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Amen to this. I mean, did anything really think we would hang? FAU had the largest opening Vegas spread out of any of the 40 bowl games and it actually got larger as the game drew closer (usually the line gets closer barring any type of suspension or injury during practice). This was not a surprise. I thought we might keep it a little closer but Kiffin's style lends itself to blowing out outmatched opponents. We were playing a good team at their home stadium. Frankly, I'm just happy we made a bowl game; in fact, 2 bowl games in 3 years! That's the first time that's ever happened!!! These are the baby steps people. Do you really want to fire Bowden and risk getting another Ianello? Do you really want to go through another 1-11 season? Give Bowden a couple more years. If he gets us 8-4 or even 9-3 but can't win the MAC, then maybe you think about getting a bigger name. Until then, just enjoy the postseason.

Geez, line is up to FAU -23 already?? I guess I know what my highest confidence pick will be...

They really need to outlaw teams playing in bowl games at their home stadiums. It seems to be more prevalent in Florida too... FAU @ FAU, Miami @ Miami...

Cripes... overmatched against a team playing on their home field. How is this fair?

Lose to OU, beat Kent. I'll buy the t-shirt for the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl.

Sorry if this was covered earlier in the thread but do we know if Woodson will be back for OU or Kent?

Hooray for being televised! (Yeah, I know I can watch ESPN3 via my Xbox but it's just so much easier to flip channels between commercial breaks if it's on a channel my satellite gets.) Boo for the day change, though... I'll be away from home for half the game.

At this point I see this bowl game as a stepping point to a better season next year, being competitive in the MAC, and winning a bowl game next year. Not counting us out this year (Bowden's been around so hopefully he'll know how to prepare for a bowl game - something our kids haven't been able to do in their careers) but I see this is a step in turning the program around.

Any TV for the game? I notice the spread is off the books in Vegas... which is strange because E. Tenn. St. vs. Tenn. Tech is on the books...and those teams are pretty putrid.

Honestly, at this point, all I really want is to continue the streak of 20+ win seasons. I think we're one of only, what, like 5 teams in the country with such a long streak like that? Need a win tonight, hopefully one in Cleveland or the first round of whatever horrendous post-season tournament we'll be invited to.

My thoughts exactly. The school's not exactly in the dumps or going bankrupt. Changing the name of a university is a big damn deal and, I would imagine, require a re-chartering of the school and all sorts of legal issues.

Boy... an 'L' tonight really puts the pressure on the team if they want to avoid playing a MAC tournament game at the JAR...

Sorry if this is started a few days early but just noticing that EMU is 13-1 at home this year with that lone loss coming in OT to Ball State to open the season. Normally I'd just say "who cares" but considering EMU knocked off Michigan earlier in the year and absolutely blew the doors off of a schizophrenic OU on their home court last month, do we need to be worried about another West division road trip game like the NIU one?

Wasn't that when the Browns trounced them on Thursday night? In the end, he was right but still... you just got routed on national TV. Give credit where credit was due and own up to getting worked over.

Welcome to 90% of college basketball teams. Home court advantage is pretty rampant throughout most conferences. Only the really top tier teams go out and dominate on the road as well as home. At least, that's what I've learned playing ESPN's Streak for the Cash.

I'm still sour from that 2008 home loss when we were favored to win by, like, a dozen and lost by ten. Hoping we crush them.

Naturally UW-Green Bay is #1.

Except their schedule gets exponentially more difficult when Big Ten season starts whereas we play in the MAC...

Not saying I told you so but.... told you so.

ESPN is projecting us to the R+L Carriers Bowl In NOLA last time I checked too.

Because UB cannot become bowl eligible based on their 2 non-FBS wins (thanks to Staton14's excellent point), my guess is still that they're just going to cancel the game. One game already got screwed up logistically, I can't imagine the MAC would want to screw up two of them, especially since the UA/Can't State game is a rivalry, season-ending game.

Actually - because both Can't and UB are out of contention for Mac East champion, wouldn't the more likely scenario be that the game is postponed until "championship" weekend considering neither team will be playing in Detroit? My first thought is that they'd outright cancel the game but because winning it would (probably) mean UB would be bowl-eligible, I'm guessing they wouldn't accept a mutual "forfeit." Given that, though, I'd rather they keep screwing with Can't's schedule so they don't know which way is up by the time we play them next week...

Video works for me but audio is about 10 seconds behind.

More awful play calling by Terry Bowden. 3rd and inches from the goal line? You run it once and if you don't convert you run it twice. STUPID STUPID STUPID play calling. Same crap that he pulled during the Michigan game... you go for it on 4th playing on the road.

Because it's Michigan at home. Seriously - the missed calls were prevalent in last week's game against ND too.