Wow, Just Wow...

[McKinneyMiner]

Where to begin...?? Where to end...?? What should the middle look like...??

I left McKinney yesterday honestly and completely convinced that this team was on a roll and would win this game...

That conviction never left me, even after going down 14-0...

Can anyone say ANOTHER first drive opponent touchdown? How about a high snap that is batted to a waiting rusher for a touchdown...??

If you're going to kick me in the nuts at least smile...

And that is to say nothing of the sloppy undisciplined mess that was the team last night... Penalties, mental mistakes, organizational chaos...

And yet, we kept hanging in there... Despite having to play against the Cajuns and ourselves we remained in striking distance...

Even after giving up 2 ridiculously long pass plays (I knew we were going to get burned on one of those when that receiver flat out dropped one in the first quarter) we hung tough and fought...

I had to leave the game at the start of the fourth quarter because my Frankenstein neck had taken a little too much without the benefit of hydrocodone, but I listened to the rest in the car and I never quit believing that we were going to win... I just sensed it...

And then the extra point...

A horrible feeling washed over me as I heard George and Hank prepare to make the call... Something told me that we should go against every book in football and just direct snap it to Dunbar and take our chances... A ferret took up residence in my abdomen...

Blocked... After all that, blocked...

A sly no-look kick to the nuggets to top off the evening...

::Sigh::

I just don't see any way Coach Dodge can remain as coach after this...

I'm not at all superstitious, but this thing is cursed... And that's no joke...

After the season (and no matter what happens the rest of the way) Coach Dodge needs to be profusely thanked for his service, shown the door, and one representative from every religion, great and small, needs to be given a chance to shake this curse that hangs over the program...

Seriously, a new coach will do wonders...

There is no way a different coach with the same talent would have these same results...

No way... No way...

See you guys Saturday...?? I'll be there... Wearing green... Hoping...

Except now I will be looking ahead... Cheering for players and waiting for new coaches...

And that wonderful new stadium...

[TheTastyGreek]

A lot can change from one home game to another...

[mad dog]

If the mood weren't so somber, I might just LOL at "A ferret took up residence in my abdomen." Usually, that might be cause to giggle and perma-quote. But now is not the time. Simply not the time.

[oldschoollefty]

I'm not at all superstitious, but this thing is cursed... And that's no joke...

I thought about just this as I trudged back to my car last night. The Cubs have their "billy goat curse" and we all know how that has worked out for them. I was wondering what deity along the way we have pissed off and what any of us can do collectively or individually to rid ourselves of this curse.

Chicken bones?

Magic potion?

Click our heels three times and say there's no place like home?

Use our Jedi skills?

Where's Harry Potter when we need him?

[UNT90]

I thought about just this as I trudged back to my car last night. The Cubs have their "billy goat curse" and we all know how that has worked out for them. I was wondering what deity along the way we have pissed off and what any of us can do collectively or individually to rid ourselves of this curse.

Chicken bones?

Magic potion?

Click our heels three times and say there's no place like home?

Use our Jedi skills?

Where's Harry Potter when we need him?

New coach?

[McKinneyMiner]

Where's Harry Potter when we need him?

I'd settle for Darth Rosenberg...

[oldschoollefty]

I'd settle for Darth Rosenberg...

You don't know the power of the dark side of the force.

[McKinneyMiner]

You don't know the power of the dark side of the force.

"You saw her! She's a truck driving Magic Mamma. And we've got maybe seconds before Darth Rosenberg grinds everybody into Jawa-burgers, and not one of you bunch has the midiclorians to stop her."

'nuff said...

[jimbob]

Curse my ASS! This is just what happens when you have a bunch of coaches that don't know how to teach and demand precision from their players. They don't know how to motivate and they don't know how to get the best out of good players. Theses characters have succeeded in downgrading the talent they had at the beginning of the season and continuing the process with the talent they have left. I gotta tell ya, Lefty was the only up & coming D-1 coach on this staff.

[FirefightnRick]

Curse my ASS! This is just what happens when you have a bunch of coaches that don't know how to teach and demand precision from their players. They don't know how to motivate and they don't know how to get the best out of good players. Theses characters have succeeded in downgrading the talent they had at the beginning of the season and continuing the process with the talent they have left. I gotta tell ya, Lefty was the only up & coming D-1 coach on this staff.

I agree. Has anyone seen the bench being used as a teaching tool the 3 1/2 years? The same guys that keep getting personal fouls remain in the game week after week.

Amazing!

Rick

[oldschoollefty]

I agree. Has anyone seen the bench being used as a teaching tool the 3 1/2 years? The same guys that keep getting personal fouls remain in the game week after week.

Amazing!

Rick

This

[jimbob]

I agree. Has anyone seen the bench being used as a teaching tool the 3 1/2 years? The same guys that keep getting personal fouls remain in the game week after week.

Amazing!

Rick

Only Lefty; his philosophy is: start the 5 best, but don't get stuck on those 5 if 1 or more is not getting it done. Everyone has a bad day and everyone gets beat upon occasion, so use all of your options.

[McKinneyMiner]

Curse my ASS! This is just what happens when you have a bunch of coaches that don't know how to teach and demand precision from their players. They don't know how to motivate and they don't know how to get the best out of good players. Theses characters have succeeded in downgrading the talent they had at the beginning of the season and continuing the process with the talent they have left. I gotta tell ya, Lefty was the only up & coming D-1 coach on this staff.

I'm not talking about a curse that dictates wins and losses... I agree with you that poor coaching and preparation has been an albatross around the neck of this team for too long...

The curse I speak of is deeper than that... It's a general malaise that hangs over the entire program that allows a team that fights tooth and nail to the last whistle to have a tying extra point blocked after pretty much routinely connecting on all previous attempts this season...

A new coaching staff lifts that malaise just by their newness... What we have now is stagnant...

[Coffee and TV]

I'm not talking about a curse that dictates wins and losses... I agree with you that poor coaching and preparation has been an albatross around the neck of this team for too long...

The curse I speak of is deeper than that... It's a general malaise that hangs over the entire program that allows a team that fights tooth and nail to the last whistle to have a tying extra point blocked after pretty much routinely connecting on all previous attempts this season...

A new coaching staff lifts that malaise just by their newness... What we have now is stagnant...

I agree. Somebody did something rotten in New Orleans in 2004 before the start of the bowl game. That seems to be when it all took a turn for the worse...

[Rudy]

I thought about just this as I trudged back to my car last night. The Cubs have their "billy goat curse" and we all know how that has worked out for them. I was wondering what deity along the way we have pissed off and what any of us can do collectively or individually to rid ourselves of this curse.

Chicken bones?

Magic potion?

Click our heels three times and say there's no place like home?

Use our Jedi skills?

Where's Harry Potter when we need him?

"We need a live rooster...Is it a LIVE rooster? Ok, we need a live rooster to take the curse off, and NOBODY knows what to get Millie or Jimmey for their wedding present. We're dealing with alot of s**t.

[oldschoollefty]

Let's find this guy's agent.