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I guess its too much to ask that we could actually win?

Postby Texasscout96 » Sun Oct 05, 2008 11:59 pm

I was actually hopeful at halftime when it was 10-10. I was starting to think that the defense had FINALLY turned around.

Alas, I was wrong.

The LOOOONG season continues. I'm nervous about Tulsa on Saturday. I wonder if we can keep them under 80 points. Of course they'll put their backups in like TCU did.

and just think, our circle of champions paid $2 million per year for this level of football.

WOW.
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Re: I guess its too much to ask that we could actually win?

Postby kent dorfman » Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:03 am

Texasscout96 wrote:I was actually hopeful at halftime when it was 10-10. I was starting to think that the defense had FINALLY turned around.

Alas, I was wrong.

The LOOOONG season continues. I'm nervous about Tulsa on Saturday. I wonder if we can keep them under 80 points. Of course they'll put their backups in like TCU did.

and just think, our circle of champions paid $2 million per year for this level of football.

WOW.


Defense had a great game, by our standards and they seemed to be doing great after we sustained that long drive in the first quarter. But as we kept going three and outs, our undersized defense got tired. Bad combination. I just think the offense needs to be better period. Either Bo has to take better care of the ball and be more accurate or we have to run it better. As for the D, they could be better if the offense was better.
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Re: I guess its too much to ask that we could actually win?

Postby Lebanese4Life » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:17 am

Texasscout96 wrote:I was actually hopeful at halftime when it was 10-10. I was starting to think that the defense had FINALLY turned around.

Alas, I was wrong.

The LOOOONG season continues. I'm nervous about Tulsa on Saturday. I wonder if we can keep them under 80 points. Of course they'll put their backups in like TCU did.

and just think, our circle of champions paid $2 million per year for this level of football.

WOW.


You just need to wait. This is a rebuilding process.. 2-3 years from now we're gonna be in a bowl game. Just watch.
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Re: I guess its too much to ask that we could actually win?

Postby OC Mustang » Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:31 am

Lebanese4Life wrote:
Texasscout96 wrote:I was actually hopeful at halftime when it was 10-10. I was starting to think that the defense had FINALLY turned around.

Alas, I was wrong.

The LOOOONG season continues. I'm nervous about Tulsa on Saturday. I wonder if we can keep them under 80 points. Of course they'll put their backups in like TCU did.

and just think, our circle of champions paid $2 million per year for this level of football.

WOW.


You just need to wait. This is a rebuilding process.. 2-3 years from now we're gonna be in a bowl game. Just watch.


I think his point is that he doesn't want to wait that long. And neither do I. If Jones is that good, and his staff is that good, and he can get the guys to be that good, we won't have to.
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Re: I guess its too much to ask that we could actually win?

Postby Bergermeister » Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:44 am

Texasscout96 wrote: I'm nervous about Tulsa on Saturday.

:roll: You're nervous? Nervous? Give me a freakin' break. Grow up.
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Re: I guess its too much to ask that we could actually win?

Postby Mustangs35SMU » Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:40 am

OC Mustang wrote:I think his point is that he doesn't want to wait that long. And neither do I. If Jones is that good, and his staff is that good, and he can get the guys to be that good, we won't have to.


We have to actually have a team that is good for our coaching staff to put us in a position to be good.

We've waited for 20 years, what's wrong with a couple more? :lol: :lol: :wink: :wink:
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Re: I guess its too much to ask that we could actually win?

Postby mrydel » Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:46 am

Mustangs35SMU wrote:We've waited for 20 years, what's wrong with a couple more? :lol: :lol: :wink: :wink:


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Postby Stallion » Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:49 am

then we will pour your charred ashes on the sacred grounds of either the Poulan WeedEater Independence Bowl or the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl when we finally make a Bowl. (think I left some openings for a "smart" comeback....)
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Re: I guess its too much to ask that we could actually win?

Postby abezontar » Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:55 am

Mustangs35SMU wrote:
OC Mustang wrote:I think his point is that he doesn't want to wait that long. And neither do I. If Jones is that good, and his staff is that good, and he can get the guys to be that good, we won't have to.


We have to actually have a team that is good for our coaching staff to put us in a position to be good.

We've waited for 20 years, what's wrong with a couple more? :lol: :lol: :wink: :wink:


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Postby mrydel » Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:03 am

Stallion wrote:then we will pour your charred ashes on the sacred grounds of either the Poulan WeedEater Independence Bowl or the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl when we finally make a Bowl. (think I left some openings for a "smart" comeback....)


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Re: I guess its too much to ask that we could actually win?

Postby ReedFrawg » Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:13 am

Personally, I am not surprised about the defensive struggles but I expected a lot more from the offense regardless of the QB. The O is only averaging 17 pts per game outside of Texas State.
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Re: I guess its too much to ask that we could actually win?

Postby JasonB » Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:45 am

ReedFrawg wrote:Personally, I am not surprised about the defensive struggles but I expected a lot more from the offense regardless of the QB. The O is only averaging 17 pts per game outside of Texas State.


We have a frosh QB with 3 frosh linemen. I expect any offense in the country to struggle with that statistic.

Once we announced that BLM would start at QB, I fully expected us to be 1-5 at this point in the season, maybe 2-4 with Tulane, but it was away. Things will get more competitive towards the end of the season and give us some momentum going into next season.
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Re: I guess its too much to ask that we could actually win?

Postby The XtC » Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:42 pm

[quote="Lebanese4Life"]You just need to wait. This is a rebuilding process.. 2-3 years from now we're gonna be in a bowl game. Just watch.[/quote]

[quote="JasonB"]Things will get more competitive towards the end of the season and give us some momentum going into next season.[/quote]

Man............ If I had a nickel for every time I've heard those lines....... word for word, exact quotes..... I'd never have to worry about the stock market, ever again.
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Re: I guess its too much to ask that we could actually win?

Postby J.T.supporta » Mon Oct 06, 2008 2:05 pm

Lebanese4Life wrote:
Texasscout96 wrote:I was actually hopeful at halftime when it was 10-10. I was starting to think that the defense had FINALLY turned around.

Alas, I was wrong.

The LOOOONG season continues. I'm nervous about Tulsa on Saturday. I wonder if we can keep them under 80 points. Of course they'll put their backups in like TCU did.

and just think, our circle of champions paid $2 million per year for this level of football.

WOW.


You just need to wait. This is a rebuilding process.. 2-3 years from now we're gonna be in a bowl game. Just watch.


didnt some of us say that 2-3 years ago?
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