Assuming we're 5-2 going in to Memphis...
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Nah, we'll still get beat by Houston.
I think we'll likely drop to Memphis and have a very good shot at beating the rest of the schedule.
9-3 plus a bowl is a solid possibility.
I think we'll likely drop to Memphis and have a very good shot at beating the rest of the schedule.
9-3 plus a bowl is a solid possibility.
Smu won't be a cakewalk. Gonna have to play better then we did today. Theyou were tied with Baylor at half and down by 3 at half against tcu. Get past them first and then I'll worry about the rest of the schedule
SMUs D is OK but their offense is terrible which is hard to believe under Morris. They actually may be worse than Fresno and the QB running the offense for SMU right now is dreadful. I am going to give our coaches some credit for thinking they will come up with a game plan to beat SMU given they have 2 weeks to prep for it. I also predict we are going to give Houston the toughest game they've faced this season when we play.
Memphis not good. We've already seen Bowling Green is terrible on D. We get a break in that we don't have to play USF. They can play. ECU is not nearly as good as we thought they are after beating NCSt. Cincinnati squeaked by a marginal Miami(OH) team. There are some games we can win on the schedule but we can't show up half asleep like yesterday. Hopefully that serves as a wake up call and we get the 1st half Ohio State team as opposed to the 1st half Fresno team the rest of the year.
I am very certain that won't happen again. A game like this I think will actually make us better for the rest of the season.
I like that we have a bye to get ready for SMU and clean everything up. SMU has to go to Philly to play Temple and then gets us on short rest (man, the league did them no favor there). And then we get an extra day after SMU to get ready for Houston. Houston plays Navy the day after we play SMU.
They'll coug-it at some point this season.
"Tulsa is a university. Located in Tulsa. They have a football time in division 1. That's a division of football. Their 2nd conference game is against a Top 10 team. These rankings are compiled my friends or coaches. It would be Yuuuuuge if they beat Youston" - Our friendly neighborhood John Klein
"Tulsa is a university. Located in Tulsa. They have a football time in division 1. That's a division of football. Their 2nd conference game is against a Top 10 team. These rankings are compiled my friends or coaches. It would be Yuuuuuge if they beat Youston" - Our friendly neighborhood John Klein
The benefit for an athlete to go play football at Houston ??
HE WILL NEVER BE ACADEMICALLY INELIGIBLE !!
Based on Sagarin ratings only, TU has a 50-50 chance of going 8-4, with wins over SMU, Tulane, ECU and Cinncy (toss up) here and @ UCF, Ls @ UH, @ Navy and @ Memphis. An undefeated home schedule would be a nice progression from last season, as would 7 wins. 5 wins seem clear barring an upset. A 6th win will be challenging - no pushover among ECU, Cinncy, UCF, etc.
Houston is the only great team remaining on our schedule. The rest are very winnable.
After watching the first 4 games of the season, I have no CLUE what their record will be at the end of the year. I'm gonna enjoy each game one-at-a-time with no expectations. The team hasn't been consistent from week-to-week, but the talent is there on either side of the ball to win on any given week depending on the effort the guys give.
And if they truly want to be a P5 they won't make their players ever go to class...
yep...Memphis is only 22-7 going back 2 years now, with wins over teams like Ole Miss and Cincy...not good at all, lol.
Agreed. I don't think Cincinnati is a toss up and would be a little shocked if we are not favored by 2 or 3 in that one. Cincinnati has played a lot of nothing this season and has done almost as much on the field. They played a good half of football against Houston and then have played competition that is worse than what we have played.
NAVY- is on QB # what right now? There offense is not nearly as efficient as it was under Reynolds and it doesn't seem as fluid or confusing as it was under Reynolds (i.e. the cameramen actually know where the ball is now). While it will be tough as every game we have played against a service academy has been, it is not the same daunting task as it was last year.
I made no reference to last year at all, or the year before that. I keep all my comments focused on this year. So far Memphis has played two of the worst 10 teams in FBS in Kansas and Bowling Green (Kansas is the worst team in FBS). SEMO is, at best, a bad FCS team. Let's talk next week after the game with Ole Miss. It would be a comparable match up with ours vs. Ohio State. Fresno and SJSU are arguably better than Kansas and Bowling Green, and our FCS opponent is much better than SEMO.
And we look forward to many many years in the same conference with you all
We had a great team in 1991, so I'll just use that team for reference this year.
I would not claim that Memphis is not good. They have just as much a claim to being good as we do. Should be a good match up. We'll see how you guys do against Ole Miss this week. Will be your first real test. And good luck against Ole Miss.
Hopefully the Houston coach's negotiations with LSU will be red hot during their preparation week for us. Distracted coach + unmotivated or resentful team = upset.
This is a two loss team if they take care of business. But they could pull a first half at Fresno, last two minutes of first half at OSU at anytime. So they could be a 7 loss team. My expectations are the same every year regardless. Beat SMU. Beat UCF. Go to a bowl that doesnt celebrate insurance or lawn maintenance, then play like we belong there.
This is a two loss team if they take care of business. But they could pull a first half at Fresno, last two minutes of first half at OSU at anytime. So they could be a 7 loss team. My expectations are the same every year regardless. Beat SMU. Beat UCF. Go to a bowl that doesnt celebrate insurance or lawn maintenance, then play like we belong there.
Stay focused on the next one. I agree we could be real good or we can be real bad. SMU is usually no gimmie. Need lots of fans at this game.
Northwest Arkansas sources confirm that Herman will be named the next coach at LSU.
https://tulsa.forums.rivals.com/threads/assuming-were-5-2-going-in-to-memphis.12746/#post-160438
https://tulsa.forums.rivals.com/threads/assuming-were-5-2-going-in-to-memphis.12746/#post-160438
It looks like Northwest Arkansas has the same old sources they always have--Pat Jones and Barry Hinson and a "hole lotta barby que'.
Memphis looks like a good team to me. We'll see how well they do at Ole Miss this weekend, but they have looked good so far.
Other than SMU & Tulane at home, & Houston on the road, I think the betting lines will be single digits on all our other games. That should make for some exciting games ahead!
Other than SMU & Tulane at home, & Houston on the road, I think the betting lines will be single digits on all our other games. That should make for some exciting games ahead!
I'm sticking with my prediction:
San Jose - W
The OSU - L
NC AT - W
Fresno - W
SMU - W. this isn't a top 25 team, and it isn't a bottom feeder. That's all we really know. Tulsa simply outscores them.
Houston - L, too much talent in their starters.
Tulane- W. Better than everyone thinks, still not good enough.
Memphis - L. Memphis defense has been slaughtering people. Their offense remains able to score points. Add homecoming.
ECU - W. Game could go either way. Always hard to tell with ECU because their OOC is slugs or murders row.
Navy - W. Navy is solid. But without Reynolds the triple option is a one trick pony. Our defense figures it out and Navy can't keep up with our scoring.
UCF - W. True freshman QB starts to gain confidence. Our defense teaches him better. But UCF is better than people think.
Cinci - L. Last home game. We aren't really playing for anything and Cinci may be playing for a tiebreak win in the East and think they are auditioning for the Big 12. Plus, I think Cinci is the physical team we match up poorly with.
An optimistic 8-4. 7-5 is more likely than 9-3, with the added loss coming to ECU. Off chance we drop ECU and Navy to go 6-6.
Bonus prediction, we have at least one more melt down of a 1st Qt and I drink heavily.
San Jose - W
The OSU - L
NC AT - W
Fresno - W
SMU - W. this isn't a top 25 team, and it isn't a bottom feeder. That's all we really know. Tulsa simply outscores them.
Houston - L, too much talent in their starters.
Tulane- W. Better than everyone thinks, still not good enough.
Memphis - L. Memphis defense has been slaughtering people. Their offense remains able to score points. Add homecoming.
ECU - W. Game could go either way. Always hard to tell with ECU because their OOC is slugs or murders row.
Navy - W. Navy is solid. But without Reynolds the triple option is a one trick pony. Our defense figures it out and Navy can't keep up with our scoring.
UCF - W. True freshman QB starts to gain confidence. Our defense teaches him better. But UCF is better than people think.
Cinci - L. Last home game. We aren't really playing for anything and Cinci may be playing for a tiebreak win in the East and think they are auditioning for the Big 12. Plus, I think Cinci is the physical team we match up poorly with.
An optimistic 8-4. 7-5 is more likely than 9-3, with the added loss coming to ECU. Off chance we drop ECU and Navy to go 6-6.
Bonus prediction, we have at least one more melt down of a 1st Qt and I drink heavily.
I like us to beat Cincinnati. They are Jekyll and Hyde and we are at home. Houston is likely an L being on the road and us being able to have a 1Q melt down like this past weekend. I think people are being fooled by Memphis so far. They have played an incredibly weak schedule to date (weaker than ours even taking the Ohio State game out of the equation). Don't write it off as a loss just yet. As CMullins pointed out, TU is avg. 6 3-and-outs on D PER GAME which is in the top 10 in the nation. If the D gets off the field quickly, we are successful.
And, if you've been following Twitter, Big XII expansion is less and less likely. Boren and OU are now against it (read: either Fox or ESPN has ponied up some extra $ for OU and/or the Big XII to remain status quo).
We could take Cinci. But I just don't like the match up.
Memphis may be fooling people, but we gave up 31 points to Fresno in the 1st Qt. Add in homecoming and I'm dubious.
And I have heard the scuttle butt on the Big 12. But since some schools were flat out told no, the others will maintain they are on the cusp until their dying breath.
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