VideoEagle

Bill Vogle is looking down and smiling.

Oh hell no! Not even maybe. He is suppose to objectively report to the best of his ability. He does a good job at that the vast majority of the time. You don't want a reporter, you want a cheerleader that can write. If you want that, just read the press releases from the athletic department and skip all other coverage.

As general rule, reporters tend to question canning coaches who are doing even slightly better than .500. I remember the press pilloried Nebraska for firing Frank Stolich for failing to live up to the school's expectations after a 9-3 season.

Yes!

It’s too early to pick which bowl we could end up playing in. The three games and then a possible fourth will determine our actual choices. I’m confused by some of the pros and cons listed. The Sun Belt is listed as perceived inferior yet one the the things many hate about CUSA is that “everyone” ranks the SBC over CUSA. It can’t be both!

I'm not sure how you win 8 or more games and then win an additional conference championship game without winning six first. You have to win six to get to seven. You have to win seven to eight. If you don't win the six first, you'll never get into the conference championship game. If you don't get into the conference championship game, you can't win the conference. It's basic goal setting - somethings must happen before others are possible.

Definite improvements since the Memphis game. First goal is get bowl eligible. You have to do that before you do do anything else. Next, get in the conference championship game. Third, win the conference. Fourth, win the bowl game. All four goals are still possible.

Yes, they are all winnable. Obviously, the coaching staff made adjustments after the UTSA game. I hope to be planning a trip to San Antonio.

Best answer!

I wish I could find the study from about 10 years ago. Someone studied the records of FBS teams that replaced a head football coach with the goal of winning more games within the next 2 years and sustaining that. The study showed over a ten or more year period that worked about 40% of the time if I remember correctly.

Our team cannot assume they will any of the remaining games. The league is very close and we can lose any of the remaining games. We should be able to win all of them, but that's not a given. Just because Rice lost to Charlotte does NOT mean they are terrible now. People who watched the UTSA game probably assumed stacking the line against the run would make us unable to win. We adjusted. Other teams can and will adjust, too. Our team has the ability to win all the remaining games including a rematch against UTSA if we play our best. I know a few think we were "blown out" by UTSA. The fact is UTSA had to go for it on 4th down and then make a clutch catch to come back in the final 15 seconds. That could easily have gone the other way.

I often read comments here and think the writers have never been hiring managers.

Player of the game.

At least in the case of Bedford, no it wasn’t. The guy Wren wanted wasn’t yet available and rather than just hiring anyone Wren chose to wait.

Wow! It's a live version of the Progressive Insurance "Life Jackets" commercial. Let go to the replay ...

Jimbo really is playing 4D Chess. Unfortunately for him, the teams he plays are playing football!

Yes it was. Luis was a family friend. I was impressed he played football and still graduated after 5 years with an MBA in accounting. I saw the start of his recruitment to North Texas. After Marshal beat Judson for the State Championship in 1990, Dennis Parker the Marshal coach who was already announced as the new North Texas coach ran over to Luis and started talking up North Texas on the sidelines. I haven't talked to him in years and had no idea he was also a poker player.

Do you think Judy has the where with all to do that?

If we were able to finish 4-0, the we are in the Championship game no matter what anyone else does. It is improbable, but after seeing some of the games our remaining opponents have played it is certainly not impossible.

I must have seen a different game. I saw a quarterback that passed for ALL of the touchdowns the team scored, 325 yards, and an amazing 21.6 yards per catch! And, this quarterback gave a lead to the defense with under 2 minutes to go and UTSA had NO time outs. Aune obviously did NOT lose the game.

10 unanswered points for Western and they win. I agree the winner this afternoon has a decent chance at the Championship. I’ll go farther and write if the loser plays well the rest of the year, they also have a shot to the Championship game. It’s the top two teams this year.

Back when the WAC was talking about admitting SWTSU and UTSA, I was very strongly against the idea. UTSA had done nothing to justify moving up! But once the WAC admitted them, they were going to by FBS schools no matter what anyone else thought so I changed to "Why fight it, it is a fait accompli." Ever since, I've noticed post after post from people hating the very idea UTSA was playing football, posts hoping they would lose every game they play, posts mocking their promotions, their location, their facilities. What is see is exactly the same vitriol as between Texas and OU or Michigan and Ohio or USC and UCLA. The lady doth protest too much, methinks. If they ARE NOT a rival, then we would never have the level of comments! It is very possible to have more than just one single rival in college football!

From the reaction of UTSA fans, their rival is us.

I'm not listening to the radio. Is Dave Barnett doing play by play? I've known Dave for about 45 years and he doesn't make comments about a player he doesn't believe.

Obviously I wasn't being sexist enough!