Something that bothered me

ipEAGLE · November 30, 2005

Earlier in the year... maybe it was last year a poster on this board who played for the MEAN GREEN under DD said something to the effect: don't worry about the big loss... when Sun Belt play comes around they will really start caring, thats all that matters.

It almost seems like DD has brainwashed everyone to just consider the out of conference games as a practice of some sort. I do not believe he instills the confidence in his players to make them believe they can play with the best of the best.

Does this bother anyone else? Hearing it from an ex-player really made me

Edited November 30, 2005 by ipEAGLE

medpilot21 · November 30, 2005

Earlier in the year... maybe it was last year a poster on this board who played for the MEAN GREEN under DD said something to the effect: don't worry about the big loss... when Sun Belt play comes around they will really start caring, thats all that matters.
It almost seems like DD has brainwashed everyone to just consider the out of conference games as a practice of some sort. I do not believe he instills the confidence in his players to make them believe they can play with the best of the best.
Does this bother anyone else? Hearing it from an ex-player really made me
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See Emmitt's post from Yesterday. I think that covers it pretty well...

GMG!!!

SilverEagle · November 30, 2005

Earlier in the year... maybe it was last year a poster on this board who played for the MEAN GREEN under DD said something to the effect: don't worry about the big loss... when Sun Belt play comes around they will really start caring, thats all that matters.
It almost seems like DD has brainwashed everyone to just consider the out of conference games as a practice of some sort. I do not believe he instills the confidence in his players to make them believe they can play with the best of the best.
Does this bother anyone else? Hearing it from an ex-player really made me
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Hearing it from an ex-player just made it more difficult for DD to deny that he writes-off the OCC games.

Does this bother me? Surely you jest. I graduated from North Texas when we pulled off wins against Tennessee and Houston (the year before Houston won their first SWC title). During the same era, we had wins over Okla St., Memphis, a nationally ranked San Diego St., SMU etc......

Why do you think I refer to our SBC championships as being "King of the Dip$hits"?

My son (also a NT graduate) commented to me recently about that issue. "Well Dad, it's one thing to go to the lowest ranked bowl four times. It's worse to lose three out of four of them".

BTW the NO bowl counts as OCC games.

Edited November 30, 2005 by SilverEagle