EAST CAROLINA PIRATES DYNASTY - 2014 SEASON - WEEK 2 VS. SMU - stevecpa5's Dynasty

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EAST CAROLINA PIRATES DYNASTY - 2014 SEASON - WEEK 2 VS. SMU

Posted on December 7, 2019 at 09:49 AM.

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WELL, ITS WEEK 2, THE PIRATES HAVE RETURNED HOME FROM THEIR SEASON OPENER AT ALOHA STADIUM WITH A 1-0 RECORD READY TO BEGIN CONFERENCE PLAY OPENING UP WITH A TOUGH GAME VS. SMU.

HERE IS A LOOK AT THE SMU GAME PLAN LEADING UP TO THE BIG GAME ON ORIENTATION WEEKEND FOR ALL OF THE STUDENTS!

GAME PLAN:
SONNY ****S IS THE RETURNING COACH OF THE MUSTANGS, AND IS STILL BITTER OVER LAST YEARS DEFEAT AT THE HANDS OF THE PIRATES.

OFFENSIVELY, THE MUSTANGS RUN AN AIR RAID OFFENSE. IN 2014, SMU WILL NOT HAVE THE SERVICES OF QB SHANE BEUCHELE WHO WAS VERY KEY TO THEIR OFFENSE LAST YEAR. HE WILL BE REPLACED BY WILLIAM BROWN, REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE WHO IS YOUR PROTOTYPICAL POCKET PASSER AND A VERY ACCURATE QB. THE MAIN SKILL PLAYER TO WATCH OUT FOR IS WR REGGIE ROBERSON JR, WHO IS A SENIOR THIS YEAR AND HAS BIG HOLES TO FILL AS JAMES PROCHE WAS DRAFTED AS A JUNIOR LEAVING EARLY. OVERALL THEY HAVE FAIRLY DECENT SPEED AT THE WIDE RECEIVER POSITION AND SHOULD POSE THREATS TO THE BACK END OF THE PIRATES DEFENSE. THE MUSTANGS HAVE A FAIRLY STOUT OFFENSIVE LINE MIXED OF JUNIORS AND SENIORS WITH A LOT OF GAME EXPERIENCE.

DEFENSIVELY, THE STANDARD 4-3 DEFENSE IS UTILIZED BY SMU. THEIR FRONT SEVEN IS AVERAGE AT BEST WITH THE MOST DOMINANT PLAYER TO WATCH BEING SENIOR LINEBACKER DELANO ROBINSON, WHO IN THE FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON HAD 6 TKLS, 1 TFL, AND 1 PBU. THEIR SECONDARY IS FILLED WITH RANGY ATHLETES BUT THEY LACK IN SIZE. THEY MATCHUP WELL WITH THE SPEED OF OUR RECEIVERS, HOWEVER OUR TIGHT END ZECH BYRD COULD BE THE X FACTOR THAT WILL PRESENT A MATCHUP NIGHTMARE BEING 6'7.

LAST YEAR WE TRAVELED TO SMU AND UPSET THE MUSTANGS. LOOKING BACK AT LAST YEARS TAPE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH OUR RUN GAME IN ORDER TO GET THE PLAY ACTION PASSING GAME TO BE A WEAPON FOR US. ANY TIME WE CAN GET ZECH BYRD ON ONE OF THE SMALLER D BACKS, IT WILL PRESENT JUMP BALL OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE 80/20 PERCENT IN OUR FAVOR. IN ORDER TO STOP THEIR SPEED ON OFFENSE, WE NEED TO CRASH THE OUTSIDE AND FORCE THEIR RUNNING GAME TO THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. WE ALSO NEED TO RUN ZONE COVERAGE UNDERNEATH AND NOT LET ANYTHING BEHIND THE DEFENSE. WE WILL MIX UP ZONE AND MAN THROUGHOUT THE GAME TO KEEP THE SOPHOMORE QB ON HIS TOES. SHANE BUECHELE HURT US ON THE GROUND LAST GAME, BUT WE WONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT THIS YEAR AS WILLIAM BROWN IS NOT A SCRAMBLER BY ANY MEANS.

WEEK 2 GAME VS. SMU:

SMU IS COMING OFF A DRUBBING AT BAYLOR 38-14, AND WILL LOOK TO REBOUND THIS FIRST AMERICAN CONFERENCE GAME OF THE SEASON.

ONE OF THE BEST HOME ATMOSPHERES WHEN PURPLE HAZE BEGINS TO PLAY AND THE PIRATE WALK OCCURS. LETS TREAT THESE HOME FANS TO A GREAT GAME!

THE LAST MATCHUP WAS A CLOSELY CONTESTED GAME, AND WE DONT EXPECT ANYTHING LESS IN THIS MATCHUP!

SMU CAME OUT EARLY FIRED UP TRYING TO AVENGE LAST SEASON'S 30-27 HOME LOSS WITH A 1 PLAY DRIVE HITTING A WIDE OPEN WHEEL ROUTE TO THE RUNNING BACK TEMERIK WILLIAMS FOR A SCORE. THE PIRATES COULD DO NOTHING RIGHT IN THE FIRST HALF GOING DOWN 21-7 WITH ONLY A HALF TO PLAY AND BEING OUTGAINED BY ALMOST 250 YARDS, AND THEIR ONLY TOUCHDOWN COMING ON SPECIAL TEAMS WITH A JSI HATFIELD KICKOFF RETURN TD.

THE INTENSITY OF THE PIRATES INCREASED IN THE SECOND HALF WITH BACK AND FORTH PLAY AND THE PIRATES AFTER BEING DOWN AT ONE POINT BY 18 POINTS, CUTTING THE LEAD TO JUST EIGHT WITH UNDER 2 MINUTES TO GO, AND THE BALL ON THEIR OWN 39. DOWN 34-26, HOLTON LED AN AMAZING DRIVE TO PUT 6 POINTS ON THE BOARD, HOWEVER THE RESULTING TWO POINT ATTEMPT WAS NO GOOD AS BLAKE PROEHL GOT THE BALL KNOCKED OUT OF HIS HANDS IN THE END ZONE.

SMU V ECU IS TURNING OUT TO BE QUITE THE RIVALRY WITH BOTH GAMES IN THE FALK VS ****S ERA BEING DECIDED BY 5 TOTAL POINTS. NO TIME TO POUT HOWEVER AS ECU NOW TRAVELS TO TULSA, A TEAM THAT COACH FALK HAS ZERO TAPE ON AND HAS NEVER FACED BEFORE!

INJURY NOTES:
STARTING NICKEL BACK JAQUAN MCMILLIAN INJURED HIS SHOULDER IN THE SECOND QUARTER AND HAD TO MISS THE REST OF THE GAME.