[Sports Illustrated still sucks]

Response to my tweet

 

[Week 2 Unis]

Love these

[Official Incarnate Word Game Score Prediction Thread]

Abstain 

[Shhhhhh! Don't Tell Fort Worth!]

7 hours ago, FirefightnRick said:

The Waco Tribune wasnt too chicken$hit to print it up.

Rick

But too lazy to edit the title

[Incarnate Word - A Chance to Start 2-0 (finally)]

I hate you Ohio Bobcats.

[Clock Management (end of 1st half)]

Yep, should have called the TO.

[Seth Littrell's week 2 press conference]

4 hours ago, Caw Caw said:

I was also coming to comment that Seth seemed extra tired of his ish today lol.

it is amusing

[Running backs]

Re-watching the first half of the SMU game (and adding to that the KO return), I am leaning toward Torrey as a strong contender to get more carries.  He showed a great ability to take a hit and keep his balance.  Both his return and longest run featured a defender hitting him and he was able to maintain his balance and keep moving forward. 

[19' CB Offer: Dorian Morris; Mesquite Poteet - 3-Star .8265]

 

 

 

[Seth Littrell Rumors Mega Thread]

Can we make a rule that all "Seth is leaving" posts MUST be made in this thread and starting a new thread on the subject will result in a one-week suspension?

Pretty please?

[It may be time to look into expanding Apogee]

Where is that cart before the horse graphic...

[University of Incarnate Word Preview]

I hope we execute well early and get a substantial lead.  I would be happy if FIne has low numbers and did not play the second half.  I think this will a run-heavy game for us. 

[Mason Fine named C-USA Offensive Player of the Week!]

23 minutes ago, blurbeard said:

Great for Mason on receiving offensive player of the week but how in the world did our kicker Cole Hedlund not receive special teams player of the week! He went four for four with a long of 51 and scored a total of 15 pts in the game. Hedlund is now second in the nation in field goals.

Special teams player of the week went to a punt returner from S. Miss who returned a kick off for a touchdown against Jackson St.  S. Miss won the game 51-7.

I looked that game up.  My theory is that he had an amazing game at WR and also on Special Teams, but there was no way he could win the offense award, so they gave him the ST award.

[UTSA-ASU]

31 minutes ago, Prettylittleeagle said:

I do believe that the screenshot below sums up my thoughts on this matter.

 

Guilty.

[DRC: The Monday edition of What We Learned]

11 minutes ago, Green Crazy said:

Has anyone heard why Murray was starting over woodworth or why woodworth started over Preston? 

Hopefully gets asked at the weekly press conference or coach's show.

[Official SMU Game Score Prediction Thread]

10 minutes ago, KingDL1 said:

SO you are saying we will win more than 9 this year?

I don't make predictions.

[Official SMU Game Score Prediction Thread]

On 8/28/2018 at 10:01 PM, 97and03 said:

I don’t think I made any predictions last year and NT won 9.  So I think I will refrain again. 

Since @Harry is handing out kudos...

[Brandon Garner with Dragon Ball Z-inspired celebration (VID)]

['20 WR/CB Myles Price (The Colony)]

 

 

[“Everything that could go wrong went wrong”]

Seems our student newspaper has better sports writers - it’s Kemon Hall and Nate Brooks, not a fusion of the two names.

[51 Yard Field Goal]

Box score showed Zach Williams doing kick offs

[Punt Returner]

I was surprised since the punt return game took off once Darden took over last year. 

[Running backs]

I think we can all agree the running game was...well, in a word, bad. We had only two runs over 10 yards, and one of those was by Shanbour (the other was Smith, 17 yards). Only 68 net yards, 87 if you exclude the sack yardage.  That simply will not do in more competitive games.  I think we can also agree that most of the struggles were likely more on the line than the backs, who are fairly talented.

I was very surprised to see Easly get the start and so many carries. I am curious of everyone's thoughts on that. Is he the best back we have? Best pass blocker? 

I also noticed that they had Evan Johnson out there on 3rd down. Seemed like a pretty good role for him and he caught three passes. 

Torrey obviously has some skills based upon his KO return - and good speed as well apparently. 

Smith still might be the best of the bunch.

 

So what are everyone's thoughts on the running backs?  Who should start and/or get the lion's share of carries?  Do we need more screens or swing passes in the game plan if we can't run effectively?

[Okay, football geniuses........]

Normal sized Butkus?

[How About That Defense!]

7 minutes ago, Venson said:

I was very critical of Ref based on the defensive performance last season. I must say that the defense won this game last night and I am impressed. Honestly our offense only scored 1 TD in the first half and that was kind of a gimme on a targeting call that could have gone either way. Not taking anything away from the offense, they played well, but in my mind, defense won this game. This defense is much improved.

Agreed. The Defense really came out firing on all cylinders last night and carried the team for much of the first half. 

At first I was bothered that the 2nd team gave up the points, but they gained valuable experience and so it is worth it, especially since it was against SMUt's starters.