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[emmitt01]

42-17

[MeanMag]

42-17

OUCH!

[JesseMartin]

Did any of you seriously see that coming?

[eulessismore]

QUOTE(emmitt01 @ Aug 28 2008, 10:41 PM)

42-17

Did any of you seriously see that coming?

Not me, but after UTEP went into a nosedive for the second half of last season, it appeared that the miners were in serious need of a running game. They don't seem to have found one yet.

[Travis]

I hope we have a running game

[SCREAMING EAGLE-66]

---And there is worse news........ Their next game is Univ. of Texas (the Austin version) .

Oh the pain...... I am sure their players and coaches are looking forward to that one. If Buffalo can hang 42 on them just think what UT can do...!!!

[Green Buckeye]

---And there is worse news........ Their next game is Univ. of Texas (the Austin version) .

Oh the pain...... I am sure their players and coaches are looking forward to that one. If Buffalo can hang 42 on them just think what UT can do...!!!

Just remember what ol' Schnelly said, the Whorns are just a bunch of softies! I'm sure UTEP will be fine.

[FirefightnRick]

Wow, Turner Gill? Coached at North Texas, once. Went 2-10 at Buffalo in '06 and 5-7 in '07.

Rick

[NT80]

Wow, Turner Gill? Coached at North Texas, once. Went 2-10 at Buffalo in '06 and 5-7 in '07.

Rick

Hasn't turned on the crowds there yet. Only 16,656 wanted to watch it.

[greenminer]

I can't believe I paid to watch that bull.

[Green Buckeye]

The MAC isn't as impotent as most are led to believe, I think teams like Temple, Buffalo, Ball State, and especially Central Michigan may surprise some people this year. Doesn't necessarily mean BCS-crashing like Hawaii or Boise State, but I'm expecting some more powerful mid-major teams to go home disappointed.

[meangreendork]

I thought UTEP was better than Buffalo? Well, that's not a relevant statement as 42-17 says.

[JesseMartin]

I can't believe I paid to watch that bull.

You must mean "bill".

I thought UTEP was better than Buffalo? Well, that's not a relevant statement as 42-17 says.

That's what I'm thinking.

[LongJim]

Did any of you seriously see that coming?

No. Buffalo has really improved in the last couple years.

[greenminer]

Turner Gill was a finalist for the Nebraska job last year.

[SCREAMING EAGLE-66]

---Looks as if the "shine" on Mike Price (UTEP coach) has been tarnished a bit. He started at 8-4 in 2004, followed by 8-4 then 5-7, and 4-8. Now this happened, Buffalo may better but they have been the joke of NCAA football for quite a while.

1999 Craig Cirbus 0 - 11

2000 Craig Cirbus 2 - 9

2001 Jim Hofher 3 - 8

2002 Jim Hofher 1 - 11

2003 Jim Hofher 1 - 11

2004 Jim Hofher 2 - 9

2005 Jim Hofher 1 - 10

2006 Turner Gill 2 - 10

2007 Turner Gill 5 - 7

__________________________

9 years 17- 86 16.5%

Maybe CUSA should have added North Texas instead of UTEP .... Only Kent State and Florida International ( with a very short history) has a worse winning percentage than UTEP. Buffalo is even 1% better. UTEP has had only 9 winning seasons in the past 50 years.

North Texas --- 464 - - 423 -- 33 -- .522

Univ Buffalo --- 389 -- 456 -- 28 -- .429

Texas-El Paso --- 352 -- 509 -- 28 -- .411

Kent St. (OH) --- 297 -- 476 -- 28 -- .388

Florida Inter. --- 016 -- 052 -- 00 -- .235

Edited August 29, 2008 by SCREAMING EAGLE-66

[FirefightnRick]

---Looks as if the "shine" on Mike Price (UTEP coach) has been tarnished a bit. He started at 8-4 in 2004, followed by 8-4 then 5-7, and 4-8. Now this happened, Buffalo may better but they have been the joke of NCAA football for quite a while.

1999 Craig Cirbus 0 - 11

2000 Craig Cirbus 2 - 9

2001 Jim Hofher 3 - 8

2002 Jim Hofher 1 - 11

2003 Jim Hofher 1 - 11

2004 Jim Hofher 2 - 9

2005 Jim Hofher 1 - 10

2006 Turner Gill 2 - 10

2007 Turner Gill 5 - 7

__________________________

9 years 17- 86 16.5%

Maybe CUSA should have added North Texas instead of UTEP .... Only Kent State and Florida International ( with a very short history) has a worse winning percentage than UTEP. Buffalo is even 1% better. They have had only 9 winning seasons in the past 50 years.

North Texas --- 464 - - 423 -- 33 -- .522

Univ Buffalo --- 389 -- 456 -- 28 -- .429

Texas-El Paso --- 352 -- 509 -- 28 -- .411

Kent St. (OH) --- 297 -- 476 -- 28 -- .388

Florida Inter. --- 016 -- 052 -- 00 -- .235

Beat me to it, and thanks for posting. I was also going to point out just how bad Buffalo has been. If Gill leads them to a winning record, and he nearly did it in only his second year, it would be one of the greatest turnaround stories in quite some time.

Rick

[greenjoe]

Wasn't Ramon Flanagin in contention for the Buffalo job ?

Sounds like they got the right guy.

[The Fake Lonnie Finch]

Beat me to it, and thanks for posting. I was also going to point out just how bad Buffalo has been. If Gill leads them to a winning record, and he nearly did it in only his second year, it would be one of the greatest turnaround stories in quite some time.

Rick

And, again, here's another program that was basically started from scratch. They abandoned football altogether in 1970. Then brought it back in 1977, went D-IAA in 1994 and D-IA in 1999. It'd be a big story if Turner Gill, um, turns them around.

Edited August 29, 2008 by The Fake Lonnie Finch

[MeanGreen61]

Buffalo WAS FAVORED to beat the Miners.

[SCREAMING EAGLE-66]

Buffalo WAS FAVORED to beat the Miners.

.

Will UT be favored against the Miners next week...????

LOL