Monday Night Recap

[Quoner]

I should have known this would be a bad weekend for everyone when I signed on with my laptop from the Houston airport Friday. Not just because it’s a sad thing to do with or without a two hour layover, but because it was the first taste of theWilltoWin show that would set the tone for everything I would miss. Take that, soldiers. I would get caught in his sneaky traps a couple of more times during the weekend, but luckily, he was stopped before “he did something that got him in trouble.” Let’s face it; this forum needs the crazy people just as badly as it needs its jokers, condescending blowhards, sunshine enthusiasts and liberal hippy socialists. That’s why I’m glad Will found a friend in former GreenP1 Memorial Forum all-star Jesse Martin and seemed to end the weekend on a calmer note.

Still, many of our favorites laid out this weekend. Kram was off drinking ouzo and slurping hummus out of a North Texas hat balanced carefully on a hot Greek woman’s abdomen, Bob was…well, wherever it is Bob goes between outbursts, and a lot of folks seemed content to sit this one out. Who would step up in our hour of need? Who would bring us sunshine when the clouds were so gray? As kick-off time neared, Southlake’s own ToddRodge struck first, announcing that there were only 30 minutes until the big turnaround where Todge shows us all what he can do. Oddly enough, he’s been quiet since.

Then, the game happened. Several folks had good trip recaps and I particularly enjoyed CBL’s attempt to show off our team to new fans. Remember taking people to games in the early aughts and they wanted to come back? Too bad those idiots were just settling for bottom 25 success.

I had the joy of following the game through a bizarre mix of texts and phone play-by-play. After trying in vain to find a bar with the game in Panama City (no luck with two early SEC games going), I snuck off to a resort gym and had a nice two hour workout to deal with the stress. Except, I realized there was no stress. As much as I try to psych myself up each week, this is what I know is coming…deep down in my heart. I’ll keep pushing it down like heart burn and will join the chorus calling for an FAU win, but it will always burn when I swallow this season. I also enjoyed finding out Troy Phillips had the same basic viewing experience I did. Good thing I wasn’t counting on covering the game for my livelihood.

Speaking of swallowing, I know all 3 of you who posted or PMed asking for this want to talk postgame threads. First, I can’t keep up with everything. You people are insane, and not in that funny, spunky fan base way. There are two posts I’ve found myself rereading over and over again, trying to figure out what the author meant. Greeneagle69, wrote this masterpiece. There’s a lot to digest there, but my favorite line is this: “Right now he feels kinda like and adult that is stuck in puberty.... just cant seem to grow out of his growing pains.” How…how do you know?

Maybe the adult groping the pubescent boy has the inferiority complex realgrad88 lectured about. You might say, “but Quoner, that sounds like an assumption SAM Coach might post.” Well, sir, I will slap your face and make sure you understand that Sam Coach does not post assumptions.

Tobi Writes had a very detailed look at how to pick up the pieces of the offense. His magic formula calls for 50 running plays and 30 pass plays per game, or 80 plays for 450 yards of offense (200 of them rushing). Well, when we held the ball for 41+ minutes against Clemson, we ran 83 plays, so that should work.

In a related note, someone started a Twitter feed called Bleacherreportd that was taken down and suspended tonight. They posted an actual Bleacher Report article each day as well as fake article titles like “The top 48 reasons Tony Romo are clutche” and “The top 40 reasons Ben Rothlezburger can win MVP.” I felt bad about it and checked the main Bleacher Report page a few minutes ago. This was your front page subhead: “Niner defense is doing a great job. The holding penalty really hurt the Saints. Look for N.O. to run more no huddle or hurry up offense next time.” At the rate Tobi Writes is improving with each post; he may be running the site by Thanksgiving.

Oh, and with apologies to JayDub, our own national treasure and hosemaster extraordinaire had a nice theory on why the Rodge zone read wasn’t working. He also had a good summary of Dodge frustrations and issues in another thread, but I've grown weary of searching for more links.

All that said, North Texas football isn’t all about wins and losses. It’s about making old friends grovel like little school boy bitches (welcome back, buddy!), remembering that time we hired that one coach who was going to be great and shining the bark signal high into the sky until the ones we lost come home. If none of that does it for you, just saty for the free tacos.

Oh, and don’t worry. If we fall this Saturday, the Cowboys play early Sunday to mitigate the blaring media spotlight on this program.

Until next time, keep a good thought for Ray and pray that our now 9 day ordeal ends soon. Courage.

Edited September 21, 2010 by Quoner

[CaribbeanGreen]

I should have known this would be a bad weekend for everyone when I signed on with my laptop from the Houston airport Friday. Not just because it’s a sad thing to do with or without a two hour layover, but because it was the first taste of theWilltoWin show that would set the tone for everything I would miss. Take that, soldiers. I would get caught in his sneaky traps a couple of more times during the weekend, but luckily, he was stopped before “he did something that got him in trouble.” Let’s face it; this forum needs the crazy people just as badly as it needs its jokers, condescending blowhards, sunshine enthusiasts and liberal hippy socialists. That’s why I’m glad Will found a friend in former GreenP1 Memorial Forum all-star Jesse Martin and seemed to end the weekend on a calmer note.

Still, many of our favorites laid out this weekend. Kram was off drinking ouzo and slurping hummus out of a North Texas hat balanced carefully on a hot Greek woman’s abdomen, Bob was…well, wherever it is Bob goes between outbursts, and a lot of folks seemed content to sit this one out. Who would step up in our hour of need? Who would bring us sunshine when the clouds were so gray? As kick-off time neared, Southlake’s own ToddRodge struck first, announcing that there were only 30 minutes until the big turnaround where Todge shows us all what he can do. Oddly enough, he’s been quiet since.

Then, the game happened. Several folks had good trip recaps and I particularly enjoyed CBL’s attempt to show off our team to new fans. Remember taking people to games in the early aughts and they wanted to come back? Too bad those idiots were just settling for bottom 25 success.

I had the joy of following the game through a bizarre mix of texts and phone play-by-play. After trying in vain to find a bar with the game in Panama City (no luck with two early SEC games going), I snuck off to a resort gym and had a nice two hour workout to deal with the stress. Except, I realized there was no stress. As much as I try to psych myself up each week, this is what I know is coming…deep down in my heart. I’ll keep pushing it down like heart burn and will join the chorus calling for an FAU win, but it will always burn when I swallow this season. I also enjoyed finding out Troy Phillips had the same basic viewing experience I did. Good thing I wasn’t counting on covering the game for my livelihood.

Speaking of swallowing, I know all 3 of you who posted or PMed asking for this want to talk postgame threads. First, I can’t keep up with everything. You people are insane, and not in that funny, spunky fan base way. There are two posts I’ve found myself rereading over and over again, trying to figure out what the author meant. Greeneagle69, wrote this masterpiece. There’s a lot to digest there, but my favorite line is this: “Right now he feels kinda like and adult that is stuck in puberty.... just cant seem to grow out of his growing pains.” How…how do you know? Maybe the adult groping the pubescent boy has the inferiority complex realgrad88 lectured about. You might say, “but Quoner, that sounds like an assumption SAM Coach might post.” Well, sir, I will slap your face and make sure you understand that Sam Coach does not post assumptions.

Tobi Writes had a very detailed look at how to pick up the pieces of the offense. His magic formula calls for 50 running plays and 30 pass plays per game, or 80 plays for 450 yards of offense (200 of them rushing). Well, when we held the ball for 41+ minutes against Clemson. In a related note, someone started a Twitter feed called Bleacherreportd that was taken down and suspended tonight. They posted an actual Bleacher Report article each day as well as fake article titles like “The top 48 reasons Tony Romo are clutche” and “The top 40 reasons Ben Rothlezburger can win MVP.” I felt bad about it and checked the main Bleacher Report page a few minutes ago. This was your front page subhead: “Niner defense is doing a great job. The holding penalty really hurt the Saints. Look for N.O. to run more no huddle or hurry up offense next time.” At the rate Tobi Writes is improving with each post; he may be running the site by Thanksgiving.

Oh, and with apologies to JayDub, our own national treasure and hosemaster extraordinaire had a nice theory on why the Rodge zone read wasn’t working. He also had a good summary of Dodge frustrations and issues in another thread, but I've grown weary of searching for more links.

All that said, North Texas football isn’t all about wins and losses. It’s about making old friends grovel like little school boy bitches (welcome back, buddy!), remembering that time we hired that one coach who was going to be great and shining the bark signal high into the sky until the ones we lost come home. If none of that does it for you, just saty for the free tacos.

Oh, and don’t worry. If we fall this Saturday, the Cowboys play early Sunday to mitigate the blaring media spotlight on this program.

Until next time, keep a good thought for Ray and pray that our now 9 day ordeal ends soon. Courage.

So many hidden gems I can't stand it. This is why we lift all them weights.

[Green Mean]

This thread deserves a bump.

[Quoner]

Happy ending alert 1/2: the Fake Bleacher Report Twitter feed is back and has a new featured article of the day that helps disprove crap like MLB sabermetrics via an anecdotal list!

Happy ending alert 2/2: I got Cerebus a pretty cool birthday present that he will love for a very long time.

[Army of Dad]

Happy ending alert 1/2: the Fake Bleacher Report Twitter feed is back and has a new featured article of the day that helps disprove crap like MLB sabermetrics via an anecdotal list!

Happy ending alert 2/2: I got Cerebus a pretty cool birthday present that he will love for a very long time.

[SteaminWillieBeamin]

KILL IT WITH FIRE

[Green P1]

Remember how much more better things were when the"Green P1 Memorial Forum" was up and running? Once Rangers season ends the crappy ass "Eagles Nest" may as well close up shop.