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Post by mySTRAS on Oct 6, 2024 10:50:29 GMT -8
Sorry I hit a nerve but I have a hard time believing a coach could ascend to this level by not playing the players that gives him the best chance to win. But, when we signed Lewis I said I hope that we wouldn't see calls for him to be fired before the 5th game and it didn't take half that time for that to happen. Then again, this is the same board wanted Dutcher fired early in his HC stint so... 😂 I merely match tone. Hope you didn't pull a muscle congratulating yourself Have you seen me call for his firing? Go thru my post history. If not, use that argument against someone who actually used it. Also, nice deflection away from the fact you support an RB getting 3.6 YPC to get all the carries Armstead is an injury waiting to happen... and only averaging 3.2 ypc. Why remove Cooper's stats against TAMC? In that game Armstead rushed 5 times for 9 yards, hardly instilling any confidence. |
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Post by mySTRAS on Oct 6, 2024 11:01:00 GMT -8
ESPN had attendance at 31k+... how many actual butts in seats?
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Post by RiffelBooks on Oct 6, 2024 11:11:23 GMT -8
In fairness, it's pretty hard to run behind this offensive line. Yeah really hate to pile-on but the OL is made up of backups, FCS transfers and JUCO kids. Props to them getting the job done last night but the line was thin to start the season even before all the injuries. Exactly |
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Post by aztech on Oct 6, 2024 11:15:30 GMT -8
Besides being totally unfair to the other RB it is also unfair to Cooper to work him way too much. He needs some rest during the game. Even the announcers last night said he looked tired and was huffing and puffing from exhaustion We need to insert the fastest RB we have to run left/right sweeps. All this up the middle running is too predictable and we lack an adaquate oline to make it effective anyway. So mix it up to minimize their deficiencies. |
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Post by AztecPhil on Oct 6, 2024 11:44:51 GMT -8
Next week, we play Wyoming, in Laramie after their bye week.
Personally, I think we should beat the Cowboys with ease, .... but will we?
If the coaching staff learned anything in the last two games, they had best play for the win and with a lead in the fourth quarter, not let up and try to coast to the win.
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Post by jcljorgenson on Oct 6, 2024 11:45:41 GMT -8
Armstead is an injury waiting to happen... and only averaging 3.2 ypc. Why remove Cooper's stats against TAMC? In that game Armstead rushed 5 times for 9 yards, hardly instilling any confidence. Maybe because TA&MC doesn't play at the FBS level and has started the season 0-5, including 4 losses to non FBS teams? Sacramento State beat them 34-0 and SE Louisiana (2-4) from the powerhouse "Southland" conference just beat them 21-9. Armstead and Sutton simply don't have enough of a sample size to properly evaluate on this year's stats. It's insane to be so committed to one RB that has been very average over the first five games. You don't know what you have on the team until you give the player a chance to show you their potential. Does anyone here know Marshall Faulk's story? Look, I agree he should be the starter and get most snaps, but it's obvious he doesn't deserve 100% of the carries. This is easily my biggest beef with coach Lewis right now. In fact, it's mind boggling to me. I have seen enough of Sutton and Armstead to know they are very serviceable at this level. As an FYI, these guys were essentially recruited to "Running Back University," so the change in offensive strategy is already somewhat of a blow to them. |
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Post by zurac315 on Oct 6, 2024 12:31:59 GMT -8
With all the sand flying about perhaps we should just play our games at the beach?
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Post by zurac315 on Oct 6, 2024 12:35:31 GMT -8
Armstead is an injury waiting to happen... and only averaging 3.2 ypc. Why remove Cooper's stats against TAMC? In that game Armstead rushed 5 times for 9 yards, hardly instilling any confidence. Maybe because TA&MC doesn't play at the FBS level and has started the season 0-5, including 4 losses to non FBS teams? Sacramento State beat them 34-0 and SE Louisiana (2-4) from the powerhouse "Southland" conference just beat them 21-9. Armstead and Sutton simply don't have enough of a sample size to properly evaluate on this year's stats. It's insane to be so committed to one RB that has been very average over the first five games. You don't know what you have on the team until you give the player a chance to show you their potential. Does anyone here know Marshall Faulk's story? Look, I agree he should be the starter and get most snaps, but it's obvious he doesn't deserve 100% of the carries. This is easily my biggest beef with coach Lewis right now. In fact, it's mind boggling to me. I have seen enough of Sutton and Armstead to know they are very serviceable at this level. As an FYI, these guys were essentially recruited to "Running Back University," so the change in offensive strategy is already somewhat of a blow to them. I agree that other running backs should be playing at times but I don't agree that Cooper has been "very average." |
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Post by mySTRAS on Oct 6, 2024 12:37:38 GMT -8
Armstead is an injury waiting to happen... and only averaging 3.2 ypc. Why remove Cooper's stats against TAMC? In that game Armstead rushed 5 times for 9 yards, hardly instilling any confidence. Maybe because TA&MC doesn't play at the FBS level and has started the season 0-5, including 4 losses to non FBS teams? Sacramento State beat them 34-0 and SE Louisiana (2-4) from the powerhouse "Southland" conference just beat them 21-9. Armstead and Sutton simply don't have enough of a sample size to properly evaluate on this year's stats. It's insane to be so committed to one RB that has been very average over the first five games. You don't know what you have on the team until you give the player a chance to show you their potential. Does anyone here know Marshall Faulk's story? Look, I agree he should be the starter and get most snaps, but it's obvious he doesn't deserve 100% of the carries. This is easily my biggest beef with coach Lewis right now. In fact, it's mind boggling to me. I have seen enough of Sutton and Armstead to know they are very serviceable at this level. As an FYI, these guys were essentially recruited to "Running Back University," so the change in offensive strategy is already somewhat of a blow to them. If you are going to remove Cooper's game vs. TAMC, thus bringing his ypc down from 4.6 to 3.6... you seriously have to question Armstead only gaining 9 yards on 5 carries vs. TAMC (with a long of 7, so 2 yards on his other 4 carries). You can't have it both ways. |
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Post by zurac315 on Oct 6, 2024 12:38:17 GMT -8
ESPN had attendance at 31k+... how many actual butts in seats? I didn't think the crowd looked terrible on TV. It seemed like more people were there than I expected. And we won which might help. |
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Post by zurac315 on Oct 6, 2024 12:42:40 GMT -8
You confuse "nonsensical" with "sarcastical." Calling Cooper his "adopted son" is "nonsensical." You poorly attempt to use subjective semantics to distract from the fact you support a guy who averages 3.6 YPC to get his current workload We are all becoming MOW.  |
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Post by jp92grad on Oct 6, 2024 12:52:56 GMT -8
With all the sand flying about perhaps we should just play our games at the beach? Remember what happened last time they were caught playing at the beach. |
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Post by mfaulkhof2011 on Oct 6, 2024 14:12:47 GMT -8
ESPN had attendance at 31k+... how many actual butts in seats? I didn't think the crowd looked terrible on TV. It seemed like more people were there than I expected. And we won which might help. Season ticket holders got 2 free tickets for each seat they had. We brought 2 extra people. Also it was parents weekend so that added to the crowd a lot. Announced attendance was 31k and turnstile count was 22.3k. The atmosphere was the best I have seen it all season. |
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Post by zurac315 on Oct 6, 2024 15:19:20 GMT -8
I didn't think the crowd looked terrible on TV. It seemed like more people were there than I expected. And we won which might help. Season ticket holders got 2 free tickets for each seat they had. We brought 2 extra people. Also it was parents weekend so that added to the crowd a lot. Announced attendance was 31k and turnstile count was 22.3k. The atmosphere was the best I have seen it all season. That sounds good. I think they should do more of that kind of thing. |
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Post by jp92grad on Oct 6, 2024 16:04:10 GMT -8
I didn't think the crowd looked terrible on TV. It seemed like more people were there than I expected. And we won which might help. Season ticket holders got 2 free tickets for each seat they had. We brought 2 extra people. Also it was parents weekend so that added to the crowd a lot. Announced attendance was 31k and turnstile count was 22.3k. The atmosphere was the best I have seen it all season. Roomer is next time 2 free tickets and 2 free beers (keep it to yourselves, it a secret!) ***It's all going on Stan's tab Stan is now head of Marketing and Promotions, " Top 5 Entertainment" |
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Post by Den60 on Oct 6, 2024 16:07:37 GMT -8
Sorry I hit a nerve but I have a hard time believing a coach could ascend to this level by not playing the players that gives him the best chance to win. But, when we signed Lewis I said I hope that we wouldn't see calls for him to be fired before the 5th game and it didn't take half that time for that to happen. Then again, this is the same board wanted Dutcher fired early in his HC stint so... 😂 I merely match tone. Hope you didn't pull a muscle congratulating yourself Have you seen me call for his firing? Go thru my post history. If not, use that argument against someone who actually used it. Also, nice deflection away from the fact you support an RB getting 3.6 YPC to get all the carries Not dodging anything, I am just not sure we have a better option right now. Armstead had a 1.8 ypc against an FCS opponent. He was at 2.6 ypc against ORST. You take out his one carry against Cal for 15 yards and he is 12 carries for 27 yards and a 2.25 ypc average. Hopefully Christon is back for this next game, he is 6 weeks out of surgery with a 6-8 week projected recovery time. I would expect Lewis will adopt him so he can run the ball when he is healthy. |
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Post by Den60 on Oct 6, 2024 16:11:00 GMT -8
With all the sand flying about perhaps we should just play our games at the beach? Remember what happened last time they were caught playing at the beach. You beat me to it. |
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Post by jp92grad on Oct 6, 2024 16:19:20 GMT -8
😂 I merely match tone. Hope you didn't pull a muscle congratulating yourself Have you seen me call for his firing? Go thru my post history. If not, use that argument against someone who actually used it. Also, nice deflection away from the fact you support an RB getting 3.6 YPC to get all the carries Not dodging anything, I am just not sure we have a better option right now. Armstead had a 1.8 ypc against an FCS opponent. He was at 2.6 ypc against ORST. You take out his one carry against Cal for 15 yards and he is 12 carries for 27 yards and a 2.25 ypc average. Hopefully Christon is back for this next game, he is 6 weeks out of surgery with a 6-8 week projected recovery time. I would expect Lewis will adopt him so he can run the ball when he is healthy. Really hard to get a read on someone who has such a small sample size (13 carries in 5 games, 1 in the last 3 games) |
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Post by Den60 on Oct 6, 2024 16:53:21 GMT -8
Not dodging anything, I am just not sure we have a better option right now. Armstead had a 1.8 ypc against an FCS opponent. He was at 2.6 ypc against ORST. You take out his one carry against Cal for 15 yards and he is 12 carries for 27 yards and a 2.25 ypc average. Hopefully Christon is back for this next game, he is 6 weeks out of surgery with a 6-8 week projected recovery time. I would expect Lewis will adopt him so he can run the ball when he is healthy. Really hard to get a read on someone who has such a small sample size (13 carries in 5 games, 1 in the last 3 games) Perhaps, but you win your job in practice. I do seem to recall that he put the ball on the ground a bit last year. |
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Post by Fishn'Aztec on Oct 6, 2024 16:54:41 GMT -8
Sutton should have called his own number and ran to the 1st team with a scholarship and some NIL $$. JMO that he is wasting his time gathering splinters on Lewis's bench!
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