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Did you project a string of injuries attributing to this? Hope you lose your passport.

Geez, imagine if you did something crazy, like forego revenue for almost a decade, just to get into one of those leagues. Man, you’d feel pretty stupid and look pretty desperate. But who would do something that crazy?

Ten more WR and DBs!!!!!

The disparity and the efforts made to recruit offensive linemen compared to defensive linemen is borderline scary. I know I keep beating the proverbial dead horse, but this shows where Morris's priorities lay, and they're not even close. I will push for Morris and hope he does well, but if, in the end, he does not survive as our head coach, there are not going to be a lot of questions about why this happened. One of Leach's bad traits that I wish Morris had not picked up was his lack of emphasis on defense or the belief that his offense would consistently score enough. Also, as I've said before, it's getting harder for me to dump on Caponi when it looks like he is not given the support he needs to recruit players.

When a defense ranks near the bottom of the entire FBS, major changes needed to be made, both in players and coaches. It was a disaster from game one to the end of season. Not making a DC change or adding 3x the amount of defensive players just says history will repeat itself again...

Two comments: 1 - What else would you expect him to say? 2 - When you have the worst D in FBS, you need transfers, not HS players that you will most likely spend 2 years developing before they make an impact or transfer. We need help now!

At Fouts Field the years we won championships were listed on the bottom of the Press Box. I don't know why that was not done at Apogee/DATCU. I mentioned that to one of the AD's and he was indifferent. I suggested that we include that fact at the beginning of our video presentation before each game but again basic indifference. I would start the presentation with 25 Conference Championships, ___ All Americans (listing the numbers from the beginning no matter what year), perhaps ___ All Conference Selections, etc. I would at least try to show some historical success no matter how far back it goes.

I have no evidence to support this claim, but I expect Blake Fann will make an impact and get some playing time.

100%, the injury bug has cropped its ugly head. Look at any other team, even NBA, when you lose 2 starters, you aren't winning games against top of the conference. It's hard enough to win them full strength. To that point, if you look at the way we are still in games with these injuries, says a lot about our resilience and coaching. I believe in Boss Hodge.

Jason Edwards scored 31. The rest of the team COMBINED scored 24. Kinda hard to blame a guy for not being a “closer” when he’s the one doing enough to make having a “closer” relevant

I agree with @MeanGreen13 on this one. We have several young LBers on the team. I am optimistic they will get the best 3 on the field and be improved from last year. The defensive line scares the 💩out of me at the moment. I thought the needed to go out and add 2-3 285-310 Lb juco dl prior to Moore leaving. Now they are extremely low on numbers and size. We aimed for the stars right out of the gates. Going after 2 juco guys that went P5… then didn’t go after anymore. I felt like there was a handful of guys we could have got that would have been better than nothing. That is my biggest complaint at the moment. @Sanoe Valente and I are podcasting tonight and I will go into more details.

1. We want additional DL, I wouldn't hate to see him say he's still looking for dogs or something like that. 2. 100% we need more help 3. While we are talking about it, here's our production returning rankings for the year. Total production 91 (54%) Total offense production 115 (42%) Total defense production 39 (66%)

I got out my 2005 media guide and counted the conference championships. We have 25 if you count the Southland Conf. Championships.

I did notice that and also wondered why we didn't just replace the rim. Also, I think it was the UAB game, but the color guy (former coach I think who never stopped talking, but I can't recall his name) mentioned that the rim on the student side of the court was a soft/forgiving rim. He's been around basketball and this was something he noticed and thought it was important enough to mention it during the game.

Folks, whatever you have been wearing for these games, make a change. If you’ve been drinking Coke, time for Dr. Pepper, Coors Light? Time for Miller light, commando? Put on some drawers. Change it all up to change the juju.

We have been right in every one of those loses….top teams in the conference. We win those games with a full roster. We belong in this conference.

We need this one so badly. Losing 4 of 5 is very unlike our teams of recent years.

Bumping this thread as we're already just a week away from the SMU return game in Dallas. If I can help you get a group discount, let me know. We need as much green at Moody as possible.

Well, three straight losses sucks. After tonight, we're tied with Memphis for sixth place in the conference at 5-4. If we can't get in the Top 4 and earn a double bye, seeds 6-7 would be next favorable for fan attendance. https://theamerican.org/tournaments/?id=294 The sixth seed would play the winner of 11/14 on a Thursday at 8pm, and the #3 seed on Friday at 8pm. The seventh seed would play the #10 seed on Thursday at 6pm and the #2 seed on Friday at 6pm. Also worth noting, after the 11-14 seeds play two games on Wednesday night on ESPN+, all remaining games are on linear ESPN between ESPN2 and ESPNU, leading up to the championship game on Sunday, March 17th at 2:15 p.m. on ESPN Main.

Yet we keep offering offensive talent. I am going to be pissed if this defense isn't addressed along the line. I don't get it. It's not like they didn't know Moore wasn't coming back, yet we sign the WR from Allen. We need the help now for Spring ball. Might they move Vailea to back up Brown?

This is the problem the Portal and NIL has created. Constant roster makeover. Players leave if they are not starters instead of working their way up the depth chart. It's the want-it-now society.

https://meangreensports.com/news/2024/2/4/womens-tennis-womens-tennis-defeats-houston-earns-first-win-over-big-12-program-since-2016 The UNT women's tennis program did something it hasn't done since 2016 Sunday, knocking off Houston 4-3 to earn its first win over a Big 12 Conference opponent in nearly eight years. The Mean Green were not done there, however, as they swept Collin College 4-0 in the second match of the day to extend the win streak to four straight.

DL Reece Atteberry, Michigan https://247sports.com/Player/Reece-Atteberry-46051579/ DL Jamil Burroughs, Miami (FL) https://247sports.com/Player/Jamil-Burroughs-46042607/ Edge Romello Height, USC https://247sports.com/Player/Romello-Height-46080260/ Edge Justin Beadles, Houston https://247sports.com/Player/Justin-Beadles-46082791/

Generating excitement for his current players and anticipating the arrival of more in the fall. All good stuff. I’m assuming they’re going to try and add some JUCO/TP guys soon. This will remind our HS guys that we still want them to develop and play for the Mean Green.

Yeah but shooting in a game is a lot different than shooting around in the gym. Especially just open shots. Could hit 26-30 three balls when going around the arc. In a game that won’t happen.

Or light a candle and pray!

We've been dealing with some rather significant injuries as of late. There are no guarantees of course, but with a full roster we don't lose four of five.

Why even play the game if you have no confidence at all? I would just not even guard him at all…

Stone put up a mid range jumper when the shot clock was running down that looked smooth and comfortable. It didn’t go in but man why can’t you do that more often! If just to keep the defense honest. He’s always had a good lookin shot but has ZERO confidence in himself to make a play.

After thinking about the LB room more, there are a few things to be optimistic about. Jordan Brown is a solid LB. Ethan Wesloski played a lot last year. He showed improvement throughout the year and was the third leading tackler. JJ Jean Louis has the frame to play right away. He had a lot of decent offers out of HS. I hope he steps up and plays right away. We will need the 2 Juco transfers Chavez Brown and CJ Garnett to be solid contributors this year. They primarily played special teams last year. We also need young guys like Matthew Moore and Dietrich Moore to be in the fold as well. They both had impressive high school film. Matthew was a stud at his HS. Hopefully his redshirt year helped him get stronger. Dietrich was getting a lot of attention his JR year before he was hurt. I'm still worried about the DL room. They better hope a FCS or FBS bounceback commits this spring.

This is exactly my goal too. You are right. Injuries are definitely part of the game and we can't expect this to be the same team missing 2 starters.

Thanks. Well, we have a plethora of safeties as well. Of course a PWO is pretty risk free. I noticed TX St. picked up a transfer DL out of MI St. that I don't think we ever offered. We really needed that transfer out of Rice. Hopefully, someone, or a few someones, will show up soon.

The kid from Allen is a PWO and they are moving him to safety. But I agree with your concern about DL

The injuries are really hurting us. I think we win 2 of the games in this 4 of 5 stretch with a full roster.

we’re a less talented and experienced team in a waaaay better conference. this feels about right for who we are at the moment.

We just don’t have the depth. If any of our starters are out, it’s just so tough for this team. But, we’re playing tough regardless of who’s out there.

That call was trash and cost us 4 pts

If that’s a flagrant let’s just stop playing ball.

I think LB is a far better situation than DL and that is very scary...

we have floor mops!

Boy that OL competition is going to be stiff this year. I really like the mix of younger players and seniors. The measurables on the outsides are also better than in recent years for pass protection but there sure are a lot of unproven guys outside. Interior OL should continue to be a strength with the 4 experienced guys vying for three spots.

Very sad

Man, I’d feel a lot better if we had Jackson and Moore back. We’ve brought in two that are already on campus, right? Langley and Shipley. Expecting a true freshman to contribute is not crazy, but it’s a tough ask. Hoping we have plans to bring in at least one more for the 2 deep.

I guess they plan to get some 2-3 DT in the spring window?

I'm so proud of Zach! (My adopted player from 2011-13!) We all knew he was a monster on the field. Now the world knows he's a defensive mastermind!

7,239 for the Ponies is the largest since the 8,522 for the LaTech game in 2022. It's a great atmosphere for college basketball when we get a good crowd in the Pit.

Update #3: I will be requesting at least 5 more tickets tomorrow to get us to 30+. Section 113 behind the benches does not have seatbacks, only the other, non-TV side does. 113 will be plastic bleachers. I believe they will let us expand our group outside of the section if you don't want to spend $45 on a lower-level ticket. But beware: these seats are going for $70-100+ before fees on SeatGeek and StubHub. Group rates are $25 in the upper level sideline and $15 in the upper level baseline.

I am studying abroad in The Netherlands next semester so I'll likely be less active on this site. Your wish may be granted