The Fake Lonnie Finch

Bustle came from Virginia Tech. Beamer's guys always block alot of kicks. Would be nice if our coaches would visit Blacksburg next summer and figure out how Beamer does it.

What's the line?

Kevin Galbreath

How could you hate Okie Lite...they're harmless. They never win anything. Heck, T. Boone Pickens has dropped hundreds of millions of dollars on them, and they still can't compete with OU and Texas!

I can't believe people are saying this Oklahoma State team is a Big 12 contender. Wow. On the other hand, how did the Cajuns only score 28 against us (21 with their offense)? They've struck for 3 TDs in the first half against OSU. Didn't see the game last week. Was our defense really playing that well?

That's a good point. Wish we had Dickey's success and Dodge's personality in a coach. What the hell is Mike Gundy thinking? Long kickoff return wasted on a run and a pass nowhere near the sideline to get out of bounds - which was picked of by ULaLa. Good to see the highly paid coaches have brain farts in clock management as well. They should have been able to run three plays in 14 seconds, throwing to the sideline. They had two time outs. Their kick returner set them up at Lousiana's 45, and they have a kicker who can hit from 50+.

And, on ESPN2 no less, on a Friday night. Cajuns 21, Pokes 17 with about 20 seconds left in the first half. Crazy.

I've been to the stadium in Lafayette...it ain't much better than Fouts. And, yet...there's Oklahoma State. We're much closer. Why not us?

Louisiana giving the Pokes all they can handle.

What Flyer said. Kansas State played their fifth home game in a row last night. They have 7 homes games and 5 road games. Bill Synder has come back and gotten the Wildcats back on his scheduling terms. People criticize it, but at certain places, you have to schedule that way. Kansas State has a hard time getting home and homes from people at the FBS-level as well because they've shown they will go on the road and win (Iowa-2000, USC-2001, Cal-2003). Slip in an FCS, and give us an extra home game. RV has done a good job with future schedules, steering us away from bodybag games so that we have a fighting chance to grow. Now, we just needs the right coach, like a Kansas State has for their program, to take advantage of the future schedules.

Yes.

Not yet. But, when we do, look up this girl.

While we're on the topic of QBs, is anyone watching Nebraska throttle Kansas State? The Huskers redshirt freshman QB just set a single game rushing record for QBs. Amazing. Think of all the running QBs that have passed through Nebraska - Gill, Taylor, Frazier, Frost, Crouch...none of them had as many yards rushing in a game as this kid. Crazy.

We're still getting kicks blocked, and this chick hasn't been blocked yet...I'm just sayin'.... Who recruits the Ohio area for us?

I've got a daughter

For me, I'd hope Canales, Gandy, and Charr get a shot to stay.

She's 3 for 3 on extra point attempts this year...and she's only been kicking for three weeks! Redshirt her and have Charr work on her leg strength. http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/Ohio-girl-is-homecoming-queen-and-star-kicker-on?urn=highschool-275126

Chucking a coach in the middle of the season does no good. Recruiting will be scuttled enough. Having no one to guide the ship would set it back even further. In my opinion, RV has to do what he did with Darrell Dickey, do the firing the first week of November. However, this time, he can't wait until mid-December to hire someone. And, I also believe, he cannot hire someone who has other duties that would keep him from hitting the road to recruit for us the day he is hired! (Like, say, an assistant somewhere doing bowl work for his old team) To me, then, that means having someone experienced, who is not currently on someone's sideline, named before December 1. We can't waste valuable recruiting time again like we did in 2007. There are too many holes to fill and the fall JUCO signing period will be nigh. It's got to be quick. The guy should still be wiping pumpkin pie crumbs off of his face with one hand during the press conference with his bags packed and ready to hit the road in his other hand. If we thought this thing needed rebuilding in 2006...it's twice as urgent this time around.

Before the season, there was no reason not to be that optimistic. Every one of our Sun Belt foes had major losses due to graduation except Western Kentucky - and, we'd already proved we could handle up on the Hilltoppers! Meanwhile, we were going to field lots of experienced players on both sides of the ball. We had an offensive coordinator and receiver coach to round out a coaching staff that would finally be comprised of college coaches. And, we thought we'd signed a kicker who could walk onto campus, take the job, and help make our special teams respectable again. Then, the injuries came. And, injuries do what they do - tell the world how deep your team is. And, the truth is, behind what was a very shiny surface before the season laid a team in ruin. Which is too bad. Not getting blown out against Clemson and playing a Rice team that beat us by 56 two years prior to a one point loss had it looking like this thing was going to get off the ground. Everybody takes a side. I've long taken the side of not being as forgiving to Dodge for riding out the 2006 high school playoffs instead of turning Southlake over to Wasson and getting out on the recruiting trail for us. I've been told not to count the 2007 class against Dodge because of those circumstances. Well...whether you personally count it against him or not, it shows up on the field when you have the type of circumstances we've had this year. I think in the end, when we look at the condition this program will be in after this season - when we are the ones with many graduating and moving on - we'll have to just shrug it all off as a high risk gamble gone bad. We've been plugging in JUCOs in many places this year and last to make up for Dodge's 2007 and 2008 classes. The next coach will have to find bona fide JUCO players at QB and along both lines, and probably in the secondary again. Otherwise, we head into the new stadium with a very inexperienced, unproven bunch. In short, Dodge's four years will not have rebuilt the program as many had hoped. The new coach will be starting even further down below Darrell Dickey's seemingly elusive 3-win benchmark set in his final season. Amazing.

Fair enough. I simply looked back at the high school recruiting thing from Rivals and saw no offers: http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Chase-Baine-45462 I do know that he worked at receiver once here until our depth at QB got thin. The overarching point is - look where we are at QB. In four recruiting classes we've had Vizza, at the time a true legitimate prospect, and Thompson, somewhat of a project with few offers. Other than that, we've got walk-ons and Riley, who never was big enough to withstand the punishment of the position at this level. This is what we have after four years of "QB Guru" head coach? I mean, something just doesn't jibe about the whole situation. You sign a quarterback every year. Not an athlete who maybe can play quarterback in a pinch. But, a legitimate quarterback. A guy like Thompson from a smaller place, who can be brought along? Fine, if you've got the depth necessary to bring him along. The problem is, we get to 2010 and our new offensive coordinator is looking around for his triggerman...and what does he really have? After this season, we'll have Thompson and Thompson alone as the only true QB on the roster. That's not right. The new head coach needs to sign at least one JUCO and one prep QB. The depth of the position was thin going into 2010. The nightmare scenarios have all played out, and now we need someone to come in here and approach it correctly. I'm sorry, but Todd Dodge did not in any way, shape, or form make the quarterback position stronger than he found it when hired. And, in fact, may have even set it back. Riley's injury just exposes the flawed recruiting and developing at the position all the more.

For the record, I don't think June Jones stays at SMU much longer. In fact, after he takes them to another bowl game this year, I think Pac-10 schools with vacancies are going to be ringing him up. I still say we need a proven program builder. In that regard, I'd put guys like Franchione, Glen Mason, Steve Logan, and Jeff Bowers at the top of the list. Those guys will have ties for good assistants and recruits all over the country.

Dude, people don't like truth. Especially when it involves people they knew well. It's not that people won't, at a certain intellectual level, agree with you. But, with the wounds so fresh and close, people won't want to hear it.

Herein lies the problem with Todd Dodge, and keeping him simply for pity's sake because of this season's injuries - his recruiting of quarterbacks has been horrible. He stole Giovanni Vizza, a kid who had offers from Nevada and Army - both schools doing much better than we are at this point, four years later. Other than that, he's signed Derek Thompson. Yes, he signed his son. But, his son was never big enough to play college football. And, such has manifested itself in turnovers and injuries. As a result of his poor quarterback recruiting, we rolled into the season with former Darrell Dickey walk-on Nathan Tune in the lead role. And, he performed so well, you had to wonder if Todd Dodge was being completely honest by not giving him a shot to start in 2009. The remainder of our season is in the hands, let's face it, of a back-up who originally walked on and was playing receiver, Chase Baine, and another walk-on named Dodson, a kid who garnered no other offers. The bottom line is this - injuries or not, Todd Dodge has put us in a precarious situation at quarterback for 2011. If this season continues to wash out, he must go. And, his replacement has got to be a guy who can sign a couple of legitimate JUCO quarterbacks to provide authentic competition with Thompson for the starting job in 2011 and give us a chance to win immediately. OU did this with Bob Stoops and Josh Heupel back in 1999 when John Blake (even flush with cash apparently) left the Sooners with a big, steaming bowl of nothing at quarterback. We've got to hire big and get a guy in here who can legitimately spot and develop quarterback talent. This was supposed to be - we were told endlessly - Todd Dodge's strength. According to the Vizza's, that's what hooked Giovanni when obviously more experienced coaches were knocking at his door. It wasn't and hasn't been. Not even close. We absolutely must have a coach who understands the difference between what a high school quarterback is and what a college quarterback is. And, someone who can develop them once they take up residence in Denton. And, he's got to sign a JUCO QB. I said the same thing last year. This thing has always been on thin ice at QB. We needed another legitimate QB for this season. We just don't have it. The next coach has got to be one who signs a QB with every class.

Also, Budweiser is the King of Beers. It says so right on the label.

Um. Tasty...was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?