BillySee58

I agree. It is far enough. Still plenty of time to sort everything out before signing day.

Interesting. You would think mom would want him closer to home. Maybe Claude Mathis can talk to her about it and sell Coach Mac to her. Anyways, Moms are the second most important person to convince in recruiting and sometimes the most important. A running back from Florida named Alex Collins had his mom steal his letter of intent because she didn't want him to sign with Arkansas. Hopefully if your reports are true then Howard and his mom can get on the same page. For the sake of everyone involved.

Where have you heard that?

Nick Orr is listed as a soft verbal to TCU. http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Nick-Orr-131743 Also, as Cooley has stated, I would like to see us go after the cornerback from DeSoto, Howard Wilson. He's committed to La Tech but it'd be cool to see us flex our muscles and pluck one of their commits away.

They did. Both came into FBS last year. I don't know why they would be bowl eligible and UTSA wouldn't be this year. Maybe something to do with UTSA being a start up and having their first season just the year before last.

We're finding out what the big boys have known for years. You have to take care of your business and leave no room for the computers in the BCS to screw you.

We've got depth and will have plenty of star power back next year IMO. Don't know if we'll be as good as we are this year, but we'll be fine.

Seems like Tulsa has no idea what they're doing at the qb position.

Even though they're "up-and-coming" I feel like UTSA will have a drop off next year with Soza graduating

If FAU can't pull off this win then UTSA at home might be our best chance for Tulane to lose a game, besides when they play Rice.

Off topic, but for some perspective we are 4-0 at home this year in Apogee and 3 of those wins have come against teams that should be playing in bowls.

Oh, thanks! Forgot about Freddie! Big-time player who could be special if healthy. I agree about picking up a JUCO d-tackle. We usually give Dodge a hard time for burning Derek Thompson's redshirt, but man I sure wish Abbe could've redshirted while he was learning to play defensive tackle as a true freshman back in Dodge's last year. If only Abbe was a redshirt junior. We're really going to miss him, but at least he's given us a senior year to remember

With USM, UTEP, UTSA (without Soza), La Tech, and UAB in our division that should be 5 conference wins right there. Rice on the road could be pretty tough, but they're losing a lot too.

There's quite the demand for a game-breaking return man in the NFL. He's built stocky enough too, so won't get decleated by a kicker like a pure track guy like Trindon Holliday.

Right. Defense will probably regress at least a little. The thing is that there is a good chance it won't regress a huge amount. That's all we need. As far as offense, as long as that line is back we can do a lot on offense. DT has been a lot better, but he is still 12/11 touchdown to INT ratio and not much of a running threat. I wouldn't count out Berglund. The kid has been in Mac's doghouse this year but he still shows up everyday and works his butt off. Also hard to count out mini Mac and of course the coaches still like Dajon. Either way should be fun to watch our offense add that dimension of a running qb. Receiver may have a drop off, and so may special teams but I think our special teams are good as a result of coaching. Although having Brelan sure helps.

Redshirt Freshman Syd Moore and true freshman Shaq Jackson could crack the rotation. Jackson has looked pretty dang disruptive for DeSoto this year.

Davis is bigger and a better tackler/harder hitter. Not saying he'll translate perfectly, but he hits well enough and he's still just a true freshman.

I know it's a little early for this, but one of the things I took from the game last night is that our defense looked as deep as it has all year, especially on the line where we saw a steady rotation. There is a lot of concern about the void the current seniors will leave, but at least a on defense we will have a lot of experience, even if we lose 6/7 starters. Here's an early look at our starting defense for next year, or at least what it'll probably look like heading into spring. Defensive tackles: Austin Orr, Alex Lincoln - neither start but both had sacks last night and have looked pretty solid, despite being undersized Defensive ends: Darryl Mason, Chad Polk - Mason is a co-starter and Polk has been in the rotation all year Linebackers: Akunne, Wallace, Sed Ellis/Fred Scott - Ellis has been seeing the field a lot lately, not just in mop up duty and Scott has been good too. Wallace was good enough to not redshirt at Oregon, which I like. Our other successful BCS transfers (Trice and Pegram) saw the field as true freshman. Cornerbacks: Jones, Buyers - Jones has become a star and Buyers has been as consistent as it gets. Whitfield can make plays from the nickel. Safeties: Lee, Evans/Shilleci/Chad Davis - Lee stepping up as not just a playmaker but also a leader will be big. Evans has experience but Shilleci could make a push and I could see the coaches bumping Davis to safety for added competition. Guys like Orr and Abbe will be hard to replace, but we have a lot of guys getting experience and they could be capable of keeping this defense going strong. Especially with new guys coming in and potentially JUCO guys.

We would really keep that offense in check with Gurley and Marshall out. They've really sputtered without those two backs, who we contained well ourselves.

Second game in a row where we faked a handoff and Jimmerson leaked out of the backfield and caught a pass downfield for a touchdown. That play can take some time to develop, but the line gave DT all the time he needed then some. Really like how we can use our backs.

Lol, I didn't credit us with number 6 because it was on there because of the spectacular catch, not so much the James Jones tackle. Although it was pretty solid coverage, just an amazing catch.

Reminds me of the reaction by the Ball State fans after that game. I feel like both those teams/fans went into that game feeling like they were superior and after losing they felt like it was because they played a bad game. I am biased, but I really feel like we beat Rice and Ball State and made them play their "worst" game of the year because we are better than them. Always fun to frustrate opposing fans and beat them so bad that they think the sky is falling.

Lol that's a good thing! Likes are probably at an all time high on this website. Great day to be Green!

We had the #3 and #2 plays for the night. 3 was Chancellor's punt return and 2 was the twice batted pick that Trice ended up with.

They were good and we beat them. Game did prove to be a good barometer. Nice call