2017 Richmond Spiders Football - Prologue - Colgate

[mcspider]

And a stop it is.

 

[WolfSpider]

Good drive and score, and then two huge missed tackles inside the 20 on the kickoff that would have given us a big field position advantage. Big difference punting on 4th and 5 from the 35 compared to punting from the 17. Good tackling is a huge advantage we don't have right now.

 

[ur66]

Score in six plays, watch.

 

[mcspider]

On a defensive TD. I like the cut of your jib.

 

[FrontRoyalSpider]

I can't remember a more frustrating start to any season

Remember 1979 and 1982? You can throw in 1965 too. All those years we were winless!
Just hope 2017 does not join that select group!

 

[Stonewall D]

Andrew Clyde made 3 stops in a row. He single handedly push them back 10 yards.

 

[SpiderRick]

Remember 1979 and 1982? You can throw in 1965 too. All those years we were winless!
Just hope 2017 does not join that select group!

I'm not old enough

 

[WolfSpider]

How much difference does a short field make?

 

[SpiderRick]

worst red zone offense ever

 

[WolfSpider]

Started to make a snarky comment about special teams.... thought better of it..... good job Trau.

 

[SpiderK]

That's about 30 points we have left out there.

 

[AnnapSpider]

Remember 1979 and 1982? You can throw in 1965 too. All those years we were winless!
Just hope 2017 does not join that select group!

Ha- at the end of 1965 we had the nations longest loosing streak.

 

[urmite]

Remember 1979 and 1982? You can throw in 1965 too. All those years we were winless!
Just hope 2017 does not join that select group!

1979 they just played bad. 1982 my freshman year look at the schedule.
Home vs VA Tech, then 5 straight away at 1-A teams
https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/richmond/1982-schedule.html

 

[SpiderRick]

I thought the whole reason we got the Notre Dame kid was because he could kick it into the end zone?

 

[SpiderK]

I thought the whole reason we got the Notre Dame kid was because he could kick it into the end zone?

That's why Notre Dame cut him. Lol

 

[Spidermaniac]

Did we tip it in?

 

[Stonewall D]

Tied game. The ball is in Kyle Lauletta's hands.

 

[Spidermaniac]

True test now...

 

[DTSpider]

Would sure love to have a 20+ yard TD and just avoid the red zone.

 

[Spidermaniac]

We need points and to run out the clock.

 

[DTSpider]

Please no 4th & 1s...

 

[DTSpider]

Well done Trau

 

[SpiderK]

Glad we didn't drop Trau

 

[SpiderRick]

3 straight runs in the red zone, I don't get it with our passing offense

 

[I-M-UR]

Whew,

 

[Stonewall D]

The spiders win, with an int.

 

[I-M-UR]

We have a lot of things to fix, but a win is a win. Nice job Spiders.

 

[urmite]

3 straight runs in the red zone, I don't get it with our passing offense

Don't know if it was the right call, but we were running out the clock, making Colgate call 2 timeouts, and centering the ball for the FG.

 

[SpiderRick]

The Good:
1. We won
2. Andrew Clyde
3. The names on the backs of the jerseys
The Bad:
everything else

I'll take it...............

 

[Stonewall D]

They planned for a FG and took the points.

 

[Spidermaniac]

Gping for 6 while setting up a FG is a smart move.

 

[Wood Hall]

Wow, I was reading this thread earlier and thought we were losing 50-0. Then I saw it was only 14-14.

Now we win the game. I guess that means we won't go winless, right?

 

[Stonewall D]

This was a tough game.

 

[FrontRoyalSpider]

I'm not old enough

In 1965 I was 12 years old.
Back then I told a friend of mine at school that my favorite college team was Richmond. He said don"t you know UR has the longest losing streak in the country?

Little did I know that in just three years Richmond would be SoCon and Tangerine Bowl Champions!

 

[FrontRoyalSpider]

Wow, I was reading this thread earlier and thought we were losing 50-0. Then I saw it was only 14-14.

Now we win the game. I guess that means we won't go winless, right?

Thank goodness!

 

[bongturk]

Glad we didn't drop Trau

I see what you did there. Well played!

 

[spider fan]

Congrats Russ Huesman on your first Spider victory as head coach!

 

[WolfSpider]

VERY fortunate to win this game, but I'll take the victory.

 

[FrontRoyalSpider]

1979 they just played bad. 1982 my freshman year look at the schedule.
Home vs VA Tech, then 5 straight away at 1-A teams
https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/richmond/1982-schedule.html

We were in the process of transitioning from a I-A schedule to a I-AA schedule. We could not get out of that heavy I-A schedulr in 1982.

 

[MolivaManiac]

Still a long way to go but 1-1 feels way better than 0-2. Looking forward to seeing the team in action next Saturday.