. All bad. No good. Is Elon football really that bad? …It appears so.
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eu96
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Richmond
Sept 28, 2024 17:07:52 GMT -5
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Post by eu96 on Sept 28, 2024 17:07:52 GMT -5
We have played one good half of football in 5 games (H1 vs Central). We totally deserve to be 1-4.
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Post by epx on Sept 28, 2024 17:22:54 GMT -5
We have played one good half of football in 5 games (H1 vs Central). We totally deserve to be 1-4. Absolutely agree. Pretty sorry for a "seasoned" team.
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Richmond
Sept 28, 2024 17:32:02 GMT -5
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Post by fearthephoenix on Sept 28, 2024 17:32:02 GMT -5
Lost three straight home games with all of the returning pieces. Offense has no identity, defense can’t tackle, and Trisciani seems dumbfounded every time it happens. There are zero adjustments offensively and defensively. Walker brought it up and then I paid attention to it, our defensive line was getting absolutely moved 3-4 yards back at times and Richmond just physically manhandled us. Offensive tackles could not stop the speed and power of Richmond. The offensive line has been a complete disappointment from start to finish.
This may be the most disappointing start to a season in a long time. It’s hard not to be negative at this point, but as said on the broadcast, where are the leaders of this team? Apparently, Jack Salopek was trying to rally the guys, but the “captains” were silent.
Go Phoenix.
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Post by fc97 on Sept 28, 2024 21:25:43 GMT -5
Look guys, I have been following Elon football since the early 1990s. Every year there’s high hopes. And every year is the same thing, mediocre play. In that time. We’ve only had a handful of good years. 1999 was honestly probably the best year that we’ve had that was a team that lived way above expectations, was written about nationally on the Sportsnet network. it was generally a surprise team, even though they were snubbed mainly because they were an independent school, but all through the division 2 years it was the same , mediocre. The Big South was high hopes and that first year we laid an egg.
Every year after 1999/2000 Seagraves years, we stunk all the way to Pete Lembo era, even going through some of the worst bearings possible with Paul Hamilton. I remember him being so lost that his daughter was crying because the fans were yelling at him and his QB son Kye so bad.
Then we hired Pete Lembo who turned it around, loaded the team for four years and jetted when he saw th next year was going to be bad (and it was, and went downhill from there).
And it Stunk all the way to Cignetti and has been mediocre since.
The point is triscianni is a lot like Seagraves was. He had a couple of good years where he lived above expectations, and since it’s been wrong:
The problem is Elon. The problem is Elon’s mission. The problem is with Elin’s athletics mission. And the problem is hiring leadership from a school level that has no cohesive vision top to bottom. There’s no accountability in athletics, or leadership. There’s no cohesive view of who the school is anymore. And even simple things like the ‘Elon Poll’ which if done right could have been something to bring national notoriety to the school has been a disappointment. Our presidents and ADs suck, they have zero vision and there is zero accountability at any level.
Look at it like this. High Point doesn’t have half the historic notoriety of Elon, yet they get better speakers, better majors that will get them better viewed, they set up everything for success and to self advertise the university. Campbell and GW can do more than us despite being mor Christian and in the middle of nowhere. Furman and the Patriot schools can marry history and success. So all this stuff can be done. It’s been 25 years in D-1 and we are still saying the same thing we said 20 years ago.
Elon has stagnated.
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Post by phawkes on Sept 29, 2024 17:14:52 GMT -5
Very disappointing outing. Even without the three turnovers, we would have been hard pressed to beat Richmond. We're 1-4 with seven to go. Breakeven requires 5-2 in October and November. Gonna be a long autumn.
I'd like to see Baker get more carries. We had zero completions to tight ends (at the moment, I can't recall any targets to them). All three turnovers were QB generated. DBs should cover tighter; if we're playing to bend not break, it's not working. If we're not playing to bend not break, then our secondary is getting beaten badly, at least by Richmond.
As others have noted, Elon's broadcast team of Durham and Walker is outstanding, best in CAA in my view.
I was very impressed by Richmond's D-Line, backup QB Coleman, and RB Palmer-Smith. The Spiders deserved the win.
Still in all--Go, Phoenix!
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