Like I said before , the names fit. You took time out of Christmas Day to post on here and fight with another fau fan .. but yeah that's completely normal. Right ..

You can rip on fau for losing seasons but those are less rare than middle Tennessee winning the football conference. You can try to demean our school all you want but yours is nothing special at all too

(12-26-2017 11:19 AM)Ragu Wrote:  Like I said before , the names fit. You took time out of Christmas Day to post on here and fight with another fau fan .. but yeah that's completely normal

You can rip on fau for losing seasons but those are less rare than middle Tennessee winning the football conference. You can try to demean our school all you want but yours is nothing special at all too

Again, I didn't take time out of Christmas day, I checked in periodically like any other day, you claim that I responded immediately, even though there was 2-4 hours between my responses.

I can assure you that your opinion of me personally is as irrelevant to me, as my opinion of you is to you, but I still won't resort to name calling.

FWIW

FAU FBS winning seasons: 3
MT FBS conference championships: 2

so....

Take the last word if it's important to you, but I'm effectively done with you. Though I'm sure I'll hear from you next time I am so bold as to simply have an opinion regarding FAU.

Yes so fau has more winning seasons than you guys have conference titles. And we've won the conference in football the same amount of times as you guys despite your big head start. So pardon me for not bowing before the mighty Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders !

(12-25-2017 11:36 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(12-25-2017 09:33 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  I’m not saying FAU is there yet. But i am saying that FAU plays a schedule next year that puts them in the CFP if they can run the table. I do think Kiffen can get them to that level within a few years.

No G5 will ever make the CFP so long as it's only four teams.

Do you recall a season, perhaps 8 or so years ago, when they had to put a 2-loss team into the championship game (pre-playoff)?

I think had FAU to run the table next year (unlikely to near impossible) and no team with a better than 2-loss record available, I would bet FAU gets in. I know it is a highly specific scenario that is extremely unlikely, but there is a chance.

(12-26-2017 01:11 PM)goliath74 Wrote:  

(12-25-2017 11:36 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(12-25-2017 09:33 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  I’m not saying FAU is there yet. But i am saying that FAU plays a schedule next year that puts them in the CFP if they can run the table. I do think Kiffen can get them to that level within a few years.

No G5 will ever make the CFP so long as it's only four teams.

Do you recall a season, perhaps 8 or so years ago, when they had to put a 2-loss team into the championship game (pre-playoff)?

I think had FAU to run the table next year (unlikely to near impossible) and no team with a better than 2-loss record available, I would bet FAU gets in. I know it is a highly specific scenario that is extremely unlikely, but there is a chance.

Even in this far flung scenario, I think it would be contingent upon both OU and UCF being double digit win teams and it probably wouldn't hurt for the CUSA west champion to be a 10 or 11 win team with a P5 win of their own.

I'll grant, unless OU and UCF both take steps back in 2018,, FAU's hypothetical resume next year would be better than UCF's actual resume this year, but there were five two loss teams ahead of the Golden Knights this year and one three loss team ahead of them in the final CFP rankings.

If FAU wins comfortably in Norman, not necessarily by more than a a single score, but has control of the game and doesn't win on the last play of the game and OU goes on to go 11-2 and Big XII champs AND IF they beat eventual AAC champs UCF by two or more scores AND IF they beat a very good CUSA west champion easily in the CUSA championship game AND IF there's a second P5 conference with a 2 loss champion AND IF their isn't a second SEC team sitting out there with 1 loss like Bama this year, or a 12-1 SEC championship runner up...

In that scenario, yes perhaps FAU gets in, but let's just make something clear about the way the cards are stacked against us, in that exact same scenario above, it would probably hurt the Owls chances if OU went 12-1, only losing to FAU, because if the scenario were to come down to the final spot and it was between 13-0 FAU and 12-1 OU, I'd bet dollars to donuts the Sooners are getting in, even having lost the head to head.

Even when the playoff (hopefully)expands to eight teams, I don't believe there's a real path for G5, unless we're given some provisional bid like the non-AQs had in the BCS.

Lane was on College GameDay talking about Jalen Hurts. He'll also be on SportsCenter tonight after the Sugar Bowl and on First Take tomorrow morning.

So, this is an actual news segment on our local news last night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvykvRKnvLI

The commentators have now talked about Florida Atlantic twice during the Sugar Bowl. Regardless of what happens in the future with Lane, the exposure we just had to millions of people watching this game is priceless.

It also helps that we open with Oklahoma next year, so there were quite a few mentions of us there (I think I heard at least 3 mentions during the Rose Bowl)

Oklahoma is a juggernaut (although they should take a step back next year), if you somehow find a way to get a W and they are at the top the Big XII then I think you control your own destiny. Don't underestimate how much having Lane Kiffin will help your case if you were to be in the conversation. His tweets would be on every Sportscenter.

Now that being said I don't see how you get the victory against OU but I will be pulling like crazy for you.

(01-03-2018 01:01 PM)chidave Wrote:  Oklahoma is a juggernaut (although they should take a step back next year), if you somehow find a way to get a W and they are at the top the Big XII then I think you control your own destiny. Don't underestimate how much having Lane Kiffin will help your case if you were to be in the conversation. His tweets would be on every Sportscenter.

Now that being said I don't see how you get the victory against OU but I will be pulling like crazy for you.

12-1 OU gets in over 13-0 FAU, even having lost the head-to-head.

The amount of help a G5 needs to get in to the CFP may be insurmountable so long as it's just four teams.

Regardless of what happens in the OU - FAU game, I do not think OU goes 12-1

(01-04-2018 12:05 AM)goliath74 Wrote:  Regardless of what happens in the OU - FAU game, I do not think OU goes 12-1

Agree. Riley has done a good job at OU, but if you want to contend for a national championship at some point you must play D, OU is presently not close to doing that.

(01-04-2018 12:05 AM)goliath74 Wrote:  Regardless of what happens in the OU - FAU game, I do not think OU goes 12-1

And if they win ten or eleven games and at least appear in the Big XII title game, they might still be a signature win to keep you on the fringe of the CFP talk, but if they are a nine or ten win team that doesn't make the Big XII championship, an undefeated FAU team would end up about like UCF this year, ranked in the teens with no one outside of the program giving them any serious consideration for the CFP.

(01-01-2018 03:40 PM)thefaU Wrote:  So, this is an actual news segment on our local news last night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvykvRKnvLI

Good stuff.

Where does Boca get its TV coverage from ? (ABC, NBC, CBS)

(01-04-2018 12:34 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  Good stuff.

Where does Boca get its TV coverage from ? (ABC, NBC, CBS)

NBC dominates the Boca market; it's actually the most-watched television station in the state of Florida.

(01-04-2018 01:00 PM)thefaU Wrote:  

(01-04-2018 12:34 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  Good stuff.

Where does Boca get its TV coverage from ? (ABC, NBC, CBS)

NBC dominates the Boca market; it's actually the most-watched television station in the state of Florida.

I meant, which city(ies) are the major stations based out of ?

Ft. Lauderdale ?

or Miami ?

(01-04-2018 01:27 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  I meant, which city(ies) are the major stations based out of ?

Ft. Lauderdale ?

or Miami ?

The major stations for Boca are based out of West Palm Beach. They provide local news from down in Boca up to Fort Pierce.

And Miami-Fort Lauderdale are the same market which is based out of Miami.

(01-04-2018 01:38 PM)thefaU Wrote:  

(01-04-2018 01:27 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  I meant, which city(ies) are the major stations based out of ?

Ft. Lauderdale ?

or Miami ?

The major stations for Boca are based out of West Palm Beach. They provide local news from down in Boca up to Fort Pierce.

And Miami-Fort Lauderdale are the same market which is based out of Miami.

Gotcha. Thanks.

I wonder if you guys get much coverage in Miami, since you are part of the metropolitan area (Bowl win, etc) ?

(01-04-2018 01:40 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  Gotcha. Thanks.

I wonder if you guys get much coverage in Miami, since you are part of the metropolitan area (Bowl win, etc) ?

We probably get mentioned briefly for something newsworthy (like our bowl win), but don't benefit from routine coverage of our program like FIU does.

The same goes for newspaper coverage. FIU has a dedicated section in the Miami Herald, while we have one in the Sun Sentinel (and Palm Beach Post).

While Florida Atlantic does get some coverage in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale market, it's not actually as much as you'd think.