49RFootballNow
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****W11-POSTPONED: Rice @ LA Tech, 2:30CT, Sat., ESPN3****
Opening line Rice -1
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11-09-2020 11:44 AM |
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HogDawg
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RE: ****W11: Rice @ LA Tech, 2:30CT, Sat., ESPN3****
(11-09-2020 11:44 AM)49RFootballNow Wrote: Opening line Rice -1
I believe I'll take that bet.
Just a reminder to my LA Tech brethren, UAB was a 12.5 point favorite in our last game.
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11-09-2020 01:33 PM |
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ESE84
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RE: ****W11: Rice @ LA Tech, 2:30CT, Sat., ESPN3****
I was surprised to see that line, too. But it is time for Bloomgren’s Owls to end the 6-game Louisiana Tech win streak in this C-USA West rivalry.
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11-09-2020 03:18 PM |
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winston70
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RE: ****W11: Rice @ LA Tech, 2:30CT, Sat., ESPN3****
This should be a good game and we may have found a QB and some better OL play after UAB
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11-10-2020 04:02 PM |
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dragon2owl
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RE: ****W11: Rice @ LA Tech, 2:30CT, Sat., ESPN3****
Game is off due to cases at LA Tech.
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11-12-2020 05:34 PM |
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Doots4Dawgs
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RE: ****W11: Rice @ LA Tech, 2:30CT, Sat., ESPN3****
Well who has it now? We already had like 38 go out to cancel the Baylor game. We’ve just had handfuls every now and then since.
Is it substantial? Idk. This sucks.
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11-12-2020 06:05 PM |
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ESE84
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RE: ****W11: Rice @ LA Tech, 2:30CT, Sat., ESPN3****
Time for C-USA to just pack it up for the season.
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11-12-2020 07:02 PM |
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rileylives
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RE: ****W11: Rice @ LA Tech, 2:30CT, Sat., ESPN3****
(11-12-2020 07:02 PM)ESE84 Wrote: Time for C-USA to just pack it up for the season.
Or....maybe not?
It's just going to be week by week for the rest of the year.
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11-12-2020 07:52 PM |
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DogsWin1
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RE: ****W11: Rice @ LA Tech, 2:30CT, Sat., ESPN3****
(11-12-2020 07:02 PM)ESE84 Wrote: Time for C-USA to just pack it up for the season.
Then basketball season would surely be a nonstarter.
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11-12-2020 08:05 PM |
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winston70
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RE: ****W11: Rice @ LA Tech, 2:30CT, Sat., ESPN3****
Crap - I was looking forward to this game
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11-12-2020 11:10 PM |
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Texasowl
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RE: ****W11: Rice @ LA Tech, 2:30CT, Sat., ESPN3****
The conference championship is meaningless with so.many cancellations. It should be cancelled too and let the teams try to make up more games during that week.
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11-13-2020 12:06 AM |
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blazr
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RE: ****W11: Rice @ LA Tech, 2:30CT, Sat., ESPN3****
(11-13-2020 12:06 AM)Texasowl Wrote: The conference championship is meaningless with so.many cancellations. It should be cancelled too and let the teams try to make up more games during that week.
So...cancel the CCG so we can play more games not to win the CCG?
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11-13-2020 01:50 AM |
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DogsWin1
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RE: ****W11-POSTPONED: Rice @ LA Tech, 2:30CT, Sat., ESPN3****
(11-13-2020 01:50 AM)blazr Wrote: (11-13-2020 12:06 AM)Texasowl Wrote: The conference championship is meaningless with so.many cancellations. It should be cancelled too and let the teams try to make up more games during that week.
So...cancel the CCG so we can play more games not to win the CCG?
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11-13-2020 10:08 AM |
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RE: ****W11-POSTPONED: Rice @ LA Tech, 2:30CT, Sat., ESPN3****
This looks like one of those "strategic cancellations" I've been speaking & posting about.
Why would LA Tech cancel a home game (Rice), a game against ULM in Shreveport (maybe), and then play two CUSA road games at FIU and UNT.......UNLESS of course, UAB loses another CUSA game this season (to UTEP?), which would put LA Tech in the drivers seat for the CUSA Western division title and a spot in the CUSA championship game?
Skip knows all this of course. Skip may have decided to not play another CUSA game until he sees how UAB fares against UTEP (on 11/20) & S Miss (on 11/27). Skip knows that LA Tech has already played 5 CUSA conference games (3-2 record) and that UAB (2-1) has only played 3. (The UAB vs N TX game is also postponed this weekend) So, why should LA Tech take all the risk unnecessarily? There are no brownie points being given this year for LA Tech to play 8 CUSA games while UAB plays only 6, or 7 (7 only if the UNT game can get rescheduled, which it currently is not). Skip knows all this, and is in the position to cancel the Rice game with no penalty, avoid any chance of another conference loss, and take a "wait and see" attitude toward the rest of the season. He knows he has already played more conference games than UAB will likely play this entire season, so why risk it?
Yep. This is a strategic cancellation, but they are just not going to tell you that. I hope some of you are keeping up at home.
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11-13-2020 11:21 AM |
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blazr
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****W11-POSTPONED: Rice @ LA Tech, 2:30CT, Sat., ESPN3****
Yeah that. Definitely not a pandemic inevitably interrupting “normal” life...
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11-13-2020 12:21 PM |
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Tech80
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RE: ****W11-POSTPONED: Rice @ LA Tech, 2:30CT, Sat., ESPN3****
Gawd, I hope not! On the whole "let's play the virus card" to avoid a possible loss tactic. I don't believe it, and refuse to believe that Tech is doing that. I actually don't want to believe anyone is doing that. Supposed to be competitors! If it has come to this now, today, then I am done with all these snowflakes.
But, I don't believe it. No way!
...nice conspiracy theory though.
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11-13-2020 02:57 PM |
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RE: ****W11-POSTPONED: Rice @ LA Tech, 2:30CT, Sat., ESPN3****
Rice may be the surprise team in C-USA. Would someone let them show it on the field?
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11-13-2020 03:12 PM |
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