BillySee58

Yeah three-point shooting was an effective part of his game but it was never his forte. You’re right in that he isn’t hitting his mid range and floaters like he was last year and that’s the shot that’s going to be available the most.

Sophomore DL Kalvin Hutchings, Sophomore Receiver Bryson Jackson, and True Freshman QB Bryce Drummond. Much needed reinforcements.

Yes, I was able to figure out you meant Hamlet when you said “Hamlin” but it’s ridiculous not getting the name right of the player who just won CUSA player of the year for us last year. Especially when we get mad at people still calling us North Texas State. He has not been an elite player. The drop off I gave you was on overall shooting percentage, 10% down from last year on 11.4 attempts/game. 39% shooting from the field is not elite. When it comes to any advanced ratings, he isn’t performing anywhere near the top of the conference. Last year he was 3rd in the conference in PER (Player Efficiency Rating) and 2nd in Offensive Box Plus/Minus, this year he isn’t in the top 20 in either of those and he isn’t particularly close to the top 20 (sports reference only shows top 20). His box plus/minus is actually a negative number this year, indicating he has been a below league average player thus far. Obviously he’s capable of being far above a league average player, but his effectiveness has been that of a below average player. I too hope he shows that he is still an elite CUSA player, but he hasn’t been that this year by any measurement. And I agree, getting to the line should be a big priority for him and Mccasland as they try and get him back on track.

Here are the standings so far. Of the 11 two-game weekend series’ that have been played, 8 of them have been split 1-1 between the two teams. The 3 sweeps have featured the home team sweeping (Rice over UTSA last week, UAB over USM and ODU over FAU this week). Taking new meaning to the “anybody can beat anybody on any given game” mantra. Charlotte lost to D2 Belmont Abbey today as well. A road loss is far from the end of the season. Hope to see us start getting right at home against UTEP.

It’s Hamlet, not Hamlin. And the numbers do support that. His shooting percentage this year is down to 39% and he was at 49% last year. 10% points down is a massive drop off.

37% from three is a good percentage. It’s well above the national average from last year of 33.4%.

It is hard to win on the road, and Rice’s loss was on the road. So if we all agree it’s hard to win on the road, why are we saying a road loss “exposed” a team as overrated? My point is I don’t think a single road loss proves anything at all. Every team in CUSA who has gone on the road for a full weekend has lost on the road. Also, Rice wasn’t “rated” highly enough to be considered overrated anyways. They were 2-0 in conference at the time of this bracket so they were shown as the auto bid by that technicality of being alone at the top of the conference, and they were given the lowest seed possible.

They kicked UTSA’s ass and we barely squeaked by UTSA. Are we in much of a position to be calling them overrated?

You could tell in non conference they had something to work with. Excited for Jalie.

Not the prettiest win but road conference wins are always welcome

1 down, 3 to go

Agreed. I misinterpreted your post as you saying that Kentucky’s exclusion was part of what made this ridiculous.

Why would they be? They’re 3-6.

Please leave the cheesy nicknames (smuT, NutsaCK) out of recruit’s threads

I don’t know that we have really tried all that hard to hit the transfer portal for QBs.

I’m sorry man, it was a joke. I know you’re not supposed to give sources, but you like to ask other people so I was just poking a little light-hearted fun. Yeah I’m fine with Aune and Bean for another year, then if they still are completing 55% of their passes, give Drummond a chance. Also fine with Drummond taking over when he’s a redshirt junior. Anything Gilmore gives us is just a bonus IMO, but I don’t expect him to be completely hapless. Guess it looks like he might be, but at least we’re not too reliant in him.

Yikes. I played Greer in high school and couldn’t believe he had won the starting job. Thought maybe something major had changed. It hadn’t.

Who is your source? The NFL talent was Lynn Bowden. They were 6-2 with him at QB running for 171 yards/game, so it wasn’t like any QB with a pulse should’ve been playing over him. I don’t expect Gilmore to come in and win it, but I would think he would be good enough to at least nudge his nose into the race, more than Martin. If not, no worries as I think Drummond is our guy long term anyways.

Lol maybe so. Hopefully not, because with the current state of this conference that could lead to a very ugly season.

Rice is currently leading the conference at 2-0. They are the only team to sweep this past week. That’s all.

Check the dates. They won’t be our first 4 games.

Brune and Mitchell said he looked pretty good in practices and they think he’ll be around as good as them. I don’t think that Kentucky argument is a good enough evaluation on him. He was a redshirting true freshman and they went with getting the ball in the hands of a legit NFL talent. I don’t care if he wasn’t good enough to be an SEC QB as a true freshman. Two years of developing, can he be an adequate CUSA QB?

Don’t forget about Gilmore at QB. I would expect him to be at least close to a similar level as Bean and Aune.

Again, their hand has been forced. It was either allow it, allow it to only be legal for schools in states like FL and CA and risk the top players only going there, or kick schools from FL and CA out of the NCAA.

Right, but that’s not the same as getting a Notre Dame transfer like the Charlotte ND transfer who OkieFan was referring to. He chose to re-start his recruitment at a JUCO and see what offers he could get from there, not go directly to North Texas from ND.