[Sly Fox]

Gardner-Webb University
Boiling Springs, North Carolina


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Carroll McCray
4th Season as GWU Head Coach


2016 Schedule/Results

• Sep 03 - @ Elon .................................... W 31-6
  Sep 10 - @ Western Carolina ............... L 44-14
  Sep 17 - The Citadel ............................. L 31-24
  Sep 24 - @ Ohio ................................... L 37-21
  Oct 01 - Benedict ................................. W 45-0
  Oct 08 - Presbyterian* ......................... W 24-3
  Oct 15 - Coastal Carolina ..................... L 17-7
  Oct 22 - Kennesaw State* .................... L 47-39
  Oct 29 - @ Liberty* .............................. 3:30 PM

Key Players

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  #12 Tyrell Maxwell
  6' 2" 220 lbs Junior Quarterback
  Thru 8 Games: 82-of-157 (52.2%) for 1162 Yards with 8 TDs & 3 INTs + 111 Carries for 651 Yards (5.9 YPC) with 5 TD Runs
  
  
  
  #24 Khalil Lewis
  5' 10" 215 lbs Sophomore Running Back
  Thru 8 Games: 147 Carries for 817 Yards (5.6 YPC) with 12 TD Runs & 4 Fumbles
  
  
  
  #83 Mike Estes
  6' 4" 230 lbs Senior Tight End
  Thru 8 Games: 26 Catches for 299 Yards with 1 TD
  
  
  
  #38 Chad Jeter
  6' 2" 254 lbs Senior Linebacker
  Thru 8 Games: 85 Tackles including 5.5 for Loss + 1 Sack + 1 Forced Fumble
  
  
  
  #9 Jaylan Foster
  6' 0" 190 lbs Freshman Defensive Back
  Thru 8 Games: 31 Tackles including 2.5 for Loss + 3 INTs + 2 Fumble Recoveries + 6 Passes Broken Up

[BJWilliams]

Thanks Sly...I actually was working on the thread this evening in between moments at work and was about to post it...

[ballcoach15]

Just remember last year.

If we have to punt, or if GW enters Red Zone, I may leave. I want to see a total dominating game by LU, something along the line of 63-0.

[jbock13]

On a more realistic note, if we stay focused, we should win.

[A Sea of Red]

7 notables from today's press conference

http://www.aseaofred.com/7-notables-fro ... onference/

[ballcoach15]

How does a school like G-Webb get such good players ? Especially skill position ones. If I were a recruit, that would be one of the last places in the nation I would be interested in.

[flamesfilmguy]

How does a school like G-Webb get such good players ? Especially skill position ones. If I were a recruit, that would be one of the last places in the nation I would be interested in.

I can think of about 20 different schools off the top of my head that i would choose GW over. I could probably come up with 50 if given time. GW actually has a pretty campus and not the worst school in the world academically. lots of local talent around north carolina that want to stay home, or guys that were overlooked by the bigger FCS programs. Also Coach McCray is a well respected coach. I could think of exponentially worse places.

[A Sea of Red]

Feature story this week is on DL Coach Vantz Singletary. Singletary uses relationships to build champions on & off the field.

http://www.aseaofred.com/singletary-use ... the-field/

[jinxy]

Gwebb has more talent than they've shown in recent years . Poor coaching from the prior 2 coaches didn't help . They should actually be a solid 6 or 7 win team every year in my opinion with the schedule they play . Somewhere there's been a disconnect

[R i]

I hope we see the stretch running play a little more this weekend.

[Chippy]

I hope we see the stretch running play a little more this weekend.

That really has gotten our running game going and it can lead to a lot of misdirection.

[A Sea of Red]

Episode 6 of the RedSpin Podcast includes guests Stephon Masha, Todd Macon, and men's basketball strength & conditioning coach Henry Barrera

http://www.aseaofred.com/episode-6-10-2 ... h-barrera/

[TH Spangler]

Gardner-Webb will bring their A game Saturday, be ready.

I'm very optimistic about this team, they seem balanced now. The defence has been good from day one and the offence is coming together under Buckshot. Buckshot has help the OL tremendously with his pocket presence and when you hit 8-10 receivers and go 27 of 34 the running backs start finding a lot of running room. Games against Va Tech(#25) , SMU (stomped Houston 38-16) and Jacksonville State seem to have made us tough. Offence should continue to get better each game as they adjust from plan A, a running QB to a drop back guy. Fingers crossed!

[BJWilliams]

One thing that I really noticed is the last couple games they have done a LOT more running to the outside, something I lamented when talking about the running game in some of the postmortems in the first part of the season. Its amazing how much getting the perimeter has opened up the middle, and with the running game improving, that forces teams to play up, but with Buckshot spreading the love around, that opens up the passing game and now teams have to actually pick their poison. In our three losses prior to SBC taking over as the starter we averaged approx. 15.3 ppg and 173.6 ypg. In the three games since...we have averaged 43 ppg and 502.3 ypg (181 percent increase in points and a 189.3 percent increase in total yards). In the three losses we averaged 77 yards rushing per game. In the last three games...we have averaged 202 rushing yards per game, a 162 percent increase.

[TH Spangler]

BJ if we win this week are we guarantee at least a winner take all with CSU?

[Jonathan Carone]

I don't think it does. KSU could pull the upset on CSU at some point and throw the whole thing into a 3-way tie.

[BJWilliams]

Not quite. If we win this week we do still have PC in Clinton before the Bucs come to town for what would be a WTA (winner take all) game. If we lose either of the games ahead of us, that forges another shared title situation if we knock off CSU.

Not to mention the scenario Jon noted

[Jonathan Carone]

To explain the scenario I mentioned:

If KSU wins out, that puts them at 5-1 with a win over CSU.
If CSU beats us, that puts them at 5-1 with a win over us.
If we lose to CSU, that puts us at 5-1 with a win over KSU.

Our win over KSU is a road win.
CSU's win over us would be a road win.
KSU's win over CSU would be a road win.

I don't know where the tiebreaker goes at that point.

[BJWilliams]

Its only 5 conference games Jon not 6 (Thanks CCU)

[BJWilliams]

Another thing to bear in mind...CSU has three home conference games, Liberty has three home conference games and KSU has only TWO home conference games thanks to the quirky scheduling as a result of CCU jumping to FBS

[olldflame]

Not quite. If we win this week we do still have PC in Clinton before the Bucs come to town for what would be a WTA (winner take all) game. If we lose either of the games ahead of us, that forges another shared title situation if we knock off CSU.

Not to mention the scenario Jon noted

ALL, means the BSC auto-bid BJ That is the only thing that matters here

[Jonathan Carone]

Its only 5 conference games Jon not 6 (Thanks CCU)

Thanks for that. It means everyone would be 4-1, not 5-1. The point remains the same.

Since KSU has more away games than everyone else, I wonder if they'd win the tie breaker for most road wins?

[thepostman]

I'm sick of sharing.

[BJWilliams]

That is certainly possible and a potential PR nightmare for the Big South with the automatic bid going to KSU despite losing the H2H to Liberty (who of course beat them 36-21...in Kennesaw) if all three end up at 4-1 with KSU beating CSU and CSU beating us

[jbock13]

#nosharing