JesseMartin

Yeah even though I like seeing us with UAB and Houston, the obvious offseason changes for both teams (seniors, HC loss, etc) make me wonder if they were also looking to hype some matchup games among teams that were hot-or-not this year.

We're having one in Phoenix too. 2401 w union hills for anyone in town.

Yeah but we have like 800 receivers....😛

That's the West. You're excluding the entire other half of the conference.

If it is every Saturday I need to check it out next time I go....

Toso's Sports Bar 2401 W Union Hills in Phoenix... https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156695622718418&id=619338417

Just curious...with Mason limping and people questioning it...was there a chance he was hurt coming into the LaTech game and we put him in because it was one of the bigger conference games? If he is hurting but not truly injured he can still play if vetted, yes?

I noticed the likely win percentage during the game. Even when we were losing, we were often favored statistically. We have an amazing team. They just need to be ready to overcome tough calls and big plays and such...you know, be ready to win regardless.

The way the game played out, yeah. I think honestly...our guys were high on how well they performed OOC and weren't ready to perform the same way in a close game. I was worried about 3 more on the schedule and this was possibly the biggest one. Hopefully the Dogs taught our guys the lesson they needed. Every game is huge but there were only 3 conference games I was worried about and hopefully the first one sucking gave the necessary development. Southern Miss and FAU will be coming hard for us just like you did. I think the ass stomping of the first 4 games may have done our guys a disservice against LaTech.

I am almost echoing you echoing me...but so many people (and not just North Texans) have said for decades that we could be HUGE in football and have been a wasted enterprise. Yeah, we had moves in the early years and then brief jumps with Fry and Greene....but nothing long term. If Seth is the guy who takes this potential and runs with it...why leave for anything other than a top 5/10-ish program if he makes a legacy and gets PAID for his effort and his family is happy and stable?

Yes and see below. Very good point...shit. I keep forgetting they are the "cusp" conference and not the low end of the big boys, plus how the New Year's Bowls realigned. I don't have time to keep up anymore. But even if we both fall short of the NY6 it would be a cool matchup.

Ok keeping it clean...OP means original poster. He thinks that my belief that the calls should be made in the legal way that guarantees the safety of the players is invalid, since the desired result of the game is intact. He also believes that my views of what is important about athletics are invalid, and he therefore picks topics and replies to attempt to ridicule me, even though his own friends have agreed that he does it just to be a jerk. Is that clean enough a response? If not, I will try to provide a diagram that includes rainbows and unicorns the next time this person who has "blocked" me wants to create drama. Oh...wait...it's my fault if I respond to it, according to him. So can we all agree that he should either produce some unicorns or stop being a jerk...or both?

The room full of retirees watching the game with me probably would have agreed. But even with the officials overlooking so many things...we still nailed it. Nice when your guys have to fight the other team AND the officials and still come out ahead. I think a lot of people were willing to overlook bad calls just because we were able to keep WINNING. But that doesn't make it any less dangerous to make bad calls!

Of course. That's what we would all love to see. But based on the existing system, it's unlikely that either of us will sniff a chance at taking on the top 4. So when it comes down to bowls it's not about taking down a low end P5. It's about rankings. Remember the Boise vs. Louisville Motor City Bowl game? Make it epic and ride it into the next season. Why would we want a game against an unranked p5 if we could have a killer ranked game? Just keep winning and get the best bowl. That's the focus until deciding on which bowl to take.

If a P5 is in a down season...they would have to be lower rung to offer at this point (a la Western Michigan to Minnesota) and we are paying well enough to provide a more solid future. And Seth will need to turn us into a Boise State level program before a P5 with better funds and a real future offers. We are actually paying well now. Of course if he gets offered OU in the next couple of years he is outta here. Maybe Tech or another up and down P5 but honestly I don't see him leaving for anything other than an elite program if he keeps elevating the program and getting paid accordingly.

haha well thanks...I think! I pop in occasionally. I'm actually a professional comedian now (but poorly paid so I still have other jobs including my art), so my nights are usually full and I don't get online much anymore. Still not sure which acquaintance you are haha. But I do love the weird bunnies you always have as your pics.

With what he is getting paid...and the potential of more...there is no reason he would leave unless he got offered the HC job at one of the bigs he came from, like OU. Keep paying him for kicking ass and let him create a legacy and he will stay. We are finally paying well and he knows it.

Dude...I was wondering where the helmet hit Mason's knee and whether he would be Fine (haha). It isn't about the win...it's about the risk of injury to players. Plenty of players have taken somebody out for a season as "revenge" for getting their asses kicked.

I totally get you because it used to be about what could have happened. But we still won...that doesn't change the fact that they were allowing some crazy shit. That's a dangerous line to tread as an official, especially since it legalizes illegal hits.

I was getting a tire repaired in a retirement community and literally every guy there was loving it. So glad they had the right channel and let us watch. We may have gotten some new AZ fans.

Holding call to bring back our td when the opponent was guilty, if anyone. Contact after a call for a fair catch. And of course targeting Mason's knee on a late hit out of bounds. I hope he is okay after that. The team would have been having to beat the refs as well as our opponent if it wasn't such a one sided game. I'm glad the announcers called it out when these happened as well, but those are some pretty major events to all happen in one half for an officiating staff to screw up without anyone doing anything. They really do seem to have it on their minds that the P5 team should be above us.

The last time we were 3-0 was 1989...but we were 1-aa at the time, right? And if I'm correct...when (if ever) have we been 3-0 as 1A?

SMU doesn't travel for shit, even 20 miles away. LaTech travels better and has a better fanbase even though they are further away. Plus they are cool fans. That's a much better opponent fan section in every way.

Kinda irrelevant and also a far off issue. But UNT and UCF in a NY6 game would be a fun matchup if we both pulled off what is necessary.

I was getting my tire fixed and got all the other customers into it with things like, "how did he escape that tackle?!"