Big Early SBC Week

[MAD Doctor]

Conference play takes off with a bang. Likely the best 6 teams are squaring off. GO APP!

App v Coastal

Ark. State v Troy

UL and Stink

[biggie]

Will be interesting to see if Troy/Ark St improve with a lot of backups playing due to injury.

And will GS get their QB back and look more like everyone expected?

[Rick83]

So, we should pull for Ark State and UL..

[biggie]

Its so hard to pull for Ark St though...

[AppStAlum2007]

Its so hard to pull for Ark St though...

Why is that?

[moonshine]

So, we should pull for Ark State and UL..

No pull for Troy since App plays them during the regular season. UL v GS is a toss up since App plays both this season.

Not that it actually has any bearing on how the games play out and as difficult as it may be at times, from a football IQ standpoint, fans should always pull for the teams on the schedule. Yes even UNC(-C) and GS. The more games opponents win (SOS), the better App looks after a W. This is especially true if they can run the table and take aim at the NY6.

[Rick83]

So, we should pull for Ark State and UL..

No pull for Troy since App plays them during the regular season. UL v GS is a toss up since App plays both this season.

Not that it actually has any bearing on how the games play out and as difficult as it may be at times, from a football IQ standpoint, fans should always pull for the teams on the schedule. Yes even UNC(-C) and GS. The more games opponents win (SOS), the better App looks after a W. This is especially true if they can run the table and take aim at the NY6.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if Troy has two conference losses and we only have one conference loss, even if it's against Troy, then we still win the SBC East and advance to the SBC championship game. So, I'm pulling for Ark State.

[NavyApp]

So, we should pull for Ark State and UL..

No pull for Troy since App plays them during the regular season. UL v GS is a toss up since App plays both this season.

Not that it actually has any bearing on how the games play out and as difficult as it may be at times, from a football IQ standpoint, fans should always pull for the teams on the schedule. Yes even UNC(-C) and GS. The more games opponents win (SOS), the better App looks after a W. This is especially true if they can run the table and take aim at the NY6.

For me personally when it comes to mixed division (ie SBC East vs. SBC West) games I will always pull against the team in our division. I'm not ever overly concerned with what our conference mates do; but I do enjoy any cushion we can get in the standings.

[NavyApp]

So, we should pull for Ark State and UL..

No pull for Troy since App plays them during the regular season. UL v GS is a toss up since App plays both this season.

Not that it actually has any bearing on how the games play out and as difficult as it may be at times, from a football IQ standpoint, fans should always pull for the teams on the schedule. Yes even UNC(-C) and GS. The more games opponents win (SOS), the better App looks after a W. This is especially true if they can run the table and take aim at the NY6.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if Troy has two conference losses and we only have one conference loss, even if it's against Troy, then we still win the SBC East and advance to the SBC championship game. So, I'm pulling for Ark State.

Appears we we're typing at the same time! I like your post better. I'm a touch sick currently and the ol' brain is not firing on all cylinders.

[Rick83]

So, we should pull for Ark State and UL..

No pull for Troy since App plays them during the regular season. UL v GS is a toss up since App plays both this season.

Not that it actually has any bearing on how the games play out and as difficult as it may be at times, from a football IQ standpoint, fans should always pull for the teams on the schedule. Yes even UNC(-C) and GS. The more games opponents win (SOS), the better App looks after a W. This is especially true if they can run the table and take aim at the NY6.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if Troy has two conference losses and we only have one conference loss, even if it's against Troy, then we still win the SBC East and advance to the SBC championship game. So, I'm pulling for Ark State.

Appears we we're typing at the same time! I like your post better. I'm a touch sick currently and the ol' brain is not firing on all cylinders.

I hear ya, and the thing is we obviously don't have any impact on how those games turn out anyway, but it's fun to calculate what it does for our chances. I really want to host the SBC championship game, I want that game to become a de facto "Boone Bowl."

[Rick83]

So, we should pull for Ark State and UL..

No pull for Troy since App plays them during the regular season. UL v GS is a toss up since App plays both this season.

Not that it actually has any bearing on how the games play out and as difficult as it may be at times, from a football IQ standpoint, fans should always pull for the teams on the schedule. Yes even UNC(-C) and GS. The more games opponents win (SOS), the better App looks after a W. This is especially true if they can run the table and take aim at the NY6.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if Troy has two conference losses and we only have one conference loss, even if it's against Troy, then we still win the SBC East and advance to the SBC championship game. So, I'm pulling for Ark State.

My scenario would also require that the other members of the SBC East have at least two conference losses as well.

[Yosef84]

I'll never complain about getting a little cushion but at the end of the day, if App takes care of business, what happens in the other games doesn't matter. If we need the cushion, I'm already disappointed somewhere.

[NavyApp]

I'll never complain about getting a little cushion but at the end of the day, if App takes care of business, what happens in the other games doesn't matter. If we need the cushion, I'm already disappointed somewhere.

I completely agree, rarely scoreboard watch. But I do like to hedge my bets lol. I look at it this way; our wins coupled with division mates loses equals a double win for us!

[biggie]

Its so hard to pull for Ark St though...

Why is that?

Besides GS I'd say they are the most 'hated' conf foe.

[Rick83]

I'll never complain about getting a little cushion but at the end of the day, if App takes care of business, what happens in the other games doesn't matter. If we need the cushion, I'm already disappointed somewhere.

I agree totally, but teams can always be upset as we've seen the last two years with losses to Ga Southern, UL-Monroe, and (gulp) Umass. Injuries and bad refereeing contributed to those losses but they were losses nonetheless. I'll take any cushion we can get. Every team, even in the SBC has great athletes who can make plays and are fighting hard to win games. Hopefully we'll stay healthy and just take care of business each week...and leave no doubt!

[Rick83]

Its so hard to pull for Ark St though...

Why is that?

Besides GS I'd say they are the most 'hated' conf foe.

Agree. I have sympathy for Anderson obviously, due to his wife passing, but have never cared for his coaching style and their fans' attitude towards us. I understand it, as they used to be the top dog in the SBC until we showed up, but I don't care for them.

[biggie]

Its so hard to pull for Ark St though...

Why is that?

Besides GS I'd say they are the most 'hated' conf foe.

Agree. I have sympathy for Anderson obviously, due to his wife passing, but have never cared for his coaching style and their fans' attitude towards us. I understand it, as they used to be the top dog in the SBC until we showed up, but I don't care for them.

It is their fans that mostly have caused the dislike. Jalin's last play being there probably doesn't help.

[CoachRob]

Its so hard to pull for Ark St though...

Why is that?

Besides GS I'd say they are the most 'hated' conf foe.

Agree. I have sympathy for Anderson obviously, due to his wife passing, but have never cared for his coaching style and their fans' attitude towards us. I understand it, as they used to be the top dog in the SBC until we showed up, but I don't care for them.

1) stAte fans were unbearably annoying the 1st years we got into the SB. By far most annoying of all other SB fan bases, even GS. I've enjoyed them being more quite recently with our dominance, prefer it that way, so therefore I always try to pull against them.

2) As of right now, we're still in play for the NY6 Bowl. For that to happen, other than being undefeated, we need the teams on our schedule to win. Arky state is the 1 team that isn't from the SB, so them winning does not help us at all.(Unless they are who we play in the SB Championship, which would be nice to beat them).

3) I try to not worry about other teams in our division to lose (other than GS of course) until we need them to lose to help our own cause of making championship game.

So therefor ... Go Troy!

Oh, and go Cajuns!

[Rick83]

Its so hard to pull for Ark St though...

Why is that?

Besides GS I'd say they are the most 'hated' conf foe.

Agree. I have sympathy for Anderson obviously, due to his wife passing, but have never cared for his coaching style and their fans' attitude towards us. I understand it, as they used to be the top dog in the SBC until we showed up, but I don't care for them.

1) stAte fans were unbearably annoying the 1st years we got into the SB. By far most annoying of all other SB fan bases, even GS. I've enjoyed them being more quite recently with our dominance, prefer it that way, so therefore I always try to pull against them.

2) As of right now, we're still in play for the NY6 Bowl. For that to happen, other than being undefeated, we need the teams on our schedule to win. Arky state is the 1 team that isn't from the SB, so them winning does not help us at all.(Unless they are who we play in the SB Championship, which would be nice to beat them).

3) I try to not worry about other teams in our division to lose (other than GS of course) until we need them to lose to help our own cause of making championship game.

So therefor ... Go Troy!

Oh, and go Cajuns!

I hear ya, but the reality is for us, it's more important for SBC East teams losing conference games than SBC West teams losing. We must win the SBC East first, then win the SBC championship game to even qualify for NY6 consideration. Not that we have any kind of impact on the outcomes of these games. If we could guarantee that we'd win the SBC East then sure, i'd pull for Troy over Ark St.

[The Rock]

So, we should pull for Ark State and UL..

No pull for Troy since App plays them during the regular season. UL v GS is a toss up since App plays both this season.

Not that it actually has any bearing on how the games play out and as difficult as it may be at times, from a football IQ standpoint, fans should always pull for the teams on the schedule. Yes even UNC(-C) and GS. The more games opponents win (SOS), the better App looks after a W. This is especially true if they can run the table and take aim at the NY6.

When in doubt, pull against Ga Southern