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Beating RICE gets us another crack at UTSA . Its a team effort, which means players and coaching staff both get credit. In fact, giving Littrell "low" credit for a win against a team they are favored to beat is nearly as silly as giving him no credit for winning the same game.

WK and MTSU will get the best bowls if CUSA can swing it. UTSA,UNT, and UAB not so much.

They went run heavy because we can't stop the run.In fact, it looked like the UNLV game.The week before they lost to UTSA in double overtime with their back up QB. He returned , plus this was a must win game for them to become bowl eligible. After this weeks loss to LSU they need to beat La. Tech there to be 6 & 6. We really are not very good . WK is the only team we have beaten with a winning record this year which is the norm under Littrell . We beat the bottom feeders of CUSA plus a 1AA home game to get to 5 or 6 wins.

Just curious. Why do think we should have won this game? UAB was favored.

I doubt FAU beats WK so we need to beat Rice.

If I have learned anything from this Board is when it comes to major changes within the athletic department we are clueless.

I think we beat Rice and go into San Antonio with a 7 & 5 record, with signature win at WK and surprising loss at UNLV. I am not very hopeful about our chances against UTSA but I wasn't last year either and look what happened.

I read where he was paid $1 million by the Birmingham team he manages and coaches.

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With all do respect, I am glad you don't get a vote. As far as dreams, I still like wet ones.

Hey, we were in similar position last year and had to beat a undefeated and nationally ranked UTSA team to become bowl eligible.

I don't think FAU will lose to MTSU but its up to us to take care of business and beat RICE. My concern is which UNT team will show up,the team that pounded WK or the same team a week later getting pounded by UAB.

We lose to Rice and we are out of playoff. We will have 3 conference loses and the winner of WK/ FAU game in 2 weeks only 2.

UAB is playing pretty well. They lost to WK by 3, and in double overtime to UTSA with their backup QB.The Blazers have lost 5 games by a total of 27 points.At 5&5, their next 2 games are LSU and LA. Tech. Assuming they beat the Bulldogs they are bowl bound at 6 & 6. UNT should beat Rice and move to 7 &5, but lose again to UTSA for a 7 & 6 season. Looking at the stats from their first meeting its a wonder we were even in the contest. Having said that, that is what is great about College football [just ask UCLA] and why I love the game. On any given day..........

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I was at the game also. My son graduated from UAB 25 years ago so we sat on the Blazer side below their Stadium Club. While their were certainly not 18,000 butts in the seat , there were more that 3,000 fans, especially on our side. In addition, a blue norther rolled in and it was pretty cold. We bailed at half time and watched the 2nd half at nearby sports bar.

i saw another projection sending us to Hawaii playing SDSU. We can expect no favors from CUSA.

He played well

Did the UAB starting QB play against UTSA?

Our bowl options really depend on how our season ends. Best case we beat UAB,Rice, and UTSA finishing 9&4. Worst case we lose to UAB and UTSA, beat Rice, finishing 7 & 6. Because of out poor fan support at last years bowl game in Frisco I doubt we get a return invitation. Getting invited to a lower rung bowl no longer garnishes as much interest as it initially did. I attended the New Mexico bowl in Albuquerque when we were pounded by Utah State and was not impressed. It's played at the Lobo's stadium and felt just like a regular game to me. I have enjoyed both games in the Cotton Bowl which were well attended, and would love to play in Ft.Worth. To get to either game we probably need to at least split with UAB and Rice, and beat UTSA for an 8 & 5 season. Just an old man's opinion.

What was attendance?

The Southwest Conference was segregated until the mid to late 70's, and African American athletics from Texas had very little options. I don't remember when the U of H integrated , but the Big 10 and Big 8 were their landing places as well as UNT. I was at North Texas from 1961 to 1966 while we were in the Missouri Valley Conference and saw some great basketball teams come thru the Men's Gym. However , our football team was a combined 19-28-2- my first 4 years but went 8 & 2 in 1966 and won the MVC Championship. Rod Rust won the MVC Championship in 1967 an had 2 more winning seasons until crashing his final 3 with a combined record of 7 & 26. The best team we had, in my opinion, was in 1968. We were 8 &2 , getting hosed by officials in Little Rock losing to # 16 Arkansas 15-17. I moved out of state and missed first two seasons, where he won the MVC Championship in 1973 with a 5-5-1 record followed by a 2-7-2 season. However he got things humming in 1975. It was a different world in the 60's and mid 70's. We only had a dozed or so bowls, the USA population was 2/3 rds or less than it is now, and Viet Nam was ever present. I guess I would say that my golden age for athletes was 60's and 70's, but facilities beginning with our new football stadium.

FYI, UNT is averaging 35.6 points per game, defense allowing 32.1 points per game. Granted we should gain separation of those statistics this weekend but 3 points difference doesn't leave much room for error.

There are 7 Sun Belt teams ahead of us.