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Snoozers aside from WV vs Pitt and maybe TCU vs Colorado

Damn you La Tech!

Who the heck is "SEMO"??

Edit: answered my own question - Southeast Missouri State.

IowaBear said:

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Snoozers aside from WV vs Pitt and maybe TCU vs Colorado

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On paper, yes, but there are usually some opening week
"surprises". ISU for example is notorious for either losing or barely squeaking by in their opening game, even though it normally appears to be a "taking care of business" type of win for them going into it.

FWIW - College Gameday will be at the Backyard Brawl for a one hour show.

Central Michigan at OSU could be a total sleeper upset game. CMU went 8-2 after their current QB got the job last year, they're currently tied with us for the second-longest active win streak in DI and they also return the leading rusher in all of college football from last year. OSU shouldn't have any problems, but with a couple weird bounces they could easily be on upset alert in Stillwater. Weird things happen in Thursday night games.

Sept 10, 2016 -the last time Central Michigan played Okie State ended like this!

Really hoping Kansas, Kansas State and Iowa State can make it out of the first weekend. At least one of them usually causes conference embarrassment in the last handful of years.

B12 goes 9-1 week 1 IMO think and hope WV loses to Pitt

MrGolfguy said:

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Damn you La Tech!

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The far reaching backhand of Kim Mulkey. Hell hath no fury...

Mothballs said:

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MrGolfguy said:

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Damn you La Tech!

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The far reaching backhand of Kim Mulkey. Hell hath no fury...

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Never thought about this. I figured it was Cumbie call since he just left Tech and knew what was in store for his new team. No one wants to start coaching career with a loss

BEARS WIN!

Shameful scheduling. These outside of TCU and WVU are nothing more than pre-season games. Gone are the days when Teaff's teams played real teams in non conference.

Aliceinbubbleland said:

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Shameful scheduling. These outside of TCU and WVU are nothing more than pre-season games. Gone are the days when Teaff's teams played real teams in non conference.

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They do play BYU next week. Almost no school plays more than 10 p5 teams. I'll give WVU credit, their OOC schedule is usually pretty good with a mixture of Virginia Tech and Pitt. Only the biggest schools take a 2+ p5 OOC games.

What a Coach we have in Dave Aranda!

https://sicem365.com/s/13099/inviting-the-storm-to-build-better-people-and-a-better-team-dave-aranda-1-on-1/2

IowaBear said:

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B12 goes 9-1 week 1 IMO think and hope WV loses to Pitt

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A very real possibility but I hope WVU wins it. The conference would benefit if they had finally turned things around & were more competitive. It would be great if they were ranked when Baylor travels to Morgantown. I believe we can finally get the W there.

Jack Bauer said:

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Sept 10, 2016 -the last time Central Michigan played Okie State ended like this!

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While still not the equal of UNLV's 100 yard fumble return on the last play of the game in '99, that ending is at least in the ballpark of that kind of meltdown finish.

It's right up there with Michigan choke job vs Sparty in 2015. Completely unreal you could lose like this...just glad we weren't on TV in 99 against UNLV. Most of the CFB world doesn't even know about that one.

Johnny Bear said:

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IowaBear said:

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Snoozers aside from WV vs Pitt and maybe TCU vs Colorado

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On paper, yes, but there are usually some opening week
"surprises". ISU for example is notorious for either losing or barely squeaking by in their opening game, even though it normally appears to be a "taking care of business" type of win for them going into it.

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With the exception of the year they played Iowa in week one I think you have a point. They lost to Louisiana one year and barely beat Northern Iowa the other years.

IowaBear said:

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B12 goes 9-1 week 1 IMO think and hope WV loses to Pitt

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8-2 would be better

With UT losing to ULM. I want them to lose every game. But I also don't want them to win and then be ranked before they get destroyed by Bama making the talking points be that Bama beat a ranked Texas.

Aliceinbubbleland said:

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Shameful scheduling. These outside of TCU and WVU are nothing more than pre-season games. Gone are the days when Teaff's teams played real teams in non conference.

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Real Teams??????


You mean like:

Wyoming- 83
North TExas State-82
Tulane-82
San Jose State-80
Lamar-81
Bowling Green-81
Louisiana Tech- 81
UTEP- 91
Utah State-92
Louisiana Tech- 92


This fantasy world that his teams ONLY played power house teams in non con is just that. Fantasy. In reality some years they played one or 2 P5 schools but usually only 1 just like we do now.

Not a B12 game…. but a big week one match up with with Notre Dame and their new coach squaring off against tOSU.

I can't recall a coach ever mentioning a betting line as locker room posterboard material

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boognish_bear said:

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Not a B12 game…. but a big week one match up with with Notre Dame and their new coach squaring off against tOSU.

I can't recall a coach ever mentioning a betting line as locker room posterboard material

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cowboycwr said:

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Aliceinbubbleland said:

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Shameful scheduling. These outside of TCU and WVU are nothing more than pre-season games. Gone are the days when Teaff's teams played real teams in non conference.

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Real Teams??????


You mean like:

Wyoming- 83
North TExas State-82
Tulane-82
San Jose State-80
Lamar-81
Bowling Green-81
Louisiana Tech- 81
UTEP- 91
Utah State-92
Louisiana Tech- 92


This fantasy world that his teams ONLY played power house teams in non con is just that. Fantasy. In reality some years they played one or 2 P5 schools but usually only 1 just like we do now.

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We use to play really difficult non-conference like Syracuse, Air Force, Army, Tulane, Ole Miss, Auburn, Georgia, USC are some I recall.

Frank Broyles discovered how to fix your schedule with weak non conference scheduling and we followed.

It works but it doesn't create excitement, if anything, the opposite. All those games you mentioned were yuk, That was my point. I just don't recall any great non conference scheduling since Teaff.

Aliceinbubbleland said:

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cowboycwr said:

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Aliceinbubbleland said:

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Shameful scheduling. These outside of TCU and WVU are nothing more than pre-season games. Gone are the days when Teaff's teams played real teams in non conference.

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Real Teams??????


You mean like:

Wyoming- 83
North TExas State-82
Tulane-82
San Jose State-80
Lamar-81
Bowling Green-81
Louisiana Tech- 81
UTEP- 91
Utah State-92
Louisiana Tech- 92


This fantasy world that his teams ONLY played power house teams in non con is just that. Fantasy. In reality some years they played one or 2 P5 schools but usually only 1 just like we do now.

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We use to play really difficult non-conference like Syracuse, Air Force, Army, Tulane, Ole Miss, Auburn, Georgia, USC are some I recall.

Frank Broyles discovered how to fix your schedule with weak non conference scheduling and we followed.

It works but it doesn't create excitement, if anything, the opposite. All those games you mentioned were yuk, That was my point. I just don't recall any great non conference scheduling since Teaff.

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Syracuse????

Army????

Air Force????

Tulane???

Those are not great teams or difficult teams. Unless we are talking about the 1940s

Again stop creating a false reality. I listed the years those teams were played under Teaff. The schedule might have one top team a year but often it had some mid level teams to low teams. People act like EVERY year we played 3 top ten teams and that was NEVER the case.

When we played army about a decade ago there were people on here (well really Bfans) complaining about them as an opponent and then you try to use them as a "difficult" example.

Can't have it both ways.

But again the fantasy that Teaff played only top ten teams is ignoring the reality of what the schedule actually was.

cowboycwr said:

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Aliceinbubbleland said:

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cowboycwr said:

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Aliceinbubbleland said:

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Shameful scheduling. These outside of TCU and WVU are nothing more than pre-season games. Gone are the days when Teaff's teams played real teams in non conference.

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Real Teams??????


You mean like:

Wyoming- 83
North TExas State-82
Tulane-82
San Jose State-80
Lamar-81
Bowling Green-81
Louisiana Tech- 81
UTEP- 91
Utah State-92
Louisiana Tech- 92


This fantasy world that his teams ONLY played power house teams in non con is just that. Fantasy. In reality some years they played one or 2 P5 schools but usually only 1 just like we do now.

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We use to play really difficult non-conference like Syracuse, Air Force, Army, Tulane, Ole Miss, Auburn, Georgia, USC are some I recall.

Frank Broyles discovered how to fix your schedule with weak non conference scheduling and we followed.

It works but it doesn't create excitement, if anything, the opposite. All those games you mentioned were yuk, That was my point. I just don't recall any great non conference scheduling since Teaff.

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Syracuse????

Army????

Air Force????

Tulane???

Those are not great teams or difficult teams. Unless we are talking about the 1940s

Again stop creating a false reality. I listed the years those teams were played under Teaff. The schedule might have one top team a year but often it had some mid level teams to low teams. People act like EVERY year we played 3 top ten teams and that was NEVER the case.

When we played army about a decade ago there were people on here (well really Bfans) complaining about them as an opponent and then you try to use them as a "difficult" example.

Can't have it both ways.

But again the fantasy that Teaff played only top ten teams is ignoring the reality of what the schedule actually was.

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While it's true we scheduled some non-con laughers during the Teaff era, it's still a fair point that on balance, with some years being obviously tougher than others, our non-con schedules tended to be much more challenging than they've been since then. Off the top of my head we played non-con games against schools like Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Ole Miss, Ohio State, Michigan, USC, Georgia Tech, OU, Oklahoma State, & Mizzou (when they were non-con opponents), Colorado (right after they won a Natty the prior season), BYU (including their '84 National champion team), Kentucky, Miami, Florida State, South Carolina, and Pittsburgh (when they had Tony Dorsett), etc. Non-con was a different story for most of Teaff's career.

i think WVU has a real shot at winning this game. Pitt never shows out for their games, so i would not be surprised if there are more WVU than Pitt fans. Also, Pitt lost a lot of production from last years team. I think that WVU is hungry and can potentially take advantage of the turnover on Pitts team. It is posed to be a great game! Unfortunately, i am on pacific time zone, so i will miss College Game Day

Johnny Bear said:

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cowboycwr said:

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Aliceinbubbleland said:

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cowboycwr said:

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Aliceinbubbleland said:

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Shameful scheduling. These outside of TCU and WVU are nothing more than pre-season games. Gone are the days when Teaff's teams played real teams in non conference.

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Real Teams??????


You mean like:

Wyoming- 83
North TExas State-82
Tulane-82
San Jose State-80
Lamar-81
Bowling Green-81
Louisiana Tech- 81
UTEP- 91
Utah State-92
Louisiana Tech- 92


This fantasy world that his teams ONLY played power house teams in non con is just that. Fantasy. In reality some years they played one or 2 P5 schools but usually only 1 just like we do now.

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We use to play really difficult non-conference like Syracuse, Air Force, Army, Tulane, Ole Miss, Auburn, Georgia, USC are some I recall.

Frank Broyles discovered how to fix your schedule with weak non conference scheduling and we followed.

It works but it doesn't create excitement, if anything, the opposite. All those games you mentioned were yuk, That was my point. I just don't recall any great non conference scheduling since Teaff.

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Syracuse????

Army????

Air Force????

Tulane???

Those are not great teams or difficult teams. Unless we are talking about the 1940s

Again stop creating a false reality. I listed the years those teams were played under Teaff. The schedule might have one top team a year but often it had some mid level teams to low teams. People act like EVERY year we played 3 top ten teams and that was NEVER the case.

When we played army about a decade ago there were people on here (well really Bfans) complaining about them as an opponent and then you try to use them as a "difficult" example.

Can't have it both ways.

But again the fantasy that Teaff played only top ten teams is ignoring the reality of what the schedule actually was.

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While it's true we scheduled some non-con laughers during the Teaff era, it's still a fair point that on balance, with some years being obviously tougher than others, our non-con schedules tended to be much more challenging than they've been since then. Off the top of my head we played non-con games against schools like Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Ole Miss, Ohio State, Michigan, USC, Georgia Tech, OU, Oklahoma State, & Mizzou (when they were non-con opponents), Colorado (right after they won a Natty the prior season), BYU (including their '84 National champion team), Kentucky, Miami, Florida State, South Carolina, and Pittsburgh (when they had Tony Dorsett), etc. Non-con was a different story for most of Teaff's career.

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Thanks. Exactly my point but you stated the discussion much better.

@cowboycwr...

Things are improving. I just glanced at the future schedules. Much better.

https://fbschedules.com/ncaa/baylor/

Aliceinbubbleland said:

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@cowboycwr...

Things are improving. I just glanced at the future schedules. Much better.

https://fbschedules.com/ncaa/baylor/

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Unless some of those games become conference games.

Unfortunately there are video clips of that game on YouTube.

We have great non conference scheduling now: home & home series with BYU, Utah, Auburn, Oregon, & Air Force. In 2024 we have both Air Force & Utah. In 2025 we open the season with Auburn. That's going to be an exciting game!

I don't think anyone has suggested that Teaff played only top 10 teams. The point is that we did play some competitive non conference games unlike during the Briles years. That said, our current & upcoming games against real P5 opponents were scheduled during the Briles years & after his contract extension. If not for the fake scandal & all that mess he would be coaching us now through those games.

Beat me to it!