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Tonight's Toledo vs. NIU game is huge. If the Rockets win, they'll probably keep winning and end NIU's MAC West championship streak. If the Huskies win, Toledo has just about no shot at playing in a New Year's Six bowl.

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Toledo needs a lot of help as it is for a New Year's day bowl. Unfortunately, the AAC has 3 good teams this year and I'd bet on at least one of them finishing above Toledo even if the Rockets were to go undefeated.

Don't think it matters though, I have BG beating Toledo.

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I don't see another MAC team beating them for the conference title.

They play like they did against the Zips, I don't see them losing to another team. I'm looking forward to seeing how Toledo defends BG's offense on 11/17.

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During last night's broadcast, did anyone catch what Dino Babers calls tempo?

The 12th man.

I totally agree and I don't know why every head coach in FBS hasn't seen the light. Can you imagine if Alabama jettisoned Lane Kiffin and installed Dino as the OC? With the way they recruit they would score 100 points a game.

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I like how BG never takes their foot off the pedal. Up by 40 points with 4 minutes remaining, they're still scoring TDs. I wish the Zips had that killer offensive mentality.

Going back to the Toledo / NIU game, NIU going for a long pass on 3rd and 39, and connecting, was awesome. Likewise, Toledo's successful fake punt inside their own 30 was gutsy.

The Zips need to make some gutsy offensive calls if they're ever going to turn their 2- and 8-point losses into wins. And, not have 12 men on the field when they do it.

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During last night's broadcast, did anyone catch what Dino Babers calls tempo?

The 12th man.

I totally agree and I don't know why every head coach in FBS hasn't seen the light. Can you imagine if Alabama jettisoned Lane Kiffin and installed Dino as the OC? With the way they recruit they would score 100 points a game.

I am guessing most have but don't have the right personnel. It also takes some time to get your team into the physical condition necessary to run that offense and defense. It is a little hard when you are still heavily relying on transfers to get everyone there.

I like how BG never takes their foot off the pedal. Up by 40 points with 4 minutes remaining, they're still scoring TDs. I wish the Zips had that killer offensive mentality.

Going back to the Toledo / NIU game, NIU going for a long pass on 3rd and 39, and connecting, was awesome. Likewise, Toledo's successful fake punt inside their own 30 was gutsy.

The Zips need to make some gutsy offensive calls if they're ever going to turn their 2- and 8-point losses into wins. And, not have 12 men on the field when they do it.

I don't disagree. If you remember the fake punt from 2013 against Toledo - the players called that, not the coaches. Trickery is always a catch 22. You look like a genius when they work and an idiot when they don't. Lesser teams will occasionally successfully pull off a trick play, the better the team, the higher the likelihood of being successful. We also lost the play we would run when we would let D'Orazio throw. That was a nice option for us. I wonder if Jerome can throw the ball?

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I am guessing most have but don't have the right personnel. It also takes some time to get your team into the physical condition necessary to run that offense and defense. It is a little hard when you are still heavily relying on transfers to get everyone there.

I don't disagree. If you remember the fake punt from 2013 against Toledo - the players called that, not the coaches. Trickery is always a catch 22. You look like a genius when they work and an idiot when they don't. Lesser teams will occasionally successfully pull off a trick play, the better the team, the higher the likelihood of being successful. We also lost the play we would run when we would let D'Orazio throw. That was a nice option for us. I wonder if Jerome can throw the ball?

I don't know about Jerome (I assume he would be capable), but I know Tyrell Goodman can.

As for the tempo thing, at a high level, look no further than Oregon.

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I watched the Can't vs. UB game and I'm not remotely intimidated by either of them. I thought Buffalo would look much better having smacked Ohio, but maybe their 51-14 loss at CMU was no fluke.

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I watched the Can't vs. UB game and I'm not remotely intimidated by either of them. I thought Buffalo would look much better having smacked Ohio, but maybe their 51-14 loss at CMU was no fluke.

I agree. I completely believe we can beat all four teams we have left but could also get beat by all four teams. We are all fighting to prove that we are not the bottom of the conference.

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I watched the Can't vs. UB game and I'm not remotely intimidated by either of them.

I don't think anyone was remotely intimidated by them last year. . .

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I don't think anyone was remotely intimidated by them last year. . .

I'm talking about THIS year. Buffalo returns a good, experienced senior quarterback and a great running back as well as a decent defense, but they haven't played that well at all. They only seem to play really well at home, as their only road game against a decent MAC team was a 37 point loss to CMU. Their two road MAC wins were by 5 over a terrible Miami team and by 1 over a Can't team that averages like 10 points from their offense. They hammered Ohio and only lost 28-22 to BG in their home MAC games. Playing them at InfoCision is a huge advantage, especially if we win the next two.

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I'm talking about THIS year. Buffalo returns a good, experienced senior quarterback and a great running back as well as a decent defense, but they haven't played that well at all. They only seem to play really well at home, as their only road game against a decent MAC team was a 37 point loss to CMU. Their two road MAC wins were by 5 over a terrible Miami team and by 1 over a Can't team that averages like 10 points from their offense. They hammered Ohio and only lost 28-22 to BG in their home MAC games. Playing them at InfoCision is a huge advantage, especially if we win the next two.

So. . .you're saying they were good last year? Not sure what your point is.

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So. . .you're saying they were good last year? Not sure what your point is.

My point is that they play like crap on the road despite having a good quarterback and running back as well as a respectable defense. I never said they were good last year.

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My point is that they play like crap on the road despite having a good quarterback and running back as well as a respectable defense. I never said they were good last year.

OK. Well my original point was that UB and Can't both blew donkey last year and the Zips still lost. Glad we got that cleared up. :wave:

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