Kennesaw State @ Jacksonville State (2nd Round)

[JSUSoutherner]

First of all, congratulations to Kennesaw State! Hard to imagine that just four years ago the Owls didn't even have a football program and are already getting wins.


This matchup will be simple. The team that runs the ball effectively will win the game.


Looking forward to Saturday.

[cx500d]

This one will be interesting.

[Reign of Terrier]

I'm going with Kennesaw State because of their turnover margin and the strength of their run game.

[ming01]

Jsu run D too strong. Ksu should make it interesting though

[igo4uni]

I voted JSU

[Daytripper]

It will be close. Either team could win. For homer reasons, I'm rooting for Kennesaw State.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

JSU has a good defense. I'll go with that....for now!

[NorthChuckSouth]

JSU please win by 100

[Birdman_]

Couldn't be more excited for this matchup, but I have no idea what to expect. As others have mentioned, JSU's run defense is a real concern, and it'll be very interesting to see how our offense handles the challenge. JSU has certainly earned a lot of respect.

Looking at JSU's schedule, there haven't been many close games at all. Is the option a concern amongst JSU fans? The GT game is clearly a different situation than this one, but for those that watched the game, I'm curious if the scheme presented a challenge or if it was more of a power 5 thing.

[JSUSoutherner]

Couldn't be more excited for this matchup, but I have no idea what to expect. As others have mentioned, JSU's run defense is a real concern, and it'll be very interesting to see how our offense handles the challenge. JSU has certainly earned a lot of respect.

Looking at JSU's schedule, there haven't been many close games at all. Is the option a concern amongst JSU fans? The GT game is clearly a different situation than this one, but for those that watched the game, I'm curious if the scheme presented a challenge or if it was more of a power 5 thing.

We did a good job at containing GTs rushing attack. We held them to 4.3 YPC on 49 attempts. The only team that did better against GT's run game this season was UGA who held them to 4.1 YPC on 46 attempts. Clemson held them to 4.6 YPC.

Our biggest problem is we turned the ball over three times in a row and set them up inside the 30 each time. After that the score just snowballed and got out of hand as our offense was put in a box and forced the defense to stay out and play most of the second half.

Here is every play GT ran against our defense, if you're interested:



FTR, every drive between 5:14 and 7:59 in the video is following a JSU turnover. Hence the short fields.

If we hadn't given up that 65 yard TD on the inside veer we would have had them at 3.0 YPC. Oh well. S*** happens.