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RE: One week from right now
(08-26-2014 09:11 PM)Montgomery Blazer Wrote: (08-26-2014 09:10 PM)Bham Blazer Wrote: LOL! I forgot about Croom losing to Maine.
The amazing thing was, that awful 3-8 State team, 2 weeks after losing to UAB, defeated Florida 38-31 and cost Ron Zook his job.
Sure did. Your memory is much better than mine! I remember State was pretty stinking bad the following year too.
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RE: One week from right now
Then there was the year we had them tied, with the ball, and about 1:30 play, and Watson (after burning all our timeouts on D to save the clock), took a knee three times and lost in OT.
Dammit, now you've taken me down this road.
So, back on track:
I think we'll be talking about what a beast Jordan Howard is.
(This post was last modified: 08-26-2014 09:33 PM by Smaug.)
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RE: One week from right now
(08-26-2014 09:32 PM)Smaug Wrote: Then there was the year we had them tied, with the ball, and about 1:30 play, and Watson (after burning all our timeouts on D to save the clock), took a knee three times and lost in OT.
Dammit, now you've taken me down this road.
So, back on track:
I think we'll be talking about what a beast Jordan Howard is.
The Watson loss that infuriates me the most?
When No. 24 UAB, 5-1, went to New Orleans, and hung 55 points on Tulane. And lost.
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08-26-2014 09:41 PM |
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RE: One week from right now
I'll chime in. Assessing if we can expect improved defense in 2014, we'll be discussing the answers to the following questions as indicated in the first game of the season:
1) Did we pressure the QB early and often?
That's it. IMHO, if we see Troy State's QB regularly having 5+ seconds to scan our defense and make decisions, all scheme and strength/stamina changes implemented by the new staff will be (mostly) for naught and we will have endured a long Saturday with a long transition year ahead in 2014. Not that our last staff set our defense up initially for success the last two seasons, but our consistent inability to get anyone into the opposing backfield - ever, essentially - made a catastrophic situation apocalyptic.
(This post was last modified: 08-27-2014 07:48 AM by blazr.)
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RE: One week from right now
I think we'll be talking about the return of Smaug's $.02
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08-27-2014 05:40 PM |
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RE: One week from right now
(08-26-2014 10:14 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote: Wayne "Loose" Bolt defense
We had a top ten defense and then someone had to go smoke some pot and we ended up with Bolt. I would say worst DC but after the last two we had.....................
No one tops a man named Eric Schumann. the players hated him, so did the fans.
I'd rather have Bolt.
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Smaug
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RE: One week from right now
That's like preferring to get a pencil jabbed in one eye over the other.
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08-27-2014 06:13 PM |
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Re: RE: One week from right now
(08-27-2014 06:13 PM)Smaug Wrote: That's like preferring to get a pencil jabbed in one eye over the other.
Given the number of bad DCs we've suffered under I'd say it's getting a pencil in every orifice...the only choice is the order.
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RE: One week from right now
(08-27-2014 07:48 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote: (08-27-2014 06:01 PM)Montgomery Blazer Wrote: (08-26-2014 10:14 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote: Wayne "Loose" Bolt defense
We had a top ten defense and then someone had to go smoke some pot and we ended up with Bolt. I would say worst DC but after the last two we had.....................
No one tops a man named Eric Schumann. the players hated him, so did the fans.
I'd rather have Bolt.
Yea Bolt was better than him but that is like saying that one venereal disease is preferable to another.
Bolt had better talent. I'll just say both were bad for us.
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RE: One week from right now
Bolt didn't cost us the D-Line coach who messed up by himself, but he did cost us Woodrow Lowe, a fine LB coach who has since done well as FBHC @ Central of Phenix City. FBHC Clark told me he and Lowe are friends so perhaps that fence will be mended. No Central HS players even considered UAB while Callaway and McGee were here.
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RE: One week from right now
(08-26-2014 04:52 PM)BlazeNBham Wrote: I'll probably say something like this: When we beat Mississippi state, does Dan Mullen sit on the hot seat? Boy, I can't wait to see the home crowd for our game against Alabama A&M after we beat Mississippi state. State returns about 90% of their starters.
So here we go into week 2 vs Mississippi state, after the destruction of Troy.
Still calling for a close game with a chance to win at the end.
We can win.
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RE: One week from right now
(08-27-2014 07:48 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote: (08-27-2014 06:01 PM)Montgomery Blazer Wrote: (08-26-2014 10:14 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote: Wayne "Loose" Bolt defense
We had a top ten defense and then someone had to go smoke some pot and we ended up with Bolt. I would say worst DC but after the last two we had.....................
No one tops a man named Eric Schumann. the players hated him, so did the fans.
I'd rather have Bolt.
Yea Bolt was better than him but that is like saying that one venereal disease is preferable to another.
That's not a good comparison. You saying chlamydia and gonorrhea are not preferable over HIV?
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RE: One week from right now
Bolt and "Keep it down home cuz" both looked lost after the 1st quarter. The had no answers except changing QBs at one point, but they obviously were commited to the starter.
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RE: One week from right now
(08-25-2014 01:32 PM)BlazerDave Wrote: Are we really this good or is Troy really that bad.
Winner.
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