(09-16-2020 11:52 PM)Goronic Wrote:  

(09-16-2020 04:00 PM)stingingeagle Wrote:  How is there a massive disparity among posters of this board versus our (GS) board? Pretty much everyone across the board, regardless of school, makes largely classy and intelligent posts on here. Judging from the GS board, I'm surprised the coach's house hasn't been set on fire. I'm just glad there's football to watch cause this whole year is like a bad commercial that I can't skip on the DVR.. Anyway, been awhile since I last posted. Think I'll just stick with this forum.

I haven't been on the GS board - and probably never will - so I don't know what was said.

My guess is that the fans are upset because after seeing other Sun Belt do so well, you guys almost **** the bed at HOME to a FCS team. I am just guessing though...

Nailed it.

I think alot of our fans have had this season pegged as a standout year in the sense that we have had a few consistent recruiting classes, a 4 year starter at QB, the same offensive/defensive system for the 3rd consecutive year, and one of the more favorable schedules we've had since joining FBS (OOC wise). Expectations were high, even after the disappointing loss to Liberty in the bowl game. Last season saw a lot of adversity that was out of the teams/coaches control (injury, Shais arrest, the other guy that was a projected starter that got arrested prior to camp last year, the OL who committed suicide) so a lot of fans gave the team a pass in fighting through and coming out with a winning record.

BUT

What we saw vs Campbell was a team that looked poorly prepared, defenders out of place and giving up big chunks of passing yardage, poor OL blocking, and largely the same issues that have plagued this coaching staff since they showed up on campus. For the past few years our defense has no answer for RPO or play action post routes or slants, and the offense has gone from an exciting explosive option offense to one that has to grind out drives only to rely on FGs. To Campbell's credit, their team was very well prepared and you can tell there is talent there, but we as GS fans expected more in our opening game, especially after the Boise game was cancelled and the staff had an extra week to prepare.

Saturday's game vs FAU will tell us a lot, especially if we get some key players back that were expected starters. FAU is going to roll out a lot of first time starters with a first year HC and are visiting Paulson. If we look sloppy and manage to bumble this game away, I would recommend avoiding GSUfans for about a year or two.