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Then how does 68-49 North Texas sound? Sounds like what we used to call a "w".

I'm thinking of him as one of a kind. I'm just going to think of him as Lance.

I'm 1 win for 2 and a half years as of last Saturday. But, you know what? I lot of people have gone a long time without attending a winning home game. Maybe that's why I was a bit incredulous about a seemingly negative tone here on the board afterwards. I guess it was "ugly", but I always like a saying attributed to Darrell Royal, "Old ugly beats old nothing".

Speaking of statistics, did anyone here take statistics in the Business School under J.B. Spalding (sp?)? He used to serve as statistician for the football team in the early 80's. You knew whenever he had a chance, he'd work North Texas sports into his schedule.

Maybe they're paying him as a consultant or such. Nothing wrong with that, in my opinion.

We do it here every day. Mark Twain couldn't have said it better.

I've already posted in a couple of the post game threads, many of which seemed to have originated or been "jacked" in a generally negative way. I think one thing should be pointed out; we won two games, and 4 games earlier in the season than the first year a Dodge team won two. And I really wonder why noone has tried to be a little more analytical about why that we won in the way that we did, possible injuries, the difficulties of staying positive after weeks of losing, 3 times by a touchdown or less in the fourth quarter. Did people really feel better about a defense that when it had better statistics but couldn't hold anyone in the fourth quarter? I think part of it may have been that WKU is widely considered so bad; still, they were desperate for a win. Why take anyone for granted. We've beaten them 3 times out of 3, but the first two times, I think it came down to the final play, not the final quarter. Yes, we looked better in other games, but the fact is, we were 1-6; whether or not the personnel changes on defense were mostly due to injuries, I would fault the coaching staff more for staying with the same course. I think it might be useful to click on the following link and scroll down to the next to last paragraph, where Austin Miles talks about attitude. I think a lot of us could question ourselves as to whether we are "among a positive group of people", and what part we individually play in that. Austin Miles on being around positive people.

Could be; honestly, we're kind of beat up on defense now, as I (tactfully) pointed out to Silvereagle in whatever thread talked about defense.

Well, Owasu-Hemeng was reported by Vito as not suiting up, for whatever reason; I didn't realize until after the game that K.C. Obi had taken over starting for Hemeng after game 5. We all know about Tobe, but I think it was also Vito who pointed out that Phillips was playing for an injured Kylie Hill. Lots of. I though Kelvin Jackson made some impact for the first time after his injury. I'm not sure your yelling overcomes injury problems, but that's up to you to decide, of course.

Can't you spell the name of your man crush correctly?

Thank you sir; my wife Arlene deserves all the credit. I just watched the fire, really.

Y'all should check out UTA and UTD. UTA has everything you don't want (is basically in a really bad neighborhood, and UTD has nothing you can get to without driving. In some respects, UNT has gotten a more collegial feel just from the tailgating, as well as the Murchison Performing Arts Center. But I guess that's only important if you like the music program at UNT.

I was kind of thinking about the emotional aspect of that, before the WKU game, and pertaining to it. I thought that game illustrated the way that the mental and emotional aspects can affect, and be affected by what happens on the field. It seemed like you could just see the life being sucked out of the WKU sideline as the fourth quarter progressed.

Ok. It took a second reading to realize the the question was about that defensive line coach.

I have been wondering if some of that wasn't behind what we saw for the first 3 quarters. One thing that was encouraging was that, other than Gilmore (yes, I know this has been a recurring theme), most of those who made good defensive plays in the fourth quarter will be back. Honestly, I haven't checked, but how much experience does Phillips have in D1 ball? I think it's possible we saw some valuable experience being gained out there Saturday.

Not sure about the other two; they might have a hard time with Temple. Now there's a story of a 3 year turnaround.

Yeah, I'm seeing lots of yellow in those bowls of cheerios.

Bout says it all; I still hope I'm not judged based on my "father".

You mean Coach Nelson?

Well, I went out and voted (early) for us. I hope everyone else on this board can say the same by Tuesday night.

It was like, sometime in the fourth quarter, the D started drinking that genius juice (referencing T Bone Burnett song, "Zombieland"-appropriate for Halloween). See lyrics in link: Zombieland lyrics

They had to be at least noticing the noise; I was moving down from around the press box to the rail, trying to take some pictures, and was noticing how loud it was.

You damn right! They got game.

And dumberer? However, I think it was started with perfectly good intentions.

Do any of you think of old time tv or movie monsters when thinking about football players/coaches? My favorite monster was Dracula (hey, a guy with class and taste). My candidate for his present incarnation (and I'm putting myself at some personal risk to my own well being for saying this): Mike Locksley, hc at New Mexico. And the headline from this linked story seems appropriate for that, except that it's the guy he allegedly attacked saying that he "tasted blood" after the incident: Gerald could "taste blood" after attack