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Didn't mean it as a dig. I meant it seriously. As much as you critique it would be interesting to see how successful you'd be. It is always easier on the outside. That isn't defending a coach, thats as a fan. This team was worse than most FCS schools this year and yet somehow this staff found a way to get them to 5-7. I still can't believe they got there. Fine needs to improve on things absolutely. But, getting more than the snap of the ball to make a read would be very helpful in seeing what he could truly do. IMO

8-3 losses to Minnesota, Florida Gulf coast, and Arkansas. All running back to back to back. Needed a better showing vs Minnesota but not bad so far in this season.

He can't coach though.... give me a break!

Will require a coach who knows what they're doing, and you of all people know I don't criticize coaches.

Ehh not true. Option football is primarily man schemes, with some gap assignments depending on run pressures,. what UTEP did was zone stuff and gap assignments. But I am sure you knew that. ??

I wish you could get a college coaching job...

Any chance with a change of leadership you'll rejoin?

Remember the days when we used to have 3-4 thousand on average for any game?? Ouch.

2 of those throws were special, the Thad Dig route he hit, and Goree on the very deep out I referred to. Fine did hold onto it a bit too long, probably half Goree and half him not trusting receiver coming out of break.

Morris definitely has the more "Live" arm of the two, however I don't believe that given time to set his feet and not run for his life Fine can make sure about every throw. Deep outs and comebacks are my two routes I worry about most with Fine. Those are Sunday throws and I don't think he's got that arm. Morris does but has awful decision making and gets happy feet before throwing IMO. I don't want this to be a bash our QB's these are my opinions only. I think BOTH of these young men know there's things in their games they must improve by bowl time for (whoever) starts to give us a chance to win. I would love the Defense to score and get 7 total turnovers again but I just don't see it happening. And this army defense is the truth. Particularly in the run game!

He played SMU (not bowling), USM, and an atrocious UTEP team who he didn't do a thing to until their backups backup was playing. Look neither was stellar, both have holes in their game. However Mason has proven time and again he makes more plays consistently. Defenses faced by each QB in order of overall a Ranking 5 Army - Mason 6 Florida - Mason 18 Southern Miss - Alec 37 WKU - Mason injury leading to Alec 58 UTSA - Mason 70 La Tech - Mason 72 UTEP - Alec 92 MTSU - Mason 102 SMU - Alec 105 Marshall - Mason 123 Rice - Mason Positive note our our defense finished 79th and these rankings include every statistical category possible. http://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/22/p2

Alec Morris was a grad transfer who started much earlier than Fine. He was here for all of spring ball and had all of summer to work out and throw with WR. He had ample opportunity to win the job and he lost it.

Rutherford will sink or swim. Those two have played together since peewee ball. I think Rutherford has all the tools In the world to succeed time to find out if he's going to put it all together.

Who have those teams swooped in and stole? Not being a smart Alec either. I know a few kids committed there but we could have offered at one position (QB Jaylin Nelson comes to mind) and they offer at another and that's the position he wants to play.

Would you say the same thing if the kid from Ardmore we offered who had 0 offers committed to us, knowing now that OSU,OU, and whoever else came in and offered shortly after us? We have multiple coaches on staff who have had to and still do find talent. They know what legit D1 players play and look like. I am willing to be patient as much as that sucks.

Thanks Lifer. I couldn't find his hudl last night for some reason.

Names "linked" and actually interested probably differed greatly.

Is he better than UTEP or WKU back? Those two stuck out in my mind as top backs.

Offers from UNT, Southern Miss, Ohio and Toledo among others I'm sure. I am not sure how many he has to play. I would assume he has 3-3 since his twitter says qualifier but that is just a guess. He projects as a Guard IMO.

If money is really the issue. Go to stub hub, buy you some tickets in the upper deck (I prefer that view to be honest) I am sure the tickets are 10-12 bucks there in the coming days/weeks. I don't care where you get the tickets from just get them and wear green and yell your butt off! These young men need us to show up as they did for us this year. Would have been really easy to say ahh we were terrible last year it is a rebuilding year we can win next year. They didn't do that they fought and scratched and clawed their way to bowl eligibility. Time to show them we've got their backs. Rematch, no rematch I don't care who we play where we play. We are in a bowl game and it is within a 30-45 minute drive from anywhere in DFW (without the dreaded traffic) I hope some on the board realize that while they may not like the match up etc our kids need us to show up. I can promise you Army will have their support there. I have had 10 different coaching friends text or call about the bowl game. Asking if it was worth the price of admission. I'll keep it clean for the board, but I replied with an emphatic Yes. :)

If I had to guess our coaches were beginning to gameplan for Army this past week knowing they were going to draw them again. Which gives us a full 2 weeks to gameplan before implementation. Which would start the end of this week which I would assume our practices will too since our coaches (praying they're out recruiting like crazy).

I guess the Star wasn't a grand enough stage for Little Jerry. -__- I do think they wouldnt be able to get all their fans in the star as it only seats 12,000 I believe. That place gets super loud. During our game there it was deafening and we had MAYBE half that.

The Ryan Game has been moved from Star to AT&T Stadium at 1:30 Dec 10th

http://www.hudl.com/video/3/3851718/583c5fb2c124de2a44f4e9e7 http://247sports.com/Player/JC-Santana-89771