And not beyond reach.
SFCityBear
MTBear said:
9-4 including winning a bowl game.
Both frustratingly close to a Rose Bowl/Pac-12 North title, too. If we win out, those tight losses to Wazzu and Zona cost us the north. We'd have been 7-2, with the tiebreakers over both UW and Wazzu. In 2003, the close losses to Oregon and UCLA cost us the Rose Bowl. We'd have been 7-1 with the tiebreak over USC.calumnus said:MTBear said:
9-4 including winning a bowl game.
With the Axe, and wins over Sc and UW? I think we would be overjoyed. It would be pretty much what Tedford did in 2003.
GMP said:Both frustratingly close to a Rose Bowl/Pac-12 North title, too. If we win out, those tight losses to Wazzu and Zona cost us the north. We'd have been 7-2, with the tiebreakers over both UW and Wazzu. In 2003, the close losses to Oregon and UCLA cost us the Rose Bowl. We'd have been 7-1 with the tiebreak over USC.calumnus said:MTBear said:
9-4 including winning a bowl game.
With the Axe, and wins over Sc and UW? I think we would be overjoyed. It would be pretty much what Tedford did in 2003.
fat_slice said:GMP said:Both frustratingly close to a Rose Bowl/Pac-12 North title, too. If we win out, those tight losses to Wazzu and Zona cost us the north. We'd have been 7-2, with the tiebreakers over both UW and Wazzu. In 2003, the close losses to Oregon and UCLA cost us the Rose Bowl. We'd have been 7-1 with the tiebreak over USC.calumnus said:MTBear said:
9-4 including winning a bowl game.
With the Axe, and wins over Sc and UW? I think we would be overjoyed. It would be pretty much what Tedford did in 2003.
True but the what if's work both ways. I'm sure Washington and USC have plenty of what ifs that would have changed those outcomes. The bottom line is that this year we are a 50-50 team that just happened to catch a string straight heads.
GMP said:Both frustratingly close to a Rose Bowl/Pac-12 North title, too. If we win out, those tight losses to Wazzu and Zona cost us the north. We'd have been 7-2, with the tiebreakers over both UW and Wazzu. In 2003, the close losses to Oregon and UCLA cost us the Rose Bowl. We'd have been 7-1 with the tiebreak over USC.calumnus said:MTBear said:
9-4 including winning a bowl game.
With the Axe, and wins over Sc and UW? I think we would be overjoyed. It would be pretty much what Tedford did in 2003.
Yes, a win would ruin their season, but AFAIK, Shaw has that job as long as he wants it, barring major collapse or scandal.Ccajon2 said:
A win over furds means they a re 15--9 past two seasons, and ruins their fall season. And a match being applied to Shaw's coaching seat.
Nothing would make me happier than Shaw getting fired and that program falling into disarray. Their "fanbase" deserves nothing lessCcajon2 said:
A win over furds means they a re 15--9 past two seasons, and ruins their fall season. And a match being applied to Shaw's coaching seat.
It's possible, but highly unlikely. The #2 team in the Big12 plays the #2 team in the Pac12 in the Alamo Bowl. Texas could qualify for that if for example, Oklahoma were to trip up and then Texas lost to West Virginia in the championship game. Or if Oklahoma got in the playoff, UWV went to the Sugar and Texas then goes to the Alamo. But the pathway for us to get to the Alamo Bowl is pretty difficult. Would help if Wazzu made it into the playoffs. Then we'd have to jump one of UW or Utah and be more attractive to the Bowl than the other. It's rather difficult...metabear said:
>Any way we could get Texas in a bowl game?