We need a win this weekend or no bowl this year

by **ponygrad90** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:56 am

I hate to say it but looking at the schedule I think 6 wins prove impossible if we blow this game!!!

Bennett you better bring your A game to Arkansas

In addition with the win, a win in the showdown in Ft. Worth goes from impossible to unlikely

by **dcpony** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:35 am

No [deleted], Sherlock...

by **PonySnob** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:54 am

ponygrad90 wrote:I hate to say it but looking at the schedule I think 6 wins prove impossible if we blow this game!!!

Would we still even get to go to a bowl game with 6 wins? Being "bowl eligible" doesn't really mean very much!

by **Stallion** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:06 am

CUSA has 6 bowls and CUSA teams are losing about 65% of their non-conference games. You do the Math.

by **jkflamebo** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:36 am

if this game determines whether we go to a bowl game or not, chalk it up that phil gets canned. orsini will hire coker to coach the stangs

by **giacfsp** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:37 am

"We need a win this weekend or no bowl this year"

Because 10-2 won't get a bowl bid if one of the two is against Arkansas State?

It's a 12-game season.

by **EastStang** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:28 pm

We need to be 6-6 to be bowl eligible CUSA has 6 bowls this year instead of five. If we go 2-2 in OOC that means we only need to be 4-4 in Conference. Right now Memphis, Rice and Tulane look very winnable. Tulsa, UTEP and UH are bubble games. USM and UCF are uphill climbs for us. Assuming we win the games we should and only win one of three toss up games we're 4-4 in conference which would make us bowl eligible. If we go 1-3 OOC, that means 5-3 in conference which is not completely out of the question.

by **MustangIcon** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:10 pm

EastStang wrote:We need to be 6-6 to be bowl eligible CUSA has 6 bowls this year instead of five. If we go 2-2 in OOC that means we only need to be 4-4 in Conference. Right now Memphis, Rice and Tulane look very winnable. Tulsa, UTEP and UH are bubble games. USM and UCF are uphill climbs for us. Assuming we win the games we should and only win one of three toss up games we're 4-4 in conference which would make us bowl eligible. If we go 1-3 OOC, that means 5-3 in conference which is not completely out of the question.

We will be underdogs in every single road game we play this season so lets not chalk up Memphis as an easy win just yet.

by **Charleston Pony** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:02 pm

hard to get excited about going bowling at 6-6

find a way to improve year after year and that means 7-5. SMU can't afford to "stay the same" or backslide because our football program is dangerously close to extinction. That's why Orsini is here

this is a "must win" along with every remaining home game

that will be a VERY TALL ORDER for this team

ya think?

by **Sam I Am** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:14 pm

Many months ago I postulated that SMU had to go 2-2 in NC and 5-3 in CUSA or else. The ASU game is the moment of truth about this whole season. Only Rice and Tulane seem like clearly winnable games (though not a gimme).

by **FordtoTolbert** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:18 pm

Not you too, CP...you have always been a postive light, not a sunshiner, but a positve, upbeat supporter, a breath of fresh air...I am smelling otherwise from you...I have decided that being all pissy negative about EVERYTHING accomplishes absolutely nothing....not saying you are of that lot, but hang in there, I sense some positive things on the hozizon. A W in Arkie is VERY likely...keep the faith..Long Live Ricky Wesson.

by **smu diamond m** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:10 pm

A win in arky is by no means out of the question. I just think our secondary needs to pick up where they left off, and moreso continue proving consistently.

by **Charleston Pony** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:44 pm

FordtoTolbert wrote:Not you too, CP...you have always been a postive light, not a sunshiner, but a positve, upbeat supporter, a breath of fresh air...I am smelling otherwise from you...I have decided that being all pissy negative about EVERYTHING accomplishes absolutely nothing....not saying you are of that lot, but hang in there, I sense some positive things on the hozizon. A W in Arkie is VERY likely...keep the faith..Long Live Ricky Wesson.

After watching the Tech game in a sports bar with what amounted to all Tech fans (Tech's local alumni chapter president invited every SMU alum within 200 miles) and then attending the UNT game, my pre-season fears seem realized. I knew losing the interior of our defense was going to challenge this offense to "outscore" other teams for us to match last year's 6-6. Don't get me wrong, I'm hoping for a 26-24 win at ASU, but this year's "D" is weak and that's going to make it really tough to win on the road this year. I will actually miss my 1st SMU game (either listening to the broadcast, watching on TV, in person or via streaming video) in years this weekend as I'm going to the South Carolina game. Maybe that will bring our guys luck???

by **ponygrad90** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:54 pm

no luck or Bowl this year!

Just a team searching for a new coach, and the beginning of a rebuilding process-

Is the cupboard as bare as when Phil tookover?

will another coach go 0-12 against our current competition?

Can someone with no head coaching experience make as much as PB?

no bowl but at dear ole SMU...

The beat goes on.............................

by **mrydel** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:58 pm

ponygrad90 wrote:no luck or Bowl this year!

Just a team searching for a new coach, and the beginning of a rebuilding process-

Is the cupboard as bare as when Phil tookover?

will another coach go 0-12 against our current competition?

Can someone with no head coaching experience make as much as PB?

no bowl but at dear ole SMU...

The beat goes on.............................

Are you still not posting until we hire a new coach?

We need a win this weekend or no bowl this year

We need a win this weekend or no bowl this year

Re: We need a win this weekend or no bowl this year

2-2 in NC and 5-3 in CUSA or else

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