Here’s a few quick thoughts...
1. Did you know that North Texas also counts Eagles member Don Henley as an alumni? I like Henley’s music but his politics are definitely not shared by anyone at Free Republic.
2. Regarding the Minnesota-Cal game, I haven’t heard anyone (and that includes the most optimistic pollyanna-ish Golden Gophers fan) say that the Gophers can win. If the Gophers can keep the score respectable, let’s say they keep the final margin of loss to 14-17 points, I’d consider that a moral victory.
There’s a lot of college football fans who believe that a loss is a loss whether it be 3 points or 33 points. But there is something to be said for playing a Top 10 team and keeping the score relatively close.
3. In the off-season, coaching staff went looking for JUCO WR transfers. They see the same thing you do. Is QB Adam Weber capable of throwing the ball to anyone but Eric Decker? In order to have a capable offense, the answer has to be Yes - but so far, the answer is No. It’s almost like Weber is genetically and/or mentally locked in on Decker. I’m sure the coaches are working on fixing that.
4. On a final side note, I see the Tulsa-Oklahoma game in almost the same way I see the Minnesota-Cal game. Tulsa’s got the offensive weapons even after losing players from last year’s high-scoring offense. But the Sooners D is good too. I don’t expect Tulsa to win but they need to keep the final score relatively close. Being a fan of Golden Hurricane football, I hope they do. It’d be a tremendous boost for their program.
6. Will the new stadium's neighbors keep complaining about the noise, or will they take Emma's advice to chill out:
Not everyone was so vexed about the noise level. Emma Quinlan Connolly for one, though more of a baseball fan than football, enjoyed sitting outside at a friend's house in St. Anthony Park, listening to the action while the men were inside watching the game on TV.
"We were outside and could hear the score and the play-by-play," she said. "I was surprised at how crystal clear it was. It wasn't just muffled noise. We liked that we didn't have to go inside."
She called her neighbors' reaction overdramatic and said she is growing tired of the constant complaints — from road construction to Fair noise. The latest drama about the new stadium was over the top, she said. "For me, it was the last straw," she said. "Like, get over yourself. We live in the city; just deal with it."
In the neighborhood forum, she wrote: "I guess I would understand your complaints a little more if we were all in Woodbury or Eagan, but we're not. We choose to live in an urban community. I don't love football either; I would much rather hear baseball stats. Nothing is perfect. If you are looking for a quiet, urban place to live ... well I'm not sure that exists."