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Excellent!! That's the kind of confidence I like to see. I certainly hope we can get our running game going. ASU had two back with 100+ yards so we should definitely be able to equal that.

Let's see...Baylor is building a new practice gym for the basketball teams. That price tag is $7.9M: Basketball Practice Facility Approved By Regents State-of-the-art facility to be in place for 2006-2007 season. Sept. 9, 2005 WACO, Texas - Baylor University's Board of Regents today approved plans for a basketball practice facility for the men's and women's basketball programs. Ground-breaking is expected to begin October 1 on the new $7.9 million state-of-the-art facility. The building, which totals nearly 43,000 square feet, will be an addition to the Ferrell Center which has been home to Baylor basketball since 1988. "I am grateful to the Board of Regents and our generous donors for making this project a reality," director of athletics Ian McCaw said. "The basketball practice facility will be one of the finest in the nation and will be consistent with the status that our basketball programs have and will reach. This advances one of our highest priorities within the Victory With Integrity Campaign, however, we have much yet to accomplish." The project is expected to be completed by August in time for the 2006-2007 season and will be a boost for both the men's and women's basketball programs. The new facility will alleviate scheduling conflicts that currently remove the teams from training on the lone existing court during various campus events hosted at the Ferrell Center. "I know our basketball staff is extremely excited about the addition of a new practice facility," men's coach Scott Drew said. "We know it will make a difference in recruiting and player development. And we thank all the Baylor faithful for once again stepping up to help us reach our goals in the endeavor. Being part of the Baylor family is truly special." Included in plans for the facility are two full-size practice courts, a 6,600-square foot full-service strength and conditioning center, office suites for the coaching staffs, an entry plaza, a VIP suite and a display corridor. "I am excited and grateful that the basketball practice facility has been given approval by the Board of Regents," women's coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson said. "It is a facility that is much needed. With a basketball specific facility, we will never be displaced by other events. The new building will help us not only in our daily preparations but will be a tremendous asset in our recruiting of top-caliber student-athletes."

Well, that's just the number I have in mind. Would you expect us to beat a D-II school by less than 10 points? I view FIU as only a few steps higher than a D-II school.

Head coach Don Strock...as in the former Miami Dolphins (mostly back-up) QB?? Somehow, I must have missed that little fact.

Those were my exact same thoughts when reading his quotes. He's not exactly beaming with confidence is he?? I'm also curious about our game plan...did we prepare to play against "Florida schools" who, by the way, "have a lot of speed" or did we prepare to play specifically against Florida International University???

At the beginning of this season, I never would have dreamed the outcome of this week's game would be in question. If we win this game by anything fewer than 10 points, then I'm going to be really disappointed. We simply HAVE to win this game or this program will suffer it's biggest set-back in five years.

I have to dismiss the entire article after reading that comment. Has this writer actually watched any of our games or is he basing everything entirely off of the statistics? Our defense has done plenty to stop big drives. How about the 99-yard interception for a touchdown against MUTS and the 1st quarter interception in our own endzone last week against Troy??

I don't know that Kentucky has a whole lot of respect to risk losing...not for their football program anyway. As for Leach; what would he stand to gain by going to Kentucky??

Not to mention that Florida routinely has 3 D1 schools ranked in the Top 10 at any given time. Texas generally only has one. Add in the other Florida distractions like the beach and weekend trips to the Bahamas and I imagine their attendance challenges are every bit as difficult as ours. I know we don't have recruits lining up and down I-35 to play football at UNT, but I think someone is trying to make his job sound more difficult than it is. As a coach, sure...the grass is definitely greener in Miami, but I'm not buying this crap about how it's easier to start from scratch and succeed at FIU than it is at UNT. I hope this is not a pre-game excuse to why we lost to FIU.

I'm just curious who made the comments that are quoted at the end of the Eagles Report: Strategy and Personnel section: It appears to be Dickey and, if that's the case, is he saying that it's MUCH easier to succeed at FIU???

The youngest of Fritz's five sons was Chris and he was 5'5", 160 at age 21. I'm no Von Erich historian but I found a very informative website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Adkisson Kevin is listed at 6'2", so maybe Ross is still growing, but he's currently listed on Ryan's roster at 5'9": http://old.dentonisd.org/rhs/ath/football/rosters.html Their family has endured much more than their fair share of hard times so I wish nothing but the best for Kevin and Ross.

Zach Thomas is a middle linebacker, not a defensive end.

WOW!!!....reading that article sort of feels like I'm talking to myself. Medpilot...I don't think anyone is necessarily ready to "pull the plug" on Meager but we've given him 4 games to show what he's capable of doing...now we want to see what Phillips' abilities are. I'll be the first one to give Meager his dues if he starts performing the way everyone keeps saying he can. But, in the meantime, the season is wasting away and the entire offense looks like dog doo doo because we don't have a serious passing threat. I've watched last week's game four times now and each time I cringe whenever Meager misses the wide open Brandon Jackson screen pass that was mentioned in this article. That was a FIVE-YARD pass that could have gained at least 20 yards and put us well within Trojan territory. The very next series is when our defense had Troy in a 4th and 41 situation before the big muff. That set the tone of the game, even though we were given several other opportunites by Troy. All I keep hearing is how many passes Meager has had dropped but I guarantee that for every dropped pass he's had, he's thrown twice as many horrible passes. And the thing that really gets me is that it seems the shorter the pass is, the more inaccurate it is.

At 5'9" and 180 pounds, he's a little undersized to play DE in college...even for North Texas.

Getting into the Halloween spirit....our bus is one of those yellow school buses and I'm having visions of "A Nightmare on Elm Street: Part ??" where Freddie Krueger was behind the wheel and the bus went flying off of a cliff.

61 votes in and nearly half want to see Phillips in some capacity this week. If you factor in those who said Phillips should only play if Meager is not performing well (which IMHO he hasn't all season) then that number is well over 50%. Considering this week's opponent, this is probably the most ideal opportunity of the season for Phillips to see extended PT. I sure hope someone from DD's staff is taking notes and give the alumni/fan base what they want to see. At the very least, I hope they consider taking the reigns off of Meager and let him utilize some of his athletic ability I've been hearing so much about.

This says something about our program. What exactly?? I have no idea. But if I'm a high school recruit and I'm told not to tell anyone that UNT is recruiting me, I'll probably do just the opposite.

Couldn't have recapped it better myself.

Well, that's great news!! Is this state-wide recruit also from the area...thus being the same person?? Or are we talking about two different individuals?? And why would he not list UNT as a possibility?? Did the UNT coaches make him swear to secrecy out of fear some other school would come along and sway him to their university??

Well, I don't know if all TEN (I mis-counted on my previous post) of those guys were considering Tulsa prior to getting our ass kicked by them or not...so yes, I was really wondering if any of those kids were swayed toward TU because they handed us our collective asses on a platter. For just once, it would be nice to open up the Sports page and see one or two of the area top 100 (it could even be 99 and 100) considering UNT. I mean, seriously...what are teams like Arkansas State, SFA, NMSU and LaTech doing that we're not?? I know Duke and Indiana play in better conferences than the SBC but shouldn't we be able to recruit players considering those schools?? Duke has 4 prospects interested in them and Indiana has 2. Two years ago you hardly saw anyone considering UTEP. Now, after one winning season, they've managed to change conferences and have 12 recruits considering them. We're not even in the same recruiting category as SMU either...there are 14 (Area Top 100) players that list SMU as a possibility...and I'm sure that number will increase after their come-from-behind victory over UAB. What exactly is our recruiting strategy?? Wait until after signing day and try to get best of what's left??

...it's about the only ratings source that includes UNT. Sorry if the formatting is confusing, but I only pasted what I felt was the most important info from spreadsheet. The Sagarin ratings have been around since 1985 and I think he must still be using that same 1985 computer!! ELO-CHESS and PREDICTOR ratings are also included. 12 SUN BELT (A) = 58.77 58.66 ( 12) TEAMS= 8 College Football 2005 thru Saturday, October 8, 2005 SAGARIN RATING |W - L | ELO-CHESS | PREDICTOR # 110 Arkansas State | 2 - 3 | 60.54 #114 | 62.91 #109 #114 Troy |2 - 3 | 67.43 #79 | 54.74 #145 #117 Middle Tennessee |1 - 3 | 63.00 #98 | 58.16 #128 #124 Louisiana-Monroe |2 - 4 | 63.06 #97 | 54.27 #147 #125 Florida Atlantic |1 - 5 | 59.88 #119| 57.42 #132 #142 Louisiana-Lafayette |1 - 4 | 56.83 #129| 53.41 #150 #147 North Texas |1 - 3 | 62.69 #103| 45.87 #188 #151 Fla. International |1 - 3 | 58.21 #123| 49.73 #173 ____________________________________________________________________

Colorado is ranked #24 in this week's AP and USA Today polls.

Wouldn't it be ironic if SMU makes it to the New Orleans Bowl this year, but we don't??

While we're on the subject of recruiting, I noticed in today's DMN that 8 of the area's top 100 have either committed or indicated interest in attending Tulsa. Makes me wonder if our Tulsa game helped them out more than us. I also noticed two recruits listed Arkansas State as possibilities. As usual, no one listed UNT.

I understand what you are saying here but that move was all about life after college football. Mack had to play Simms to get him exposure for NFL scouts, even though he wasn't the most talented QB on the team. I don't understand all this crap about our coaching philosophy either. Although I can't remember one making positive yards, Bomar is even allowed to call audilbles. If Meager was truly told not to run and the reason is because coaches are fearful he'll get hurt, then what the hell is doing back there anyway?? This is college football. College QBs run the ball. From everything I've read the last few days, it sounds like Meager's head is so full of the crap he is not allowed to do that he can't relax and utilize his natural talent and intuition. Instead of insisting he NOT run the ball, maybe they should work on ways to help him avoid a big hit??