OK, they had eight wins in the preceeding four years. It was only their third 7-win season since 1968.
Yeah I know it’s a terrible program, and a fine coaching job by kill, but I just don’t think it’s anything particularly amazing considering the opponents. I mean the Gophers haven’t had many nine win seasons since 1968, no one is going to praise Fleck for his coaching job this year if we beat CUSE.
Why not?
A winning season at NMSU is a big deal. Period. That school has been a football wasteland for decades. And it sounds like Jer has a pretty decent class coming in for their first season in C-USA next year.
Considering the history of the program, and how they started this year, seven wins is quite an accomplishment.
Yeah that QB was doing whatever it took to win. Fun to watch. Have to think Jer gets a raise. Guessing he's liking the warm weather as well. He has another good season in 2023 and there will be some P5 programs will be looking at him. His best bet would be to stay put and make that his last stop.
Agree. Last coach made it 9 years on a 25-74 record.
Yeah, average of less than 3 wins a season.
He’s got a4* QB transfer coming in.
Fleck will get praise. He took over a program that had two 8-win seasons and a 9-win season in the preceding four years. Vastly different than what Kill walked into at NMSU.
Why couldn't he recruit a QB here?
The Gophers beat a team with a winning record!
Well, you are using one websites guess.
The QB he has is a winner. IF he gets beats out by him, the new guy better be in the running for the Heisman.
That guy played his ass off. Gritty.
One sight? They all basically have NMST last or close to it. There’s a reason ESPN has ten different three win teams ranked ahead of them on there power index. NMST ranked 121 on the power index. They’re still a bad team. They lost to FIU who is ranked last at 131. Three of their wins were against teams ranked in the bottom four. Bowling Green is ranked 122. They lost to Nevada who is ranked 123. Again, really nice first season for Jer and NMST, but the only miracle involved was getting to play that schedule. Like I said it’s not like he pulled off an upset every time he won. He went heavy with JUCOs and transfers so far so next year will be interesting. It will be curious how their schedule shapes up since they already had a bunch of games scheduled before joining CONF USA..
What makes you think he's actually a capable QB? A&M maybe wanted to move him to a new position, but he didn't want to. We know Jer will play someone who's not highly skilled at QB if they have heart and grit! Perhaps the kid saw this as his best chance to play QB.
Absolutely not!
What's the big deal about Jerry's beating Bowling Green? They're pushovers. Everybody beats Bowling Green, right?
Not sure who is hating. I don’t think they need to name the stadium after him for beating SOME of the awful teams on his schedule.
