Is FIU the perfect opponent at the perfect time?

[NT80]

After being mauled by the Cal Bears, the team and the fans need some confidence moving forward.  
FIU hung with and should have won at La Tech during zero week, yet only barely beat Maine at home last week.  
This is time for us to take out our frustrations on someone!   
Getting out of town, road trip to Florida, will also be good for team bonding.

 

[Udomann]

Only if we win...

I made the comment in last weeks game thread that it felt like anything could happen. We could pull off an upset win or go full Littrell.

Now, I have the same exact feeling, but different. We can get an upset loss or get Stellas our groove back

[Matt]

FIU could easily be thinking the same thing after seeing our game. There wasn’t much that happened in week 1 to inspire that much confidence going into this game. 

[MeanGreenTexan]

3 minutes ago, Matt said:

FIU could easily be thinking the same thing after seeing our game. There wasn’t much that happened in week 1 to inspire that much confidence going into this game. 

No way.    FIU's expectations are not on our level.    They're simply happy to play at the FBS level.    They don't really expect to win anything except their FCS game.   And even that was a close one.

 

[GMG_Dallas]

11 minutes ago, Matt said:

FIU could easily be thinking the same thing after seeing our game. There wasn’t much that happened in week 1 to inspire that much confidence going into this game. 

Bad take but I understand people are discouraged.

[Mean Green 93-98]

Remember FIU back in the Mario Cristobal/T.Y. Hilton days?  They certainly looked like the next team that was going to zoom past us.

[Matt]

9 minutes ago, GMG_Dallas said:

Bad take but I understand people are discouraged.

Fair enough. Hopefully there was some growth this week and this game will talk me off the ledge.

[MDH]

I will not be ok for a bit if we lose.

[MeanGreenGlory]

[UNT Texas Hooligan]

It absolutely is. Perfect time to get some traction against a run heavy team that can honestly be gashed to death on offense like LT did. Get your run defense going again and work them in all areas of the offense to set a foundation. 

[MeanGreenTexan]

2 hours ago, Mean Green 93-98 said:

Remember FIU back in the Mario Cristobal/T.Y. Hilton days?  They certainly looked like the next team that was going to zoom past us.

Precisely.  That was ~12-15 years ago.   And they've comfortably sank to where they are now and their alumni seem to have no problems with it.

[Got5onIt]

Revisit this thread after the game…

[meangreenfaninno]

Only if we win!

[GMG_Dallas]

46 minutes ago, meangreenfaninno said:

Only if we win!

If we lose, this thread will be buried deep under a new 30+ threads describing the end of the world.

[Greendylan]

The total yardage in the Cal game was 600+ to roughly 200.  Those are the type of numbers you see when a top-10 team plays an FCS school.  Since Cal is likely not even close to being in the top-10, then one could extrapolate some pretty bleak notions about where NT sits at present. 

BUT . . . it was just one game with a new system on both sides of the ball.  FIU is probably close to the bottom 10 in all of FBS.  If we lose or win a very close game, then it will confirm that the Cal performance was no anomaly.  For the record, I do think we'll show some substantial improvement. 

[Matt]

On 9/8/2023 at 12:48 PM, GMG_Dallas said:

Bad take but I understand people are discouraged.

Not turning out to be such a bad take

[GMG_Dallas]

2 minutes ago, Matt said:

Not turning out to be such a bad take

Two horrible teams and UNT is somehow worst. 

[C Rod]

"Hello darkness, my old friend..."

[Matt from A700]

Getting nervous about losing to SFA in the home opener next year.

[Udomann]

Perfect opportunity to expose our staff...

[Pavlovs Eagle]

On 9/8/2023 at 3:40 PM, MeanGreenTexan said:

Precisely.  That was ~12-15 years ago.   And they've comfortably sank to where they are now and their alumni seem to have no problems with it.

Sounds familiar.

[p_phelps]

Worst team we've had in a decade? 

[C Rod]

On 9/8/2023 at 3:40 PM, MeanGreenTexan said:

Precisely.  That was ~12-15 years ago.   And they've comfortably sank to where they are now and their alumni seem to have no problems with it.

“where WE are now…” Fixed it for you.

[TalonsUp]

10 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:

Getting nervous about losing to SFA in the home opener next year.

Definitely.  A few months ago we wanted a splash, didn't want a hayseed FCS coach like Carthel.  I'm not gonna guarantee these last two as wins but nobody would have left feeling embarassed, especially from a defensive standpoint.  

[MeanGreenTexan]

2 hours ago, C Rod said:

“where WE are now…” Fixed it for you.

When I read GMG.com, & social media, I certainly don’t see complacent fans.   We are not where FIU is, program-wise.