(09-13-2017 03:34 PM)Eagleholic Wrote:  

(09-13-2017 03:27 PM)eaglebeaver Wrote:  10 years ago I wouldn't have sweated this game....since these were the kinda games when Jeff Bowah flourished as a Corch....(He just basically stopped winning as an underdog at a school that took pride in knocking off the "big boys")

Since 2011 (and maybe even some ways under Fedora*), we don't seem to have the same chip on the shoulder we once had, or the reputation we once held from teams like ULM (they know now they can beat us because they've seen the film)...

*Disclaimer: I'm not comparing Bowah to Fedora, Monkie or anyone....It's just a fact, back in the day, we were pretty much gonna win games against the ULM's of the world.
Now, it once was a given at USM we could lose to anyone, or beat anyone...today it's pretty much "we could lose to anyone".

I'm pretty certain that this ULM team would match up favorably with that winless Rice squad that came into the Rock midweek and beat Bower's team in one of his last years.

...and Brer Bryant lost to little ol' USM to end their 72 game home winning streak...and I'm sure they were expecting it to be Tennessee, LSU or Georgia!

I'm sure every corch has lost more than one game to someone they shouldn't have...

But you are right, Bowah won most of the games he should have (and he won 75% of C-USA games) but utterly failed to continue our reputation as a GIANT KILLER.