So glad Ryan is here... I love hearing that he went in and addressed the team.. I am sure there are some good young men on the team.. I have seen a whole lot of attitude(bad) from some of those DL.. maybe that is why that one kid is gone.. horrible attitude/body language by 50% of the team.. like I stated earlier in the thread all the unsportsmanlike calls against us is a direct reflection of the coach having ZERO control.. I would bet Ivey addressed that during his talk with the team.. Damn I am glad Ryan is here.. I would of done the same thing..

This is your boy MK from Katfans.

Let me just say first of all, don't mistake any comment i make as saying that i don't want SHSU to win the next 30 BOTPW. Thats not what this is about. But I will say that the rivalry and SLC in general needs SFA to get better. We all want that...just not THAT much dang better!

But I read this thread and can understand the frustration, but let me make one observation...your struggles this decade have been 1. Coaching related and 2. Have been unlucky with QB's. 3. Combination of 1&2.

You guys are not far off. I watch every shsu game, most of them in person. I see the teams we play in the playoffs from all over the country and you guys have a roster of guys that would start on most if not all of those teams. Pace??? Are you effing kidding me?? That guy is a stud! You just need the right coach and QB combination to make it all POP. It doesn't really take that much because outside of the top 2-3 teams in the polls, the field 4-25 is pretty beatable. All it takes is a qb...and yes I know how hard that is to find we have been really lucky for a stretch. Had it not been for the recent arrival of Ty Brock, i content that you have out recruited us for 3 years in a row.

Heres what I think led you to this point. 1. Harper gave up for some reason when Moses graduated. He was not the same guy. I spoke to him at the BOTPW shindig at the touchdown club in 2013 (whichever was his last) and that guy could not wait to GTFO of that room. He wanted no part of the entire festivity. My guess is he had checked out way before. That set you guys back a couple of recruiting classes. 2. Then came Conque...

My chiropractor is the godfather of one of your former DB's. He told me the whole story for two years about the decision to continue to run Zach out there. He told me all about the Pro-Day debacle. That guy used SFA and the entire SLC for that matter to push his own agenda. I'm glad he's gone from the SLC forever. You guys got unlucky with that and you can't blame anyone for that hire truth be told. SHSU would have been sitting around with HARD ONS had we been able to hire him after Fritz left. So that was just unlucky. You guys will find the right guy, SFA is still a good destination for an up and coming coaching staff.

As for the BOTPW being moved back to campus...I like it. But thats just me. However, i do have it on good authority that both schools make decent money with this arrangement and don't have to put up any investment to get it. Its easy money from what i hear. And after talking to some player's families, the kids do enjoy it. Its like a Bowl game for them. They get treated really well by the NRG staff and the entire situation. I think its a good recruiting tool for both schools. For fans, it would be cooler to go back to the old days on campus...lots of good memories. However, it appears that the schools and players are on board so we should prolly give up on that for now.

Now with all that said....HAIL SHSU! I kid. I kid.