BillySee58

He has the pull up game, too. Wish he’d go to it more often.

I believe we were two commits over our number of spots available for the class. I think we would’ve had to blueshirt two, and now will only need to blueshirt one. So may not necessarily open a spot.

I wish Mo would trust his shot instead of passing up semi-open looks in hopes that we’ll get a better one. I want more assertive Mo in general.

Jahmiah drives me crazy most of the time, offensively. So many of his looks are really quality and he doesn’t finish.

I have no idea how to feel about how we’re playing right now.

The dangerous thinking here is that it’s all one thing or all another thing. I’ve never claimed this coaching staff to be the best or said that this team gave the best they had in these losses this year or big game losses last year. The team played awful against Utah State. And yes, they had enough talent and confidence to beat foundering teams that had little confidence in themselves. But the depth and overall talent on this roster never suggested that this was a team capable of going undefeated. You swap out Fine with an average CUSA-level QB and we maybe win about 6 games last year and about the same this year. Having a stalwart at the most important position will accelerate the winning of any college team. Look at what happened at Texas when Colt McCoy graduated, or at Oregon when Marcus Mariota left for the NFL. They went from national title appearances to below .500 teams almost instantly. My point is Fine has somewhat disproportionately been responsible in leading us to 9 win seasons with average CUSA rosters comprised or recruits from average/below average ranked CUSA signing classes. The roster building has not been good enough to this point, and it shows when you play teams who actually have their stuff together. Even if you jump out early on them because of said stud QB.

They were 5-7 and 2-10 respectively. That’s how. They weren’t good football teams. Colorado State finished 3-9 and they beat that same Arkansas team the week before. Also, in our game against Arkansas, Arkansas had more first downs than us and we only had 376 yards of offense that game. We didn’t move the ball well offensively against Arkansas. Offensively they were a train wreck, and we did play well defensively, but we honestly struggled offensively. We had a punt return for a touchdown that had zero to do with talent, and their QBs kept throwing us the ball. So they got coached up. Which implies that they made noticeable improvements from when we played and still finished 5-7. So we beat a team that finished 5-7 before they had been coached up to become a still below average team. And that’s an impressive win? Somehow the fact that they were 2-10 says more about their football team than how they did 2 years ago. Here’s a depth chart from two years ago. Almost none of their key guys were still there when we played them in 2018. Most from graduation, a few from transfer, and one had to retire due to injury (Rawleigh Williams). http://arkansasrazorbacks.com/pdf/football/2016/depth-charts/uf-depth.pdf What does that mean? SEC recruits? They’re still in the SEC, so every signee of theirs is an “SEC recruit.” Didn’t change the fact that they were an awful 2-10 team.

Daxton Byers might be the most important commitment of this class. He is in my book.

Reggie Williams did not make it in 😔

While I appreciate that, I don’t see it that much. Maybe we’re looking in different spots. There will only be about 5 McCarney recruits left next year. This is Littrell’s roster going forward and there is no argument otherwise.

Maybe. It’s college football. College football fans are always going to convince themselves that the team is more than they really are before the season. I’d rather be disappointed with 9 wins that disappointed with 4.

Not sure what you mean by excuse train when I point out that Littrell’s first three classes were not of good quality and it showed. Also, I just searched this page for “2015” and only one post came up mentioning that season. Let me quote post it below.

I posted this after the UTEP loss and, unfortunately, the events of the rest of the season seemed to back it up. “For the last two years Fine, the receivers, the coaching staff, and a few other stalwarts have hid the fact that, from a talent standpoint, this roster has not been built up to the level that their record would indicate This offensive line still does not have all conference guys, and has been exposed. The defense has played well but we’ve also seen lack of depth hurt the team in recent games.  This is a good team, and a solid roster, but this was never a UCF type, 13-0 roster. That’s why it’s not just “oh we barely beat one of the worst FBS teams, that’s not good.” It’s that there are some concerning trends and some weaknesses that we were always winning in spite of to begin with being exposed more recently.” The question I keep seeing asked is why can’t Seth Littrell win “big games?” Well, other than Fine and a few other key players, do we really have the roster to? Who are the best teams that we have actually beaten under Littrell? This year and last year, who are the best teams we beat? Two 6-win teams in Liberty and Southern Miss this year? Last year, UAB and Army at home on last-second field goals? Whenever we would win I kept seeing the “I thought this staff couldn’t recruit” comments, but this roster as a whole was made up of lower-half CUSA recruiting classes and McCarney classes that understandably failed to stay intact through the coaching change. It really isn’t that surprising that teams who are actually good seem to take us to the woodshed. The good news is that we are finally set to sign a number 1 in CUSA recruiting class this Wednesday, and I would expect something similar for the 2020 class. The bad news is, Fine is a senior and we don’t know what we have behind him. Plus, most players from this class won’t be able to help next year and most of those that will are going to be a downgrade from the guys they’re replacing (i.e. Ejiya, Garner, Brooks, Hall). Also, we have enough guys coming back next year where we absolutely can take that next step. Gonna be a huge offseason for this program to make sure they capitalize on the last year of Fine and make sure they are setup well for life after him.

Offensive line recruiting has been a huge sore spot for this team. They’re bringing in D’Andre Plantin, which should help next year. But we only get him for one year. We need more quality young depth instead of just guys.

Exactly. We’re the team that can’t run the ball more than we are the team refusing to run the ball

There are a lot of pro leagues across the world. He won’t make the NBA but he could find a professional league if he really wants to. This seems more like a case of him wanting out than him actually pursuing a specific professional opportunity.

Big blow for the conference preseason favorites. He was a preseason all-CUSA pick.

Bill Walton on the call here. “I am Bill with two Ls.”

Yup

Here’s the tweet from after the Indiana State game.

Just so we’re clear, that is a parody account, not the official account of Marshall’s coach. Also, one of those D-II schools we played because they happened to also be in the Hawaii tournament and another (A&M Commerce) we scheduled because NC State didn’t want to play us in their tournament meant to rack up easy wins.

I was not able to find anything in the facts and records book. Good question.

The way we prioritized this dude at the end with our class already filled up, and the fact that we signed guys like McMillian and Saafi for depth last year, and with Sow in for spring ball, this seems like a move to sign a missing piece who will play right away more than a depth add. But we’ll see.