Topic: FAU is proof...

[goherd24]

That a good coach can dominate cusa, regardless of talent.

[banker]

Slipping that crown on a little early, aren't you?  Texas teams traveling east usually have a hard time of it.   We beat Middle and ODU worse than they did and they lost to Buffalo.  They travel to WKU next week, let's see how that goes. 

[Apollo]

Slipping that crown on a little early, aren't you?  Texas teams traveling east usually have a hard time of it.   We beat Middle and ODU worse than they did and they lost to Buffalo.  They travel to WKU next week, let's see how that goes.

I crown nothing but they aren't the same team that lost to Buffalo. ESPN's FPI predictor has our FAU and UTSA games as toss ups. I'm not taking either lightly. ODU took WKU to the wire and led quite a bit so I doubt WKU will test them.

[goherd24]

Slipping that crown on a little early, aren't you?  Texas teams traveling east usually have a hard time of it.   We beat Middle and ODU worse than they did and they lost to Buffalo.  They travel to WKU next week, let's see how that goes.

This team is not the same team. Teams with new systems and new coaches, especially, take a little time to find their groove. FAU now is exponentially better than the team you saw  earlier in the season. FAU going to wipe their (@/:; with us. I am sorry, but Doc isn't capable of beatiny Kiffin, and we have better talent, but Doc is 5 levels below Kiffin on the coaching scale. 

[MUther]

This team is not the same team. Teams with new systems and new coaches, especially, take a little time to find their groove. FAU now is exponentially better than the team you saw  earlier in the season. FAU going to wipe their (@/:; with us. I am sorry, but Doc isn't capable of beatiny Kiffin, and we have better talent, but Doc is 5 levels below Kiffin on the coaching scale.

Heater isn't.  They haven't faced a stifling defense yet, all season. We can force mistakes and throw them off their tempo.  It's doable but we have to run like clockwork on D.

[herdorbust]

Heater isn't.  They haven't faced a stifling defense yet, all season. We can force mistakes and throw them off their tempo.  It's doable but we have to run like clockwork on D.

I hope our D steps up bigtime in this game. But our D hasn't faced  an  offensive team like this, this year.

[The E-Man]

I hope our D steps up bigtime in this game. But our D hasn't faced  an  offensive team like this, this year.

This game will be more on our offense. We are definitely going to have to control the clock and score points.

[MUther]

I hope our D steps up bigtime in this game. But our D hasn't faced  an  offensive team like this, this year.

We're the only ones in this conference playing any kind of defense.  And NCState had plenty of O to go around.  We would have done better against them but the refs killed any momentum on either side of the ball any time we got some.  They had enough offense to beat top ACC teams.  FAU would not do that, I don't care how much they've improved in a month.

All we need is to be disruptive.  Take them out of their gameplan.  They've not recovered when things weren't going right.  Pretty sure we can make things not go right for them. 

I'd also add that the west is much weaker than it seemed.  They have no marquis wins except Baylor which is not really that special in the grand scheme.   They've been beating the piss out of each other and talking about how good they are.  Well they finally hit a good east team and got smacked in the mouth.  And UNT has already beat 3 out of the 4 other top west teams.  I don't see them having a problem with LATech later on.

[herdorbust]

We are gonna know how good our D is in 2 weeks.

[Bob25526]

We are currently dominating as well?

[MrRobertPruett]

Lol I’m enjoying all the Lane Kiffin coaching love on here tonight, who knew he was such an incredible head coach? He’s always done so much with so little🙄. I give FAU props for a couple good weeks, but the CUSA West is awful and they still have to play us, I can’t wait!

[pdunn]

Lol I’m enjoying all the Lane Kiffin coaching love on here tonight, who knew he was such an incredible head coach? He’s always done so much with so little🙄. I give FAU props for a couple good weeks, but the CUSA West is awful and they still have to play us, I can’t wait!

Kiffin is a good coach.  His problem always has been that if you look up the word d....bag in the dictionary there's a picture of Lane Kiffin.

[The E-Man]

Kiffin is a good coach.  His problem always has been that if you look up the word d....bag in the dictionary there's a picture of Lane Kiffin.

That's why USC athletic director Pat Haden fired Kiffin at L.A.X. airport, didn't even allow Kiffin to ride the team bus back to campus, lol.

[banker]

Their offense is a sideline to sideline attack.  That plays right into the strength of our defense.

[HERDFAN1999]

Their offense is a sideline to sideline attack.  That plays right into the strength of our defense.

Agree.  I also believe Kiffin is arrogant and doesn't respond well to adversity.  We need to punch them early.

First things first though......FIU.

[coalherd]

Speaking of D-bags, did anyone see Hungoveragain's boys nearly pulling the choke of the season at Baylor?  Held on and stopped 2 point PAT with seconds to go.  "Baylor! . . . .Baylor! . . .Man, we talkin bout Baylor! . . ."  (Apologies to A. Iverson, I'm sure).   :D

[MUther]

Agree.  I also believe Kiffin is arrogant and doesn't respond well to adversity.  We need to punch them early.

First things first though......FIU.

Like they say, every boxer has a plan till he gets hit.  Put that QB on the ground a few times early and he's gonna second guess everything.

[Herd-nficent]

If Kiffen is so good, why has he progressively gone down hill over the years in the coaching ranks?

[jstherd]

The basketball first boys, many of them on this thread, are always going to question the ability of our FB coaching staff and build up others, i.e., Lane Kiffen.....and downplay our wins. As I stated a few days ago, the FB team is setting the bar hih for BB. We'll see how well they do with their cupcake schedule. Quite honestly, I hope they do well, because driving 3 hours to see a BB game, as I do, and then losing, makes for a long, long tyip!

[THECHAMPISHERE]

It's not that some of us are "basketball fans", or are "haters", or are always "so doggone negative". It's that some of us have eyeballs and a brain.

1. We haven't beaten 1 team with a winning record all year. The team's records that we have beaten are atrocious, and I won't take the time to look them up (ok I will, it's 13-34...13-34!!! The teams we have beaten on average are 2-6 right now). Our BEST win came against AAC (who many of you like to belittle as a crap conference) LAST PLACE in the East Division 2-6 Cincinnati. That's our best win. Attention, attention...that's our best win. 2-6 Cellar Dweller Cinci.

2. Kiffin has turned that program around in one year. They are rolling. I don't see how anyone can deny that. And like the OP said, it shows just how decent (look I didn't even say GREAT, just decent) coaching can instantly turn a team around in a league like this. Say what you want about him, but there is a reason he has got a shot at coaching in the NFL and at various P5s. Just like there is a reason that Doc hasn't.

3. The game against them will be at THEIR PLACE.

4. We may be ranked by then. Adding more fuel to FAU's fire.

5. As a fan, player, or coach...I would go into the game with some humility and respect for what they are doing...because if not, you're going to be humbled after the game.

The upcoming stretch of below average teams on this pitiful schedule scares me. We'll see if we are actually average to good. We've played nobody so far and have struggled with some of those nobodies...like Charlotte and ODU. Now we are going to take a step up to the below average part of our schedule.

[MUtim]

The basketball first boys, many of them on this thread, are always going to question the ability of our FB coaching staff and build up others, i.e., Lane Kiffen.....and downplay our wins. As I stated a few days ago, the FB team is setting the bar hih for BB. We'll see how well they do with their cupcake schedule. Quite honestly, I hope they do well, because driving 3 hours to see a BB game, as I do, and then losing, makes for a long, long tyip!

Hello pot...meet kettle.  That's twice you have referred to the basketball teams "cupcake schedule", but it's no surprise as you tend to take pot shots against anyone who is a D'Antoni fan.  You do realize our ootbsll schedule is currently ranked 103 out of 130 don't you? If you lack the math skills, that places us with 79% of D1 football teams as having a tougher schedule than us.  I will bet you right now our basketball schedule won't rank as low. 
As for your potshot at herdorbust...how can any college football fan not be impressed with the 60 some points that FAU put up against UNT.  I thought that would be a close game.  Anyone using logic would think that will be a tough test for our D.  He didn't say anything negative but as usual you want to throw basketball under the bus in a football thread. 
Our football team is doing great.  Better than I had hoped for and I had us pegged at 8-4.  You don't have to downgrade our basketball team to build up what our football team has accomplished so far.  You are exactly what you profess to being against.

[BHFIOHIO]

yeah but maybe you missed the part where he said he drives 3 hrs to watch BB? And we do have a couple BB fans so tough on FB they might be trolls..just the way it is. True we haven't played anyone but 6 and 1 still great after last yr and nothing wrong with saying so.

[2xBison]

I look at it as I'm a fan of each sport the same....I'm also happy where each program is right now.  Honestly, with all objectivity if I had a pick a coach/staff from each sport as the over achiever and one as the under achiever it's a pretty easy choice.

[SuperAnjario]

It's not that some of us are "basketball fans", or are "haters", or are always "so doggone negative". It's that some of us have eyeballs and a brain.

1. We haven't beaten 1 team with a winning record all year. The team's records that we have beaten are atrocious, and I won't take the time to look them up (ok I will, it's 13-34...13-34!!! The teams we have beaten on average are 2-6 right now). Our BEST win came against AAC (who many of you like to belittle as a crap conference) LAST PLACE in the East Division 2-6 Cincinnati. That's our best win. Attention, attention...that's our best win. 2-6 Cellar Dweller Cinci.

2. Kiffin has turned that program around in one year. They are rolling. I don't see how anyone can deny that. And like the OP said, it shows just how decent (look I didn't even say GREAT, just decent) coaching can instantly turn a team around in a league like this. Say what you want about him, but there is a reason he has got a shot at coaching in the NFL and at various P5s. Just like there is a reason that Doc hasn't.

3. The game against them will be at THEIR PLACE.

4. We may be ranked by then. Adding more fuel to FAU's fire.

5. As a fan, player, or coach...I would go into the game with some humility and respect for what they are doing...because if not, you're going to be humbled after the game.

The upcoming stretch of below average teams on this pitiful schedule scares me. We'll see if we are actually average to good. We've played nobody so far and have struggled with some of those nobodies...like Charlotte and ODU. Now we are going to take a step up to the below average part of our schedule.

Worst poster on any Herd site right here.

[MUonium]

I look at it as I'm a fan of each sport the same....I'm also happy where each program is right now.  Honestly, with all objectivity if I had a pick a coach/staff from each sport as the over achiever and one as the under achiever it's a pretty easy choice.

that's how i see it.  nothin wrong with constructive or any criticism based of FACT (which i'm learning to do), nothing wrong with guarded praise.  can't neatly box every game or every fan or supposed trolls for that matter.  we might have that down to the wire finish with anybody left on schedule...isn't that what everybody sort of wants...a strong Herd and strong cusa/opponents? i won't bitch if it's a nail biter, win or lose