greenminer

We could be ranked below CUSA, Southern, and Gateway.

Maybe NMSU wanted it that way? I mean, to not share the broadcast of their post-game.

I love comebacks like this. Speaks volumes about the staff and the heart of the kids.

Just to illustrate how ancient *cough* not up to date this guy was, he announced that North Texas State had the win.

You cannot touch football Jesus around here. Stay focused

Ags = only 3 fgs in second half.

Darn you getting the Browncoat in me all riled up.

Did you hear anything about last year's Troy? or Rice? One year turnarounds are not uncommon.

I don't think he was the one who changed it. "...if you think that sig is going to fly" admins are funny like that.

No No I missed that. Do you have an inside source? crazy...

The Cruces play by play is putting me to sleep.

who's the one?

I'm glad I got through all of that post, because this last part was the only part worth the effort. We have this sexy offense that moves the chains a lot better than DD's ever did. THe problem has been some redzone inefficiency this year. You're absolutely right in that W-L are the ultimate stat, but at least we're moving the chains? I had to live through a DD offense the last two years (and really, further back than that) that didn't even get first downs. HOpefully Dodge will continue to improve outside those 20 yard lines. And the offense without a doubt has been questionable in the 2nd half. I'm distressed, because this team sounds like it just didn't give a crap about today. Offense took a step back, special teams were horrid, and defense...we've been here before. What a horrible way to go into the offseason. Lets see if these coaches can use the offseason to learn from this, and watch as the recruiting games unfold. I know you want W-L, but this sexy offense is bringing in a heck of a lot more fans than DDs Sun Belt championships did, with the exception of a Baylor game and the '02 NMSU game. You and I are going to support the team no matter what. We're awesome that way. But it's my own experience that in order to get my friends to these games, they want to know if there are going to be other fans there too. Games are just more fun with lots of people there, and an offense that takes shots down field brings them in.

what prompts you to start a thread like this?

He declared Meager the starter for the first game, and stated he'd get at least a couple starts.

Let's not bring hunting skills into this.

Don't blame the schemes. It doesn't matter when you're not getting QB pressure the second game of the season.

It's all the players. And those tweaks we've made in the schemes. At least we know now that an entire season can go by, and it's okay to not show any improvement. Let's do it again in '08! Was that Tina Fey I just saw in the Desperate Housewives promo?

They were moving the ball at will. SLC tried to spike the ball to stop the clock and get some more plays in. A team with 13 seconds left content for a field goal would use a running play up the middle, wait for the clock to tick down to nothing and use that final timeout. They were trying to score and that's exactly the right call, IMO. Just a unfortunate turn of events. I only saw the last two minutes of the game. Congrats to Abilene.

My honest first thought was to give Schnelly credit. I might get blasted for the thought of it, but as Capt. Kangaroo figured out the spread?

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.