Bradley at Cleveland

[alt1958]

First off GREAT GAME BEARS.... Hats off to the players who executed and coaching staff who had them ready to play. Coach Freeman gets crticized a lot, nature of the business, but last night he did one the best jobs as OC I have seen him do in a while. Coach Floyd had that defense ready and they executed at a tremendous level.

 

For those complaining about those of us who discussed team speed, we knew Bradley's defense was fast, but one on one Cleveland's skill players simply are a bit faster, in pure speed. Coach Floyd, in his interviews, said point blank the Bears could NOT miss tackls and let them get going because they would take it to the house. That is nothing but the bare facts. Defensively Bradley locked up and took the Cleveland players down, and never let them get free. That is great recognition and execution. IF McCreary had hit Davis in stride when he got behind the defense on the interception play, he would have been gone to the house. But pressure and great effort made it a turn over.

 

Offensively, a really good game plan, and well executed across the board. They found weak spots in the Cleveland defense and exploited them. Not many huge spectacular plays but just enough. A great job by Cole Copeland finding open receivers and then escaping and running to daylight.

 

The one negative was WAY too many penalties. Not just the personal fouls, but blocks in the back and such.

 

Enjoy the win, but it's time to look forward to the next game and tanking care of business.

 

GO BEARS

[alt1958]

Hard to watch that game last night. If Clevelands QB is out. This season is over.

 

Yeah, I hope it is not major and McCreary gets back quickly. HUGE difference after he went out, but the kid that played there last series looked promising.

[TheTruth101]

Two things. McCrary for Cleveland had very little time to throw. Kudos to Bradley and their front 7. Copeland was the difference. It wasn't coaching. It wasn't the refs. It wasn't anything but Copeland. Switch his jersey and the scoreboard flip flops. He is simply that good.

[TheTruth101]

Are you serious? Copeland did not play 1 snap on defense. Cleveland had less than 150yds of offense that was the difference. Copeland is s great player and deserves a lot of credit for all the teams success but Bradley could have won this game without him last night.

[clevelandblueraiderfan]

Lots of new Bradley fans showing up on CoachT.

[CheckerboardEndzone]

Lots of new Bradley fans showing up on CoachT.

I just said the same thing.

One win and fire up the bandwagon!

Feels like 1976!

[Dadof23]

Are you serious? Copeland did not play 1 snap on defense. Cleveland had less than 150yds of offense that was the difference. Copeland is s great player and deserves a lot of credit for all the teams success but Bradley could have won this game without him last night.

[Dadof23]

Yes

Edited September 10, 2016 by Dadof23

[Dadof23]

Yes very serious. Anybody with a football pulse would admit that he was the difference.

[alt1958]

I just said the same thing.

One win and fire up the bandwagon!

Feels like 1976!

 

HEY I am NOT a bandwagon fan, even back in 1976. Been going to Bradley games since my aunt was a cheerleder back in 1961 and 1962.

[TheTruth101]

Yes very serious. Anybody with a football pulse would admit that he was the difference.

OK!! Your right. I forgot he forced all 3 fumbles and picked off 2 passes.

[DaChampsAgain]

What a game. Bradley vs the stripes. Took a while, but we over came the laundry and went on to defeat the stripes with our slow defensive guys and no wet field on Cleveland's side. Congrats Bears!

Edited September 10, 2016 by DaChampsAgain