BillySee58

Some rumblings on twitter, players talking about praying for Freddie Warner. Hope whatever happened isn't too bad, but it doesn't sound good. Praying and hoping for the best for a guy who's been through a lot.

For now we are. A big season would help out here, obviously. He's another situation of a guy who big schools (like ok st) are slow playing and would probably offer near signing day if they didn't get their top targets.

Picked up an offer from New Mexico. For what it's worth.

What recent performance? The scrimmage and mock game? I hope those reports are true, but it's beyond ridiculous if they are as to why BB isn't more in the mix.

Yeah, Dodge's problem was quantity, not quality. He left Mac with 10 high school kids from the 2010 class and 7 from the 2009 class. That's 17 high school kids from two classes. Most high school classes have 20 or more high school kids from every class.

Then those reports just can't be true. Those stats that said BB was 7-8 in the second scrimmage and DT was something like 7-15. If BB is still 4th after performing like that then they're just set on not playing the dude.

You're right. The kid wants this though.

Also, I wonder what gives with Berglund? According to withers and our other potential insider he has not just improved, but has actually lit up our defense in the second scrimmage and mock game. If that info by those two guys was anywhere near true then BB could be the other qb Mccarney might play in the Idaho game. Vito doesn't seem to be getting that vibe from Mccarney or something.

Crazy stuff. Well Connor, show them that you're ready to play. Kid is as strong a player as we've got in the weightroom and has the potential to be a powerful run-blocking right tackle and his pass pro has improved as well.

I hope that's the case. I think our offense could really benefit from having other qbs under center, especially if DT is just going to hand the ball of. As for Williams, I would be surprised if he doesn't redshirt, despite what coach Mac has said. Also, if what our potential insiders have said is true about the second scrimmage and the mock game, Williams isn't ready yet and Berglund would give us the true dual threat at qb as far as putting in a qb to primarily run the ball and run the read option.

Just out of curiosity, why do people think he won't play the whole game? He played almost the whole game in every game last year, except for the last drive in the TSU and LSU games. Or do you guys think Mac will give another qb some drives to run the offense?

I know this is a weak defense with little evidence, but Mac seems like he starts the returning guy no matter what. Maybe he mixes in other people, but as far as who starts the game it is pretty easy to predict

Just to put the Texas Southern performance in perspective: - Texas Southern was 2-9 last year in FCS. We were the only FBS team they played, so 2-8 against FCS opponents. - In 7 of Texas Southern's other 10 games the opposing team threw for a higher percentage than DT did against them (11-24 for 46%) - In 9 of Texas Southern's other 10 games the opposing team threw for more yards than DT did against them. In other words, the game against us was the second least passing yards they allowed in a game all season. Basically, DT had almost the worst performance that an FCS opponent faced all year, playing a schedule of otherwise only FCS teams. This Idaho game is this year's equivalent to the Texas Southern game IMO. It's a weak non-conference team that we are bringing in to win and win handily. This game is supposed to be a confidence builder for our team, especially DT.

If he can't pick apart this secondary then we could be in for a long season. He should be replaced if he has a bad game here. That is, if we want any chance at a bowl game or at least 6 wins this year

DT averaged 220 yards a game last year and we're playing a team with a bad secondary who will load the box and force him to throw. Everyone picking the under makes me feel like we have very low expectations from our qb. This is a game where DT should have a field day.

If that is anywhere near true then Berglund needs to be our backup and DT needs to be on a short leash.

I know most of us are more concerned about how much we run on first down, how much we open up the offense, and how well we do in the redzone, but here's a more basic prediction. We're going against a weak secondary with one starter returning and another with some experience and they've got a receiver mixing in with the secondary. Not to mention they'll stack the box and dare us to throw. So what do you guys think? Over/under for Thompson: 230 passing yards, 2.5 passing touchdowns

If that's the kind of game it's going to be then we lose over half our student fans at halftime. That kind of score would also more than likely feature some less than stellar passing on our part.

Drats! You got me!

It's not with anything else, just the names of our own players. I'd be kind of irked if I was in my fifth year on a team and half my own fan base spells my name wrong still. It's honestly more out of respect for DT.

I think we see the same stuff as last year, but we'll try to throw more. We have the personnel at receiver to spread a team out, especially Idaho. I still think we'll run a lot on first down. DT will have time to through and receivers who can get open. He has to convert now.

Can we all agree to start spelling his name right? I mean, he's in his fifth year on the team. And I know some on here will call me out for being nitpicky or whatever, but seriously. His name is spelled Derek and I'm sure that's how he wants to see his fans spell it.

Get it done DT. Weak secondary with just one returning starter. Shred them apart

27-20 good guys. I wish I could say we win by more, but I'm not sure how well we'll be able to maintain drives and, more importantly, get in the endzone once we reach the redzone. We were only able to score 4 touchdowns at home against Texas Southern last year. If our offense hasn't improved then I think we score 3 tds this game. Hopefully we'll see some notable improvement.

I just started a thread about recruiting in the southeast (Memphis) with us being in CUSA, here's a guy from a city just north of Atlanta who claims a UNT offer. Rivals profile: http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-A'lencio-Graham-149262 Highlights: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/o/807255/alencio-graham Also claims a Boise St and WKU offer. Highlights remind me of Darvin Kidsy's junior highlights.