(12-17-2014 02:58 PM)GSU Eagles Wrote:  

(12-17-2014 02:48 PM)ragin4u Wrote:  

(12-16-2014 09:48 AM)NWGaEagle Wrote:  

(12-16-2014 09:13 AM)GSU Eagles Wrote:  

(12-16-2014 08:42 AM)geauxcajuns Wrote:  ....and I thought the McNeese St had the worst fans of the FCS.

I think once ULL joins the 10 win club or wins their first outright conference title in the 122 year football history, there will be enough mutual respect to end all of this banter.

They did pick up five 9-win seasons over that 122 year period, so I'm sure it's in the cards for them ... 4.09% is good, right? They do have more football success than I first expected. Only 56% of their seasons have been losing seasons, so that's something. If they work hard and have 16 more consecutive winning seasons they can say "hey, 50% of the time we're winners."

All I can say is I'm glad South Georgia is playing 11 man tackle football now. That fanbase must have worn out their FCS brethren. Guess its time for all of us to share the load as well.

I love how the Cajuns discount FCS football yet they are 8-4 in their las 12 games against baaaaaaad FCS teams. 8-5 if you count transitional App St.

A lot of fans discount 1-AA/FCS... that's because their team never won anything in that subdivision.

(12-17-2014 04:54 PM)Scrotumus Wrote:  

(12-17-2014 02:58 PM)GSU Eagles Wrote:  

(12-17-2014 02:48 PM)ragin4u Wrote:  

(12-16-2014 09:48 AM)NWGaEagle Wrote:  

(12-16-2014 09:13 AM)GSU Eagles Wrote:  I think once ULL joins the 10 win club or wins their first outright conference title in the 122 year football history, there will be enough mutual respect to end all of this banter.

They did pick up five 9-win seasons over that 122 year period, so I'm sure it's in the cards for them ... 4.09% is good, right? They do have more football success than I first expected. Only 56% of their seasons have been losing seasons, so that's something. If they work hard and have 16 more consecutive winning seasons they can say "hey, 50% of the time we're winners."

All I can say is I'm glad South Georgia is playing 11 man tackle football now. That fanbase must have worn out their FCS brethren. Guess its time for all of us to share the load as well.

I love how the Cajuns discount FCS football yet they are 8-4 in their las 12 games against baaaaaaad FCS teams. 8-5 if you count transitional App St.

A lot of fans discount 1-AA/FCS... that's because their team never won anything in that subdivision.

Or never played in that division.

(12-18-2014 12:09 PM)geauxcajuns Wrote:  

(12-17-2014 04:54 PM)Scrotumus Wrote:  A lot of fans discount 1-AA/FCS... that's because their team never won anything in that subdivision.

Or never played in that division.

the former still technically is true. lol

(12-16-2014 09:37 AM)GSU Eagles Wrote:  

(12-16-2014 09:33 AM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(12-16-2014 09:25 AM)GSU Eagles Wrote:  

(12-16-2014 09:16 AM)timf82 Wrote:  

(12-16-2014 09:13 AM)GSU Eagles Wrote:  I think once ULL joins the 10 win club or wins their first outright conference title in the 122 year football history, there will be enough mutual respect to end all of this banter.

We will see the eagles can win 10 playing big boy football....

What's funny is had Ga Southern played ULL since we restarted football in the early 80's, I seriously doubt we lose more than a few games vs the Cajuns. We had a lot of teams better than the 2014 squad and the Cajuns were BAD up until 2011. I mean the Cajuns are 8-4 in their last 12 games agains BAD FCS teams.

Yeah if. And if your aunt had balls she'd be your uncle.

No, most of those games would have been in the 50-20 range. ULL was baaaaaad. There was a stretch of 1-10, 2-9, 2-9, 1-10, 3-8,3-9 .

I'd guess if ULL and GS played since 1982 the series would be 28-5 in favor of Ga Southern. Our series with Western Carolina is 22-2 so that is a good comparison.

That stretch you mention was when our president was trying to pull a UAB move. I was on the '98-99 teams and we had roughly 70 eligible scholarship players in '98. Once Jerry Bladwin took over and ran off the majority of the remaining players including several starters we were down to 46 scholarship athletes playing football. The rest of the 105 man roster was either not eligible or walkons.

We were playing brutal schedules with less scholarships than FCS programs. It is really easy to look at our historical record and say that we have been putrid, it would even be a lie or an insult, just the truth. But the craptastic record was the result of a political hire to deliver the black vote for a deans wife to win Gov seat.

It took close to 8 years to get back to the full scholarship limit. GaSo apparently has some dark times in their past as well. So judge away.

GS had two bad years in 30 seasons- 96 and 06- and those bad years were sandwiched by a whole lot of winning and titles.

PS- They went 5-6 in 09 and followed that up with 10, 11, 10, 7 (with a win over UF), and 9 win seasons. GS was conference champs in 11, 12, and 14.

(12-18-2014 12:22 PM)geauxcajuns Wrote:  GaSo apparently has some dark times in their past as well.

Dark? From what I understand, the lights were never turned on at their stadium for something like 40 years. Can't get much darker than that.

(12-18-2014 12:22 PM)geauxcajuns Wrote:  But the craptastic record was the result of a political hire to deliver the black vote for a deans wife to win Gov seat.

I was on the record before she was elected that anyone stupid enough to marry dean blanco couldn't be too bright. I was proven right.

(12-19-2014 08:54 AM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(12-18-2014 12:22 PM)geauxcajuns Wrote:  But the craptastic record was the result of a political hire to deliver the black vote for a deans wife to win Gov seat.

I was on the record before she was elected that anyone stupid enough to marry dean blanco couldn't be too bright. I was proven right.

Yep, and some people still defend that regime for the great work they did for academics. They started an endowment and hit $100 million in like 2 years and quit fund raising. 36 years of crap!!!!!!!!

I just couldn't let this gem of a thread die.

lol

(12-22-2014 08:14 AM)NCeagle Wrote:  lol

I know I couldn't help it.

I watched McGuire very closely Saturday. He is a heckuva' player with a similar skill set to LA Ramsby of GS. Hypothetically, were he to be on GS instead of UL, he and Ramsby would have a heckuva' competition for the #2 RB spot.

(12-22-2014 11:10 AM)Scrotumus Wrote:  I watched McGuire very closely Saturday. He is a heckuva' player with a similar skill set to LA Ramsby of GS. Hypothetically, were he to be on GS instead of UL, he and Ramsby would have a heckuva' competition for the #2 RB spot.

If McGuire played for GS, he would be your QB. Led Louisiana in rushing senior year as a QB.

(12-22-2014 11:13 AM)Louisiana99 Wrote:  

(12-22-2014 11:10 AM)Scrotumus Wrote:  I watched McGuire very closely Saturday. He is a heckuva' player with a similar skill set to LA Ramsby of GS. Hypothetically, were he to be on GS instead of UL, he and Ramsby would have a heckuva' competition for the #2 RB spot.

If McGuire played for GS, he would be your QB. Led Louisiana in rushing senior year as a QB.

Ramsby was a QB before this offseason when he got moved to RB.

(12-22-2014 11:13 AM)Louisiana99 Wrote:  

(12-22-2014 11:10 AM)Scrotumus Wrote:  I watched McGuire very closely Saturday. He is a heckuva' player with a similar skill set to LA Ramsby of GS. Hypothetically, were he to be on GS instead of UL, he and Ramsby would have a heckuva' competition for the #2 RB spot.

If McGuire played for GS, he would be your QB. Led Louisiana in rushing senior year as a QB.

I think the Sun Belt did us all a huge injustice by not letting you two play each other for the 1st 2 years. We should go ahead and see if ESPN Game Day will come to Statesboro/Lafayette in 2016.

(12-22-2014 11:10 AM)Scrotumus Wrote:  I watched McGuire very closely Saturday. He is a heckuva' player with a similar skill set to LA Ramsby of GS. Hypothetically, were he to be on GS instead of UL, he and Ramsby would have a heckuva' competition for the #2 RB spot.

He would have likely been GS #1 back. For McGuire to have almost identical numbers all purpose as Georgia Southern's #1 back in an offense that isn't the triple option is a testament to his skill. McGuire would have pushed 1,500+ rush yards in an offense designed specifically to exploit the run game.

(12-22-2014 11:46 AM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

(12-22-2014 11:10 AM)Scrotumus Wrote:  I watched McGuire very closely Saturday. He is a heckuva' player with a similar skill set to LA Ramsby of GS. Hypothetically, were he to be on GS instead of UL, he and Ramsby would have a heckuva' competition for the #2 RB spot.

He would have likely been GS #1 back. For McGuire to have almost identical numbers all purpose as Georgia Southern's #1 back in an offense that isn't the triple option is a testament to his skill. McGuire would have pushed 1,500+ rush yards in an offense designed specifically to exploit the run game.

We run a zone read which is a common offense and is nothing like navy's triple option. The only reason we ran so much in the Sun Belt is because nobody could stop it. When we played GT and ncsu we threw the ball much more.

(12-22-2014 11:46 AM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

(12-22-2014 11:10 AM)Scrotumus Wrote:  I watched McGuire very closely Saturday. He is a heckuva' player with a similar skill set to LA Ramsby of GS. Hypothetically, were he to be on GS instead of UL, he and Ramsby would have a heckuva' competition for the #2 RB spot.

He would have likely been GS #1 back. For McGuire to have almost identical numbers all purpose as Georgia Southern's #1 back in an offense that isn't the triple option is a testament to his skill. McGuire would have pushed 1,500+ rush yards in an offense designed specifically to exploit the run game.

Or you could say that everyone knew that Breida was going to run it and they could do nothing to stop him, therefore Breida was the better back.

(12-22-2014 11:57 AM)APPrising Wrote:  

(12-22-2014 11:46 AM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

(12-22-2014 11:10 AM)Scrotumus Wrote:  I watched McGuire very closely Saturday. He is a heckuva' player with a similar skill set to LA Ramsby of GS. Hypothetically, were he to be on GS instead of UL, he and Ramsby would have a heckuva' competition for the #2 RB spot.

He would have likely been GS #1 back. For McGuire to have almost identical numbers all purpose as Georgia Southern's #1 back in an offense that isn't the triple option is a testament to his skill. McGuire would have pushed 1,500+ rush yards in an offense designed specifically to exploit the run game.

Or you could say that everyone knew that Breida was going to run it and they could do nothing to stop him, therefore Breida was the better back.

A fair point. I just think the offense they run plays a lot into it. For instance, Troy's Corey Robinson and Levi Brown were the two best QBs the SBC has seen. Ryan Aplin as well. But were they really that great, or were they a product of a great system? How many of them are on an NFL roster? Or even playing significant pro ball at all? Sometimes your system makes you a better player than you are. Breida is a great back, I just think McGuire could have done as well or better.

(12-22-2014 12:03 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

(12-22-2014 11:57 AM)APPrising Wrote:  

(12-22-2014 11:46 AM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

(12-22-2014 11:10 AM)Scrotumus Wrote:  I watched McGuire very closely Saturday. He is a heckuva' player with a similar skill set to LA Ramsby of GS. Hypothetically, were he to be on GS instead of UL, he and Ramsby would have a heckuva' competition for the #2 RB spot.

He would have likely been GS #1 back. For McGuire to have almost identical numbers all purpose as Georgia Southern's #1 back in an offense that isn't the triple option is a testament to his skill. McGuire would have pushed 1,500+ rush yards in an offense designed specifically to exploit the run game.

Or you could say that everyone knew that Breida was going to run it and they could do nothing to stop him, therefore Breida was the better back.

A fair point. I just think the offense they run plays a lot into it. For instance, Troy's Corey Robinson and Levi Brown were the two best QBs the SBC has seen. Ryan Aplin as well. But were they really that great, or were they a product of a great system? How many of them are on an NFL roster? Or even playing significant pro ball at all? Sometimes your system makes you a better player than you are. Breida is a great back, I just think McGuire could have done as well or better.

And the majority of the coaches and media members in our league agree with you. If anyone who played us didn't know we were gonna run it, they should be fired.