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[CajunJeaux]

I’ve waited 48 years for this feeling...forgive me if I choose to enjoy for longer than 48 hours

[Bandwagon King]

Every week of success needs a Henny Penny thread. Hopefully there will be a dozen Henny Penny threads by the end of the year.

[Turbine]

If you folks want to help the Cajuns, stop talking about ISU and all the national attention, and start talking about GSU.

Case in overall point. ...

The week after Louisiana was ranked for the very first time they lost focus and allowed UAM to tie them up.

Granted UAM was definitely a top-10 team that year, but Louisiana was best bar none.

That tie cost Louisiana any further perception rankings that season. Even though they went undefeated the rest of the way.

Two events show how hard it is to overcome the petception hurdle.

1) Louisiana beat the only team to that defeated Notre Dame, the eventual National Champion.

2) Louisiana got a rematch with the team that tied them and smashed them.

Didn't matter, that temporary loss of focus cost them their rightful place in history.

[covcaj]

Case in overall point. ...

The week after Louisiana was ranked for the very first time they lost focus and allowed UAM to tie them up.

Granted UAM was definitely a top-10 team that year, but Louisiana was best bar none.

That tie cost Louisiana any further perception rankings that season. Even though they went undefeated the rest of the way.

Two events show how hard it is to overcome the petception hurdle.

1) Louisiana beat the only team to that defeated Notre Dame, the eventual National Champion.

2) Louisiana got a rematch with the team that tied them and smashed them.

Didn't matter, that temporary loss of focus cost them their rightful place in history.

Sorry to be a dufus, but I assume by UAM you do not mean the University of Arkansas at Monticello.... so who do you mean?

[zephyr]

Will I agree, fans talking about last weekend has no effect on the upcoming game. As a fan, I will bask in the glory of all that happened last weekend and I will continue to talk about it forever.

Exactly, and I'm having a particularly fun time discussing it as well. It's not often we find ourselves in this position.

[Grantvb]

Arkansas Monticello was originally called Arkansas A&M. Unfortunately, they aren’t listed on 1943 Notre Dame schedule.

[Turbine]

Sorry to be a dufus, but I assume by UAM you do not mean the University of Arkansas at Monticello.... so who do you mean?

That team.

A school that had no team in 1942.

A team that due to the influx of talent on campus decided in October to play football, except they had no uniforms or equipment. They had to borrow uniforms from Arkansas for their first game, who they promptly defeated with one week of practice.

Arkansas at Monticello lost 2 games, 1 being to Louisiana.

They outscored their opposition 198-70.

44 of the 70 points they gave up were to Louisiana. Other than that they gave up 26 points all year.

Everyone's perception about the 1943 Boll Weevils was completely off.

[Grantvb]

Arkansas Monticello was originally called Arkansas A&M. Unfortunately, they aren’t listed on 1943 Notre Dame schedule.

[moorecajun]

OK, first you had to go back 20 years.

And three of the five are what I call 'inexcusable squeakers'. Navy barely beat UNT, Va Tech barely beat Liberty, J State barely beat Chattanooga.

Your boast was 10:1, for every 1 teaming falling flat after a big game, you could find 10 that did not.

I pulled all of the 'upsets' last year, i.e., unranked teams beating ranked teams. These don't really make my point; I want to look at teams that haven't 'been there', who go on to win the next week.

Nevertheless, the numbers prove you wrong: 23 losses, 11 real wins, 3 inexcusable squeaker wins.

California 20 #14 Washington 19
**WON at home, UNT 23-17

Maryland 63 #21 Syracuse 20
Lost at Temple, 20-17

USC 45 #23 Stanford 20
Lost at BYU, 30-27

Colorado 34 #25 Nebraska 31
Lost at home to Air Force, 30-23

Arizona State 10 #18 Michigan State 7
Lost at home to WSU, 38-34

Temple 20 #21 Maryland 17
Lost at Buffalo, 38-22

BYU 30 #24 USC 27
Lost at home to Washington, 45-19

USC 30 #10 Utah 23
Lost at Washington, 30-27

Pittsburgh 35 #15 UCF 34
**WON at home to Delaware, 17-14

UCLA 67 #19 Washington State 63
Lost at Arizona, 20-17

Colorado 34 #24 Arizona State 31
Lost at home to Arizona, 35-30

SMU 41 #25 TCU 38
>>WON at USF, 48-21

Arizona State 24 #15 California 17
**WON at home against WSU 38-34

Oklahoma State 26 #24 Kansas State 13
Lost at Texas Tech, 45-35

Cincinnati 27 #18 UCF 24
>>WON at Houston, 38-23

Stanford 23 #15 Washington 13
Lost at home to UCLA, 34-16

Texas Tech 45 #21 Oklahoma State 35
Lost at #22 Baylor, 33-30

Miami (FL) 17 #20 Virginia 9
Lost at home to Ga Tech, 28-21

South Carolina 20 #3 Georgia 17
Lost at home to #9 Florida, 38-27

Louisville 62 #19 Wake Forest 59
Lost at home to #3 Clemson, 45-10

Temple 30 #23 Memphis 28
Lost at #19 SMU, 45-21

Illinois 24 #6 Wisconsin 23
>>WON at Purdue, 24-6

BYU 28 #14 Boise State 25
>>WON at USU, 42-14

Vanderbilt 21 #22 Missouri 14
Lost at S Carolina, 24-7

Kansas State 48 #5 Oklahoma 41
>> WON at Kansas, 38-10

TCU 37 #15 Texas 27
Lost at OSU, 34-27

Oklahoma State 34 #23 Iowa State 27
>>WON at home against TCU, 34-17

UCLA 42 #24 Arizona State 32
>> WON at home against Colorado, 31-14

Georgia Southern 24 #20 Appalachian State 21
Lost at Troy, 49-28

Virginia Tech 36 #19 Wake Forest 17
>>WON at Ga Tech, 45-0

Texas 27 #16 Kansas State 24
Lost at Iowa State, 23-21

Iowa State 23 #19 Texas 21
>>WON at Kansas, 41-31

West Virginia 24 #24 Kansas State 20
Lost at #22 OK State, 20-13

Navy 35 #25 SMU 28
>>WON at Houston 56-41

Arizona State 31 #6 Oregon 28
>>WON at home against Arizona, 24-14

Virginia 39 #24 Virginia Tech 30
Lost at home to #3 Clemson, 62-17

Kansas State 27 #23 Iowa State 17
Lost at #21 Navy, 20-17

** inexcusable squeaker, a game which shouldn't have been close

In really big upsets, where a mid-major clobbers a big school, they very rarely win against a reasonable opponent the next week.

So you're saying this weeks game is HUGE; I'm all in!

GEAUX CAJUNS!

[CajunVic]

Every game this season is huge if we are going to capitalize on this opportunity.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Every game this season is huge if we are going to capitalize on this opportunity.

Quit trying to be logical. These cats are into gossip.

[ZresearchA]

You can't teach a new kid old tricks they think they are immune to trap games.