FB: American Southwest Conference

[umhb2001]

I just mean, he could graduate and get a job and start paying those college bills like all of us had to also, or he could play football. I'm sure he'd like to play football, but sometimes there are hard decisions you have to make about it, you know.

[Toby Taff]

I just mean, he could graduate and get a job and start paying those college bills like all of us had to also, or he could play football. I'm sure he'd like to play football, but sometimes there are hard decisions you have to make about it, you know.

With the current state of the economy and job market, an in school deferment for another semester or two might not be a bad way to go.  (This coming from someone who can't find a job right now and whose grace period ends this month, I'm looking at paying out almost 1k/month for my wife's and my combined loans.

[D O.C.]

http://www.newsregister.com/article/42388-blog+following+linfield+wildcats039+victory

A blog about last Saturday's game

12:48 pm
A break for Linfield! The Cru brought in a new quarterback and on the first play, a swarming Linfield defense forces a fumble. Defensive tackle Tyler Steele picks it up and returns it to the MHB 17-yard line.

A key point, I believe. 
I'll leave it alone now. Ya'll stay away from the flu and have a pleasant holiday season.

   

[umhb2001]

http://www.newsregister.com/article/42388-blog+following+linfield+wildcats039+victory

A blog about last Saturday's game

12:48 pm
A break for Linfield! The Cru brought in a new quarterback and on the first play, a swarming Linfield defense forces a fumble. Defensive tackle Tyler Steele picks it up and returns it to the MHB 17-yard line.

A key point, I believe. 
I'll leave it alone now. Ya'll stay away from the flu and have a pleasant holiday season.

   

I agree D.O.C.! Again, I love LB, and he is going to be a star in a couple of years, but right now is the time for an expierienced QB.  I want him on my team.  If things AREN'T going right, by all means bring him in, but when things are going well, let it ride.  Now, had we won and none of that happens, then perhaps I'm on here calling for more LB, IDK.  But it is what it is, and in that situation, I would have liked to have seen Noak.

Finally, I have been hearing reports that QD was banged up.  I haven't read that in the paper nor do I remember hearing it during the game.  Can anyone support that comment?

[desertcat1]

Well, seeing how we carry guns in Texas,  , we are used to killing wild cats that roam around and get into things they shouldn't; you know, taking down livestock and things can be bad, so as I see it, our final meal of the week will be wild cat! 

How's that crow taste now  big boy ? 
Go cats
Go Big D

[umhb2001]

Well, seeing how we carry guns in Texas,  , we are used to killing wild cats that roam around and get into things they shouldn't; you know, taking down livestock and things can be bad, so as I see it, our final meal of the week will be wild cat! 

How's that crow taste now  big boy ? 
Go cats
Go Big D

Ahhhhh! It hurts, but, that's what happends when you play a good team and don't play your best, just ask the 88 Oakland A's about the feeling after Gibson's home run!

Anyways, could have easily been the other way with a few different plays here or there, but that is the way it is! See ya next time!

[Ralph Turner]

The good thing about the 2009 season is that another ASC team got a couple of weekends in the national spotlight.

Mississippi College notched a road win over Huntingdon.

Even tho' UMHB had a second half "meltdown", the ASC went 2-2 in the postseason this year.

Now the post-season record for the ASC is  20-15:

HSU  4-6 (but 3 of the losses were to UMHB as Bracketgate games).

UMHB  14-7 (including 3 wins over HSU)

ETBU  1-1

Mississippi College 1-1

None of the ASC teams that have made the playoffs have a sub-.500 record outside the ASC.

[desertcat1]

Well, seeing how we carry guns in Texas,  , we are used to killing wild cats that roam around and get into things they shouldn't; you know, taking down livestock and things can be bad, so as I see it, our final meal of the week will be wild cat! 

How's that crow taste now  big boy ? 
Go cats
Go Big D

Ahhhhh! It hurts, but, that's what happends when you play a good team and don't play your best, just ask the 88 Oakland A's about the feeling after Gibson's home run!

Anyways, could have easily been the other way with a few different plays here or there, but that is the way it is! See ya next time!

After watching the films you are right ..  thanks for being a good sport.. hope to see you again next year in the semi game this time .

[umhb2001]

Well, seeing how we carry guns in Texas,  , we are used to killing wild cats that roam around and get into things they shouldn't; you know, taking down livestock and things can be bad, so as I see it, our final meal of the week will be wild cat! 

How's that crow taste now  big boy ? 
Go cats
Go Big D

Ahhhhh! It hurts, but, that's what happends when you play a good team and don't play your best, just ask the 88 Oakland A's about the feeling after Gibson's home run!

Anyways, could have easily been the other way with a few different plays here or there, but that is the way it is! See ya next time!

After watching the films you are right ..  thanks for being a good sport.. hope to see you again next year in the semi game this time .

Sounds good DC11, good luck this week and bring home the trophy boys! I'm pulling for you! Will there be video this weekend?

[Kelly Boggs]

Louisiana College's  Williams invited to D3 all-star game
http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20091204/SPORTS/912040324/1006/LC-s-Williams-invited-to-D3-all-star-game

[Bill McCabe]

Article from the Temple paper about UMHB following the loss to Linfield.

http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/12/01/62463/

Interesting point about evaluating the offensive philosophy.  I think UMHB is much better in the I, pounding the football, play action passes, and running the option.  Against Linfield, the Cru dominated the 1st quarter running primarily out of the I.  The fullback was again a weapon and QD had some good runs.  When they went to the spread, the game changed.  I hope they junk the spread, except for some passing situations.  The I got them to the championship game in 2004 and the spread got them out in the 2nd round in 2009.  I don't think either QB this year is your prototype spread QB.  They are both effective out of the I.

[golden_dome]

Article from the Temple paper about UMHB following the loss to Linfield.

http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/12/01/62463/

Interesting point about evaluating the offensive philosophy.  I think UMHB is much better in the I, pounding the football, play action passes, and running the option.  The Cru dominated the 1st quarter running primarily out of the I.  The fullback was again a weapon and QD had some good runs.  When they went to the spread, the game changed.  I hope they junk the spread, except for some passing situations.  The I got them to the championship game in 2004 and the spread got them out in the 2nd round in 2009.  I don't think either QB this year is your prototype spread QB.  They are both effective out of the I.

Just my opinion, but I think a little too much is being made of the offensive style. You could say maybe they should just go back to running the ball 90% of the time, but they fumbled five times against Linfield. It wasn't just the interceptions. The early second half interception hurt letting Linfield go on top, but then you give up a 37-yard fumble return for TD, a 79-yard TD drive, and a 84-yard fumble return for TD. The score goes from 20-14, to all of a sudden 40-14 without an interception thrown and the game is over. For that stuff to have happened like that, sometimes you just have to think it's not your day.

It's easy to nitpick a playoff loss like that one and find the faults, but I think that was more a case of how they were executing rather than what they were doing. If it was just the INT's I could understand, but the fumbling was killer too.

[Bill McCabe]

Chris, I've been watching them since 2003 and I think they are better in the I.  Theyu don't have a spread QB.  I'm not nitpicking.  I'm a fan and want to see UMHB succeed.  You can't really be two types of offense and be very good at both.  The team seems to be built for the power running game.

[golden_dome]

Chris, I've been watching them since 2003 and I think they are better in the I.  Theyu don't have a spread QB.  I'm not nitpicking.  I'm a fan and want to see UMHB succeed.  You can't really be two types of offense and be very good at both.  The team seems to be built for the power running game.

Bill,
I quoted your post, but didn't intend for that post to be directed at you.  Those were more general statements about UMHB fans. I've seen just about every team they've had since 1998 except for a couple.

In general, UMHB fans have gotten spoiled by all the success, which is understandable,  and now anything short of a semifinal appearance is failure. Even if they run solely from the I-formation Saturday, if they fumble the ball like that they lose. Three of those interceptions were in the final 4:00 minutes of the game when it really didn't matter. They just had a bad game, but I'm not sure any formation changes would have mattered much.

During that 2004 season, the team only lost two fumbles the entire 5-game playoff run. If they lose three fumbles in a game that year they get bounced. Without going into great detail about the offense, the primary difference between that team and the 09 team in my opinion is that Josh Welch took good care of the ball. He ran and passed about the same amount as the UMHB QB's this year, but he managed the game.

I thought this was another very good UMHB team after seeing them in Clinton, but QB play was not very good in their two losses. Bailey is going to be a terrific QB, but he and Noack had a tough time in the losses. It will be interesting to see how that plays out next year with both QB's coming back.

[D O.C.]

Interesting point about evaluating the offensive philosophy.  I think UMHB is much better in the I, pounding the football, play action passes, and running the option.  Against Linfield, the Cru dominated the 1st quarter running primarily out of the I.  The fullback was again a weapon and QD had some good runs.  When they went to the spread, the game changed.  I hope they junk the spread, except for some passing situations.  The I got them to the championship game in 2004 and the spread got them out in the 2nd round in 2009.  I don't think either QB this year is your prototype spread QB.  They are both effective out of the I.

Very hard to have both systems at DIII level. In an exceptional year....

A team like LINFIELD with athletic defensive line and backers that play assignments will make a good option work very hard for anything.