Our Third win over an AQ program...ever

CalallenStang · Post by **CalallenStang** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:13 pm

AQ came into existence in 1998. Since then, we have only had three wins over teams in an AQ conference:

Kansas 2000
Washington State 2010
and Pittsburgh yesterday

03Mustang · Post by **03Mustang** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:30 pm

Hopefully we can all 3 more next season and a whole bunch more after that.

2ndandlong · Post by **2ndandlong** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:32 pm

2ndandlong · Post by **2ndandlong** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:33 pm

at least a couple times i can immediately think of

mrydel · Post by **mrydel** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:45 pm

TCU will not be AQ until next year.

2ndandlong · Post by **2ndandlong** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:02 pm

You're right. I'm pretty sure I'm still under the influence.

2ndandlong · Post by **2ndandlong** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:02 pm

I'll chalk it up to confusion since they were ranked.

ponyte · Post by **ponyte** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:09 pm

I can't believe it but I witnessed all three in person

BB#2 · Post by **BB#2** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:10 pm

To note TCU is the only ranked team we've beaten. Slowly but surely we're on our way to being a good football program

mrydel · Post by **mrydel** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:13 pm

Wins over TCU were certainly more impressive than the AQ victories.

SMUPhil · Post by **SMUPhil** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:48 pm

Agree that wins over ranked teams (TCU) are more impressive than just wins over AQ teams. I'm sure there are current AQ teams that haven't knocked off a top 25 team in the past few years.

CalallenStang · Post by **CalallenStang** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 3:24 pm

mrydel wrote:Wins over TCU were certainly more impressive than the AQ victories.

To the sophisticated sports fan, of course, but to the casual fan, beating TCU is just beating a "good mid-major"

It's like beating VCU and Wake Forest in basketball. The VCU win is better but the casual fan will say that the Wake Forest win is better because Wake is in the ACC

The PonyGrad · Post by **The PonyGrad** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 3:36 pm

First non-home AQ victory.

SMULaxer · Post by **SMULaxer** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 4:44 pm

Neutral site against a Pitt team in disarray. Not to be a downer, but it played out exactly how it should have yesterday. The TCU win was more of a pleasant surprise...

mrydel · Post by **mrydel** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 4:50 pm

You have to break many glass ceilings when trying to build yourself from a consistent loser into a winner. That would include such things as breaking long losing streaks, winning on the road, and beating an AQ on the road, all 3 of which we did at Legion Field in Birmingham.