ok, so .. while it's never good to lose some funding for a big important project. But did we just get this bubble done much faster because we lost funding to do it better ?Raise your hand if you thought the FB team would have to use the Dome during weather in August vs. cold in Dec/Jan!
Nice to see it up and hopefully all done.
Maybe not the nicest indoor option but miles better than what they had before! I am a glass-half-full type of guy ... most of the time anyway.
Not only is the glass half full, it's splashing over the rim!!Maybe not the nicest indoor option but miles better than what they had before! I am a glass-half-full type of guy ... most of the time anyway.
I am anxiously waiting to see the new Redbird O-line this year. I think we have some good skill players and a good O-Coordinator but they will all go how the O-line goes. Defense, as I have said before, I expect to be fine after maybe a slow start to get things adjusted. I have total faith in Coach Spack on that side of the ball. Maybe this is the year both sides come together. It is that time of year when everyone is 0-0 and everyone has a shot at the Conference and National title! Hope springs eternal!
Then again, there are the Bears where hope is a wasted thing. I expect them to be improved but they were the worst team in the NFL last season so how could they not improve? Aron Rogers is gone so maybe a chance to beat the hated Cheese Eaters. The Vikings are an unknown I think and amazingly, I am thinking the Lions may win the Division. I lived in the Detroit area from 1989 - 1997 and the Lions were not so good back then and since then they have been not so good either. I was pretty impressed with the new coach and the job he did last year. Yep, it is that time of year when all the NFL teams are 0-0 as well but I have no aspirations for the Bears to win the Division let alone a Super Bowl appearance. Maybe they prove me wrong...nah!
Both WIU and EIU hit the portal pretty heavy too, so some unknowns there (like us, potentially). And I wouldn't sell Lindenwood short either, they see themselves as "up and comers", 7-3 last year with 3 road wins at Houston Baptist, Central Arkansas, and EIU, and win at home vs. Murray St.The first 4 games will be interesting for sure, but I'd hesitate at the "easy" aspect, despite what it looks like on paper. WIU & EIU will be up for us and it's early in the season when energy is still high. Plus road games are not a cakewalk, especially as we'll still be figuring out rotations & packages and keeping guys healthy. All that is to say while we don't have any juggernauts in the first 4, we might be better tested than we think by the time SDSU comes to town. At the very least, we'll have 4 games of shaking the rust off and hopefully in a good rhythm by then. The bad new is, so will they
You are all whimps......the DR's will still be out hitting the road no matter what!!
Valid points on not taking anyone lightly, especially on the road and with our defense still in question early.
Well, sure, we should beat Lindenwood, picked for 7th in the OVC. But . . . . .
FIFY ...
Yeah, but we need to beat them on Saturdays . . .
Yeah, but I wasn't gonna argue with this guy ...Yeah, but we need to beat them on Saturdays . . .
ok, so you and I, and apparently Timmy, all know what DR refers to .. of course. But for the benefit of all the other less informed people on this sit, what is a DR ???????You are all whimps......the DR's will still be out hitting the road no matter what!!
DBird is probably napping. Distance Runner.
I'm retired, I have earned that nap Timmy.
