So what’s the score?
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Bet the farm that the Flyin Miners will win this game easier than you think. The BIG D comes smashing in to hold the Owls to 17 points while the excuse me, its only the "Miners" with 35. Miner ball at its best. 250 yrds rushing and 300 passing. Half time score 21 - 7..
Will you believe now?
stand tall and proud...
as shyminer 81 likes to say, "losing is not an option"
can a brother get a high five on this win?
Will you believe now?
stand tall and proud...
as shyminer 81 likes to say, "losing is not an option"
can a brother get a high five on this win?
Reality bites us in the rear. We take a first half 14-10 lead which, of course, means Dismel slams on the brakes.
UTEP - 17
FAU - 31
At least we'll keep the score somewhat respectable.
UTEP - 17
FAU - 31
At least we'll keep the score somewhat respectable.
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I love the way our defense matches up with their offense.
I think our offense plays their first turnover free game of the year.
UTEP 38
FAU 14
I think our offense plays their first turnover free game of the year.
UTEP 38
FAU 14
I predict turnovers will be the difference in the game. The team who turns it over less will win.
Is it me, or do you guys need spelling lessons (or is that irony?) or am I missing something?
Check that, “traitor” would have been the preferred spelling, gosh I think? 🌧
Yeah, I was wondering what some posters' issue was with people who make trades.
That’s what happens when you don’t pay attention to what the hell your typing.
Oh well I make another 100 mistakes on this board before I die.
Oh well I make another 100 mistakes on this board before I die.
Honest mistake. Most folks would blame it on autocorrect. I just thought I missed the joke.
Wish I was that smart. Thought I would play it as I meant it, but my conscience wouldn’t let me.
Well in a way FAU is both a Trader (conference wise) as well as a Traitor (by leaving). I though it was a play on words.
FAU does pepper that ball around to all their WR's. But then again FAU has not faced a D like this since they played Air Force. Peveto has that UTEP D looking good.
If we had a Traitor Joe's in El Paso, what kind of stuff would they sell?
That’s FAU’s season average. You think they’re gonna reach 30 against UTEP’s defense?
I agree that it’ll take a trick play or two for us to put enough points on the board.
I'm having a hard time with this prediction. The one conclusion I have is that UTEP will cover. Not that means anything. An interesting stat is that against the last 10 FBS games UTEP has only not covered twice. At Boise and at UTSA last year. Seven of those games were on the road. FAU on the other hand has only covered in four their last 10 and two of those were against an awful FIU team.
To answer your original question, no I don't think FAU reaches their season average but they'll be close.
Educated guess
UTEP 16
FAU 24
I see a lot of our drives ending in FGs and that will be the difference in the game.
Perhaps it’s a bit if homerism but I’ve truly bought into our defense being the real deal. Aside from that Boise game, and I can’t simply explain that away, this defense has gotten better week after week. I think we hold them between a FG and TD below their average.
I think we are going to pound the ball, which is FAU’s weakness defensively. Someone else said, this is the game where Dimel ball makes sense. I agree, as long as he doesn’t call the dogs off too early. It won’t be enough to chew clock but not put points on the board. We gotta score this game. I’m of the belief that we CAN but I wonder WILL we?
I hope Dimel’s statement last week about “there will come a time where our offense will have to help the defense” was a foreshadowing of his mentality for this game.
I hope the defense is really getting better every week and not as a result of weak competition. FAU'S offense is ranked 38 which is the best we've seen all year.
I think those long drives of pounding the ball will result in FGs. FAU is the #1 Defense in the red zone while our red zone offense ranks in the mid 70s. Our best chance of scoring TDs will be on long bombs to Cowing.
We'll see what happens but the numbers are against us.
I don't typically enter the prediction game, but here goes. I'm thinking ( maybe mostly hoping) that our defense is even better than we give them credit for. They have come up stout stopping drives over and over. Our offense is so vanilla and predictable so combining the O and D I come up with ...
Miners 31
FAU 21
Wish me luck!
Miners 31
FAU 21
Wish me luck!
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