Damn this is brutal. Lost 27-23...so you are at the bottom of the Group-of-Six?

At what point am I finally going to feel sorry for them?

This is now the ultimate nightmare scenario.. .

0-6 start

Oof

Nope!

Just remember they’re actively trying to kill the MWC instead of joining forces, no empathy.

I’d still put their ceiling at 4 wins with a floor of 1.

The thing I don’t get is how obtuse the Oregonian was on picking them to win. The logic was “Boise just beat App, therefore even though it’s on the road, Beavis will win.”

They somehow still think they’re on par with a team that made the CFP last year. Going to be a shame when they don’t crack the top-4 of the new PAC next year.

41 minutes ago, JabbaNoBargain said:

They somehow still think they’re on par with a team that made the CFP last year.

In fairness .... Boise is not on par with Boise from last year.

I honestly feel sorry for their players, but not so much their fans.

Their GM quit. I think he's looking for a job at Linfield?

How do you turn $300M into zip? Give it to Beavis and the clawless, clueless, Cougars.

Best of luck, Wazzu at Ole Miss next Saturday.

Is it too late to squeeze Penn St into the schedule?

I can't find any sympathy. Even if they go oh-fer. They and Canzano deserve each other.

At least for now they still have baseball?

Gee whiz, after a loss in a White Out? Give PSU a break! Right?

Compared to: After a loss to the number 1 team in the nation and having to travel 3 time zones away to play an undefeated team, and being behind going into the 4th quarter, how about we get Husky with it and win!

It's a 12-game regular season, and there are no excuses. You win or lose, period, end of sentence.

I don't believe that James Franklin could carry Jedd Fisch's jock strap.

Franklin has coached in a 3-team only competitive conference, taken advantage of recruiting happy hunting grounds, won enough games to stay employed for B1G bucks, and will never win the games that matter.

There is no, nada, nudge, stugotz excuses for losing at UCLA.

If I'm a PSU booster with B1G Bucks, I'm thinking about bringing in Pat Fitzgerald. Someone who will get right down to the real nitty-gritty. Someone who will coach up his players to punch the other guy in the mouth.

PSU is a team that opened the wallet to keep NFL guys on campus and to bring in the missing pieces needed to win it all. Like Michigan in 2023 and Ohio State in 2024. But with an SSDD head coach.

Back here in the east we have become pretty sued to Appy beating some pretty good teams (ask Michigan), not that OSU is pretty good. Beavers are definitely having a rough time.

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The odd thing is they probably should be 3-3, with three very winnable games left in Sam Houston, Lafayette, and Tulsa.

They scored with 1:19 left to lead Fresno State 27-26. They dominated the stats (528 yards to 318 and 30 first downs to 15). The game included six botched special team snaps that led in part to 2 missed PATs and a missed FG.

Trailed App State 27-21 in the 4th. Threw an interception in the endzone, got the ball back and drove down to 1st and goal from the App State 3 with 1:58 left. Got stuffed on 4 straight runs (one run initially ruled a TD and reversed). Still got a safety and free kick which they drove down to the App State 25 before throwing a game sealing pick. OSU won the stats again (456 to 354 and 27 FDs to 18).

Led Houston by 14 in the 4th quarter. Drove down for a long FG attempt to win with 0:05 on the clock and had it blocked, lost in OT. Won the stats again (though closer: 390 to 352 and 22 to 17).

If they managed 3-3, their remaining schedule is (Sagarin):

Wake Forest: #75

Layfayette: #188

WSU: #99

Sam Houston: #194

@ Tulsa: #160

@ WSU: #99

What should have been a pretty cozy walk to at least something like 7-5 may well end up something like 2-10.

I do believe their original O/U was 7.5 wins.

The biggest koolaid swilling Beavis supporters had visions of no worse than 10-2 with a real shot at running the table at making the playoff due to their wise investment at QB. It truly is an incredibly light schedule (by design) and they completely faceplanted.