Very few schools are successful in capitalizing on their flashes of success. It is incredibly important to upgrade the program while the water is hot.

(10-25-2013 10:09 PM)bobcat_backer Wrote:  

(10-25-2013 09:52 PM)perimeterpost Wrote:  oh, he's not happy-

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/ma...o-Headline

this one's funny but I still think his rants/pouts/*******/moans/whatever you want to call it columns after we beat them are funnier! LOL

Landon is horrible. He acts like the two runs to start the possession were the reason they didn't win. He doesn't mention that the possession started on the Marshall 8 and that the first run was for 13 yards. He also doesn't mention that they had been running ball well up to that point. And you know that if Marshall had gone into "gun slinger" mode he would have ripped Marshall a new one for not playing smart. Marshall's problem was not play selection. It is and always is execution. They are the Tony Romo of the college football world. They put up great numbers and convince everybody that they are all-world talented but their collective sphincters tighten up en masse when the lights are the brightest.

(10-28-2013 02:37 PM)niu79 Wrote:  He states the Marshall offenses of the 90's created a "national brand". Did I sleep through an entire decade of college football?

maybe in I-AA but that's it. and I think national brand even in I-AA is stretching it.

Well, they certainly were more relevant during the IAA glory years and MAC days....they were in bowl games, had players like Moss, Pennington, and even finished #10 in the rankings one year.

(10-28-2013 02:37 PM)niu79 Wrote:  He states the Marshall offenses of the 90's created a "national brand". Did I sleep through an entire decade of college football?

A brand of janitorial wear, perhaps?

(10-28-2013 04:33 PM)exCincy Kid Wrote:  Well, they certainly were more relevant during the IAA glory years and MAC days....they were in bowl games, had players like Moss, Pennington, and even finished #10 in the rankings one year.

true, but a national brand? I don't think so. but hey, Herd fans think so and that's all that matters, right?