Joining the MAC and “moving up” 10-15 years ago would have been a good move. I’m not sure with what it is we’d be moving up to now….possibly moving up to stay in the same pecking order. I have always enjoyed the bowl games but as more and more players opt out from them, along with the...
The NBA’s slow death began with calling ticky tack fouls and letting players take an extra step, gather, whatever the hell hou want to call it. The euro step made things worse. Now, It’s a track meet on hardwood with fast breaks, corner threes, and no defense, post play, or mud-range game...
It is mediocre at face value, but the world pretty much came to a halt and people in many countries were getting arrested for leaving their home. Before that we were trending up big time.
Spack teams are almost always mediocre at a minimum and darn good to really good on ocassion. He builds...
Definitely a bizarre move. Perhaps the chance of getting spanked by SDSU in Frisco and subsequently losing his prestige was weighing on him. One step back to hope to go two steps forward.
This transfer portal nonsense is a joke,
Can a coach/university offer a multi-year scholly (guaranteed) but make it contingent upon player fulfilling the full term?
For instance, you can transfer after one year, but that year isn’t free? What about an NIL that pays out only if player...
I would vote home and home with Eastern every year or maybe every other year. I would do this until we can hopefully develop (and maybe out-perform/replace) the rivalry naturally with SIU or like.
As for WIU, perhaps every 4 years home and home.
I am a big fan of keeping tradition as much...
It used to be that you would watch freshmen come in and then get to see their development and the team’s development from one year to the next. The players essentially embodied the university. Even the JuCo transfers became forever “Redbirds”, and received their degree from ISU.
Today...
Everything is relative. 100 wins over that timeframe is not good enough for Alabama…..and is all but impossible for Vanderbilt.
Brock has elevated the program both on and off the field and I’m grateful for him. I think we’re 2 seasons away from going back to Frisco.
Repeat champs in 2025...
I really don't want to be negative....but where is the video highlights, "redbird recap", etc for this game? I've looked at the website, social media, youtube page, etc. and can't find anything.
I agree that it is acceptable to expect an annually be a top 25 team and routinely in the playoffs. Those expectations came from the success under Spack. I don’t think we’re basically the same as EIU or WIU…not even close.
I do think that the school has taken a step back in its promotion of...
Like good ‘ole Jankovic
“That 1-7 Houston Baptist team is awfully, awfully good and presents some major challenges…we’ll be very fortunate to come out of this home game with a win.”
This is a win we have to have. This year is about improving and hopefully making the playoffs (or coming close) despite our special teams woes. I’d like to see us open things up offensively - even if we’re having success with the running game.
I thought this was a thread about Frank Beamer. That said, we could use some drastically-improved Beamer ball (special teams play) to continue riding up the rankings.