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I think when Sun Belt "All Conference" players are announced at years end you will see what little talent we actually have.

My 36 year career was in medical sales and distribution. In sales, your cup must be half full instead of half empty. I have been posting for several years, and have never seen as much negativity in all my life. Constructive criticism is acceptable and if fact should be encouraged. However,too many of us "would bitch if hung with a new rope." Just an old man's opinion,class of 66'.

No way we beat Ball St., Rice, Marshall or UTEP. In fact, I doubt we cover the spread. I just think we need to realize that we are in the botton 1/3rd of Belt, and will be in the bottom 1/3rd of CUSA for the !st few years. We are not a good football team now, but i have faith in Mac that we will be in the future.Just saying...

Rice would kick our butts The only wins I would give us are FIU,UAB,SMISS,Tulane,UTSA,and maybe UTEP.If we are lucky La Tech is shipped East for a few years until ODU and UNCC get up to speed For the 1st few years in CUSA expect more of the same

In Darrel's defense, he thought based upon his 4 conference championships he deserved another year, as opposed to Dodge, who had to be susprised when he got one.

We are a middle of the pack Sunbelt team at best. We are a little above FAU,FIU,and USA,and on par with ULL and Troy. We certainly are not as good as MTSU,W.K.,La.Monroe, and probably A.State. It would appear we will be 3&5 in conference,which would put us where we were picked preseason,7th.W.K. and La. Monroe did not build their programs over night, and neither will we.The new coach at A-State inherited a good team from Freeze, who went on to Old Miss. Compare that to what Dodge left Mac. Our new stadium did not give us a recruiting advantage, but did level the playing field. We need to look past our last 2 years in the Belt,and first 2 years in CUSA,which probably won't be much better. This is a 5 year project. While we might not like it, we need to accept it,support the program, and if success comes sooner so much the better.Just an old man's opinion, class of 66'.

I would not expect us to be down "for many more years", but at least another two. The only teams in the "New "2013 CUSA we could beat this year are FIU,So.Miss,UAB,UTSA,and maybe UTEP.Its going to take 4to5 years to clean up the mess Mac was handed.

When the smokes clears in the next 2 years, I think Mac's offense might remind us of D.D.

I think playing La. Tech in Shreveport every year could be a winner. Its a short drive,gambling,entertainment,etc.

Attendance announced as 19,900. Five turnovers is a killer.

Marshall does a lot of recruiting in Florida, and really pushed for FIU. Question:does LA.Tech's average attendance include A&M game in Shreveport? If so, they are not drawing very well in Ruston.

SMU and service acadmedies sell tickets. Ball U. and Ohio don't.

I have never heard of 9 turnovers in high school, let alone a college team.

There was no box score in paper today, but I thought 1310 said UH had 9 turnovers. Can that be right?

Its really hard to win on the road. I don't like our chances at W.K. or ULL, but MTSU lost their stud running back. USA is a win, but A-State could be either a loss like Troy or win like ULL. I put us at 5&7,6&6 if we get some breaks, which may not be good enough for a bowl. W.K. was 7&5 last year and stayed home, probably because they lost to a 1aa school.We just need to take care of business.

At the time that was the longest run we had.

It is my understanding that the head count is alternated between Stevey Wonder and Ronnie Millsap[sic?], who took over from Ray Charles.

Considering how hard the Athletic Department promoted this game, the turnout of only 17,000 was disapointing, especially on the alumni side.If you think 65 degrees is cold,see a doctor. You have serious circulatory problems.

No matter what it is, it can't be worse than the recent FIU home game on ESPN. If you count the band and both teams, they out numbered the fans.

#3 behind Baylor and Texas. We will know more when we play K-State in November, but could be a once in a life time team for the Eagles.

Besides Chandler,how many of our players could start for SMU? It takes time to build a program,and coach Mac is just getting started recruiting good players to North Texas.We gave Dodge too much time. Lets not compound that mistake by not giving coach Mac enough.

I just really don't know if our fans live in the real world. Once again,there is a reason we were picked 7th in the belt. We don't have many good players. It's going to take more than 1 or 2 recruiting classes to right the ship.We lost to 3 better teams, 2 in the top 10, and lost a game to Troy that we should have won.Hopefully we will win a game that we should have lost. I can't emphasize enough what a deep hole Dodge left coach Mac to dig out of. I have followed the Eagles since my freshman year on 61', and twice we have hired high school coaches, and twice they have nearly destroyed the program.

You can't beat bigger,faster,stronger. We don't have many good players at this point in our program. We must realize that after Dodge we started at less than ground zero. Again, there was a reason we were picked 7th in the belt. Give Mac 2 more recruiting classes and then you can bitch. Until then, lets give the staff and players all the support we can.

Sometines you take one step back in order to take two steps forward. We must give coach Mac time to recruite. Honestly,how many top players do we have at the "skill positions"? Chandler and who else?

After seeing attendance at A-St/F.I.U. game I wonder if CUSA is thinking "oops, we made a mistake"?