MeanMag

That's one hellacious basketball conference schedule...

Those of you who saw a conservative first half are right, and you did. I see some very good strategy in calling a conservative offense in the first half in that environment. We ran down the clock. This speeds up the game and gets the offense use to being on the field in front of 101,000 people and the defense refreshed to force turnovers and keep up with that much faster team. It keeps their offense off the field and limits the amount of plays they can run and therefore keeps the score closer. 20-0 going into the half and you can tell your kids we are still in this. Defense made some stops several times and the offense can come out firing in the second and catch the defense off guard and you're right back in things. It didn't work against Alabama, but it will work against more comparable competition A lot of growing up happened in that first half at Alabama, especially on the defensive side. So I'll buy that McCarney doesn't want to hear about youth anymore. They experienced one of the best/most hostile environments in college football. Not much more to experience beyond that. The biggest problem now is finishing. Converting Red Zone attempts, 3rd downs etc., we're not very good. Until we can do that, our offense will not be mature.

I think Chico has done a pretty good job with play calling, especially in the Alabama game. Getting Lance involved in the passing game and finding ways to get Chancellor the ball has been good. Our biggest problem is execution on 3rd down.

It appears McNulty is our goal line QB. Never heard of that before.

I disagree. Anyone who watched Alzee play before his injury, knows his game is pretty fluid and can distribute when needed. I don't see Alzee as much of a shooter, but if he can collapse defenses and pass, he won't need to. Chris is, in my mind, behind a healthy Alzee at this point. (I haven't seen any game/practices). Among other questions about the team, a big question mark is, how has Alzee recovered?

They mentioned on the broadcast something about surgery in the off season and this was the first I or my friend had heard of it. My assumption was the announcer was talking out his ass, but I thought I'd see if anyone else knew.

2 Is a really big number... We also threw passes on 1st down 2 times in a row. It's hard to run Lance when he's our main weapon. We did a good job getting him going in the receiving game. And Hamilton did a good job mixing it up in the backfield. We just need to learn to execute and convert 3rd downs. That's our main problem.

He was in position on just about everything thrown his way. I agree the second one was really a bad call.

It likely will be blacked out in the FS-S viewing area. I doubt it will be blacked out here.

Which all star game did he win a 3 pt. contest at?

I know Tech brought a lot of fans to the pit when we played, but many of them live here already. I would like for there to be a lot of Mean Green fans in Lubbock, but damn it's a long drive to the middle of nowhere in the middle of the week. Don't think I'll be making that trip.

Wow, I like Robinson's outlook, but a freshman starter by tournament time? Bold.

When Houston gets the go ahead on their new stadium, where is it going to be?

It's a forgone conclusion that Tasty and I would be there no matter who we play in the Houston Area.

No. LHN prevents being picked up by better networks. Networks that more people care about than UT fans.

Baller.

Perhaps if we can win by only 7 points, it will become our generations second time in the past 5 years to experience an attack on Pearl Harbor or terrorists flying planes into buildings. If we lose by only 7 maybe it will be like the forest fires in Bastrop or the Tuscaloosa Tornado. Maybe even Hurricane Katrina. If only we had a football coach that knew these things...

Best smack on the woollyal.com thread: the big bad- "I for one welcome UNT. I hope they still have that old guy playing QB, and that hot chick as the kicker!"

What coach would ever say that? You don't burn bridges in this industry. You never know where you'll end up.

I remember a story in the preseason that put this game on FSN. North Texas at Alabama 6:30 p.m. Fox Sports South / ESPN-GP / espn3 Link

It was good to see you back at the game.

I thought that came in 4 packs?

Your defense is good, but a shutout is rare, no matter the opponent. Doesn't matter how we score them.