Green Otaku

Someone should frame this post. This board has an obsession with the phrase "Texas ties." Is it a bonus? Yes, but it's not the be-all end-all for hiring a coach. Texas is a place like any other and good recruiters will build relationships and be successful.

I don't think it's enough this time. 3 more losses I think will seal his fate.

A big question for the next coach is do we start him at what SL makes to get a better hire or do we start low and make them work their way up? Also it would allow us to let them go sooner if necessary.

In a week we will have our answer since we are going up against an AAC team in Memphis. SMU already showed us a intro to what the AAC will be like, now it's Memphis' turn. If we lose again by blow it it will show that we are far behind being ready for the AAC. A guy that can recruit the portal will be essential for future success, and that's not unique to us or the situation we are in. The transfer portal will be a huge part of programs going forward, we just have to accept it and be ready to take advantage.

I was going to bring up Nebraska as well. They had every single question that we have, yet their admin made a choice when enough was enough.

A lot of that is very subjective, I remember even end zone celebrations used to be enforced much harsher. I can't remember when they started to be more lenient, maybe 7-8 years or so, but before even making a pose in the end zone would get you a flag. I think for the sideline stuff as long as it's not happening on the field and in the opponent's face the kind of just let it slide. It would be interesting to see what the officials' are told about these things.

Yeah me neither, I see it as very unlikely. But in the event it did happen I still think for most of us it wouldn't be enough. 8-4 is probably the baseline for all of us to even start THINKING of it being enough.

Our collective anger/disappointment is crashing this site. Or is it just problems on my end? 😅

Don't those rules apply to play on the field only? Meaning as long as it's on the sideline and doesn't affect the flow of the game the don't apply?

At this point even a 7-5 wouldn't be enough to make me want to keep Litrell.

The PAC made the mistake of not killing the Big12 when they had the chance.

The defense is worrying and having huge holes against TSU is a big red flag. Our quarterbacks are still not accurate enough to get us in games. I want and hope to be proven wrong, but I am a realist. 35-10 UNLV. I will still be 100% supporting the Mean Green all 4 quarters.

All I know is we better have our asses ready by the time the expanded playoff starts. If you can stream a couple of appearances back to back you can really start to build a brand up.

We can't even afford decent field cameras, what makes you think we could afford (assuming it's not rental only) a complex system like that? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0K3XUqZI9w&ab_channel=VirginiaTechAthletics

I would have liked to have seen Ruder or Head get some minutes. This staff just refuses to use opportunities to try something different with almost no risk. It's maddening.

Stream here, have adblock though. https://www.streameast.xyz/cfb/smu-north-texas/

Another positive of this format is it gives the G5 teams a chance to build some recognition, starting at a lower seed is actually a good thing. Under the current format you basically start at the semis, Cincy had 1 chance to prove a G5 belonged and when they lost people can say, "See! That's why G5s shouldn't be in the playoffs." Beating 2 teams before this to get to the semis paints your team in a different light. For the first time in decades G5s have an actual chance of building their brand/perception/national recognition.

Also frame size, since they are using a green screen you can only fit so many people in without a wider background.

Can the CUSA patch be tear away? We can then rip it off on the last game to reveal the AAC.

I'd definitely be better for us if the block of AZ, A. State,Colorado, and Utah get taken. Let's hope that happens in the future.

It'd be in UNT's and the AAC's favor is the Big12 take the 4 Pac schools. It'd lock Memphis, SMU, and USF in the AAC for the foreseeable future allowing us to build up that conference again.

I was thinking the same thing, or with the ACC if the AAC could somehow swing it.

I feel like the ACC will be difficult to split up because of their GoR. I don't remember the details, but I think they last for another decade and the penalty fees are massive.

Huge yikes if true. The Pac's only play right now is to assure teams their payouts will not go down/won't be much less than being in the Big12.

Yes. 1% is greater than 0. Is it likely? Not in the slightest, but Cincy proved there is a patch. We are moving to the conference they used to be in, so we know it can be done. It's up to us to do the same and put the work in on the field.