tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16558511.post114899281919554383..comments2024-03-20T02:19:42.015-07:00Comments on BarkBoard.com: 100 Days of Putting Me to Sleep.........BarkBoard.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371532385025154602noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16558511.post-1149052507858324482006-05-30T22:15:00.000-07:002006-05-30T22:15:00.000-07:00fsumom-thanks for the kind words. gobulldogs has ...fsumom-thanks for the kind words. gobulldogs has all the resources at its disposal but hardly ever uses them.<BR/><BR/>I share your thoughts about the offense. Hill has always preached for the next guy to step up. Fill the holes and keep playing Bulldog football, there is no time to dwell, someone just needs to step up.<BR/><BR/>Here's to a healthy 2006.BarkBoard.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371532385025154602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16558511.post-1149046176539357962006-05-30T20:29:00.000-07:002006-05-30T20:29:00.000-07:00You are absolutely right when you say there just i...You are absolutely right when you say there just isn't enough day to day at gobulldogs.com. Us spectators would love to know what the team is doing all the time, your suggestion of player profiles is a great one. How about something like how during spring training the players got report cards and what they go over,<BR/>the program is interesting to the outside spectator. <BR/><BR/>I have spoken with a few of the older players and they feel that the qb situation isn't all that questionable. I believe that Pat Hill brings to this team an understading of the fact that he expects each player to handle his assignment and that the qb will handle his. Their new offense is very simplistic compared to past with different formations presenting at tight end especially. We are fairly deep with good size and can give the qb some excellent options there. I think though a healthy season is what we really need.<BR/><BR/>MDG I really enjoy your blog and it give me a FSU football "fix" daily. THANKS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16558511.post-1149023975437940772006-05-30T14:19:00.000-07:002006-05-30T14:19:00.000-07:00Mario, your blog is preaching to the choir.Sometim...Mario, your blog is preaching to the choir.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes I wish we had the chance to take over gobulldogs.com and make it into a better website.<BR/><BR/>Hell, I'd do it for free.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16558511.post-1149015210296718672006-05-30T11:53:00.000-07:002006-05-30T11:53:00.000-07:00The health thing really concerns me. I dont remem...The health thing really concerns me. I dont remember the last time we had a season where a key player was not lost. If it isn't Riley it's Smith. If it isn't Smith it's Wright. I mean just once I would like to see us keep all of our key players in tact like USC and Texas did this past season. It would be nice to be able to rely on the same guys week after week. How is Riley's status anyhow? He is huge to defensive success seeing that LB is the most dificult position to take control of. We really need Riley this season.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16558511.post-1149014671707018372006-05-30T11:44:00.000-07:002006-05-30T11:44:00.000-07:00Clausen wasn't going to win any games with his arm...Clausen wasn't going to win any games with his arm, but he was an experienced leader at the qb position. Ainge, although talented, always looked lost on the field. The defense was good enough for Clausen to lead a basic pedestrian attack and the Vols would have won 8 games. <BR/><BR/>FS is in a similar situation. The qb does not have to be spectacular because of the weapons and experienced around him. He just needs to lead this team and work within the system. Hill and Hagen will adjust the playbook to fit his style. A quick strike/screen to Williams, Fernandez or Fairman allows those WRs to make the play. As for the long ball, the qb just has to get the ball within a couple feet of Williams, something Pinegar had trouble doing consistently. Don't forget Wright and/or Smith running behind a very good line. The defense will be better if everyone stays healthy.<BR/><BR/>I guess my two big concerns are focus and health. Sounds simple but FS always loses focus and for the last four years have been bit by the injury bug way too much.BarkBoard.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371532385025154602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16558511.post-1149009555354079802006-05-30T10:19:00.000-07:002006-05-30T10:19:00.000-07:00MDG you make good points about Tennessee and I agr...MDG you make good points about Tennessee and I agree that Fulmer completely jacked up that situation. But aside the one game where Clausen beat LSU I did not see him have another strong peformance. The defense on Tennessee was outstanding or they would not have been in any games in the first place. I just feel like if our qb does not lead us we are going to have various problems this season. When i do the previews you can count on the qb position being hit over and over again. I subscribe to the theory that the qb is the most important position on the field and without a great leader we will struggle.<BR/><BR/>Focus as you say will be a major problem. It has been for how many years in a row now? I mean how often does Fresno get up for the big time teams and lose the WAC? i wish we could win the WAC but honestly year after year I am not to sure I care if we do. I just want to beat USC, Oregon, Washington, and any other big time teams we play. Hill is right when he says the BCS does not award you for winning the WAC: just ask Boise. <BR/><BR/>I just wish we could keep focus for an entire season. It would be nice to see the Dogs finish off a season as they started it: with intensity and focus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16558511.post-1149006892112837002006-05-30T09:34:00.000-07:002006-05-30T09:34:00.000-07:00thanks for the kind words....I hope the pipeline e...thanks for the kind words....I hope the pipeline extends from West to BHS....I would love to see Justin Cheadle and Philip Thomas in Bulldog red. I spoke with Cheadle and he likes FS, but the kid has a freakin 3.8 GPA and is looking at USC/UCLA for academics, football, and proximity to Bako.BarkBoard.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371532385025154602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16558511.post-1149006709163270212006-05-30T09:31:00.000-07:002006-05-30T09:31:00.000-07:00gofsu...I will hand it to you, you've been worried...gofsu...I will hand it to you, you've been worried about the qb situation from day one. But at least you have reasons and have done some research. If the new qb can't perform, the 'Dogs will get stopped if teams stack the line. That is very true, and Pinegar cost the Dogs a couple of games with his (lack of)arm.<BR/><BR/>I will differ about Tennessee. Fulmer screwed that team over by not sticking with one quarterback. Clausen led the Vols to that big win at LSU, but Fulmer went back to the inept Ainge. The offense lacked any firepower last year and they fired the OC. If you ask the Vols fans, they will tell you the team just gave up and didn't play with any heart. <BR/><BR/>At least we agree the 06 FS team needs a leader at quarterback. He doesn't have to be gunslinger, he just has to lead this team with some confidence. Believe me, these new qbs believe in their arm strength and the receivers believe the ball is going to be on the money when the look up or turn around for the catch.<BR/><BR/>I am not too worried about the qb, but am more worried about focus. Hill made a very intersting comment the other day at the announcement. He said playing USC late in the year was like opening all your gifts on Christmas Eve and not having anything left to open on Christmas(Nevada, LA Tech, Tulsa). He also said if college football was set up that if a team won the WAC and automatically advanced to the BCS, then he would probably revamp the schedule to make the WAC games more important.<BR/><BR/>Hill isn't stupid. He knows winning the WAC and beating a Colorado State or Toldeo and a DIAA out of conference will do nothing more than get FS a invite to the MPC/Hawaii/New Mexico Bowl. He knows college football is all about all or nothing. And for FS to compete it has to play and beat the best teams in the country.<BR/><BR/>He hasn't been able to keep his teams focused after big games, and he hates to have BCS games right in the middle of season but what can he do. He takes what he can get. Hill's dream of making FS a big-time program is a lot harder than most think. If this year's team stays focused it will win 10-11 games with ease. LSU is very tough, but if this team can stay focused it is talented enough to finally beat the Broncos on the Blue rug. If it can't stay focused, they could easily lose 3 of its last 6 games, not too mention, early games against Oregon and Washington.BarkBoard.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371532385025154602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16558511.post-1149005914534150562006-05-30T09:18:00.000-07:002006-05-30T09:18:00.000-07:00hey mdg, I really enjoy the blog. Barkboard rocks ...hey mdg, I really enjoy the blog. Barkboard rocks as well. Bulldog football should be 24/7 like you say. Thanks to guys like you it is. Keep up the good work. grew up in Firebaugh, now reside in Bakersfield and loving the West high pipeline to the dogs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16558511.post-1149003148817290292006-05-30T08:32:00.000-07:002006-05-30T08:32:00.000-07:00Well the 100 days until our first game has tunred ...Well the 100 days until our first game has tunred into the 100 days of crap. I cannot believe one of the days is actually dedicated to TimeOut of all people. TimeOut is a damn plush costume for God's sake. Anyhow onto the more important subject of Bulldog Football: The 2006 season.<BR/><BR/>This season i am going to try and analyze the teams we play by watching their games weeks before our game to see their strengths and weaknesses. Last season I had said USC would beat us by 10 and they got us by 8. I remember saying that it was possible for us to lose to both Nevada and La. Tech although i didn't think we would. I remember writing that Pinegar could spell disaster with a fourth quarter int. which he did each time. <BR/><BR/>This season I think it is going to fall on our qb. I know we have depth in so many spots, but qb is not one of them. If anyone wants to pretend teams can win without a strong qb look no further than Tennessee last season. Picked to finish in the top 5 what happened when their two qb's fell apart? The team fell apart as well. I know we will have a good running game, but if defenses can stack the line much like they did against the Dogs in 2004, this could very well be another long season for FSU.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com