FAU and FIU growth gauge question
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Wise Owl
Member since 2003
FAU and FIU growth gauge question
The OOC win can have national significance for the media(publicity for the programs) with long lasting results.
The SunBelt Title game can have some media rush but this conference is supposed to be anybody's for the taking anyway. The fans will love it.
Which one can carry more weight in terms of growth of the program? Or is there another issue which can be added here?
Realistic goals folks. Not winning the BCS bowl…
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First Flight
Member since 2005
FAU and FIU growth gauge question
I think that a win over a top 25 team would mean our arrival…or maybe our first appearance in the top 25. I don't think a win over an unranked OOC team is enough and I believe that we should be very competitive in the Sun Belt this year. The QB position does worry me though.
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Spread The Wings
Member since 2003
FAU and FIU growth gauge question
Panthers on the Rise
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Wise Owl
Member since 2003
FAU and FIU growth gauge question
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FAU and FIU growth gauge question
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Wise Owl
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FAU and FIU growth gauge question
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VIP DONOR
Member since 2005
FAU and FIU growth gauge question
This happens often with larger schools when a lower tier D1 or a AA team beats a big name out there.
The second is that the team will remember during meeting #2 and absolutely wax us, run the score up like you wouldn't believe.
Unfortunately, I don't think winning the SBC crown is a good measuring stick for either program since it is a toss up every year, eventually it will come down to one of the two of us every season winning it before we both move on to the Big (L)East or Conference USA, I think that would signify us "arriving."
Maybe winning a bowl game would be a good indicator as well.
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Curious Owl
Member since 2006
FAU and FIU growth gauge question
Do that and it could lead to being courted by Conference USA in the future, that would really show that both teams are worthy of respect.
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Wise Owl
Member since 2004
FAU and FIU growth gauge question
USF crushed a highly ranked Louisville team. Most people still won't say that they have arrived as a real solid program. (In my ind they are good but still fit in as a mid-major caliber team.) Same goes for UCF. They had some success with Culpepper under center but never built on that success.
To answer O.G., I feel that the "other issue" is consistency. Rome wasn't built in a day.
Put together back to back winning seasons and a top two finishes in the SBC with a big non-conference win each year and then we say that FAU and or FIU has arrived or at least moved up a notch. GO OWLS!!!
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Curious Owl
Member since 2006
FAU and FIU growth gauge question
I agree with O.G. about the Louisville thing for the most part. The win was indeed great but no one's going to be claiming we're a top ten team or the like. That requires consistency and we can't deliver consistent performances against such a quality team. USF is only just beginning a transition from mid-major now that it's in the big east and the general consensus is that away game at Louisville could be hairy.
Same rules apply for FAU and FIU, one ooc win or conference championship isn't going to change many minds, you're gonna have to repeat the performance.
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