Today the Sunbelt's ULa at Monroe Warhawks come to Commonwealth. You may have heard this already by now, but this is a pretty good football team. The Warhawks are 4-2, their losses coming to Texas (59-20) and Arizona State (38-14). These guys last played 11 days ago, beating Arkansas State 16-10, their only game since October 3rd. Quarterback Trey Revell hurt his hand in that game and reportedly will not play tonight. Revell was having a big year. He will be replaced by a freshman, Cody Wells. The Warhawks will be led by TB Frank Goodin, who averages over 90 yards a game.
Allright, this is taking too long to piece together, and I doubt anyone gives a crap. Here is your preview. This is a losable game. ULa Monroe comes in with a better team than the Middle Tennessee squad that come within a shoestring tackle of beating the Cats last year. Last week's win was awesome but this Cats team is still in a precarious spot. It appears that we will use three different quarterbacks today, which I must admit isn't ideal. Thankfully Derrick Locke's knee improved over the course of the week and will be available.
The Warhawks have had a balanced attack all year (about 200 yards per game on the ground and in the air) but with their QB out will probably rely on the running game. Kentucky had success playing their base 4-3 last week. My guess is they'll stick with this plan and forgo nickel and dime packages. I think ULM will have trouble mounting a lot of offense. With that in mind, the key today is for the Cats to come out focused and have some success of offense early. Beyond that, we need to avoid mistakes, particularly giving up touchdowns on special teams.
Ideally, this is a game that we would win going away. We could give both throwing QBs some work, and possibly get some rest for a few guys (Cobb and Locke come to mind, but it would also be good to get guys like Corey Peters, Ricky Lumkin and some of the O Line a break). Something tells me we will still be biting our nails well into the fourth quarter, though. Still, I feel pretty confident in the end result, if for no other reason than our Defense should own them.
I am in the Blue Lot today starting at about 3:30. Stop by and say hello.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
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