The Roadrunners and Jeff Traylor are one win away from a fifth straight bowl trip.
Two days after the redefining letdown of a 49-10 trouncing at the hands of Texas State ,
team that was still laughing and energetic, giving Traylor more evidence that better days were ahead. The first loss to the rival Bobcats and the gap between the Roadrunners’ results and projections in 2024 can’t be erased, but is in position to extend Traylor’s career-long run of avoiding a losing season, needing only a win against Temple at 6 p.m. Friday in the Alamodome to send the Roadrunners to a fifth straight bowl game. “We’ve hung in there, and that’s just a true testament to all the things we believe,” Traylor said. “We’ve dug ourselves where we can almost see out of it. We just have a little more to go.
began to turn the tide two weeks ago with a 44-36 win against preseason AAC favorite Memphis, then dominated rival North Texas 48-27 last week to move to 5-5. Traylor sees a young offense starting to click, a troubling run of penalties on the decline, and a roster either recovering from or adjusting to a laundry list of injuries. For the first time, the Roadrunners feel like the group that was picked to finish second in the AAC.
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