[BJWilliams]

Jacksonville University
Jacksonville, FL

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Ian Shields
1st Season as Head Coach

SEP 10 - @ Liberty
SEP 17 - Edward Waters
SEP 24 - @ Stetson
OCT 01 - Duquesne
OCT 08 - Campbell
OCT 15 - Dayton
OCT 22 - @ Morehead State
OCT 29 - @ Davidson
NOV 05 - Drake
NOV 12 - @ Valparaiso
NOV 19 - Marist


Key Players


Rylan Wells
6'1" 195 Lbs. Redshirt Junior Quarterback
2015 Stats: 55/90 967 Yards 8 TD 1 INT


Ulysses Bryant
5'6" 195 Lbs. Senior Running Back
2015 Stats: 156 Rushes 763 Yards 4 TDs


Brian Burnett
5' 10" 190 Lbs Junior Receiver
2015 Stats: 21 Receptions 339 Yards 3 TDs



Tyler Havenner
6'2" 260 Lbs. Junior Defensive Lineman
2015 Stats: 17 tackles (11 Solo) 6.5 TFL 2.5 Sacks


Brian Burnett
5'10" 195 Lbs Senior Linebacker
2015 Stats: 100 Tackles (58 Solo) 7.5 TFL 0.5 Sacks (2015 All-Pioneer First Team)


Armani Sampson
5'9" 195 Lbs Redshirt Senior Defensive Back
2015 Stats: 27 Tackles (22 Solo) 0.0 TFL 4 INT

[BJWilliams]

Hopefully I did a little better this week

[Purple Haize]

Hopefully I did a little better this week

Hopefully so will Liberty

[Jonathan Carone]

I'm not nearly as concerned with the score of this one as I am how we look doing it. We will beat them, but how Masha and the OL look doing it is the most important thing this week.

[BJWilliams]

Thanks for cleaning the OP up Sly...I'll get the hang of it eventually

[LUnpretty11]

I'm not nearly as concerned with the score of this one as I am how we look doing it. We will beat them, but how Masha and the OL look doing it is the most important thing this week.

I completely agree with you on this. Both have to improve and I would love to see the RBs show out as well. Hopefully Probert will have the chance to kick a few FGs as well. Experience for him is vital as we move on in the season.

[Purple Haize]

The big concern here should be Fools Gold. If Masha puts up good numbers with his legs and TO's say 10/21 for 285 hrs, what do you do? Especially, if a lot of those yes at YAC? I would think the ground game should be dominate. So that would lead them to load the box. That would lead to nice quick passes which will eventually connect and lead to a big gain because LU has better receivers. How do you judge Masha on this game?

[Jonathan Carone]

The big concern here should be Fools Gold.

That's the concern with this entire season. We could very well win the league and make the playoffs and still have many of the serious issues we currently have. It's a weird place to be.

[LUnpretty11]

The big concern here should be Fools Gold. If Masha puts up good numbers with his legs and TO's say 10/21 for 285 hrs, what do you do? Especially, if a lot of those yes at YAC? I would think the ground game should be dominate. So that would lead them to load the box. That would lead to nice quick passes which will eventually connect and lead to a big gain because LU has better receivers. How do you judge Masha on this game?

I get what you are trying to say, but that's a weird stance to take. I will be majorly concerned if Masha is <50% completion %age, even if he throws for 300 yards and 4 TDs.

I am looking for >60%, 225+ yards and 2+ TDs. Does it truly matter if it's on screens and short passes? No, not at all. If that's the way the offense is supposed to be run, then great. If it's efficient and effective, who cares how points are put on the board?

Edit: efficiency and accuracy are more important than stat stuffers for this game.

[jinxy]

When will we figure out the punt return game and how many points and how much field position will it cost us. Its year 5 and were still miserable there.

[LUnpretty11]

When will we figure out the punt return game and how many points and how much field position will it cost us. Its year 5 and were still miserable there.

Great point. I miss the days when I didn't have to hold my breath if we were going to muff every punt.

[A Sea of Red]

7 notables from the Jacksonville press conference

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

[Jonathan Carone]

When will we figure out the punt return game and how many points and how much field position will it cost us. Its year 5 and were still miserable there.

Great point. I miss the days when I didn't have to hold my breath if we were going to muff every punt.

Wynton Jackson isn't walking through that door.

[jimflamesfan]

Wasn't Wynton a Karcher recruit? I think he played during Karcher's last year and then Rocco inherited him and made him a returner. He did muff and fumble it sometimes...but other times it seems like he would always break free for 50 yards or a touchdown. There was no in between with him. He was really exciting to watch, either way.

I actually think special teams improved somewhat...no kicks were blocked and there was a heads up play by the recovery of the punt that led to our first TD. The safety thing was terrible, though.

[Purple Haize]

Wasn't Wynton a Karcher recruit? I think he played during Karcher's last year and then Rocco inherited him and made him a returner. He did muff and fumble it sometimes...but other times it seems like he would always break free for 50 yards or a touchdown. There was no in between with him. He was really exciting to watch, either way.

I actually think special teams improved somewhat...no kicks were blocked and there was a heads up play by the recovery of the punt that led to our first TD. The safety thing was terrible, though.

The safety and the FG kicker were awful
The rest was very good

[Jonathan Carone]

Wasn't Wynton a Karcher recruit? I think he played during Karcher's last year and then Rocco inherited him and made him a returner. He did muff and fumble it sometimes...but other times it seems like he would always break free for 50 yards or a touchdown. There was no in between with him. He was really exciting to watch, either way.

I actually think special teams improved somewhat...no kicks were blocked and there was a heads up play by the recovery of the punt that led to our first TD. The safety thing was terrible, though.

He was a Karcher recruit. The large majority of those 07/08 championship teams were Karcher recruits.

[jinxy]

Kick out of bounds, delay of game knocking us out of range. The biggest problem is that weve had several of these lapses per game the last couple years. Parker i believe fielded a kickoff going out of bounds on the 2 last year ha.

[Jonathan Carone]

I noticed last year that our coordinators (especially on offense) contradicted Gill in press conferences a lot but didn't think a ton about it. This year I'm still noticing it so I figured it'd be worth keeping track of.

“(Buckshot) will play one series (against Jacksonville),” Gill said. “When that will be, we haven’t decided that yet.”

Dailey wasn’t as clear on how much playing time Buckshot will get against Jacksonville. “We haven’t sat down and discussed it, in totality, for this week. We’re going to let this game plan for this week play itself out and make a decision at the conclusion of the week.”

[Purple Haize]

I noticed last year that our coordinators (especially on offense) contradicted Gill in press conferences a lot but didn't think a ton about it. This year I'm still noticing it so I figured it'd be worth keeping track of.

“(Buckshot) will play one series (against Jacksonville),” Gill said. “When that will be, we haven’t decided that yet.”

Dailey wasn’t as clear on how much playing time Buckshot will get against Jacksonville. “We haven’t sat down and discussed it, in totality, for this week. We’re going to let this game plan for this week play itself out and make a decision at the conclusion of the week.”

Interesting. IMO what you are seeing is the Big Picture wish with Gill and the day to day reality with the OC. It happens.
I DO know that 'Buckshot' has got to go. 'Buck' or 'Calvert' is fine but 'Buckshot' is horrible for legitimacy. It's why actors have stage names.

[Jonathan Carone]

Another contradiction from yesterday:

Gill said the problems at Tech were on the QB and the WRs.

Dailey said the problems were all on the QB.

[LUnpretty11]

These "contradictions" seem pretty small to me.

It makes sense why Dailey blames the QB and Gill would say it's both the WRs and QB.

[Purple Haize]

These "contradictions" seem pretty small to me.

It makes sense why Dailey blames the QB and Gill would say it's both the WRs and QB.

He's our resident 'Mountain Out of a Mole Hill' man

[LUnpretty11]

These "contradictions" seem pretty small to me.

It makes sense why Dailey blames the QB and Gill would say it's both the WRs and QB.

He's our resident 'Mountain Out of a Mole Hill' man

Makes sense. I always saw him as a mole! CCUFan! I kid I kid.

[A Sea of Red]

Is there a quarterback controversy brewing?

http://www.aseaofred.com/is-there-a-qua ... y-brewing/

[BJWilliams]

These "contradictions" seem pretty small to me.

It makes sense why Dailey blames the QB and Gill would say it's both the WRs and QB.

He's our resident 'Mountain Out of a Mole Hill' man

Agreed...its one thing to be fair and balanced even as a fan...this is not what I would call fair and balanced