Grateful Dad

With the exception of the word "notorious" because it does have negative connotations, everything BJ wrote is true. We need dissenters on this board. God knows we have enough groupthink on here. The "love it or leave it" mentality is entertaining when it pops up. And as far as people buying tickets and not attending? Do you think Brad attends all of his season ticket games? No, he buys them and distributes them. People who buy tickets should be congratulated whether they attend or not. Especially those who know that they won't be able to attend. As far as what they do with their tickets? They paid for them. They can do whatever the heck they want to.

Wisconsin Oline (mentioned beforehand) will have a harder job to do if we can make their offense one dimensional. If we remove the passing game, then we can keep more in the box. If we have the depth there, we have a good chance. If we can't make them one dimensional, our Dline gets no help and it may not be pretty. That's what I think I meant. Or it was a stray synapse firing. Even odds.

Considering the off-season clean up by CCS, he will be naming it the Roundup Offense. Completely weedless.

...and we play in an NFL stadium!" Sorry, I had to do that

If we can make them one-dimensional, then we will see who we have in our defensive depth and it becomes a war of attrition. If it is a two headed monster, it won't matter.

Yeah, I saw that NEB, but five games is kind of a small sample size. Anyway, I'm going with a great season with one unforeseen poop the bed.

Rutgers??? Really? I'm a little shell shocked by conference mates whom we can't beat. I know it sounds crazy but we usually experience a let down that we didn't see coming. Beat the giants, lose to the gnats.

ALERT! My wife has hijacked Puc's account!

Excellent! I hope Horne hits his stride (literally) early. I expect Nico to be hungry after his mention as one of the best in the AAC. I think we surprise the heck out of Wisconsin and our own fans.

That'll just make the victory sweeter on Nov 29th.

Guess we need to straighten him out, too.

11-1 Every game except Temple Cronkite Wilcox USF 28-17

Yeah, if it gets any hotter, I'll have to take off stuff I really ought to keep on.

It really doesn't take a whole lot of anything admirable to consistently point out failure to those who are happy and looking to replicate a good time. Actually, it is kind of a bummer.

Very nice.

Some people, when training for distance running, measure their progress mile by mile. They push on with the ultimate goal (initially) of making ten miles. Celebration of progress and measure mile by mile until they can run a half marathon. Celebration of goal attained and push to next milestone. Ultimately, they get there by attaining all of the meaningless (to others) goals along the way. Some runners focus on the end of the race right off visualizing success and start knocking down milestones without much of a notice as they get closer to their ultimate goal. They also succeed. Who's wrong? I try not to argue with success.

Yeah, we deserve one in there now. But, let's prove it on the field.

Are you going to deliver an Ex-Lax chocolate cake to their locker room?

I hate asterisks. I wish Milton was back and everyone was healthy when we win in November! It is shaping up to be a challenging year for your team. You gotta keep this guy healthy. Just watched the film. That guy is very fast for a quarterback. Hopefully, he can't throw!

That's not a new internet challenge, is it?

Part of this clash between those who keep talking about the atmosphere, excitement, buy-in, etc. of the past (at least for me) is addressing the changes supposedly necessary to have that atmosphere, according to some who didn't experience it. What we are trying to tell others is that we don't need to change much. We already had sell outs at Ray-Jay. An OCS is not going to fix attendance. Winning and especially big name wins gets people excited. We never had a conference championship. Yet we had sell outs, talked about on ESPN numerous times, Tampa lighting up in Gold and Green. All that without a precious aluminum foil trophy. We have basically all we need. We don't need to fix what ain't broke. Build the IPF and get on with it. We did better in trailers, anyway. Winning important games that people care about is what is missing. We get that down and everyone will have the atmosphere that they crave.

Exciting, loud, best atmosphere I have experienced at a football game. Tore my right MCL jumping up and down. The doctor asked me how I tore it. Football, I said. You're playing football at your age??! No, watching it! I thought he was going to have me committed. I guess he just doesn't get it.

Ok, the social scientist in me is intrigued. I wonder how the desire for and belief that we should pursue an OCS soon breaks down demographically - specifically age and SES.

I don't think that a big program will play on UCF's campus. A neutral site? Yes, for more seating. I think part of the reason Alabama signed with us is they know that RayJay can accommodate the legions of fans that will want to attend.