yep it is that time again. Pick the winner of the game and feel good about yourself on Sunday morning!!!

UH - 34
UAB - 27

Uh gets its first victory on Alabama soil

UAB 38
UH 35

Cougar win ....

Offenses to unpredictable on both sides to pick a score

prettyricky,

where are you at? It sounds like you may be in Atlanta. are you going to make the game>

uhmump95 Wrote:prettyricky,

where are you at? It sounds like you may be in Atlanta. are you going to make the game>

Hopefully, not all in my control, but making plans to go... should be a good game

prettyricky Wrote:

uhmump95 Wrote:prettyricky,

where are you at?  It sounds like you may be in Atlanta.  are you going to make the game>

Hopefully, not all in my control, but making plans to go... should be a good game

Sweeeet!

OwlJacket decided on approximately Wednesday that he wanted to go out to B'ham instead of sticking around here for GA Tech vs. Puke-Conn. So it looks like we're going too. :D Should be a good time!

I'm staying the hell away from predicting scores. :laugh:

Great!!!

Well if someone could post some thoughts on the game on Monday, it would be greatly appreciated.

I'll see what OwlJacket can do. :D (My fu'bol opinions aren't worth the electrons they're printed on, ha ha.)

Ah, I see the UAB smack board has been mauled. Excellent. :saber:

lauramac Wrote:I'll see what OwlJacket can do. :D (My fu'bol opinions aren't worth the electrons they're printed on, ha ha.)

I have to provide football opinions? I though we had agreed to go to the UH-UAB game to spend another saturday without watching good football..

OwlJacket Wrote:I though we had agreed to go to the UH-UAB game to spend another saturday without watching good football..

:chair:

You better watch it, bucko. After last week, I'm starting to think you're a one-man weauxf -- Rice got shellacked, and after you joined in on the Tulsa-SMU thread, Tulsa tanked too.

(At first I thought it was me; but then I remembered I'd popped in on an ECU/UH thread without ill effects. So it's not my fault.)

Anyway, *I* thought we were going to B'ham so you could tag along with me for UH tailgate grub. :laugh:

Well, OwlJacket is away in Couch Land (though not for the reason you might think -- he's sick, poor guy) so you're stuck with my dumb*** analysis. Plus, my ride left early in the 4th so I didn't see the end (though I did see all the scoring -- it was 20-7 when we left).

Main problem IMO: we gave 'em too much time to set stuff up. When we threw passes, sometimes they took just a bit too long (giving defenders the opportunity to get in & break stuff up); they had an easy time stopping our running plays a lot of the time, too.

Asset: Briles had the confidence to go for it on a handful of 4th & not-so-much, and we actually converted some of 'em. It was great when that happened!

We had some penalties at rotten times. UAB had some worse penalties that helped us convert some 3rd downs (and even a 4th or two, IIRC). That aspect balanced out or might've even been slightly in our favor.

Kicking wasn't so hot. Our punts looked yucky, and we missed a field goal [EDIT: make that two FGs we missed].

That's about all I've got.

I read the review of the game in the Chrummical. According to it, Briles took responsibility for the bad play calling. I do not know why he has been so conservative this year. He needs to open up the offense and allow us to stretch the field more. UAB's defense has been on life support the last couple of games and all he calls is runs and short passes. :bang:

Also our special teams straight up sucks. We had lousy punting and missed 2 or 3 field goals. We have to get better on this next year.

uhmump95 Wrote:I read the review of the game in the Chrummical. According to it, Briles took responsibility for the bad play calling. I do not know why he has been so conservative this year. He needs to open up the offense and allow us to stretch the field more. UAB's defense has been on life support the last couple of games and all he calls is runs and short passes. :bang:

Also our special teams straight up sucks. We had lousy punting and missed 2 or 3 field goals. We have to get better on this next year.

Yes. Your kicker is just godawful. So is UAB's. It sucks.

uhmump95 Wrote:Also our special teams straight up sucks. We had lousy punting and missed 2 or 3 field goals. We have to get better on this next year.

your punter should get plenty of work the first game of the season next year as well...

OwlJacket Wrote:your punter should get plenty of work the first game of the season next year as well...

Ahh!!! Bucket smack already!!!

Your senior laden team will be gone and the Coogs will definitely not overlook you next year. Next year the Coogs will pluck the Owl's feathers!!!

uhmump95 Wrote:Your senior laden team will be gone and the Coogs will definitely not overlook you next year. Next year the Coogs will pluck the Owl's feathers!!!

If you're already in the cellar, it's hard to overlook anything.

I know Rice is happy having someone join them in the cellar for a change instead of just locking them in one.

Are y'all skipping straight to the next-year Bucket smack already? Don't tell me you're forgetting a little something called basketball season! :laugh:

Well, menfolks' basketball anyway. As far as the wimmins go, all the smack is on the Coogs' side (i.e. "your girls're skeered of our girls").

OwlJacket started it!!! :crying:

Don't worry, I will be coming over to the Rice board to get some pregame smack on!!!! Even though the Coogs are 0 fer against Rice in every sport this season. :bang: