badndn

On the Boutte front...While the man is an established excellent basketball coach, who learned from one of the all time greats, he has never had to recruit! Recruiting and knowing the recruiting rules has to be learned as an assistant first. If they replace Penders with Gillespie, would we be possibly replacing Roc with Penders?? is that what you meant by "Domino Effect" ps...I still say brink back Skelton. WINNER!

[quote name="HoopInsider_Cooper" post="772314" timestamp="1267921001"] [font=Courier]That's a different brand of basketball (Big 12 is not equal to SLC). So freshman John Wall isn't making a difference?[/font] [/quote] Did I miss something? Did LU sign the top HS Senior(s) in the country for next year?

[quote name="HoopInsider_Cooper" post="772267" timestamp="1267912495"] [font=Courier]Nicholls (not state anymore) pulls away wins 73-61....season finally over. [b]Maybe some of the new true freshmen can do someting. [/b] If not....[/font] [/quote] Watch the Longhorns lately and you will find out all you need to know about relying on Freshman!

Yep. She got the cast off Thursday. Already wants to try to pitch. I am having to slow her down! How is Mackenzie's leg?

[quote name="HoopInsider_Cooper" post="770353" timestamp="1267674518"] [font=Courier]As bad as this team is, the teams below them are worse! IE: McNeese. Despite an awful team, it comes down to Lamar @ Nicholls on Saturday. The winner gets the 8th spot. I watched the game for the first half. These players aren't very good. Nabors is the best and he has 1 good leg. Custer is so weak and timid, he is a perimeter player now. This Mathis kid that is starting plays hard, but isn't too good. Miles turns the ball over too much. Milk has tapered off. Hopefully with some fresh faces like the kid from Lancaster and a few others, this team will have a spark next year. If not, there will be a new regime after next season. [/font] [/quote] Excellent assessment. Except that Milk never really had it to taper off from! And one other thing...Where did Harper sneak off to? Anyone seen him in 2010?

[quote name="AJ25" post="770050" timestamp="1267643570"] Couldn't find anything about him, but he's a big guy. Needs to lose about 40 lbs though.. but I'll trust Coach if he said he has good feet. [/quote] Yeah, playing on the line at 340+ is ruff, but I am sure a strength and conditionning program will do him well to loosing 20-30 lb's.

[quote name="AggiesAreWe" post="770009" timestamp="1267640000"] We will be giving away 2 pair of tickets tonight at our SETXsports Weekly High School Preview show tonight at Hamburger Depot on Neches St. for tonight's game against Texas A&M-CC. [b]Come out to the Depot and win you a pair.[/b] [/quote] Assuming most of us don't already have a pair!  Or that we lost them when we said "I Do". ;D

[quote name="LAZEEK" post="769821" timestamp="1267587557"] Safe to say that Mike Deane has coached his last game!!!! :( :( :( [/quote] Zeek: What does this mean for Kenyon? How old is Mike?

[quote name="YG2009" post="769422" timestamp="1267534009"] 1. ASA 2. USFA 3. IFA 4. USSSA (La) [/quote] I would agree with this. The older you get the more important ASA becomes for exposure. One nice thing about USFA at the younger ages is the bat your lineup and free subs. It helps with development.

So will he play LB or SS in the NFL?

[quote name="lamarproud" post="766997" timestamp="1267193710"] Does anybody else think about the departure of Bubba Skelton after the 07-08 season as the beginning of the downward spiral of the the Roc regime.  Skelton was the Mississippi connection that brought the best talent of the Roc era.  The last Skelton recruit that I am aware of is Nabors who is our best player. Beyond recruiting I thought Skelton was a great bench coach who didn't mind disagreeing with Roc.  How many times during his tenure did we see him directing the team during critical time outs while Roc watched over his shoulder or screamed at refs. [/quote] I stated that last year. Also go check out the success that NW Miss. CC had while Skelton was the HC. Then check out what they did before he arrived and after he left. Crazy! Where is he now? Could he be a future LU HC?? Nevermind I found him, he is HC at Village Christian Academy HS in North Carolina.

Didn't games start at 7:00 last year?

Grad rates are very important. We lost several scholarships due to poor Grad rates. That said, You can win and graduate!!!

He would ook better in LU Red! ;D With Tyrik Rollison transfering from Auburn to SHSU, it would be wild to see he and Dugat hooking upfor the next three years. Who would've thought watching that State Title Barnburner between Sulphur Springs and Dayton that thos two might play together someday? Food for thought!

Where's baseball25? I am sure he will down play this win since Rice has yet to get a W.

[quote name="UNLV" post="764646" timestamp="1266937053"] [quote author=badndn link=topic=66404.msg764629#msg764629 date=1266934870] [quote author=UNLV link=topic=66404.msg764450#msg764450 date=1266893993] Bruce, Lamar is bigger than La-Monroe, BPT MSA is much bigger than Monroe MSA, Yet LA-monroe plays FBS. Lamar is bigger than La-Tech, BPT MSA is bigger than Ruston or equal to Shreveport MSA, Yet LA-Tech plays FBS. Lamar is smaller than Texas Tech, BPT MSA is bigger than Lubbock MSA, Yet Texas Tech plays FBS. Lamar is bigger than Marshall, BPT MSA is bigger than Huntington MSA, Yet Marshall plays FBS. Lamar is bigger than Southern Mississippi, BPT MSA is much bigger than Hattiesburg, Yet USM plays FBS. I could go on... It's all about the conference. [/quote] All that is great and all, but Lamar/BPT is also an easy 1.5 hour jont down I-10 from major entertainment in Houston! Monroe is not, LT is not, TT is not, Marshall is not, USM is not. [/quote]Please with the sorry weak excuse. Everyone here don't run to Houston for a fix. Lamar would not lose fans in the stadium, 6 times per year, just to visit Houston. A place we all been to a million times. [/quote] While I know that you are NEVER EVER wrong, everyone here does not have to run to Houston for a fix, only a portion have to to draw away from the LU crowds on Saturday. You ever been to Lubbock? or Monroe? I have. If I as part of that BPT MSA want to go to watch an NFL game I can do so at a moments notice. If you live in Lubbock it is a weekend affair! Therefore TT football is what they have. It ain't an excuse, like it or not it's a fact. For all his goffiness, the SETX Mavericks owner said it best recently when he said that "the people of SETX want $100 entertainment value out of a $15 ticket!" It sucks for us die hard Cardinal fans, but it is true!

We all know PNG went 10-0 last year, with a load of Sophomores on that team. (just don't ask about our Freshman season  ;D)

[quote name="UNLV" post="764450" timestamp="1266893993"] Bruce, Lamar is bigger than La-Monroe, BPT MSA is much bigger than Monroe MSA, Yet LA-monroe plays FBS. Lamar is bigger than La-Tech, BPT MSA is bigger than Ruston or equal to Shreveport MSA, Yet LA-Tech plays FBS. Lamar is smaller than Texas Tech, BPT MSA is bigger than Lubbock MSA, Yet Texas Tech plays FBS. Lamar is bigger than Marshall, BPT MSA is bigger than Huntington MSA, Yet Marshall plays FBS. Lamar is bigger than Southern Mississippi, BPT MSA is much bigger than Hattiesburg, Yet USM plays FBS. I could go on... It's all about the conference. [/quote] All that is great and all, but Lamar/BPT is also an easy 1.5 hour jont down I-10 from major entertainment in Houston! Monroe is not, LT is not, TT is not, Marshall is not, USM is not.

Championship teams are made up front on the lines. that said, PNG may be losing a stud RB and some WR and DB's, but our OLine and DLines will be back in full force with extras for rotation. The QB will be back for year #2 under Faircloth. The big question marks will be at WR and DB (anyone who saw Sophomore Bertrand run on JV last year knows we will be good at RB). Two names to remember from our undefeated JV, both Sophomore WR's, Nelson and Lacour. Not picking just yet, but I like the fact that the NDNs return some meat!

[quote name="lu cards" post="764059" timestamp="1266859421"] i like stan brown and minor.i can see them starting next year.been real disapointed in harper.he needs to step up next year.next year will be a big year for the roc era.another bad year and he is done. [/quote] I agree. Next year if the group below does not finish in the top 2 of the East and win 20 games then Roc is gone. Miles, Harper, Harris, Custer, Mathis, Minor, Brown and Wesley. I still think this team needs a big outside threat out of the JUCO ranks. What actually happened to Moton? I thought he would be our outside threat along with Hall.

I look at it this way. HJ and Silsbee head to head were 1-1. Against like top opponents (Silsbee, HJ, Kountze, WOS and New Waverly) it goes like this: Silsbee 4-3  with a +41 points difference (Including a +7 over HJ) HJ 4-3 with a -8 point difference Kountze against HJ & Silsbee 2-2 with a +5 points difference. If I was ranking them I would have Silsbee just ahead of HJ. kountze is tricky! 1. Kountze 2. Silsbee 3. HJ

Baseball25, do you even know the history of Maine baseball? This is traditionally a very good program. They have been to the CWS 7 times. 1986 being the last time. They finished 2009 32-23. Funny thing is you hang your hat on a sweep of a UH team that has been the CWS twice, the last time being 1967!!! And what have they done lately? 27-31 last year?

The total number of participants may top out around 350, but the difference is with over 6000 students, that 350 is loaded with talent. The smaller 5A schools 2000-3000 may have 350 kids, but only a handful of studs.

[quote name="limecuda" post="762778" timestamp="1266609878"] If that is our starting lineup next year I think we will be doomed to another mediocre year with  extremely low ppg. [quote author=badndn link=topic=66065.msg762678#msg762678 date=1266601243] [quote author=tyree link=topic=66065.msg762142#msg762142 date=1266536287] So what would Roc's team have done this year and/or last night with a healthy Ashton Hall? Will he red-shirt?...or is he done? My biggest concern about Lamar's future is who will replace the points, rebounds, and leadership next year with Nabors gone? If its Brown or Wesley, its a bit discouraging that they had only two points between them? And what about Coy...will he return for a 5th year? We may find ourselves even younger next year! [/quote] I would suspect that Harper would pick up the production that Nabors has given this year, but not to the same degree. Harper can get 10pts and 7boards, and Brown can get the other 5 and 3. I think Minor will score more next season also, in the 8-10 PPG range. Maybe a guy like Phillips at LSPA? He is a rebouning machine and can score around the basket. The biggest need is an outside threat. There is a kid at SWChristian College in Tx (JC that Petteway came from) named Brandon Davis that is a 6'6" gaurd who shoots 50% from 3 and is scoring 20 PPG. I'd like to see someone like that in an LU uni. PG 6'1" Miles SG 6'2" Minor SG 6'6" Davis PF 6'6" Harper C 6'11" Custer [/quote] [/quote] This was a hypothetical with 6'6" Davis. If we did go after him and he shot 40% -50% from 3 point land with his size and scored 15-20 a game (scoring over 20 in JUCO) then I beg to differ. PG 6'1" Miles    15 ppg SG 6'2" Minor    8 ppg SG 6'6" Davis    15 ppg PF 6'6" Harper  10 ppg C 6'11" Custer    8 ppg That's 56 ppg from the starters. Definitely better than this year!

[quote name="GUNHO" post="762719" timestamp="1266604960"] Does the uil just deny or do they also give reasons.I would like to know why they think less time in class and more travel time is not a burden to the school and student. [/quote] Your request for an explaination has been DENIED!!! ;D