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  3. Caponi not the problem

    in Mean Green Football

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    On 10/14/2024 at 10:23 PM, NT93 said:

    I forgot all about SFA, but thanks for reminding me since the defense only gave up 13 points that game.  

    Defense gave up 10 points to Wyoming.

    Defense kept us in the Tulsa game until the offense woke up midway through the 2nd quarter.  14 of Tulsa’s 20 points (and arguably 17 of the 20) came in mop up duty.

    So the defense has games where they’ve given up 13, 10, and 6 for all practical purposes and you’re saying the offense had to save those games?

    As I said, I’ll give you USA and FAU.  Not giving you Tech because it was a meltdown all the way around.  I could make a good argument that the offense was worse than the defense in Lubbock.

     

    I couldnt agree more with all of this.... scoring first is important in competitive games but it means effectively nothing in retrospect. We won the Tulsa SFA and Wyoming games all with relative ease and got scored on first in all 3. Who cares.

  5. Halftime Adjustments

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    17 hours ago, Green with Envy said:

    But what about the first half?  Game after game after game.  Is it scouting?   Is it preparation?   Is it scheming?   

    you can celebrate 2nd half adjustments if you want.   But I’m holding out for 4Q of defensive effort because we were prepared going into the game.   Haven’t seen that yet.  

    This is valid! I am certainly not disagreeing with this. On my podcast with with @BillySee58 I noted that I wanted us to dictate tempo after scoring first and we didn't do that. 

    I think the mindset I'm approaching it with is, we were literally working with the worst defense in the country last year. If the next step this year is a pretty bad defense that is succeeding when it comes to "bend but dont break" then I can live with it. Better QBs then Fancher have done less against us this year. 

  6. "Where Are The Fans?"

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    On 10/9/2024 at 9:15 AM, HoustonEagle said:

    I used to drive up from Houston for most home games.  Had club seats for the whole family.  I drank the green Kool-aid in gulps.  I truly thought our arrow was pointing up once the stadium was built but alas I was wrong.  We are still in a competition to be the tallest midget.   Our school still accepts 80% of students.  We still don't have big money donors that can springboard us to new heights.  Our signature wins are games like Arkansas when they were absolutely terrible that year. Now the addition of NIL is raising big money influence on college football to new unattainable levels for G5,6,7ers.  Reality has set in for many of us long timers.  NT will always be NT, a great community that we all enjoyed but lacking in any notoriety across athletics or academics.  That's ok.  It's just reality.  My time there has served me well.  I still watch the games on TV if I can.    I just don't dream of being big time.  It's never going to happen.  

    Spare me with this. "NT will always be NT" is a loser mindset. If you want to have that mindset I can't stop you. 

    Baylor ascended from the literal pits of an abyss MULTIPLE times! TCU ascended. SMU is ascending and overcame the death penalty. 

    If you want to whine about "signature wins" not being wins then do that when we lose to Memphis Army or Tulane. That's the first time we've beat FAU in Boca since 2012 and our prior head coach loses that game 100/100 times. This is our first 5-1 start since 2018. 

    If you think NT cannot ever wake up from its "sleeping giant" phase then that's fine, but it *is* a loser mindset and one I'm not going to respect. I will forever want the best for my school and athletic program.

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    Halftime Adjustments

    in Mean Green Football

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    Are a LARGE reason why this staff is winning and succeeding

    Was the defense bad tonight? Yep! Did the offense stall out on key drives and shoot itself in the foot more than once? You bet! 

    Defense allows 27 and gets shredded in the first half, only allows 10 in the second half and the touchdown came as the result of a pick in our own territory.

    For all the criticism this defense has gotten, and much of it is valid, Morris (and to an extension Caponi) both deserve their flowers for how they've been able to make in game adjustments and correct things at halftime to keep us in games. Specifically in the 3rd quarter, we have the #1 scoring offense in all of FBS. And our defense ranks 35th in 3rd quarter points allowed. That is NOT insignificant.

    It is so easy to be frustrated with our defense's shortcomings. I am not arguing that. But we have to give credit where it is due.

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  15. "Where Are The Fans?"

    in Mean Green Football

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    It takes sustained success over multiple years is the thing. I grew up a Baylor fan during the Morris-into-Briles years and watched it with them. Baylor didn't sell out their first home game (against SMU no less) in 2012 after they had a record breaking season and a freaking Heisman winner. I remember being at that game and pretty disappointed there were large chunks of FCS empty. Then they went on to an 8 win season and a second consecutive bowl win. Then in 2013 they won the Big 12 and went 11-1 and their season average of tickets sold was the highest in that stadiums history. I was at two games against OU and Texas that year and they were both complete sellouts if i recall.

    UCF didn't sell out their first game in 2018 after going undefeated and even claiming a national championship. TCU was 5,000 short of a sellout in their first home conference game as a Big 12 member in 2012. For schools like us it requires a pattern. 

    Just simple math. Nobody cares about a team that goes 7-5 and loses its bowl every year. You can make fun of games like the Cheez It Bowl or the Pop Tart Bowl or whatever but they do matter! Gotta set a standard of winning when it counts so that it hurts when you don't. Then we won't see a half empty stadium for a 4-1 team.

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    Coach O is Keeping Receipts...

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    I have receipts for sixteen losses by 30 or more points since the 2014 season. Just shy of on average two per year! 

    Take the program that I give money to and support seriously, as you are *LITERALLY* the guy responsible for our roster, or don't tweet at all. We're tired of getting body bagged any time this team has a spotlight. 

    Prime is 28-6 as a head coach and just beat the national championship runner up at their place. And this may be an unpopular opinion or frowned upon or whatever, but I could give a damn about the "social media presence" he brings to the university if we're just gonna continue to get embarrassed like we did on Saturday. Change it, or keep your mouth shut. 

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