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There are three ways, and three ways only in which this season can end. They are all in varying degrees of suckitude.
#1 - BG continues to play like crap, we finish 3-9, 4-8, or 5-7. Firegreggbrandon.com is registered as a domain name, and we call for his head the entire offseason, but it doesn't happen because we won't spend a measly $300K to send him packing on the first bus out of BG.
#2 - (my favorite one) BG snaps out of it, wins the next two to get back into "contention", only its a set up and they break our hearts again with a loss against Buffalo or Toledo that keeps us away from Detroit. We finish 6-6 and probably still call for Brandon's head, but not quite as strongly.
#2 alternate - We get to 6-6 by losing against Kent or Ohio, but then win two meaningless finales against Buffalo and Toledo. Now wouldn't THAT be infuriating?
#3 - The least likely scenario, we catch fire in November like we did a year ago. BG suddenly wakes up offensively and regains the defensive fire they had earlier in the year and rolls through their final 4 opponents to win the East Division at 7-5. We go straight to Detroit and get absolutely SLAUGHTERED by either Ball State or Central Michigan in the MAC Championship Game. At 7-6, we are left on the outside looking in as far as MAC bowls are concerned as BSU, CMU, and either WMU or NIU go bowling.
So no matter what happens from here, there is going to heartache in the end. It's just a matter of how bad it is.
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In your last scenario, with a potential record of 7-6 I think that still means qualifying for a bowl...either as an automatic for winning the east or as an at-large since we have a winning record and elsewhere/mathematically virtually every winning record team gets an invite somewhere
Of course some conferences (BCS, cough) get invites 8 deep in a 10 team conference, while others (still BCS, cough) might even qualify if they are .500.
Regardless of qualifying, even if that occurs the ending is still...in your words...suckitude... because I don't see us beating a post season competitor at our current level unless they are also from the Mac east or dim recesses of the SunBelt.
But before Freak chimes in and uses my company's internet access from his new company, let me steal his line and say ....We got to take them one game at a time...BEAT KENT!
There is no other way to finish a season other than yelling at the top of your lungs among BG's players holding the Peace Pipe aloft!
JohnnySwoop '85 wrote:In your last scenario, with a potential record of 7-6 I think that still means qualifying for a bowl...either as an automatic for winning the east or as an at-large since we have a winning record and elsewhere/mathematically virtually every winning record team gets an invite somewhere
Finishing 7-6 with the MAC East title guarantees us a bowl, I believe. Miami (I think) should have gotten one last year for winning the three-way tie for first in the East, but didn't finish eligible for a bowl, so we got one.
"I don't believe I can name a coach, anywhere, anytime, anyhow, who did it better than Doyt Perry."
-1955 BG Assistant Bo Schembechler
