RE: CUSA CHAMPIONSHIP - NEW MEXICO ST. @ LIBERTY
CleburneSlim is right... with the exception of our running game against La Tech, JSU has been frustratingly inconsistent on offense all season. When we're on, we're OK. When we're off, we're terrible. And with the speed of our offense, those 3-and-outs came fast and furious when we weren't throwing Pick 6's. Our defense, which played well for most of the NMSU game, has been the only consistent bright spot all year.
So when we say we played a terrible game against NMSU, we're not ripping on NMSU. We're saying we played a freaking terrible game.
We played lights out against South Carolina, then fell on our old ways late in the game. The Pick 6 that sealed it for the lesser Gamecocks didn't surprise any of us. As soon as the DB caught the ball, we all just groaned and said, "Here we go again."
Yes, I know. We're bowl eligible with 8 wins. But as the App State/ECU fan said, in an attempt to troll us, we didn't beat anyone this year. Our victories all came against teams which struggled or underperformed in 2023. It was all we could do to beat UTEP, Sammy, and WKU. No one was impressed by us beating a MAC team.
I don't get the hate coming to us from NMSU fans. You guys are touchy as hell. The only fan base that's more fragile is still in FCS hoping for a CUSA invite. I won't mention them by name, lest they get offended as well. By the way, Aggies, I know this bothered you a lot when we brought it up, but you won the rights to your asterisk, so you're free to do with it what you will. Rip it to pieces, burn it, pee on it, bury the ashes far out in the most remote reaches of Chihuahuan Desert, and never look back. It can't hurt you anymore.
You earned this shot at Liberty outright, no asterisks attached.
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