Charlotte is going to be rather shorthanded versus James Madison on Saturday.
49ers coach Biff Poggi stated this week that his group might be without as numerous as 9 of its 22 beginners on either side of the ball for Charlotte’s season opener. And he blamed himself for why the group has so lotsof essential gamers hurt ahead of the season, insinuating that he pressed his gamers too hard in their preseason practices.
From the Charlotte Observer:
“I’m not excellent at mathematics, however it’s getting close to 50% (of beginners),” Poggi stated. “I feel extremely bad for those kids, however I understand the young individuals who get an chance to play will play hard. And I take duty for that as the head football coach.
“When you open with JMU — a program that’s 19-4 over the last couple of years — you get a little overzealous, and you have to balance inbetween that callous that you desire the gamers to have, and getting them healthy. And I get an F-minus on that.”
Poggi stated he hoped all the gamers would be back by the time conference play begins at the end of September versus Rice. After the Week 1 videogame versus James Madison, Charlotte goes to North Carolina before hosting FCS challenger Gardner-Webb in Week 3.
The 49ers then play at Indiana in Week 4 before they have 8 American Athletic Conference videogames to surface the season. You wear’t requirement us to inform you it won’t be simple for the 49ers versus a James Madison group that’s been extraordinary in its 2 seasons at the leading level of college football and on the roadway versus 2 power conference challengers. A 1-3 record feels like the affordable result for Charlotte heading int