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I thought Connor Mills decommitted and was going to Princeton , would also like to see a list of the players who are leaving the program and if the reasons are known , enjoy reading the bonesville tks
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Nice article. One of the reasons i don't watch college football? This is one. Zay Jones was deserving of this honor but if you don't play for nick satin or the other lyin cheating coaches like meyer, petrino etc. You don't have a chance. Granted ECU did not have a good season but Zay Jones embodies what the Belitnikoff award SHOULD stand for.
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Excellent article Mr. Friedlander. I hate sounding like sour grapes, but the sports writers, media, etc. often get it wrong and thumb their nose at the general sports fans. It appears that many of them do not recall the 1956 Heisman trophy, when Johnny Majors of Tennessee was snubbed in favor of a quarterback at Notre Dame. Strange thing that Majors came in second and Tennessee had a winning season - Notre Dame did not. I wander what their reasons were then, BELIEVE ME, Tennessee fans remember this all to well and have little faith in a fair system. Like Tennessee and Majors, ECU and Jones were simply screwed.
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If opponent strength is so accurate and critical - then every position statistical leader in FBS would come from Non Power 5 players/teams - right? BS excuse that just destroys all their credibility.
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Great points here, I remember when we had all the same issues for Dad, Robert, during the Peach Bowl season. I've recently confined my viewing pleasure to watching the Pirates play, college football outside of that has lost all credibility. Keep up the good work.
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Really happy that we are getting some good recruits. I especially hope that we can recruit the players to help out on the defense and offensive line. It appears that Army and Temple were able to control a lot of the triple option. My prayer is that we can have solid "O" and "D" lines.
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Being ESPN / Money Conference have a monopoly I think the US government should ask why state universities are not spreading the money and opportunity fairly? If you have some time look how US government went after FIFA the world largest sports organization and won. The same needs to happen with Division 1 College football.
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Word!
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Good assessment of where the program is. My man right now is Jeff Lebo. We have right now the most talented team I've seen in my nearly 40 years of following the Pirates. Middle of the season is next, then a strong finish and there will be no doubt in the direction of the program. Go Pirates!
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Gene, thank you for the heads up. The article has been corrected. ... As you indicated, Coach McGee left the Pirates to take over as head coach at his alma mater. In was in later years that he became AD at South Carolina.
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Mike Mckee left (good thing that he did!) after one year and went to Duke to coach.
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Just read about Western Michigan. They hired a wide receiver coach from Tampa Bay four years ago. Before that, he was a receiver coach with few college teams. Sound familiar. He went 1-11, 8-4, 7-5 and this year 12-0 and ranked 19th. Mo will get it done. He just has to recruit better than Ruff and Skip. 80 something does not seem to work.
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SOUNDS LIKE A VERY GOOD SUMMARY OF PROBLEMS AND THINGS THAT NEED FIXING. IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING, I BELIEVE THAT OUR OFFENSE WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN MANY OF THE GAMES THAT WE PLAYED HAD WE HAD ANY MEASURE OF DEFENSE AND SPECIAL TEAMS. IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THE TWO YEARS THAT WE WON CUSA CONFERENCE TITLES, IT WAS WHEN WE HAD SO-SO OFFENSE AND A GREAT DEFENSE. HOPING THINGS GET TURNED AROUND. GGOOO......PPIRATES!!!
Reply to this commentHappy to see our basketball team getting off to a good start. We have a good coach and some good players - I wish them luck during the season. GGOOO....PPiRATES!!!
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Good article Brian. Spot on. " Mo" has a lot of work to do and needs to get busy pulling that rabbitt out of the purple/gold hat.
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