(11-11-2020 09:35 AM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote:  

(11-10-2020 10:51 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(11-10-2020 09:52 PM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote:  I know the Marshall fans want this game and I will bet the team does too. Let’s see where we are. Let’s go to Provo and play. If we lose, so be it. We can still win the conference and if we don’t try, we cannot pass Cincy for the AB. And, we have history. We embarrassed BYU in 1999 and they might want their shot to return the favor. And if they cream us, more power to them. What say you BYU? Let’s lace em up and snap the chinstraps and play.

Yes, Marshall has every reason to play this game. With CUSA being so bad, there is basically zero chance of even an unbeaten Marshall getting the NY6 bid - unless something big is done to disrupt the narrative, and a win on the road at top-10 BYU would be big.

And if you lose, well, there's still the CUSA title to claim.

Cincy would have to lose twice. If we happen to beat BYU, we would jump Coastal by a lot. We are ahead of them in one poll anyway.

If you played and beat BYU, I don't think Cincy would have to lose twice. Cincy's rank, like that of all G5, is tenuous. Lose a game and they will drop like a stone.