BillySee58

That's our offense. We threw the ball 47 times last week and the longest pass play was 25 yards. Nothing wrong with that either. Ball control as best as we can and we may be able to hang with these guys.

Yup, good point. Yes, UAB and Southern miss are entering our division for sure. I would think they start over with the scheduling, especially with new schools like ODU and WKU coming in.

While we should be better than both those teams, it is definitely interesting. Especially from the UTSA perspective. I'm also curious about Rice vs. Houston. I wouldn't mind if rice supplanted itself this week as top dog in Houston for now and going forward.

He's still eligible for it. He just has to have a season-ending injury for them to grant it to us. Not sure how we get that to work out.

I just think Mac is going to stick with Mcnulty as his backup. DW is just as good a runner as Mcnulty, maybe more athletic.

You're forgetting about the CUSA championship game and the bowl game

Keep it up DT!

How would we go about redshirting DW since he already played? Maybe fake an injury or something, but burning his redshirt still makes no sense, especially after Mac still went with Mcnulty after DT had to come out on Saturday. I too hope we can find a way to redshirt him still.

I firmly believe this will be a different team on the road. I'm basing that off 3 things: 1. We are simply a better team with more depth than the past two seasons. 2. The way our defense has made adjustments in the second half with 2 second-half shutouts and giving up just 6 points against Ohio in the second half. 3. A different DT this year. They've finally calling plays that suit his abilities. Curls, outs, and slants to death on these teams as well as the occasional running threat from DT. As everyone has said, the next step is to actually get back on the plane accompanied by a W. Playing well on the road but still losing isn't good enough anymore.

Yup, good job on the prediction and good game Saturday. How'd Chalich do? His numbers were decent, just wanted to hear how he did with the eyeball test. Impressed all of us live. How about Epps? What a pickup by you guys out of a JC.

Both of them would absolutely drum you guys, just like Rice will.

In all seriousness, Todd Gurley may be the best running back in all of college football. I'm from Tennessee, so I've followed the vols since I was very young, and as a result the Georgia bulldogs. Aside from Gurley, Keith Marshall is a speed back who can take it the distance as well. Their qb Aaron Murray is a solid qb who can make you pay on the ground every once in a while as well. They don't quite have a true number 1 receiver with Malcolm Mitchell out, but they spread the ball around through the air. On defense they've given up some yards and points so far but they've gone against Clemson and South Carolina. Their defense hasn't been their strong point over the past couple years, but they have good size and they run a 3-4 scheme. They're breaking in 3 true freshman starters on the defense at linebacker, safety, and cornerback, so those might be a few guys we could exploit but they are very talented which is why they're starting as true freshman for a preseason top 5 national team. As an SEC fan, I firmly believe that Georgia is the biggest underachieving team in the nation in the BCS era. They're the only big state school from one of the top 6 recruiting states (California, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Ohio) in the country that hasn't at least reached a national championship game in the BCS era. We can score some points on this team and if our D plays like they have in the second halves, allowing just 6 points through 3 second halves this season, then it could be a surprisingly close game. Keep that explosive offense off the field and see what happens.

Exactly. Watching the replay there was nothing that would leave me to believe it was anything more than a cramp. His thumb just looked like it was locked up in a natural position. Should be fine, we can only hope.

Texas is 1-2, we are 2-1. We could very easily have a better record than them this year. Just wanted to throw that in there. There's been talk about Ohio beating Marshall. Marshall could be the team to represent the east this year, which means if we make it to the CUSA championship game we will have a shot against them, ECU, or whoever. Our division is shaping up to look wide open. Tulane beat La Tech in a sloppy game. Two teams that we have a very good chance to win against on the road. Tulsa got smashed by OU, not saying much but they still don't look impressive. Rice beat Kansas for the second straight year and appear to be the team to beat as of now. MUTS squeaked out a win against Memphis and they'll be a tough game at home with potentially a bowl slot on the line. UTSA had a respectable loss to Arizona. Not a game to take lightly but we should win that one. UTEP beat one of the worst teams in FBS in NMSU, the only team Idaho beat last year. My power ranking through 3 weeks on our division: 1. Rice 2. North Texas 3. Tulsa 4. Tulane 5. UTSA 6. UTEP 7. La Tech

Get out of that Georgia game as injury free as possible heading into the bye week, then we're looking at 8 games in which we should have a chance in all 8. 4 home games and 3 road games against a few of the easiest teams in our conference as of right now (La tech, Tulane, Southern miss) and a game against Tulsa which looks less daunting by the week. Continue to take care of business at home and let's see if we can steal some on the road!

How about Chico? He really called plays to DT's strengths. Dink and dunk em to death, make them account for the qb in the running game.

I'll take some as well! This is the kind of crow that don't taste too bad with a little salt.

Good stuff! Rangy cornerbacks are hard to come by. Congrats Andrew, and good luck on the rest of your senior season!

Scotty young was 9-28. Ouch! Two road games here that we really should win. Tulane hasn't looked good but I don't see us blowing them out.

Hopefully we can out rebound these schools. The Alabama-Huntsville overshadowed this game, but didn't east central out rebound us in the exhibition game? Either way, this has to equate to a lot of wins, even if they don't count towards our RPI.

Kidsy isn't redshirting because he can be a difference maker. Turner smiley, who is a decent looking freshman receiver, is redshirting because we have depth. Point is we have the depth to redshirt Kidsy, but he's a pretty special talent, same with Chad Davis. They are true freshman who are ready to contribute on a D1 team as freshmen.

It's not likely that we'll have a change to a 3-man front by next year, but there is a 0% chance that we will be running one by the end of the year. Abbe will be gone and next year that'll leave us with just Sir Calvin as our only 290+ defensive lineman. And we just aren't bringing any big lineman to rotate in. We don't have any guys who are truly big enough to play nose in our current scheme besides Abbe and Wallace, and of course Abbe is going to be gone after this year.

I agree with Lifer and to a degree with TFLF. TFLF brings up a good point with the 3 man front. However, the biggest problem is the nose guard. That is quite possibly the most important position in the entire scheme. If you plug in a 260 lb defensive tackle at nose guard because we don't have any big kids who can play then that makes things difficult on the rest of the defense. You need multiple 290+ kids to rotate in that nose. Taking on double teams every play takes a toll, even on the big boys. We just aren't getting the big bodies to pull that off right now either.

It is very reasonable. Problem is that wins have been hard to come by for DT and Mac, so as bad as USM and Tulane have looked I still have trouble penciling those games in as wins. Same with La Tech who I think we would take care of at home, but on the road not so sure.

I disagree. On the surface it seems that we'd be doomed after all the departures but Coach Mac has built up the depth on this team. We have some legitimate D1 players on our bench who are underclass men. On offense: We lose DT (could be a situation where we don't know what we got till it's gone), but return the other 3 qbs. We lose Byrd, but I doubt we skip a beat with Jimmerson, Pegram, Rollins, and Lewis back. We lose Prior and Miller, could hurt the run game a little but shouldn't affect the passing game, plus we'll have M Smith, T Smith, Cooper Jones, Chris Loving, and Wylie Reinhardt. Most are blocking tight ends anyways save for M Smith and Jones. Receiver will be the biggest hit where we lose Chancellor, D Smith, Pleasant, and Caldwell. We will be fine at starter with Carlos Harris, Terrell, and Kidsy back but depth will be a concern. Offensive line just loses Anyiam. On defense: Defensive line looks the scariest, lose Boutwell, Abbe, Bellazin, and McCoy. We have guys with starting experience (Lincoln, Mason, Polk) and some guys with promise (Wallace, Roberts, etc) but that is the scariest unit next year from a depth and talent standpoint. We lose Orr and Wright at linebacker which will hurt. Luckily we'll have Akunne back and Anthony Wallace (Oregon transfer) in the fold as well as some young guys who look good, like Fred Scott. We might be looking at a good juco guy to come in and help here. At defensive back we have James Jones, Kenny Buyers, and true freshman Chad Davis who are getting experience. One of them will replace Hilbert and possibly another one could move to safety to replace Trice. Hopefully Freddie Warner can be healthy to compete for that spot like he was. In short, we will most likely be hurting from a depth standpoint but we should still have a good starting lineup. A lot of competition this spring, but hopefully some of these guys have great falls as backups and out themselves in line to start or be immediate options off the bench. Coach Mac has kept his recruits on campus and we have some depth finally. Now we just need to start winning these close games.