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Week IX (Schedule, Discussion, Scores)

Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 1:07 pm
by WaveProf
Friday October 27
Tulane 26 at #24 Memphis 56
Tulsa 34 at SMU 38

Saturday October 28
Houston 28 at #17 South Florida 24
Austin Peay 33 at #18 Central Florida 73
Missouri 52 at UConn 12

Re: Week IX (Schedule, Discussion, Scores)

Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 5:44 pm
by windywave
UCONN better frick win.

Re: Week IX (Schedule, Discussion, Scores)

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:46 am
by WaveProf
Lines added

Re: Week IX (Schedule, Discussion, Scores)

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:54 am
by PeteRasche
WaveProf wrote:Lines added
My score app has Memphis - 11. Did the line move immediately or is this just a case of where you get your lines?

Re: Week IX (Schedule, Discussion, Scores)

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:58 am
by WaveProf
It could be either. THere is often some variance between lines, especially early in the week. More likely, it moved between when I looked at ESPN and when you looked at (wherever you look)


Rider saw it at 9.5

Re: Week IX (Schedule, Discussion, Scores)

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 3:46 pm
by WaveProf
Root For SMU. A win makes them bowl eligible. I don’t think they get another win till they play us, and I don’t want them playing us in a make or break game

Re: Week IX (Schedule, Discussion, Scores)

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:19 pm
by Ray
windywave wrote:UCONN better frick win.
I doubt it !! :wink: :wink:

Re: Week IX (Schedule, Discussion, Scores)

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 10:16 am
by WaveProf
Tulane line now 10.5

Re: Week IX (Schedule, Discussion, Scores)

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 11:01 am
by Roller
WaveProf wrote:Root For SMU. A win makes them bowl eligible. I don’t think they get another win till they play us, and I don’t want them playing us in a make or break game
Does it really matter, if we're also playing a make or break game?

Re: Week IX (Schedule, Discussion, Scores)

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 11:04 am
by WaveProf
Roller wrote:Does it really matter, if we're also playing a make or break game?
Yes. That would make me want them to already be at 6 wins all the more.

Re: Week IX (Schedule, Discussion, Scores)

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 11:25 am
by long green
It matters if you're afraid of the opponent.

Re: Week IX (Schedule, Discussion, Scores)

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 11:26 am
by Roller
long green wrote:It matters if you're afraid of the opponent.
Agreed

Re: Week IX (Schedule, Discussion, Scores)

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 11:49 am
by WaveProf
I’m not afraid of SMU. I’d pick us to beat them either way (unless we spin out in the meantime). But I’d always rather the other team have less to play for rather than more, Be it a team we are an underdog against or heavily favored against.

Re: Week IX (Schedule, Discussion, Scores)

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:01 pm
by long green
WaveProf wrote:I’m not afraid of SMU. I’d pick us to beat them either way (unless we spin out in the meantime). But I’d always rather the other team have less to play for rather than more, Be it a team we are an underdog against or heavily favored against.
I think you're getting better at not flatly saying that you're afraid but you still let things slip.

Re: Week IX (Schedule, Discussion, Scores)

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:03 pm
by WaveProf
Think what you want. I think it’s stupid to prefer smu at 5-6 to smu at 6-5

Re: Week IX (Schedule, Discussion, Scores)

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 1:33 pm
by Poseidon
I would rather SMU be 6-5 as well. Football is a zero sum game. The worse your opponent plays the better chance you have of winning. LG, roller, will you go into Friday's game thinking, "well golly, I sure hope Memphis has been focused all week and is ready to play their best football." Because that is essentially what you are suggesting. Prof appears to simply prefer that SMU not be motivated to play their best game of the year against us.

Re: Week IX (Schedule, Discussion, Scores)

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 6:46 pm
by Roller
Poseidon wrote:I would rather SMU be 6-5 as well. Football is a zero sum game. The worse your opponent plays the better chance you have of winning. LG, roller, will you go into Friday's game thinking, "well golly, I sure hope Memphis has been focused all week and is ready to play their best football." Because that is essentially what you are suggesting. Prof appears to simply prefer that SMU not be motivated to play their best game of the year against us.
Quite the opposite. If you go in thinking "I hope my opponent is handicapped," then you're "running scared," and that ain't good.

OTOH, a winning attitude says "whatever the opponent brings, I'm better, and I can handle it. If the opponent makes it easier on me, that's great, but I'm up for victory, regardless."

Re: Week IX (Schedule, Discussion, Scores)

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 11:08 am
by WaveProf
SMU won, and looked bad doing it. I'm feeling even better about that game than I was originally. If I were picking right now I'd take us over Cincy, ECU, and SMU, and I think we have a legit shot (at least 40%) against H-Town. I spent most of this season thinking the Memphis game would be even uglier than it was. Brush it off and let's play the way we are capable the rest of the way......

Re: Week IX (Schedule, Discussion, Scores)

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 11:29 pm
by sr
windywave wrote:UCONN better frick win.
Let's hope you had no money on that game unless Midwest over EastCoast.

Re: Week IX (Schedule, Discussion, Scores)

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 11:38 pm
by windywave
sr wrote:
windywave wrote:UCONN better frick win.
Let's hope you had no money on that game unless Midwest over EastCoast.
No money just don't like Mizzou

Re: Week IX (Schedule, Discussion, Scores)

Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2017 11:58 am
by WaveProf
Houston takes down USF

Re: Week IX (Schedule, Discussion, Scores)

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 9:42 pm
by OGSB
I have Memphis at Tulsa on in the background. Did our game with Memphis ever get so bad that the sideline reporter was eating a sandwich telling us how good it is?