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I'm not saying the quote means that a stadium is not coming soon. But the quote certainly provides no hope that a stadium is coming soon. Put that quote together with recent comments made by RV to the effect of, "If we do not get a new stadium now, I do not know when we will" (loose paraphrase). This is why I do not find that phrase, posted as the subtitle of the thread apparently as a source of encouragement, encouraging. I appreciate your optimism, and I am not trying to be a downer. I am not saying that we will not be in a new stadium in 2010 or 2011. I have no real insider information one way or the other. Boomer23 is on campus, and obviously has a much better take on the student pulse than I do. I hope he is right, and he may well be. I'm glad that Prez Gretchen expresses a commitment to "hang in there," but I would be even more encouraged if she would have said, "We need to get a new stadium, and the time is now."

People I know from Brownwood consider themselves from Central Texas. They like to remind folks that they are just about the geographical center of the state.

I don't see the phrase "no matter how long it takes" as encouraging.

I don't mind being ranked this low at the beginning of the season at all. Gives us the "underdog advantage." Now, if all these folks are ranking us this low at the end of the season, it might be a sign of some serious problems.

Welcome to the board! It seems we have several new posters the past couple of days.

Did Dickey recruit Garden?

Here's another Belt story from CBS: 5 Things You Should Know About the Sun Belt

I saw that--I wondered if the sentence might have been written before the author decided to go ahead and add Minnesota to the bottom 10.

Several quotes are posted on the MeanGreenSports blog. Coach Dodge's are the 3rd link.

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Newfan, welcome to the board. I don't know about a transcript--the closest I've seen is "We will have plenty of quotes to fill you plate with once things are finished" at http://www.meangreensports.com/ViewArticle...;ATCLID=1550078.

Well, it just cut out in the middle of saying, "Kylee Hill is a really good football pl..." Anyways, Dodge has said several times how he plans to improve from last year's record: 1. Less turnovers. 2. No blocked punts. 3. Do not give up touchdowns in crucial situations, esp. right before or right after the half.

Try it again. I shut down my browser and tried again, and even then I had to click "play" about 10 times before I ever got anything.

Has anyone tried watching the press conference? I am not having any luck, but I just might be because I am running highly unstable Vista (right yyz? ). EDIT: Nevermind, it's working now--even with Vista.

Why? I thought the APR was only affected if players left while ineligible.

12-2 p.m. Coach Dodge is expected to start his press conference between 1-1:30. MeanGreenSports Media Day Blog EDIT: They will be streaming the press conference live.

That's correct.

Decided to go Nader, eh?

I'm happy to read this: From what I have heard about Dunbar and Mathis, we may have some real depth at RB.

http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/story/10920078# Does this dude not know that we have a new DC? Sounds like another fella too lazy to do any real digging.

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Those first two pieces are definitely bad news. I was looking forward to seeing Fentriss on the field, and Padron struck me as someone who would be a real leader on the defense. I think the decision on Franklin is the right one, and I think he just might see some good playing time this year.

"Party line"? I'm not sure I've heard anybody saying anything like #2 and #3. At any rate, I think his assessment is right on with each of the points. The loss of both presumptive starting DEs hurts bad, but I still look for us to win 5 games this season.

It is undeniable that it can hurt a program, but I think it would be difficult to assess how much. There may be times when it might provide motivation to players to prove the naysayers wrong, but I think those players would rather not have the naysayers being their own fanbase.