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Quote: haha, to clarify. Rickrolling is an OLD internet phenomenon. It has been replaced though. the question that needs to be asked is...have you seen 2 girls 1 cup? If not, go to youtube and search for it. You won't find the video, but you'll find videos of people watching the video. Those reaction videos will either scare you off or make you so curious you can't resist.... report back. . To quote a friend of mine - "It will take many nights of hard drinking to forget that".

Quote: His ERA last year was 4.45. From ajc.com: "Before getting shelled for 17 runs in 10 1/3 innings over his final two starts last season, Glavine had been 13-6 with a 3.88 ERA and 23 quality starts in 31 games, averaging nearly 6 1/3 innings per start."

I'm in a fantasy league where one owner has both Brady and Moss. Needless to say those two by themselves outscored my entire team.

Buffalo was the first of two tuneup games before our divisional matchup with Western Michigan. We were 30.5 point favorites and we covered the spread with ease. We ran for 496/8 and passed for 103/1. 6-63 W Tuneup number 2 was Eastern Michigan. Once again, we managed to cover the spread, this time 25.5. We ran for 467/6 and passed for 67/1. 49-17 W Finally, the first of three critical divisional matchups. As of now, there is a 3-way race atop the western division with myself, Western Michigan, and Ball State within 1 game of each other with the home stretch in sight. We took a 20-17 lead into halftime and would start the 2nd half with the ball. We made good on that advantage by taking a 34-24 lead into the 4th and walked away with the win. We ran for 292/4 and passed for 235/2 with our balanced attack out of the Pro set being difficult to stop. 31-41 W ------- With 4 games to go, we are at the top of our division and have one final games to worry about. The game against Ball State will determine who goes to the CC. Ball State is currently one game behind us both in overall record and conference record, but a loss to them will even all of that up and they will own the H2H tiebreaker. Other than their game against us, Ball State has no more games against human teams so it is all but certain that they will finish no worse than 7-1 within the conference. That leaves us in the driver's seat going into our home game against Ball State. ------- 11/19/07 at Bowling Green (#87) 11/20/07 Ball State (#30) 11/21/07 at Northern Illinois (#75) 11/22/07 at Central Michigan (#118)

I got $72 on it.

I read that article a few days ago and this is the part that stuck out most to me: Despite the free-agent market having opened for business this week, McGuirk said he doesn't have a 2008 payroll budget. "We haven't landed on it yet," he said. "When we think we have the right team for the right money, we're going to stop. All I can tell you is we're going to spend more money. We'll spend many millions of dollars more." --------- Until the Braves get the green light from Liberty and an actual payroll number is in place, I'm not paying much attention.

Our early season run continued on the road against Houston. They were a good measuring stick for our team because they are similar in talent to ours, along with being in a non-BCS conference. We ran for 160/2 and passed for 376/4. 45-22 W Our final OOC game was against a Texas A&M team that was undermanned at DL. With only 6 on the roster, we went into full run mode and dared them to stop us. They didn't, as we passed 8 times and ran 55 times. We ran for 450/5 and passed for 128/1. 20-42 W Now it's time for the games that count a little more (in regards to tie-breakers). Ohio is a sim team and our game plan against sim teams seems to be working. We ran for 553/8 and passed for 105/0. 9-56 W --------- At about the halfway point in the regular season, we're sitting very pretty at 6-0 overall and 1-0 in the conference. While I'm happy with our record so far, and our offensive/defensive performances, I still don't feel like we've played a quality opponent other than Oregon State. If you recall, we had to sneak into OT against them and managed to pull out the win. Oregon State along with Houston are the only teams we've played so far without losing records, with both of those teams sitting at 3-3. Looking forward at the schedule, we only have 3 games against human teams from this point on. We play Western Michigan and Ball State at home before playing on the road against Northern Illinois. These games will have a big impact on who goes to the CC because we all play in the same division, and it will also impact our chances of an upper-level bowl game. As of now we are ranked #15 but a loss at any point will likely mean a huge drop in the polls because of our weak schedule. ------- 11/16/07 Buffalo (#87) 11/17/07 at Eastern Michigan (#115) 11/18/07 #23 Western Michigan (#22)

Considering the fact that my entire team is populated by sim recruits, I'll just hit the highlights of the few usable players currently on the roster. Robert Evans (FR) looks like he can develop into an above average QB. He has average game instinct, stamina, and work ethic; and below average technique and strength. If he doesn't declare early, Patrick Mayfield (JR) will anchor our offense at RB. He has excellent elusiveness; above average stamina, strength, and hands; and average speed, athleticism, and work ethic. Daniel Holland (JR) will be the anchor of our OL, grading above average in strength and blocking; average in technique, game instinct, and stamina; and below average in work ethic. Todd Sears (FR) will anchor our DL. He has excellent strength; above average tackling; average stamina and game instinct; and below average work ethic and technique. ------ As you can see, we have a long rebuilding project ahead of us. Before players declare early, we have 13 open roster spots. I rescinded 3 scholarships to start removing some of the dead weight even though it hurt my rep a little bit. It will be far more important at this stage of the rebuilding process to turn over the roster as quickly as possible. Right now we're looking to recruit the following positions: 2 RB 1 WR 2 OL 2 DL 2 LB 4 DB (2 RS) This should give us a fairly stable base to start the rebuild with the only tough position to overhaul being DB. This is due to the fact that there is only one FR and one SO at the position. What I might just do this season is take my lumps completely and RS one of the JRs to better even out the classes. That will leave us with only 6 DBs this season, but we don't have the talent to win immediately. I'd much rather balance out the recruiting classes now and not worry about it in two seasons when I can actually start fielding a competitive team. Just based on talent alone I'm not particularly worried about any of my players leaving early, other than Mayfield and Holland. Both are JRs and are the only ones that seem talented enough to leave early. If nobody leaves early we should be set for recruiting, where we'll be looking to scrape for talent here and there. The emphasis will be on building a bankroll for future seasons when we can actually begin to compete for better players. It wouldn't surprise me if we were unable to beat out a well-established DIAA team for a recruit at this point, given our team's lack of success and my lack of bank.

Welcome to Duke, Coach! We are thrilled to have you leading our program and we are sure that you can lead us to great success. Ali Padilla President Duke University John Baxter Athletic Director Duke University

New Mexico made for a good first game in my DIA coaching career as they were a sim team. We dialed in my sim game plan and rolled. We ran for 403/5 and passed for 134/1. 48-14 W Our first live fire came in game two against a human coached Oregon State team. We were down 21-10 at halftime but managed to narrow the gap to 21-17 going into the 4th quarter. Not being one to shy from dramatics, we scored a TD with 28 seconds left and made the 2 point conversion to send the game into OT. We stopped Oregon State at the 18 in the 2nd OT and they missed a FG to open the door for us. We made good on our possession, scoring a TD for the win. We ran for 214/4 and passed for 260/1. 35-42 (2OT) W Arkansas is a human coached team but they are in the first season of a rebuild. Without the talent to compete, we rolled to our 3rd consecutive victory. We ran for 243/1 and passed for 208/5. 16-45 W ------- Three games into the season and we have 3 wins to show for it, with a quality win against a BCS school in Oregon State and another solid victory against another BCS school in Arkansas. It looks like our offensive game plan is translating well at the DIA level, keeping defenses from keying in on one particular aspect of our balanced attack. Our defense seems to be holding up so far also, although we've only been in one high-scoring affair (OSU). Opposing offenses are completing over 58% of their passes, though, and this will pose a problem when we face up against an accomplished passing attack. The next three games will help solidify my thoughts on our team at this point, bringing two human coached teams (Houston, Texas A&M) before the next sim team (Ohio) comes to town. ------- 11/13/07 at Houston 11/14/07 Texas A&M 11/15/07 Ohio

Maybe I was more hung over from our loss against Butler than I thought. My mind was completely elsewhere last night and I forgot to renew my team! What's even funnier is the fact that I have enough reward points for a free season; I just didn't go through the motions. It didn't take long for Furman to get scooped up and by the time I got up and realized I was unemployed, Furman already had a new coach in place. It sucks because we left a considerable amount of talent at Furman and I felt that with one or two more recruiting classes we could've been making some serious noise in the playoffs. I spent the early part of this morning cruising through what jobs were open. My first thought was to lateral over to another DIAA school and take the Illinois State job. They were one of the two teams I lost to during the regular season and are absolutely stacked. I could've stayed there for a handful of seasons and waited for a cushy DIA job to open up. I decided against that, however, because I felt that my two seasons at DIAA were good enough to land me a BCS job. In looking at the open DIA positions, there were a handful of non-BCS jobs that looked pretty good. There were a handful of Cali schools open: San Jose State, Fresno State, even BCS Stanford. I thought about applying at one of these schools to reap the benefits of having a nice recruiting area to pull from. I decided against it, however, because USC is the only elite school in the west and they cast a rather large shadow. On top of that you have Cal and UCLA ahead in the pecking order. After some thought, I decided to stay in the south and took the job at Duke. ----- Why Duke? Because I wanted to take a rebuilding project and they were about as close to the bottom as I could tolerate. They've been human-coached for all of 4 seasons (out of 32 completed seasons), so the talent level is definitely lacking. They haven't had a winning season or gone to a bowl game since season 18, the last time they were human-coached. They've won a grand total of 2 CCs in their history. Funny thing is they actually won a NC way back in season 1, the first season GD existed. I figure to bring success that Duke can only reminisce about, and I hope to have enough time to do it before getting fired. Fresh off of a 3-10 campaign I would hope that I can at least stick around long enough to fill my roster with my own players and see how I stack up at that point. By then I think i will be able to compete within the conference, which is loaded with talent. Boston College: jwest44 - 345-35 overall, 61-20 neutral site, 41-9 playoff, 5-4 bowl, 15 CC, 4 NC. Florida State: conqistdr - 243-48 overall, 29-15 neutral site, 18-9 playoff, 5-2 bowl, 6 CC, 2 NC. Clemson: cavone - 313-139 overall, 20-16 neutral site, 8-4 playoff, 10-8 bowl, 2 CC, 0 NC. Virginia: bigbluefan05 - 379-44 overall, 57-15 neutral site, 25-8 playoff, 14-2 bowl, 18 CC, 2 NC. Miami: statshawn - 315-100 overall, 28-23 neutral site, 15-10 playoff, 6-8 bowl, 7 CC, 0 NC. Georgia Tech: metsny - 274-60 overall, 26-22 neutral site, 16-12 playoff, 4-3 bowl, 6 CC, 0 NC. This will easily be my biggest test as a game planner as I am clearly in the presence of greatness in the ACC. I have a feeling that I will be lucky to win 5 conference games each season and the only way I'm going to crack 10 wins is by winning all of my OOC games each season. That will be a far cry from the level of competition I've been facing to this point in my coaching career. ------- So why in the hell did I sign up for this again? Because I'm ready to stake my claim as more than just a coach that can win the easy games in the easy conferences. I think I've barely registered as a blip on the radar screen for most of the top coaches in GD but this opportunity will hopefully put everyone on notice. I've done amazingly well so far with my other DIA job and I think it's time to put my coaching to the test.

Again, I'm not trying to uphold the Vikings original decision to withhold Williamson's pay, but unless there's a measure in place (bereavement, personal/sick day) I think the Vikings had to draw the line. If Adreian Peterson would've been the one to miss the game for the exact same reason, the sky would've been falling because 'superstars' are getting preferential treatment.

With the season set to get under way, I think we're in pretty good shape. Typical of my first season at a new team, there are areas that I see as weaknesses. Our OL is only slightly better than what we had at Appy State, which will limit our running game until we bring in more talent. The same can be said about our DL, which means we will have just as much trouble stopping the run as we will running ourselves. One thing I've noticed in discussions about DIA is the fact that offenses seem to be nearly unstoppable, making the first team to turn the ball over or punt usually the loser in any given game. Given the weaknesses I mentioned, it looks like we will be in for a fairly rough first season. I think our balanced attack will help make up for the overall weakness of our running game. Our defensive shortcomings will likely be the determining factor in a lot of our games, however, and I'm being overly pessimistic that we will lose because we won't be able to force enough punts/turnovers to win shootouts. Thankfully we have 6 sim teams on our schedule, making for hopefully 6 easy wins. Of the 7 games we have against human teams I think we will be at least competitive in all of them. The first three games will help me get a feel for both the level of coaching I can look forward to, as well as just how heavily offenses are favored at the DIA level. With all that said I don't know that we will be able to reach the same level that Toledo has been at for the past two seasons - 14 wins and a CC. I think we will at least win 10 games and depending on how quickly I can adapt my game planning, I don't think it would be impossible to win 12 or 13 games. --------- 11/10/07 at New Mexico 11/11/07 Oregon State 11/12/07 Arkansas

Let me first say that I think Williamson did absolutely the right thing. That said, I don't think that means the Vikings did the wrong thing. From a business standpoint, the Vikings had to do what they did. An employee didn't make it to work, and with no bereavement policy in place, they docked him for not being there. I think both parties did the right thing in the situation.

Different season, same team, same result. We played Butler extremely tough for a second straight year but once again fell just short. We were down 17-20 at halftime and could've been up 21-20 but we had a late drive stall and had to settle for a FG. We got the ball first in the 2nd half and after moving the ball effortlessly to Butler's 1 yard line, we inexplicably threw a pick. We forced a fumble on the very next play to get the ball back but couldn't capitalize again, this time going 3 and out and punting away. Butler put up the only points on the board late in the 3rd with a TD to extend their lead to 27-17. We completed a late 3rd quarter drive by scoring a TD early in the 4th quarter to get back within a FG, 24-27. Two plays later we pick off a pass at midfield. We got inside the redzone with a deep pass only to fumble the ball right back to Butler. Butler scores another TD with 8:30 to go, putting us down 10. Punts are exchanged, but we pinned Butler inside their 7 yard line and got the ball at midfield after forcing another punt. We score a TD with just over 5 minutes to go and get within 3 again. Our defense then takes a nap and allows a 69 yard TD pass. With 4 minutes to go, we march right back down the field to score a TD of our own, giving Butler the ball with just over 2 minutes to go. The final 2 minutes was a frustrating series of forcing an incomplete pass on 1st down only to give up a 10 yard pass on 2nd down. We finally force a 3rd down at midfield with just over a minute to go, but naturally we give up a 15 yard pass to wrap up the game. ------- All-world RB Larry Martin was 'held' to 111 yards, while our own star RB Paul Lopez went for 152. Like with most good teams, however, Butler chose to attack through the air and we did little to stop them. Their QB only completed 25/50, but he passed for 467/2. Butler was also 6/10 on 3rd down conversions and 2/2 on 4th down conversions. I was happy to have our offense do so well against a very good defense. Our balanced attack out of the Pro set seems to be working out well in that regard. Our defense, however, looks to be a work in progress, especially the secondary. We'll have plenty of time to assess the situation(s) now that the offseason is upon us. There's always next year.

Quote: I do have to say that it looks like the AI has dramatically improved in this game. Good luck in your playoff matchup! I'll need all the luck I can get. The 2nd half simulates in about half an hour and I'm staying up for it even though I was up for over 20 hours yesterday (work, watching my son, sleep, work). The sim is definitely harder to beat if it has enough talent but I think I've found a way to exploit it's game planning tendencies. You still need the talent to pull it off, as there are still plenty of mediocre human teams losing to mediocre sim teams.

Recruit rankings are in and we landed the #58 class. This is the first time in a LONG time that I haven't been in the top 25, let alone the top 50. Even my Leahy recruiting class that featured 3 AC recruits placed #45. With this being my first season at a school coupled with the fact that Toledo has just recently started eclipsing the 10 win mark, I can live with a mediocre class by my standards. Looking closer at the rankings the first non-BCS school checking in was Fresno State at #29 with BCS schools dominating recruiting as expected with their prestige. The first MAC school to make the list was Northern Illinois at #49. Ball State checks in slightly ahead of us at #55. The remaining active human teams landed the #72-#74 going to Western Michigan, Kent State, and Miami (OH). Both NIU and Ball State are in the same division, so them landing better classes doesn't help our longterm forecast for the time being. I like the top recruits we landed, however, especially our OL and RB combo. If both of those guys pan out then we will have two key pieces to our offensive game plan. We also did well with our DL and LB signings, which will ultimately help slow down opposing running games and help our defensive game plan. So while I feel like we got the ranking we deserved because we clearly didn't sign a deep class, I think our key players match up well with those that signed within the conference.

I gotta admit that I was a wrestling fiend for about 2 years (1998-2000). When I was a freshman at Mercer, we had a group of guys in several dorms that would chip in for all the PPVs and we'd get rowdy all night long in one of the dorm lounges.

So far my playoff journey has been exactly the same as last season. We faced and beat Marist in the first round and now we are facing Butler in the second round. If you remember, last season's game against Butler was a classic - a triple OT thriller that we ended up losing. This season's tilt could possibly bring more dramatics. Both of our teams are fairly well matched, with Butler having more talent overall. Offensively, Butler still has all-world RB Larry Martin leading their offense much like last season. Not much has changed beyond that, so once again I'm hoping to at least keep things close and hope for the ball last with a chance to win the game. --------- 11/9/07 at #9 Butler

Well, our plan worked to perfection. We stormed out of the gate thanks mainly in part to our rushing attack. At halftime we held a 28-14 lead and it didn't look like Marist was going to be able to slow us down. It felt almost unfair to run out of the NDB and to watch Marist try to slow us down from a base 4-3. They had little choice though, due to depth, and by halftime they had LBs subbing in at DL. I made zero changes to our game plan for the second half and the ground attack continued. Marist switched to a more aggressive passing attack and managed to play within a point of us in the half, but they never came within less than 11 points. The final box score sums up our dominating performance. We ran for 406/6 and passed for 122/1. We only threw 9 passes all game long and our top two RBs ran for 205/3 and 150/1. --------- 34-49 W

My first attempt at DIA recruiting went fairly well. My biggest concern was the sheer size of our class. One big benefit of having such a large class is the sheer amount of money that you get. With 18 scholarships to fill we had a whopping 270k. Everyone gets the same amount per scholarship and longer standing coaches will have bowl money (which I don't have in my first year), but I was hoping to sign some guys for far less than the allotted 15k per scholarship to help offset my monetary disadvantage. The big downside to the large recruiting class is just that - the size of the class. 18 open scholarships is easily the largest recruiting class I've ever had to land, and there's little room for error. This class represents 36% of our total roster and I don't want to get saddled with bad recruits from the onset of my tenure at Toledo. --------- With all this in mind, I intentionally got off to a very late start this recruiting season. With so many powerhouse schools nearby I didn't want to waste money on recruits that I had little to no chance of signing. I waited for the elites to place their markers first: Notre Dame, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, and to a lesser extent Nebraska. After that, I waited for the uber BCS schools to do the same: Syracuse and Boston College. After that, it was a matter of picking and choosing my spots; deciding which BCS schools to battle against (usually recruits where I have a 2-1 distance advantage) and which non-BCS schools I was able to contend with. In the end we signed 18/18 recruits with some nice pieces in the mix. -------- Offense We needed a QB capable of starting right away but were unable to land one. Brian Becker has above average stamina; average technique and work ethic; and below average strength and game instinct. He should be a capable backup and we will try in upcoming seasons to land a legit starter. We landed two solid RBs with this class; one being a converted DB. Christopher Cates (former DB) has excellent elusiveness; average strength, speed, and work ethic; and below average athleticism, stamina, hands, and technique. James Smith has above average strength, hands, and technique; average elusiveness, work ethic, and speed; and below average stamina and athleticism. We landed three average WRs overall with this class. Matthew Buckner has average hands and work ethic; and below average athleticism, speed, stamina, game instinct, elusiveness, and technique. Thomas Devine has average speed, stamina, and hands; and below average athleticism, work ethic, game instinct, elusiveness, and technique. Jack Shirley has excellent elusiveness; above average stamina and technique; average speed and hands; and below average athleticism, work ethic, and game instinct. This will be an area to improve in upcoming seasons. We were hoping for a receiving threat at TE but with none readily available, we went for a low-cost backup. Joe Waters has above average athleticism and stamina; average hands; and below average speed, work ethic, strength, blocking, game instinct, and technique. This will be a primary area of need next season. We did well with our 3 OL recruits, with one of them likely to crack the starting 5 as a FR. Bruce Dixon has excellent blocking and work ethic; above average strength, athleticism, and stamina; average technique; and below average game instinct. Todd Torres has above average strength and blocking; average stamina; and below average athleticism, work ethic, game instinct, and technique. Brian White (RS) has excellent work ethic; above average strength; average athleticism; and below average stamina, blocking, game instinct, and technique. Defense We did pretty good with our 3 DL recruits. Larry Moran has above average strength; average work ethic and tackling; and below average athleticism, stamina, game instinct, and technique. Willie Murphy has above average tackling; average athleticism and strength; and below average work ethic, stamina, game instinct, and technique. Juan West has above average strength, work ethic, and stamina; average game instinct; and below average athleticism, tackling, and technique. We did well with our 2 LB recruits. William Hanson has above average strength, tackling, speed, and elusiveness; and average athleticism, stamina, work ethic, and technique. Mark Villanueva (converted DB) has above average speed and elusiveness; average strength, tackling, and stamina; and below average athleticism, work ethic, and technique. We did fairly well with our 3 DB recruits. Jay Ingram has average speed, stamina, tackling, and elusiveness; and below average athleticism, work ethic, hands, game instinct, and technique. Jeffrey Moore has above average work ethic, stamina, and tackling; average speed; and below average athleticism, game instinct, elusiveness, and technique. Troy Robinson has above average speed; average work ethic, stamina, and tackling; and below average athleticism, game instinct, elusiveness, and technique. These guys should develop into decent players but we will look for a bonafide shutdown guy in upcoming seasons.

Our first round opponent is a familiar foe from last season's playoffs. Once again we were given a #3 seed and once again we face Marist as the #6 seed. Their offense is a step down from last season, especially in the running game. Their passing attack looks to be their bread and butter. Their defense only features 6 DL, so you know what that means. The first half is going to feature a steady diet of our running game because the best they can hope for is to slow us down. Fatigue and a lack of bodies should be evident in the second half. -------- 11/8/07 #21 Marist

Much like last year a lot was on the line against Western Carolina, the last sim team I want to run into. They had a 17-0 lead at the end of the first quarter, aided by a costly turnover on our part. We barely narrowed the gap in the second quarter and went into halftime facing a 24-10 deficit. The only ray of hope from the first half? We get the ball to start the 3rd quarter. We changed up the game plan in the 2nd half to take advantage of how Western Carolina defends the run. Going into an all-out running attack, we stormed back and tied the game by DOMINATING time of possession in the 3rd. The one possession Western Carolina had was a three and out. Western Carolina got the ball to start the final frame with everything tied at 24. We forced a punt on Western Carolina's first possession and took the lead with a TD on our possession. Western Carolina's next drive tied things up with 2:30 to go. We returned the kickoff across midfield and took to the air; scoring the go-ahead TD in one minute. I wish we had taken up more time... With 26 seconds, Western Carolina stood at our 29 facing 2nd and game. Three consecutive throws from shotgun resulted in three incomplete passes as our defense stood tall. We ended up running for 194/3 and passing for 269/2. 38-31 W Wofford also played us tough (again, another sim team), and the game wasn't decided until we took the lead for good halfway through the 4th quarter. We ran for 209/2 and passed for 217/2. 28-14 W After all the drama of the last two games, we still had to get past a human-coached Citadel team. Lose here, and we will have to sit out the CC. Citadel only has 6 DL, so we came out running in the first half. The plan worked as we went into halftime with a 28-14 lead. We didn't stray from that plan in the second half and cruised to victory and a bid in the CC! We ran for 331/3 and passed for 173/3. 28-45 W Appalachian State also has a hopelessly mismatched DL so we're going full steam ahead with our running game. We threw three times all game. The end result was 3 RBs going over 125 yards, with one nearly hitting 200! We ran for a total of 493/6 and passed for 23/1. 10-48 W --------- With the regular season now complete, we have accomplished the first goal I laid out at the beginning of the season. We beat everyone in our path, going 8-0 in the conference and will be matching up with Northwestern State in the CC. Our overall record stands at 11-2, with those two losses coming to teams currently ranked #3 and #12 in the nation. We are currently ranked #10 fueled heavily by our OOC slate, because we didn't play another top 25 team during regular season play. The CC game against Northwestern State will be the first ranked opponent we've played since the 29th. --------- 11/7/07 #22 Northwestern State

McNeese State stood no chance because our OL was going to dominate their DL. The plan was to run right through them. We ran for 502/6 and passed for 126/2. 17-55 W Elon played us much tougher because I forgot to set my game plan after the previous game. We ran for 304/2 and passed for 217/2. 34-17 W Georgia Southern was another team that was going to get manhandled up front. We ran for 407/5 and passed for 316/4. 20-62 W ------- The final four games of the regular season brings two challenges to the table, even with us boasting a 4-0 conference record and 7-2 overall record so far. The first one is against Western Carolina, the defending CC. They are still a sim team and they are still strong. They are currently 3-1 in the conference, but pose little threat to our CC bid this season due to their 3-6 overall record. In order for them to overtake us, we have to lose to them and we also have to lose to Citadel. Citadel is a human coached team and is currently 3-1 as well. They are more of a threat to our CC bid because they are also 7-2 overall. Our game will likely determine who plays in the CC from the East division. We are in the driver's seat at this point. If we win out, we make it to the CC. If we stumble against either team, we will have to sit out the CC again. --------- 11/3/07 at Western Carolina (#51) 11/4/07 at Wofford (#88) 11/5/07 Citadel (#35) 11/6/07 Appalachian State (#104)

We rolled into the Texas State game motivated after a 2 game winning streak. We led at halftime 17-10 and looked to grind away the clock in the 2nd half. Texas State tied the game early in the 4th, and while we managed a FG to take a 3 point lead with 5 minutes to play, our defense just couldn't hold on as we surrendered the game-winning TD with just over a minute to play. We ran for 73/2 and passed for 319/1. 27-31 L At last, the end of the gauntlet! SFA was one of the two teams that I felt strongly about being able to beat before the season began. We were all over them in the 1st half, taking a 21-7 lead. We played evenly in the 2nd half with SFA kicking 2 FGs in the 4th quarter to provide the final score. We ran for 202/3 and passed for 225/2. 34-20 W I should've never said anything about in-conference play being easy. Nicholls State actually led at halftime (17-14) before I made some key 2nd half adjustments. We literally ran away with the game in the 3rd quarter and put an end to their upset bid. We ran for 285/4 and passed for 311/2. Injury: What is the deal with me sustaining injuries to thin positions these past two seasons? I only have 4 WRs on my roster, so naturally my top WR goes down for a few games. He's back after the 1st, so it's not nearly as catastrophic as the RB injuries I had at Appy State. 24-42 W -------- A 3-2 record coming out of OOC play was about the best that I could've hoped for. Coupled with the fact that we nearly upset then #1 ranked Texas State on the road and I think we made a strong statement regarding our playoff aspirations this season. Imagine if I hadn't gotten shut out in the recruiting of WRs and I had depth! There's no question that we would've won 4 games and been a top 5 team right now. As it stands, we are 4-2 and ranked #19. It's going to be hard to keep our ranking that high because our SOS is going to be weak until the CC. As of right now, we don't have anyone ranked higher than #31 on the slate and have two games against teams ranked lower than #100. -------- 10/31/07 McNeese State (#102) 11/1/07 at Elon (#60) 11/2/07 Georgia Southern (#61)