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Which is kind of surprising...He's 6 games over .500 in his overall record with 4 of those wins vs. FCS and a lot of them vs horrid competition in close ball games in CUSA. He's 5-5 in his last 10 vs G5 competition, which is the the most up-to-date telling data point we have. And all of last years losses outside of USU were meltdown fiascos. I will count Army in 2017, SMU & Arkansas in 2018 as big wins, the latter by name only. He's had some absolutely horrible losses that started in 2016 with bowl eligibility on the line at 3-8 UTEP. That loss was then as it is today, unforgiving. 1-3 vs SMU 1-2 vs LaTech 1-2 vs P5 0-3 in Bowls 0-1 in CUSA champ game 2-1 vs what has been a down UTSA, but 2-1 nonetheless. 0-1 with make/break bowl eligibility on the line And all of those losses aside from the LaTech game last year have been thrashings.

Love the gif lol. But the criteria is technically there.

They played a lot of ball together? What, on Madden? Seemed a little flustered at times and Brett was asking slow pitch softball questions in most part.

Yeah, and of the last 10 years or so the other unwritten part is a P5 player as you stated, but also on a national title contending team.

Since always. https://www.heisman.com/heisman-trust/ Now granted when a guy like Jameis Winston gets the nod it kind of makes a mockery out of that criteria. But it's a part of the award.

If we wrap up OOC at 2-2 color me shocked. It's just about a foregone conclusion that we're 1-3 in OOC. And tbh, I think 6-6 May be the ceiling. Our year was last year and we squandered that to a 5-3 record in league play. To be 6-6, we're going to have to better our conference record +1. I'm not sure we do that so that is why I see a ceiling at 6-6.

This. MF held onto the ball far too long. He did this in his freshman year a lot as well. But his combos were being ran right into the D. Most times he would see that and try to rollout and hit one of them anyway instead of checking down. Also, way too many deep routes called throughout this game. We were out coached and it got ugly quick.

No. But it's a bush league defense and I've never liked it. It's easy to expose when you don't have great linebackers and just that much more easier to expose when you're linebackers are meh and your secondary is awful. Another reason, it lessens the emphasis on recruiting DL and that is a part of our roster that needs complete attention.

Cal covers easily. Easy money.

Defensively, there is a lot to be desired up front. We have not recruited all that well to those position groups and it is showing. I think it may be time to can the 3-3-5 as well.

In large part, OL held up unless they were pressured vs SMU. There were way, way too many slow developing route combos last night. That has to be stopped, specifically if the D is playing an umbrella defense like SMU did last night and we kept running our stuff right into it.

This is misleading. They are at SMU for a reason and that reason is not because they have P5 talent. It's an easy coping mechanism, I get it. But it's an easy excuse out of the curb stomping we absorbed last night. We were out coached. Mason Fine did not look like Mason Fine. And our defense is what I thought it was and what I have been warning people about for months, horrible.

Kansas State feeling like....

Absolutely. Kind of weird.

It was indeed short. Rico had a step and a half on his guy to the point that the defender had to dive to swat down an under thrown ball.

It's good and all, but many of QBs can do that with just a flick of the wrist. Not most or all, but many.

After watching 430 yards get hung on our D by a very average FCS team I'd be optimistic as a SMU fan too. Losing this game would be a disaster.

Agreed. It's a must win. 0 excuses to be had. I highly doubt we beat Cal or UH if we lose to SMU. It just wouldn't be in the cards at that point. After watching UH last night, I think our chances of beating Cal is greater than UH. King will run rampant on Saturday's UNT defense with minimal resistance. Cal at least has a relatively stagnant offense. Point is, losing to SMU in the current state of each program is absolutely inexcusable. @TheColonyEagle said it best.

24K. Split.

End of the 3rd, latest. And as @UNT 90 Grad said, it's not all about when they pull him but more so how they are using him. And is there a need to have MF in the game in the 4th quarter with the score 48-24 and have him drop back and pass 8 times on a 4th quarter drive? That is 8 times for him to be sacked or 8 times for him to scramble or 8 times for him to be hurt in a game that is decided vs an opponent that has already been overwhelmed. All for a drive ending FG. It's just not smart football. If MF gets injured kiss this seasons aspirations good-bye.

Good for UH. Not to sound ungrateful for the IPF that the school is finishing up on, but the former athletic administration sat on their laurels after Apogee was built in 2011 and expected the fruits of that to carry them to the top of the CFB hierarchy. Not quite how that works. The current administration is doing a grand job, but they have to stay hungry and must not settle on the accomplishment of getting the IPF signed - sealed - delivered.

No. I think that our porous defense will impact this game far greater.

We need it for games vs teams like UH, Tech, and even LaTech and SMU. Outside of these kind of match ups, it has proven to be an eyesore.