i think the challange in recreating the high flying offenses that we used to have, is the current NCAA restrictions on practice time. it times alot of time on the field to implement a dozen screen pass packages every week, time that they are no longer allowed. same with the precise downfield progression passing packages; you just don't see offenses like that in college any more. more and more of the 'read-react' run/pass option that we see week-in and week-out in the Big Sky.

I miss the good old days. i DON'T miss the 4 hour long wednesday night practices (or the in-season 2-a-days we had before school started!) that we endured perfecting the offensive schemes of those days.

USD plays D1 in other sports, so i suppose we could do that. save alot of money on scholarships, but lose out on quality players. be really hard to maintain the rivalry with both poly and sac each year. we could probably do very well at that level, but...........i'd rather strive to get to poly's level of success, then USD's.

hope i'm awake at 9:00. not sure if its the turkey that makes me sleepy or the 4-5 glasses of red wine. i'll go with the turkey.

good test tonight. weber is a 4-point favorite coming off a big sky championship (regular season and tournament).

i'm fine with it also; i think he had made his decision awhile back and is hitting the ground running. much difference than the last coaching search. guys like nick alexander (ucla) and o'brien (usc) went on to coach at major universities, so i don't think they will fall into the 'we were smaller and slower back in our day, but we overcame it with Aggie Pride' mindset. i've talked with both and they see that some changes need to be made before any coach can be successful.

O'Brien was at the game on Saturday as Blue's guest, which is the first time I've seen him since the 2014 causeway. Soi think this was in the works for a little

one thing i'd like to rebut in the article is the 'we could move up or down' sentiment. hopefully 6th can ring in on this but i am under the impression if any of your major sports are classified D1, then football must also be D1. so, we could have only moved football down if we were willing to do that for all other sports (like basketball and football). that was, as i understood, the big reason for us moving up in football. NCAA regulations say : 'Division I is subdivided based on football sponsorship. Schools that participate in bowl games belong to the Football Bowl Subdivision. Those that participate in the NCAA-run football championship belong to the Football Championship Subdivision. A third group doesn’t sponsor football at all. The subdivisions apply only to football; all other sports are considered simply Division I.'

encouraged to see so many former players on the list, spanning several decades. good to see blue reaching out; that's sorely been missing in the past.

I believe that the assistants remain under contract for some amount of time (first of the year?), and they are supposed to continue recruiting as part of their contract. of course, most will be spending a good portion of their time looking for a new job, but they are supposed to recruit. some may (or may not) be retained with a new coach.

here is the link to the site asking for input that was included in the letter from Blue about the move. pretty comprehensive, so this move has been in the making for some time.

Input Survey