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RE: 2012 UTEP Football Season Predection Thread
I would like to change my prediction after the game last night... I say UTEP goes 9-3
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09-02-2012 12:00 PM |
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RE: 2012 UTEP Football Season Predection Thread
(09-02-2012 12:00 PM)randaddyminer Wrote: I would like to change my prediction after the game last night... I say UTEP goes 9-3
I stand by my prediction. The players played their hearts out (except the kicker) and I believe Price lost this game. Price will continue to make bonehead calls when the game is on the line. I didn't get a chance to see the game because I had to work, but looking at the stats...calling a fake punt in UTEP territory after your D held 4th ranked OU to ten points all the way to the fourth quarter is by far the most idiotic call I've ever heard. I'm tired of Price, his trick plays and worthless moral victories.
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RE: 2012 UTEP Football Season Predection Thread
I still don't know. Hard to tell.
As someone said in an other thread. Price has the Miners up for teams that we aren't supposed to compete with, and has them losing to teams we should beat.
It will take me at least 4 games into the season to get a feel for who they are. Then again, 4 games into the season, anyone should have a feel for them.
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09-02-2012 09:26 PM |
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RE: 2012 UTEP Football Season Predection Thread
(09-02-2012 07:01 PM)Pyrizzo Wrote: (09-02-2012 12:00 PM)randaddyminer Wrote: I would like to change my prediction after the game last night... I say UTEP goes 9-3
I stand by my prediction. The players played their hearts out (except the kicker) and I believe Price lost this game. Price will continue to make bonehead calls when the game is on the line. I didn't get a chance to see the game because I had to work, but looking at the stats...calling a fake punt in UTEP territory after your D held 4th ranked OU to ten points all the way to the fourth quarter is by far the most idiotic call I've ever heard. I'm tired of Price, his trick plays and worthless moral victories.
I completely disagree
It was obvious that the defense was getting tired. Price needed to make a move to try and help his defense get a breather.
The execution of the play was terrible but the call to go for it was somewhat predictable given the injuries on defense.
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09-04-2012 02:57 PM |
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RE: 2012 UTEP Football Season Predection Thread
(09-04-2012 02:57 PM)Fitbud Wrote: (09-02-2012 07:01 PM)Pyrizzo Wrote: (09-02-2012 12:00 PM)randaddyminer Wrote: I would like to change my prediction after the game last night... I say UTEP goes 9-3
I stand by my prediction. The players played their hearts out (except the kicker) and I believe Price lost this game. Price will continue to make bonehead calls when the game is on the line. I didn't get a chance to see the game because I had to work, but looking at the stats...calling a fake punt in UTEP territory after your D held 4th ranked OU to ten points all the way to the fourth quarter is by far the most idiotic call I've ever heard. I'm tired of Price, his trick plays and worthless moral victories.
I completely disagree
It was obvious that the defense was getting tired. Price needed to make a move to try and help his defense get a breather.
The execution of the play was terrible but the call to go for it was somewhat predictable given the injuries on defense.
Did the play work? No...it didn't. And at the end of the day the "tired" defense as you say had to work even harder in their own territory. Yeah, great call.
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09-04-2012 04:25 PM |
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RE: 2012 UTEP Football Season Predection Thread
(09-04-2012 04:25 PM)Pyrizzo Wrote: (09-04-2012 02:57 PM)Fitbud Wrote: (09-02-2012 07:01 PM)Pyrizzo Wrote: (09-02-2012 12:00 PM)randaddyminer Wrote: I would like to change my prediction after the game last night... I say UTEP goes 9-3
I stand by my prediction. The players played their hearts out (except the kicker) and I believe Price lost this game. Price will continue to make bonehead calls when the game is on the line. I didn't get a chance to see the game because I had to work, but looking at the stats...calling a fake punt in UTEP territory after your D held 4th ranked OU to ten points all the way to the fourth quarter is by far the most idiotic call I've ever heard. I'm tired of Price, his trick plays and worthless moral victories.
I completely disagree
It was obvious that the defense was getting tired. Price needed to make a move to try and help his defense get a breather.
The execution of the play was terrible but the call to go for it was somewhat predictable given the injuries on defense.
Did the play work? No...it didn't. And at the end of the day the "tired" defense as you say had to work even harder in their own territory. Yeah, great call.
If the play had worked, you and everyone else would have been saying that it was a great call.
It's easy to play armchair quarterback and say that it wasn't a good call now that it was unsuccessful.
Given the situation and lack of offensive production up until that point, It was an obvious call.
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09-05-2012 01:14 PM |
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RE: 2012 UTEP Football Season Predection Thread
No. Even if it worked I would say it was not a smart call. There was no need to call the fake at that point in the game. Typical CMP call.
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09-05-2012 03:31 PM |
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RE: 2012 UTEP Football Season Predection Thread
(09-05-2012 01:14 PM)Fitbud Wrote: (09-04-2012 04:25 PM)Pyrizzo Wrote: (09-04-2012 02:57 PM)Fitbud Wrote: (09-02-2012 07:01 PM)Pyrizzo Wrote: (09-02-2012 12:00 PM)randaddyminer Wrote: I would like to change my prediction after the game last night... I say UTEP goes 9-3
I stand by my prediction. The players played their hearts out (except the kicker) and I believe Price lost this game. Price will continue to make bonehead calls when the game is on the line. I didn't get a chance to see the game because I had to work, but looking at the stats...calling a fake punt in UTEP territory after your D held 4th ranked OU to ten points all the way to the fourth quarter is by far the most idiotic call I've ever heard. I'm tired of Price, his trick plays and worthless moral victories.
I completely disagree
It was obvious that the defense was getting tired. Price needed to make a move to try and help his defense get a breather.
The execution of the play was terrible but the call to go for it was somewhat predictable given the injuries on defense.
Did the play work? No...it didn't. And at the end of the day the "tired" defense as you say had to work even harder in their own territory. Yeah, great call.
If the play had worked, you and everyone else would have been saying that it was a great call.
It's easy to play armchair quarterback and say that it wasn't a good call now that it was unsuccessful.
Given the situation and lack of offensive production up until that point, It was an obvious call.
How did I know you were going to say that? You are unsurprisingly predictable, and like DFW said, even if it did work I still wouldn't agree with it being a good call. It was a stupid call pure and simple. Btw wtf ever happened to you saying you didn't like Price anymore?
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RE: 2012 UTEP Football Season Predection Thread
You certainly didn't seem to mind the blocked punt call simply because it was successful. If they hadn't blocked the punt and Oklahoma had a huge run back and ended up scoring, the game would have been a blow out.
But you didn't criticize that play because it was successful.
So it isn't the timing of the play that you are actually questioning but the success of the play.
A lot of people would have said, " Why are they going for a bocked punt so early in the game?" Except for the fact that it was successful and so everyone just accepted it.
Suggesting that one play may have changed the outcome of the game is short sighted at best.
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Everyone has a right to their opinion on the call. It is their opinion. I think it is lame when you read too much into their opinion. "If you are saying this, then in effect you are saying this..." No, we are all just saying exactly what we posted.
I don't have a problem with the play. It was a gambler. He's a gambler. Ill timed however.
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RE: 2012 UTEP Football Season Predection Thread
(09-06-2012 12:52 PM)Fitbud Wrote: You certainly didn't seem to mind the blocked punt call simply because it was successful. If they hadn't blocked the punt and Oklahoma had a huge run back and ended up scoring, the game would have been a blow out.
But you didn't criticize that play because it was successful.
So it isn't the timing of the play that you are actually questioning but the success of the play.
A lot of people would have said, " Why are they going for a bocked punt so early in the game?" Except for the fact that it was successful and so everyone just accepted it.
Suggesting that one play may have changed the outcome of the game is short sighted at best.
Are you really saying a blocked punt is similar to a fake punt? You cease to amaze me. What did they have to lose with a blocked punt? A few yards maybe....What did they have to lose with a crap fake punt? EVERYTHING.
Keep going fitcrud you're doing a great job
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RE: 2012 UTEP Football Season Predection Thread
(09-06-2012 06:28 PM)Pyrizzo Wrote: (09-06-2012 12:52 PM)Fitbud Wrote: You certainly didn't seem to mind the blocked punt call simply because it was successful. If they hadn't blocked the punt and Oklahoma had a huge run back and ended up scoring, the game would have been a blow out.
But you didn't criticize that play because it was successful.
So it isn't the timing of the play that you are actually questioning but the success of the play.
A lot of people would have said, " Why are they going for a bocked punt so early in the game?" Except for the fact that it was successful and so everyone just accepted it.
Suggesting that one play may have changed the outcome of the game is short sighted at best.
Are you really saying a blocked punt is similar to a fake punt? You cease to amaze me. What did they have to lose with a blocked punt? A few yards maybe....What did they have to lose with a crap fake punt? EVERYTHING.
Keep going fitcrud you're doing a great job
What do they have in common? Really?
They were both special teams gambles. Everyone except you realized before the game even started that UTEP isn't in the same league as Oklahoma. Mike Price even said that they were going to gamble on special teams.
Frankly, I'm amazed that you know so little about football that you wouldn't see this coming.
That UTEP's defense hung with Oklahoma as long as they did was a miracle. Their only points came on special teams.
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RE: 2012 UTEP Football Season Predection Thread
(09-10-2012 10:37 AM)Fitbud Wrote: (09-06-2012 06:28 PM)Pyrizzo Wrote: (09-06-2012 12:52 PM)Fitbud Wrote: You certainly didn't seem to mind the blocked punt call simply because it was successful. If they hadn't blocked the punt and Oklahoma had a huge run back and ended up scoring, the game would have been a blow out.
But you didn't criticize that play because it was successful.
So it isn't the timing of the play that you are actually questioning but the success of the play.
A lot of people would have said, " Why are they going for a bocked punt so early in the game?" Except for the fact that it was successful and so everyone just accepted it.
Suggesting that one play may have changed the outcome of the game is short sighted at best.
Are you really saying a blocked punt is similar to a fake punt? You cease to amaze me. What did they have to lose with a blocked punt? A few yards maybe....What did they have to lose with a crap fake punt? EVERYTHING.
Keep going fitcrud you're doing a great job
What do they have in common? Really?
They were both special teams gambles. Everyone except you realized before the game even started that UTEP isn't in the same league as Oklahoma. Mike Price even said that they were going to gamble on special teams.
Frankly, I'm amazed that you know so little about football that you wouldn't see this coming.
That UTEP's defense hung with Oklahoma as long as they did was a miracle. Their only points came on special teams.
You still don't get it...it's ok, you never will
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RE: 2012 UTEP Football Season Predection Thread
(09-10-2012 12:45 PM)Pyrizzo Wrote: (09-10-2012 10:37 AM)Fitbud Wrote: (09-06-2012 06:28 PM)Pyrizzo Wrote: (09-06-2012 12:52 PM)Fitbud Wrote: You certainly didn't seem to mind the blocked punt call simply because it was successful. If they hadn't blocked the punt and Oklahoma had a huge run back and ended up scoring, the game would have been a blow out.
But you didn't criticize that play because it was successful.
So it isn't the timing of the play that you are actually questioning but the success of the play.
A lot of people would have said, " Why are they going for a bocked punt so early in the game?" Except for the fact that it was successful and so everyone just accepted it.
Suggesting that one play may have changed the outcome of the game is short sighted at best.
Are you really saying a blocked punt is similar to a fake punt? You cease to amaze me. What did they have to lose with a blocked punt? A few yards maybe....What did they have to lose with a crap fake punt? EVERYTHING.
Keep going fitcrud you're doing a great job
What do they have in common? Really?
They were both special teams gambles. Everyone except you realized before the game even started that UTEP isn't in the same league as Oklahoma. Mike Price even said that they were going to gamble on special teams.
Frankly, I'm amazed that you know so little about football that you wouldn't see this coming.
That UTEP's defense hung with Oklahoma as long as they did was a miracle. Their only points came on special teams.
You still don't get it...it's ok, you never will
I'm not the only one in here that thinks it was a stupid call.
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RE: 2012 UTEP Football Season Predection Thread
Can't tell how this season will go with this team....
Jekyll and Hyde, and that's after only 2 games.
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09-10-2012 09:13 PM |
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RE: 2012 UTEP Football Season Predection Thread
What puzzles me is that in recent years, it was the defense that was struggling.
Now it's the offense.
Overall however, the season is going as expected. The New Mexico St. game could make or break the season.
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RE: 2012 UTEP Football Season Predection Thread
(07-16-2012 04:38 PM)DFWMINER Wrote: What's your guess? Another tough year IMHO.
Sep. 1 Oklahoma – L
Sep. 8 at Ole Miss – L
Sep. 15 New Mexico St. – W
Sep. 22 at Wisconsin – L
Sep. 29 at East Carolina – L
Oct. 6 SMU – L
Oct. 11 at Tulsa – L
Oct. 20 Tulane – W
Oct. 27 at Houston – L
Nov. 10 UCF – L
Nov. 17 At Southern Miss – L
Nov. 24 Rice – W
Predicted Record: 3-8
Bye Coach Price. Thanks for everything but time to move on.
Going into conference play, we are right where I thought we would be record wise. I do think this team has competed better than I thought they would but as everyone knows, I'm not one for moral victories. Still it does give me hope that we may win more in conference than I predicted and coupled with UH, SMU and USM looking horrid, maybe a few more wins will come our way.
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RE: 2012 UTEP Football Season Predection Thread
Considering how we played against the big boys, there is not a CUSA school that I think is an instant loss.
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09-24-2012 03:48 PM |
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RE: 2012 UTEP Football Season Predection Thread
(09-24-2012 03:48 PM)mistabinks Wrote: Considering how we played against the big boys, there is not a CUSA school that I think is an instant loss.
My thoughts exactly. Every C-USA home game is a winnable game too.
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RE: 2012 UTEP Football Season Predection Thread
(09-24-2012 05:34 PM)Proud El Pasoan Wrote: (09-24-2012 03:48 PM)mistabinks Wrote: Considering how we played against the big boys, there is not a CUSA school that I think is an instant loss.
My thoughts exactly. Every C-USA home game is a winnable game too.
Yep. Agree.
I just hope we don't lose steam as we approach the end of the season.
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