Stevev wrote:If we were to hang tough against App State and still loose that would do us more good than whipping up on the div 2's. At least I would get a much truer measure of where we are at.
First, don't take this personally, but I don't think JB and Rocco much care where
you think the program is at this stage in the game.
Secondly, there's a lot of chatter on here about what kind of record we would need to get into the playoffs. I can guarantee you at least this: as things stand, nobody from the Big South is getting into the playoffs w/o winning the Big South. We go out there to win them all but the Big South Jostens is the goal.
Also, you're making a heck of an assumption here about "hanging tough with App State". Yes, App State is that good. They were the best team in the country last year and I've seen nothing to indicate a serious dropoff in '07. If anything, they've gotten better. Yes, we are vastly improved but they are not a team that you "test yourself" against. There's some programs out there that would fit what you're talking about but, unfortunately, for whatever reason we couldn't get them on the schedule. After seeing what happened against JMU in '03 and UConn/W&M/YSU in '05, I would think that a few more people would be a little more cautious about committing "season suicide". Fortunately, JB and Rocco aren't stupid enough to do that.
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