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Region 5 football (Central-ish) / Re: FB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
« Last post by D3Navy on Today at 07:17:09 pm »I won't retype what I said on the ARC board. But Wartburg is a really intriguing matchup. They are hype-disciplined and experienced and just know how to make plays. For a team to beat NCC, they'll need to be flawless. Wart is probably the most capable team of that type of game in the field. I don't think they're the most explosive team NCC could have faced, but they are the definition of complementary and balanced. Really intrigued if they can give NCC a game into the 4th. UWL was in it, but as was stated, they never were within a score where the game felt in doubt. I'd guess that's what we see again this weekend, smart money is still on NCC. But if Wart can stay close, they've shown they can win a game that needs a whole bunch of people to make plays down the wire. I'm excited to see it play out!
I haven't watched much of Wartburg but their computer metrics on D look really impressive. Hopefully (for those of us who want to see a competitive game) they'll be more disciplined than UWL when it comes to tackling. Several plays NCC players were able to break through arm tackles (especially Saccos 80 yard TD that should have been stopped in the backfield).
Trinity struggled with the same issue. Makes one wonder if it might be that NCC just gets into the secondary so quickly that DBs are already on their heels trying to get all the way across the field to try to make plays.