BullsFanInTX

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Who voted no. If we can't get more than 30K for at least one game something is seriously wrong.

you are a phcking moron and I hope the mods grow a set and chase idiots like you away. Do the math...if you sign 29 kids but only have 22 scholarships, don't you think the staff knows something? Bingo!!! Folks just don't get it. We signed 29 or so kids and just FLAT OUT didn't have 29 scholarships to give out, SO WE STILL HAVE NEARLY A FULL CLASS. If we had 22 scholarships to give and gave out 22 and THEN lost 9, it would be totally a different story, but we gave out more than we had available, to cover our butts in case some didn't qualify. Well, guess what some didn't but we still have nearly a full class, it isn't down as much as some would have you to believe. AND some may be back next year.

Actually 10 year old program now

FIU/FAU will never step it up until they get out of the Sun Belt. Face it, top recruits just aren't going to want to play in the SB Conf.

Give me Nicholas anyday. I was totally unimpressed with Leonard when they played us. Ray Rice looked way better.

I actually don't care if they go with the 2 headed qb for the first 2 games. This will give whoever the chance to step it up before UCF. Hopefully someone will grab the reins and run with it. Call me nuts, but I actually think PJ is in for a good senior season. Experience matters. According to Leavitt he has improved quite a bit over last year. Sometimes qbs take 3 years to grasp things. Think about it, in the NFL do they ever throw rookies, no matter how great they were in college, into the fire their rookie year and expect them to shine (forget about Roethlisberger). Fact is, it sometimes takes 2-3 years. Unless Grothe is an absolute stud, you can expect a bunch of growing pains, ints, etc that comes with playing a freshman. That said, if he is clearly better, go ahead and play him. But apparently he isn't clearly better, he's even. Never pass up W's. If that means going with the senior qb to squeeze out an extra win or 2, then that's what you might have to do. Would Grothe have walked into Penn State last year and performed like PJ or CD. PJ is capable, he just has to put it together and the receivers has to hang on to the ball.

Maybe I'm optimistic, but I'm not worried yet. We have capable people replacing Ponton, Chambers, etc. CHill may have never panned out, and it was probably good we got rid of Peyton. He didn't impress me last year anyway. Some of the other players lost may have more than capable fill ins - let's see how they play first before worrying. LET THEM PLAY FIRST. Where this may hurt us is in depth if people start going down. But hopefully the injury bug will stay away.

You are out of your mind.  I wouldn't take South Florida and 14 on that bet. You wouldn't. who was better last year. Top 5 Penn State or Texas Tech. We lost to PSU by 10 AT PSU Who was better last year. TTU or Louisville. We defeated UL by 31 at home. Atmittedly a great performance. Who was better last year. 11-1 WVU that defeated SEC champ UGA or TTU. WVU beat us by 13, less than the 14 you say TTU would beat us by. Think about it, don't just go on name recognition. We don't have NAME RECOGNITION yet, we are continuing to build that. That is the only reason people think we are "munchkins". That has nothing to do with actual ability. Your just wrong if you think TTU would beat us by more than 14. They may beat us, but at home I would take us straight up.

Who cares about Notre Dame. Do you think they care in Tallahasee, or Gainesville, or Miami if their teams are shown instead of ND. NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do you think ND would ever be shown in those towns over Gators, Noles, etc. NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you want to be big time, then act big time. Get over it. It is Tampa. and USF is based there.

I realize Mcneese has a very good 1AA program and could very well be competitive. but the national media doesn't look at that and doesn't care. If we lose this game we and the BE will be the laughingstock of the nation. Just more fodder for the so called national "experts" to bash the BE when they don't know what they are talking about.

PJ and MP. We will see plenty of both qbs during first 2 games and will know who the "real" starting qb is by game 3.

We need an OCS sooner rather than later. It will tap into student attendence. Why can't they get off their butts and figure out a way to make it happen like 98% of other 1A schools.

Hey Doc, This may have been asked, but do you guys have any plans to move up to 1A. I'm sure you could probably get into the Sun Belt and develop rivalries with ULL and ULM. Being top 20 1AA is probably almost as good as Sun Belt football anyway, and it looks like your stadium is as big as some of the smaller 1A stadiums.

Great news, I just saw on the weather channel its down to a weak TS, with 50 mph winds, AND it has to go over Cuba, so it may weaken even further.

So is Stephen Nicholas, he has about as much chance to win the Heisman. Rutgers candidates won't be taken seriously until they put together about 6-7 winning seasons, not one.

This isn't 2001, so what makes you think that McNeese can beat USF in 2006? I know Texas A&M...  Texas A&M was a Friend of mine in 2001 (HC RC Slocum Graduated from McNeese).  And sir...  Your program is NO A&M... ;D You guys lost to A&M and if it weren't for 2 defensive TDs the margin of victory would have been 4 TDs You're right, we aren't A&M, we're on our way to being bigger than A&M. If we make half the progress in the next 10 years that we made the last 10 years our program will be bigger. Did A&M even have a winning season last year.

I agree with ET, the first 2 losses aren't that big IF MP and the rest of the recievers step it up and are as good as we have been told. J. Julmiste could be a huge loss. If they only miss 2 games instead of 6, we should be able to get by ok due to our schedule.

This board broke this story before the press did. And there were those bashing people breaking this story when they were in fact correct.

Just ask the 2001 Texas a&m team that went 8 - 4 how they felt about the Mcneese team that year? I know McNeese has a solid program, and I respect you guys coming on this board. You guys may give us a decent game. My only beef was with the posters who make ridiculous claims about our program about how we are overated and cocky and stuff like that, not knowing much about our program. Hey, we walked into Pitt in 01 as a brand new 1A team and beat them.

I think that is correct. ACC, SEC and Big 12 all have conf championship games, so only one undefeated team there, but I am not totally sure if the Pac 10 plays all opponents, but I think so.

If we lost to McNeese state if would be a bigger upset than if we would have beaten Texas last year with Vince Young. If this happened, we and the BE would be the laughingstock of college football. I would bet my house that we will not lose to McNeese St. Anyone who says otherwise is delusional. It's not being cocky a D1A BCS team is supposed to defeat at D1AA team

I don't care if they plaster this guys face on the moon, he aint gonna win the heisman. Don't think it will help recruiting that much either, everyone knows it's a farce and he aint gonna win. Is anyone even paying attention to the rutgers "heisman" candidate. Are any of the national media outlets talking about him. no.

How much better is Ponton than Moise, if any. Will we notice any drop off from what we saw last year with Ricky.

We have a top 20 defense that could make ANY qb look bad. Including Briam Brohm. So you can't expect the O to light it up every scrimmage against the D. Someone has to look good every scrimmage, either the D or O, which naturally means the other unit didn't look so good. I wouldn't read too much into this yet. Our offense is practicing against possibley the best D in the big east. This has got to help.