CyberBull

Watching RedSox baseball is like watching a devilish high comedy. I honestly don't know how RedSox fans maintain their sanity or self respect. I suppose that laughing at the inane conclusions to Red Sox attempts at glory makes it all palatable. RedSox fans are continually duped into thinking they finally have the proverbial winning lottery ticket in their hands. It is hysterical to watch them get close and then watch their winning ticket get blown away. RedSox Nation always seems find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and I am sure the same will happen again. My prediction: Bottom of 9th, Game 7 and it’s all tied up at Busch Stadium. Alan Embree comes in with two outs and the bases loaded. He works a 0 -2 count on Carlos Beltran who is struggling to just make contact. Embree looks off the pinch runner on first but then inexplicably halts his delivery to look off the Biggio on second. The home plate umpire raises his left-hand and just like that, the Cardinals win their first World Series since Lonnie Smith, Wille McGee and Jack Clark roamed the outfield for the Redbirds. The RedSox are the first team in Major League history to give up a walk-off balk to lose the World Series. How perfectly Boston. BTW, I am not one to pat myself on the back but not even Stephen King could come up with a darker ending to pain BoSox Nation for yet another generation. Oh btw...am I bitter? Army, Rams and now this......you figure it out ÂÂ

The goal was to win another World Series championship. The opponent whether it was Boston or Seattle is meaningless. The Yankees did not get it done. I suppose that for Bosux fans, beating the hated Yankees is like winning the World Series. So I guess.....congratulations are in order. Do they give out rings for winning the AL pennant?

Why? Because w/o Leavitt's hardwork our future conference opponents  would be SMU, Rice and Tulsa. Why? Because the man deserves our loyalty. Why? Because he recruited out of a **** trailer for 7 years and got this program into the BCS? Why? Because he is not Doug Graber, Ernest Givens and the other assorted hasbeens or never were that applied for this job. Why? Because all the supposed coaching mistakes are in your head? We lost 4 games last year and stole a couple of games lesser coaches would of let get away. Why? Because the Army game was the first game we should of won that we lost. Why? Because he has put two together straight top notch recruiting classes and is assembling yet again the best ever class for 2005. Why? Because he is not Steve Spurrier.  Why SOS? Based on the little patience given to Leavitt why would you ever consider wanting to bring in SOS? Afterall, he "only" won one national championship game despite having Top 10 recruiting classes year after year. Then again, despite the mythical recruiting championships, SOS hates/hated recruiting. How many big games did his constant QB switching cost the Gators? Why? If some of you football geniuses are so eager to get rid of the founder of this program after 5 bad games, how much time do you give the next poor sap who gets this job? Do you fire him after his first game? I don't think I have ever been more embarrassed to be a Bulls fan. Not due to the action on the field but by the behavior of some our "fans" who seem to have forgotten that we were playing Kentucky Wesylan just 8 years ago. If you don't know what I am talking about, go to TBO.com. Thanks for "representing" and nice job. >

Nice job. You rip on a coach who has run into his first bad year and dump on a defense that has won us countless games.

Our receivers play "scared" b/c they never get the ball thrown to them. The only way you can improve is with game day experience and repetition. The young receivers have been waiting for two years for someone to throw them the **** ball.

Some of you guys crack me up. Leavitt has given you 7 great seasons of good, sometimes exhilirating football yet you are not willing to give him a down year to rebuild and retool. I am not a tow the party line kind of fan but some of the criticism leveled at JL are just absurd.

If the freshmen QBs beat out Julmiste or Denson that must mean that they can at least make simple completions. That is better than we can do now. As far as big catches, there were plenty of big catches such Jackie Chambers grab in the TCU game. Our receivers played great that game b/c the QB was actually getting them the ball consistently. We have good receivers they just need more attempts and experience. The problem with this team is the QB play. It doesn't take advantage of other team's mistakes and as a result games that should be blow outs remain close games. The failure to deliver the ball as a result keeps the defense on the field. For an undersized defense that is built on speed that is bad news. The only positive is that the young defensive players are getting more reps than they would if the offensive was even half way decent. The playcalling has been bad but if you are going to be fair you have factor in who is throwing the passes. Some of you guys have been really spoiled.

suspense: when I was in college I had terrible car. I knew it was terrible, my girlfriend and all my friends knew it was terrible...the car itself knew it was terrible. It was just a terrible car. However as much as I would of loved to get a car that was not nearly as terrible I couldn't afford it. Sure I could of traded it in for another terrible car but why?  At least with my terrible car I knew what was wrong with it and I rationalized that eventually when I had enough money I would make the jump to a real car that had nothing terrible about it. What I am trying to convey is that although Jim Leavitt got a nice salary increase, his assistants were near the bottom of  C-USA in salaries, and I can almost guarantee they will be last in the Big East. Getting rid of Hobbie just for the sakes of change is a bad idea. Who exactly are we going to be able to attract with the chump change salary we are paying? We could go the young assistant route, however do we really want to debut in the BE with a green behind the ears coordinator who we got on the cheap? We have to hope that at the end of the season CJL is given more resources to make the necessary upgrades and adjustments on his staff. This also means that us fans can't complain when the cost of attending games goes up or if other programs like basketball and baseball suffer b/c football is eating up more than their fair share. It's all about choices. With the right players  this system has worked before and it appears that with Grothe and Hill we may finally get some relief.  It really wouldn't surprise me if the entire staff returns back next year.

Thanks for your "contribution".

What was the last time an offensive coordinator got fired at midseason? Exactly..... Hobbie is not going anywhere. I hate his playcalling as much as anyone else but why waste your time for something that is not going to happen. Furthermore who is going to take his place? Rod Smith? Shouldn't we fire him too with Hobbie? The bottom line is that Leavitt is not going anywhere for the forseable future.

couldn't happen to better organization.

....that we lost one we should of won. No disrespect toward Army b/c theydeserved to win the game but we had this game in our hands and it shouldn't have been that close. This team has no confidence this year. The call for a pass in the endzone was terrible and as usual we saw no imagination in the playcalling department. Memo to Coach Hobbled: when you are moving the ball almost at will on the ground you do NOT have to resort to gimmick plays to score points.

Exactly.....That is just basic football. There needs to be some changes on how we call football games.

UAB has a QB, we do not. Now that deserves, a "what a bummer"

Great answer regarding PJ making the job his for the next 2 years but I am pretty sure that the job is going to be wide open for the Fall 2005. PJ is going to have to finish strong and lead us to a bowl game for the job not to be up for grabs. Personally I don't care who QBs as long as we win.

Actually.....it was Insiders not Rivals that knocked the kid back a few notches. However your sentiment still rings true. The rankings are fun to talk about but are pretty much worthless in predicting success. In many ways it's similar to the SATs for undergrad or the GRE/GMAT for graduate school.

I never had any problems with smazza so I guess we will just have to wait and see. Besides deep down he knows I am right....

I agree....for our first bowl game I'll take it anyway I can. Hopefully it won't be on XMAS day b/c that won't work for me but any other day and I am buy 12 tickets the first day they go on sale.

Treading a fine line between discipline and overeacting. IMO I would rather take the penalties with the chance to win, over playing the younger players and having no chance to win. In addition, the younger players are more likely commit more penalties b/c they are not ready to play. BTW, when I posted that our penalties are getting better I was referencing the Personal fouls penalties. We had at least 3 or 4 per game last year as opposed to this year where that number is down dramatically. One more thing, one of the symptoms of a one dimensional team on offense are penalties along the line. Teams do not respect our passing game so they are loading up the box and sending more players than we can block. Thus instead of letting play (or players) get blown up our players are doing whatever they can to hold the line. I don't think I am exagerating when I say that we could of been called for many more holding penalties against Southern Piss.

It's funny how tells us to be objective yet mentions USC in the same breath with USF. We could hardly stay on the field with South Carolina nevermind the real USC. There is a lot of young talent on this team but it takes time for them to become good college football players, b/c last time I check I didn't many USC (the real USC) recruits mention us on in their Top5. sorry smazza you are way off base...

smazza must not know anything about football b/c otherwise he would know that our WRs can put up ig numbers if our QB can't hit the broad side of  a barn. come on smazza I thought you were a football coach and had a clue....nevermind. @^@#$^!!$&*^%

I would still rather be associated with West Virginia, Louisville, Pitt, Syracuse and UConn than SouthernPiss. At least we don't have to spray the visitors seat for lice when they visit RJS. Have fun in C-DOA.

Another stupid ignorant Southern Piss fan w/o a clue. Cry us a river. I never met a more ignorant group of fans than the white trash that hails from Nowheresville, MS Psssttt....the game is over so hitch up your double wide to your rusted out truck, spray down your arm pits and mullet with Aqua Velva and haul your ass back to the rundown trailer park you call home. The original post was dripping with sarcasm and a condescending tone that USM obviously have well rehearsed. It's sorta of sad in a way, b/c all this unfound feelings of superiority after a 7 point victory. Whatever gets you off.... BTW, I offer this comments with the best of intentions.

Actually I think the penalties are getting better. Last year we were overun every game with 4 or 5 personal foul penalties. That has vastly improved this season. The most damaging penalties have been holding, encroachment and illegal substitution. I am not going to blame our kids for pass interference those are part of the game. Look......I am not saying we are there yet but there are no easy answers. This problem really started 3 years ago when we stepped up in competition. Sometimes you have to credit the other team for forcing a player to hold. Sometimes our players just get beat at the line of scrimmage or in the secondary.

No not really. There is a big difference between a starter committing a mistake and a untested rookie not being ready to play. If the older player commits a mistake you move the ball back 10 yards and you live to play another play. In contrast the young OL is going to be more prone to completly miss on a play due to inexperience or being physically overwhelmed. When that happens your QB gets killed and the cost is more than just 10 yards. If we have to bring Banks in our season is essentially over. I guess you can call me being pragmatic but that is where we are right now. If the young guys were ready they would be in there....I mean CJL is not exactly an idiot.