Genius!Originally Posted by johnnylightnin
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Genius!
Dykes needs a QB real bad. Shane Buechele was awful last night. Yes, he's "servicable" I guess....but he couldn't seem to keep up with the speed of Dykes' high powered offense. Buechele's throws were constantly arriving late last night. He'd have a WR wide open in the end zone, and by the time the ball arrived, so had the DB. Buechele finished 20 of 38 for 203 yds.
I thought Buechele was a better QB than that. His late throws reminded me of you know who.
The SMU offense only generated 385 total yards last night. Yes, they are still undefeated. But if Dykes had a GOOD QB, SMU could be really good.
Yeah, this is the only flaw in Dykes offense right now. The QB is a tad slow. Dykes relies on quickly moving. Xavier Jones has the speed, the QB is trying and serviceable but if Dykes had a different QB he could be hitting 90-100 plays a game.Dykes needs a QB real bad. Shane Buechele was awful last night. Yes, he's "servicable" I guess....but he couldn't seem to keep up with the speed of Dykes' high powered offense. Buechele's throws were constantly arriving late last night. He'd have a WR wide open in the end zone, and by the time the ball arrived, so had the DB. Buechele finished 20 of 38 for 203 yds.
I thought Buechele was a better QB than that. His late throws reminded me of you know who.
The SMU offense only generated 385 total yards last night. Yes, they are still undefeated. But if Dykes had a GOOD QB, SMU could be really good.
The defense is still a concern as well. In a high power offense they have to get themselves off the field.
Man, last week we were terrible. Talk about manic-depressive. Medication required.
App State getting dominated at the moment.
Final in Boone: ASU 21 GA Southern 24
One piece has fallen together.
Two teams in the American and one team in the Mountain West need to fall right?
IMO, the two in the American may need to fall twice.
It is hard to run the table, to go 12-0, then 13-0, then 14-0. Takes not only depth to overcome injuries, even nagging injuries, but LUCK too! Which is why many CFB fans sung the praises of UCF which went most of, what, two straight seasons undefeated. They had some luck and a couple of whoa! finishes, but they did it.
Now, Saturday night on ABC their national game-of-the-week SMU at Memphis. I think Gameday will be in Memphis too. First, poor ole Sonny Dykes, eh. The butt of some jokes. And a couple of posters on this forum that absolutely blasted him after the Frisco Bowl, saying "no thanks to Sonny, we'll take Skippy!" Well, those of us who actually know of what we speak (post) warned, watch out! Dykes will turn SMU around and make Skippy look very mediocre by comparison. It's happened even faster than I thought it would. That Frisco Bowl was December, 2017...not even two years ago...look now.
That said, I think SMU is due to fall, and it might very well be this weekend. Memphis is "good" but not world-beaters, but, this is a "set-up" match. Memphis will be SKY HIGH fired up, playing at home. The table is set for an "upset," although it would not be a real "upset." SMU is ranked 15th, Memphis is 22nd, and that HFA, in a conference game...Nah! I rate the game a toss-up to an edge toward Memphis due to the HFA.
As for SMU, if they win, then they are truly legit. Will still have to beat Navy on the road, then not mess up vs. Tulane at home, but if Dykes (SMU) goes 12-0, then 13-0, then they will have earned that NY6 berth. Appy State learned it's not easy to run the table.
As for our meager chances of reaching a NY6 bowl, we need SMU to lose. So, go Tigers!
We need the following teams to lose:
Boise St. and San Diego State from the Mountain West
Cincinatti, SMU, Navy, Memphis from the AAC.
Unless some things change, all of those teams would get in over us.
App and ULL losing another one or not winning the championship would be nice too. Georgia Southern may have taken the inside track to the conference championship last night and that would be great for us.
MAC has no competition.
UAB and Tech are the only teams from CUSA that have potential if they manage to win out (UAB faces Tennessee this weekend)
Using the Coaches Poll as a guide
14 Southern Methodist 8-0 727 AAC 18 Cincinnati 6-1 523 AAC 20 Appalachian State 7-0 398 SBC 21 Boise State 6-1 382 MWC 23 Memphis 7-1 187 AAC
San Diego State 94; Navy 75; Central Florida 24; Louisiana Tech 22
C-USA: We must take care of business and win out. No room for error.
SBC: I think we still need someone other than App State to win. If Georgia Southern wins out, they will be the East champs and preclude App St.
MWC: We need Boise to trip up - they still have 6-2 Wyoming & Utah State on the schedule. If they lose to one of them, they will probably be out of the running. SDSU needs to lose as well, maybe at Hawaii or vs. BYU.
AAC East: Cincy needs to fall - maybe USF, Temple or Memphis. UCF needs to drop a game - possibly Tulane or USF. Would be great if USF or Temple snuck into championship and won.
AAC West: SMU has a tough road ahead - @Memphis, @Navy, Tulane (please lose 2). Memphis has SMU & @Cincy. Navy has @ Notre Dame & vs. SMU. Would be best if Navy won east, while losing big to ND & losing to USF or Temple in championship.
It's not an impossible road, but we currently have about 8 teams ahead of us (including App State). My guess is at least 4 of those 8 will be in a championship game. We need them to fall before or we have no shot.
Late losses hurt more. Need SMU to get Memphis out of our way before they lose.
Yep the big thing is avoiding a championship game where either participant would get in over us. In the end There will only be 5 conference champions in consideration. The MAC is out. The sunbelt is on the brink. The MW and AAC are the real favorites to send someone to the Cotton Bowl. We need a little chaos in those conferences.
Of course we also need to win out which is a long shot.
SMU lost to Memphis. Neither teams could play defense.
This SMU team is not even close to that 2012 Tech team that Dykes had.
We could beat them both. Not at the same time but twice on Sunday.
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