(04-04-2014 06:10 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

(04-04-2014 03:45 PM)GoApps70 Wrote:  

(04-04-2014 03:10 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

(04-04-2014 01:28 PM)GoApps70 Wrote:  Love preseason optimism.
I think every team in the country is putting up a W on us right now.
That W must stand for George W Bush, because doubt we lose that many games.
Hope not anyway.

I have several posters that I seem to get along with pretty well. Obviously you're one of them. We tend to think alike, but not on this issue. I think you might be overly optimistic about your chances. Now, if you had kept your old ball coach and won 10, 11 or 12 games in FCS last season, I think you'd finish 2nd or 3rd this year. But with a lackluster showing and no Jerry Moore, I think there will be some uncertainty as to how well you'll do. I'd say the same about Georgia Southern with their new offense and new coach. That's not to say the two of you won't be the kings of the SBC, you certainly have the prestige, history, and tradition to do so. Just not in year one.

Had the same pieces that brought you here were to still be here, I'd be very afraid.

Edited with a another angle to look at: The flip side to that is you're playing in a SBC that is not the same SBC of old. This league is mostly start-ups and move-ups. You could have an advantage there. Best of luck except for one.

What did you think of Mario Christobal at FIU? Good coach, bad coach? Fired the year after he was being considered for the Rutgers head FB job. He had two good years at FIU. Two bowl games at FIU.
Was it Christobal, who had those two good years; or his OC that was there for those two years only? Even with those two years of bowl teams, Christobal was 27 wins and 47 losses. Hardly think it was him.

Not really my point. But ok. I think you guys could be good with him down the road. There will probably be an adjustment phase if not more. For what it's worth I would have LOVED to have ASU and GS at their peak coming into the SBC.

You might know more about the guy's past than I do, but I'll offer this. My honest memory of FIUs offense wasn't a respectable one. It was a one man show. 3 yards and a cloud of dust, then lob it to T.Y. Hilton, who is now doing well for the colts. When he went to the NFL, FIU won three games. Scott left that year too, so the drop off was probably due to both. But don't underestimate what TY Hilton did for FIU.

And to be fair, FIU had the 14th ranked defense in the country before they dropped off. Due to playing SBC teams, but that's still very very good. FIU's offense, while decent, wasn't really what won games for them.

Again, not saying he's not a good OC, I just wasn't all that impressed.

What you saw is exactly what others saw. Putrid opinion, even with Hilton, but gets the results.