GMG_Dallas

You know, the whole DC and QB talk is funny to me because it reminds me of the same discussions that were had when Aune was here. If we could just have some long, time crunching scoring drives, it would do wonders. In other words, the best thing we can do is keep our defense off the field. Scoring is great. Scoring fast is scary because it gives the other team the ball back.

Morris won the starting TCU job in 2022 only to miss the season due to injury. Rogers bounced around between FBS and JUCO before finally earning the starting QB position at ULM. I just viewed him as a bit raw when he came here. Many on the board were even more skeptical than I was but yes, we were fortunate to land him for coach Morris' first season here. It showed many what this new offensive system could do.

Gotcha. The completion percentage and yards per attempt are most important to me so I certainly wouldn't snub Morris in those categories. Worth noting, in my opinion, that through 3 seasons at TCU, Morris' completion percentage has remained consistently in the 65% or better range. Yes, some of that is in limited snaps, but the point is, accuracy has never appeared to be an issue.

A is Chandler Rogers at ULM. I guess the point is we have the coaches in place to turn lemons into lemonade?

That's not true and there's pleny of current examples at the G5 level of starters staying at their schools. Also, the guy who's been riding the bench for 4 seasons has been on the bench for a reason. 99.9% of the time, he's not FBS starting quality.

I agree. I'd rather have a young guy with 2-3 years left to grow.

I had the game on as I did other stuff so I missed some moments but from what I saw, it's that dang full court press that gave our squad fits just as it does our men's team. The difference maker in this game has to be rebounding though. They put up a stat that showed Temple is one of the best offensive rebounding squads in the country. Well, they had 17 offensive rebounds but we out-rebounded them by a total of 49-31. Total team effort on the defensive glass.

And we can now light the tower. UNT 74 - 63 Temple

The ladies are about to get their first conference win as they lead Temple 73-63 with 16.5 seconds to go! Edited the date... not 2023 anymore.

He's not the guy at Texas State, though.

This did make me realize though that Michael Pratt took over the starting job week 3 of his true freshman year. Just something to think about as we obsess about landing a transfer who's been a backup his entire college career.

Underclassmen? One senior who's been in college since 2019, a junior who's been a full time starter for 4 seasons, and a junior who's played a majority of games for 4 seasons. I know two are technically underclassmen by classification but they're not by experience.

So as of right now, we have JD Head, Earle, and McCollum?

You're telling me I might spend the final 40 years of my life with FSU fans complaining about how they don't have enough money because they're giving investors free cash?

Those things can be true for both UNT and SMU. The difference is, we're not on social media claiming to be "P3." Your fan base has been loud ever since whoring your way into an ACC that doesn't want you but the reality is, you don't look or behave like a power conference school despite being loud about it. If you're going to make noise about something, expect to be called out when you fall short.

I think the only way it gets fixed throughout college is by moving the bowl games up closer to the end of the season and the opening of the transfer portal back. The timing of it all has complicated things. How can you play for a team in a bowl when you're no longer with the team? I saw where Tim Beck of Coastal Carolina was entertaining allowing players to compete in the bowl even if they're in the portal but that just sounds like a mess. I'd say the portal needs to open after all bowls are over with and move the bowls closer to championship week so it feels like it's still part of the season. Smart saying they'll feel like glorified scrimmages if things continue is funny to me because they've always felt like that to me when they're so far removed from the season. Regarding FSU having too many opt-outs, it really shows their character. I understand the occasional opt-out who's had injury issues and is nursing that but this was guys just not wanting to compete and prove themselves. They were so upset about getting left out of the 4 team playoff that they decided not to play the reigning champions 2 days before they would have played the semi-final game had they made the cut. The timing mostly the same. No reason not to play yesterday if you were willing to play tomorrow. To me it just shows they're not a championship team and the committee was right to leave them out. Georgia players were upset as well but they showed up to play even with guys like Brock Bowers out due to injury.

The final score looks like it should. 80-57.

Some sloppy offense and bad fouls the last 5 minutes of that first half. Need to get that big lead back early in the 2nd half or this might end ugly.

He was hurt. The QB who played the AAC championship game is the same who played the bowl.

Memphis put up 36 despite missing a 31 yard field goal, an extra point, and a 2 point conversion that was to make-up for the missed point. In other words, 5 points left on the board just there. Was not an impressive defensive performance by Iowa State indicated by the 530 yards of offense put up by Memphis.

Would be great to have him. I know folks like to say we need another QB and D linemen which I agree with but we also lost 4 running backs to the portal. Although one hadn't been very productive, I don't think there's any issue with another coming in when you see how much we rotate running backs and how often freak injuries happen. Regardless of where he ends up, I hope he finds success.

The broadcasters have not been impressed with Iowa State's 3 man front and 8 in coverage. Been discussed a few times that Memphis has done a good job of finding the open guys within the 8 coverage guys.

Shout-out to Memphis at at least. Currently up against Iowa State 36-13 in the 3rd quarter. Iowa State has 19 carries for 0 total yards.

I know it's SMU but I was really hoping we wouldn't see the AAC champion get stomped by a 6-6 ACC school, especially after watching the number 2 AAC team in Tulane get beatdown by Virginia Tech 41-20. Last AAC team to play is Memphis vs Iowa State but things are not looking good for the conference to finish above .500 in bowl games this year.

You know, you're not wrong. Not a ton of supporting for the sake of supporting