WIU at Tennessee Tech (8/31/17)

wiu712 · Tue Aug 29, 2017 11:40 am

Leathernecks open at Tennessee Tech on Thursday.

From today's McDonough County Voice:
http://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/sports/20 ... n-thursday

2017 Football Radio Network:
WRMS, 94.3 FM, Beardstown.
WJEQ, 102.7 FM, Macomb.
WAIK, 1590 AM, Galesburg.
WPWQ, 106.7 FM, Mount Sterling.
KCLN, 1390 AM, Clinton, Iowa.

Tue Aug 29, 2017 12:53 pm

AT

Game Time: 6PM Central
Location: TTU’s Tucker Stadium, Cookeville, TN
Weather:

TV: OVC Digital Network (free)
Radio: Announcers (Scott Kornberg, Dr. Tom Cody) - Beardstown - WRMS (94.3 FM); Macomb - WJEQ (102.7 FM); Galesburg - WAIK (1590 AM); Quincy - WPWQ (106.7 FM); Clinton, Iowa - (KCLN 1390 AM)
Internet: wrmsfm.com or Tune-In Radio App (Google store and iTunes)
Live Stats: TTUSports.com
Game Notes: Western Illinois | Tennessee Tech

A bit about Tennessee Tech

TTU is coming off of a 5-6 season overall, but 5-3 in the OVC which was good enough for 3rd place in the final conference standings. The Golden Eagles don’t have a ton of offensive weapons, with QB Michael Birdsong finishing up a strong senior year last season (2577 yards & 17 TDs passing, 226 yards & 4 TDs rushing). They do have Sophomore RB Yeedee Thaenrat who ran for 707 yards and 6 TDs last season as a freshman and was named to this season’s preseason All-OVC team, as well as Senior WR Dontez Byrd, who caught for 933 yards and 7 TDs last season. Defensively, Junior LB Josh Poplar returns following a 105 tackle performance last season. Overall, in the OVC preseason poll, TTU is expected to finish 6th (out of 9 teams).

Series History
No series history, WIU has never played TTU before.

Predictions
Massey - 31-24, WIU Victory
Compughterratings.com - 33-24, WIU win
Nationalsportsrankings.com - 40-16, WIU win
5Dimes Odds - WIU -2, Over/Under 57.5
Sagarin (calculation, doesn't round) - 30.93-25.63, WIU win

Rankings
Sagarin (out of all 254 DI teams) - WIU 128, TTU 183
STATS Top 25 - WIU 25, TTU Unranked
Massey Composite - WIU 20, TTU 54

My Take
Overall, I think that the Leatherneck offense should have very little difficulty moving the ball against the Golden Eagle defense, especially on the ground, although it’ll take a little bit to “knock the rust off”. I’m predicting something around a 10-point Leatherneck win. If the weather is especially bad, I think the point differential could be a bit more, with particular emphasis on the running game and short passes to our tight ends. This could be another 200+ yard game for Steve McShane, and Sean McGuire could go for nearly 100 yards himself.

sealhall74 · Tue Aug 29, 2017 1:48 pm

They have some interesting position names in the 2-Deep. Will, Mike, and Leo for linebackers. FC and BC for cornerbacks has me a bit baffled. Any football gurus want to hazard a guess on those?

Tue Aug 29, 2017 2:06 pm

sealhall74 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2017 1:48 pm They have some interesting position names in the 2-Deep. Will, Mike, and Leo for linebackers. FC and BC for cornerbacks has me a bit baffled. Any football gurus want to hazard a guess on those?

Did some looking around and apparently at some schools:
FC = Field Cornerback = DB who plays more in the middle of the field
BC = Boundary Cornerback = DB who plays more along the edges of the field

I guess a Field Cornerback could also be something of a deep linebacker/free safety type position.

wiu712 · Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:39 am

Leathernecks start Thursday at Tennessee Tech.

From today's McDonough County Voice:
http://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/sports/20 ... essee-tech

leatherneckcountry · Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:07 pm

Is the Depth chart listed somewhere.

wiu712 · Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:07 pm

Former Cookeville High School great coming back for WIU contest.

From the Cookeville Herald-Citizen:
http://herald-citizen.com/stories/forme ... test,22938

Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:28 pm

leatherneckcountry wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:07 pm Is the Depth chart listed somewhere.

Yea, it's in the game notes. I pulled out the individual page for it and uploaded it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0Vd4J ... sp=sharing

wiu712 · Wed Aug 30, 2017 4:06 pm

Leatherneck lethal offense is back.

From today's Western Courier:
https://westerncourier.com/38487/sports ... e-is-back/

leatherneckcountry · Wed Aug 30, 2017 4:20 pm

ST_Lawson wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:28 pm
leatherneckcountry wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:07 pm Is the Depth chart listed somewhere.
Yea, it's in the game notes. I pulled out the individual page for it and uploaded it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0Vd4J ... sp=sharing

Thanks interesting to see Mayes listed 3rd on the depth chart.