UCA- They are better than I thought. Especially against an FBS first game of the year. Got to get the jitters out of the way. We always start slow. It's a tradition apparently.

Coaching: Brown made changes to his game plan when he saw our running game struggling. Plus the players conditioning had the Hilltoppers holding their hips early in the third quarter according to the tv guy.

Offense- UCA's pass game against WKU was tough to stop. QB Breylin Smith completed 72% of his passes for 328 yards and 3 TDs. WR Winningham had 222 yards receiving and 3 TDs. We didn't even use our SEC transfers or some of our returning WRs. That was great to see. Our running game needs work but that's not unusual for us. So we are building our depth at WR and saving the running game backups for conference play.

Defense- Had an issue early stopping the run. But that might have been nerves and maybe also the fact we lost an all- American dlineman and had a bit of loss due to graduation. Either way adjustments were made and WKU had trouble scoring. Pass defense was solid. Yeah they gave up yards between the 20s but red zone stops were nice to see. Hard to stop a 6'4" QB falling forward from the 1 yard line.

Overall: Many road games this year. Might be tough for such a young team. But I think we will have a pretty good record and fans will be happy with the effort. We'll see as the year goes if we can adjust to the different styles of play found in the SLC.

What are your thoughts about your team?