Phil Bennet on Norm

by **Big10Ponyfan** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 8:41 pm

Great 10-15 minute talk.

From Phil (all of this is paraphrasing)
Re our bowl: If we lose and ECU loses to NC State, we have a bowl bid waiting for us (I can only assume NO -- Props to BR on that). That leads me to think the other potential 6-6 teams in CUSA are out of it.

Re his situation: He has he has a great sense of blocking all of those other things out and focusing on coaching his team.

Re his team in the second half against Tulsa: They were calm and talked about getting the ball back and that teaching was the theme.

Re recruiting: Phil said we have 8 commitments. That's opposed to the six that we know about. Looks like the DMN or the recruiting services are going to have to do some digging.

Re bowl and playoff: He's a playoff advocate and thinks there is a way to do the bowls and the playoffs.

It's been about 11 hours since the interview happened, so I'm trying my best to get the word out.

by **expony18** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:19 pm

interesting about the ECU game... GO WOLFPACK

by **ThadFilms** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 12:56 am

expony18 wrote:interesting about the ECU game... GO WOLFPACK

Yes, but... Go Ponies!!! Let's not have to worry about NC State having to win.

by **Dement-ed** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 12:59 am

Agreed -- I'm all about N.C. State this week, and I'm also all about not wanting it to matter.

GO MUSTANGS!

by **mr. pony** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 9:58 am

I don't think it's a good idea to be putting out there that we can get in with a loss to Rice.

A 6-6 bowl bid is not what we're looking for - not with this schedule.

Winning at Rice should be the only acceptable outcome.

Beat the Owls!!!!!

by **Big10Ponyfan** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:42 pm

Be sure to review the addition to the top regarding recruiting.

by **EastStang** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:59 pm

Miami just became Bowl eligible so that takes the Smurf Turf Bowl (MPC) in Boise out of action since ACC has to send a team there. UVA is on the clock. If they beat Va Tech they're bowl eligible. So, we need to win. Anything less risks not getting a bowl bid.

by **MustangLaxer** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 3:02 pm

Norm mentioned the possibility of having some 76 bowl eligible teams with only 29 bowl games...this means 58 teams will be chosen for a bowl game, leaving 18 teams eligible without post season play...

Want to go to a bowl? Show up to Houston and watch SMU beat Rice to ensure a bid!

by **SMU Football Blog** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 3:15 pm

Norm is wrong; there are 32 bowls.

by **mavsrage311** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 4:35 pm

SMU Football Blog wrote:Norm is wrong; there are 32 bowls.

a member of the Ticket being wrong?

NOOOO

by **expony18** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 5:59 pm

mr. pony wrote:I don't think it's a good idea to be putting out there that we can get in with a loss to Rice.

A 6-6 blow bid is not what we're looking for - not with this schedule.

Winning at Rice should be the only acceptable outcome.

Beat the Owls!!!!!

IM looking for ANY BOWL...

by **Ponymon** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 6:04 pm

Big10Ponyfan wrote:From Phil (all of this is paraphrasing)
Re our bowl: If we lose and ECU loses to NC State, we have a bowl bid waiting for us (I can only assume NO -- Props to BR on that).

I hope the team didn't hear this. It might take the urgency to win out of the game, which could hurt their performance. It would have been better if he had kept this to himself!

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