AstroDin wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 8:18 am
Thinking about Furman's running game and how it can be a weapon on a sloppy field. VMI's team as you would expect being an Air Raid offense is not deep or experienced at running back. The starting runningback will be Korey Bridy a 6-0 204 junior. Bridy was the return specialist for VMI - his 2019 stats 38 carries for 175 yards. Bridy is it for running backs with college experience. His back will be a freshman that did play one-year of prep ball - Rashad Raymond (5-10 185). After Bridy and Raymond, you have three freshman running backs left on the roster.
VMI's receiving corp is the opposite - the Keydets list 16 wide receivers on the roster.
It can cut both ways, in my opinion.
Furman, as we saw in 2019, struggled in inclement weather - the Citadel, APSU, ETSU, etc. Our passing attack just wasn't there in sloppy conditions.
The common theory is that a wet field benefits a run team. There is some thought it can also benefit a passing team (especially if it not raining and windy) because the receivers know where they are going and the defenders do not.
I'd expect Furman to start conservatively on defense. See what the Keydets have in terms of running game and what they can throw at us. If they can't run the ball, I'd expect to see a lot of 5 or 6 DB packages and a good bit of Dae'one Wilkins patrolling the middle of the field.
