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Conference USA hates Tulsa

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:44 am
by HB Pony Dad
This is interesting:

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/others

"While Tulsa holds the spot now, I do think teams such as SMU and Houston can take it away. SMU will bring the run-and-shoot to the league, which will frustrate a lot of offenses. June Jones' Hawaii teams weren't known for their bad behavior, but as you can see from the WAC timeline, they were involved in a few altercations."

"Nov. 10, 2007 -- Fresno State and Hawaii fans get into an altercation in the stands at Aloha Stadium. Water bottles were hurled, trash was thrown, and spit was spat."

Oh No "spit was spat"
:D

Re: Conference USA hates Tulsa

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:47 am
by lwjr
HB Pony Dad wrote:This is interesting:

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/others

"While Tulsa holds the spot now, I do think teams such as SMU and Houston can take it away. SMU will bring the run-and-shoot to the league, which will frustrate a lot of offenses. June Jones' Hawaii teams weren't known for their bad behavior, but as you can see from the WAC timeline, they were involved in a few altercations."

"Nov. 10, 2007 -- Fresno State and Hawaii fans get into an altercation in the stands at Aloha Stadium. Water bottles were hurled, trash was thrown, and spit was spat."

Oh No "spit was spat"


I can see Cougar High fans acting like that, I think SMU is a little more self respecting.
:D

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:51 am
by SmooBoy
I guess that's better than it being drooled or dribbled.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:58 am
by redpony
There should never be a spate of spating spit. Oh, how bad.

GO PONIES!!!

Re: Conference USA hates Tulsa

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:04 am
by FWMustangGirl
lwjr wrote:I can see Cougar High fans acting like that, I think SMU is a little more self respecting.
:D


No, Arkansas fans were the ones I remember that spat spit. Of course, some of them probably drooled it too...

Re: Conference USA hates Tulsa

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:09 am
by lwjr
FWMustangGirl wrote:
lwjr wrote:I can see Cougar High fans acting like that, I think SMU is a little more self respecting.
:D


No, Arkansas fans were the ones I remember that spat spit. Of course, some of them probably drooled it too...
\

When you are missing your front teeth, it is hard not to drool!

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:36 pm
by RednBlue11
anyone else a little concerned that the run and shoot will frustrate a lot of offenses? what a brilliant piece of insight

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:40 pm
by HB Pony Dad
RednBlue11 wrote:anyone else a little concerned that the run and shoot will frustrate a lot of offenses? what a brilliant piece of insight


The way some teams play defense it is often "offensive"

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 6:50 pm
by kent dorfman
RednBlue11 wrote:anyone else a little concerned that the run and shoot will frustrate a lot of offenses? what a brilliant piece of insight


How does the Run and Shoot frustrate a lot of offenses? It's not the kind of offense that encourages time of possession so it won't keep the other team's offense off the field much, which is one of the few conceivable ways one team's offense could frustrate another team's offense.

Maybe an offense could be so good that other offenses see that no matter how hard they try they can never be as good as that offense and then as highly competitive athletes that will frustrate them (those that run the offenses that is not as good as the best offense ever). So in their frustration they start to play badly, making them even more frustrated since they are actually getting farther away from acheiving their goal of being as good as this great offense.

Or maybe it's easier for an offense to frustrate a defense as opposed to another offense but I only know so much about football I could be wrong.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:04 am
by rjhiii
It would be one of my happiest days on SMU's campus if the fans got into a brawl over a football game. That would imply that 1) There were fans 2) They actually cared enough to fight over the product on the field.

Edit: Fixed the "I" confusion.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:26 am
by CalallenStang
rjhiii wrote:I would be one of my happiest days on SMU's campus


I don't want to know how that works...

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:11 am
by One Trick Pony
RednBlue11 wrote:anyone else a little concerned that the run and shoot will frustrate a lot of offenses? what a brilliant piece of insight




(ding) Bob we have a winner :!:

PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:09 pm
by buspen
rjhiii wrote:It would be one of my happiest days on SMU's campus if the fans got into a brawl over a football game. That would imply that 1) There were fans 2) They actually cared enough to fight over the product on the field.

Edit: Fixed the "I" confusion.


Have you forgotten the Tech game, it was 2003 or 2004? When Bennett went after Leach and threw a punch at him and connected with their strength coach who jumped in front of Leach. That emptied the benches and a few fans hit the field.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:37 pm
by rjhiii
I want stand clearing brawls. The fights amongst players (and coaches) are to be expected.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:19 pm
by couch 'em
Careful - such violence is very non-PC, and would result in many students getting kicked out of school. Fan enthusiasm is too much of a legal liability for SMU.