About to kickoff.

MT without #1 QB, #1 RB, #1 WR, #2 WR and at least one of the starting offensive linemen is out with a couple of others questionable.

Literally second string offense tonight vs. BG.

And as expected after the Vandy debacle there are 14 people there.

Quickly 7-0.

Crowd is small...

Correction. Ty Lee is playing. The #3 receiver is out.

MT up 21-10.

Rick Stockstill is such a horrible end-of-half coach. 2 minutes to go and you're telling your team to take it slow? At least this time we tried to get some first downs by calling medium-length plays.

Good god... My hugest pet peeve with him and he does it every freaking game. So annoying.

Bowling Green has...

ONE (1) yard rushing

We score 50 against that team with Brent.

After the Vandy game I said that I wouldn't be back. Will be listening to radio or watching online. I know most alumni that I graduated with and used to tailgate with for years felt the same after that game. We used to never miss a home game until around 2012...now I just get more and agitated with Stock's going into halftime management (among other things).

(09-23-2017 06:15 PM)Ole Blue Wrote:  Quickly 7-0.

Crowd is small...

(09-24-2017 09:25 AM)johndavidblue Wrote:  After the Vandy game I said that I wouldn't be back. Will be listening to radio or watching online. I know most alumni that I graduated with and used to tailgate with for years felt the same after that game. We used to never miss a home game until around 2012...now I just get more and agitated with Stock's going into halftime management (among other things).

(09-23-2017 06:15 PM)Ole Blue Wrote:  Quickly 7-0.

Crowd is small...

Same here.

(09-24-2017 09:25 AM)johndavidblue Wrote:  After the Vandy game I said that I wouldn't be back. Will be listening to radio or watching online. I know most alumni that I graduated with and used to tailgate with for years felt the same after that game. We used to never miss a home game until around 2012...now I just get more and agitated with Stock's going into halftime management (among other things).

(09-23-2017 06:15 PM)Ole Blue Wrote:  Quickly 7-0.

Crowd is small...

People like you kill me. This is a losers mentality. I live 800 miles away. I was there for the Vandy game. And while I left disappointed I would have been there Saturday if I didn't live so far away. Some of you don't appreciate the opportunity that you.

Instead of seeking an excuse not to attend why don't you look for some reasons to attend.

Not a losers mentality TIBL. You are a fact driven guy so I am going to give you facts from my perspective.
Record since becoming head coach.

Wins 74 Losses 68 winning percentage.521 - this includes all games

If you remove the wins against 1-AA or FCS schools, you have:
Wins 68 Loses 68 winning percentage .500

I didn't remove losses to those schools because you should never lost to a FCS school. If I removed WKU beating us during their transitional years then he has a sub .500 record. That is a loser's mentality...not me.

I don't like that there is a contract lockup well into the next decade. I honestly can't remember the last time I saw a win at Floyd...

I'm burnt out.....But I still follow the team.

(09-24-2017 09:36 AM)ThreeifbyLightning Wrote:  

(09-24-2017 09:25 AM)johndavidblue Wrote:  After the Vandy game I said that I wouldn't be back. Will be listening to radio or watching online. I know most alumni that I graduated with and used to tailgate with for years felt the same after that game. We used to never miss a home game until around 2012...now I just get more and agitated with Stock's going into halftime management (among other things).

(09-23-2017 06:15 PM)Ole Blue Wrote:  Quickly 7-0.

Crowd is small...

People like you kill me. This is a losers mentality. I live 800 miles away. I was there for the Vandy game. And while I left disappointed I would have been there Saturday if I didn't live so far away. Some of you don't appreciate the opportunity that you.

Instead of seeking an excuse not to attend why don't you look for some reasons to attend.

During the broadcast on ESPN3, the announcers were praising Stockstill's longevity as the 6th-longest tenured HC in all of the FBS. "Hard to do" -- well, not really, when all you have to do to add another year is have a winning record and go to a bowl game (and lose every year). There is a reason people get turned off every year. It's not the stadium, it's not the atmosphere, it's the damn coach who is TERRIBLE. There is no excuse for keeping a LOSING head coach for 12 years. My mother, who knows very little about football and doesn't pay too much attention to the team (instead, she is a basketball fan), asks every year why we still have that "really bad" head coach. That is my question too.

(09-24-2017 12:24 PM)johndavidblue Wrote:  Not a losers mentality TIBL. You are a fact driven guy so I am going to give you facts from my perspective.
Record since becoming head coach.

Wins 74 Losses 68 winning percentage.521 - this includes all games

If you remove the wins against 1-AA or FCS schools, you have:
Wins 68 Loses 68 winning percentage .500

I didn't remove losses to those schools because you should never lost to a FCS school. If I removed WKU beating us during their transitional years then he has a sub .500 record. That is a loser's mentality...not me.

I don't like that there is a contract lockup well into the next decade. I honestly can't remember the last time I saw a win at Floyd...

I'm burnt out.....But I still follow the team.

(09-24-2017 09:36 AM)ThreeifbyLightning Wrote:  

(09-24-2017 09:25 AM)johndavidblue Wrote:  After the Vandy game I said that I wouldn't be back. Will be listening to radio or watching online. I know most alumni that I graduated with and used to tailgate with for years felt the same after that game. We used to never miss a home game until around 2012...now I just get more and agitated with Stock's going into halftime management (among other things).

(09-23-2017 06:15 PM)Ole Blue Wrote:  Quickly 7-0.

Crowd is small...

People like you kill me. This is a losers mentality. I live 800 miles away. I was there for the Vandy game. And while I left disappointed I would have been there Saturday if I didn't live so far away. Some of you don't appreciate the opportunity that you.

Instead of seeking an excuse not to attend why don't you look for some reasons to attend.

So, you will only come if we win 10 games every year. Got it.

Is your picture next to the definition of fair weather fan?

(09-24-2017 12:36 PM)Ole Blue Wrote:  During the broadcast on ESPN3, the announcers were praising Stockstill's longevity as the 6th-longest tenured HC in all of the FBS. "Hard to do" -- well, not really, when all you have to do to add another year is have a winning record and go to a bowl game (and lose every year). There is a reason people get turned off every year. It's not the stadium, it's not the atmosphere, it's the damn coach who is TERRIBLE. There is no excuse for keeping a LOSING head coach for 12 years. My mother, who knows very little about football and doesn't pay too much attention to the team (instead, she is a basketball fan), asks every year why we still have that "really bad" head coach. That is my question too.

Because he isn't a really bad coach.

He just hasn't proven to be a great head coach.

Look I get as frustrated as anyone. It is maddening the way some things play out and we are starved for a championship season. But I believe MT and wkcc are the only two teams in the league that can say they haven't had a losing season over the past five years. He runs a first class program. The APR is one of the highest in the conference. It's just a matter of winning a conference title. Which we may well do this year if we get healthy.

(09-24-2017 05:39 PM)ThreeifbyLightning Wrote:  

(09-24-2017 12:36 PM)Ole Blue Wrote:  During the broadcast on ESPN3, the announcers were praising Stockstill's longevity as the 6th-longest tenured HC in all of the FBS. "Hard to do" -- well, not really, when all you have to do to add another year is have a winning record and go to a bowl game (and lose every year). There is a reason people get turned off every year. It's not the stadium, it's not the atmosphere, it's the damn coach who is TERRIBLE. There is no excuse for keeping a LOSING head coach for 12 years. My mother, who knows very little about football and doesn't pay too much attention to the team (instead, she is a basketball fan), asks every year why we still have that "really bad" head coach. That is my question too.

Because he isn't a really bad coach.

He just hasn't proven to be a great head coach.

Look I get as frustrated as anyone. It is maddening the way some things play out and we are starved for a championship season. But I believe MT and wkcc are the only two teams in the league that can say they haven't had a losing season over the past five years. He runs a first class program. The APR is one of the highest in the conference. It's just a matter of winning a conference title. Which we may well do this year if we get healthy.

When have we won a conference title? Never.
When's the last time we won a bowl game? 2009.
When is the last time we won more than 8 games? Also 2009.

Zero conference championships in 12 years in crappy conferences. One bowl win in 6 tries. One season with more than 8 wins. We have had 2 head coaches in FBS era. One with a 34-45 overall record. One with a 74-68 overall record. Not a lot of separation there. Would Stockstill be able to sustain 12 years at Vanderbilt? Or even win 2 games a year there?

I'd bet good money that Charlie Weis could come here and do as good of a job with this team as Stockstill. Probably would even do better.

Did you really just compare McCollum to Stockstill? Really?

McCollum had three straight 4-8 seasons. CRS has not had a one losing season since recovering all the scholarships that McCollum left him with due to APR sanctions.

One of these two was a "really bad" head coach. I will let you figure it out on your own.

(09-24-2017 06:31 PM)ThreeifbyLightning Wrote:  Did you really just compare McCollum to Stockstill? Really?

McCollum had three straight 4-8 seasons. CRS has not had a one losing season since recovering all the scholarships that McCollum left him with due to APR sanctions.

One of these two was a "really bad" head coach. I will let you figure it out on your own.

Two of two are really bad head coaches. We are stuck paying $800k a year for the world's most incapable of winning a title 'coach' and meanwhile McCollum's in his 7th year coaching on Georgia Tech's defensive staff and Tech has won 3 bowl games and won their division twice since McCollum joined them and won 9 or more 2 of the last 4 years. I guess that's what you get when you hire a TE coach from South Carolina (a 7-5 year for them).

LMAO. Ok man

(09-24-2017 06:45 PM)Ole Blue Wrote:  

(09-24-2017 06:31 PM)ThreeifbyLightning Wrote:  Did you really just compare McCollum to Stockstill? Really?

McCollum had three straight 4-8 seasons. CRS has not had a one losing season since recovering all the scholarships that McCollum left him with due to APR sanctions.

One of these two was a "really bad" head coach. I will let you figure it out on your own.

Two of two are really bad head coaches. We are stuck paying $800k a year for the world's most incapable of winning a title 'coach' and meanwhile McCollum's in his 7th year coaching on Georgia Tech's defensive staff and Tech has won 3 bowl games and won their division twice since McCollum joined them and won 9 or more 2 of the last 4 years. I guess that's what you get when you hire a TE coach from South Carolina (a 7-5 year for them).

You realize McCollum once signed a guy three years in a row that didn't qualify. One guy. Failed to qualify three time.