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The Importance Of A Signature Win

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read Brian Howell's column from the Daily Camera
http://www.buffzone.com/buffzonetopstories/ci_32236687/brian-howells-monday-rewind

He talks about if Mike Mac has a signature win or not ....
Yes CU beat Oregon in 2016 but they were not ranked and did end up 4-8 while later in the year CU beat
both Wazzu & Utah BUT were ranked higher than both at the time so the Buffs under Mike Mac may not really have one. Is that important ? Hawk had a couple (beating #3 OU and the W VA on Thurs) but we all
know how that turned out.
 
Going to and winning a bowl game for the first time in over a decade would be a good start.
 
96 Buff said:
**** you.
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Not Sure said:
The opportunities for a signature win this year have passed already.

We do have a signature loss, though. So we got that going for us, which is nice.
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Wazzu could be signature win if they roll into Boulder with just one loss and sitting in the top 10.
 
He does not have one, because a signature win is the foundation of other significant wins that propels a program into legitimacy and strength. 1989 Buffs beat Texas, Illinois, Washington, Oklahoma, and of course Nebraska. One on top of another of Significant wins built on top of each other.
2016 Oregon, Washington State, and Stanford could have been Signature or significant, but he shat the bed from then on never to follow those with the next great win.
And now, he has his signature loss that shows that he has reached the apex of his abilities. He pulled the program up from the abyss, but we can go no further with him.
 
4BienemyTDs said:
He does not have one, because a signature win is the foundation of other significant wins that propels a program into legitimacy and strength. 1989 Buffs beat Texas, Illinois, Washington, Oklahoma, and of course Nebraska. One on top of another of Significant wins built on top of each other.
2016 Oregon, Washington State, and Stanford could have been Signature or significant, but he shat the bed from then on never to follow those with the next great win.
And now, he has his signature loss that shows that he has reached the apex of his abilities. He pulled the program up from the abyss, but we can go no further with him.
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I hate to say it, but I think I agree with you.

Nice guy only goes so far, if you’re doling out days like Saturday. Especially if you’re not offering these “signature wins” that y’all are talking about, pleasant surprises that portend a rosy future.
 
4BienemyTDs said:
He does not have one, because a signature win is the foundation of other significant wins that propels a program into legitimacy and strength. 1989 Buffs beat Texas, Illinois, Washington, Oklahoma, and of course Nebraska. One on top of another of Significant wins built on top of each other.
2016 Oregon, Washington State, and Stanford could have been Signature or significant, but he shat the bed from then on never to follow those with the next great win.
And now, he has his signature loss that shows that he has reached the apex of his abilities. He pulled the program up from the abyss, but we can go no further with him.
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Yes signature win is evidence that things have turned around, the program is on the rise, there’s a new sheriff in town, it’s time to respect us. A lucky fluke win over a much better team because that team had so little respect they didn’t feel the need to show up - that’s not a signature win. It is impossible for this year’s team to get a signature win. Had they beaten USC, followed that up by beating UDub, then swept the rest - then USC would have been a signature win. Or arguably UDub.
 
This is all you need to take away from the article.

When facing ranked foes as an unranked - or lower ranked - team, MacIntyre is 0-17 at CU. To put that in perspective, first-year Pac-12 coaches Mario Cristobal (Oregon), Herm Edwards (Arizona State) and Kevin Sumlin (Arizona) each already has an upset win against a ranked or higher-ranked opponent. Second-year coach Justin Wilcox of Cal picked up his second such win on Saturday.
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Jens1893 said:
When facing ranked foes as an unranked - or lower ranked - team, MacIntyre is 0-17 at CU.

MacIntyre is 5-36 as an underdog, and only one of those wins - 2016 at Oregon - came with a spread larger than 4 points.
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That pretty much proves the ceiling with MM isn't a very high one.
 
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