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I will be surprised and more than a little disappointed if we're not punching it in from inside the ten after a bye week.

I agree with your general point, and Gundy's a perfect comp (Fleck might end up being an even better one) but as much as I don't like him and he can "deal with it", Count Chocula had a pretty damn good record.

First, 4 D III nattys and over a .900 winning percentage at Wisconsin-Platteville. Then, in fourteen years at Wiscy, he won four regular season BIG Titles (twice winning both the regular season and conference title) and one additional conference tournament title, had three second place finishes and never finished worse than fourth, never missed the NCAA tournament, and had a national title game appearance, a national semifinal appearance, an Elite 8 and four Sweet 16s with only two first round losses.

All that said, Cignetti is really fucking up the narrative for these kinds of guys for what the ceiling of success is at a middlewight (or lighweight) program.

I'm making a beer run Friday to the desolate northern tundra known as Lubbock, TX.

Fla. Atl

was 62° this morning.
had to break out the hoodie

BuckeyeNation27 said:

2:30? What are you....a communist? Games start at noon and 3:30, pinko.

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those are the undercards.

real games start at 7pm in Death Valley.

I think to be a great teacher, and that's how I've heard him describe himself, you've got to be able raise kids' level without talking down to them. That's actually pretty difficult and he seems to have walked right into it as opposed to being an ego-driven "genius" (obligatory Knowles reference).

buchtelgrad04 said:

I definitely hear you.

But check Ryan Day’s track record with a first year starter on his first road start. 24 passing attempts for Justin. 22 for CJ. 33 for Kyle, but a lot of those were extensions of the run game with screens and short passes because the run game was terrible. And none of those teams posed an offensive threat that this Washington team does, so he didn’t have the incentive to keep them off the field.

He doesn’t take risks. And with a dominant defense, he has more room to play conservative.

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This is exactly right.

Also, don't forget Day's long-term strategy of less plays per game to keep his players fresh for a potential 16-game season, a strategy that worked pretty well last year. So don't expect an offensive explosion in week four in a West Coast game against a team that can compete in a track meet.

gmen6981 said:

Nope. 3:30 Eastern time. It's on CBS not Fox

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There is no room for FAXS and EVIDENT here in the bWM ... its a 9am kickoff PDT ... I wont hear otherwise

Look at Gundy and Oklahoma State as a comp of sorts.

Middle weight programs, you build something with some reasonable success and you can stay as long as you want (mostly).

Gundy just did a 20+ year stretch. I think a lot of the COY's super power is that he's just been willing to stay at freaking Iowa for a long time.

I'm biased I guess because I hat ethe media driven narrative for coaches that "do more with less". If you have been there more than three years you are the one who recruited the "less". Why do guys like COY and Bo Ryan get a pass for that?

Houston lost again as well so we are +2 in the WC with the tiebreaker there as well

2:30? What are you....a communist? Games start at noon and 3:30, pinko.

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