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For those of us that can enjoy the moment - enjoy the moment. We just had two good days. We did not play our best football and got a needed win to get to 6-6 and will play in a bowl game. We have to give credit to the players and coaches. Please count the # of new players this year. Please count the # of players we lost to Kansas, Baylor and other schools. We might be a bit better over the last few years if the Charlie Jones/Iowa and Purdue and AJ Osbone / Miami and few really good offensive linemen stayed at UB. This is the reality of mid majors and particularly for UB given our short history as a Division 1 team. As for basketball, we have an entirely new team. I think we did a pretty good job of getting in some good players. I want us to win every game. At the moment, I am grateful how far our football and basketball teams have performed over ten years. Yes we have had disappointments and can question in game management for both football and basketball. I bet we have the best combined football and basketball performance in the MAC over the last ten years I can accept critical comments about our teams. But there is no reason or room to categorically dump on our teams and coaches Enjoy the moment Go Bulls

For many years, the MAC has rejected turnover in the major sports (basketball and football). Sure, a team here or there has moved in and out over the past 20+ years (Marshall left in 2005...for the second time, then there were the brief stays by Temple, UMass and UCF). In fact, Since UB joined in 1998, the same 12 teams have been there as full members through thick and thin. And...things are getting thin. I remember when the powers that be made the formal split between "P5" and "G5". Where was the MAC? Was it 6? Was it 7? Danny White pushed the AAC towards "P6" status...t The MAC, slow and steady, kept its 12 teams. Nose to the grindstone. Within the past few years we have seen the rise of the Sun Belt (no more "Fun Belt"). The MAC, plodding away...looking around in curiosity as other conferences raid C-USA. What is the MAC strategy? Slow and steady. Oh...and collect that bag during the OOC football season. Now...the MAC is irrelevant, much closer to MVC than the Sun Belt, in my opinion. And things are getting worse. Even though C-USA looks like a sinking ship, it is still going faster than the MAC. Liberty, which joins C-USA next year, just paid the Coastal Carolina coach $4M to bolt from the Sun Belt to C-USA. And while Liberty has a lot of money to give, it is indicative of where the MAC is. After nearly 25 years in the MAC, UB has settled into that comfortable slot of being a team in the MAC, with no vision beyond. It contrasts starkly with the investment the university has made in other area. I always thought the MAC would be a stepping stone for UB in its "run to division 1". After all, many schools have made a similar run and used conferences as stepping stones (looking at you, UCF, who joins the Big 12 at the beginning of the next fiscal year). UB has been dragged down by the MAC. It is this very high research university in a large city and is a (co) state flagship institution...yet competes at the bottom of "major" football. https://www.si.com/college/2022/09/26/ranking-college-football-conferences-sec-big-ten We just spent Friday in a death struggle against Akron to get to six wins to go to the Gasparilla Mowers Bowl against <state> + <direction> university. "MACTION" is a fun word, but they are making fun of the MAC teams and the conference with those words. They are laughing at us. The Run to Division 1 has stalled in a muddy field somewhere in Ohio, with little hope of getting out. I hope, once Tripathi retires (he turns 72 in January), we can get a President with a better vision about the value of college sports to a region and a flagship institution like UB. I ain't getting any younger, either. Go Bulls.

UB has defeated the future Mid-American Conference champion for the first time in its D1 history.

Fun watching Curtis Jones mature into a star right before our eyes. Averaging 24.5 ppg over his last 4 and 16/38 (42%) from 3. Season scoring average now at 17 ppg. Also distributing the ball well as did the whole team today. Great all around win, let’s keep it rolling! 🤘

What was Leipold's record in Buffalo in his second season here?

Maybe for you. 😄

Shorts? Ok.

I saw UB play a game in Amherst, MA as well. It appears from what I saw during that game that UMass dropped football.

Well that was less than was heard in my office during the Akron game.

What a great win. These local rivalry games are always really fun. Bona was mostly bad, but a lot of that was due to the defensive effort by the Bulls. Bona couldn't hit free throws. Great defensive effort. Obviously a great game by Jones and Powell had a great 2nd half while perfect from the FT line. Curtis Jones reminds me of Jason Preston (former Ohio guard now playing with the Clippers). Powell is the wildcard for this team. He plays with a lot of emotion. I'm not certain if that helps or hurts him more. Some of his body language in the 1st half after getting subbed out was noticeable and not in a good way. He also appeared to be withdrawn during a timeout at about the same time. Conversely, the energy that Powell brought in the 2nd half was tremendous. I noticed him encouraging Jones to get his arms and hands spread out while the Bulls were in a zone in the 1st half. Immediately after that exchange Jones stole the ball and converted it for a layup. Powell was clutch down the stretch. Powell was 12-12 from the line. That was the stat of the game IMO. Adams rebounded well and had a nice first half. I don't believe he scored in the 2nd half. Would be tremendous to get more consistency. Bulls rebounded well too. The team's 3 point shooting outside of Jones was really poor again. That will have to improve if we don't want teams just packing it in on us.

That would be quite a story. And probably a pretty good matchup. Wherever we go bowling, let’s hope we saved our best for last

How about this projection from the Sporting News?

No way around it you guys kicked our butt. A true molly womping. No excuses or explanations. Enjoy your win. See you next year.

Very nice win. Improvement with turnovers, foul shooting and rebounding. Jones and Powell emerging as lead scorers. We attacked the basket. The team appeared to have fun. We do need more production from the bench We will be more than ok this year. With football win yesterday, let`s enjoy the moment go Bulls

Dominant win. Jekyll and Hyde Bulls again....keep playing like this and they'll have a decent run in MAC play.

So I guess Curtis Jones took exception to my post, so I apologize.

Agreed. Any college kicker should be able to kick a ball straight when kicking into 20 mph winds. Money Mitch was way better.