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Anybody else agree that A&M is a “must win” right now?

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To avoid the you lost to a team that lost to a... Yeah Win the **** game without excuse and put on those BIG Boy pants!
 
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Pentagon Cane said:
Cognitive dissonance? Good lord, what an arrogant f%$k! It is one game in a long season. What if Utah does not win the Pac 12 let alone their division? Utah has been a lousy road team, too. What if Florida gets smacked next week by Kentucky? What if Florida gets absolutely embarrassed by Georgia? What if Richardson gets hurt? What if Miami wins the Coastal and wins the ACC?
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"What if Florida gets smacked next week by Kentucky?"

lololol
 
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Edit: My bad, wrong thread
 
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Pentagon Cane said:
"What if Florida gets smacked next week by Kentucky?"

lololol
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LOL Yep, enough with the "statement win" talk in September, but especially the first week of the season. FSU will be exposed in the next couple of weeks as well. And UCF making it a Big 4 in Florida? GTFOH

And btw, Miami is not there yet either. They need to get deeper. Miami just needs to take care of Miami.
 
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It's truly a must win for them.

If we go up early I could see them getting demoralized and quitting like 2017 FSU aganist Boston College.
 
It is truly a MUST WIN for us. A loss will be viewed as UM is a third rate team nationally because we can't beat a good team. This win will propel us in the ranking to a top ten and has to help in recruiting. A loss and we drop out of the top 25 and could harm recruiting. If there was ever a must win in the past 5 years this is it! Absolutely no excuses at all!
 
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Liberty City El said:
100% without question...

1. Because they’re on our schedule
2. Because they suck

If you lose to a team that sucks, what does that make you?

If App ST can beat TAMU @ College Station, then so can Miami.
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Friday, we needed to beat TAMU b/c they're a top 10 team and we must show recruits and the State of Florida we were keeping pace with FU and F($)U.

Sunday, we need to beat TAMU because they suck.

Yeah, we need to win every game on our schedule. Sure. Of course. But the knee jerk reaction about "must wins" and "statement wins" for an OOC opponent 1-week into the season was absurd.
 
No_Fly_Zone said:
Friday, we needed to beat TAMU b/c they're a top 10 team and we must show recruits and the State of Florida we were keeping pace with FU and F($)U.

Sunday, we need to beat TAMU because they suck.

Yeah, we need to win every game on our schedule. Sure. Of course. But the knee jerk reaction about "must wins" and "statement wins" for an OOC opponent 1-week into the season was absurd.
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The context to recruiting is still true, minus them being a top 10.

TAMU is a massive recruiting program & in recruiting perception is reality. For a team like us that is trying to become a National prominent recruiting power, winning a game against high profile SEC opponent is a major feather in our cap.

And then the fact they just lost to App ST means we really can’t lose...

No matter how one tries to slice it, the narrative doesn’t change, we need to win this game & trying to precursor a potential loss is something we would do with the previous regimes because we knew we couldn’t actually compete.

It’s very simple, we either win because we have the better team, better coaching staff & more effective gameplan, or we don’t. There’s no scenario where we lose & it doesn’t make a statement about our team, because if we win it makes the same statement just in the opposite direction.

Too many people are trying to preemptively set up road block excuses for a potential loss while simultaneously trying to safeguard from any criticism in the event of a loss, unfortunately it doesn’t work that way. If you win, you get the credit, if you lose, you get what comes with a loss.

Now, if we were playing UGA, Bama, Oh ST etc, then yes, a loss wouldn’t mean much because they’re simply better than us in every aspect, but TAMU isn’t on those levels & App ST just proved it.
 
Liberty City El said:
The context to recruiting is still true, minus them being a top 10.

TAMU is a massive recruiting program & in recruiting perception is reality. For a team like us that is trying to become a National prominent recruiting power, winning a game against high profile SEC opponent is a major feather in our cap.

And then the fact they just lost to App ST means we really can’t lose...

No matter how one tries to slice it, the narrative doesn’t change, we need to win this game & trying to precursor a potential loss is something we would do with the previous regimes because we knew we couldn’t actually compete.

It’s very simple, we either win because we have the better team, better coaching staff & more effective gameplan, or we don’t. There’s no scenario where we lose & it doesn’t make a statement about our team, because if we win it makes the same statement just in the opposite direction.

Too many people are trying to preemptively set up road block excuses for a potential loss while simultaneously trying to safeguard from any criticism in the event of a loss, unfortunately it doesn’t work that way. If you win, you get the credit, if you lose, you get what comes with a loss.

Now, if we were playing UGA, Bama, Oh ST etc, then yes, a loss wouldn’t mean much because they’re simply better than us in every aspect, but TAMU isn’t on those levels & App ST just proved it.
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Perception is fickle, and it changes week to week. And week to week, people will overreact to wins and just like they will overreact to losses. As fans, we all generally lack perspective.

Your comment about wins and losses making "statements" about the quality of our team is true. Then again, that's true every week, regardless of the opponent. As Scott Frost can tell you, losing to teams likes of Southern Mississippi makes a statement that has real consequences. But, if every win or loss makes a statement, then the term "statement win" is itself redundant and meaningless.

As far as mental road blocks or excuses for losing, that's not my bag.
 
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