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Post by Speedwell Cat on Oct 20, 2023 21:49:30 GMT -5
I’m with you. How is the lower ranked team a 14 point favorite? |
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Post by Speedwell Cat on Oct 20, 2023 22:43:07 GMT -5
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Post by cullowheeguy on Oct 21, 2023 0:08:39 GMT -5
I see a couple of things wrong, they’re at 4 MEAC and SWAC teams that have odds they don’t compete for a FCS championship. They lost their auto bid. A winless SELA team is on there. Also a pioneer non scholarship butler team is on there. I wonder if Western isn’t on there because we are In the same county as a casino? |
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Oct 21, 2023 3:05:06 GMT -5
I think this has not been updated since preseason 2023. Thus, this does not reflect any of the games played this season. I think that is the root of what is wrong with this picture. |
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Post by wcu77 on Oct 21, 2023 7:43:43 GMT -5
Of course we all are nervous. The long time diehard fans from the Waters days are especially nervous. But a thought, maybe just maybe, we have already beat the best team (Chatty) we will face this year in the SoCon on their home field.....maybe, just maybe!!!! Go Cats! I really hope that you are right about already beating the best team in UTC. Like so many others here, I watched Coach Water's teams be comptetive and always have a chance to win and then we dropped to rock bottom for what seems like forever. That is why I am trying to keep my optimism under control this season. Too many times I have seen us with a chance to really change the culture only to blow it and drop back to the old ways.
We really have the chance today and the rest of the season to turn it all around permanently, and I do think that under Coach Bell this is the best chance we have had after so many years. I am cautiously optimistic that the Cats will win today. There is no reason they can't win......GO CATS! |
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Post by Speedwell Cat on Oct 21, 2023 7:57:59 GMT -5
I think this has not been updated since preseason 2023. Thus, this does not reflect any of the games played this season. I think that is the root of what is wrong with this picture. Not that this is worth much analysis, but you’re probably right. The URL reads 22/23, but the headline on the page says 23/24 |
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Post by wcugrad95 on Oct 21, 2023 9:40:25 GMT -5
What a different football world we live in from as few as 3 years ago. We are hosting the #4 team in the country and most people even outside of Western’s own fan base think we have every chance to win this game. Even with a loss I’d say we remain in the 10-15 range for many polls. Win the game and we probably vault into the top-5 with a chance at a high playoff seed.
Regardless of the outcome today, these are totally different Cats from what the last nearly 40 years have shown. I agree the cautious optimism is the route to take. I felt the same way going into the UTC game because we had seen that movie several times before - a good team who got beat badly by really good teams. This feels a lot different.
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Post by catamountalum04 on Oct 21, 2023 15:07:20 GMT -5
Furman is way better than UTC
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Post by jim68 on Oct 21, 2023 19:51:06 GMT -5
What a different football world we live in from as few as 3 years ago. We are hosting the #4 team in the country and most people even outside of Western’s own fan base think we have every chance to win this game. Even with a loss I’d say we remain in the 10-15 range for many polls. Win the game and we probably vault into the top-5 with a chance at a high playoff seed. Regardless of the outcome today, these are totally different Cats from what the last nearly 40 years have shown. I agree the cautious optimism is the route to take. I felt the same way going into the UTC game because we had seen that movie several times before - a good team who got beat badly by really good teams. This feels a lot different. In my opinion, Bell just kissed off his chance of winning a SoCon Championship this season. When you have two weeks to prepare for Furman & played as poorly as we did, that is coaching. Adam played hard but he is no Reid. Our highly hyped Offensive Line could not keep Furman’s Defensive Line off of Cole. He was pressured the entire game with linebackers stunting against our line. We have only played two good teams in the SoCon & we gave up a total of 79 points. |
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Post by catamountalum04 on Oct 21, 2023 20:30:38 GMT -5
What a different football world we live in from as few as 3 years ago. We are hosting the #4 team in the country and most people even outside of Western’s own fan base think we have every chance to win this game. Even with a loss I’d say we remain in the 10-15 range for many polls. Win the game and we probably vault into the top-5 with a chance at a high playoff seed. Regardless of the outcome today, these are totally different Cats from what the last nearly 40 years have shown. I agree the cautious optimism is the route to take. I felt the same way going into the UTC game because we had seen that movie several times before - a good team who got beat badly by really good teams. This feels a lot different. In my opinion, Bell just kissed off his chance of winning a SoCon Championship this season. When you have two weeks to prepare for Furman & played as poorly as we did, that is coaching. Adam played hard but he is no Reid. Our highly hyped Offensive Line could not keep Furman’s Defensive Line off of Cole. He was pressured the entire game with linebackers stunting against our line. We have only played two good teams in the SoCon & we gave up a total of 79 points. Yep |
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