UNLV DYNASTY - WEEK 4 UPDATE - OBinKC's Dynasty

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UNLV DYNASTY - WEEK 4 UPDATE

Posted on October 29, 2019 at 02:38 PM.

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Our first game was host to #16 UCLA. From the opening drive, it was obvious that the Bruins took this game lightly. We had the ball first and scored fairly easily. Our practices paid off. I had Nick Sherry out there going through the progressions of the Air Raid concepts until he had nightmares about them. The beauty of the Air Raid is that the handful of concepts can be run over and over from multiple formations and it looks like a complex offense. So we had no trouble scoring. And our defense really stepped up and got pressure. I brought my DC with me from GSU and we were on a mission to show this league that things were going to be different here. We upset UCLA 38-35.

Our second game was at the Big House, facing #24 Michigan, and it was a different story. The Wolverines tore through us like tin foil and not only took away our passing game, they also stuffed our runs. We finally found our groove in the fourth quarter, but it was too late. We lost 52-42.

Our third game brought us back home to Sam Boyd Stadium to face San Jose State. In our conference opener, we dominated the Spartans 42-14. It wasn�t as easy as it looks, though. Things were just playing out perfectly. We got some really tough stops early on that kept the momentum on our side. The bad news is, we lost our two starting linebackers Iggy Porchia and Tau Lotuleilei for one and three weeks, respectively. We also lost our backup halfback, Niko Kapeli, for seven weeks.

Next up is Wyoming. This is usually a spread passing team, so the plan is to get some pressure from the ends. If they mix in the run well, we may have our work cut out for us.