TheColonyEagle

What if we go in there with one of our 3 star QBs, improved talent from the last few years of recruiting and another year in this very effective strength program?

Cortland Sutton disagrees

I don’t know...... I’ve read a lot of Rob’s posts over the years.... 🙂

Anyone not as lazy as me have any research on the last few years and teams that are heavy grad transfer? Do they win? It doesn’t really work with Jucos.....

I’m not gonna put words in Rob’s mouth....but I think what he’s saying (and I 100% agree) is there is NO excuse for Seth Littrell to get beat by SMU this season. We’re a better team. We have a better QB. I fully expect a 4th year head coach to out coach another G5 team in the 2nd year of basically a rebuild. He has 16 grad transfers for crying outloud. What does that tell you? Meanwhile we’ve evidently been improving our recruiting every year, have a system in place and have the best QB in the state of TX. My expectation is Seth Littrell will beat SMU. Anything less should be considered a severe disappointment from this coaching staff. But I’m not worried.

Good question. Why do they have so many available scholarships?

Arkansas State is going to pound them week 1

See I don't necessarily agree here.... While Cole Hedlund was fantastic....we kicked too many field goals. I don't want our kicker to be that important this year. If we get TDs instead of FGs...our leads will be bigger.

I don't put the collapses totally on our D. It's unfair to tell the defense "ok...go pitch a shut out in every second half" Our offense let us down in those games. We have to keep up the pace on offense. Lean on and trust our Sr Mason Fine and keep putting pressure on their Defense. Play calling has to keep them off balance. we were too predictable in the 2nd half with leads last year. If the D doesn't really know what we're going to do on 4th and 1...it's amazing how much easier it will be to run the ball in those situations.

https://www.underdogdynasty.com/2019/8/15/20731605/conference-usa-roundtable-predictions-for-the-2019-season-cusa-football-g5-mason-fine-seth-littrell Most likely Power 5 win for the conference... Cyrus Smith: Not a ton of options this year. I’ll go with North Texas over California. Cal’s offense is terrible but they do have a great defense. Strawberry Canyon isn’t exactly a hostile environment either. Jared Kalmus: UNT over Cal is the only one that’s truly feasible to me, but I’ll go with WKU over Arkansas for the sake of chaos. Eric Henry: I think it's pretty clear that North Texas over California is a safe bet. UNT pulled it off last year in decisive fashion on the road at Arkansas. This year, they're at Cal. While I think Justin Wilcox has the Golden Bears heading in the right direction, they're not equipped to deal with Mason Fine & company. Steve Helwick: North Texas over California is low-hanging fruit for this question. Cal’s defense is elite, but Mason Fine and North Texas’ offense will outshine that of the Golden Bears. The only other games that tempted me were UAB-Tennessee and FIU-Miami (FL). Joe Londergan: North Texas over California. Easy. BUT...I also really want to see FIU beat Miami for the kind of freak out that that would ensue from my Hurricane-invested colleagues.

Seems every day we get: ”Mason Fine connected on a perfect pass to....” ”Mason Fine hit long balls to.....” ”Mason Fine threaded the needle to.....” ”Mason Fine threw a couple of deep TD passes to....” Our man seems to be locked in and ready. Can’t wait for the season to start.

Driving back home today I’m listening to ESPNU on Sirius. Danny Kannel and Greg Mcleroy’s show. They were talking about best QBs and under the radar QBs. They went through all the P5 conferences then touched on a few G5’s. Mcleroy started the segment and said there’s one QB he would take out of the G5 over most P5 QBs with the exception of maybe 3. (Lawrence, Tua and Fromm) And that’s Mason Fine. Called him a freak. Talked about his accuracy and despite his height he thinks he’ll have a long NFL career. Also talked about Littrell’s offense not skipping a beat with Harrell gone. Kanell talked about the game he covered last year in Denton vs FAU and how Fine got hurt but came back and played. Talked about his toughness. Great segment. Mason Fine got some major love.

What is the deal with Old Dominion?

this offense has a chance to be scary.....

Yep!

The same insiders that said the deal was done? I still laugh at the “big donors” that said “oh yeah. It’s a done deal. Littrell is coming.” Personally....I don’t think Littrell was ever going to KState. I think he hired Sexton and Sexton showed him how to stay right here and get more money until a top job comes calling.

between him and Greg White....and it doesn't sound like anyone can guard Jaelon Darden.... I know we lost Guyton but with Bussey and this group, it's certainly looking like our WR corp could actually be stronger this year.

I agree...I thought we were headed toward an "a la carte" model.... Our house just needs sports, kids stuff, locals and HGTV for my wife. HBO/Showtime depending on the shows.... We don't really watch the rest of it.... I would like to go down a list and "click" the channels I want....

the frustrating thing is you can't get ALL the sports channels on one service....(or I haven't seen one yet) You get the ESPNs but no NFL Network or NFL Network but no ESPNs....then fox regional then FS1...etc. It seems like there would be a demand for a sports only streaming service.... All of them ESPNs, NFL Network, Golf Channel, Fox Regionals, BEIN, CBS/NBC Sports, etc. I would sign up.... We need 1 package that has every sports channel. I would get rid of the rest of them.....

he's a redshirt freshman this year. So he has 3 more years after this year (I believe) I don't believe there is an age limit?

@Brett Vito How did the backup QBs look? Austin Aune looking like the #2?