greenminer

My first thoughts, too. I can recall my time in the Green Brigade. Seems like there were a number of things we did to get the crowd going; we'd just parade up to our seats and I'd be scratching my head thinking, "Why can't they get into this?" And that was before Nick Williams, who has done an amazing job bettering their repertoire/pr. It's not just that it's pageantry. It's awesome because every one is so INTO it. And you can't just come up with fresh ideas/new stuff and expect/force people to enjoy things. It's like covering up a horrible cake with tons and tons of icing. ...okay, okay, bad analogy. My point: you need to put a great product out there first.

Read this instead. They'd LOVE you.

Third times a charm!

No doubt. Is it bad that Qunoer is the first person I think of before I click 'add reply'? Sometimes I choose to phrase a sentence the way I do just to see what he can do with it.

hmmm.

I can't help you with DFW-area doctors, but I can assure you that the procedure is harmless...and wonderful. My mother - 55 years old - had it about a year ago and since then is doing great. The process was painless and perfect. She sees great now and has experienced no side-effects.

I thought I remember reading somewhere here on gmg.com that Vizza was seen slinging it around with the receivers.

Dynasty implies a series or succession of titles. You could possibly make a case that they were a dynasty in the 80's, but with 4 titles in 9 years (none in succession) that equates to one every other year at best...not a great case IMO. They didn't give the ancient Chinese rulers the title of dynasties because they ruled every other year. There are cases of back-to-back titles in every sport. I think to be considered a dynasty, you have to win at least 3 titles in a 4 year span. Just my opinion. Below, you'll obviously see others would disagree with me. The last two titles are 1991 and 2001...so every 10 years?. With 5 total titles they are a football powerhouse, and a household name. These teams had a dynasty: Boston Celtics - 7 consecutive titles Chicago Bulls - 3 in a row, twice; or 6 out of 8 years UNC Women's Soccer: 18 of the 25 NCAA championships, including 17 of the first 20 Maybe the ND Fighting Irish of the '40s? ...and the Yanks have won 3 consecutive titles, and 4 consecutive titles. Not really an MLB fan, so they can have their 26 titles and call it whatever they want. ...interesting off-season thread. Thank God. PS: Notre Dame has 8 titles (11 consensus)...are you forgetting that? From Wiki:

We had chants in '01 - '03. And people were into them. I'll vouch for Rick on that.

Traditions are a lot more fun when we have a winning atmosphere to attach them to. I think this subject is moot until we can claim what it feels like to win regularly. People will feel differently about this program and the things we do. Then again, it's the offseason. Proceed...

If TCU can get past Texas, I'd say it's not impossible.

really? How does that work?

Wow, I'm actually impressed. Kinda looks like the ESPN page, but without all their "junk". And devoted to Mean Green! +bookmark

The "We didn't want him anyway" choice made me chuckle.

We have plenty of alumni support? wtf?!

Usually a media-familiar pic. Probably one of the following: J-mo, because he led the country in rushing as a frosh or, the Meager becuase he's Todge's fav as of the spring game. Everyone wants to know who's going to be running Todge's offense.

Hypothetically, if Tre were to come here, would we end up moving Lance Dunbar to slot? I've seen a lot of posts on other boards about him and his ability...

They're getting pretty deep over there:

So he shrunk 2 inches for Rivals? I'm confused.

Right. Care to elaborate how you know about this supposed arrogance they showed? They kept doing it, and the NCAA enforced the just-created "death penalty" because both sides had NO IDEA how destructive it would become. The committee learned from the Mustang case to never enforce it again. You could make a case that these schools are still doing it today because they know ultimately the DP will never be enforced again. So, I guess every program is arrogant? That single act of punishment has had SMU realing for 2 decades. SMU and the death penalty *edit* I guess I got sidetracked. I don't disagree that SMU deserved punishment. But no one should have suffered through what they had to go through. FWIW, there's an interesting opinion on CFN in regards to "what if" pay-for-play was allowed:

Careful not to go too far. Riley is only an oral committment, and another switch could have some of us eating our words.

POW: Predator of Worm?

The spring game was not indicative of what our running game is going to be. The starting RB in this system will get far more than 10 carries/game, and will have much more running room/bigger lanes. Tre Newton had 274 carries, 2010 yards, and 20 TDs in their 16 game season last year. That's an average of just over 17 carries/game. I have no idea what will come about, but I'm pretty sure J-Mo (er, the starting RB; hopefully J-MO!) has a shot at 1200 yards, and at least 12 - 15 carries/game.

Kinda makes you wonder why MB was so quick to discount Riley as a possible QB. My only guess is that he is set on Colt, wanted Riley's pedigree and winning tradition in the program, but didn't feel the need of another QB battle. Perhaps fear of another Simms/Applewhite drama? We'll never know.

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