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Post by Ticket Mouse on Sept 14, 2010 10:36:52 GMT -5
What do they have TCU over Baylor by? The line I saw yesterday was 21.
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fischer
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Post by fischer on Sept 14, 2010 10:44:18 GMT -5
Still 21
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Sept 14, 2010 10:46:58 GMT -5
Low points. GP's teams don't do a good job of covering. His win by one point philosophy is frustrating at times.
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Post by The River Assassin on Sept 14, 2010 12:00:54 GMT -5
I was also very surprised by that line, seems way too high. I still think TCU wins without too much trouble, but I was thinking more in the 14-17 point range.
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Sept 14, 2010 12:12:37 GMT -5
I can guarantee you that GP will hold the OCs' heads to the coals if they throw a TD pass in the last minute when the game is already in hand...unlike Mac Poo-poo Brown...(see Wyoming).
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Post by P. Marf on Sept 14, 2010 13:27:12 GMT -5
Sounds like you are making an early excuse for a close game. Your theory doesnt hold up will with their 62-7 win last week.
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Sept 14, 2010 13:55:29 GMT -5
You obviously didn't hear his post-game interview when he was pissed that a 5th year senior FB with 5 career carries hauled off a 29 yard TD run with about 4 minutes to go. It was a simple play designed for short yardage situations and called the number of the last guy on the depth chart. There were no intentions on scoring. They didn't throw a pass in the 4th quarter. Up by 3 TDs in the last minute TU was still throwing.
Not making excuses...that's just how it goes. Last year's beatdowns of Utah and BYU were out of character for a big game. See the 2009 Poinsetta Bowl...dominated that stat sheet and won by one point. See the Oregon State game. Dominated in stats and won by 9. It's frustrating as a fan watching a team that gets away from what is working. They should have beaten OSU by 3 TDs.
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Post by fischer on Sept 14, 2010 13:59:06 GMT -5
Dominating a stat sheet doesn't really have anything to do with who wins the game a lot of times.
The reason the poinsetta bowl was close is because they played a team that was as good as they were. Same with the OSU game.
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Sept 14, 2010 14:32:41 GMT -5
I'm saying they got away from what was working and it made the games closer than it should have been. Why on 3rd and 1 when you're gaining over 5 yards a carry do you call a rollout in a 2 TE set when you threw 11 passes to TEs last year and the team leader had 6 catches? The result: a redzone INT.
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Post by P. Marf on Sept 14, 2010 15:26:24 GMT -5
No coach tries to win by one point. Or even ten points. they may stop at 14 half way through the 4th and thats even pushing it.
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Sept 14, 2010 16:18:19 GMT -5
GP has repeatedly embraced the win by one point philosophy. He had it about a dozen times before and after the OSU game.
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Sept 14, 2010 17:47:05 GMT -5
What's the outside perception of TCU? Mac Engle from the Startlegram says Baylor has nothing to win by playing TCU. I think it's quite the opposite. I don't care who you play...if you beat a top 5 team you have a lot to win. If James Madison were ranked #5 I'd love to have them on my schedule. sportsblogs.star-telegram.com/colleges/2010/09/why-is-baylor-playing-tcu.htmlIt would be a HUGE win for Baylor but would it mean as much to A&M or Tech? What about Boise? I'm sure UT would try to downplay it. |
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Post by P. Marf on Sept 14, 2010 18:13:33 GMT -5
I understand both sides I think. I think that any team would be better off beating a number 10 eam coming from he SEC rather than a number 5 TCU team. The SEC win still looks better to voters in my opinion. However I dont think Baylor has nothing to win by playing TCU, I think thats a little over-blown.
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Post by sully on Sept 15, 2010 12:12:01 GMT -5
So you support GP and his philosophy, and ridicule Brown for his ways, but then you knock his playcalling at the end of games...
WTF?
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Sept 15, 2010 12:24:41 GMT -5
Who's play calling at the end of a game did I knock? I'm confused.
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