greenminer

yeah I noticed :/ previous TV discussion Too bad for the phenomenon that is UTEP in November. That's 2-10 the last three Novembers, with one of those victories being over Texas Southern.

As if Dodge is the inventor of the spread?

I've suddently had violent images of what next year's QB arguments between you two are going to be. whew.

mmmk, you have me beat by many years. Which baffles me even more, because you - even with your reply - don't have any argument. Is anyone else reading this? Is my argument wrong? I believe someone above says we have dropped 40 spots. That doesn't concern you, apparently. It needs to be 50+. This argument is dead, I suppose. Excuse me, but I believe we had 22 starters lose 10 games last year. Not just D? One of the biggest indicators of improvement is returning starters. We improved on offense, but it became completely moot because the defense didn't get one. bit. better. For 8 weeks? Sure, we had the occasional bright spot...plays that were made by playmakers Things happen. Sometimes it's the players, sometimes it's the system. I'm leaning towards the former. TD's defense allowed opponents to move the ball a LOT quicker than DD's defense. We have actually WON the TOP battle many times this year (because we got more first downs). Technically, dickey ball was more run...run...draw...punt. I really don't know if either of us can make an argument off this segment. Games are longer but - proportionate to the offense - the defense is on the field less compared to last year's D. wow. I never wanted Mendoza fired. Did I post that somewhere? Maybe I did...All I ever wanted was improvement. There was none until the ASU game. FAU was too early. And I saw straight through the LaMo win. I admit it: I was so happy for Stevensen and Green, and in complete disgust at everything else. LaMo outscored us 21-10 in the second half. Sound familiar? FAU outscored us 20-3 in the second half. Don't hold it to me for knee jerk reactions: 7 turnovers in the Troy loss was knee jerk. How can either of us base anything whatsoever off that? I sure didn't. All I saw was a great Troy team beat us handily. I take it that your point of reference is clapping for wins the last 40+ years. That's awesome. We really need that. But what do you really know about football? I know enough to look at what I've seen this year and see something that goes a lot deeper than just the players suddenly being so inexplicably worse. 40 place drop!!! How can you downplay that?!!! Absolutely. As I messaged someone earlier: I'll take a young gun who's willing to learn and adapt over the 30 year coaching vet who refuses to change guns any day. I have a gut feeling Mendoza's gonna be around in some capacity because he brings to the table an incredible ability to CONNECT to players (Although, I say that blindly and HOPING that's the case). All I'm trying to convey is that I think it's okay to admit that Mendoza is way over his head right now. I firmly believe we keep learning. It's completely wrong to assume that once Mendoza (or any coach for that matter) gets hired into college he just STOPS absorbing new things. Mendoza deserves every opportunity to learn the ropes, but he should be doing it in the locker room and at camps right now and not at the expense of 2-win teams the next 4 years. Cheers, fellow fan, to you I have my own perspective on what's going on right now and I feel pretty darn good about our future based on what's I've heard about the ASU game and what I saw at the WK game (were you there?). My wish is that Mendoza learns his ropes while coaching LBs next year. Did you know he had an all-state LB under his wing every year he was at SLC? Sounds to me like something is there to be tapped into. -gm, happily serving knee-jerk reactions and studying the game for the last 15 years.

news to me. The channel is 404 KDFI. 27 takes me to CSPAN? and it looks and sounds like the NFL network to me, complete with their NFL Network logo. Maybe this is like when a local channel picks up a NT away game through ESPN gameplan.

Mendoza could save a ton of money by switching to Geico.

BTW, I have Time Warner cable in Lewisville and I have the game on. What was all this talk about cable not picking up the NFL Network? ...oh, and I didn't pay a dime to get this?

wow. where do I begin? This isn't meant to bash you or Mendoza, or say you're wrong. Okay, it is. To say you're overgeneralizing would be an understatement. You can't teach speed, but footwork and positioning are HUGE. They also call it spacing. How long have you been a fan? How old are you? Recheck your standards? It doesn't bother you how many spots this defense actually dropped? Or that we nearly broke records for points allowed in a season (somebody help me here, can't look up those stats/rankings while at work) Kinda of the same way we returned 10 starters from last year's D? Oh I see, we have all this youth that proved themselves to the tune of worst defense in the nation. Nowhere to go but up!

yep

Mizza can win if everyone is playing lights out and the entire game. If a player, especially Chase, gets hurt and taken out than I can't see them beating the Sooners.

Take Mandy back home with him?

Using previous nomenclature, one could assume Todge called this powerful lineup a "6 man front". Don't quote me on that, as I'm not fly with their complex jive. Also rumored to be seen is a two tight end set, called a "7 man front". That's way over my head though.

I like Leach, but I think there's a small irony in dumping Nutt after his SEC accomplishments in favor of a coach who has yet to win his division.

Do you wake up with a clown's hand in your pants? I find your posts awesome when I read them with a lisp.

Must be exhausting. Did they end up fixing the cable?

are we gonna split hairs here?

oh c'mon they were threatening castration!

yay we won yay!

Go to another clinic, put on a Firefighters hat and see if you get the same response.

huh? I didn't hear of that.

That's like polishing a diamond in a pile of dung. I'd never stay in Waco. But that's just me.

??? I see an NFL coach in a gray pullover sweater. That's bad?

Vizza ain't going anywhere. The starting job is his to lose Riley isn't going anywhere. It was UT or family for him, imo. I believe in this system the top 8 WRs get PT. don't quote me on that though Lots of rumors about Mendoza floating around. Lets just let it rest until next season (I say that, knowing full well you guys aren't going to let it lol) You know, if Mendoza hadn't charged the fan after the LaMo win, he might have been in a position to be forgiven at some point. By doing what he did, he'll never live it down and will always be the odd-man out on this staff.

Oh, Frisco! You don’t like that either... ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss And you’re a city of snakes, I see!

The pics don't do justice: there was a thin sleet falling and it was CHILLY