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Post by fanhood on Jul 23, 2017 2:41:01 GMT -8
Considering AFA has an exceptionally inexperienced team full of slow, unathletic, midgets, I am not at all concerned. I can tell by your comment that you must really dislike Air Force. At the same time I also note that you really don't pay much attention to how tough a military school can be in athletics. They may get many undersized players, (midgets I'm not so sure about) and those who don't match up to the talent at many colleges, but one thing I have noticed is that military schools usually play together well, and have spirit you don't always find at regular schools. For that reason it makes them very tough to beat because they play tough, and don't give up easily. I have a lot of respect for military schools, and the particular character they show when they are playing. And, Air Force has had our number for many years even though we have won the past 6 games against them. (first time we have done that!) They are the best of the military schools, and they can beat us in Colorado Springs if we don't play well. As Mama Fanhood used to say, "oh spare me." I graduated from a military college and have season tickets to my Alma Mater that happens to run the Triple Option. I watch more military college, option football in a season than you will in your lifetime. We won't lose to the zoomie midgets that don't play defense.
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Post by fanhood on Jul 23, 2017 8:13:16 GMT -8
We basically have 9 "starters" returning on Defense this year. However, in a recent interview, Rocky mentioned our "youth" at Safety as a concern. He also said we are young this year in general. I don't see it. Our starting Safety's are Lomax, and Baldwin. Lomax had been starting since he was a Sophomore and Baldwin started the entire 2016 season. Thompson will be new, but he is just one of three.
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Post by northcountymike on Jul 23, 2017 17:53:48 GMT -8
I can tell by your comment that you must really dislike Air Force. At the same time I also note that you really don't pay much attention to how tough a military school can be in athletics. They may get many undersized players, (midgets I'm not so sure about) and those who don't match up to the talent at many colleges, but one thing I have noticed is that military schools usually play together well, and have spirit you don't always find at regular schools. For that reason it makes them very tough to beat because they play tough, and don't give up easily. I have a lot of respect for military schools, and the particular character they show when they are playing. And, Air Force has had our number for many years even though we have won the past 6 games against them. (first time we have done that!) They are the best of the military schools, and they can beat us in Colorado Springs if we don't play well. As Mama Fanhood used to say, "oh spare me." I graduated from a military college and have season tickets to my Alma Mater that happens to run the Triple Option. I watch more military college, option football in a season than you will in your lifetime. We won't lose to the zoomie midgets that don't play defense.Well, since we don't play offense, it'll be close .
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Post by sdcoug on Jul 23, 2017 17:56:38 GMT -8
We basically have 9 "starters" returning on Defense this year. However, in a recent interview, Rocky mentioned our "youth" at Safety as a concern. He also said we are young this year in general. I don't see it. Our starting Safety's are Lomax, and Baldwin. Lomax had been starting since he was a Sophomore and Baldwin started the entire 2016 season. Thompson will be new, but he is just one of three. Hard to say we have 9 "starters" when we lose arguably our 3 best defenders, but get what you mean with Ricks coming back, etc. Yea, the safety comment from Rocky thru me but our depth there is definitely young, and that's a position you need experience in Rocky's scheme. Lomax still makes me nervous, and you know he'll play a lot of guys early so they're prepared by week 4 or 5. Still have visions of blown coverages by our safeties early in the year 2 years ago that really cost us.
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Post by uncledougy on Jul 23, 2017 20:44:00 GMT -8
Let's not forget we didn't get to play Boise the past 2 seasons.
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Post by sdcoug on Jul 23, 2017 22:02:23 GMT -8
Let's not forget we didn't get to play Boise the past 2 seasons. Only because THEY failed to win their own division.
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Post by aztecfan1 on Jul 24, 2017 8:00:23 GMT -8
We basically have 9 "starters" returning on Defense this year. However, in a recent interview, Rocky mentioned our "youth" at Safety as a concern. He also said we are young this year in general. I don't see it. Our starting Safety's are Lomax, and Baldwin. Lomax had been starting since he was a Sophomore and Baldwin started the entire 2016 season. Thompson will be new, but he is just one of three. Hard to say we have 9 "starters" when we lose arguably our 3 best defenders, but get what you mean with Ricks coming back, etc. Yea, the safety comment from Rocky thru me but our depth there is definitely young, and that's a position you need experience in Rocky's scheme. Lomax still makes me nervous, and you know he'll play a lot of guys early so they're prepared by week 4 or 5. Still have visions of blown coverages by our safeties early in the year 2 years ago that really cost us. y iPhone McGee and Smith were so good that he's concerned Lomax and whoever don't measure up. But Baldwin is a heck of a safety. Lot of pressure on that position for sure .
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Post by northcountymike on Jul 24, 2017 10:52:46 GMT -8
Let's not forget we didn't get to play Boise the past 2 seasons. Only because THEY failed to win their own division. That may be true - but their division has been tougher the past couple of seasons. I wonder if we had been in that division or got to play some of those teams, especially during the regular season, how many more losses we might have had.
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Post by fanhood on Jul 24, 2017 10:55:01 GMT -8
Hard to say we have 9 "starters" when we lose arguably our 3 best defenders, but get what you mean with Ricks coming back, etc. Yea, the safety comment from Rocky thru me but our depth there is definitely young, and that's a position you need experience in Rocky's scheme. Lomax still makes me nervous, and you know he'll play a lot of guys early so they're prepared by week 4 or 5. Still have visions of blown coverages by our safeties early in the year 2 years ago that really cost us. y iPhone McGee and Smith were so good that he's concerned Lomax and whoever don't measure up. But Baldwin is a heck of a safety. Lot of pressure on that position for sure . McGee only played for games last year. Lomax started the rest.
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Post by fanhood on Jul 24, 2017 10:56:06 GMT -8
Only because THEY failed to win their own division. That may be true - but their division has been tougher the past couple of seasons. I wonder if we had been in that division or got to play some of those teams, especially during the regular season, how many more losses we might have had. Considering we are 6-2 against the Mountain Division over the past two years, I am not overly concerned about it.
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Post by northcountymike on Jul 24, 2017 15:03:30 GMT -8
That may be true - but their division has been tougher the past couple of seasons. I wonder if we had been in that division or got to play some of those teams, especially during the regular season, how many more losses we might have had. Considering we are 6-2 against the Mountain Division over the past two years, I am not overly concerned about it. That may be true...but it also includes 0 games vs. Boise State.
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Post by sdcoug on Jul 24, 2017 15:06:52 GMT -8
Considering we are 6-2 against the Mountain Division over the past two years, I am not overly concerned about it. That may be true...but it also includes 0 games vs. Boise State. True, but it includes games against teams that proved to be better than Boise State (AF in '15 & Wyoming in '16). We were 2-1 in those games; BSU was 0-2 against the same 2 teams.
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Post by fanhood on Jul 24, 2017 15:13:07 GMT -8
Considering we are 6-2 against the Mountain Division over the past two years, I am not overly concerned about it. That may be true...but it also includes 0 games vs. Boise State. Fine, we are 2-2 against Boise since they have been in the league, and we have only gotten better, becoming the class of the conference.
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Post by aztecfan1 on Jul 24, 2017 15:25:09 GMT -8
Don't tell ncm that he does not like facts that counter his bias.
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Post by fanhood on Jul 24, 2017 15:28:06 GMT -8
Don't tell ncm that he does not like facts that counter his bias. You think we will lose to Air Force. Away with you Chicken Little, away!
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Post by tonatiuh on Jul 24, 2017 16:12:23 GMT -8
I can tell by your comment that you must really dislike Air Force. At the same time I also note that you really don't pay much attention to how tough a military school can be in athletics. They may get many undersized players, (midgets I'm not so sure about) and those who don't match up to the talent at many colleges, but one thing I have noticed is that military schools usually play together well, and have spirit you don't always find at regular schools. For that reason it makes them very tough to beat because they play tough, and don't give up easily. I have a lot of respect for military schools, and the particular character they show when they are playing. And, Air Force has had our number for many years even though we have won the past 6 games against them. (first time we have done that!) They are the best of the military schools, and they can beat us in Colorado Springs if we don't play well. As Mama Fanhood used to say, "oh spare me." I graduated from a military college and have season tickets to my Alma Mater that happens to run the Triple Option. I watch more military college, option football in a season than you will in your lifetime. We won't lose to the zoomie midgets that don't play defense. Well excuuuuuuuuuse me! So, you graduated from a military school, and have been to a lot of their games. I was only pointing out that AFA does have a very good chance of upsetting us that's all. Like I said we have won the last six games, and I do hope we will win this season too. But, you know they are overdue the opportunity to beat us. In the MW Championship game we won against them in 2105 we won by only 3 points. They are 19-15 against us all time, so you never know.
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Post by Boise Aztec on Jul 24, 2017 16:28:47 GMT -8
That may be true...but it also includes 0 games vs. Boise State. True, but it includes games against teams that proved to be better than Boise State (AF in '15 & Wyoming in '16). We were 2-1 in those games; BSU was 0-2 against the same 2 teams. And we are 2-1 against BSU in our most recent games, correct?
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Post by sdsustoner on Jul 24, 2017 17:12:23 GMT -8
Considering we are 6-2 against the Mountain Division over the past two years, I am not overly concerned about it. That may be true...but it also includes 0 games vs. Boise State. Blame them for not showing up to the title game
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Post by northcountymike on Jul 25, 2017 10:19:43 GMT -8
That may be true...but it also includes 0 games vs. Boise State. True, but it includes games against teams that proved to be better than Boise State (AF in '15 & Wyoming in '16). We were 2-1 in those games; BSU was 0-2 against the same 2 teams. Yup - technically, those teams might have been "better," but I think the top three in the Mountain Division have been a toss-up the past couple of years with no clear-cut "better" team. We lost a couple of games that maybe Boise State could have won (Colorado State last year and South Alabama the past two years come to mind). So, who knows...perhaps it's an "any given Saturday" type of thing at that point.
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Post by northcountymike on Jul 25, 2017 10:24:29 GMT -8
True, but it includes games against teams that proved to be better than Boise State (AF in '15 & Wyoming in '16). We were 2-1 in those games; BSU was 0-2 against the same 2 teams. And we are 2-1 against BSU in our most recent games, correct? I suppose. I'm just saying, they've still been a tough team and we just can't assume that we were better than them simply because we haven't played them in the MWC championship game the past couple of years. Heck, we lost to Colorado State pretty badly last year - does that mean they were better than us because they beat us last year ? We're 1-1 against CSU the past two years. So, by your logic, we should be dead even and equally good, right?
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