POLL Do you think Dana can win the Motel 6 Bowl?
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Do I think he can beat a 6-6 team? Ya I'd hope so and I think he will get the W. i don't think it means anything either way, he's proven to be a middle of the road coach and we are playing a .500 team in a mediocre bowl that is playing at home for a bowl game. I would think players would prefer getting away to a nice bowl and that actually favors us
He's going to have one on one all day, can Skylar win the Cactus Bowl?
They bring heat, all the time, and a lot of it. Can our O-Line stop it??
If so, we win big. If not ugh! They're not easy to run on at all. It's on
the passing game. Weak CB/DB's are why they pressure so hard...
They bring heat, all the time, and a lot of it. Can our O-Line stop it??
If so, we win big. If not ugh! They're not easy to run on at all. It's on
the passing game. Weak CB/DB's are why they pressure so hard...
I think he can win. The teams is good enough. Will he win prolly not. Nothing he has done in bowl prep in the past shows we will be successful in the future. Just another mediocre season. But at least we have more than four wins so I guess by his standards it was a success.
I don't think ASU will beat WVU, I think Dana will beat himself with suspect play-calling.
Unless Smallwood gets hurt, he should touch the ball at least 30x this game. This is the final game, very long off-season to heal bruises and soreness. He needs to be the workhorse, the stud, the American Pharoah! Give him the ball!
Unless Smallwood gets hurt, he should touch the ball at least 30x this game. This is the final game, very long off-season to heal bruises and soreness. He needs to be the workhorse, the stud, the American Pharoah! Give him the ball!
I voted yes.
But another question I would answer yes to is, "Can ASU thump the Mountaineers in the Cactus by playing like the Playoff team a lot of people projected them to be?"
But another question I would answer yes to is, "Can ASU thump the Mountaineers in the Cactus by playing like the Playoff team a lot of people projected them to be?"
Can we win yes, Should we win Yes, Will we win probably not. Holgorson will find some way to blow it he always does
Holgorsen is going to lead the boys to victory and Lyons is going to give Dana and this staff an extension.
Either two things happen. WVU fires on all cylinders and momentum rolls into next season and we take off. Or WVU struggles and possibly even loses and everything is a struggle next year. I'm expecting the extra weeks of practice and another game enables the program to turn the corner going forward. The extra practice time will be huge for us, much better than no bowl.
I don't think a W or L has much, if any carry-over effect to next season. I also think, the benefit of a few extra practice preparing for a bowl game is grossly overestimated in terms of making the slightest bit of difference the following season.
Teams have to be really bad not to make a bowl nowadays. If teams that miss bowls tend to do poorly the following season no doubt that has a lot more to do with them being weak teams than not having had bowl practices.
If someone has the time and can put together some stats showing that teams that finish 5-7 and barely miss a bowl do worse to a statistically significant degree the following season than teams that finish 6-6 and barely make a bowl, then we could look at whether other factors such as returning players, schedule, etc., are not more responsible for any improvement or lack thereof.
Teams have to be really bad not to make a bowl nowadays. If teams that miss bowls tend to do poorly the following season no doubt that has a lot more to do with them being weak teams than not having had bowl practices.
If someone has the time and can put together some stats showing that teams that finish 5-7 and barely miss a bowl do worse to a statistically significant degree the following season than teams that finish 6-6 and barely make a bowl, then we could look at whether other factors such as returning players, schedule, etc., are not more responsible for any improvement or lack thereof.
Some teams cannot win enough games to qualify for a bowl. The math just doesn't add up when all games end with a W and an L. Some teams lose by a single point (think Kansas State and WV game). So.....................are the teams that didn't make a bowl game really less talented teams than those that do make bowls? I think not.
Just because every team that makes a bowl may not be more talented than every team that does not, obviously does not mean that on the whole teams from the same conference that make a bowl are usually better than the teams that don't. There is a reason Kansas is at the bottom and it's not lack of bowl practices. As I said, a team has to be really bad.
An example of one that isn't that terrible and missed a bowl is Texas. Do you think the fact it isn't getting bowl practices will have the slightest impact on how it does next year? Would, Texas improving, beating us and finishing ahead of us in the the standings, be some remarkable outcome since we are getting a handful of practices 8+ months before next season begins?
An example of one that isn't that terrible and missed a bowl is Texas. Do you think the fact it isn't getting bowl practices will have the slightest impact on how it does next year? Would, Texas improving, beating us and finishing ahead of us in the the standings, be some remarkable outcome since we are getting a handful of practices 8+ months before next season begins?
agreed, and it also gonna be a different team next season when you take out all the seniors that are playing there final game and underclassman that might leave early
When did the WVU football team become "Dana"? Does this name change fool you into thinking you're not to trashing the team?
Rally around Dana? Let's just see how far that gets you. If the Mountaineers beat ASU it will involve the players and the confidence that is instilled in them by the coaches. The college game is about 50% skill and 50% emotion. The pro game is about 80% skill and 20% emotion. Where do I get my facts? You know. Now, let's rally around the team..................and show up at the game................live and in person. As much as I would like to..............I won't be able to travel this year. Dadgummit!
I don't think the extra practices impact the following season simply because of natural turnover, but I do feel it helps with individual player improvement.
Somewhat shocking results. It is hard to believe that more than 50 people still visit this site. Also, you would think that the trolls and low information fans would only vote no unless they were trolling other trolls and voted yes. Polls are so informative.
17 total votes. Notice that the no voters are in league with a Pitt fan.
I vote yes. As long as we bring out the pre-Kansas-State offense, we shouldn't have a problem with Arizona State. With Dana at the helm, though, nothing would surprise me, but hopefully we end the season on a good note, and pick up some momentum going into next year...
The question was can we win. We are playing a 6-6 team with a resume that looks very much like our resume. I have no problem saying either team can win and neither being victorious would be surprising. Right now, the spread is us by 1 point on pretty much all the books.
That's because Stew was busy getting his autograph and carrying his golf clubs before the game.
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