Football Gameplan is Predicting a Victory

[UNIty]

http://www.footballgameplan.com/fcs-division-i-aa-predictions

I'll be pissed if we let the Bears score anything over 7

[Mountain Panther]

They also predicted WIU over SIU.

[Khan4Cats]

They also predicted WIU over SIU.

WIU is fighting for their playoff lives. I wouldn't be surprised for that reason alone but I am not sure it will be enough, SIU has had two weeks to prepare for them.

I think MSU will get some points on us, but we should be able to keep them well in check and wear them down on defense. I don't see this as a shootout, but another methodical win.

[unigriff]

the WIU-SIU game is a game for outright 2nd and a slim shot at a tie for 1st. However, if WIU wins...it shows just unpredictable this conference is.

[JayJ79]

SIU is pretty good at stopping the run (2nd only to our D in rush defense),
so I can't see WIU pulling off a win unless they can make their offense alot less one-dimensional that it has been.

[CincyPanther88]

SIU is pretty good at stopping the run (2nd only to our D in rush defense),
so I can't see WIU pulling off a win unless they can make their offense alot less one-dimensional that it has been.

I agree. I don't see WIU beating SIU.

As for our game, our defense wasn't exactly clicking on all cylinders in the YSU game in the 1st quarter. If Missouri St. breaks some big plays in the 1st quarter it's going to be an uphill struggle to come back on the road against a team who can score a lot. I'm guessing the Bears will be sky high for this game.

[UNI MadCat]

As for our game, our defense wasn't exactly clicking on all cylinders in the YSU game in the 1st quarter. If Missouri St. breaks some big plays in the 1st quarter it's going to be an uphill struggle to come back on the road against a team who can score a lot. I'm guessing the Bears will be sky high for this game.

Remember SDSU got on the board early against us too. ISU gashed us early as well. This team has been there before on the road and responds well, usually in the form of creating turnovers.

This seems like the type of team that, while everyone loves to play at home, has sort of that "workmanlike" attitude that is best suited for road games. I think the focus is that much more there because, frankly, there's not much else to focus on.

Put it this way... whether they say it or not, everyone from the coaches to the players knows that a win here means they return home until December 1st at minimum, and possibly through the semis if they can advance in the playoffs. That alone should carry them through "Bear Week". I had a feeling that we'd control WIU and I feel that even more for this game.