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Chomp----
you make a good point BUT fail to address:
1. Would not firing DD after 4 SBC Championships look stupid amongst ALL college level programs including D-3 schools????????
Exactly. This is the reason why it wont happen. This is the reason we can lay all of this calling for Dickey's head on a silver platter business to rest... quite simply, it aint gonna happen. It look RIDICULOUS
there are huge differences in programs like Nebraska and Florida when compared to NT, people. First of all, those programs have a tradition of winning at the HIGHEST LEVEL! Secondly, they have a ridiculously large fan base.
I dont think its fair to compare them to our current situation.
If you want to compare programs, take a look at South Florida. Thats the one that ought to have us scratching our heads.
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By us "capitalizing on their weakness" you are implying that we may manage to maneuver our way into field goal range right? Surely you can't be suggesting that we have a chance in hell of competing with LSU?
Well their secondary looked soft in the second half. We cant throw.
Their D-line looks killer. We cant run.
So no, I dont think we could capitalize on it, and no, I dont think we have a legitimate consideration for even being in that game for more than a quarter. Maybe not even that... just analyzing the strengths/weaknesses of a future opponent
Just trying to steer away from the inevitable dog-piling on NT and how much we suck, etc,etc...
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it ain't even that close????
you counted your chickens way before hatching...
yes, yes, I know...see above post
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as soon as i type that, I am doomed to eat my words. What a tale of two halves...
LSU's over-agressive defense and soft secondary got eaten alive by the short passing game.
The good news is, LSU is not invinceable. That bad news is, I fear we cant capitalize on their weakness.
That was a great game tho!
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yeah, and it aint even that close...
you think our offensive line is having problems now? the way LSU's defense is playing, they will be spending as much time in the backfield taking hand offs as our running backs
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ABSURD
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There's a lot of season left to play, and history bears out a slow start and a decent finish. Until that changes, I'm going to hope for the best.
I agree.
but at some point, dont you get fed up with losing the first 4 games of the season and winning the last 7? When is it OK to expect more than winning the worst (and make no mistake about it, we are the WORST) conference in the nation and expect to compete on a higher level? I agree with the topic of this thread... we would have had our hands FULL with SHSU or Texas State. That is unacceptable to me. And its not like we are improving... we are losing by larger and larger margins.
Im going to wait it out this season, i will chalk it up to rebuilding. And my commitment to NT does not waver with Ls and Ws, but at some point, you get frustrated with getting beat THIS BAD.
I hope this is a case of a new team getting used to playing together more than a glimpse of what is to come.
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on the bright side, we improved by 5 points.
At this rate of improvement, we will score 27 points against LSU. Of course it really wont matter if the defense gives up 54 points a game.
We have been outscored 115-23 in our first three games. I bet the guy who wrote/authorized the article at USA Today is really catching hell right now. The nations leading rushers combined for a mind boggling 88 yards...
Bottom 10 here we come. Rock bottom, we'll see you in a few more weeks.
On the flip side, im still gonna go to as many games as I can because I love NT football, and its a blast!
Oh and thank GOD we dont have to play SHSU or Texas State..
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I think we too are staying behind on the NW side here in Houston. Looks like its going to move east of Houston closer to Louisiana. Helped my parents board up their house today, so we'll see! Doesnt look like it will be easy to get out of the city anyways... my sister left for Austin this morning at 1am... well its 3pm right now and they arent even there yet... not even close! Going on 14 hours...
Prayers with everyone else who is/will be affected by this storm!
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no, its not. We've been through this before. Recently in fact.
Is this the part where we talk about how we want all the Texas teams to fail so that we can get all their recruits? whatever....
I will always pull for the Texas team in a football game... its a pride in my state. And I will root for NT against each of those teams should they play. We shouldnt need other teams to be "that" bad for us to be "that "good. If we build a quality program, the recruits will come... there is hardly a shortage of talent in this state alone, much less the nation (this is not to say we do not have talented players, so please lets dont take this down that road). The problem is getting them to come here. We are a different school than SMU than TCU than Baylor than Texas, etc... Texas A&M and UT could go 2-10 and still out recruit us
Build a presence in Houston. That would be one of the best things NT could do for any of their athletic programs...
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yeah thank goodness my degree isnt from there, id NEVER find a job
and now their football team sucks? when it rains it pours...
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Lots of SBC teams though.
And rightly so, IMO... we have been AWFUL as a conference thus far!
Amazed we arent on the waiting list.. and where is Arkansas?
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We desperately need balance!
Maybe the "effective offense" fairy will visit the team before Saturday...
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personally i find this loss to be far worse than any we have had in the modern era of NT football. It sickens me. But whats the point of beating a dead horse? Time to get back up and get going, we've got a game this weekend.
You would think DD would want his boys ready for the show down with his former school. You would think if there was an OOC game he would want to be well-prepared for, this is the one. Of course, I have found myself saying "you would think.." about alot of things at NT. But I guess once again I'll reserve judgement til I see the score Saturday. Who knows, maybe we will be suprised, I mean at this point, my expectations are fairly low, so anything above 'nothing' is bonus in OOC play.
Lets get the young guys reps, put up some points, and find a QB.
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I agree completely. That’s one reason I was so disappointed about the game. The crowd was great. Flags where flying all over the parking lot. Smoke coming up everywhere. Music playing. It was just awesome. New turf looks great. Everything was perfect. Hopefully everyone had a great time and will be back. The whole day needs to be an event. Not just the 4 quarters of the game.
Couldnt agree more with everyone... it was one of the best gameday atmospheres I have ever experienced at NT... alot of people I talked to said the same thing. Truly was a blast, well, until the game began.
I really hope attendance wont take a huge dive after this game, though I feel it inevitably will. Best way to get fans in the seats is to win games. And we have a chance to do that again next weekend. Unfortunately, this was the one game I thought we would win OOC.
Attendance for the Troy game will have alot to do with how well the University promotes this game. And after this set back, its an even larger uphill battle. This loss is a big blow to morale. Usually our blow outs are away.
Also I have one ticket in the D section I will be unable to use for the Troy game (as I now live in Houston), so if anyone needs one, please send me a message.
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I'm not trying to dump anything on the officials, I just found it curious that these weren't Sun Belt officials. True Fouts isn't the best stadium around, but I would wager a bet that it is better than Tulsa's dump.
I believe the visiting team's conference refs officiate non conference matchups.. ive seen it a couple times this year
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looks great in person too! had fun drinking some beers with you guys this weekend!
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2. Slimmer people....was not Louisiana one of the "fatest states in a recent poll?"
actually houston was # 1 (and I believe it), dallas # 6, san antonio was # 10, el paso at # 11, and ft worth at #14 among the fattest sities in the US. New Orleans was number 7 and the only Louisiana city on the top 25 list, so i wouldnt throw stones...
Although this has little to do with the actual topic...
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too many words in your response...tired head at work
but to anything you say, whether I agree or not, my response is "Figures, he lives in L.A."
hope alls well in LA-LA land! Are you coming in for Homecoming?
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Not sure if its been posted but...
NEW ORLEANS -- The New Orleans Bowl may have a bit more Cajun flavor this year.
With the Superdome awaiting massive repairs and New Orleans projected to be cleaning up from Hurricane Katrina for months, the December bowl may move to Lafayette, La., said executive director Billy Ferrante of the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation.
"We have had some very preliminary talks with the folks at Louisiana-Lafayette and our first choice is to keep the game in Louisiana," he said. "Hopefully we will have a decision wrapped up in a couple of weeks."
The five-year old bowl game matches the champion of the New Orleans-based Sun Belt Conference with a team from Conference USA. Louisiana-Lafayette is a Sun Belt member. This year's game is scheduled for Dec. 20.
Sun Belt commissioner Wright Waters said his office and C-USA had been prepared to take over operating the game this year if the Sports Foundation proved unable to but applauded Ferrante's decision.
"That's what's best for everyone," Waters said. "It's good to know that the Sports Foundation is up and running. We're very interested in hearing their plan, but we'll do whatever we can to make this work."
And if the game had to be moved, Lafayette seemed like a good choice to Waters.
"First off, it's one of our conference members," he said. "And beyond that, Lafayette is a city with plenty of amenities to entertain the teams and fans."
What happens to the bowl beyond this year depends on the restoration of the Superdome, which is expected to take at least a year if it's done at all.
"This is the Sports Foundation's signature event," he said. "And we want to be part of the rebuilding of New Orleans. It may mean we have to relocate some of our other events around the state in the coming year, but we're going to stick around."
Waters has relocated the Sun Belt offices to Tuscaloosa, Ala., along with some of the other conference staff members. He intends to inspect the conference offices in the Pan-American Life Building next week but is uncertain when the league might move back to New Orleans.
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Don't worry the frogs will shoot themselves in the foot plenty of times...
Ha, Id say losing to SMU qualifies...
I saw that rub too. I don't know if the tv people talked about it, because I turned the channel in digust. Amazing home baked officiating and clock operating. AMAZING.Yes, Herbie was commenting on it and he had a legitimate point. At first I thought maybe it was just some vendetta againt Texas teams after his beloved Buckeyes got beat, but after seeing the play again, UTAH got robbed. Not the play Id want to decide a game
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flying up from H-town, cause it was cheaper than driving
Gonna drag as many apathetic Dallasites to the game as I can! Should be good for at least 3
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In that case, we should institute a play called the "Meager Blaster."
THIS JUST IN.....
in Mean Green Football
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I said this to a longhorn fan as I watched them beat OSU at the Fox Sports Bar in Houston, (somewhat along the lines of what Rick said, I see)... Its easy to root for UT. Its easy to root for the top 10 team, for the elite programs-- the let downs are few and the wins are expected. Hell, its fun to be a winner.
But to play the underdog and pull the big upset and witness it first hand, now thats one of the best feelings in the world of college sports. To come from div 1AA and dominate ANY conference in 1A the way we have is special.
Losing sucks however, and I would rather not do it.
Its time to take this thing to the next level. Im not ready to give in just yet. That upset may come along any day now and turn this ship further up the river towards where we want to be.
Lets see what the next few games have in store... all the DD bashing without any call for any solution is mind numbing!