Explain yourselves.

by Rodger Sherman on Aug 25, 2009 12:45 PM CDT

So, 42 of you sick people have voted in the poll over on the right. If you haven't yet, go.

But here's the point of this post: 26 of those people, like me, think Syracuse is the team to fear off the out of conference bunch. I can see why. They're a Big East team, they've got a top recruit, if you can call him that, starting under center, and we'll be on the road.

Four other people voted for that last choice, the "I'm not scared of anybody" choice.

But the other 12 of y'all? Two each for Towson and Eastern Michigan, and a whopping eight for Miami (OH). I'm confused. I could see the "we lost to them in 1995" thing affecting some of your thought processes re: Miami, and if that's true, say so, but, still, folks, I want explanations, because I'm not quite sure why those schools might seem frightening.

Folks, we have a comments section below. Use it. If I don't get a comment from anybody, I'll assume the 12 people who voted for those schools are operatives sent from MAC athletic departments to destroy us.

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I don't get that, either. Syracuse is on the road, so it worries me in that regard, but I don't really see any other reason to be scared of Syracuse or our other non-con opponents.

by NorthwesternHighlights on Aug 25, 2009 4:43 PM CDT reply actions

Oh, and if the game was in Evanston, I'd expect a very similar outcome as last year: offense struggles early but a dominating defensive performance makes the game look like more of a blowout than it really was.

by NorthwesternHighlights on Aug 25, 2009 4:51 PM CDT reply actions

I'm guilty of voting for Towson, and my reasoning is only because I consider us to be an 8-win team this year, and pretty damn good.

By the time Syracuse rolls around, we should be set in offensive and defensive schematics and familiarity, so I'm confident we can win and Paulus flops. Or bricks. Whatever crossover-lingo is possible between basketball and football (heh heh, pun...)

BUT, seeing as how Towson can be a bad game because we're still working out kinks, or we don't show them up ENOUGH, or we overlook them... point is, if we lose that sucks.

That's my argument: We can win all of them, but which loss would suck the worst?

by Joshua on Aug 25, 2009 5:42 PM CDT reply actions

i voted for Miami more for the 1999 loss than the 1995 loss. granted the redhawks were probably geeked up for that one since they were facing Randy Walker for the first time, but still, 28-3 at home is pretty bad. travis prentice ran all over NU and sly johnson caught all over NU. then again, our QB was Nick Kreinbrink.

by #1 blogger on Aug 26, 2009 8:33 AM CDT reply actions

How does my vote for EMU look now?

by Anonymous on Sep 15, 2009 12:24 PM CDT reply actions

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