Monkeypox

Tebow or McFadden. Either of those two.

I think this offense is bringing them in because it's shiny and new. Now, I think it's a better offense than DD's, certainly, but we've seen a number of obvious flaws in it this year (short yardage and red-zone issues when in the shotgun, etc.). AND I think when next year rolls around and the fan interest spike from a shiny new offense and coaching staff has worn off, ONLY wins will bring people in.

And I'm one who believes the Belt has been improving every year, with a few notable exceptions...

Woohoo, we have a sexy passing offense now. It's still terrible and inefficient. It's simply the passing version of DD's vaunted run all the time O, which set its own number of 1-dimensional records. The record I care about is W-L. How many INTs have we thrown this season? How many turnovers in total do we have? How many special teams miscues? Those are some stats for you to look at. Yep. Two honorable mention FRESHMAN All-Americans. Our young talent, at this point, appears much further ahead of our upperclassmen, which is part of the reason for the personnel changes and inconsistency and, most importantly, LOSSES. If people are as upset by our losses as they appear to be, then surely they can see it is at least in part due to us not having the guns, when that has been obvious in EVERY game this year. Everyone in the conference will have several players on the all-conference lists. We just lost to the 2nd worst team in the country (the worst is now us without a doubt). I'm one who believes this team is on the way up, but at this point I have to admit to myself that it is on blind faith and recruiting alone, because the coaching, talent, and execution (EVERYTHING, get it?), need to get WAY better if we want to compete.

Where's the D. ALL OF THE ABOVE?

yep.

my point is that our team sucks on all fronts, and if you guys were consistent, you'd be calling for all the coaches' heads. i don't like that we're the worst team i've ever seen play, but if i call for Mendoza's head in his first season, i should be ready to call for everyone from Todge on down, because this team has been terrible all season. but our athletes, particularly on defense, are NOT up to snuff. sorry if that hurts people's feelings, but it's the sheer fact of the matter. with or without schemes we shouldn't be getting blown off the ball by FIU. with or without them, our DBs shouldn't be getting beat this badly. now, some of that can be attributed to attrition and change of coaching styles. a GOOD DEAL of it has been a coaching staff doing a terrible job. but the grim reality is that our D is about 1/3 of the problem with this football team right now. that's my point.

And if we didn't get the ball on the 1 yard line to start the game, we'd have all of 13 points.

I actually think it's harder now, because back then I was so happy we'd fought our way back into Div. 1-A, so I could excuse being a doormat in a crappy conference. Now, more than decade later... we're still a doormat.

Well, I WAS worried about playing a winless team at home for their last game of the season. If we were a good team, I wouldn't worry about it so much. But THIS is terrible beyond words.

Other than against Navy(one of the worst defenses in college football), I haven't been very impressed with our offense at all this year. And THIS game, our last of the season, our offense has taken HUGE steps backwards.

Mendoza turns the ball over again.

That one is on the staff for whoever's decision it was to audition a senior at PR the last game in a lost season.

21-12 FIU. We can't score on offense, and struggle moving the ball at all. We can't kick the ball, or cover anyone who returns kicks. We can't cover, tackle, or maintain position on defense. We can't get a positive play on offense without an accompanying penalty. We can't manage the clock, because our coaches have their thumbs up their collective *sses. We can't do pretty much anything against what apparently may not be the worst team in football, because that's a title we are fighting hard to keep for ourselves. You are lucky you haven't the means to witness the macabre spectacle we are putting on today. It is possibly the worst football to ever have been played.

That was my fatal mistake. Instead of going incognito, I just became known as "the guy who hangs out with those seven Saddam Hussein lookalikes."

Yeah, I didn't have any funny comments about them getting rings for winning 7 games. I was too busy pissing my pants from laughing so hard.

Troy, I think they are the best Sun Belt representative this year, and would bring the most fans.

Unfortunately, the reality is that you have to WIN FIRST to get the random fans that the big boys have. If you REALLY, REALLY thought anyone was gonna go to a game on Thanksgiving weekend to watch a 1-win team take on Western Kentucky, you need a reality check. Most of the influx of fans this year have been because we've got a new, popular head coach and a new, more exciting offense, but these aren't the type of fans who will make it out to such a game. If this team doesn't start winning, we'll be right back where we were before. The football team is a product. You won't get people to pay money for a bad product, unless it's been a good product for a long time before or there aren't other options.

at least we won't have to worry about giving up our early lead.

Well, the lab results were negative for the antibodies necessary to fight Monkeypox.

The announcement will be that your lab results are negative.

I believe he's saying that FIU is a guaranteed win for FAU, when they play on 11/24.

Honestly, I haven't seen much of this from our boys this year.

Exactly, I still think the best option is probably the first scenario. But it is easy for a team like USC or UT, where their depth all around is superb. While we're still working on building to that level, do you just find a way to get him in (I still think he redshirts, regardless) to the lineup? And before anyone goes into it, yes, I know it's way early and it's all speculative and WHO KNOWS what happens over the next 4 or 5 years, but it sure beats another "FIRE THE DC!" discussion, IMO.