Everyone talks about what the conference needs to do to get better. What we need is a team to go undefeated and get a bid to the NY6 Access Bowl. That got me too thinking, which would be the most likely team to do that in 2021? How much money would each school make on that if it were to happen? If your team was the team that had nothing to play for except spoiler to a perfect season would you want your team to win or lose to allow the other to go undefeated? I’m curious what everyone’s thoughts are.
(02-18-2021 04:37 PM)Ewglenn Wrote: [ -> ]Everyone talks about what the conference needs to do to get better. What we need is a team to go undefeated and get a bid to the NY6 Access Bowl. That got me too thinking, which would be the most likely team to do that in 2021? How much money would each school make on that if it were to happen? If your team was the team that had nothing to play for except spoiler to a perfect season would you want your team to win or lose to allow the other to go undefeated? I’m curious what everyone’s thoughts are.
North Texas calls "not it!!!!"
We play at Alabama so we won't be undefeated
(02-18-2021 04:37 PM)Ewglenn Wrote: [ -> ]Everyone talks about what the conference needs to do to get better. What we need is a team to go undefeated and get a bid to the NY6 Access Bowl. That got me too thinking, which would be the most likely team to do that in 2021? How much money would each school make on that if it were to happen? If your team was the team that had nothing to play for except spoiler to a perfect season would you want your team to win or lose to allow the other to go undefeated? I’m curious what everyone’s thoughts are.
A. What we need is for every team to go undefeated OOC.
B. I want my team to fight for victory every single time they play.
We have a shot.
@Navy
NC Central
East Carolina
@ Appalachian State
@MTSU
ODU
@North Texas
FIU
@FAU
UAB
@Charlotte
WKU
It won’t be easy though by any stretch.
(02-18-2021 05:49 PM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote: [ -> ]We have a shot.
@Navy
NC Central
East Carolina
@ Appalachian State
@MTSU
ODU
@North Texas
FIU
@FAU
UAB
@Charlotte
WKU
It won’t be easy though by any stretch.
11 -1
(02-18-2021 05:49 PM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote: [ -> ]We have a shot.
@Navy
NC Central
East Carolina
@ Appalachian State
@MTSU
ODU
@North Texas
FIU
@FAU
UAB
@Charlotte
WKU
It won’t be easy though by any stretch.
If Huff is a Great hire 4 - 0 with this OOC, hard to win @FAU but schedule wise this is the best schedule Marshall has had in a while for a shot and 12 - 0.
Undefeated won't be enough unless the cusa team is the only one or if the schedule includes a P5 or two.
I think WKU is a possibility with Indiana and Michigan St on the schedule.
Rice has a super hard ooc schedule and may not be up to that just yet.
(02-18-2021 06:04 PM)Dusky Wrote: [ -> ] (02-18-2021 05:49 PM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote: [ -> ]We have a shot.
@Navy
NC Central
East Carolina
@ Appalachian State
@MTSU
ODU
@North Texas
FIU
@FAU
UAB
@Charlotte
WKU
It won’t be easy though by any stretch.
11 -1
Yep Appy always scares me, going back to the 1st meeting in 1978. But then again their SR QB isn't coming back for his free SR year in Zac Thomas.
(02-18-2021 06:20 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote: [ -> ] (02-18-2021 05:49 PM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote: [ -> ]We have a shot.
@Navy
NC Central
East Carolina
@ Appalachian State
@MTSU
ODU
@North Texas
FIU
@FAU
UAB
@Charlotte
WKU
It won’t be easy though by any stretch.
If Huff is a Great hire 4 - 0 with this OOC, hard to win @FAU but schedule wise this is the best schedule Marshall has had in a while for a shot and 12 - 0.
You mean since 2014? Look there sitting as the last game of the season
Here's a good article on that game and why 12-0 might not be enough, with that schedule...to get a NY6 game
https://www.bgdailynews.com/sports/wku/a...d6da5.html
Quote:Doughty: "I love Marshall fans. They’re the greatest. They’re the most passionate fans in Conference USA, other than Hilltopper fans, of course. I was stretching before overtime and had my hands on a wall. It was while they had the ball. They scored pretty quickly, of course. I’m stretching out my hips and this big, bearded dude was just cursing at me and telling me how effing terrible I am, how sorry I am. I don’t know if he was drunk or really passionate. He was the first row, so he must be really passionate about the Thundering Turds."
"I looked up to him a couple of times and smiled and said, ‘God bless you, buddy. Just leave me alone, I’m trying to stretch here.’ I even moved a couple of times. He takes his dip spit cup and pours it down my neck. I looked up at that dude and, I promise you I love the Lord and I love Jesus, but I was going to grab that old man by the beard and pull his happy butt down there. Even after the game, (former equipment manager) Brian Ditmer came up to me and said, ‘Your uniform smells like crap. What did you eat?’ Dude, this guy poured a cup of dip spit down my back during the game."
"Between reading the comments before the game, the trash talking during the game and then that before overtime, I was so boiling mad."
Quote:Stewart: “(Banowsky) goes to the game in Huntington that day. We talk before the game and it was weird. Boise State actually had two losses and Marshall had none. He had good relationships with the people on the committee who thought it was still 50-50. Boise State had already beaten a ranked team. He still reiterated that if Marshall gets to 13-0, I think they’ll edge out Boise State and you’ll be fine. I didn’t see him for a couple hours, then the game started and it turns into a full-scale track meet.
“Then I remember him coming into the visiting AD booth at halftime and him saying literally – Britton was straight to the point. He said, ‘I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news.’ I’m like OK, this will be interesting. He says, ‘The good news is you guys look incredible. There is chatter all over college football now about your offense and what you’ve done. The bad news is because of that, because you’ve put 49 points on them in a half, you’re going to have to win the game to make a bowl now. You’ve done enough damage to them that you have minimized them in the eyes of the committee because they’ve given up 49 points in a half.
Well, if we go undefeated and App wins the Belt and Navy wins the AAC, we would only have to worry about the champ from the MWC or MAC. So we have that angle.
(02-18-2021 06:41 PM)HerdZoned Wrote: [ -> ] (02-18-2021 06:04 PM)Dusky Wrote: [ -> ] (02-18-2021 05:49 PM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote: [ -> ]We have a shot.
@Navy
NC Central
East Carolina
@ Appalachian State
@MTSU
ODU
@North Texas
FIU
@FAU
UAB
@Charlotte
WKU
It won’t be easy though by any stretch.
11 -1
Yep Appy always scares me, going back to the 1st meeting in 1978. But then again their SR QB isn't coming back for his free SR year in Zac Thomas.
Touché
9/4 @ #UF - we get FL after best couple years in some time, lost in OT last meeting - L
9/11 vs. #GATA - W
9/18 vs. #Fordham - W
9/25 @ #AFA - not sure about this one
10/2 vs. #FIU - W
10/9 @ #UAB - Should be a good game, looking forward to seeing new stadium
10/23 @ #CLT - W
10/30 vs. #UTEP - W
11/6 vs. #Marshall - at home with entire new coaching staff for M, going with a W but we both know the history
11/13 @ #ODU - W
11/20 @ #WKU - W
11/27 vs. #MTSU - W
This is all dependent on upping our qb position which it appears we will, if not it all changes.
That said very unlikely for an undefeated year,
(02-18-2021 06:35 PM)MinerInWisconsin Wrote: [ -> ]Undefeated won't be enough unless the cusa team is the only one or if the schedule includes a P5 or two.
I think WKU is a possibility with Indiana and Illinois on the schedule.
Rice has a super hard ooc schedule and may not be up to that just yet.
You are correct that we “may not be up to that just yet” but, our sched is strong enough that 13-0 would do it regardless of what the other conferences do.
Even 12-1 might put us in the conversation.
But yeah that’s gotta still be couple years away, best case scenario.
(@Arkansas, @Texas,
Hosting Houston and Texas Southern)
(02-19-2021 07:20 PM)owl at the moon Wrote: [ -> ] (02-18-2021 06:35 PM)MinerInWisconsin Wrote: [ -> ]Undefeated won't be enough unless the cusa team is the only one or if the schedule includes a P5 or two.
I think WKU is a possibility with Indiana and Illinois on the schedule.
Rice has a super hard ooc schedule and may not be up to that just yet.
You are correct that we “may not be up to that just yet” but, our sched is strong enough that 13-0 would do it regardless of what the other conferences do.
Even 12-1 might put us in the conversation.
But yeah that’s gotta still be couple years away, best case scenario.
(@Arkansas, @Texas,
Hosting Houston and Texas Southern)
UAB has Jax State, Georgia, Liberty, and Tulane OOC.