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[DiamondM75]

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[robo98564BU]

What a bunch of drivel. This is the kind of stuff I abhore: "We are a better team because we are a better team. I have at least heard of the guys on my team; I haven't heard of the players on your team." It is an incredible waste of time. No doubt you posted almost the exact thing on the Baylor board and will do so on the A&M board and the Texas board and yada yada yada. The same post is posted every year by some guy that is a fan of every other college and pro team in america; only the names change. Hell, I think I posted basically the same thing after the Spring Game in 2004.

You are optimistic. You won a big game last year. You caught an A&M team at home looking ahead. Great. I fully concede it is a better win than just about any SMU win in the past few years. But other than A&M, the only I-A team you beat was North Texas. You finished last in the Big XII South last year and there is a very good chance you will do so again this year. The air of superiority is a tad ridiculous. You are a doormat. Compared to every team in the big XII, you have "some guy" at every position. I can't say anything about Baylor football without looking up the name of every player I talk about. You don't have one player that has done anything over a whole season-i.e. a QB with three starts and a RB with less than 600 yards.

I could waste time and point out that our QB has as many Div. 1-A wins as yours has starts. Or that SMU's linebackers were decimated by injuries last year on defense. Or that our stud freshmen RB's are finally coming into their own. Or the 20 returning starters. But I won't. I am not going to impress you or change your mind. And you haven't impressed me or changed my mind, either.

I am not trying to rip Baylor; I'm really not. I wish them all the best on any day but 9/3. I am not on your board posting. But when you come here, I have the right to criticize what you post. And I think what you are posting is wildly optimistic.

Look. You might win on Saturday. You suck. We suck. May the least sucky team win.

Edit: Regarding coaches, do you really think Bennett doesn't speak of this season optimistically? Do you really think any coach in America says anything differently? Here's a hint, everytime your coach says the word "if", add one to the loss column. For example, "If we get consistency out of the safety position, ..."

Your right I know about my team and dont know about yours. At the beginning of the post I said this is why I think my team will win, and I would like yall to take the time to tell me about your team.

And as far as our coach goes, he has been a realist since he got here. He tells things the way they are. He is not afraid to say that he isnt optimistic about the season. But he believes that we have a bowl team. That DOES NOT mean that we will go bowling this year, but we have that opportunity. We havent had that opportunity the past few seasons.

I would really and truly like to hear about your team, because you are right in saying I know little about them. Please advise...

[robo98564BU]

I love statements like "Our safeties are arguably the best in the Big XII with Maurice Lane and Willie Andrews. Both are arguable All-Big XII players."

Let me explain how it works...they either are All-Big XII or not. It is like saying a DIII undefeated team is arguably better than UT because they had a better record.

And as for the prediction of a bowl team by your coach...don't you think it might be a slight conflict of interest? Seems strange for him to suggest a bowl game when every major publication and independent "expert" has baylor either dead last in the Big 12 or second to last ahead of Kansas!

Our safeties may not be individually the best in the big xii, but as a duo they are one of the top 3. And I am pretty sure our coach has done a little bit more research on his team and competition than the "Experts" that put out publications.

You can bash my post all you want. I simply stated why I am optimistic about this year and told yall a little about my team. Some of it may be sloppy and some of it may be half assed, but I threw that together with the little time I had between class and work, and was hoping in the few hours I was gone, yall could come up with a better response than "Your team sucks and your post is gay".

[Grider]

"I would really and truly like to hear about your team, because you are right in saying I know little about them. Please advise..."

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[robo98564BU]

"I would really and truly like to hear about your team, because you are right in saying I know little about them. Please advise..."

dude, have at it:

http://www.ponyfans.com/features/preview05/

thanks