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Post by myownwords on Mar 4, 2015 6:55:47 GMT -8
Spring Football starts and the schedule is still not secure? Rocky on a senior moment? It's time to get a relevant HC. What's next Occidental, Whittier, Pomona-Pitzer? NAIA home games, that's a draw for P5 and Big VII dreams! Sterk comes out and says we're elevating football and we drop homes games? WTF? Sadly, most fans have been dragged into the reality that when it comes to football, the actions of this clown team of Sterky, Hirshy and Rocky, rarely, if ever, follow their manifestly hollow and pyrrhic words.
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Post by sdcoug on Mar 4, 2015 8:53:21 GMT -8
Spring Football starts and the schedule is still not secure? Rocky on a senior moment? It's time to get a relevant HC. What's next Occidental, Whittier, Pomona-Pitzer? NAIA home games, that's a draw for P5 and Big VII dreams! Sterk comes out and says we're elevating football and we drop homes games? WTF? A) Rocky doesn't do the scheduling; B) We're in this mess thanks to the BSU/Big East fiasco; C) We've had 2 schools agree to game & scheduling - 1 dropped out at the last minute, and we were still waiting on a signature from the other last I heard.
No matter who was coach or AD or even assistant AD we'd still be in the same situation.
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Post by goaztecs on Mar 4, 2015 10:14:14 GMT -8
Any chance that we might finally beat Fresno? FSU has been real lucky the last two seasons, against SDSU. I think their luck runs out this year. You got that right.
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Post by sdsuballer on Mar 4, 2015 10:35:14 GMT -8
Spring Football starts and the schedule is still not secure? Rocky on a senior moment? It's time to get a relevant HC. What's next Occidental, Whittier, Pomona-Pitzer? NAIA home games, that's a draw for P5 and Big VII dreams! Sterk comes out and says we're elevating football and we drop homes games? WTF? A) Rocky doesn't do the scheduling; B) We're in this mess thanks to the BSU/Big East fiasco; C) We've had 2 schools agree to game & scheduling - 1 dropped out at the last minute, and we were still waiting on a signature from the other last I heard.
No matter who was coach or AD or even assistant AD we'd still be in the same situation.
Who does the schedule? Steve Fisher... Huh.... When hired Rocky said he needed a few years of playing cupcakes (maybe 2-3 years) to build a program. I was initially a big Rocky Long t-shirt club member thinking he was going to be the right fit and takes us to the next level. Since this was going to be his last stop I though he would do things differently, provide entertainment, and take on rewarding risks. I invisioned a mini Pete Carroll 2.0 coming in here and re-energized the fan base. My dream was for Rocky to bring in young energized assistant coaches who would run up and down the sideline. These assistants would not be afraid to get their hands dirty, teach, and recruit against the big program. He was suppose to be a risk taker and go for it on 4th down when playing on the road against much superior teams and provide team swag. I expected at least one new years bowl game in his first five years with maybe one marquee home game. Instead all i received was a bunch of retired on the job assistant coaches (retreads) whom could not recruit, a few losses to 1AA teams, 3 meaningless bowl game losses, five straight years of a JV home football schedule, a bunch of walk ons starting at critical spots, non development of players, sending our basketball team across the country to take care of business for the football team, excuses for declining fb record, a whinny coach who thinks the system is unfair, and throwing his players underneath the bus. When you come out after several games you were favored to win and say the team team "stunk out there" its a reflection of a coach that didn't have his player ready to play. #No more excuses#
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Post by AztecWilliam on Mar 4, 2015 11:07:37 GMT -8
Look for another FCS game, Eastern Illi, Northern AZ, UCDavis? Lets here it for the MWC Big Sky Classic. Some here have not read the story today carefully. Five games were announced today. A sixth is still in the offing, but not for sure. Again, virtually every team in FBS/FCS is booked Sept. 5. It will take some horse trading to get the date filled, but I still think it will happen. I really hope that you are correct. Not having a 12th game set this late is really bush league in my opinion. What the hell is going on in the ADs office? Just another indication that FB is not taken seriously enough. As for the opponent, I don't care how bad the team is, we can't afford to play Cal when we have not had a game and they have. Especially since we will have a new QB. If this schedule stands, I fully expect to get beaten badly by the Golden Bears. I would even consider a decent DII team, somebody to play before going to Berkeley. And we wonder why schools such as Boise, Colorado State, and Fresno have surpassed us. (One more thing. Basketball comments are really out of place in this thread. One has to wade through a bunch of them to find the FB responses.) AzWm
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Post by pbbroker on Mar 4, 2015 11:32:57 GMT -8
keep enjoying your pity party..................the law of attraction You are getting what you yearn for!
Cal @ $1 million to play Penn state
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Post by McQuervo on Mar 4, 2015 11:43:44 GMT -8
Get over it. The Big East mess created this and really be thankful we have a good/favorable home schedule. BTW there are many SoCal JC programs whom are Light Years better than the two D-3 programs you mention.
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Post by sdcoug on Mar 4, 2015 11:49:54 GMT -8
A) Rocky doesn't do the scheduling; B) We're in this mess thanks to the BSU/Big East fiasco; C) We've had 2 schools agree to game & scheduling - 1 dropped out at the last minute, and we were still waiting on a signature from the other last I heard.
No matter who was coach or AD or even assistant AD we'd still be in the same situation.
Who does the schedule? Steve Fisher... Huh.... When hired Rocky said he needed a few years of playing cupcakes (maybe 2-3 years) to build a program. I was initially a big Rocky Long t-shirt club member thinking he was going to be the right fit and takes us to the next level. Since this was going to be his last stop I though he would do things differently, provide entertainment, and take on rewarding risks. I invisioned a mini Pete Carroll 2.0 coming in here and re-energized the fan base. My dream was for Rocky to bring in young energized assistant coaches who would run up and down the sideline. These assistants would not be afraid to get their hands dirty, teach, and recruit against the big program. He was suppose to be a risk taker and go for it on 4th down when playing on the road against much superior teams and provide team swag. I expected at least one new years bowl game in his first five years with maybe one marquee home game. Instead all i received was a bunch of retired on the job assistant coaches (retreads) whom could not recruit, a few losses to 1AA teams, 3 meaningless bowl game losses, five straight years of a JV home football schedule, a bunch of walk ons starting at critical spots, non development of players, sending our basketball team across the country to take care of business for the football team, excuses for declining fb record, a whinny coach who thinks the system is unfair, and throwing his players underneath the bus. When you come out after several games you were favored to win and say the team team "stunk out there" its a reflection of a coach that didn't have his player ready to play. #No more excuses# With football it's the associate AD (JD), with input & assistance from others. With hoops it's typically one of the assistant coaches, with input from the HC & AD depts. That's usually how it is at all schools.
Disagree on the coaches & even the trajectory of the program, but that's not what this thread is about. BTW, if those are the types of assistants you value you should get to know the new staff. They're young & very energetic.
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Post by AztecWilliam on Mar 4, 2015 11:53:52 GMT -8
Get over it. The Big East mess created this and really be thankful we have a good/favorable home schedule. BTW there are many SoCal JC programs whom are Light Years better than the two D-3 programs you mention. Possibly. In any case, we can't play a non-scholarship school. On the other hand, we can't afford to go into the Cal game with a new quarterback who has not had a warm-up game the week before. That's why I mentioned the possibility of playing a DII school. Not ideal: far from it. But a game against a really inferior team is better than none. (I don't know whether there is any NCAA rule against an FBS school playing a DII school. On the other hand, it appears that thumbing one's nose at the NCAA is becoming a favorite sport.) I have no idea whether any DII schools would be willing to play in the Q. AzWm
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Post by sdcoug on Mar 4, 2015 12:06:38 GMT -8
Some here have not read the story today carefully. Five games were announced today. A sixth is still in the offing, but not for sure. Again, virtually every team in FBS/FCS is booked Sept. 5. It will take some horse trading to get the date filled, but I still think it will happen. I really hope that you are correct. Not having a 12th game set this late is really bush league in my opinion. What the hell is going on in the ADs office? Just another indication that FB is not taken seriously enough.
As for the opponent, I don't care how bad the team is, we can't afford to play Cal when we have not had a game and they have. Especially since we will have a new QB. If this schedule stands, I fully expect to get beaten badly by the Golden Bears. I would even consider a decent DII team, somebody to play before going to Berkeley. And we wonder why schools such as Boise, Colorado State, and Fresno have surpassed us. AzWm Get real. No it isn't. They've made this priority #1, but they can't get Barbara Eden to pop out of a bottle & magically find a team with an open date. Like ours, most were already booked before the whole BE fiasco. The staff has been working on this continuously since.
I DO agree 100% with you on needing a game before Cal! We need to work out the kinks, especially with a new QB. Hopefully the one which was in the works come through. If not, I know they are pushing other FCS schools to possibly change their schedule for a pay day at Qualcomm. They have more motivation than any FBS school would at this point.
Cal's good enough without an advantage, and they'll have had a warm up vs. Grambling St. Too bad they couldn't have opened up against Ohio St - at least they'd come in beat-up.
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Post by AccessBowlTime on Mar 4, 2015 12:55:14 GMT -8
Can't find their schedule anyplace. Here is one Saturday September 5 Open Saturday September 12 Montana State vs Chadron State Saturday September 19 Montana State at Eastern Washington Saturday September 26 Montana State vs Cal Poly Saturday October 3 Montana State at Northern Arizona Saturday October 10 Montana State vs Sacramento State Saturday October 17 Montana State at Portland State Saturday October 24 Open Saturday October 31 Montana State at North Dakota Saturday November 7 Montana State vs Southern Utah Saturday November 14 Montana State at Idaho State Saturday November 21 Montana State vs Montana Good find, guys. Montana State was originally going to play Montana the first Saturday of the season but the schools decided such a big game shouldn't be played so early. Montana has found another opponent for September 5 but it appears as though Montana State hasn't. As to playing an Ivy League school, those types of opponents are at such a low level that SDSU would have to be granted a waiver by the NCAA in order to have it considered a bowl qualifying victory. So although such a game would be better than nothing in helping to prepare for Cal, Montana State would be better. (And BTW, if we were to lose to Montana State, we could begin debating early about who our next coach should be. )
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Post by AccessBowlTime on Mar 4, 2015 12:58:42 GMT -8
Spring Football starts and the schedule is still not secure? Rocky on a senior moment? It's time to get a relevant HC. What's next Occidental, Whittier, Pomona-Pitzer? NAIA home games, that's a draw for P5 and Big VII dreams! Sterk comes out and says we're elevating football and we drop homes games? WTF? A) Rocky doesn't do the scheduling; B) We're in this mess thanks to the BSU/Big East fiasco; C) We've had 2 schools agree to game & scheduling - 1 dropped out at the last minute, and we were still waiting on a signature from the other last I heard.
No matter who was coach or AD or even assistant AD we'd still be in the same situation.
Well, yes and no. Yes - indirectly - because after we announced we were leaving, the MWC allowed SJSU and USU to join and IIRC, we had gotten one of the two WAC-offs to agree to come to SD to play us this September 5 and we now have to play them later in the season. But also no in that but for Hairbrain Thompson and his band of idiots getting paranoid and acting prematurely neither of those schools would have been added to the MWC so rapidly.
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Post by sdcoug on Mar 4, 2015 14:28:13 GMT -8
A) Rocky doesn't do the scheduling; B) We're in this mess thanks to the BSU/Big East fiasco; C) We've had 2 schools agree to game & scheduling - 1 dropped out at the last minute, and we were still waiting on a signature from the other last I heard.
No matter who was coach or AD or even assistant AD we'd still be in the same situation.
Well, yes and no. Yes - indirectly - because after we announced we were leaving, the MWC allowed SJSU and USU to join and IIRC, we had gotten one of the two WAC-offs to agree to come to SD to play us this September 5 and we now have to play them later in the season. But also no in that but for Hairbrain Thompson and his band of idiots getting paranoid and acting prematurely neither of those schools would have been added to the MWC so rapidly. Guess I don't understand the "no"? Isn't the reason SJSU/USU joined the MW and thus isn't the reason SJSU is no longer one of our 4 NC games both directly related to the BSU/BE fiasco? Whether Thompson is a "hairbrain" or not doesn't change the fact we lost our NC game AFTER most other FBS had already secured most if not all of their NC schedule, right?
PS. I agree with you about Thompson
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Post by AccessBowlTime on Mar 4, 2015 16:10:36 GMT -8
coug, I can't disagree with you either but have to admit that I'm inclined to blame our predicament on Thompson. Even when the MWC thought SDSU and Boise were gone, it was literally unnecessary for them to replace both of us. They needed at least eight members to retain the basketball credits and were down to seven so they could have added only USU and then waited a year to confirm that the two of us wouldn't return. And considering that the NCAA had just granted the WAC a one-year waiver of the eight-school minimum, had the MWC applied for that and it been granted, they wouldn't have needed to add either one. Then when we returned, at least in theory they could have added UTSA and Texas State to get to 12 for a football championship game and the MWC would be a heckuva lot better conference today.
Of course, it sure seems like if Steve Weber hadn't jumped in to stop it, Thompson would have convinced conference presidents to add USU and UTEP in January 2012.
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Post by TruAztec on Mar 4, 2015 18:50:11 GMT -8
Spring Football starts and the schedule is still not secure? Rocky on a senior moment? It's time to get a relevant HC. What's next Occidental, Whittier, Pomona-Pitzer? NAIA home games, that's a draw for P5 and Big VII dreams! Sterk comes out and says we're elevating football and we drop homes games? WTF? A) Rocky doesn't do the scheduling; B) We're in this mess thanks to the BSU/Big East fiasco; C) We've had 2 schools agree to game & scheduling - 1 dropped out at the last minute, and we were still waiting on a signature from the other last I heard.
No matter who was coach or AD or even assistant AD we'd still be in the same situation.
Stop using facts and logic on a fan board. It will ruin the mojo.
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