Bold 3-Prong Prediction

[Coolridge69Vette]

I predict the following for the remainder of our regular season:

1) If we beat TCU, then we will sweep the rest of our schedule and finish at 9-3.
2) If we lose by a very close margin (3 points or less), then we will still lose one more time and finish at 7-5.
3) If we get blown out Thursday, then we will only win 2 more games...finishing at 5-7 and not getting a bowl.

I'm hoping for #1, but figure #2 is a more likely scenario.

 

[Samuel S]

It would be a lot bolder if you also predicted the season outcome if the game is a loss but neither really close nor a blowout because that is the most likely thing to happen and you would have all the bases covered.

 

[Chris from WV]

I'm afraid the #2 option will happen. @ TCU we may lose a close one, then will win most of the remaining games. At the start of the season, I eagerly predicted 9-3 but 7-5 is starting to look like the most realistic option.

 

[Coolridge69Vette]

Eh, in hindsight I guess it wasn't all that "bold" of a prediction, but you have to admit, I was spot in regard to it being 3-pronged.

 

[Cheers]

I predict the following for the remainder of our regular season:

1) If we beat TCU, then we will sweep the rest of our schedule and finish at 9-3.
2) If we lose by a very close margin (3 points or less), then we will still lose one more time and finish at 7-5.
3) If we get blown out Thursday, then we will only win 2 more games...finishing at 5-7 and not getting a bowl.

I'm hoping for #1, but figure #2 is a more likely scenario.

I'm just not sure where the 4th win comes from. KU, ISU for sure. KSU, TTech and Texas are all toss ups to me. I could easily see us going 1 for 3 in that group. As bad as KSU is playing, we still have yet to beat them. TTech will be a barn burner and Texas is a LOT better than they were at the start of the season.

 

[GoWVU]

I'll make a not-so-bold prediction that, win or lose at TCU, we drop at least one more conference game after that to somebody we shouldn't.

So far Holgorsen has been very consistent in that regard: Pull a single top 15 upset each season, but also come up with 1 or 2 inexcusable losses.

 

[Samuel S]

In addition to the 5 weak teams, I had us beating OSU and TTU in my preseason picks.

Now, we need to beat one of the others. Assuming we can lose to TCU and beat TTU (if we lose that one all bets are off) we need to beat either Texas at home or KSU on the road to pull out 7-5. Both are very "winnable" or "loseable." I actually expected Texas to be pretty good this year, I had them 4th behind OU, Baylor and TCU. I would not have picked them to lose at home to OSU or beat Oklahoma but overall they're about what I expected whenI picked us to lose that game.

KSU is not as good as I thought they would be. It's not so much their record as how they have looked Another team with QB issues (and, to be fair, proof QB depth is not a guarantee of success, because they've played 5) Like us their schedule if front-loaded. After Baylor, they finish with TTU, ISU, Kansas, us. We might very well both be playing for a winning record at KSU. I really only picked KSU over us because they are at home and Snyder> Holgorsen. Now, I am also worried it might be Snyder's farewell and that would give them a lot of motivation to send him out a winner in front of the home folks.

My position remains that if this team cannot finish, in year 5, at least at .500 against the middle of the pack of OSU, Texas, Texas Tech and Kansas State, we need to move on. Puff those teams up all you dare, 1-3 against them is bad.

2-3 in the other games is not the problem. Losing to the top 3 will be acceptable to me most years as long as we beat the bottom 2. We need to go 2-2 or better against the middle of the pack almost every year if we are ever going to amount to anything and put ourselves in position to really compete, occasionally for titles when we do pull a real upset or 2..

 

[HurdyGurdyEer]

We could beat TCU and still lose at least one more game.