Would You Consider the Temple Game to be a "Must Win?"

[Boomer]

On 11/6/2023 at 12:56 PM, MSBulls said:

For a bowl game and having a beyond expectation season? Yes. 

For having a successful season compared to the last few? No. 

We're heading in the right direction either way. But **** it would be massive to make a bowl in Year 1. Just ******* huge

Couldn’t say it better myself. 

[WoolyBully]

I'd say it's a 'must win' if we're trying to accomplish something. For instance, being bowl eligible requires two more wins from the remaining three games, in which, we are favored in two. 'Must win' would mean doing what is expected. To lose the Temple game would be a failure.

Do we recalibrate expectations? Wouldn't five wins, but missing being bowl eligible, also be a success? We'd have beaten Vegas pre-season expectations (O/U 4.5) and have more wins than in any of the previous four seasons? That's progress! So yes, if we believe that this team should be bowl eligible (six wins), then the Temple game is a must win, as the UTSA game is an expected loss. 

There's no wiggle room left in the season. Gotta win what you're expected to win - MUST WIN. 

[Outlaw]

If you want to be a winner, then the game is a must win.  If you want to be a loser, then transfer to ucf  and embrace the culture of losing.

[Triple B]

8 minutes ago, Outlaw said:

If you want to be a winner, then the game is a must win.

If you want to be a winner, every game is a must win.

[Outlaw]

8 minutes ago, Triple B said:

If you want to be a winner, every game is a must win.

Welcome aboard .

[Triple B]

1 minute ago, Outlaw said:

Welcome aboard .

Been on board .... Every game is a must win because I don't want to be sad.

[Sk00b]

4 hours ago, Triple B said:

Been on board .... Every game is a must win because I don't want to be sad.

[Triple B]

5 hours ago, Triple B said:

Been on board .... Every game is a must win because I don't want to be sad.

 

1 hour ago, Sk00b said:

Yes ..... but some people forgot.

[Bullfrog]

This thought just dawned on me after seeing the Gators lose to LSU tonight.

UF will probably miss out on a bowl game for just the 3rd time in the last 3 decades. FSU is most likely going to the playoffs, which takes place later than the mid-tier bowl games.

If we can beat UTSA or Charlotte and make a bowl game, we might have a lot of “casual fans” watching us, who would usually be watching UF or FSU. Got to be good for the program and fanbase to have eyeballs on us like that.