(10-07-2015 09:45 AM)jaredf29 Wrote: (10-07-2015 08:32 AM)Enviro5609 Wrote: (10-06-2015 10:42 PM)jaredf29 Wrote: (10-06-2015 08:33 PM)OUGwave Wrote: (10-06-2015 04:19 PM)No Bull Wrote: I don't mean this as a flame...but it's called "expectations".
Keep winning and your fanbase will be the same way. You just don't have a reference point yet..and if you bring up the DeAngelo Williams-Tommy West era I will be forced to b**** slap you.
In all seriousness. I am just kidding about the b**** slap.
Well, part of this at least for the UCF fans here, have talked a lot of trash about a lot of schools they considered "dead weight" for years. And now they're realizing that they're going to lose to all of these schools. I think that's at least part of why the Tulane ass-whipping bothered them so much.
Congrats you beat the worst UCF team in the history of the school
This is why part of me wishes we didn't pull the starters so early. UCF sure didn't when they hung 60 or 70 or whatever it was to 3 in the dome. That was also probably one of the worst teams in Tulane history. Didn't stop more than a few UCF fans from gloating. Especially the ones there at the game.
But pulling our starters that early did give us the chance to get an honest evaluation of the rest of the team, which should help identify weaknesses and help with targeted recruiting and coaching going forward.
From what I've heard, a lot of UCF fans blame the current situation on a the coaching staff turning a blind eye during the boom years to potential weaknesses in the new recruits coming in. So maybe hanging such an obscene score on us in the dome was sort of short sighted.
We also were one play from beating you on the road last year. With our backup QB. So this wasn't a fluke. Tulane isn't the slouch others see us as anymore, but that's fine with me. Other teams can overlook us at their own peril.
We lost to an fcs team, are you trying to tell me Tulane is a good team? Honestly, idk who gloats about beating Tulane. It's going to sound condescending but I don't mean it that way. Tulane outside of a couple of seasons many years ago hasn't historically been good. It also doesn't help when you guys bring uab sized attendance on tv. These are the reasons why people say you're dead weight. It's not bc some ucf fans just want to troll Tulane fans.
Depends how you define good? Are they talented? Yes. Do they always execute? No. They are a good team, but with discipline and confidence issues. Hopefully that is easier to fix then a bad team with good discipline and confidence. We will see.
This team has serious physical talent. And they are young too, which has a lot of us optimistic. Their biggest enemy is themselves. Those years of losing are not lost on any of us, the team included. I have perhaps a better perspective on it because I've watched every minute of every game. But if you did you'd see it as well. This team has talent, but they don't believe in themselves the way they should. They play far too emotionally, and it doesn't take much for them to feel like the game is over. And when it gets ugly it gets ugly.
It isn't just this year-- its every team in the CJ era. In 2013 the same team that beat a very good ECU team in triple OT (I suspect this is why you see more than a few ECU fans back up Tulane on this board) also lost to UTSA, FAU and South Alabama after weak starts, turnovers, and unforced errors got them down. The same team last year that smacked down Houston on the road and hung with Georgia Tech also lost by 5 scores to Rutgers. Very inconsistent and streaky.
Attendance is a lame thing to hit us on. We are nothing like UAB. UAB attendence was bad because that was their ceiling. This is our floor. Most of the stadium is sold-out on a season ticket basis. If you buy a ticket at the gate your only options are the corners and the end zone. Whether or not the people who bought those tickets actually show up depends on whether or not they feel like its going to be good game and worth their time. GT last year? Homecoming with a bowl season still in the mix? A bowl game? Yeah, we pack the place. We don't need to sell more tickets, we need to get the people who bought the tickets to use them.
Its all about confidence. That is the biggest advantage a winning tradition gets you. We just need to get over that hump and get the proverbial monkey off the program's back.
anyways when we have a down year, make the most of the good times :)
