Now that MSJ has been built up to the "powerhouse" that it is (quotations b/c they are only a powerhouse in the HCAC) Huber is now playing the best athlete at each position.  He doesn't care who your daddy is, where you went to high school or what you did for him last year.  Football is a game of what have you done for me lately. Lovell has been dinged up and had some injuries the past couple of seasons.  Maybe this freshman is as good as Lovell (with less wear) but those 2004 spectators have that loyalty to Lovell which might cause the division.  Sayer I am sure you watched quite a bit of film but I am positive that there were other teammates who watched a bit more than you.  I know i will get negative karma for dissing Sayer on here and spouting my opinions since they do not agree with the rest of the board oh well.

i honestly feel that IF rashon could buy into the team concept and that no on eis greater than the whole and if he got a bit smarter he could have had success with the spread.  look at leak he finally bought into the system at florida and good things happened.  with lovell returning he had a great back to hand the ball off too and there aren't too many deep routes to get you into trouble with the spread it is a lot of quick throws to speedy recievers and the mount does have some speedy recievers.  but as i said you would have to buy into the system and i don't htink rashon could have done that.

but how does everyone feel about the mounts chances with all the new additions to the mount a new OC, new DC, new QB, new system and schemes.  i think there will be a learning curve with all the players and the offense will struggle early in the year as they did in the 10-0 season with a new system.  but the 10-0 had the same defense for a few years and was able to carry them.  this is the first time i will be worried about a mount defense b/c losing a players coach like hilvert can have an affect on how a  team plays.

i heard from the rumor mill that rashon has packed it up and is back in texas.  does anyone know the reason as to why this has happened?  now what does this do ofr the mount? i know they had third and fourth stringers but now have jumped up to number one for a new offense and no experince.

with so many changes to a program in one season with coaching and players it will be interesting to see how the MSJ program handles all of this on the field.  it wil be like watching a completely different MSJ team

what a hell of a game that late game was. finally manning has that silverback down graded to just a monkey on hi sback with that gime winning drive against the pats.  i think it makes for an interesting super bowl matchup but the bears pass defense has looked a little suspect the past two weeks but their running game has looked solid.  but this is three straight games the colts defense has held the opposing team to under 100 yards rushing.  they have stepped it up and jus tneed one more big game.  i think dungy will plan on just stopping the run and try to let rex beat him.  the tackles for the bears don't look like they will be able to hand the pass rush of freeny that well.  i think the cotls are going to win it all this year and they will win by 3

yes i wasn't directly saying that the athletes were getting better packages i was just stating that TMC had better packages than MSJ it had nothing to do with athletics i nthat way the only connection to athletics i was making was that some students make their final decision on which college will be cheaper for them and if TMC is giving th ebetter aide then that might steal a few from the mount

saints fan well i guess the MSj coaches are drinking the same thing as me b/c here are the exact words from a MSJ coach last offseason "it was cheaper for this recruit to dorm at TMC than commute to MSJ"  now to me that sounds like a better financial aid package.  and this recruit went to TMC instead of the mount.  also this same coach told me that TMC was offering better packages than the mount was for various reasons.  now the packages may have been better in the past but recently it seems like TMC has that edge now.  most of you know which coach i am talking about FYD.  things can change and i guess financial aid packages are no exception

i would like to say congrats to hilvert and TMC.  as everyone has already stated TMC got a great quality coach that is going to improve their team.  someone mentioned about him keeping the DC there which he might but i can't see jimmy letting anyone else call his defense. someone might have the label of DC but i think jim will keep his defensive duties.  yes hilvert will have more responsibilities to deal with but at MSJ he was practically the head coach over there.  it is going to be interesting to see how the recruiting is going to go.  i think MSJ is going to lose some good ball players to TMC now b/c every past MSJ player would agree that hilvert was one of the top reasons why they went there.  after talking to some MSJ coaches last year about recruiting they were telling me how the TMC financial aid packages were much much better then MSJ.  they told me how they lost some players to TMC solely on money situations.  so with TMC having better financial aid packages and an in your face going to push you to your limits coach i could see TMC possibly winning their conference next year and making a trip to the playoffs.

well 3 out of 4 isn't bad esp when the loss is in OT i was pretty dang close.  we have two great games next sunday with the RCA dome holding its first ever conference championship game, plus manning v. brady plus colts v. pats a matchup i think all NFL fans love

in the NFC we have the feel good story against the reborn monsters of the midway.  that bears pass D had some huge holes in it and the saints have been able to throw the ball against anyone this should be another very good game

on the NFL side i am going to make some bold predictions

Colts - going back to the town they just left overnight and will have the same departure after they win this game

Pats - i just don't see a rookie QB beating bill in a playoff game - i think he will have many defensive looks that will confuse rivers and he will also contain LT for most of the game.  key word is contain b/c i don't think he can be stopped.

Saints - emotional win here just like the fist home game against the ATL

Seahawks - Sexy Rexy is too inconsistent for my liking but it might all come together for him the same way it did for leak.  i see a low scoring affair for this game.


I know i went with 3 out of 4 road teams considering the home team wins 80% of the time in the divisional round.  But all rational thinking went out the window when UF just made THE ohio state SUCKeyes their personal whipping boys (i know this OSU comment is going to give me negative karma but oh well - lol)

Yes ND is going to have a rough season next year but i think they will still be eligible for a BCS bowl.  Again it looks like they have a killer beginning half schedule then end their season with the patsies.  Opening with G Tech is going to be a good tester esp with they way their backup played in the bowl game (but with calvin johnson gine their DB's won't be tested). then they follow that up with their Big 10 schedule.  THen they must travel to UCLA then back home to revive the rivalry with BC then follow that with USC at home.  i think they can make it out of that schedule with 2 or less loses and be eligible.  I am not saying they will be worthy of the bowl but they will be eligible.

I think it will help that jimmy boy is there taking classes right now and learning the offense this spring and summer.  hopefully that will help the freshman learning curve.

Yes that is true pat that is why i threw this out to see how most people think it should shake down - i am waiting to see how the media polls go.

i am curious as to what everyone thinks how the final polls will shake down this is just my 2 cents

1 - florida i mean they were two and spanked number 1 all over the field

2 - LSU were number 4 and 1 and 3 got demolished

3 - BSU only undefeated team left and played their hearts out

4 - USC i know they have two losses but with common opponent in MICH they get the advantage

5 - OSU - only have one loss and beat MICH

6 - MICH two losses but beat WISC

7 - WISC one loss but played a soft schedule but beat a good ARK team

also i was close to a second stringer now it is back to the beginning

i knew there was talk about jim hilvert possibly being interviewed for the TMC head coach job i thought and i wanted to come back and read it all - so can everyone fill me in on what the talk was about?