there haven't been many CAA games at The Brick House since 2016 that you could legitimately call critical...if I'm forgetting a few we probably lost them...I believe Saturday's game against Villanova qualifies as critical to any significant chance Richmond can battle for the CAA Championship and the six CAA wins it probably takes for FCS Playoff At-Large consideration...
take heart Spiders fans, the squad seems to have been following Coach Huesman's weekly advice that they need to keep improving...they've been better in each game since the Virginia opener, but the W/L record just doesn't show it...I expect more progress this week that could not come at a more important time...we'll likely need it against an equally desperate Villanova team...the Wildcats need this game as badly as we do!
the late 4th quarter meltdown at Elon reminded even optimistic fans of the Spiders struggles of the last four full seasons...but this week provides optimistic fans with at least one more chance to exercise their hopeful mojo...beat Villanova Saturday and few will look back to Elon...they'll look ahead to the remaining five CAA games with a real shot at playing in the Championship/Playoff battle...
it should be a great football game...if this really is a different Spiders team they'll leave The Brick House Saturday evening with the biggest win in the program since 2016...
enjoy this week's Prologue...
Go Spiders!