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Win over EMU puts the Broncos in a tie for the lead in the Mac West with our biggest rival on the road next week AND NIU at home to close out the regular season. Seems like a classic trap game. If we look ahead at all or get happy about our current position we could be in for one of the biggest let downs in Bronco history. Today you can't say that PJ will not let it happen. In a few day we will find out how focused this team really is. Can you imagine being a current player and watching that NIU win last night? WTF, is not a pipe dream anymore. This could be a really fun month or two to be a Bronco. I hope PJ and Company can deliver and stay focused on the task at hand. We control our own destiny to a share of the Mac West and they can prove a bunch of us doubters wrong. Those of us that mocked WTF. I will happily eat crow (I will not go as far as todd and say I will bang a crow).

Wtf go Broncos!

Coach Fleck's mantra of "every game is a championship game" seems to really keep the guys focused. I don't see them overlooking EMU this year, as has happened in recent years. I'm predicting a huge blowout win....like, embarrassing-level blowout.

Hope you are right but it is why we play the games. Football is a strange sport, some times **** goes wrong. There are no gimme games for us yet. I am looking forward to Saturday.

(11-12-2014 11:13 AM)Kimbosucks Wrote:  Hope you are right but it is why we play the games. Football is a strange sport, some times **** goes wrong. There are no gimme games for us yet. I am looking forward to Saturday.

No doubt. Any given Saturday. I don't care what the weather is going to be like, I'm going to be there. Should be a great day for football!

I think the the only ones overlooking EMUgly are some of the fans here in the Stampede
While those fans are looking at and talking about the Chimps, I am a bit concerned about this game, mainly because I dislike Eastern more than Central but also I don't want to see the second bye week slow the team's momentum down.

I never lost to eastern as a player but we had two one point wins against them when they were not a good team and we were. I believe they look at this game as a respect game more than a rivalry. They get tired of us making fun of them or we didn't offer them a scholarship and beating us is pay back for them. We never felt like the game was a rivalry. These games scare me but any game where something good will result if we win should give Broncos pause.

emu & cmu games always concern me.

I hope Western and Central both take care of business this weekend. Rivalries are great when both teams are good, and that's the case this year with our schools.

(11-12-2014 10:43 AM)Kimbosucks Wrote:  I will happily eat crow (I will not go as far as todd and say I will bang a crow).

Wtf go Broncos!

I hear it tastes like tuna

(11-12-2014 11:13 AM)Kimbosucks Wrote:  Hope you are right but it is why we play the games. Football is a strange sport, some times **** goes wrong. There are no gimme games for us yet. I am looking forward to Saturday.

I am too. And just for the record, big tough former football players and coaches are supposed to sit out in the weather with the common folks during these winter weather games; not up in a frigin heated press box. I will be out in the stands sitting with the rest of the riff-raff. It just proves that judges are a LOT tougher than former players/coaches. I’ll bet the rest of you wonder how bad I would beat Kimbo at arm-wrestling.

(11-12-2014 11:13 AM)Kimbosucks Wrote:  Hope you are right but it is why we play the games. Football is a strange sport, some times **** goes wrong. There are no gimme games for us yet. I am looking forward to Saturday.

This is Mendon vs. Burr Oak. No worries.

If CMU and WMU both take care of business as they should, it will make for an even better rivalry game. A 7-3 vs. a 7-4 team with both still having hopes for a MACW Title...with some tiebreakers.

This is the first time since what, 2008, that the game meant something for both sides?

(11-12-2014 02:19 PM)george14 Wrote:  If CMU and WMU both take care of business as they should, it will make for an even better rivalry game. A 7-3 vs. a 7-4 team with both still having hopes for a MACW Title...with some tiebreakers.

This is the first time since what, 2008, that the game meant something for both sides?

Not me. I'm hoping Hendrix exposes the CMU DBs and pulls out a surprise win. Chimps have actually looked better on the road than at home.

I'd like to go into Smelly with the Chimp seniors knowing the season is done and not caring.

(11-12-2014 03:22 PM)Chipdip2 Wrote:  

(11-12-2014 02:19 PM)george14 Wrote:  If CMU and WMU both take care of business as they should, it will make for an even better rivalry game. A 7-3 vs. a 7-4 team with both still having hopes for a MACW Title...with some tiebreakers.

This is the first time since what, 2008, that the game meant something for both sides?

Not me. I'm hoping Hendrix exposes the CMU DBs and pulls out a surprise win. Chimps have actually looked better on the road than at home.

I'd like to go into Smelly with the Chimp seniors knowing the season is done and not caring.

Isn't that the same mindset we thought we had them in when the 1999 team went up there (i think it was 99) on the brink of breaking into the top 25 and huge favorites.. only to come slinking away with an ugly loss? There is NEVER a game between these two teams where either side stops caring.

(11-12-2014 04:39 PM)flushtheherd Wrote:  

(11-12-2014 03:22 PM)Chipdip2 Wrote:  

(11-12-2014 02:19 PM)george14 Wrote:  If CMU and WMU both take care of business as they should, it will make for an even better rivalry game. A 7-3 vs. a 7-4 team with both still having hopes for a MACW Title...with some tiebreakers.

This is the first time since what, 2008, that the game meant something for both sides?

Not me. I'm hoping Hendrix exposes the CMU DBs and pulls out a surprise win. Chimps have actually looked better on the road than at home.

I'd like to go into Smelly with the Chimp seniors knowing the season is done and not caring.

Isn't that the same mindset we thought we had them in when the 1999 team went up there (i think it was 99) on the brink of breaking into the top 25 and huge favorites.. only to come slinking away with an ugly loss? There is NEVER a game between these two teams where either side stops caring.

See, that's the problem we have here. We can't let go of every bad thing that every happened in Bronco sports, and we completely dismiss every good thing.

We had a spectacular win over Marshall that same year, yet we dwell on a MEANINGLESS loss to a last place MAC team.

We beat CMU in Peeville in our last visit, and we did it with back ups at WR and at QB. We dismiss that, and dwell on something that happened 15 years ago and had NO IMPACT on the seasons outcome.

Quote:Those of us that mocked WTF. I will happily eat crow (I will not go as far as todd and say I will bang a crow).

Alright, I'll say it -- I'll bang a crow. Heck yes -- whatever it takes to go 9-3 and to finish the large bird off by winning @CMU + beating reigning MAC-West Champs NIU. #crowtheboat

Quote:I never lost to eastern as a player but we had two one point wins against them when they were not a good team and we were. I believe they look at this game as a respect game more than a rivalry.

I agree that the team needs to expect EMU to come out at 150%. However, our narrow loss last year + a 3 year losing streak (which is downright embarrassing; like being caught naked on a playground) -- Our Team is going to be fired up, on our own home field. This is a real turning point. I would HATE for us to only win by, say, 3 points to escape a defeat, looking weak. If we can't pigskin-violate EMU at this point, I don't think we ever will for a long time.

Quote:I hope Western and Central both take care of business this weekend. Rivalries are great when both teams are good, and that's the case this year with our schools.

I agree. WMU's in no position where they need a CMU loss. Beating CMU would take care of just about everything we'd want -- and as you say, it's better when both teams are above .500 and coming off of wins.

We need a BG win over UT, and we HAVE to beat NIU at home.

We can lose two and still win the MAC because we have the tie breaker edge with wins over crossover teams with the better cumulative record. CMU is actually not as important as NIU or the BG/UT outcome.

Okay, I have one small worry about EMU. The one area they have excelled in is kick returns. Part of that is because teams are constantly scoring on them and constantly kicking off to them, so they get a lot of opportunities for returns.

However, Tyler Allen has been an explosive return man, and our kick coverage as been very unpredictable. So maybe we just try and kick it to the corner, squib it, or kick it out of bounds and let their awful offense have it at the 35.

I pick option three, give it to them at the 35 unless we have a big azz wind behind us and can kick it out of the endzone.

I was concerned when we went on the road to play Idaho.

I was concerned about having a repeat of last year's disaster against Murray St.

I was concerned Toledo was going to blow us out.

I was concerned our season would fall apart after the Toledo game, and we'd lose to Ball St. on the road against a frosh QB.

I was concerned about a let-down on Homecoming against Ohio.

And finally, I was concerned about another potential let-down on the road against a terrible Miami team.

I am done being concerned about this team until they give me a reason to be concerned. It's a very unusual (and unfamiliar) feeling as a Bronco fan.

I understand the mentality of this being a "trap game" but I just don't see anything less than a blowout in our favor the way our guys have been focused this season.

Quote:We can lose two and still win the MAC because we have the tie breaker edge with wins over crossover teams with the better cumulative record. CMU is actually not as important as NIU or the BG/UT outcome.

Where are the rules on this? The Buffalo SB-Nation article points out from the 2007 rule book that's the 3rd comparison. 1st is the head-to-head (amongst the 2 or 3 or 4)... then Division Record.

Where can I get a MAC rule book? :)