GoMeanGreen1999

That is definately not a good situation, but more times than not, the ACLU just does a bunch of friviolous things.

That may be one of the best posts on here lately....I especially love the sarcasim mixed in there with the facts. Yet there will be some on here that STILL say its because we are young and no new stadium.

That is great idea, one that I will just follow you on. Thanks, I feel better now already.

2005 SEC Week Nine SEC Fearless Predictions Oct. 29 - Week Nine, Part 2 SEC East Florida | Georgia | Kentucky | South Carolina | Tennessee | Vanderbilt West Alabama | Arkansas | Auburn | LSU | Ole Miss | Miss State SEC picks Sept 3 | Sept 3, Part 2 | Sept 10 | Sept 10, Part 2 | Sept 17 | Sept 17, Part 2 Sept 24 | Sept 24, Part 2 | Oct 1 | Oct 1, Part 2 | Oct 8 | Oct 8, Part 2 | Oct 15 Oct 15, Part 2 | Oct 22 | Oct 22, Part 2 | Oct 29 CFN SEC Record: 44-9 straight up, 25-23-1 ATS Make your picks for all of this week's top games Mississippi State (2-5) at Kentucky (1-5) 7 pm ET Why to watch: It's the anti-SEC title game with the worst teams from each division battling it out for the dishonor of being the SEC's basement resident. Mississippi State hasn't found in offense in years, while Kentucky can't find any sort of offensive balance whatsoever. On the plus side for the Wildcats, the defense showed up for the first time all year in last week's 13-7 loss to Ole Miss, but close doesn't count for beleaguered head coach Rich Brooks who needs wins now. MSU gets Alabama next week, so a win here to halt a four-game slide is a must to avoid a major freefall. Why Mississippi State might win: Unlike Kentucky, MSU can play a little bit of defense. It's not getting any help whatsoever from the offense, but it's still solid at avoiding the blowout. Teams that can mix it up a little bit give the Bulldogs some problems, but that's not going to be an issue against the Kentucky attack that averages a mere 285 yards per game. Before last week's loss to Ole Miss, UK was allowing over 40 points per game against D-I teams. If MSU's offense is ever going to get on track, this has to be the game. Unfortunately for the Bulldogs ... Why Kentucky might win: ... the offense isn't getting any better. Throw away the 38 points scored against Murray State and MSU is averaging 10.5 points per game. Jerious Norwood is a good running back, but he's not getting any room to work since no defense takes the passing game seriously. The passing attack only managed 84 yards last week against a Houston secondary that has been burned all year long. Who to watch: Obviously each team has issues, but there are also several good performances going unnoticed this year. Kentucky safety Muhammad Abdullah would be a shoo-in for All-SEC honors if he played for any of the bigger conference teams. He's big, fast, and hits like a ton of bricks with 47 tackles so far this season. For MSU, Willie Evans has been one of the nation's best pass rushers all season long with 8.5 sacks and 11.5 tackles for loss. He has decent size at 258 pounds, but the key to his game is speed. Watch for him to be a terror in the UK backfield. What will happen: Kentucky is a much better team at home than on the road. Mississippi State isn't that good anywhere. CFN Prediction: Kentucky 23 ... Mississippi State 17 ... Line: Kentucky -1 | Make your pick and compete against others Must See Rating: (5 lock yourself in a room to watch - 1 Commander in Chief) ... 2 Final Score: South Carolina (4-3) at Tennessee (3-3) 7:45 pm ET ESPN2 Why to watch: It might come as a bit of a shock, but Tennessee struggling to survive with a 2-3 conference record and a two-game losing streak. Things went from bad to worse this week with the news that star RB Gerald Riggs Jr. is out for the year with a leg injury, which is the last thing the struggling offense needed. South Carolina might be plodding along, but Steve Spurrier's bunch is 4-3 and tied in the SEC East with the Vols. A win in Tennessee would be, by far, the biggest in the new Ball Coach's young era and would pave the way to a winning season. Tennessee wants to pull up out of the tailspin after losing to Georgia and Alabama, and with a trip to South Bend ahead next week. Why South Carolina might win: What happened to Tennessee's offense? For whatever reason, it's just not clicking. It might be easy to argue that playing Florida, LSU, Georgia and Alabama would bring down anyone's stats, the Vol offense didn't do much against UAB or Ole Miss, either. South Carolina's defense has hardly been a rock, and has had a few problems getting steamrolled over by some of the SEC's better running games, particularly Georgia's, but it hasn't been bad against decent passing teams, despite a personal-record setting 339-yard passing day from Vanderbilt's Jay Cutler last week. It'll take a total USC defensive breakdown for the Tennessee offense to roll. Why Tennessee might win: The Cock 'n' Fire isn't going to do a whole bunch of either against a Tennessee defense that isn't getting nearly enough publicity. Lost in the lousy start to the season has been a fantastic performance from the Vol front four that's holding running game to a mere 89 yards per game and is getting into the backfield on a regular basis. USC's running game averages 86 yards per game, and it'll be lucky to come close to that mark. Who to watch: With Riggs out, Arian Foster will be the main man in the Tennessee backfield, but watch out for the possibility of freshman LaMarcus Coker to lose his redshirt and get in the mix. Foster ran for 53 yards last week against Alabama, and the Vol coaching staff hopes he breathes some life into the floundering offense. Coker hasn't been 100% healthy all year, but he can go if needed. The hope is for Foster to be able to handle the workload himself, and for the passing game to generate more to take the heat off the backs. What will happen: This isn't going to be pretty. South Carolina's offense will sputter 'n' cough, but the Tennessee attack won't do enough to make it a blowout until late. CFN Prediction: Tennessee 27 ... South Carolina 13 ... Line: Tennessee -13 | Make your pick and compete against others Must See Rating: (5 lock yourself in a room to watch - 1 Commander in Chief) ... 3 Final Score: North Texas (2-4) at LSU (5-1) 6 pm ET GamePlan Why to watch: This was supposed to be played on September 3rd as the opener for both teams, but Mother Nature had other ideas. Katrina forced the postponement to this week, and it couldn't come at a better time for LSU. The Tigers are coming off a thrilling 20-17 overtime win over Auburn and are just now starting to jell into the team many thought it'd be. A glorified scrimmage like this is needed to keep tuning up for the big showdown in two weeks against Alabama. Of course, no one can look past the big game with Appalachian State next week. North Texas has been one of the year's most bizarre flops with the running game not doing anywhere near what it was expected to, while dreams of another Sun Belt title will be gone with another conference loss. Why North Texas might win: The only possible chance North Texas has of keeping this within four touchdowns is if LSU decides to rest the starters after the first quarter. After intense battles with Florida and Auburn, the Tigers want to get a few good drives in, get up early, work on a few plays in live action, and go home. They're 104th in the nation in turnover margin giving away 15 so far on the year, so if the Mean Green can force a few early takeaways, it has a shot of keeping fans interested for a quarter. However ... Why LSU might win: North Texas doesn't score. The offense is the worst in America by a full 16 yards per game and hasn't scored more than two touchdowns in a game yet this year. How bad has the attack been? The schedule has been at MTSU, Tulsa, at Kansas State, Troy, at FIU, and at Louisiana Tech, and the Mean Green is averaging ten points per game. LSU's defense could keep UNT to under 100 yards. Who to watch: LSU RB Joseph Addai might be the SEC's most underrated back. He started off the year as the number two man before Alley Broussard got hurt, but he came in and was even better than the team could've hoped for with 643 yards and six touchdowns in six games. He was overshadowed last week by Auburn's Kenny Irons, but he ran hard, fast, and well with 105 yards and his third straight 100-yard rushing day. Unless he gets his 100 yards in the first half, expect the string to be broken. What will happen: LSU's backups will try to keep it close in the second half, but won't be able to. CFN Prediction: LSU 52 ... North Texas 0 ... Line: LSU -44 | Make your pick and compete against others Must See Rating: (5 lock yourself in a room to watch - 1 Commander in Chief) ... 1.5 http://www.collegefootballnews.com/sec/200...ons/Oct29_2.htm

I question whether or not this team can get close enough to kick a field goal, yet alone a touchdown. UNT 0 LSU 59

Well, if RV would go to Dickey and make him get a new OC then that would be a step in the right direction. Dickey probably would not do that unless of course he was forced to do it. I think the Defense is not as good as years past, but would probably be better if they weren't on the field for so long.

wow, I didn't realize the line was 44.

You are going to get a pretty good education here at UNT, no doubt about it.

LSU has been a little suspect at times this year, and they are definately not the same team with Miles as their coach as they were with Saban. That being said, I think we will hold them under 45, though we probably will not score.

See comments like that on his part just shows us how bad we need a change at the head coaching position. Did no one question that comment?

I was hoping that would come across sarcasim.......I think the "we are young" excuse is a JOKE!

No one really knows what is going on with this team or staff....I really wish I was not teaching a class tonight or on mondays for that matter, I would love to go to that show tonight.....I wonder if they take email questions.

I guess thats how far you fall when you are rebuilding or young.

I like that JAMES MADISON is ahead of us...thats real nice.

and the particular day of the week?

I agree with what you are saying to a point, as many on here probably do. However, that being said, it is kind of like school. You go to kindergarden, graduate and go into the first grade. Once that is over, into second and then into third. But then, at third grade something happens, and you just never can make it into the next grade. All of those supporting and encouraging you want you to, but you just can't. That is how many of us are. Sure we have done a lot in the last 4 years, and have steadily been moving forward, but it appears as if after 5 or 6 years, however long Dickey has been here, we just can't seem to win many of the games we should be winning. I think Dickey is a nice guy, but you can't disregard the facts that he has something against the fans, can't control his team, and can't win outside of our pitiful conference, which at this point doesn't even have a team with a winning record.

Have never attended one, but wouldn't mind going this week if I can. Can someone tell me when and where is it? And do they really allow fans to ask questions? Thanks

one might think that since we have won 4 straight titles in row, that we wouldn't have "miles and miles" to go playing a team such as La Tech, but apparently we do after that shalacking we took. Gosh saturday is going to be ugly - glad I will be working.

I am not sure we can beat rice right now.

you can't refute what is true....very good points. What is so funny about Dickey, is that this team really isn't that much differenet than the other years, its just now we are not winning those games anymore.

Its a darn good thing Dickey doesn't have a say in who is ranked, because all of the teams we have lost to would be ranked according to the way he builds up teams.

You are on to something here. We put cobbs at the QB position, where he according to hank threw "the best pass we have seen all season" and put J-Mo in the back field. This way we can use them both at one time, and will have someone who can throw and has senior leadership at the same time.

at the score of that ASU/FAU game. 0 - 0 going into overtime? Are you kidding me? Gosh, that is so funny.

This story is a great example of what is wrong with this team. All of the players have their Rosy Colored glasses on about how they are playing and improving each week.

I am glad to see that someone else realizes that DD is not a wanted man. There are some coaches that can't win more than one conf championship in their conference before they hired away.....here we got one that has won 4 in a row, and the only Serious bidder for his services in that time was Idaho.