Matt from A700

Why the hell are we just letting the clock dwindle down???

Only to be offset by a holding penalty...

The offense needs to reward the defense already...

I wish we had more than 3 points, but what an opening stanza by the Mean Green defense. Now let's finish this drive with a TD.

What is up with the clock on the broadcast?

What a waste.

YESSSSSSS

I would much rather take last night's performance over a 57-31 score like Houston Baptist last year. I think the defense was much improved but I know most if not all of our remaining opponents won't fumble the ball away four times, and will finish all the scoring opportunities that Northwestern State let slip away. Don't remember seeing the defense get as many sacks or force as many turnovers as we did last night. Also happy the defense didn't let the Demons sneak in a buzzer-beater TD at the end. I was OK with not opening up the playbook much and forcing Ruder to make mistakes. The OL played great and let Torrey shine, allowed no sacks and really the only bad play that stands out was the hit that led to Ruder's first interception. Overall, I'm hopeful for a 2-4 record at least over the next six and that we will see a lot of green in Dallas next weekend as the crowd wasn't particularly amped up last night.

Audio and in-game presentation has been the biggest disappointment so far.

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I'm sure Thunder scouts will be in attendance as they will have 80,000 draft picks between now and 2029.

Looking forward to a much closer matchup than their only other meeting in 2010.

Ew

This was my freshman year. I remember keeping up with the team in 2013 when they made a bowl game for the first time in a decade and couldn't wait to get to campus, and even bought tickets to the UT game the week before and was convinced we'd shock the country. Unfortunately, as Cr1028 mentioned, we'd shock the country with our 15 passing yards. This was an awesome game to make up for it though. Sure wish we could have kept the momentum up against SMU the next season.

If we do go and it's on another graduation weekend, it will be a bigger disappointment.

$50??? Shit.

I just hope we can get at least one win with that lineup..

I have never heard of a preseason/nonconference tournament referred to as a Multi-Team Event before.

Also saw that Marshall's men's team made it to the Final Four.

Has the softball team ever made the NCAA tournament before?

Well that's some bullshit.

Well, the Mean Green finally got some screen time during draft night. Because the corner from SMU was drafted.

Thanks for reminding me this topic was originally about a new commit. I had honestly forgotten after reading the comments.

This was so bad ass, and amazing to see the article on the front page of ESPN.com the day it happened. Just wish there was a better capture of it than a dugout iPhone and the team actually stormed the field to celebrate.

I am very torn. I know the Pit would still be there for graduations and whatnot, but like the OP said, it doesn't sit with me well downgrading capacity by 30% for a school with 40k students. And I know we don't fill the current building, I know it looks even worse for women's games, I know live attendance is going down across most sports at both the collegiate and professional levels. I've never been a collegiate athlete, but if I could imagine putting myself in their shoes, I would think if the locker rooms and training facilities are above par, and there's a good fanbase, then the arena shouldn't matter as much. Especially considering all of the historic (in terms of memories and age) gyms that host your Dukes, and so forth. I'm not opposed to a new arena if the money's there -- although I do find it kind of funny making a fuss about having private suites to watch unpaid athletes -- but do fear it creating just another excuse for an on-campus student not to go to the game if they have to go across the highway. Of course for football, there's 10 fewer home games creating more urgency, every game's on the same day of the week, and there's tailgating. I know I say all this like they are turning dirt tomorrow morning, but I'd like to see some fuller houses at the Pit as the program continues its success before putting too much energy into a new building.