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MeanGreenTexan

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  1. All of your examples use a playoff to get those teams to their championships. The BCS uses computers and rankings...
  2. Not to stick up for this guy, but does "Phi Slamma Jamma" ring a bell?
  3. "Out for the year", meaning this week's game? If so, this is something we were already expecting, and is not really big news. Or, out through spring practice and into the fall?? If so, this would be a big loss.
  4. Really Jeremy? Take the high road bro. You said it. Who cares? Just get back to work. Time to win at WKU.
  5. Wonder if McCarney is employing some 'stealth recruiting' like Dickey? I kinda hope so...
  6. For instance: Berglund, who is known as a running QB, would have possibly been able to fake a handoff up the middle and bootleg sprint to the outside for a TD on the 4th & goal from the 1/2 yard line. It's not all about receivers with guys like Berglund. If his receivers aren't open, Berglund has wheels and can move to either buy more time for his receivers, or pick up positive yards. I'm looking forward to Spring practice. Thompson will need to improve his accuracy if he is going to retain his job, but it will be a dogfight for sure.
  7. ...I was born to walk alone. Louisville should be a nice ACC or Big12 pickup. As long as Pitino has that b-ball team in the top 25, they will be desirable.
  8. ...tiptoes in quietly... I like them. ...leaves quietly...
  9. So WKU Volleyball is like UL-La Softball? They dominate, and everyone else in conference are also-rans?
  10. I'm sorry, don't mis-understand me. I'm not saying I would take a 4* DB over a 4* DT. What I'm saying... and obviously not very clearly, forgive me, I'm sleep-deprived ... is that an upgrade at DT does not automagically cure pass defense woes. It helps, but when you have sub-par DB's you still get passed on. And, on a grander scale, a solid SBC-level DT recruit is probably not going to get us over the top when we jump up to C-USA. Neither will a solid SBC-level DB recruit. When we actually jump to C-USA, we will need to target better players to play against the better players on opposing teams in a stronger conference. Coaching has a whole-heckuva-lot to do with the development of any of these guys too. I'm sorry if I'm coming off as if I'm thinking a 5* DB will cure our pass defense problems, or if I think we're going to get a bunch of 1* and un-rated players because we will probably struggle in C-USA. I don't mean either of those things. :sleeping: :wacko: :sleeping:
  11. Everyone wants stud DTs. They're the most in-demand position out there. Of course that early 2000's D-Line was awesome. I was a student at the time, so I saw them first hand. But, we also had some all-conference DB's: Buckles, Jones, Knowlton, McGee, Priestly, Covington that gave the D-Line a little longer to get to the QB because they were good in coverage.
  12. Surely you have been watching Mean Green football for the past few years? I agree with you that D-Line is hugely important, but we could have a line full of JaDaveon Clowneys and we would still have a problem with WR's getting behind our secondary on some horribly-busted coverage. Need to recruit the best at all positions.
  13. For sure! But, if we're fighting with (even if we're winning) recruiting battles with SBC schools, then we're recruiting the wrong guys. Once we move into C-USA, we need to at least be competing with other C-USA schools, and with Big12 and SEC schools on some players, for talent. All I'm saying is if we're losing badly in C-USA, it's going to be hard to get good C-USA caliber players... but we should still be able to get better recruits than SBC schools. Take Royce LaFrance for example. Tulane is a bottom dwelling C-USA school and he chose them over us and LA La. Is Royce going to be a top-notch LB for Tulane in the future? Who knows, but when other C-USA schools are bringing in 4*LB's, Royce doesn't look so good.
  14. This is horrible news. ULM were obviously beatable without him. Hope the guys can go get this win, but with this news, my optimism took a hit similar to Hilbert's above.
  15. No doubt some other company (Kraft/Nestle/etc...) will snatch some/all of these up and they'll be back in production in no time.
  16. Those are mean streets. You don't want it with those thugs. They're all about that paper, and will do anything to get it.
  17. Kinda makes it sound like we've signed our 3 guys so far, and that will be all for the time-being?
  18. We signed an "able-bodied", Juco DB this last class with the move to C-USA looming... care to guess how much playing time he has? McCarney is starting a freshman converted RB over him and he is getting burned weekly. We need something more than that because C-USA receivers are better than SBC receivers, on the whole, wouldn't you say? I think conference money shares and prestige has a lot to do with our move and other teams' jealousy. I wouldn't go so far as to say I'd rather stay in the SBC and be conference champs every year over moving up to C-USA. There are no excuses. McCarney is paid WAY too much for excuses. The fact is, C-USA is a better football conference with better football teams than where we currently play. If the quality of players we bring in does not improve, we go from a middle-of-the-pack SBC team, to a bottom-of-the-barrel C-USA team. It's hard to get players you need to compete in your own conference if you're stuck at the bottom of that conference. Is this not true?
  19. Overlander seeing too much time for that... right?
  20. OK. But the problem there is convincing the quality guys to come to Denton. We're a middle-of-the-pack SBC team. When we move up to C-USA, we may be closer to the bottom of the barrel. Hopefully coach McCarney can get his guys coached up and healthy for next season.
  21. Bingo. Expect more losses next season. There are no South Alabamas in CUSA, although Tulane and UTSA are close.
  22. I appreciate your optimism... and maybe you're right, and we'll gel later. Unfortunately, the Mean Green will be in a hole until not only the players gel, but the coaching gels as well. I just don't see 25 wins right now. I don't think the Cameron game will tell us anything if we win, and will only increase the panic if we lose (*gasp*). I'll be anxious to see how we play against IUPUI and VA in the coming days... I think those games will give us a better idea of this team and will show us if improvement is occurring.
  23. I know the Longhorns don't look great this year, and I know that several on this board have a hard-on for hating on UT, but I don't see this happening. I'd take the Aggies to win, but probably around 10-14 pts.
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