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Indian Week

Indians have Dedmon back. We have the worst kickoff team in the history of football. That's a receipt for disaster.


Dedmon is not back. They will have to find another returner to throw into that receipt for disaster.
 
Do you guys normally take this long to get your game notes up? Depth chart for Spiders shown as unavailable in Tribe notes.
 
Sandy, we do not utilize computers at UR so it is labor intensive and slow so should be out by at least monday
 
remember it well...but for what I missed, not what I saw...

if I remember correctly it was an absolutely miserable day...cold, windy and rainy...think we were getting dominated in the 1st half by the Indians...situation looked hopeless...I did what is now the unthinkable...gave up on the Spiders and went home...

heard the Jefferson miracle on the radio...sad!

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I don't blame you for leaving Mojo, unfortunately left most of my games in college at half time to go to the bars - at least when I was a jr or sr. That was a half more I watched than most at the tail gates. Very unexpected turnaround in that game.
 
All time record against the Indians is 60-61-5 after the sweet 2 victories against them last year. Let's even up the record!
 
W&M hopes to get out from under Richmond's thumb
By JOHN O'CONNOR Richmond Times-Dispatch|21 hours ago
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Isaiah Stephens brings a selfless approach to the 127th football meeting between Richmond and William & Mary, through defensive design and respect for his elders.

Stephens, the Tribe's 6-foot-2, 300-pound defensive tackle, lines up every snap with the goal of occupying blockers and forcing double-teams, absorbing punishment so those stationed behind him can roam unattended.

"Getting tackles is nice. Getting sacks is nice," said Stephens, a junior from Smyrna, Del. "But I'm there to free up the linebackers within the scheme of our defense. Make sure the linebackers are free. Make sure their vision is clean."

That applies to all games. Today's regular-season capping rivalry meeting with Richmond includes additional motivation Stephens linked to others. He wants W&M's seniors to leave the program with something they do not possess: a win over Richmond. The Spiders have won five consecutive in the series, two last season with an FCS playoff victory after a regular-season win, and 10 of the past 12.

"This game means so much for the seniors," Stephens said.

Richmond (8-2, 5-2 CAA), ranked No. 8 in the final in-season Division I Football Championship Committee rankings, needs a win at W&M (4-6, 2-5) to preserve the Spiders' top-eight status. They would get one of eight first-round byes in the playoffs and a second-round home game.

"In a rivalry game, you can't really think of records and who's beaten who," UR quarterback Kyle Lauletta said. "They're going to want to ruin our chances at a bye and ruin our seeding in the playoffs."

With an upset, W&M could send out its seniors with a celebration and leave a lasting impression that it's better than the 2016 record reflected.

"We like to compete at the highest level we can, and it's disappointing when we don't," said Tribe coach Jimmye Laycock, whose 2015 team shared the CAA championship with UR and James Madison.

The W&M-UR series began in 1898, and the Tribe hold a 61-60-5 edge. This one could be decided on the ground. In the FCS, the Spiders rank third in fewest passing yards allowed (153.2 ypg). The Tribe ranks fifth (157.8 ypg).

"Everybody talks about receivers, defensive backs, quarterbacks. That's a huge part of the game," Stephens said. "But I feel it's going to come down to the big guys up front."

Evaluating the Spiders, Laycock said, "the play of their offensive line, their defensive line and their quarterback, when you have really good play out of those three areas, you're going to win some ball games."

Lauletta leads the CAA in passing (291.5 ypg) and Spider Brian Brown, a Hermitage graduate, leads the league in receiving (110 ypg).

"They really attack the entire field, whether it's with the run or the passing game," Laycock said. "(Lauletta) has great ability to come off a primary receiver to go to secondary and third people. He keeps plays alive. He knows how to play the game at quarterback besides just throwing it and catching it. He runs the show out there, makes the calls, makes the reads."

Injuries to key offensive players have limited the Tribe, but they still have tailback Kendell Anderson, a 200-pound senior who has averaged 128 rushing yards in his past six games.

"We're going to have to be ready to fit him up really good and minimize the space, the running lanes," UR coach Danny Rocco said. "And then we're going to have to tackle well."
 
Brissett runs straight up with no confidence.Looks like he's just going through the motion of the return.Saw the same last week v Delaware.Took the ball 3 yds deep in the end zone.
 
Special teams coach should be in his car headed back to New Jersey right now.
 
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