MeanMag

Bingo, Good point MeanMag...

You mean they already played that game?!?! And I wanted to watch sooo bad...

Damn, and all I wanted for christmas was some respect from USM fans too... Maybe you guys just sucked more this year. No... that can't be it... Woah is us

I thought the same thing. Kind of looks like a form tackle is a lost art form. Our defense looked the same way this past season. Do we really need to coach that kind of fundamental at this level?

ESPN reported last night it was a done deal. Hawkins to CU.

I know what you meant, I'm just jealous. Congrats.

You're right, those grand majority of people with a whole lot o football knowledge think Texas in number 2. They would have dropped out of the polls or moved down at 12-0 if the pollers thought they were going to get killed in the national championship and put someone more deserving in there. I would say they have both proven they deserve to be there. The reasoning behind TTech being so bad is awful. OkST can jump up to bite people like FresnoST can. I don't understand why folks want to get into pissing matches over teams that haven't play each other yet. I think they played comparable schedules. Tx played OhioST for christs sake. It's not like they beat up on the Sunbelt conference and then get an auto bid for the NC.

To be seen

what are fron-runners? and why is Mack Brown a jerk? VY, I can kind of understand if some people don't like his over confidence. To me, he's ok too.

As far as NT emulating NFL talent... Brad Kassel, Brian Waters, Cody Spencer... am I leaving out anyone? La Tech's seem to favor the offensive side and have been for a while. Ours have traditionally been on the defensive side.

a 6'5" JC TE? What about Charlie Brown?

Heaven forbid someone should break protocol. I don't see anything wrong with what he did. OH NO, someone wants to do what they want!? Who cares? So Vince isn't part of the status quo. I don't really know what he did to make everyone mad, but it really doesn't seem that important. And, as an organization, I don't know how the 'Horns don't have class.

is there such a thing?

Give up on life while you're at it.

Not really all that hard to figure. SWTSU-SM has never had the size that a lot of the other colleges in texas have. They are still in D1-AA, many folks don't pay attention to them. SWTSU-SM is a feeder school to UT, isn't it? A name change didn't occur until the last 2 years right?

Strange comment about crowd noise. We went 2-9 and we lost every home game this past season. They are in the playoffs. I can see why they would want to be louder than we would. By the way, what is this playoffs thing they speak of and how does it work? You mean you don't have to be in a Bowl Championship Series doohickey to be the best team in the nation?

Besides Quinn and maybe Jackson, no, not really.

There were already supposed to start on the widening of 288 a year ago, but someone forgot to call the utilities and get them moved before they started.

Anyone else get fed up with northerners having an elitist attitude towards texans in snow, and making fun of us? I do. It's like the first ice storm up north everyone has to relearn how to drive. Tons of wreaks. They have the equipment up there to deal with ice and snow, and lots of it. Here it just isn't feasible to have the equipment for 3 days out of the year. When they get 90 to 100 degree days up there they cancel schools because they dont have AC in some of them. They uncap fire hydrants, and sadly, people always die it seems like. Oh well, I'm glad I'm not a yankee

I think in '02-'03 and maybe '03-'04 might have been the peak. South Florida was somewhat dissapointiing, because our defense was stout that year, but the way other games went that year told me that we belonged in the middle to upper ends of the non bcs pack. It wasn't necessarily the wins and losses that makes me think this way about the past but how we looked during those wins and losses. I would put us higher than the bottom 20% of non bcs teams those years. definitely. Man, I remember when the crowd would get more fired up when the defense came onto the field than the offense, just because they were so fun to watch wrecking an offense and every play something big could happen. Talk about playmakers...

I agree we should expect more than 7-4. No doubt about it. I just don't see how the same team I saw this year go 2-9, can accomplish a 10-1 record next year when I look at margins of loss. I want them to go 11-0. I hate being clumped in with the ideology of "you don't strive or want to be the best because you are happy with winning the sunbelt." I'm happy with just winning the sunbelt next year because this program took such a BIG step back this year. However when we do start winning the SB again, I expect to then get victories over other programs. You may not consider Tulsa, SMU, La Tech among the top 10% OOC, but I don't consider us there either. In fact, based on the past season, I'd put us in the bottom 10% of non bcs teams. That being the case, Tulsa, SMU, and La Tech are all higher than us. Here's an excuse for us not beating 90% of Non-BCS teams: We're young

Sorry, I thought that was what you meant by saying that "If Dickey doesn't go 10-1 then the ship is not righted." Must have misinterpreted that. My apologies. I agree we should always shoot for 11-0, otherwise what business do we have being in D1-A? But to expect "the ship to be righted" in less than 1 year and have the kind of turn around of a 10-1 season, I think, is not explaining to you how things work. It's me disagreeing with the point of 10-1 being the mark we should judge Dickey by. Anytime anyone wants me to explain how things work, just ask. I'm here to help.

You are kidding yourself. If 10-1 wasn't realistic for this past season, then it's not going to be realistic for next season. That is why it is unrealistic. We have 3 mid-majors and one blood game. The last time we played 2 of the 3 mid-majors (this past season), they blew us off the field. WOW. What in the world makes you think it will be different? You complain about 4 straight bowl games not being good enough in seasons past. Then, you use the bowl games as a flimsy prop to hold up your argument that they are the reason why we should go 10-1 next year? It doesn't hold up in my book. I want to see vast improvement, but I'm not going to stamp a 10-1 or bust on Dickey's head. Because Mack Brown, Bill Parcells, Pete Carroll, Charlie Weis combined could not make this team 10-1 next year.

This is my point, You are being unrealistic. You want to go from 2-9 to 10-1 in one year?! I don't care what coach is here, It's not happening!! At this point, for next year? Yea, being able to school the sunbelt is all I want for this program. That and a win over SMU. I don't know if you noticed, but we lost the Sunbelt this year. What good is winning an out of conference game if we cant regularly beat up on the lowest of the low? It seems like we didn't have a problem being 9-3 until we ended 2-9. It's no wonder sometimes why we are referred to as the idiot board I hate to burst your bubble, but if all you want is to be 10-1 next season you are going to be sadly dissappointed. Then you will call for Dickey's head, and by god if he goes 9-2 next season just to spite you (I hope he does), I will point back to this thread and tell you that it's still not good enough for you after a 2-9 year. Give me a break.

You've got to be kidding. If we win every single conf. game the ship will be righted. I dont see how you can say that after how awful we looked. If we win every single conf game. + SMU, that's a good season.