Only one of those two goals remain, but the Scarlet Knights can improve the first quest by defeating Buffalo on Saturday and concluding non-conference play with a 2-1 mark.
"I believe this is still a football team that can play really good football and win a lot of games,'' said Ash, whose Scarlet Knights (1-2) are coming off a 55-14 shellacking at the hands of Kansas last weekend. "We have to play better on Saturday. We have to coach better, we have to play better, and we have got to make sure we put our players in position to have success.