Can we stop calling any single game must win?

[OttoinGrotto]

We must win 2 out of our last 4 to secure a bowl bid. Doesn't matter which 2, doesn't matter which order they come in.

I think we get 3, but no single game must happen, unless we get to BC and have 5 wins. As the comedian Brian Regan says...

 

[Chip]

Fine

(Wake is a must win)

 

[anomander]

Have to win all 4.

Really have to take advantage of these perennial powers when they are down.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Fine

(Wake is a must win)

I heard that!

 

[Orangezoo]

Have to win all 4.

Really have to take advantage of these perennial powers when they are down.

As long as we don't hand away points we absolutely should win all 4. FSU and Louisville was a battle of two teams ready to mail it in as is evident from last night and so far today. Wake and BC are solid but have more so feasted on paper tigers and the aforementioned.

 

[PhatOrange]

As long as we don't hand away points we absolutely should win all 4. FSU and Louisville was a battle of two teams ready to mail it in as is evident from last night and so far today. Wake and BC are solid but have more so feasted on paper tigers and the aforementioned.

Saying we “should” win all 4 is a stretch and an absurd expectation. It goes without saying fsu and lville are on the road and teams always play better at home and both are still good teams. and the reigning heisman winner can single handidly win games. I think they’ll both be favored and if they’re not it’ll basically be a pickem.

 

[Chris02M]

whoever we play in our fcs tuneup game is always a must win game every year

 

[djorange1989]

Saying we “should” win all 4 is a stretch and an absurd expectation. It goes without saying fsu and lville are on the road and teams always play better at home and both are still good teams. and the reigning heisman winner can single handidly win games. I think they’ll both be favored and if they’re not it’ll be basically be a pickem.

Yeah let’s not get carried away. As improved as we are we have played 4 quarters of good football once all season. We can win all 4 we can lose all 4. I think we will go 2-2 and if so will take it with glee

 

[Orangezoo]

Saying we “should” win all 4 is a stretch and an absurd expectation. It goes without saying fsu and lville are on the road and teams always play better at home and both are still good teams and the reigning heisman winner can single handidly win games. Should win? I think both of them will be favored and if they’re not it’ll be basically be a pickem.

I think your misreading the tea leaves here. Do I expect we will? No. Given our performance to date, the trajectory of the two most difficult teams on paper ( fsu/ville) and then being home vs more equal matchups on paper, at this juncture saying we should win is a fair assessment. Of course expecting that is unfair given all the possible variables that could impact the outcome including our razor thin depth at certain spots.

2-2 is the goal and the expected outcome. Had certain things happened to date differently even referencing "could" might have been a stretch for the two away games left.

 

[Briancuse]

We have two must win games left, whichever 2 can get us to a bowl game.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

whoever we play in our fcs tuneup game is always a must win game every year

Watch the Regan video.

 

[wooddoc]

We must win 2 out of our last 4 to secure a bowl bid. Doesn't matter which 2, doesn't matter which order they come in.

I think we get 3, but no single game must happen, unless we get to BC and have 5 wins. As the comedian Brian Regan says...

Some of us mature a little later than others, and some of us miss that bus.

 

[W'boro'Cuse315]

Fine, I agree to stop calling games "must wins" but I adamantly refuse to stop proclaiming that we've "turned the corner" after EVERY win.

Let me live!!

 

[qdawgg]

As long as we can stop calling every loss "the one that got away" or "the one we should have won".

It's a sport, you lose close games which makes you feel like you could have won. But you didn't, you lost.

 

[TheCusian]

Also, with the win over Clemson, and FSU and Louisville cratering over a series of a few games, we can officially shelve the idea of “automatic losses” ...

Loser talk anyways

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Fine, I agree to stop calling games "must wins" but I adamantly refuse to stop proclaiming that we've "turned the corner" after EVERY win.

Let me live!!

Adequate compromise.

 

[sufandu]

We must win 2 out of our last 4 to secure a bowl bid. Doesn't matter which 2, doesn't matter which order they come in.

I think we get 3, but no single game must happen, unless we get to BC and have 5 wins. As the comedian Brian Regan says...

I will always "like" any post containing a Brian Regan video.

 

[rocklloyd]

what's the ruling on the use "moral victories"? Kill or keep using?

 

[Finwad32]

Sorry, just couldn't help it... made me laugh this morning!

 

[OttoinGrotto]

what's the ruling on the use "moral victories"? Kill or keep using?

Benched for the remainder of the season, may be revisited next year.