TheColonyEagle

We've seen some pretty sad displays of classlessness the past few years in College Football. Recently the Oregon RB punching a Boise State player after some trash talking is the most obvious example. As I watched that replay, I commented on how restrained and disciplined the rest of the Boise State players were in the aftermath. I cringed after the punch thinking a brawl was about to take place but the players controlled themselves. Why? The Boise State players have a little more important long term goal than "keeping it real." After the Ohio 2 pt. conversion on Saturday, the Ohio players spilled out onto the field in celebration and many of them that were on the field made a dead sprint for our sideline yelling at our bench and talking trash. I thought, "oh crap." But our players didn't run off the sidelines toward them. They stayed restrained, took it like men, didn't react, shook hands and got off the field. What was it Bear Bryant said? "Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself." I thought that was a pretty good display of sportsmanship and maybe an indication of the culture that is being formed here. Thumbs up from this alum...

a big win made it hard to get on the board.... Lots of traffic I like it...

10. Every Monday 9. Days when the boss is out of the office 8. Days you're sick 7. Every Friday 6. The day before or after any vacation 5. Training days 4. Internet sales day after Christmas 3. Any day your stuck in meetings 2. Day after late night of drinking 1. OPENING DAY OF MEAN GREEN FOOTBALL is it only noon?

If one wanted to watch it at home and one had Directv, how would one go about seeing it?

Excellent. Thanks CMJ...

Man, MTSU is getting hammered. So, assuming WKU doesn't totally fall apart, and Troy takes care of business at home...... We win tomorrow and we're #4 right? If we don't ........ it gets a little fuzzy?

I've got to get rid of my green tinted glasses...

Baylor would beat us by 6 touchdowns

But from a purely "interesting matchup" standpoint, wouldn't the Independence Bowl itself want Ula-Tech vs. ULaLa? It seems like a solid, rival type matchup that would get a lot better attendance than Northern Illinos. Don't the bowls decide who the matchup is going to be? If I'm in charge of the bowl in Shreveport, I would think that would be a no-brainer. If you can't get a Texas A&M or Nebraska and you've got to get two mid-tier teams, wouldn't you try to get the matchup possible, a matchup that would put butts in the seats and fill up restaurants and hotels? Shreveport's far enough from Lafayette to get people to stay overnight at least............ Are more people going to come from Illinois than Lafayette? I don't know, that decision doesn't make much sense to me.

We beat them in the New Orleans bowl in 2002, now they're on their way to a BCS Bowl, we've just won 1 game in a season for the 5th time in program history. I wonder on January 1, 2003 if either team thought they would go from there to here.............

More time to throw? Looked to me like he was running for his life all day.

I wonder what traffic will be like heading north this evening? I'm assuming nightmare?

When do we get to see this exciting offense?

Very Strange......

Why can't I find a box score?

What do vitriolic mean?

Actually, the program was already out of control, Dodge is trying to get it back under control. It's like cycling and all their doping allegations. Is cycling the dirtiest because they're constantly suspending players or are they acutally the cleanest? This all seems as though the world is coming to an end but this is the cost of trying to turn this battleship around. Like most things, programs, companies, departments, whatever. On a scale of 1-10 if you're at a 4, trying to get to a 10, you make a change then you usually go down to a 2 before you start back up to 4, 5, 6 and beyond. I'm as frustrated as anyone about the results on the field but it seems that Coach Dodge is trying to build a foundation here. I hope he doesn't lose his resolve.

Good karma surrounding the program prediction UNT 44 Troy 38 Attendance: 19,500

If you're asking what I would do if the worst happened with the team, the stadium, and the university decided to pull football............. ...........I'd save a bunch of money every year and they'd probably never hear from me again. That's just me.

2 years? Gotcha. We better hurry up and get those votes tallied..........

I guess it's an epidemic. I've always stayed till the end as well but I left after the first series of the 3rd. I don't see any part of this team that is ready to (not win, not compete) step on the same field with a Div. 1 team. "They're young, it's dickey's fault, the stadium sucks" No excuse for what's on display out there right now. I keep seeing "#6 recruiting class among non-BCS schools" flashed during our commercial on the scoreboard. Doesn't that mean they should be athletic? All these freshman we're playing were part of that class no? Do any of them have any speed? Do any of the 100 receivers we've loaded up on have any speed? Vizza wasn't under that much pressure, he couldn't find anyone open. It's been like that all year. I hear "throw the ball down field!" Well, he doesn't have anyone to throw it to because they're covered. Our receivers look like their running in mud. Also, what's the difference between running draws on 3rd and long and continuing to run screen plays that we obviously haven't practiced. They both go no where. Generally if there are more defenders than offensive guys around the ball, that's bad for a screen play. So at what point does the head coach stop getting a pass? Just curious.

It's been amazing seeing the influence Green Grenade has had on this board through the years. He's a trend setter!

They scored five TDs

That had to be the easiest punt return for a TD I've ever seen. I know he's a talented returner but it's been like that all year. Time after time, bad field position for us, good field position for them. Will they address that situation? Geez.

Tulsa's offense is a lot better than LSU's.