{"id":1408,"date":"2015-09-24T16:47:35","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T16:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2015-09-24T17:25:53","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T17:25:53","slug":"runnin-bulldogs-set-to-sace-neighbor-rival-wofford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/?p=1408","title":{"rendered":"Runnin&#8217; Bulldogs set to face neighbor rival Wofford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By: Jared McMurry<\/p>\n<p>The Gardner-Webb football team notched their first win last Saturday beating Virginia Union 13-9. The Runnin\u2019 Bulldogs will look to get a win streak going this week as they take on the Wofford Terriers. <!--more-->Gardner-Webb has victoriously battled Wofford over the past few years and looks to knock off Wofford for a third consecutive year.<\/p>\n<p>The Terriers are members of the Southern Conference, which Gardner-Webb Coach Carroll McCray believes to be a rival not only on the field but in recruiting as well. \u201cWe recruit against the So Con teams in North and South Carolina,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s really a good regional matchup for us.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Terriers bring a triple option offense to the gridiron, and that could present trouble for a Gardner-Webb team who has been exposed by big plays this season. McCray said that they do an outstanding job with their backs and receivers, especially on the perimeter. \u201cWe have to have a good plan and understand what they\u2019re going to do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>McCray also noted that he expects Wofford to use two quarterbacks much like they have all season. The Terriers are 1-2 on the season, coming off a losing effort in which they put up 38 points to Football Bowl Subdivision foe, Idaho.<br \/>\nThe Runnin\u2019 Bulldogs went with a two-quarterback system last Saturday and could see the same rotation this week. Even though <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gwusports.com\/sports\/fball\/2015-16\/bios\/maxwell_tyrell_du8k\" target=\"_blank\">Tyrell Maxwell<\/a>\u00a0has practiced this weekend, his status for Saturday\u2019s game remains uncertain until Friday as he recovers from a concussion. McCray admits that their offense will need to expand their packages regardless of who the quarterback is and look to add to the passing game. \u201cWe will have fewer possessions, so each one will be precious,\u201d he said. McCray also noted that the offensive line needs to continue to show improvement. \u201cThey really need to find some continuity so we can get things going on the edge,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nLook for Gardner-Webb to once more find their focus heading into Saturday\u2019s game at 7 p.m. in Spartanburg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By: Jared McMurry The Gardner-Webb football team notched their first win last Saturday beating Virginia Union 13-9. The Runnin\u2019 Bulldogs will look to get a win streak going this week as they take on the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/?p=1408\" title=\"Runnin&#8217; Bulldogs set to face neighbor rival Wofford\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[60,69,89,162,62,131,161],"class_list":["post-1408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-carroll-mccray","tag-football","tag-jared-mcmurry","tag-southern-conference","tag-tyrell-maxwell","tag-virginia-union","tag-wofford-terriers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408","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=1408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}