akriesman

Our WR group was already thin. Now, one or two of them have to play in the secondary because it is even more thin that the WR's ? The coaching has been very poor. But, all these injuries are making it far more difficult. It's a lost season all around. But, the injuries don't excuse the lack of discipline and motivation.

I know that I am in the minority probably. But, I much prefer the NFL overtime. If it is still a tie after 10 minutes, it's a tie.

What is more likely at this point. A: 14+ point win by Liberty. B: NT coming back down by 2. Give me A.

That holding call on the big play may have just been their undoing. Attention Seth: You cannot keep running the ball on 1st and 2nd down.

Is anyone really confident, especially with the injuries ? We had a great chance to stop them on 3rd and 16, before the free play. That was critical.

Our guys on D are dropping like flies.

Willis back in at QB and our secondary is in terrible shape. Bad combination. And of course we just give up a 3rd and long.

Liberty is totally selling out against the run.

I agree we need to make a switch at QB. Aune should have 3 picks in the 1st half alone. That would put any QB on the bench who is not a a star player. Unfortunately, because they are leading, no change will be made. Seth will be too afraid to make a change. Liberty is not going to let us run the ball in the 2nd half. If the passing game does not step up, we lose. Liberty is not the same team without Willis. NT has been handed a GOLDEN opportunity. No excuses.

Yes.

We are going to have to throw the ball better. Liberty is stuffing the running game now and begging us to throw.

Wow. I can't believe Liberty went for that 4th and 3 with a backup QB like that. They are panicking when they don't need to.

What is up with our DL. 5 sacks ?

And, just like that the game is even.

Willis now starting to be Willis. Ouch. We need a QB that can put the team on his back.

Our short yardage game is just awful. They finally don't run up the middle and it fails also.

Caught a huge break. Very ill advised throw by Aune.

Happy for Jason. He had a really good game. But, it is by far his best game of the year. His QBR is 111th in the FBS.

I would like to know this also ArkStFan. Is this definitive ?

The rumors floating around are that UMass and UConn will not leave the Atlantic 10 because of basketball. NMSU is a definite possibility. That would leave 2 more FCS programs that would have to move up to fill the slots. JMU has been ready, but now committed to the Belt. I am not sure any other FCS schools are ready.

I don't see how CUSA stays alive now. Adding three teams that are interested is going to be tough. Now, Liberty does not seem interested either. I thank our lucky stars we are not one of the 5 teams that may be left without a conference. And, going back to the Sun Belt would not have been seen as an advancement either. It is a real shame what has happened to La Tech, WKU, MT, UTEP and FIU. All of those schools are deserving of a decent G5 (or G4?) conference. We are blessed today.

On the other hand, our facilities are clearly the best of the 6 schools being added to the AAC. Fortunately for us, we have less work than the other 5 and maybe some of the current AAC schools. So, it should be easier to address our few weaknesses in that area. The most glaring issue right now is getting the football team turned around an at least headed in the right direction.

I know this has been asked before at some point. But, what kind of impact would Title IX have on Baseball for us. Would we have to add another Woman's sport or remove another men's sport ? When I graduated in '86, I still remember there being men's soccer at NT 😞

Yep. How does the saying go ? "There is no such thing as bad publicity". This is 100% true in the days of social media.

I have been ragging about Judy constantly on this board. A few people pointed out that she was handed a bad situation at the beginning. That may be true. But, she has done nothing to really try and rectify it. She is far too passive IMO. I may not know the inner workings of being a commissioner. But, I do know that I heard nothing from our current (soon to be former) commissioner and that is not good a good thing. On the other hand, Aresco is a positive thinking commissioner that gets things done. His name is always in the media, especially for a G5 conference. People laughed at him (including myself) when he tried to brand the AAC as a P6 conference. But, that is the kind of forward thinking that can take you places. And, it will rub off the the new AAC schools like ours. Is this the most important day in NT sports history ? It may turn out to be.