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I don't think so. I think the east seating will just match the height of the west. If they were to tear down the V and build a "more permanent" structure this would require foundation and pier work tearing up the endzone concourse in the process. Also, the endzone seating slope is different than that of the west and east. So this would require the endzone seating to go farther back to reach the height of the east and west and stay on the same slope if they were to connect. But, if yall heard from credible sources then my thoughts are poop.

I'm not sure why this would be torn down. Expansion shouldn't involve the endzone just the east seating.

Most people would reasonably agree with slight variation that football boils down to 40% offense, 40% defense, and 20% special teams. Now we can also agree that of these 40% for offense and defense that 80% of the value is starters, 20% second string. This is assuming that all positions are equal in value. We can use these numbers to calculate how many games Coach Dodge should have to win based on the total value lost of his team. So on offense we have lost: 6 First String: JJ Johnson, Nathan Tune, Conor Gilmartin-Donahue, Micah Mosley, Chris Bynes, Tyler Stradford 7 Second String: Derek Thompson, Nick Leppo, Greg Brown, James Hamilton, Breece Johnson, Riley Dodge, Benny Jones On defense we have lost: 2 First String: Dewaylon Cook, Steven Ford 3 Second String: Jesse Desoto, Chris Neal, Konockus Sashington Special Teams: Many of these players played special teams, but we can not determine accurately which of these players played. So worse case scenario none of them were of any value and we will keep the value at 20%. On to some hardcore math. So we can break down that the value of each unit(offense, defense, special teams) to be, a(.2) + b(.4) + c(.4) = 1, where 1 is a complete whole team and a = special teams, b = offense and c = defense. Now we must break up a,b and c into their respective parts. A is 1, because we ass(u)me no loss to special teams. B is broken up into .8 for starters and .2 for second string. Therefore the equation for the total amount of players lost is ((.8*(6/11) + (.2*(7/11))). This comes out to be (.44 + .13) = .57. . x = .57, the number of players lost so 1-.57, or .43 is the value of offense we have left. b = .43 players left out of 1 C is broken up into .8 for starters and .2 for second string. Therefore the equation for the total amount of players lost is ((.8*(2/11) + (.2*(3/11))). This comes out to be (.15 + .05) = .2. . x = .2, the number of players lost so 1-.2, or .8 is the value of defense we have left. c = .8 players left out of 1 So now we must apply these numbers to our master equation for the total value of the team. ( a(.2) + b(.4) + c(.4) = 1). So the new equation is, (1*.2) + (.43*.4) + (.8*.4) = Z. Z = .2 + .172 + .32 = .69 Therefore, assuming none of these players participated in special teams, and that none of the positions are valued different from each other and that the generous numbers given to second team, Coach Dodge should be responsible for winning 69% of the original 7 games expected from him which means 4.83 games, which you round down since you can't win .83 of a game. My conclusion is that 4 wins would absolutely guarantee Coach Dodge should keep his job considering the circumstances that have arisen.

Thank you for the positive support Pedro!

victory for 1st 2 years then optional after

simply hilarious.

You think that by using a different construction contracting company other than manhattan would result in a 30 million dollar increase in the quote? I would think manhattan's fee is somewhere around 5% of that quote. not 50%.

GrayEagle is correct. I attempted to explain this in another thread. There is a 5 year period for an athlete to compete in 4 seasons. I am almost positive that Shipley was the last one to be granted a sixth year and that was only because he was grandfathered into this rule. Its not a non BCS or BCS thing its the rule for all NCAA sports. A medical redshirt is really no different than a regular redshirt. There is no combining of the two.

NCAA no longer grants 6 years of eligibility. I believe Shipley was the last to be granted 6 years only because he was grandfathered into this rule.

Rudy... Please tell me you noticed the other receivers clearly past the first down marker? Dunbar was a check down (not the first check for clarification to you). Defense was backed off leaving a hole where dunbar caught the ball. Dunbar is a playmaker. Thompson made a decision to dump the ball to dunbar to make a play rather than tossing the ball up to covered recievers.

Billski... Please enlighten us with your call for the last play of the game.

This board baffles me. Todd Dodge doesn't throw Nathan Tune's interceptions or cause him to fumble. Todd Dodge can't hold Lance Dunbar's arms tighter so he doesn't fumble. Todd Dodge does not block on punt. Todd Dodge doesn't kick the ball out of bounds. Todd Dodge doesn't drop interceptions or miss tackles. As a matter of fact Todd Dodge doesn't call the offensive plays or tell Riley Dodge to get in the game. Do you think he goes to practice and coaches to throw interceptions, drop balls, kick the ball 50 yds out of bounds, every person imaginable block your opponent in the back, let your opponent block punts, miss tackles etc etc etc. You want to blame this game on someone? Blame it on the player's and their inability to execute and finish a game. Do you honestly think bringing in Mike Leach is going to fix our problems??? You can bring in Bill Belichick, Mack Brown, Lou Holtz, Jimmy "f-ing" Johnson, IT DOES NOT MATTER UNLESS THE PLAYERS EXECUTE THEIR ASSIGNMENTS. Get real people. Do you think they coach how to block or catch the ball differently??? You can have the greatest scheme offensively and defensively but if the players that are to be executing this scheme fail to execute their assignments then how the hell is that the coaches fault? My suggestion: Get behind your team. This board is a cesspool from failure, complaining, and people that think they know the problems but are undoubtedly in the wrong. Go Mean Green. This season is far from over and far from being a loss.

I think I may have saw you. Were you and your kids the ones in UT gear?

William Cole?