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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Sept 5, 2019 16:09:01 GMT -5
Go to goholycross.Com
There’s always a feature about upcoming game like “Crusaders to face UNH in first home game “ or something like that
There will be big purple box with info on tickets, video, radio, game time,etc
Look for “NOTES” - that’s where you’ll find the two deep every week
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Post by timholycross on Sept 6, 2019 8:30:22 GMT -5
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Post by 6sader7 on Sept 6, 2019 14:16:47 GMT -5
I believe the key to this game will be winning the turnover battle, UNH has a young QB we need to get after him early and force him to make some bad decisions and then we HAVE to capitalize on them.
I hope we adjust our run game this week and get downhill (N/S) behind this big O-line - The spread run game is fine if you have a tactician under center, but I think we're better off taking down consistent 2,3,4 yards on first down. I would love to see us get the tight ends more involved in the pass game as well for some shorter conversions especially in the middle of the field once we establish we can run the ball.
This game should be a pretty good bench mark of how prepared we are for the season as well as how good our coaching staff is at adapting / evolving.
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Post by timholycross on Sept 6, 2019 15:44:59 GMT -5
I believe the key to this game will be winning the turnover battle, UNH has a young QB we need to get after him early and force him to make some bad decisions and then we HAVE to capitalize on them. I hope we adjust our run game this week and get downhill (N/S) behind this big O-line - The spread run game is fine if you have a tactician under center, but I think we're better off taking down consistent 2,3,4 yards on first down. I would love to see us get the tight ends more involved in the pass game as well for some shorter conversions especially in the middle of the field once we establish we can run the ball. This game should be a pretty good bench mark of how prepared we are for the season as well as how good our coaching staff is at adapting / evolving. Make that 3,4,5 and I would agree; second and 8 is as bad as second and ten... it does keep the clock moving if you're ahead; that's about it.
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Post by Ignutz on Sept 6, 2019 16:31:20 GMT -5
Has anyone looked closely at Game Day Central???
The site shows our next game as “HC” Crusaders (0-2) vs “Y” Bulldogs (0-0). That’s got to be a bit disheartening for Coach Chesney and the lads!!
What a terrific Sports Information Department we have.
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Post by purplehaze on Sept 6, 2019 16:34:34 GMT -5
Just saw the same thing ! You’ve got to be kidding - I’d show whoever made that error ‘the door’
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2019 17:20:07 GMT -5
Keys to Winning The Game (Offense) 1. Mix in more plays with the QB under center and integrate more misdirection/play action to pull in LB's. Current offense (100% Shotgun) is predictable and ineffective in allowing receivers to gain separation and open up the middle of the field. Simple changes to formations can go a long way in creating more opportunities in every phase of the game.
2. Integrate more high percentage throws (screens, quick hitters) in addition to run to take pressure off Degenhardt. You can't have a first year starter in Shotgun for 100% of the game, handing the ball off 5 yards behind the line of scrimmage and expect to win.
3. Have a backup plan if Degenhardt is ineffective. Game plan for misdirection plays, option, trick plays to ensure you can get your fastest/most athletic players the ball. If the offense is ineffective for the first few drives, be sure to create some momentum with some different type of play calls that can create a spark.
4. Change up run game and RPO to ensure 4-5 yards on first down. This can be achieved by consistent motion, TE Trade, and incorporating different formations that gives the offense numbers at the point of attack. My biggest knock on this staff is their inability to understand basic offensive strategy in keeping a defense on their toes and creating an "advantage". Their offense is so one dimensional and predictable that the majority of DC's will just sit back in coverage and make the QB try to beat them.
5. Be sure Degenhardt is comfortable running the 2 minute offense. This needs to be drilled over and over and over in practice. Needs to be second nature with knowing where to go with the ball and executing high percentage throws.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2019 17:29:15 GMT -5
Has anyone looked closely at Game Day Central??? The site shows our next game as “HC” Crusaders (0-2) vs “Y” Bulldogs (0-0). That’s got to be a bit disheartening for Coach Chesney and the lads!! What a terrific Sports Information Department we have. HC is always great with the details. haha
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Post by Crucis#1 on Sept 6, 2019 18:12:32 GMT -5
Has anyone looked closely at Game Day Central??? The site shows our next game as “HC” Crusaders (0-2) vs “Y” Bulldogs (0-0). That’s got to be a bit disheartening for Coach Chesney and the lads!! What a terrific Sports Information Department we have. It appears to have been corrected, now listing UNH.
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Post by purplehaze on Sept 6, 2019 20:39:50 GMT -5
Not where I’m looking where you scroll down on the page - still has our record at 0-2 vs. 0-0 Yale. Just amazing
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Post by Crucis#1 on Sept 6, 2019 21:31:30 GMT -5
The page is correct as currently displayed. I do not see an 0-2 record. After the game tomorrow, I expect the record to be 1-1 going into Yale in two weeks.
The Game Day Page is in two parts. Part 1 list the home games at Fitton. Part 2 list the next game after UNH which is at Yale.
Personally I do not have a problem reading the page and comprehending the intent and the message that is being conveyed regarding the schedule.
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 6, 2019 22:34:44 GMT -5
Has anyone looked closely at Game Day Central??? The site shows our next game as “HC” Crusaders (0-2) vs “Y” Bulldogs (0-0). That’s got to be a bit disheartening for Coach Chesney and the lads!! What a terrific Sports Information Department we have. I'll take a 15 yard penalty for piling on. I just looked at the football schedule on GoHolyCross.com and for the Yale game the only broadcast they list is WEEI radio. Then I looked at the Yale Schedule and the game will be shown on ESPN plus, which is only 4.99/mo. with a free trial so viewing the game will be very accessible. Why is the Yale website ahead of ours?
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Post by Crucis#1 on Sept 6, 2019 22:49:26 GMT -5
Simple answer, because Yale and the Ivy League are partners in marketing the revenue stream on the ESPN+ media platform. ESPN+ is not associated or a partner to Crusader Sports Properties, so logically, why would HC drive a revenue stream to them, instead of to our own media platform. WEEI. WEEI has our revenue stream of sponsors.
ACTP probably can provide a detailed explanation.
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Post by Ignutz on Sept 6, 2019 23:04:46 GMT -5
The page is correct as currently displayed. I do not see an 0-2 record. After the game tomorrow, I expect the record to be 1-1 going into Yale in two weeks. The Game Day Page is in two parts. Part 1 list the home games at Fitton. Part 2 list the next game after UNH which is at Yale. Personally I do not have a problem reading the page and comprehending the intent and the message that is being conveyed regarding the schedule. It is now 12:01am - Game Day, and the Game Day Central site still shows us at 0-2 facing 0-0 Yale (scroll down past the Home-side crowd picture - which appears to be from a night game, so how old is that?!?). Has no one in the Athletic Department noticed this??
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Post by Ignutz on Sept 6, 2019 23:05:16 GMT -5
The page is correct as currently displayed. I do not see an 0-2 record. After the game tomorrow, I expect the record to be 1-1 going into Yale in two weeks. The Game Day Page is in two parts. Part 1 list the home games at Fitton. Part 2 list the next game after UNH which is at Yale. Personally I do not have a problem reading the page and comprehending the intent and the message that is being conveyed regarding the schedule. It is now 12:01am - Game Day, and the Game Day Central site still shows us at 0-2 facing 0-0 Yale (scroll down past the Home-side crowd picture - which appears to be from a night game, so how old is that?!?). Has no one in the Athletic Department noticed this??
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Post by Crucis#1 on Sept 7, 2019 5:49:47 GMT -5
Are you viewing on a laptop, desktop or mobile platform?
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Post by crusader12 on Sept 7, 2019 6:18:52 GMT -5
It still says 0-2 via my iPhone. Also considering Dorian moved off the coast and Worcester did not get much rain I would expect the baseball field to be open. I will have a full RSIG (maybe they’ll be gone already) report upon my return.
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Post by Ignutz on Sept 7, 2019 6:20:44 GMT -5
Are you viewing on a laptop, desktop or mobile platform? I-phone. Still unchanged.
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 7, 2019 6:34:28 GMT -5
Well, the information. is wrong, but you have to credit HC with being "consistent" if nothing else.
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Post by alum on Sept 7, 2019 6:54:32 GMT -5
I love Duffner but doesn’t mean can’t support Chesney as well. I get it - Gilmore recruited you and ultimately Chesney replaces him. Gilmore era is over. Was good at times while it lasted. I personally blindly or not blindly stand behind the guys there. I’ve gotten to know Murphy - absolutely great guy. I believe in the different talent level they are recruiting. Love his energy. Time will tell but I have blind faith regardless until I see otherwise and what I’ve seen is positive on so many fronts. Most particularly last year in turning around a dumpster fire 1-6 to end 5-6. But that’s just me. Bleed purple I understand your points and it makes sense. Personally, I don't care about "energy' in coaching and prefer the old school ways. Richard Rodgers, Duffner, Rick Carter, Coach O'Leary, David Kotulski, Chris Pincince, Mike Pedone, and Tom Gilmore were great coaches because they all had solid backgrounds in their playing and coaching careers. The best coaches are often reserved until they need to make a point because they lived it. The current leadership is obnoxious with their cliche statements, motivational rhetoric, and their constant quest for attention. I understand that this age is different, but think they should minimize all the b.s. video content and interviews until they create some consistent results. Chesney talked ad nauseam last week about how Navy would have a difficult time competing with HC's speed and the player's needed to "trust the process". What are you talking about dude? The mantra should be, "Shut Your Mouth and Compete." I would dispute this idea that Duffner wasn’t an energy guy. That was a big part of his appeal.
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 7, 2019 7:01:31 GMT -5
A bit late, but still something to look at before kickoff:
The University of New Hampshire football team knew all along that it would be starting an inexperienced quarterback in Saturday’s season opener at Holy Cross. What the Wildcats didn’t know is that they would be lacking experience on the sideline as well. Associate head coach/quarterbacks coach Ricky Santos will be filling in for UNH head coach Sean McDonnell when the Wildcats and Crusaders tangle at Fitton Field (1 p.m.). Santos, who played quarterback at UNH under McDonnell, was named the program’s interim head coach when McDonnell announced last week that was taking an indefinite leave of absence to deal with a health issue. Saturday’s game will be Santos’ first as a head coach at any level. “I’m excited about this opportunity,” Santos said. “Coach (McDonnell) has instilled so many morals and values in us and myself as a player and when I was a young coach under him that I feel like I’m ready for this opportunity. I’m going to lean on a lot of the things that he’s taught me. I’m just going to embrace it.”
Redshirt freshman Bret Edwards is expected to take most of the snaps Saturday. Edwards was informed Monday that he had edged out true freshman Max Brosmer in the two-way battle to earn the starting quarterback job. Edwards, who missed 12 of the team’s 15 spring practices with bicep tendonitis, will be seeing game action for the first time since he played for Central Catholic High School in Lawrence, Mass. “Last year I was just a young kid out here throwing the ball around where I could to open receivers,” Edwards said. “This year I’ve gotten a lot deeper into coverages and knowing where to throw the ball when I need to and cancelling stuff out. Just having a better mindset when I go out there. I think I’ll definitely be nervous. ... Just do what I can do. I think after the first snap I’ll be pretty good.”
Edwards completed 17 of 18 passes for 176 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions in UNH’s final scrimmage. Santos reiterated that Edwards’ performance in that scrimmage plus his mobility gave him a slight edge over Brosmer.
“That was a very tough choice,” Santos said. “We went back and forth and every other day we felt one or the other could of got the nod. That final scrimmage we had when he was 17 of 18 and did a great job of really protecting the ball -- scrambled and made some plays with his legs -- kind of put him over the top. We’re looking at them as 1A and 1B, not one and two. We have total confidence in Max Brosmer if his number gets called, but right now Bret is protecting the ball better. He gives us a little more in the run game in terms of extending plays with his legs. Those are a couple (reasons) why we made him the No. 1 guy.
“I think the big thing for him, because he can really extend the plays, is don’t feel like he has to win the game on every single snap. I think the big plays are going to come to him. Play within the confines of the offense. Do a great job of protecting the football and allow the big plays to come to you.”
UNH returned 12 starters -- six on each side of the ball -- from a team that finished 4-7 overall and 3-5 in the Colonial Athletic Conference last season. The Wildcats have a healthy offensive line -- something that hasn’t been the case for most of the last two seasons -- and experienced running backs in sophomore Carlos Washington Jr. and senior Evan Gray. Washington ran for a team-high 582 yards and six touchdowns on 99 carries last season, when he went over the 100-yard mark in three of the team’s final four games. Gray rushed for 292 yards and one TD on 85 carries in 2018.
“I think the offensive line is going to be a point of strength for us,” Santos said. “I think the key for us offensively going into this game and into the season is to establish a run game early. We’re going to have to lean on those guys heavily with the young quarterbacks so we’re putting too much pressure on those guys in the early parts of that game.
“(Defensively) Our strength is our back end. The two safeties (Pop Lacey and Evan Horn) and the guys who bookend the corners (Prince Smith Jr. and Isiah Perkins) are guys we really need to lean on.”
Scouting Holy Cross
The Crusaders (0-1) opened their season with a 45-7 loss to Navy on Saturday. Holy Cross won its final four games last season and finished 5-6 overall and 4-2 in the Patriot League.
Senior running back Miles Alexander scored Holy Cross’ only touchdown against Navy on a 16-yard run. He gained 40 yards on 12 carries. Senior tailback Domenic Cozier didn’t play in the game because of an illness. Junior quarterback Connor Degenhardt connected on 16 of 29 passes for 167 yards in the loss. It was his first collegiate start. Junior Tenio Ayeni caught seven passes for 46 yards.
On the defensive side, linebacker Jacob Dobbs was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week after he made a team-high 13 tackles against the Midshipmen. Two members of the Holy Cross coaching staff -- defensive coordinator Scott James and safeties coach Casey DeAndrade -- also coached at UNH. DeAndrade also played for the Wildcats.
Guest Speaker
McDonnell attended UNH’s practice Sunday. It was the first time he joined the team since he announced his leave of absence.
“He left a little early, but he talked to the team Sunday and I think that’s going to be his gist of things -- try to come out Sunday and talk to us when we have practice or maybe even before we go out to practice or something like that,” Lacey said. “He talked to us let us know what he expected of us. We’re pretty much going to try to rise to the challenge, especially for him because he’s been there for so many of our kids.
“In the way he presented (his message) it was very typical. You wouldn’t be able to tell anything’s wrong, but that’s him. He’s one of the strongest people I know. One of the hardest fighters I know. That’s going to be a given. He pretty much seemed to be his good ol’ self when we got to see him Sunday.”
Saturday’s game will be the 17th meeting between UNH and Holy Cross. The Wildcats lead the series 9-7 and have won five of the last six meetings. The team’s lone loss during that span came in 2017 at Fitton Field (51-26). Holy Cross quarterback Peter Pujals passed for 367 yards and five touchdowns in that victory.
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Post by lou on Sept 7, 2019 7:36:55 GMT -5
Are you viewing on a laptop, desktop or mobile platform? I-phone. Still unchanged. It's a smartphone "glitch". Paging the mobile web programmer!!
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Post by Ignutz on Sept 7, 2019 9:26:53 GMT -5
I-phone. Still unchanged. It's a smartphone "glitch". Paging the mobile web programmer!! But someone at some time entered 0-2.
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 7, 2019 9:36:34 GMT -5
That must be a real fan!
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Sept 7, 2019 11:20:29 GMT -5
Let's get one matter out of the way early: that reported attendance is way overstated--can't be half that many actual fannies in the stands. Lots of fans are disguised as empty seats, etc.
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