(10-25-2014 11:10 PM)GeauxUL Wrote:  

(10-25-2014 10:27 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  The UNTS are 2-6???????????

I haven't kept up with them but after that astounding year they had last year (all because they'd joined C-USA), I figured they'd be in the running for the national title this year.

Didn't they lose a lot of players to graduation?

Yes, a pile. But we were told they no longer need to have rebuilding years. They merely reload.

If that's the case, it appears they're shooting blanks.

(10-25-2014 09:54 PM)CatMom Wrote:  They rank us every week but here are the current records

Baylor 6-1
TCU 6-1
A&M 5-3
Rice 4-3
TXST 4-3
UH 4-3
UTEP 4-3
TX Tech 3-5
UT 3-5
UNT 2-6
UTSA 2-6
SMU 0-7

We got out of the bottom this year. Gotta stay there.

If u play UNT anytime soon,kick their butts!

I think this is a down year for the lonestar state. This is my ranking of the teams:

1. Baylor - If they win out they should still be in the conversation for a playoff spot. Although this where not having a conference championship game may hurt them.

2. TCU - Glad to see them adjusting to a Big 12 schedule, sadly that 3 point loss to Baylor will probably keep them out of the playoffs.

3. Texas A&M - They should become bowl eligible this coming Saturday. Sure they've taken a beating this past few games, however I still think they are the third best team in Texas.

Big gap- Houston is a clear number
4. Houston - They played horribly in the beginning of the season. However it looks like they've turned it around and are now playing solid football. They have a very favorable schedule left and should win out.

5. UTEP - Held UTSA to 79 total yards this past Saturday. They also have a favorable schedule with only Rice and Middle Tennessee being the only toughies left on their schedule. At worse I expect them to finish 7-5 and could see them finish 9-3.

6. TxSt - 4-3 with a schizophrenic offense. Honestly wouldn't surprise me to see us as high as 4 or as low as 10 at the end of the season. The schedule is technically favorable however with Arkansas State and Georgia Southern coming to San Marcos.

7. Rice - Another team that started off slow, but has reeled off 4 straight wins. Put them here because they actually have a tough schedule left with Marshall, UTEP and LaTech in the coming weeks. The owls should be bowl eligible, but could easily loose the last three.

8. Texas - talent wise they should be near the top, and they've played a tough schedule, but its hard to rank them in the top half since I doubt they even reach .500 this year. Should they finish 6-6 then they are easily the 4th best team in the state.

9. Texas Tech - Same as Texas, except they may not win another game this year. I haven't checked their board, but I'm sure red raider fans are regretting the recent contract extension for their coach.

10. UTSA - The wheels have come off their once promising season. I haven't kept up with them much, but something must be seriously wrong with them. They made UTEP look like Alabama this past Saturday.

11. UNT - In rebuilding mode. I'm not one to kick someone while they are down so I'll just leave it at that.

12. SMU - the fact that they lost to UNT 43-6 says it all. On the bright side SMU will get a new coach at the end of the season. Cajun fans should worry, SMU is one of the few G5 schools with the money steal their coach.

Utsa is basically playing for pride and to be spoiler now. We truly miss Eric soza more than we ever thought we would. His replacement was decent but not as good. He got hurt against Arizona and was never the same. He hasn't played since the fau game. The second string freshman qb broke his hand so we're basically riding off a raw third string freshman qb. The offense has completely lost its rhythm and confidence issues have long set in and nothing positive has happened to spark the team. The defense has been the only bright spot in this debocle and you can't expect to put all the pressure on them. Not sure how a smashed Houston and nearly beat Arizona the first two games. It has been day and night with this team. This is the kind of yr we were expected to have last season, definitely not this yr. Very disappointing. Good luck bobcats. Hope u get a bowl.

(10-26-2014 11:53 PM)davi78239 Wrote:  Utsa is basically playing for pride and to be spoiler now. We truly miss Eric soza more than we ever thought we would. His replacement was decent but not as good. He got hurt against Arizona and was never the same. He hasn't played since the fau game. The second string freshman qb broke his hand so we're basically riding off a raw third string freshman qb. The offense has completely lost its rhythm and confidence issues have long set in and nothing positive has happened to spark the team. The defense has been the only bright spot in this debocle and you can't expect to put all the pressure on them. Not sure how a smashed Houston and nearly beat Arizona the first two games. It has been day and night with this team. This is the kind of yr we were expected to have last season, definitely not this yr. Very disappointing. Good luck bobcats. Hope u get a bowl.

one bright spot: utsa had over 30,000 at the last game..

(10-25-2014 11:26 PM)cleburneslim Wrote:  Just curious texas can stand 12 fbs teams while alabama should not have more than 5?

Aw!!! JSU wants in the SBC guys...

Wanna know how down UNT is? We miss last years pedestrian QB Derek Thompson. We've tried three this season and they all suck. And they won't pull the redshirt off a promising Freshman. An absolute horrible team.

(10-26-2014 11:53 PM)davi78239 Wrote:  Utsa is basically playing for pride and to be spoiler now. We truly miss Eric soza more than we ever thought we would. His replacement was decent but not as good. He got hurt against Arizona and was never the same. He hasn't played since the fau game. The second string freshman qb broke his hand so we're basically riding off a raw third string freshman qb. The offense has completely lost its rhythm and confidence issues have long set in and nothing positive has happened to spark the team. The defense has been the only bright spot in this debocle and you can't expect to put all the pressure on them. Not sure how a smashed Houston and nearly beat Arizona the first two games. It has been day and night with this team. This is the kind of yr we were expected to have last season, definitely not this yr. Very disappointing. Good luck bobcats. Hope u get a bowl.

Y'all had a phenomenal run as a start up, but at some point this was bound to happen. As a program, you still have tremendous upside .... Looking forward to playin' y'all down the line ..... After all, we owe ya a little somethin'. .... and thanks for the good wishes . . .

(10-27-2014 09:00 PM)Bobcat87 Wrote:  

(10-26-2014 11:53 PM)davi78239 Wrote:  Utsa is basically playing for pride and to be spoiler now. We truly miss Eric soza more than we ever thought we would. His replacement was decent but not as good. He got hurt against Arizona and was never the same. He hasn't played since the fau game. The second string freshman qb broke his hand so we're basically riding off a raw third string freshman qb. The offense has completely lost its rhythm and confidence issues have long set in and nothing positive has happened to spark the team. The defense has been the only bright spot in this debocle and you can't expect to put all the pressure on them. Not sure how a smashed Houston and nearly beat Arizona the first two games. It has been day and night with this team. This is the kind of yr we were expected to have last season, definitely not this yr. Very disappointing. Good luck bobcats. Hope u get a bowl.

Y'all had a phenomenal run as a start up, but at some point this was bound to happen. As a program, you still have tremendous upside .... Looking forward to playin' y'all down the line ..... After all, we owe ya a little somethin'. .... and thanks for the good wishes . . .

Likewise. Hey, you never know. Maybe we'll be in the same conference again soon.

(10-26-2014 05:17 PM)TodgeRodge Wrote:  

(10-26-2014 11:44 AM)slycat Wrote:  

(10-26-2014 11:30 AM)Ole Sleepy Wrote:  What in the hell has happened to UT? How do you have all that money, all those fans, all those facilities, and look like a below average team? They got whooped by Kansas State with a fraction of the resources and tradition.

Same thing that happened to Michigan, let a coach stay too long and didn't adapt. I'm loving UTs misery. It's just the best. Also karma for almost blowing up the Big XII over their greed.

UT did not almost kill the Big 12

the Omaha News story on Nebraska leaving the Big 12 makes it very clear that when Nebraska ask UT to commit to staying in the Big 12 UT did just that (along with the 5 other schools that were said to be talking to the PAC 10) as long as Nebraska would do the same

Nebraska at that time declined to make that same commitment and instead said they needed more time to talk to the Big 10

after that Nebraska came back and stated they were leaving the Big 12 for The Big 10 and then Colorado stepped up and said they had an individual invite to the PAC 10 and they were leaving with or without anyone else

then Texas A&M informed UT and OU, OkState and Texas Tech (the 4 others besides Colorado that were said to be talking to the PAC 10, but that had all agreed to stay in the Big 12 if Nebraska agreed to stay) along with the other members of the Big 12 that they had no interest in going to the PAC 10 no matter who else went or how many others went and they were going to look at other options

at that time UT informed everyone that they were going to explore all options for themselves

so UT committed to stay in the Big 12 when they were ask to and Nebraska took that commitment and said "thanks, but we will not offer the same"

and then Nebraska went ahead and left and then CU left and then A&M said they were going to look other places excluding the PAC 10

so at that time UT had no choice, but to look out for their own best interest as they should have

and again to make it very clear as to the LHN

Nebraska, UT, A&M, OU and possibly others repeatedly voted down a Big 12 network it was not just UT

Nebraska was in the process of setting up their own network and UT had offered to A&M to share a network and A&M declined

all of this is public record directly from the ADs and presidents of the various universities involved

it was only after the LHN came in at 300 million and ESPN said they wanted to show high school sports that A&M took notice and suddenly cared and by then they had already run their mouths about taking charge for themselves and it was too late to go back to UT and say "we want in on the LHN" and by then UT had already made significant investments in the LHN on their own

so UT did not kill the Big 12 period the end that is a 100% lie

as to what happened to UT

it is the same thing that A&M is finding out this year

"five star' recruits that are attracted to hot tubs, swag, swagcopters, fancy training facilities, ataris and big screens at the lockers, cool uniforms, and bling bling are often mentally weak, lazy, undisciplined, soft, incapable of dealing with adversity, subject to explosive outburst, selfish, academically challenged and often criminal in nature

and this leads to a soft, mentally weak, undisciplined, heavily penalized, selfish stats concerned or even being players short because of arrest and suspensions and all of that hurts team chemistry and team unity and other teams that are equally or even lesser talented will beat your ass to a pulp and watch you have mental outburst and breakdowns during the game that they further exploit

So then is Charlie Strong the right man to right the ship? If so, how long will the boosters and admin give him?

(10-28-2014 12:27 AM)sarkelcpa Wrote:  

(10-26-2014 05:17 PM)TodgeRodge Wrote:  

(10-26-2014 11:44 AM)slycat Wrote:  

(10-26-2014 11:30 AM)Ole Sleepy Wrote:  What in the hell has happened to UT? How do you have all that money, all those fans, all those facilities, and look like a below average team? They got whooped by Kansas State with a fraction of the resources and tradition.

Same thing that happened to Michigan, let a coach stay too long and didn't adapt. I'm loving UTs misery. It's just the best. Also karma for almost blowing up the Big XII over their greed.

UT did not almost kill the Big 12

the Omaha News story on Nebraska leaving the Big 12 makes it very clear that when Nebraska ask UT to commit to staying in the Big 12 UT did just that (along with the 5 other schools that were said to be talking to the PAC 10) as long as Nebraska would do the same

Nebraska at that time declined to make that same commitment and instead said they needed more time to talk to the Big 10

after that Nebraska came back and stated they were leaving the Big 12 for The Big 10 and then Colorado stepped up and said they had an individual invite to the PAC 10 and they were leaving with or without anyone else

then Texas A&M informed UT and OU, OkState and Texas Tech (the 4 others besides Colorado that were said to be talking to the PAC 10, but that had all agreed to stay in the Big 12 if Nebraska agreed to stay) along with the other members of the Big 12 that they had no interest in going to the PAC 10 no matter who else went or how many others went and they were going to look at other options

at that time UT informed everyone that they were going to explore all options for themselves

so UT committed to stay in the Big 12 when they were ask to and Nebraska took that commitment and said "thanks, but we will not offer the same"

and then Nebraska went ahead and left and then CU left and then A&M said they were going to look other places excluding the PAC 10

so at that time UT had no choice, but to look out for their own best interest as they should have

and again to make it very clear as to the LHN

Nebraska, UT, A&M, OU and possibly others repeatedly voted down a Big 12 network it was not just UT

Nebraska was in the process of setting up their own network and UT had offered to A&M to share a network and A&M declined

all of this is public record directly from the ADs and presidents of the various universities involved

it was only after the LHN came in at 300 million and ESPN said they wanted to show high school sports that A&M took notice and suddenly cared and by then they had already run their mouths about taking charge for themselves and it was too late to go back to UT and say "we want in on the LHN" and by then UT had already made significant investments in the LHN on their own

so UT did not kill the Big 12 period the end that is a 100% lie

as to what happened to UT

it is the same thing that A&M is finding out this year

"five star' recruits that are attracted to hot tubs, swag, swagcopters, fancy training facilities, ataris and big screens at the lockers, cool uniforms, and bling bling are often mentally weak, lazy, undisciplined, soft, incapable of dealing with adversity, subject to explosive outburst, selfish, academically challenged and often criminal in nature

and this leads to a soft, mentally weak, undisciplined, heavily penalized, selfish stats concerned or even being players short because of arrest and suspensions and all of that hurts team chemistry and team unity and other teams that are equally or even lesser talented will beat your ass to a pulp and watch you have mental outburst and breakdowns during the game that they further exploit

So then is Charlie Strong the right man to right the ship? If so, how long will the boosters and admin give him?

they will be good next year because he will have run off many of the whiney prima donas and slacking a-holes and be down to a higher percentage off hard working over achiever types. ut is able to sign the very best athletes. It just takes a season or two to get the ones that fit his system.

(10-28-2014 12:27 AM)sarkelcpa Wrote:  

(10-26-2014 05:17 PM)TodgeRodge Wrote:  

(10-26-2014 11:44 AM)slycat Wrote:  

(10-26-2014 11:30 AM)Ole Sleepy Wrote:  What in the hell has happened to UT? How do you have all that money, all those fans, all those facilities, and look like a below average team? They got whooped by Kansas State with a fraction of the resources and tradition.

Same thing that happened to Michigan, let a coach stay too long and didn't adapt. I'm loving UTs misery. It's just the best. Also karma for almost blowing up the Big XII over their greed.

UT did not almost kill the Big 12

the Omaha News story on Nebraska leaving the Big 12 makes it very clear that when Nebraska ask UT to commit to staying in the Big 12 UT did just that (along with the 5 other schools that were said to be talking to the PAC 10) as long as Nebraska would do the same

Nebraska at that time declined to make that same commitment and instead said they needed more time to talk to the Big 10

after that Nebraska came back and stated they were leaving the Big 12 for The Big 10 and then Colorado stepped up and said they had an individual invite to the PAC 10 and they were leaving with or without anyone else

then Texas A&M informed UT and OU, OkState and Texas Tech (the 4 others besides Colorado that were said to be talking to the PAC 10, but that had all agreed to stay in the Big 12 if Nebraska agreed to stay) along with the other members of the Big 12 that they had no interest in going to the PAC 10 no matter who else went or how many others went and they were going to look at other options

at that time UT informed everyone that they were going to explore all options for themselves

so UT committed to stay in the Big 12 when they were ask to and Nebraska took that commitment and said "thanks, but we will not offer the same"

and then Nebraska went ahead and left and then CU left and then A&M said they were going to look other places excluding the PAC 10

so at that time UT had no choice, but to look out for their own best interest as they should have

and again to make it very clear as to the LHN

Nebraska, UT, A&M, OU and possibly others repeatedly voted down a Big 12 network it was not just UT

Nebraska was in the process of setting up their own network and UT had offered to A&M to share a network and A&M declined

all of this is public record directly from the ADs and presidents of the various universities involved

it was only after the LHN came in at 300 million and ESPN said they wanted to show high school sports that A&M took notice and suddenly cared and by then they had already run their mouths about taking charge for themselves and it was too late to go back to UT and say "we want in on the LHN" and by then UT had already made significant investments in the LHN on their own

so UT did not kill the Big 12 period the end that is a 100% lie

as to what happened to UT

it is the same thing that A&M is finding out this year

"five star' recruits that are attracted to hot tubs, swag, swagcopters, fancy training facilities, ataris and big screens at the lockers, cool uniforms, and bling bling are often mentally weak, lazy, undisciplined, soft, incapable of dealing with adversity, subject to explosive outburst, selfish, academically challenged and often criminal in nature

and this leads to a soft, mentally weak, undisciplined, heavily penalized, selfish stats concerned or even being players short because of arrest and suspensions and all of that hurts team chemistry and team unity and other teams that are equally or even lesser talented will beat your ass to a pulp and watch you have mental outburst and breakdowns during the game that they further exploit

So then is Charlie Strong the right man to right the ship? If so, how long will the boosters and admin give him?

there were and are questions for sure, but then expectations are high

but he personally bought an additional year with me just by giving to boot to so many players I am tired of the embarrassment and the stupidity and I am glad to see it being run off in wholesale fashion......no quibbling just BYE!

and Tyrone Swoops being able to play this year was probably a major bonus for next year as well and Jerrod Heard seems to be pushing him

I have seen some real quality play from Swoops and some real passing ability I am not sure most thought he had, but of course there is some consistency issues as well

it looks like the defense is OK so far and buying into what Strong and Company are selling, but can they improve next year

the offense is still a major question so far especially since they will have some line issues coming up

the downside for strong is this year will probably be so bad that next year will need to be MUCH better and that might not happen

they are probably looking at 4-8 this year and he can get a pass on that

but next year will have 8-4 with a bowl win expectations for 9-4 overall and maybe being ranked at the very end

if this year was 7-5 with a bowl game then next year could be 7-5 with a bowl win (because hey he did so well with the massive mess he was left last year)

but with 4-8 the attitude will be "well he cleaned house there are players with experience and lets get going" and that means 8-4 on the season and if 8-4 happens then expectations for the spare bowl win

he will get 3 years no matter what, but year 3 better be 9-4 or better with a bowl win and ending the season ranked and bringing back a lot of depth for the 4th year and all the expectations that go with that

there will be comparisons to A&M

they were 9-4 then 7-6 in the last two years of The Sherm Stick then 11-2 with Johnny and Sumlin

Texas was 8-5, 9-4 then 8-5 with Mack, but the writing was on the wall with the soft players

I think expectations were for 7-5 this year and maybe a spare bowl win as well, but with Ash out, the massive blood letting ect 6-6 and some spare bowl appearance would have been OK.....4-8 is a bit extreme

but the good news is A&M is a freaking dumpster fire and Texas fans are fully aware of the concept of swagcopter players being felons and mentally weak and when you take 4 star players and 3 star players that are not attracted to the swagcopter you CAN have more misses and you might need to "coach them up" more

that is where the critical evaluation will come for Strong and how long he has.....is he bringing in the "right" 4 and 5 star players VS the swagcopter felons and are the 3 star players he is bringing in being developed or proving they were underrated

because it looks as though Sumlin can bring in the swagcopter players left and right.....and then he can spend 25% of the A&M athletics budget and 25% of his time bailing them out of jail and he has no answer when they prove they are mentally weak.....some of that works for Strong because the #WRTS is looking really stupid right now for A&M and SEC SEC SEC when you are 6-6 and #6 in your division becomes a lot less of an urgent concern for Texas to compete against.....but of course Texas has bigger ambitions than to just win some games or worry about what A&M does

(10-27-2014 11:50 PM)davi78239 Wrote:  

(10-27-2014 09:00 PM)Bobcat87 Wrote:  

(10-26-2014 11:53 PM)davi78239 Wrote:  Utsa is basically playing for pride and to be spoiler now. We truly miss Eric soza more than we ever thought we would. His replacement was decent but not as good. He got hurt against Arizona and was never the same. He hasn't played since the fau game. The second string freshman qb broke his hand so we're basically riding off a raw third string freshman qb. The offense has completely lost its rhythm and confidence issues have long set in and nothing positive has happened to spark the team. The defense has been the only bright spot in this debocle and you can't expect to put all the pressure on them. Not sure how a smashed Houston and nearly beat Arizona the first two games. It has been day and night with this team. This is the kind of yr we were expected to have last season, definitely not this yr. Very disappointing. Good luck bobcats. Hope u get a bowl.

Y'all had a phenomenal run as a start up, but at some point this was bound to happen. As a program, you still have tremendous upside .... Looking forward to playin' y'all down the line ..... After all, we owe ya a little somethin'. .... and thanks for the good wishes . . .

Likewise. Hey, you never know. Maybe we'll be in the same conference again soon.

. . . would love that, have always believed that a TX ST / UTSA rivalry would be great for BOTH schools . . . You're certainly the school WE love to HATE!

(10-28-2014 11:32 AM)Bobcat87 Wrote:  

(10-27-2014 11:50 PM)davi78239 Wrote:  

(10-27-2014 09:00 PM)Bobcat87 Wrote:  

(10-26-2014 11:53 PM)davi78239 Wrote:  Utsa is basically playing for pride and to be spoiler now. We truly miss Eric soza more than we ever thought we would. His replacement was decent but not as good. He got hurt against Arizona and was never the same. He hasn't played since the fau game. The second string freshman qb broke his hand so we're basically riding off a raw third string freshman qb. The offense has completely lost its rhythm and confidence issues have long set in and nothing positive has happened to spark the team. The defense has been the only bright spot in this debocle and you can't expect to put all the pressure on them. Not sure how a smashed Houston and nearly beat Arizona the first two games. It has been day and night with this team. This is the kind of yr we were expected to have last season, definitely not this yr. Very disappointing. Good luck bobcats. Hope u get a bowl.

Y'all had a phenomenal run as a start up, but at some point this was bound to happen. As a program, you still have tremendous upside .... Looking forward to playin' y'all down the line ..... After all, we owe ya a little somethin'. .... and thanks for the good wishes . . .

Likewise. Hey, you never know. Maybe we'll be in the same conference again soon.

. . . would love that, have always believed that a TX ST / UTSA rivalry would be great for BOTH schools . . . You're certainly the school WE love to HATE!

MWC for TxState, UTSA, Rice and UTEP!

(10-28-2014 05:18 PM)TodgeRodge Wrote:  

(10-28-2014 11:32 AM)Bobcat87 Wrote:  

(10-27-2014 11:50 PM)davi78239 Wrote:  

(10-27-2014 09:00 PM)Bobcat87 Wrote:  

(10-26-2014 11:53 PM)davi78239 Wrote:  Utsa is basically playing for pride and to be spoiler now. We truly miss Eric soza more than we ever thought we would. His replacement was decent but not as good. He got hurt against Arizona and was never the same. He hasn't played since the fau game. The second string freshman qb broke his hand so we're basically riding off a raw third string freshman qb. The offense has completely lost its rhythm and confidence issues have long set in and nothing positive has happened to spark the team. The defense has been the only bright spot in this debocle and you can't expect to put all the pressure on them. Not sure how a smashed Houston and nearly beat Arizona the first two games. It has been day and night with this team. This is the kind of yr we were expected to have last season, definitely not this yr. Very disappointing. Good luck bobcats. Hope u get a bowl.

Y'all had a phenomenal run as a start up, but at some point this was bound to happen. As a program, you still have tremendous upside .... Looking forward to playin' y'all down the line ..... After all, we owe ya a little somethin'. .... and thanks for the good wishes . . .

Likewise. Hey, you never know. Maybe we'll be in the same conference again soon.

. . . would love that, have always believed that a TX ST / UTSA rivalry would be great for BOTH schools . . . You're certainly the school WE love to HATE!

MWC for TxState, UTSA, Rice and UTEP!

Don't think it'll happen, but I'd take it if it did.

9:00 or 10:00 pm games aren't fun for fans

Here's Dave Campbell's week 10 Power Poll.
Texas 12 Power Poll

I'm sorry, but any poll that has us higher than Texas Tech or UT (this year) I can't take seriously... We would get killed by either..

(10-29-2014 09:14 PM)nineoneo Wrote:  I'm sorry, but any poll that has us higher than Texas Tech or UT (this year) I can't take seriously... We would get killed by either..

I don't think this year.....they are a shadow of their former selves
They have 3 wins this year:
UCA by a TD
UTEP by 4
Kansas

Would be nice to get a P5 from TX in a down year.....