(10-04-2019 05:07 AM)owl at the moon Wrote:  Rice 19, UAB 0

Do you think we are going to miss two XPs or kick four FGs?

(10-04-2019 10:39 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(10-04-2019 05:07 AM)owl at the moon Wrote:  Rice 19, UAB 0

Do you think we are going to miss two XPs or kick four FGs?

Six or eight safeties?

https://www.barstoolsports.com/barstoolu...bet-week-6

"Rice. Stinks.

That’s it.

This line feels like the game is at Rice, but it’s not. I double-checked 100 times.

UAB may have lost at Western Kentucky last week, but they still rank 76th overall in FEI. Rice ranks 122nd. UAB rolls this weekend.

Pick: UAB -9.5"

(10-04-2019 11:05 AM)That Guy 2012 Wrote:  

(10-04-2019 10:39 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(10-04-2019 05:07 AM)owl at the moon Wrote:  Rice 19, UAB 0

Do you think we are going to miss two XPs or kick four FGs?

Six or eight safeties?

I considered both of the first two scenarios, but had not thought of the third.

Rice 3 3 6 7 -19
UAB 0 0 0 0 -0

3rd qtr 2pt conversion unsuccessful.

(10-04-2019 09:24 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(10-04-2019 11:05 AM)That Guy 2012 Wrote:  

(10-04-2019 10:39 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(10-04-2019 05:07 AM)owl at the moon Wrote:  Rice 19, UAB 0

Do you think we are going to miss two XPs or kick four FGs?

Six or eight safeties?

I considered both of the first two scenarios, but had not thought of the third.

Rice 3 3 6 7 -19
UAB 0 0 0 0 -0

3rd qtr 2pt conversion unsuccessful.

Makes sense, but....

You really think Bloom would go for two? In the third quarter?

(10-04-2019 10:20 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(10-04-2019 09:24 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(10-04-2019 11:05 AM)That Guy 2012 Wrote:  

(10-04-2019 10:39 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(10-04-2019 05:07 AM)owl at the moon Wrote:  Rice 19, UAB 0

Do you think we are going to miss two XPs or kick four FGs?

Six or eight safeties?

I considered both of the first two scenarios, but had not thought of the third.

Rice 3 3 6 7 -19
UAB 0 0 0 0 -0

3rd qtr 2pt conversion unsuccessful.

Makes sense, but....

You really think Bloom would go for two? In the third quarter?

Sure. Up 12-0 very late in the third, one point is not really useful, so you go for two to try for 14-0.
Earlier than that, no.

(10-05-2019 05:16 AM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(10-04-2019 10:20 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(10-04-2019 09:24 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(10-04-2019 11:05 AM)That Guy 2012 Wrote:  

(10-04-2019 10:39 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Do you think we are going to miss two XPs or kick four FGs?

Six or eight safeties?

I considered both of the first two scenarios, but had not thought of the third.

Rice 3 3 6 7 -19
UAB 0 0 0 0 -0

3rd qtr 2pt conversion unsuccessful.

Makes sense, but....

You really think Bloom would go for two? In the third quarter?

Sure. Up 12-0 very late in the third, one point is not really useful, so you go for two to try for 14-0.
Earlier than that, no.

But it’s Bloom, not you or me.

I’m channeling 2006 and hoping a 21-20 last-minute Rice win is the start of a season-ending string of C-USA victories.

Rece Davis picked Owls to win outright on Game Day Super Dog

Rece Davis just picked us to win on College Gameday

(10-05-2019 10:49 AM)owl40 Wrote:  Rece Davis picked Owls to win outright on Game Day Super Dog

(10-05-2019 10:50 AM)westsidewolf1989 Wrote:  Rece Davis just picked us to win on College Gameday

In related news, TFW also picked the Owls to win today!

Rice 31, UAB 10.

(10-05-2019 12:15 PM)TFW Wrote:  

(10-05-2019 10:49 AM)owl40 Wrote:  Rece Davis picked Owls to win outright on Game Day Super Dog

(10-05-2019 10:50 AM)westsidewolf1989 Wrote:  Rece Davis just picked us to win on College Gameday

In related news, TFW also picked the Owls to win today!

Rice 31, UAB 10.

3 outta 3

Seems like the same story to me today. If we can get things going offensively, we can win. Here’s hoping that we do.

It was funny but somebody on the conference board lamented that “nobody in CUSA has a running game and nobody plays defense”.

I didn’t argue... but we have both and it is going to start paying off for us.

(10-03-2019 02:32 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  

(10-03-2019 01:39 PM)wrysal Wrote:  I'd say the dismantling of Boise in '01.

A 45-14 win for the 8-4 Owls. But that 37-20 loss at 4-7 SMU in the last game of the season still bothers me.

IIRC there was no way Rice was going to get into a bowl even with a win in that game, and the players/coaches knew that going in.

The loss that bothered me most was @ LA Tech. Down huge at halftime, somehow pull off the miracle comeback (by a triple option offense, no less), but get the game-winning FG blocked in regulation and then miss one in OT to end the game. A win there would have put Rice at 7-1. They still likely wouldn't have won at Fresno State the next week, but 10-2 was on the table.

(10-05-2019 05:05 PM)Seventyniner Wrote:  

(10-03-2019 02:32 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  

(10-03-2019 01:39 PM)wrysal Wrote:  I'd say the dismantling of Boise in '01.

A 45-14 win for the 8-4 Owls. But that 37-20 loss at 4-7 SMU in the last game of the season still bothers me.

IIRC there was no way Rice was going to get into a bowl even with a win in that game, and the players/coaches knew that going in.

The loss that bothered me most was @ LA Tech. Down huge at halftime, somehow pull off the miracle comeback (by a triple option offense, no less), but get the game-winning FG blocked in regulation and then miss one in OT to end the game. A win there would have put Rice at 7-1. They still likely wouldn't have won at Fresno State the next week, but 10-2 was on the table.

Minor correction in that we didn’t miss a FG in OT, a holding call and two sacks left us out of FG range.

As for today, I think we get win number one.

(10-05-2019 09:55 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(10-05-2019 05:16 AM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(10-04-2019 10:20 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(10-04-2019 09:24 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(10-04-2019 11:05 AM)That Guy 2012 Wrote:  Six or eight safeties?

I considered both of the first two scenarios, but had not thought of the third.

Rice 3 3 6 7 -19
UAB 0 0 0 0 -0

3rd qtr 2pt conversion unsuccessful.

Makes sense, but....

You really think Bloom would go for two? In the third quarter?

Sure. Up 12-0 very late in the third, one point is not really useful, so you go for two to try for 14-0.
Earlier than that, no.

But it’s Bloom, not you or me.

They’re in the third quarter, but UTEP and UTSA (mostly UTSA) have combined for 19 points in exactly that manner: 2 FG, 2 TD, 1XP, and one failed 2pt try

(10-05-2019 06:07 PM)At Ease Wrote:  

(10-05-2019 05:05 PM)Seventyniner Wrote:  

(10-03-2019 02:32 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  

(10-03-2019 01:39 PM)wrysal Wrote:  I'd say the dismantling of Boise in '01.

A 45-14 win for the 8-4 Owls. But that 37-20 loss at 4-7 SMU in the last game of the season still bothers me.

IIRC there was no way Rice was going to get into a bowl even with a win in that game, and the players/coaches knew that going in.

The loss that bothered me most was @ LA Tech. Down huge at halftime, somehow pull off the miracle comeback (by a triple option offense, no less), but get the game-winning FG blocked in regulation and then miss one in OT to end the game. A win there would have put Rice at 7-1. They still likely wouldn't have won at Fresno State the next week, but 10-2 was on the table.

Minor correction in that we didn’t miss a FG in OT, a holding call and two sacks left us out of FG range.

As for today, I think we get win number one.

Darn my recollections! I knew Rice had missed two FGs that game, but the other miss must have been earlier on.

That's still the top "might have been" game among ones I have attended.