{"id":1348,"date":"2015-09-17T15:30:03","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T15:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/?p=1348"},"modified":"2015-09-17T20:18:46","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T20:18:46","slug":"runnin-bulldogs-move-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/?p=1348","title":{"rendered":"Runnin&#8217; Bulldogs move forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Jared McMurry<\/p>\n<p>After a disappointing loss in their home opener to Elon, the Runnin\u2019 Bulldogs \u00a0will look to get things going early offensively against Virginia Union this Saturday in Boiling Springs.<!--more--> The football team will have to do so without starting quarterback <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gwusports.com\/sports\/fball\/2015-16\/bios\/maxwell_tyrell_du8k\" target=\"_blank\">Tyrell Maxwell<\/a> who suffered a concussion during overtime on Saturday. According to Coach Carroll McCray they will go with a two-quarterback system, freshmen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gwusports.com\/sports\/fball\/2015-16\/bios\/rollins_brody_uxs2\" target=\"_blank\">Brody Rollins<\/a> and (RS) sophomore <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gwusports.com\/sports\/fball\/2015-16\/bios\/arrington_chase_0its\" target=\"_blank\">Chase Arrington<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following the loss, McCray knew his team had missed opportunities that need to be corrected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a lack of execution offensively, and missed opportunities inside the 30,\u201d he said. \u201cThere is plenty of evidence that we were in good position, we just need guys to step up.\u201d He did mention that his team played better defensively, but knows that they can\u2019t win games being one-dimensional.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia Union are a Division II squad but bring a lot of talent to the field. The Panthers have posted a 2-0 record so far in the 2015 season and have scored points in bunches. Almost their entire roster is made up of transfers, and speed can be found at every position. \u201cThey run a spread offense, that is very quick paced and we expect a lot of quick plays from them,\u201d said McCray.<\/p>\n<p>One thing to watch for will be the turnover battle, as McCray feels as if possession of the football is still premium to his squad. McCray also noted that they will do their best to make both quarterbacks comfortable early on, lean toward their strengths and possibly go with the one with the hot hand as the game progresses. Coach McCray knows that this squad should not be overlooked and he feels like his entire staff and team feel the same way.<\/p>\n<p>If you can\u2019t make it out to the game Saturday at 6 p.m. you can tune in on the Big South Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Jared McMurry After a disappointing loss in their home opener to Elon, the Runnin\u2019 Bulldogs \u00a0will look to get things going early offensively against Virginia Union this Saturday in Boiling Springs.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4],"tags":[130,60,129,89,61,62,131],"class_list":["post-1348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","category-sports","tag-brody-rollins","tag-carroll-mccray","tag-chase-arrington","tag-jared-mcmurry","tag-runnin-bulldogs","tag-tyrell-maxwell","tag-virginia-union"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}