Thanks for posting Phoenix. I got a little more long winded than I had hoped. 

Good job Steve!. I haven't seen the full ooc schedule next year, but I'm thinking around 15 wins. I expect the schedule to be quite soft, and the one thing that I expect Dambrot to do, and I'll be very disappointed if he doesn't, is to stop the life and death struggles against low major teams. These should always be wins. If RMU was what they were when they had guys like Lucky Jones, I might give the Dukes a pass if they lost this year, but since the Colonials have declined, we need to beat them as well. Do that, and then beat the bottom half of the league at home, and 15 wins is within reach. This is barring injuries of course.

Great articles, Steve.  Speaking of this season's OOC schedule, I noticed that one of the Cincinnati fans over at the "Bearcat Banter" has the Dukes playing Cincy on Nov. 13th as part of an A-10/AAC Challenge. According to the source, the Bearcats will be playing at Duquesne.  Needless to say, that would be a huge challenge for Dambrot's Dukes — if true.  I was just curious if anybody else had heard about this.  

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Just caught this Steve. Very nice write-up. Vacationing in the OBX. No Duquesne coverage down here!