BillySee58

If FAU can't pull off this win then UTSA at home might be our best chance for Tulane to lose a game, besides when they play Rice.

Off topic, but for some perspective we are 4-0 at home this year in Apogee and 3 of those wins have come against teams that should be playing in bowls.

Oh, thanks! Forgot about Freddie! Big-time player who could be special if healthy. I agree about picking up a JUCO d-tackle. We usually give Dodge a hard time for burning Derek Thompson's redshirt, but man I sure wish Abbe could've redshirted while he was learning to play defensive tackle as a true freshman back in Dodge's last year. If only Abbe was a redshirt junior. We're really going to miss him, but at least he's given us a senior year to remember

With USM, UTEP, UTSA (without Soza), La Tech, and UAB in our division that should be 5 conference wins right there. Rice on the road could be pretty tough, but they're losing a lot too.

There's quite the demand for a game-breaking return man in the NFL. He's built stocky enough too, so won't get decleated by a kicker like a pure track guy like Trindon Holliday.

Right. Defense will probably regress at least a little. The thing is that there is a good chance it won't regress a huge amount. That's all we need. As far as offense, as long as that line is back we can do a lot on offense. DT has been a lot better, but he is still 12/11 touchdown to INT ratio and not much of a running threat. I wouldn't count out Berglund. The kid has been in Mac's doghouse this year but he still shows up everyday and works his butt off. Also hard to count out mini Mac and of course the coaches still like Dajon. Either way should be fun to watch our offense add that dimension of a running qb. Receiver may have a drop off, and so may special teams but I think our special teams are good as a result of coaching. Although having Brelan sure helps.

Redshirt Freshman Syd Moore and true freshman Shaq Jackson could crack the rotation. Jackson has looked pretty dang disruptive for DeSoto this year.

Davis is bigger and a better tackler/harder hitter. Not saying he'll translate perfectly, but he hits well enough and he's still just a true freshman.

I know it's a little early for this, but one of the things I took from the game last night is that our defense looked as deep as it has all year, especially on the line where we saw a steady rotation. There is a lot of concern about the void the current seniors will leave, but at least a on defense we will have a lot of experience, even if we lose 6/7 starters. Here's an early look at our starting defense for next year, or at least what it'll probably look like heading into spring. Defensive tackles: Austin Orr, Alex Lincoln - neither start but both had sacks last night and have looked pretty solid, despite being undersized Defensive ends: Darryl Mason, Chad Polk - Mason is a co-starter and Polk has been in the rotation all year Linebackers: Akunne, Wallace, Sed Ellis/Fred Scott - Ellis has been seeing the field a lot lately, not just in mop up duty and Scott has been good too. Wallace was good enough to not redshirt at Oregon, which I like. Our other successful BCS transfers (Trice and Pegram) saw the field as true freshman. Cornerbacks: Jones, Buyers - Jones has become a star and Buyers has been as consistent as it gets. Whitfield can make plays from the nickel. Safeties: Lee, Evans/Shilleci/Chad Davis - Lee stepping up as not just a playmaker but also a leader will be big. Evans has experience but Shilleci could make a push and I could see the coaches bumping Davis to safety for added competition. Guys like Orr and Abbe will be hard to replace, but we have a lot of guys getting experience and they could be capable of keeping this defense going strong. Especially with new guys coming in and potentially JUCO guys.

We would really keep that offense in check with Gurley and Marshall out. They've really sputtered without those two backs, who we contained well ourselves.

Second game in a row where we faked a handoff and Jimmerson leaked out of the backfield and caught a pass downfield for a touchdown. That play can take some time to develop, but the line gave DT all the time he needed then some. Really like how we can use our backs.

Lol, I didn't credit us with number 6 because it was on there because of the spectacular catch, not so much the James Jones tackle. Although it was pretty solid coverage, just an amazing catch.

Reminds me of the reaction by the Ball State fans after that game. I feel like both those teams/fans went into that game feeling like they were superior and after losing they felt like it was because they played a bad game. I am biased, but I really feel like we beat Rice and Ball State and made them play their "worst" game of the year because we are better than them. Always fun to frustrate opposing fans and beat them so bad that they think the sky is falling.

Lol that's a good thing! Likes are probably at an all time high on this website. Great day to be Green!

We had the #3 and #2 plays for the night. 3 was Chancellor's punt return and 2 was the twice batted pick that Trice ended up with.

They were good and we beat them. Game did prove to be a good barometer. Nice call

This is great! Next Saturday is going to take FOREVER to get here

This is great! Longtime UNT fans who've suffered all these years, you deserve this

FAU can beat Tulane. FAU plays good at home (they got a new stadium when Apogee opened too) and they've played everyone tough this year. They've only had two home games this year but they lost to MUTS by a touchdown and in their last home game they lost to Marshall by just one point. They've also played Rice to a 4 point game, hung in it with ECU, and beaten USF and UAB both by double digits. All on the road. FAU's defense will keep them in it, they just need their offense to capitalize and score enough points. Much like Tulsa wasn't able to do last week. Of course, let's take care of our business first.

This. Jimmies and Joes, not so much the X's and the O's. And we've got the Jimmies and the Joes. Speaking of Jimmies, we need to keep from turning the ball over and that means Jimmerson being able to have big plays while holding onto the ball and DT being able to throw consistently downfield without being intercepted. 2 turnovers or less and I think we roll at home. Anything more and it starts becoming a dangerous proposition.

The day after all of the conference championship games (so that Sunday) all of the bowl matchup a will be announced. Some teams publicly accept their bowl invites before that day so we might know before. We'll at least know by then

Exactly. You feel for those guys, except when they have to play us.

If we ever get an indoor practice facility we better make sure we have all the funds necessary to have a nice one built. Or else we might end up getting a joke of an indoor practice facility field like this one. Is this better than not having an indoor facility at all? http://www.chantrant.com/2011/07/maybe-its-better-not-to-have-an-indoor-practice-facility-than-to-have-the-one-uga-recently-dedicated.html

Hate to say it, but I think you're right. We can't afford these picks, especially not a pick 6. Good thing we have rice at home.

Another great performance by our guys! We're kicking ourselves that we could be 7-1 or at least 6-2 right now, but we've played great nonetheless and still have a great shot at a bowl. Speaking of kicking themselves, Ball St improved to 8-1 and would be 9-0 with a legitimate shot at a BCS bowl had it not been for our amazing second half where we dominated them in every phase. Ohio is also bowl eligible at 6-2 now.