Buffalo can taste it. Although I want someone to disagree with me because usually the heavy favorite from all of you guys ends up for the worst. This will be a very cold game but with no serious injuries BG only beat Buffalo by 8 last time at home Buffalo looks to be my pick.
Here is some good insight:
For Buffalo, the past fuels the present
November 20, 2008 9:19 PM
Posted by ESPN.com's Graham Watson
Turner Gill doesn't have some secret coaching mojo.
There are no magic words or special techniques to explain how he turned Buffalo from a 1-10 team when he took over in 2006 to a 6-4 team sitting atop the Mid-American Conference East Division.
All he asked his players to do when he took the job was learn something about each other.
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Turner Gill has his team sitting atop the Mid-American Conference East Division.
It probably seemed like an odd request since a lot of the players had played as true or redshirt freshmen. They'd been around each other a whole year and battled to a 10-6 win over Kent State -- the team's only win in 2005.
But what Gill saw was a team that was familiar, but didn't really know each other. And how could they fight for each other on the football field if they didn't really know for whom they were fighting.
"I had the players stand up in front of our team and share who they are and share their experiences," Gill said. "Through that, we got to know these people in a more deeper way. The more you talk, the more you have a clear, open mind and not already have a predetermined motion of who this person is, why he is the way he is, whether he's rich or poor, whether he's black or he's white, whether he's from New York or he's from Texas or wherever he's from. You find out that there's a lot more in common that you have than differences."
That simple exercise has helped Buffalo to a 6-4 record this season, including a 4-2 mark in conference play to lead the MAC East. It's the best overall record the Bulls have had since going 8-3 in 1996 and the most competitive they've ever been in the MAC. One more win should secure the Bulls' first bowl invitation since 1958.
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