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They really deserve consideration for the cfp despite the 2 losses. OU is in consideration and Houston beat them. Louisville is 5th and Houston is making this look like a body bag game. Yes other teams in the top 10 have lost but not like this...

And UTSA is just a team Texas State has beat 7 of 8 times from 2005 through 2013 (their last meeting). NBD.

Good to know. Would be interesting to see who we would fall against...

One of the other big wins related to making a bowl win thanks to our APR is what it means to our seniors. They stuck through some bad seasons and a coaching change, including an interim HC last year, but despite all of that, they still had to focus on school. Would be a great reward for our seniors for sticking through it even though they could have easily given up and left. A true reward for their 4 (or 5) years of hard work in the classroom and it would set a great example for the young guys to focus on their studies if their goal is to play in bowl games.

Fair enough. Not like we're in a position to deny talented players if they decide they like green.

One or the projections has us against New Mexico and the other against Kansas state.

247 says he enrolled at TCU in 2015 and the dallas morning news says he redshirted in 2015 despite appearing in 3 games. That would give him 4 years of eligibility before the start of this season. This season goes away so 3 years. Sits out next year and then has 2 years left. Would be worth it if he's willing to work but commenters on the FrogsOWar SB nation page say he's lazy and expected to be handed playing time due to his recruiting ranking. Of that's his attitude, not sure we would even go after him.

I know that thread exists. I'm asking if these exact bowl games we are predicted to play in are only available to us if we get in based off APR. If I'm not mistaken, if you get in based of APR, you are plugged into whatever available bowl games there are. If you get in based off your record, you are locked into bowl games based off conference affiliation or national standing so I'm wondering if these two bowl games are only attainable if we get in based off APR and not if we get in based off our record.

Alec also has only played against SMU, Bethune Cookman, and half of WKU. Fine has played against much more fierce competition including Florida and MTSU.

Question: are these bowl games we would make it we finished 5-7 and got in based off APR and if so, would we still be eligible if we finished 6-6? Asking because I don't recall any bowl games against B12 teams available for CUSA schools.

We were reminded of this again today: https://www.google.com/amp/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_582b6c69e4b0e39c1fa6a519/amp?client=ms-android-hms-tmobile-us#scso=uid_WCuohQADcrwKJivFGA4szA_0:0

Gotcha, my mistake. UNTLifer mentioned they went 1-11 his first year so they still were horrible. If Isadore can quickly learn the playbook and is healthy come next year, who do you think starts between him and Fine barring any grad transfers? I really think the coaches will redshirt Pearson so I don't consider him an option to start but if he does, good for him. Isadore comes in with JUCO experience and has a huge size advantage while Fine will have a semester's head start assuming Isadore is here in the spring. I know Isadore is coming off an ACL injury but there's a long time to get healthy by next September.

Would most average CUSA offenses have had to play a true freshman quarterback since week 2? Would most average CUSA offenses have an offensive line allowing the most sacks in NCAA fbs football or at least top 5 and a receiving corps with mostly freshmen, some of them true freshmen, and sophomores? Remember the situation we are in overall. Morris, while I appreciate him coming here for a chance to start, threw 3 pics against SMU and a pick 6 against Bethune Cookman, an FCS program who is having a horrible year...

We need to remember Mason Fine is a true freshman. The same thing happened with southern miss and Nick Mullens three (?) years ago when they went 0-12. On top of being a true freshman he's playing with a below average o-line and a very young receiving corps (Goree, Rutherford, T Wilson, Bussey, Khan, etc...) I think there's 4 junior or senior receivers who get playing time... The others are freshman or sophomores. Give them a year. If fine shows no improvement next year, then you have isadore who could potentially be healthy. Lets also not disregard any other grad transfers coming in.

Seriously... Pearson killed it all year and led his team to a 10-0 record. One poor game and we give up on him? Ridiculous.

Yes I agree with you.

We have had several 3 star players (per ESPN) in the past few years not pan out, several of which are not even on the team anymore. Fonzale Davis and Jalen Adams both come to mind who have left the team. Connor Means was also a 3 star per ESPN. All class of 2014 .

Tariq Woolen or whatever his name is?

Makyle Sanders safety of Tyler Lee. Offers from Navy, Memphis, and I believe air force.

Per 247, we are at 10 but like I said, just got a commitment tonight. I agree things seemed odd due to Donovan. I think the reason why is we get sucked in by star ratings, even though people say they don't matter as much as the number of offers a kid has, so we see our highest 247 rated recruit decommit for uncertain reasons and it makes us question the staff and if they're doing a good job. I think the staff pushed him away, although just my opinion, so I'm not too worried. Really things can change so dramatically as teams around the country get desperate to sign full classes and as recruits realize their offer list is as good as it'll get for them so they need to hurry up and find a home that we really should wait until NSD before judging classes. Hopefully ours turns out better than expected!

Has it really been slow though? With Sanders from Tyler Lee comitting tonight we have 11 recruits. More Then UTEP, LaTech, and Marshall. The same as UAB and ODU. Charlotte has 12 and Rice and MTSU have 14 each. UTSA has 21, the most in our conference with WKU second at 19. Most teams in our conference have between 11 and 14 right now with southern miss and FIU at 17 each to give you a full count of commits throughout our conference. People on this board have made it sound slow because we're trying to compare ourselves to UTSA because of a few basic similarities (new first time head coach and texas school). We are right there with the rest of conference usa in terms of numbers. We just need to get some more quality guys comitted.

Just about to post this. Thanks!

I mean he does line up at rb in his highlight video...

I've seen this happen quite often. Actually seems to be the norm nowadays. Wow! Is he looking to play QB at the next level or is he just willing to play whatever position his coaches need him to play?

Holds on offer from SMU per 247 http://247sports.com/Player/Tyrick-James-90816. I agree, we need to get on him. Looks good. Big body that would be nice to have at WR.