Blue Dawg's Weekly Sagarin Football Thread 2020

I see now that the Sagarin prediction is 29...Vegas disagrees.

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Originally Posted by johnnylightnin

I see now that the Sagarin prediction is 29...Vegas disagrees.

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Wasn’t Sagarin that was also using Yahoo data that said we lost 42-21 yesterday?

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Originally Posted by FriscoDawg

Apparently virus contact tracing if not positive tests. Conference protocols have to be followed under contact tracing. Just be glad we don't have the Big Ten protocols because those are 21 days to sit out.

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Our own Tech rules have us using tracing not positive tests, not just CUSA. It's probably different for football than for "regular" students.

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Originally Posted by johnnylightnin

I see now that the Sagarin prediction is 29...Vegas disagrees.

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The BYU prediction was spot on. We have not covered the Sagarin spread all year (other than HBU, spread was about -30 and we won by 28).

Not saying I agree that we'll be +29...just that we are so bad it's not out of the realm of possibility.

So, put money on Marshall, or what?

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Originally Posted by JuBru

So, put money on Marshall, or what?

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To cover 13? Probably. If I could get 29 points, I would almost certainly bet on Tech.

Surely, we can't lose by 29 pts! No way! Not gonna happen!


Ah, ya think? :icon_roll:

I just want them to compete

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Originally Posted by PawDawg

I just want them to compete

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We competed. These guys played their hearts out. We lost 53 players to COVID related issues.

Damn. How good do you guys think Marshall is? Have you even watched them play? I have. They are not BYU. And they are two TD’s weaker on the road than at home. They have a freshman QB. If we can get healthy, we have a solid chance at beating Marshall. Get a grip guys.

This will be the farthest they have travelled this season. Their only road game so far has been @ WKU.

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Originally Posted by HogDawg

Damn. How good do you guys think Marshall is? Have you even watched them play? I have. They are not BYU. And they are are two TD’s weaker on the road. They have a freshman QB. If we can get healthy, we have a solid chance at beating Marshall. Get a grip guys.

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They aren’t nearly as good as BYU. It’s a conference game at home. I don’t see us getting blown out.

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Originally Posted by HogDawg

Damn. How good do you guys think Marshall is? Have you even watched them play? I have. They are not BYU. And they are are two TD’s weaker on the road than at home. They have a freshman QB. If we can get healthy, we have a solid chance at beating Marshall. Get a grip guys.

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I watched the app state game - they held them ti 7 pta.

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Originally Posted by sportdawg

I watched the app state game - they held them ti 7 pta.

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To 7 points

Appalachian State also held them to 17 points, the lowest of the 3 teams App has played and that was a home game.

I can see their offense struggling with a fresh QB on the road. We’d have to take advantage of that. I think our defense is settling in a bit.