Quote:How many of these threads do we need
One every 5 days.
Quote:Run the table again? Please pass what you are smoking. Losing your starting QB and star receiver will make a big impact.
I totally agree. I didn't read his post too closely late-night -- just his question.
Quote:Personally, I am highly optimistic that we can run the table and beat USC and Farty and go to the College Football Playoff. (If we get snubbed after going 13-0 with that schedule, we got some major problems.)
Your optimism carries no value. :) If you think that we're very capable of being @USC, and to also beat @MSU... and go 13-0 also beating @NIU + @Toledo + @EMU (and CMU at home), along with prev-9W Idaho at home... all with our HC gone + our team leader gone + Star WR + 2 other Senior WRs... wow. You ARE smoking something! :)
Things do need to be put in perspective:
- One of the ways we won was winning the turnover margin [Toledo had more yards than us, but we had 3 turnovers to their 0]
- The other QB coming in has no real experience. Unless it's Flacco who doesn't pass (or hasn't really), which would be silly to think we'd be going 10W+ if that's the case
- We were at a peak year with our historic QB Leader & historic NCAA-WR. Even with a great crew the year before, we went 7-5.
- Nothing suggests or has been demonstrated over the
yearS we're king of the MAC going into this year -- but yes, we're MAC West Contenders. We Shall See.
IMO, what I Expect over the years is Lester to be what "Cubit should have been"... where a Good Cubit year would be a typical one under Lester, with the Possibility of even more.
As far as making the Playoffs... If we beat (remember, our win contributes to their losses):
- 10-2 @USC
- 7-5 @MSU
- 7-5 Idaho
- 5-7 CMU
- 8-4 @EMU
- 7-5 @NIU
- 9-3 @Toledo
- 5-7 @BSU
- 6-6 Akron
- 3-9 @Buffalo
- 5-7 Kent State
+ 8-5 Miami-OH [MACC]
= 13-0
That's very Impressive. I'd Literally Bet my other virginity that it would NOT happen. Would put us in the Top 10. But not the Top 4 (for CFP).
IF we did that (in this Fantasy Land), and WON our Access Bowl going 14-0... that would pretty much Accelerate expanding the CFP. IF we beat Wisconsin in the Cotton Bowl, it would have put added pressure to expand it, going 14-0 and saying "What? That's it?".