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#272801
PAmedic wrote:You guys know we just set ourselves up for crushing disappointment when, after one game, we're talking about how to move up in rankings and even THINKING of running the table.

I'm as impressed with the team's potential as anyone but I prefer cautious optimism. Maybe even hopeful pessimism.
"Expect to Win." - Danny Rocco
#272813
JK37 wrote:
SuperJon wrote:We won't be above 21-22 unless we can beat JMU and that'll bump us to 18 or so. We might climb up to 13-14 if we win out.
Does a consistently overwhelming margin of victory improve the climb at all?
When you play in a non-auto league: no.

However, if we're winning close it hurts us.
#272831
I think the only way we make it into the playoffs is if we run the table EXCEPT for the JMU game. We have to lose that one in order to get our required quality loss against a CAA team.
#272856
01LUGrad wrote:I think the only way we make it into the playoffs is if we run the table EXCEPT for the JMU game. We have to lose that one in order to get our required quality loss against a CAA team.
Whoa whoa. Slow down there cowboy. We're just talking about cracking a poll right now. Let's not start that kind of talk for a while, please.

I don't see us breaking out of the 20's at any point. For whatever reason, this program cannot seem to get any respect. It's going to take more than one big win to put us the map and right now I don't even want to look ahead to any games that could potentially do that. We've seen how accurate these polls are after watching them for the last two years. I think they're baloney.

Let's just win out and see what happens. If they're still baloney after that, then we'll fry 'em up and come back next season.
#272882
SuperJon wrote:
PAmedic wrote:You guys know we just set ourselves up for crushing disappointment when, after one game, we're talking about how to move up in rankings and even THINKING of running the table.

I'm as impressed with the team's potential as anyone but I prefer cautious optimism. Maybe even hopeful pessimism.
"Expect to Win." - Danny Rocco
oh I hope and PRAY the coaching staff and PLAYERS don't share my mindset- its just what works for me (and keeps me from meeting the noose: I'm a philly fan, remember)

those guys BETTER go out ready to win every time
#272980
The coaches poll is usually pretty good if it was used in 2008 we would have been in the Playoffs. I think the Flames can run the table and beat the dog mess out of JMU!
Coaching changes

It appears your intel was on the mark.