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NT93 Grand Master

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Ok, that’s an intentionally misleading thread title, but hear me out.

First off, if you read this as me downplaying how bad the beatdown was in Lubbock then I’m not expressing what I mean very well.  It was a bad, bad loss.

Now, to my point.  First off, I feel like Tech came to play against us.  If they play like they did against us, they will win a lot of games this year, and I don’t think we’re beating them on that particular Saturday regardless.  That being said, we made it waaaay easier than it should have been.  The minute or so stretch where we missed a chip shot field goal and threw 3 interceptions (two of which were flukes and one of which was a pick 6) essentially ended the game.  They were running the ball down our throats, but the game turned on our mistakes.  


Contrast that with last night.  The game changed after they pinned us inside the one yard line and we went 99 yards in 3 plays.  Yes, they also threw a pick during our 24 point outburst in the 2nd quarter, but it wasn’t a fluke interception.  

I guess my point is that we turned both of those games into blowouts.  At Tech, our miscues turned the game and versus Tulsa, our making plays turned the game.  

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emmitt01 Grand Master

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9 minutes ago, NT93 said:

Ok, that’s an intentionally misleading thread title, but hear me out.

First off, if you read this as me downplaying how bad the beatdown was in Lubbock then I’m not expressing what I mean very well.  It was a bad, bad loss.

Now, to my point.  First off, I feel like Tech came to play against us.  If they play like they did against us, they will win a lot of games this year, and I don’t think we’re beating them on that particular Saturday regardless.  That being said, we made it waaaay easier than it should have been.  The minute or so stretch where we missed a chip shot field goal and threw 3 interceptions (two of which were flukes and one of which was a pick 6) essentially ended the game.  They were running the ball down our throats, but the game turned on our mistakes.  


Contrast that with last night.  The game changed after they pinned us inside the one yard line and we went 99 yards in 3 plays.  Yes, they also threw a pick during our 24 point outburst in the 2nd quarter, but it wasn’t a fluke interception.  

I guess my point is that we turned both of those games into blowouts.  At Tech, our miscues turned the game and versus Tulsa, our making plays turned the game.  

It was 99 yards in 2 plays.  
 

But your point still stands. 

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NT93 Grand Master

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25 minutes ago, emmitt01 said:

It was 99 yards in 2 plays.  
 

But your point still stands. 

Dammit!  That’s what I thought, but I swore the telecast said 3 play, 99 yard drive.  I thought I’d missed a play.

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Tech just kicked our ass. Nothing we can do about it but get better and learn from it. It could actually be a blessing in disguise since it brought about our new 3-4 alignment. That’s if we keep playing good defense. 

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Udomann Grand Master

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53 minutes ago, NT93 said:


Contrast that with last night.  The game changed after they pinned us inside the one yard line and we went 99 yards in 3 plays.  Yes, they also threw a pick during our 24 point outburst in the 2nd quarter, but it wasn’t a fluke interception.  

Tulsa isn't TTech in the same way SFA isn't TTech. 

Every team we've beaten has a losing(ish) record (partly thanks to us, hell yeah)

We are in the honeymoon phase equivalent of knocking up the ugly girl after a drunken night out and being forced to committing to it.

We need to beat a team of substance. 

1-4 Wyoming 

2-2 SFA

2-3 USA

2-3 Tulsa

4-1 Tech

I'm enjoying the ride as much as anyone, but we have always struggled beating a good team. Let's get it done. We look much improved, Memphis will be our big test on how true it is

 

 

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14 minutes ago, Udomann said:

Tulsa isn't TTech in the same way SFA isn't TTech. 

Every team we've beaten has a losing(ish) record (partly thanks to us, hell yeah)

We are in the honeymoon phase equivalent of knocking up the ugly girl after a drunken night out and being forced to committing to it.

We need to beat a team of substance. 

1-4 Wyoming 

2-2 SFA

2-3 USA

2-3 Tulsa

4-1 Tech

I'm enjoying the ride as much as anyone, but we have always struggled beating a good team. Let's get it done. We look much improved, Memphis will be our big test on how true it is

 

 

Never heard SMU complain about their soft schedule last year. 

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9 minutes ago, Udomann said:

Tulsa isn't TTech in the same way SFA isn't TTech. 

Every team we've beaten has a losing(ish) record (partly thanks to us, hell yeah)

We are in the honeymoon phase equivalent of knocking up the ugly girl after a drunken night out and being forced to committing to it.

We need to beat a team of substance. 

1-4 Wyoming 

2-2 SFA

2-3 USA

2-3 Tulsa

4-1 Tech

I'm enjoying the ride as much as anyone, but we have always struggled beating a good team. Let's get it done. We look much improved, Memphis will be our big test on how true it is

South Alabama is a good team. If Lopez plays against Ohio, they beat them instead of losing to them by a touchdown. Then they had to play at LSU. ESPN’s matchup predictor gives South Alabama a 65% chance or better to win each of their remaining games, except at Louisiana where it’s 55%.

When the season is over we’ll look back at that opener as one of our better non-conference wins in recent years. But definitely get your point. We have a good team. Bad or average teams don’t do what we just saw. We have 3 good teams left on our schedule. Hope we make those opportunities count now that we have the team to do so.

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Some of you will play whatever mental gymnastics you can to dismiss anything good happening on Bonnie Brae. They are coming off one of the most convincing wins we have seen around here in a really long time, they’re 4-1, and some of you can’t just sit back and be jazzed about that. I don’t get it.

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Udomann Grand Master

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3 minutes ago, DentonLurker said:

Some of you will play whatever mental gymnastics you can to dismiss anything good happening on Bonnie Brae. They are coming off one of the most convincing wins we have seen around here in a really long time, they’re 4-1, and some of you can’t just sit back and be jazzed about that. I don’t get it.

It's called a controlled dive. Been here long enough to get excited and get crushed the next week. I'm excited about 4-1. But history says we shouldn't celebrate too soon.

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16 minutes ago, DentonLurker said:

Some of you will play whatever mental gymnastics you can to dismiss anything good happening on Bonnie Brae. They are coming off one of the most convincing wins we have seen around here in a really long time, they’re 4-1, and some of you can’t just sit back and be jazzed about that. I don’t get it.

Bingo.  This team hasn’t just won their last two games, they’ve made the 4th quarter of each of them irrelevant.  

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21 minutes ago, DentonLurker said:

Some of you will play whatever mental gymnastics you can to dismiss anything good happening on Bonnie Brae. They are coming off one of the most convincing wins we have seen around here in a really long time, they’re 4-1, and some of you can’t just sit back and be jazzed about that. I don’t get it.

 

16 minutes ago, Udomann said:

It's called a controlled dive. Been here long enough to get excited and get crushed the next week. I'm excited about 4-1. But history says we shouldn't celebrate too soon.

Oddly enough, I think both of these can be correct to some degree.  I feel like there are some who fit DentonLurkers description to a T, and others who are moreso just cautiously optimistic…which is understandable given our history.  I find myself in this camp.

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27 minutes ago, NT93 said:

 

Oddly enough, I think both of these can be correct to some degree.  I feel like there are some who fit DentonLurkers description to a T, and others who are moreso just cautiously optimistic…which is understandable given our history.  I find myself in this camp.

Also interchangeable if you’re a Dallas Cowboys fan

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1 hour ago, DentonLurker said:

Some of you will play whatever mental gymnastics you can to dismiss anything good happening on Bonnie Brae. They are coming off one of the most convincing wins we have seen around here in a really long time, they’re 4-1, and some of you can’t just sit back and be jazzed about that. I don’t get it.

Agree.  But we get kicked in the balls more than most.  So I get those trying to play prevent defense, too.

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Venson Mentor

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2 hours ago, Udomann said:

It's called a controlled dive. Been here long enough to get excited and get crushed the next week. I'm excited about 4-1. But history says we shouldn't celebrate too soon.

I don't think he is saying go crazy and celebrate like we just won the national championship. I think he is saying stop trying to find reasons to crap on this team and be happy for where we are. We can be cautiously optimistic like was stated by someone else, but we don't have to crap on what they are doing by making comments like "Well, we have not played anyone." We play the teams on our schedule.

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13 minutes ago, Venson said:

I don't think he is saying go crazy and celebrate like we just won the national championship. I think he is saying stop trying to find reasons to crap on this team and be happy for where we are. We can be cautiously optimistic like was stated by someone else, but we don't have to crap on what they are doing by making comments like "Well, we have not played anyone." We play the teams on our schedule.

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We need to beat a team of substance. 

1-4 Wyoming 

2-2 SFA

2-3 USA

2-3 Tulsa

4-1 Tech

I'm enjoying the ride as much as anyone, but we have always struggled beating a good team. Let's get it done. We look much improved, Memphis will be our big test on how true it is.  Wyoming is the only truly bad team we beat.  SFA is a FCS team you scheduled to get a win and work on your teams deficiencies. 

 

I would be a hypocrite to vote negative on tough a critic of Mean Green Football.  That being said I think good teams be mediocre and bad teams.  They need to play better for the whole 60 minutes against better teams left on our schedule.  But I don't see a G5 team on our schedule that will be ranked when we face them either.  This team us capable of beating any team not in the top 25.

 

 

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We scored 38 points in less than 15 minutes of game time without a defensive touchdown (although we did recover a blocked punt at the 1). That's pretty good.

And honestly could have had a shot for 41 or 45 because I have no idea how they gave that squib kick recovery to Tulsa.

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