Quote from: UMHB03 on April 28, 2026, 07:52:04 PMDoes anyone know if last year's Texas Wesleyan game was a one time meeting or a home-and-home like we had with Bethel? I've been wondering if UMHB's 5th non-conference game might be a trip to Fort Worth.

I'm told Texas Wesleyan is in fact the final non conference game for us this year and will be in Ft. Worth.

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Quote from: Ron Boerger on April 24, 2026, 10:55:43 PMWith Anna Maria folding up shop there are a bunch of MASCAC schools needing a game, but with the Cru already travelling to both coasts they'd have to come to Belton. 

And lose 65-0

I don't know about that. Framingham St or Plymouth St would probably make a more respectable showing, but I doubt they'd be interested in paying for a trip to Texas unless literally nobody in or around their region has an open date.

Would UMHB split travel & lodging with the team for a 1- yr contract?

In the last 3 seasons the only out of state programs that have been willing to pay for travel to Belton have been:

UW Whitewater (no longer willing to pay)
Bethel TN (NAIA)

That's it, that is the entire list. Haha

Meanwhile we have travelled across the country multiple times a season. My guess is getting one more D3 opponent to come to Belton will be the biggest hurdle yet and if we can we will fill that last spot with NAIA or D2. In which case I'd be very happy considering we'd be at 9 D3 games.

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Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 27, 2026, 12:03:50 PMMcMurry's schedule is up. 9 games. Open dates are week #4 and #6.

At Southwestern, at Trinity TX, hosting Huntingdon and at Dubuque (IA). ASC games are in weeks 7-11.

Apparently, there were no open dates or "opportunity" to play a 10th game versus an SCAC team.

(Nice game to play Dubuque.) I cannot recall McMurry ever playing a team from Iowa.

The president of Dubuque Has ASC connections. He was one of my Seminary professors at HSU, taught at a Christian school in Belton while finishing his PhD at baylor, and was the provost at Schreiner before taking the position at Dubuque,

Very cool, thanks for sharing. Small world!

The issue with Flo is that they don't do any of the production or streaming themselves, they just overlay Flo onto the already existing streams. Some of the schools that need the money do it right away but they just pocket the extra cash and spend it on other things they need - not the broadcast. So you end up with the exact same broadcasts, some of which are bad, just through the Flo Paywall. Not great.

Quote from: Etchglow on January 16, 2026, 09:37:26 PMStarting to see a few kids commit to UMHB already.  4 through the portal (1 NAIA, 1 D3, 1 D2, and 1 D1) and two from HS.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IC2_OyngCpyyrQ3pjQd0-_SPzQQY_ga1Z5znH-Q4Rg8/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you for doing this again, I check it regularly.

Quote from: Cowboy2 on December 08, 2025, 11:09:09 PMNot sure why HSUs back up RB is hitting the portal. Noah graduates and has the keys to be the man and leaves. Head scratcher 

I saw that and thought the same thing. A guy like Henry is exactly where he should've been and should have stayed. Not trying to be ugly but his ceiling was pretty much right where he was. A rotational back at HSU or starter if he put in the time and work. He did all the work and would have likely been the guy there and now portals after a decent backup season...

Lots of bad decisions being made in this portal era...

Quote from: Etchglow on November 23, 2025, 09:39:40 PMSince I was bored, I went and looked at the folks who have announced they were transferring from UMHB.  Only 9 of the 29 have offers.  7 of the offers are D3, 3 are NAIA, 2 are FCS, and 1 is for a community college.

Yup. Some of the guys I'm not mad at. The JV guys that saw the writing on the wall and just want to play somewhere, no problem. Then you have a guy like D Morris who likely lands on a good FCS or a low end FBS roster, I still don't like it but it's somewhat understandable. JJ Davis probably lands on a mid to low end FCS... I kind of get it but still think it's a mistake. Then you have guys like Battle III that had no business transferring out. Could have stayed and been a damn good corner on a really good defense but instead he jumped on the portal wagon after D Mo and JJ did and he's got no offers. Not saying he's not good enough to get offers but he doesn't have the same body of work yet as Morris or Davis did.. reminds me a lot of Dorien Hill playing 4 games last year in the playoffs and hitting the portal. He showed a ton of promise and might've been our best LB if he had returned this season but instead he hit the portal and got East Central and Trinity and went to Trinity.. that's basically Battle this year... maybe he will come back.

On the positive side of things it looks like we've kept everyone else so far. If that's all we lose we return a way more cohesive group than we have in a few years and will just need to find a few secondary guys to step up.

As far as I'm being told the WR corps including BJ should be back, obviously things can change on a whim nowadays but supposed to have them back. Horton is also returning from what I've been told. We can find a RB... heck theres probably 5 on JV that would be ready to go with minimal drop off, lol.

Also think there's a real case to be made for the offense taking a step forward with Horton, won't know for sure until we see a few games under center but I'm optimistic he would be an upgrade.

Only key portal departures so far have been on defense, all in the secondary.

JJ Davis, Battle III and D Morris.

Not great but if we can keep everyone else we have shown a good track record of whipping athletes into shape on that side of the ball. As long as we don't lose any more key guys or defensive lineman (much harder to find elite DLINE guys). Also offense is still in tact so far... need everyone back there.

Quote from: Crubacker on November 12, 2025, 12:12:06 PMOf those 8 games listed above, I see that 7 are realistic, but I'm thinking only 4-5 of those actually happen.  Will it be enough to lift UMHB.......what were the odds like last year? 

Logan Hansen's model gives us a 2% chance of getting a pool C bid... We are gonna need some chaos!

Maryville beating Trinity would actually hurt UMHB's already slim pool C chances because Maryville is #26 and might actually jump UMHB in that scenario, while Trinity is in with or without a win.

That's just one of many things we'd need to go our way.

Needs:

Wabash to beat Depauw
Central to beat Coe
Cortland to beat Ithaca
Brockport to beat Utica
North Park to beat Wheaton
Endicott to beat Curry
Merchant Marine to beat Coast Guard
Alma to beat Adrian

Probably need 5 or 6 of those things to happen to even get close to having a chance. Still maybe not enough.

Quote from: crufootball on November 02, 2025, 01:34:59 PMAgreed on all count UMHB03.

One thing is for sure is this defense is so much different with a healthy Gaige Sanders and Brandon McGruder, we have always relied on the front 4 to do so much that without them our defense was fine but with them and an improved offense we at least can down swinging against HSU.

Massive difference with those guys healthy... worth noting we didn't have either of them OR any starting LB's vs HSU in the first matchup. We now have both DE's back and Brzenzniski and Izeal Jones at LB. Much different defense out there for round 2.

Quote from: Crubacker on October 27, 2025, 04:58:08 PMWhat happened to Joey Johnson #9?

Likely out for the year due to a shoulder injury, unfortunately. That's what I was told a few weeks ago anyway. Brzenzniski has looked good at LB and so has Izeal Jones but I didn't see Jones on the field last saturday... hopefully not injury related

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Quote from: Etchglow on October 26, 2025, 11:50:30 AMSaw three decent quarters out of the Cru. Now just to see a good full game. Tackling could use some work but saw some new faces on the defense have good games. Michaux looked better and made some really nice passes. It was a shame he didn't make any connections on deep balls though.


Blessing Ngene is a special running back.

What are we considering deep balls? The touchdown pass to stewart in the 4th was a 33yd dime on the run. probably the prettiest pass he's thrown all season.

I said the exact same thing Toby. Feels like we've completed about 10% of our deep passes this year, but that pass up the near sideline was right on the money!

As the glass half full fan I am going to hope that connection we might not have had at the start of the season with more then a few new players is finally starting to click.

Same here! Quinci Jones emerging has helped a lot, as he looks like our best wide out. That will hopefully continue to free up space to get BJ Stewart more meaningful touches.

Quote from: Toby Taff on October 27, 2025, 01:10:24 PM

Quote from: Etchglow on October 26, 2025, 11:50:30 AMSaw three decent quarters out of the Cru. Now just to see a good full game. Tackling could use some work but saw some new faces on the defense have good games. Michaux looked better and made some really nice passes. It was a shame he didn't make any connections on deep balls though.


Blessing Ngene is a special running back.

What are we considering deep balls? The touchdown pass to stewart in the 4th was a 33yd dime on the run. probably the prettiest pass he's thrown all season.

I said the exact same thing Toby. Feels like we've completed about 10% of our deep passes this year, but that pass up the near sideline was right on the money!