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I may be the only person on this board who sees this as a bad thing...MTSU was helping bring some football respectability to the SBC by being the first conference team to get an at-large bowl bid and it will be tough with the loss of so many key players to maintain that level. I want to beat MTSU and Troy and anyone else we face because our best beat their best...not because someone wasn't at full strength. For the long term...I think its probably good that Stockstill is implimenting higher standards, I would just have prefered these nine players could've lived up to those standards rather than walking

Thats weird...b/c I keep getting this image of Quoner as Macauley Culkin throwing rocks at the bees nest in "My Girl"...except less sad...the bees don't kill Quoner...they make him stronger...maybe he even turns into some kinda of giant killer bee because of it. Does making reference to a giant killer bee cancel out the gayness of making reference to "My Girl?"

I can almost assure you Gary Patterson has been on the phone to this kid.

The reason closed practices are making such news is that for years the DFW media has completly ignored UNT...and the few times there was an interest DD basically would've given the media our playbook, players jock sizes and one of his wife's lace teddies if they would've asked. Papa Todd knew how he wanted to run his practices when he came here, its entirly his choice, and I hope he keeps them closed...especially to na self-important douche like Tim McMahon...you mentioned Todd Dodge's name once as a possible succesor to Dickey...it doesn't take much of a brilliant sports mind to look at a guy who has gone 77-1 and say "hmmm...maybe he's a good coach." Douche

Since we're no longer concerned with political correctness...I'm going out on a limb and saying I doubt Casey is Irish.

Brilliant!

Papa Todd is a competitive coach and will play every game for a W...that having been said, Dodge is also a realist who knows his team is overmatched in terms of expirience, speed and talent in Norman and Fayetteville and that to come away with said W ALOT of things are going to have to bounce their way. I don't think that Papa Todd will go in with the "glad to be on the same field" mentality that DD had. I think its prudent for the futrue of the program...and for the last 8 games of the season...to start Vizza if he proves to be on par or better than the next returnee. Nothing will acclimate Vizza to the speed of the college game like seeing the OU and UA defenses in his first four games of his career.

Once again I defer to greenminer for logic... As for grades...I think many of you have your priorities way out of whack...there are so many players who have passed through here who could care less about their grades and have adversly affected the team...WW, from the reports I've seen...I'm 2000 miles away now so I have no personal knowledge, seems to be attempting to get his academic act in line so that he is eligible. And to parallel the fact that a player is struggling with his grades to his commitment to the team is just stupid.

Was the pun intended?

Well played sir.

I think this is a great idea...however, lack of area schools common sense aside...I think that most if not all of these four team tourneys that schools host typically feature out of town schools that you wouldn't naturally schedule. I believe UNT won a tourney in Tennessee a few years back. Logic seems to point that SMU, UTA and TCU should be on your regular schedule...but that word is logic I would love to see us hook up with the Missouri Valley Conference for a MVC/SBC series like the ACC and Big 10 do every year. It seems we competed with Wichita St. for every one of our recruits this year...and the MVC should be what the SBC is shooting for in terms of national respect. Don't see much motivation for the MVC to do it though.

Thats about my sentiment as well...I don't think you can blame all of our QB failures over the past 2 years to the coaches...1/3 to RF for being a douche...1/3 to DD for hiring a douche and never naming a starting QB...and 1/3 to the QB's for making poor choices. The only person who showed me anything impressive the last two seasons was Woody...and I pray he'll find his way on to the field in some respect...but even more I hope Gio Vizza is already head and shoulders past the returnees

My first was the 02 UT game...but man nothing was more frusterating than the TCU game...not that Tye Gunn proved to have too much, but our defense shut down TCU, only to pick up 3 yards per drive on offense.

I guess Papa Todd hasn't met Dodge2007 and Emmitt

"By this time next week I hope to name a starting quarterback."

Wade Philips just won't shut up...

I kinda hinted around that idea...but stopped short of asking: "how good were those linebackers without that dominant D-line?" Certainly not meant as a slight for the trio...just curios if we regard them as highly as we do if they were playing behind the 07 line.

Well...time to make assesment of what we a sure we will have next season in the backcourt. We essentially start 3 guards...a point and two wings...and ideally you have two players behind them, one capable of playing the point, the other at the 2,3. I think the only person we know for sure will be starting is Ben Bell. I would look for Ben to look to score a bit more this coming season...10ppg, 5apg woud be very nice. I think the other two starters will be determined once JJ knows how ready Josh White is to handle the back-up role at the point. If White is ready...I'd say Collin Dennis is a lock to start at the 2. However Dennis seems to be the only wing capable of sliding to the point for any extended period of time, and if White is in over his head I'd look for Dennis to fill a similar role to what Michael Sturns did last year...only more competantly. Lets run on the assumption White is ready: start Collin Mangrum at the 3...at best with Dennis starting your 3 is a fourth scoring option (Wooden, Williams, Dennis) and hopefully fifth option (Bell). Mangrum seems to be at best a complimentary scorer anyways, and should exert most of his energy on the defensive end in this type of line-up. McCoy and Thompson are scorers who would benefit seeing minutes as more primary threats. White sees about 10-15 minutes in reserve at the point...with up to 20 minutes available for either McCoy or Thompson...also TT may be big enough to slide over and play the 4 the way Rich Young did last season for 3-5 minutes in a small lineup. White isn't ready: start McCoy and Thompson. I don't believe either of these players are capable of being the consistant primary threat you would get with Dennis starting at the 2...so starting Mangrum wouldn't be as beneficial. Basically in starting these two you're hoping one get go off for 12-15 as the defense keys on the other...I don't think you'd be able to shut both down...especially not with our frontcourt. Dennis works in for about 25-30 minutes per game, 10-15 of those at the point...Mangrum sees 10-15 spelling TT and McCoy and White plays sparingly. I think this is a key loss...I said it before and I firmly believe it...WE BEAT MEMPHIS WITH LIONEL BROWN. Thats not meant as a dig at Sturns...hes gone, I'm happy and I'm done with him...but that is simply meant as a statement of value for a solid back-up point guard. Even in a best case scenerio Josh White will be inconsistant...he's a true freshman making a big step up in compittion. The only benefit to come out of this is we will see exactly what Collin Mangrum and Tristan Thompson have. The SBC West is way down and winnable...Isaac Wells gone from ASU, coaching turmoil at UNO, new coach in Denver, RJJ gone from ULAR, UL-La still recovering from Jessie Evans...only UL-Monroe knows exactly what it will have next season. I should start my West analasys next week with Lafayette.

I think if the secondary holds this year, this defense could be something special...MAYBE as good as the '03 defense which may have been the best since the Greene era. Lets compare: Defensive Line: 2003 DE. Adrian AwasomDT. Brandon KennedyDT. Evan CardwellDE. Eli HutchinsonDefensive Line: 2007DE. Jeremiah ChapmanDT. Montay StevensonDT. Joseph MillerDE. Blake BurrussClearly the nod goes to the 2003 group. Cardwell was extremely underated, and as good as Stevenson and Chapman have been, Awasom and Kennedy were two of the best to ever man the front four for the Mean Green Linebackers : 2003 OLB: Taylor CaseyMLB. Chris HurdOLB. Cody SpencerLinebackers : 2007OLB. Maurice HolmanMLB. Derek MendozaOLB. Brandon MonroeI'm calling this a wash at the starting position...and a clear 07 advantage in terms of depth. The 03 group played so well off each other, and complimented a dominating defensive line very well. This years corp has more athleticism. Secondary : 2003 CB. Jeremy PearlFS. Jonas BucklesSS. Craig JonesCB. Walter PriestlySecondary : 2007CB. Latif NurudeenFS. Aaron WeathersSS. Desmon ChapmanCB. Antoine BushEven with Loren, we would've been saying this secondary was inexperienced. The 03 starters were 3 seniors and a junior. I think there's potential in our current group to eventually be as good as this 03 group, but the advantage is clearly with 03.

DE. Jeremiah ChapmanDT. Montay StevensonDT. Joseph MillerDE. Blake Burruss - Look for Eddrick Gilmour to see time on passing downsOLB- Maurice HolmanMLB. Colt Mahan / Derek MendozaOLB. Brandon MonroeCB. Latif NurudeenCB. Antoine Bush / Dominique GreenSS. Desmon Chapman / Kartay AgbottahFS. Aaron WeathersAlso expecting lots of PT for Issac Thomas at DT as a run stopper and Tobe Nwigwe and Germaine Dawson at OLB. I've got a lot of confidence in this group

Toure Murray is Nile Murray's brother. For those of you who don't remember Nile...he signed with Temple out of high school before transfering to TCU...where he almost single-handedly beat UNT in the second half the last time the Frogs came to The Pit. Murray was the third guard of four really good TCU guards that year...Marcus Shropsihre, Corey Santee, Murray and Brent Hackett was a true freshman. If memory serves, Nile was about 6'4" so Toure is a bit smaller, but if he can shoot and score like Nile he would be a great pick up

Kem is a monsterous man...I've seen him listed as big as 315. It would be nice to have him here. The bigger story here may be what is happening to USA. Kem was a Ronnie Arrow recruit...so the mass exodus of players from Mobile isn't entirly tied to Pelphry.

One seems to cancel out the other.

My sign if they manage to beat Tech: SMU 2007: Undefeated for the first time since 1987.