Re: 6 C-USA bowls next year
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Re: 6 C-USA bowls next year
Well, that means that if we finish 3rd or worse in CUSA we will be locked in to New Mexico, Hawaii, Bahamas, etc again and unable to accept an Independence Bowl bid.
I wish we would drop some of these low-end, low attendance bowl agreements. With about only 4 guaranteed bowls we can negotiate a much better situation for the team and our fans. Going to just ANY BOWL, ANYWHERE on the planet should not be the goal.
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Getting into a bowl should be goal #1. Getting into the BEST possible bowl should be goal #2, that measured by location and opponent.
After last year's screw up when two MWC teams had to play each other in a bowl, I would HOPE other conferences will be more willing to make deals, for the benefit of all. So, maybe, some years, CUSA could swap around whereby we ended up in the Indy Bowl, rather than New Mexico.
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DogsWin
Well, that means that if we finish 3rd or worse in CUSA we will be locked in to New Mexico, Hawaii, Bahamas, etc again and unable to accept an Independence Bowl bid.
I wish we would drop some of these low-end, low attendance bowl agreements. With about only 4 guaranteed bowls we can negotiate a much better situation for the team and our fans. Going to just ANY BOWL, ANYWHERE on the planet should not be the goal.
As many times as we've been left in the cold, I say the more bowl ties, the better.
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inudesu
As many times as we've been left in the cold, I say the more bowl ties, the better.
I agree. I'll never be comfortable with 6 wins.
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maddawg
I agree. I'll never be comfortable with 6 wins.
Six wins in a watered down CUSA should never be acceptable. Any season with less than 8 wins is coaching failure.
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I plan to see us get in an Access Bowl, make the NCAA tournament and play in the CWS before I die. I might be living for a long, long time.... :laugh:
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boxerdog
I plan to see us get in an Access Bowl, make the NCAA tournament and play in the CWS before I die. I might be living for a long, long time.... :laugh:
Not with HCSH. He does not care about winning the game(s) that it takes to do that.
He is our bowl game, 7 win guy.
That's great, but our AD does not know how to work with it.
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DogsWin
Well, that means that if we finish 3rd or worse in CUSA we will be locked in to New Mexico, Hawaii, Bahamas, etc again and unable to accept an Independence Bowl bid.
I wish we would drop some of these low-end, low attendance bowl agreements. With about only 4 guaranteed bowls we can negotiate a much better situation for the team and our fans. Going to just ANY BOWL, ANYWHERE on the planet should not be the goal.
Being bowl eligible is not a given which would mean not going to a bowl anywhere. I think we should be fine, but I've been disappointed before.
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Six wins next year is anything but a given. There are lots of unknowns about our defense, special teams will probably still suck, and we lost a ton on offense. Higgins has never shown me anything, so I don't expect him to last out the year as our starter. It's just a matter of how many games he'll cost us before Skip yanks him in favor of one of the younger guys. I'd take 6-6 right now, and I'll be very pleased if we can go 7-5, but I can't see us doing any better than that.
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Please tell me we have someone better than Higgins.
This is depressing...
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Higgins will be a good game manager if he doesn't make the stupid throws that turn into interceptions. I am more excited about smith and Wilson. I can't wait until the spring game to see which has progressed the most. I have no expectations for this season. We blew our chance at access bowl last year with the most talent we have had in a long time. I expect the OL will be better this year than last. We get Kirby back at center which will help with the run game. I also am excited to see Ferguson at DE. He is going to be great for the next 3 years.
I will be happy if the last game of the season matters. Otherwise it could be a long year. This is the year that Holtz needs to be great or not get an extension. I think he will squeeze some wins to get us to 8.