Why Unt Vs Rice Will Not Be A Cake Walk!

[PlummMeanGreen]

Rice U is calling their game with North Texas a "MUST WIN" game, too. Just like we are saying the same.

Sounds like a close game to me with that in mind.

GMG!

[Green Mean]

Yup, in another thread I said that it is probably a must win for both schools and coaches. But because we are playing in Fouts, I will give us the edge.

[Mean Green 93-98]

It will definitely not be a cake walk. We showed some good things against a very good team in Clemson; but Rice performed better, at least on the scoreboard, against a better team in Texas. And whatever Kool-Aid I want to drink is offset by the memory of 20-77 against Rice in '08. I am optimistic this time around, but very cautiously so.

[TheColonyEagle]

Good point Plumm. One thing that makes me nervous......

I hope our team isn't reading their press and getting the feeling that they've "arrived".

I hope the coaching staff is doing a good job of keeping them focused this week.

We can beat Rice. But we can't have a bunch of mental mistakes.

Good gosh this is going to be a looooong week. I can't wait until Saturday!

[NT03]

Comes down to 2 things : Turnovers & containing Sam McGuffie.

Win the TO battle , hold Sam under 100 yds & we win this game.

[SilverEagle]

Why would ANYONE think that ANY GAME that we play this year would/might be a cake walk????......

[Welch]

Why would ANYONE think that ANY GAME that we play this year would/might be a cake walk????......

That is what I was wondering... Western shouldn't even be considered a cakewalk!

[drex]

Will we put in the old 'power outage in the opponent's dressing room' play like we did for Baylor? Fouts could easily obllige with freaky stuff for the visitors.

[Daddy Dumpsalot]

but Rice performed better, at least on the scoreboard, against a better team in Texas.

Rice's performance was very similar to UNT's, however, if you look at the score they scored a trash TD in the last few seconds of the game which scoreboard to scoreboard makes them look better, but the one thing to note is that they were playing a top 10 team and we were not. Also, I dont know why anyone would even think that Rice would ever be a cake walk. Sure they had a bad record last year but so did we.

[UNT90]

Rice's performance was very similar to UNT's, however, if you look at the score they scored a trash TD in the last few seconds of the game which scoreboard to scoreboard makes them look better, but the one thing to note is that they were playing a top 10 team and we were not. Also, I dont know why anyone would even think that Rice would ever be a cake walk. Sure they had a bad record last year but so did we.

Rice had less than 200 yards total offense.