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#1 2017-09-17 08:36:48 - Let's get ahead of ourselves

Eaglebird Humperdink (142)
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Let's get ahead of ourselves

If you agree with me that we have a better-than-serviceable QB, an improved defense, and the best running back in CUSA (nothing to sneeze at)....AND....based on what we know, so far, about our upcoming opponents....

..UTSA is looking more like a run-of-the-mill C-USA team..

Turnovers & special teams play will determine whether we win the remaining "CUSA games that we should win".
..Our Eagles could / should be 5-1 heading into LaTech. I'm writing off the Tennessee game, as they should be able to run the ball down USM's throat for 4 quarters.

So that leaves LaTech and Marshall as big season-defining games. Anybody feeling 9-3 or even 10-2 a possibility?

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#2 2017-09-17 08:53:40 - Let's get ahead of ourselves

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9 or 10 wins is a possibility, but remember that 11-1 looked pretty plausible after the first two games of 2016.

Hop's 2016 team wasn't able to sustain success. Now, right now he looks like a pretty decent coach. He's won 4 of his last 5 games, and we've been competitive in all 5 of those games. Maybe he's figured some things out, but I'm very curious to see how we perform in our conference games. The airport / ocean / "at" teams still have our number until we prove otherwise.


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#3 2017-09-17 09:17:09 - Let's get ahead of ourselves

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Bad coaching will not win you 10 games.

And we have seen a lot of bad coaching over the first 3 games.

Just look at all the penalties.

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#4 2017-09-17 09:19:44 - Let's get ahead of ourselves

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We earned some of those penalties but some were on our shitty conference officials.  With that said, since we know they suck and get hung up calling certain things, so should our staff/team.  We've got to stop using all our damned time outs on D, clear up the penalties and have Dawson stop looking brilliant one minute and stupid for the next 6 minutes.


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#5 2017-09-17 09:41:25 - Let's get ahead of ourselves

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The referee looked like a 20-year-old small town police officer who hadn't quite grown into the job yet.

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#6 2017-09-17 09:50:11 - Let's get ahead of ourselves

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Re: Let's get ahead of ourselves

Eaglebird Humperdink wrote:

..Our Eagles could / should be 5-1 heading into LaTech. I'm writing off the Tennessee game, as they should be able to run the ball down USM's throat for 4 quarters.

So that leaves LaTech and Marshall as big season-defining games. Anybody feeling 9-3 or even 10-2 a possibility?

Turnovers will cost us one of the CUSA games we should win. We can't seem to win turnover margin in any game.

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#7 2017-09-17 09:56:19 - Let's get ahead of ourselves

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Wildeagle wrote:
Eaglebird Humperdink wrote:

..Our Eagles could / should be 5-1 heading into LaTech. I'm writing off the Tennessee game, as they should be able to run the ball down USM's throat for 4 quarters.

So that leaves LaTech and Marshall as big season-defining games. Anybody feeling 9-3 or even 10-2 a possibility?

Turnovers will cost us one of the CUSA games we should win. We can't seem to win turnover margin in any game.

At least we only had one yesterday.


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#8 2017-09-17 10:56:00 - Let's get ahead of ourselves

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Eaglebird Humperdink wrote:

That leaves LaTech and Marshall as big games.

Better get tickets now.


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#9 2017-09-17 11:02:22 - Let's get ahead of ourselves

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Black Diamond Reb wrote:
Eaglebird Humperdink wrote:

That leaves LaTech and Marshall as big games.

Better get tickets now.

catch eagle fever

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#10 2017-09-17 11:04:15 - Let's get ahead of ourselves

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Eaglebird Humperdink wrote:

Anybody feeling 9-3 or even 10-2 a possibility?

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#11 2017-09-17 11:05:40 - Let's get ahead of ourselves

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AndreWhere wrote:

9 or 10 wins is a possibility

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#12 2017-09-17 11:07:17 - Let's get ahead of ourselves

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admin wrote:
Black Diamond Reb wrote:
Eaglebird Humperdink wrote:

That leaves LaTech and Marshall as big games.

Better get tickets now.

catch eagle fever

no

and no

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#13 2017-09-17 11:11:25 - Let's get ahead of ourselves

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I don't think 9 wins is that far-fetched. In a good year, we play 14 games, most of them against very mediocre competition. 9 wins just ain't what it used to be.

8-5 is the most likely outcome, I think. Hop improves one game compared to his rookie year.

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#14 2017-09-17 11:18:33 - Let's get ahead of ourselves

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admin wrote:

I don't think 9 wins is that far-fetched. In a good year, we play 14 games, most of them against very mediocre competition. 9 wins just ain't what it used to be.

8-5 is the most likely outcome, I think. Hop improves one game compared to his rookie year.

not happenin. not any of that. you're a casual fan like everyone else is on here and you choose to ignore the main problem that will plague us all year. no offensive line. those who choose to ignore this will be doomed to be disappointed. but you go right ahead with your hopes and dreams.

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#15 2017-09-17 11:42:02 - Let's get ahead of ourselves

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southern miss slacker wrote:

not happenin. not any of that. you're a casual fan like everyone else is on here and you choose to ignore the main problem that will plague us all year. no offensive line. those who choose to ignore this will be doomed to be disappointed. but you go right ahead with your hopes and dreams.

The criteria is "possible." There is not a team on USM's schedule that's basically impossible to beat, except for Tennessee.

As for "probable," I anticipate something like this:

Teams that rout us: UTSA, Tennessee, LA Tech
Team that beats us in a close game: Marshall*
Teams we beat - UTEP, UAB, UNCC, UNT
Toss up - Rice, bowl opponent (MAC 7th place team)

That gets the team to 7-6... again. All they have to do is beat 4 subpar C-USA teams at home, plus Rice or some other G5 team in our bowl. Do both of those things, and USM finishes 8-5.

*And about Marshall... they're 2-1 like us, and get to host this year's game. So I gave them this one. But consider this: they opened up with a rivalry win over Miami U., and then lost by 17 to N.C. State. OK fine. Then yesterday they lost 21-0 at home to Kent State. That represents a 35-point underperformance versus the spread. There is every reason to believe the wheels have just fallen off the wagon for that staff, and they're headed for the wilderness for a couple of years while they rebuild.

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#16 2017-09-17 11:46:38 - Let's get ahead of ourselves

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Marshall beat Kent State. #lookitup


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#17 2017-09-17 11:52:16 - Let's get ahead of ourselves

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admin wrote:

USM schedule

UTSA, Tennessee, LA Tech, Marshall, UTEP, UAB, UNCC, UNT, Rice, MAC 7th place team

Good God


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"Look for Crickets Robertson to be one of the first 64 players chosen in the draft."
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#18 2017-09-17 11:54:06 - Let's get ahead of ourselves

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beagle wrote:

Marshall beat Kent State. #lookitup

My footnote is wrong, then. The rest is still what I expect for the rest of this year. Team may do better, may do worse. If there's a huge difference, give me hell for it.

BTW I did look it up, but the result Google gave me was presented in a misleading way:

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#19 2017-09-17 13:15:59 - Let's get ahead of ourselves

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Re: Let's get ahead of ourselves

Eaglebird Humperdink wrote:

Anybody feeling 9-3 or even 10-2 a possibility?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKQ9--_ZgB4

Enjoy.


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#20 2017-09-17 17:29:08 - Let's get ahead of ourselves

SoMs Eagle (189)
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So, you standing by your "you people don't know football" prediction of no more than 4 wins?

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