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Great game! I'm enjoying watching Lorient improve each week, but if keeps improving at this pace, I'm afraid the portal will snatch him after this season.

Wright with 0 points so far. We need to get him going.

When do we go from getting half-shares to full shares?

Lead under 10. Don't choke this one away, boys. Have to handle that press defense.

Penciled in, but not written in pen or stone! I'm not a huge fan of Coach Morris, but the one thing he seems to know well is quarterbacks. Mestemaker, Jimmerson, and Poffenbarger should all compete for the job next season, and I'm sure Morris will pick the best one for his system. I'm much more worried about the other positions.

Speaking of out of whack, I saw this story today. Might be old news or old data, but it was new to me. https://www.heartlandcollegesports.com/2024/12/11/where-do-big-12-college-football-teams-rank-in-nil-spending/ It included links to estimates for most of the NIL collectives. https://nil-ncaa.com/collectives/

There is a HUGE difference between someone quitting and someone getting fired. If a school cans a coach before his contract is up, but abides by that contract and pays him what he is owed, then the school is honoring the contract. I would also note that scholarships aren't the same as contracts.

We're a good defensive team. We're not a good offensive team. We need someone who can attack the paint. That Falslev kid looked really good tonight.

The first time I noticed our half time show having the rifle twirlers, I was really surprised. Maybe I'm out of touch because I don't go to a lot of college or HS games anymore, but I associate (fake) rifle twirling with high school bands. I remember some high schools introducing that back in the 80's. I don't recall noticing it with any of the larger college half time shows, but I could be wrong. High school bands usually have a flag corp, or color guard, but I've seen plenty of college marching bands with those as well.

These uniforms would be better if they replaced the script "Mean Green" with a regular block letter "Mean Green." I don't like that script on the football helmets, and don't like it here either.

Well, if you're only going to hit one shot from the field, the last shot of the game is the best one to hit!

Fitting final play on offense. Freshman RB didn't realize it was 4th down. SMH.

ECU definitely wants it more. They have played with more attitude and intensity. They're just too undisciplined to put it away when they need to.

I think we've had more dropped passes this year than any in the past decade. Unbelievable.

If you're serious about hitting that FG, then take a time out!

And just like that, we're trailing. I think this team is bipolar.

It's a little odd to see the 3pt% (36.4%) to be higher than the overall FG% (31.5%). That's some bad offense. FT% is really good, but you can't score all your points at the charity stripe.

CM just threw into triple coverage. Has he gotten dumber as the season progressed?

This truly sucks. So who do we get for a new DC?

I usually go to one home game a year, and went today. I expected getting into the Orange parking lot to be slow, and it was, as usual. But my biggest complaint today was just getting into the stadium! We stood in line at Gate 2 (west side) for half an hour trying to get in. We got there in plenty of time to get seated before the kickoff under normal circumstances, but the delay of just walking through a scanner (only two at Gate 2) and scanning the tickets slowed everyone down. On game days where 25k+ attendance is likely, they need faster throughput than this.

Just saw this report saying SL is out. https://atozsports.com/college-football/oklahoma-sooners-news/oklahoma-sooners-brent-venables-finally-fans-asking-them-to-do-fire-seth-littrell/

I wonder if Seth Littrell might bring him in as an analyst for OU. That Sooner offense hasn't looked too great this year, and was pretty bad through three quarters against Auburn.

I've never liked all black uniforms for teams where black isn't one of their primary colors, but I know the kids these days think anything in all black is cool. Whatever. But that script on the helmet is lame. Just like the script "Cowboys" on some of Okie State's helmets is lame. Just looks generic.

Best look requires a green helmet.

Well, yes and no. It depends on how much you're offered to leave and how much you like or dislike your current employer and job. As a former EDSer, we used to say that EDS was the best first and third job you'll ever have, because everyone knew that the only way to get what you were worth was to leave. But on the other hand, I've also worked in one place that I liked so much that I turned down an offer of %10-%15 more. But when a person is young and underpaid, they're much more focused on the $$.