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re: Can one game change a program?
Posted on 4/15/13 at 7:40 pm to USMC Gators
Posted on 4/15/13 at 7:40 pm to USMC Gators
Yeah? We did the same thing from 07-08, then won the SEC 3 years later.
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Posted on 4/15/13 at 7:44 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
1982 Iron Bowl, Bo over the top, showed that we were going to compete with Alabama and be successful.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 7:44 pm to VADawg
quote:they were going to get abused by one of the 3 greatest teams of all time in the national championship anyway. i dont know if that colorado game had any effect whatsoever
2001 #1 Nebraska went and got demolished at Colorado 62-36. An ugly arse kicking that Nebraska has never recovered from.
This post was edited on 4/15/13 at 7:47 pm
Posted on 4/15/13 at 7:46 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
For A&M it would be the 1999 OU game in Norman. We were coming off back to back south division titles and a conference title in '98, came into the season ranked #5 I think and proceeded to get thumped by Stoops and Heupal in their coming out game. We went on to lose four games that year, OU took our spot a top the conference and we lost at least four games every year until 2012. Texas recovering under Mack just compounded the issue.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 7:46 pm to NeverRains
I do believe it's possible, but usually in a reverse way than you'd think.
If you LOSE a particular game, it may cost you a coach and that can change EVERYTHING. So, absolutely from that standpoint.
If you WIN a game you were supposed to lose, and it encourages the powers that be to KEEP a coach, then it can negatively affect you because he still may have "needed to be fired."
I think winning on a game to game basis only has the ability to affect the next game or two or three. Keep winning, and it can affect each game in a season. Look at Notre Dame last year for example....
Changing a program completely requires the keeping or firing of a coach imho. And one game has had this effect on many teams many times :)
BTW, Saban has more control than having won or lost that single Clemson game lolol.
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Keeping a coach or having one get fired can both either end up being a good OR a bad thing in said scenarios.
If you LOSE a particular game, it may cost you a coach and that can change EVERYTHING. So, absolutely from that standpoint.
If you WIN a game you were supposed to lose, and it encourages the powers that be to KEEP a coach, then it can negatively affect you because he still may have "needed to be fired."
I think winning on a game to game basis only has the ability to affect the next game or two or three. Keep winning, and it can affect each game in a season. Look at Notre Dame last year for example....
Changing a program completely requires the keeping or firing of a coach imho. And one game has had this effect on many teams many times :)
BTW, Saban has more control than having won or lost that single Clemson game lolol.
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Keeping a coach or having one get fired can both either end up being a good OR a bad thing in said scenarios.
This post was edited on 4/15/13 at 7:47 pm
Posted on 4/15/13 at 7:47 pm to Roger Klarvin
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We went on to lose four games that year
Only one of those losses was close (13-16 to Texas Tech on a phantom holding call). The others were 6-51 (Oklahoma), 0-37 (Nebraska), and 0-24 (raped by Sandusky)
Posted on 4/15/13 at 7:48 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
quote:the great texags meltdown of 1999
13-16 to Texas Tech on a phantom holding call
Posted on 4/15/13 at 8:52 pm to m2pro
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If you LOSE a particular game, it may cost you a coach and that can change EVERYTHING. So, absolutely from that standpoint.
Yeah, I was more talking about a game that can inspire a team to work hard or just totally flatten them. I think Tennessee was flattened after the Florida game this year. But I see what you're saying.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 9:02 pm to NeverRains
Arkansas vs. Texas 1969
In the end that game didn't lead to dominance for Texas but I think the Hogs program would be at a much higher level had we won.
In the end that game didn't lead to dominance for Texas but I think the Hogs program would be at a much higher level had we won.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 9:34 pm to I Ham That I Ham
Seriously though, the best example is the 01 SEC title game.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 9:39 pm to I Ham That I Ham
That was only 50 years ago, so it is understandable that y'all are still getting over it.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 9:41 pm to Gradual_Stroke
:nb4claimingNCsfromthe1910s:
Posted on 4/15/13 at 9:43 pm to WestCoastAg
Yes, but we aren't still dwelling on missing out on a trophy from the Nixon administration.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 9:45 pm to Gradual_Stroke
oh i know. just getting in before their obvious response
Posted on 4/15/13 at 9:49 pm to WestCoastAg
Understood. But your shadow is scaring away the fish from my bait...
Posted on 4/15/13 at 9:52 pm to NeverRains
LSU with Kevin Faulk beating UF in 1997 in Baton Rouge was pretty huge for the program.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 9:55 pm to Escobar600
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LSU with Kevin Faulk beating UF in 1997 in Baton Rouge was pretty huge for the program.
We had less than 5 wins the next two years, but I agree.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 10:01 pm to memphisplaya
Texas vs Bama in the National Championship. Totally wrecked the Longhorns. 
Posted on 4/15/13 at 10:08 pm to Bags of Milk
And then we stole their hciw.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 10:08 pm to USMC Gators
But they didn't lose you as a fan.
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