Games of Interest (11/20-11/24)

[Dave Stalwart]

Tulsa has played a tough schedule. They are better than 1-5 looks. I think they will win today. I also think they will do fine in C-USA.

[Ta town]

That is a man's win for MSU. Really nice.

I'm glad the bears one but don't confuse 6-1 A&M for good. I tuned into that game late, A&M is not good, plays nothing but mostly freshman and sophomores and were previously 6-0 against 3 swac teams, rice, buffalo, and Sam Houston all at home. It was a terrible game to watch.

Its a good win because they are two best players down but outside of that nope. A&M will finish at the bottom of the SEC this year.

[ShockTalk]

Today is full of games with teams in our schedule, and a lot of them are very winnable. Today could wind up pretty good if everyone takes care of business.

Evansville (5-1) has Ohio (5-1)
SIU (2-5) has Chicago State (2-4)
Tennessee (4-2) has Wake Forest (6-1)
Will & Mary (3-3) has Howard (2-6)
Ind St (4-2) has Pepperdine (5-2)
Drake (4-1) has Northern Arizona (2-4)
Bradley (4-2) has UT Pan Am (4-4)
WKU (3-2) has E Illinois (3-3)
BYU (5-2) has Utah St (5-0)
Swomo (6-0) has Virginia (6-1)
Tulsa (1-5) has Green Bay (3-2)
ILL St (2-4) has San Fran (5-3)

Lots of stuff to follow and while some will be long shots, there is reason enough to believe our teams can win every one of these. That would be something.

Winnable, yes. Very winnable, not that sold. There may be 2 or 3 home games by our opponents in that list. My confidence level has about 4 very winnable games.

[wufan]

I'm glad the bears one but don't confuse 6-1 A&M for good. I tuned into that game late, A&M is not good, plays nothing but mostly freshman and sophomores and were previously 6-0 against 3 swac teams, rice, buffalo, and Sam Houston all at home. It was a terrible game to watch.

Its a good win because they are two best players down but outside of that nope. A&M will finish at the bottom of the SEC this year.

It's also a BCS school they defeated on the road. A little name recognition for a middling MVC team that was 0fer in 2012 non-con games.

[Dave Stalwart]

Winnable, yes. Very winnable, not that sold. There may be 2 or 3 home games by our opponents in that list. My confidence level has about 4 very winnable games.

I think I forgot to take into account that it wasn't WSU playing the games :)

[Play Angry]

ISUr will get their ass kicked and UE/MSU/Tulsa have tough matchups. The rest should be Ws across the board.

I'm especially interested to see the BYU-Utah State game. This is USU's best team since they picked us apart in the BB game in Logan and should be a very good test for BYU. Game is on a neutral court in Salt Lake City.

[Dave Stalwart]

ISUr will get their ass kicked and UE/MSU/Tulsa have tough matchups. The rest should be Ws across the board.

I'm especially interested to see the BYU-Utah State game. This is USU's best team since they picked us apart in the BB game in Logan and should be a very good test for BYU. Game is on a neutral court in Salt Lake City.

It's important to note that ISUr will get destroyed not because they are playing a tough game, but because they are playing a game.

[Dave Stalwart]

I just realized the dates listed in this thread. I probably should have made a new one for that list of all today's games.

[ShockerFever]

It's also a BCS school they defeated on the road.

Neutral floor. And yes, there's a difference.

[ShockerFever]

Well, for a few of you who were Evansville "believers" after their 5-0 start against horrible competition, they're about to suffer their 2nd 30 point blowout loss in a row. That's what playing and beating inferior competition will do to you. The Aces weren't used to starting years off at 5-0. Very deceiving. This is the Evansville we know and hate.

They'll be .500 in a few weeks.

Ohio leading EU 81-55.

[shocks02]

Indiana State wins a close one 73-70 over Pepperdine. Seems like the Trees are struggling as of late.

[ripemupshocks]

Just don't get too giddy over the failure of others; know how to handle success. Do not become like those whom we are poking fun at. It's good to be proud of our success; but don't throw it in other peoples' faces. What goes around usually comes around...

Not to anyone in particular, let's just keep it in mind.

May we please be allowed to ridicule those teams that refuse to play us because, as they have made clear to us, we are beneath them?

[shocks02]

Drake up 37-22 over Northern Arizona at half. Bulldogs looking more and more like an upper-half Valley team this season.