There are lots of things to talk about. We have not touched on nary a one.
For this I apologize.
Anyhoo. We have a game this week. Apparently no one cares. Well, not as many people care as did in September. Fear not, loyal attendance watcher. This is November. There are a lot of other things occupying the San Antonian’s mind. All those students are taking a sobering look at theirs grades and gearing up for a hard run at the highest letter they can muster after giving less than full concentration in the first half. That means no skipping class, and being prudent with their time. Instead of reading college football blogs and perusing their favorite message boards, they are instead figuring what extra credit paper they can write to squeeze out an A, B or C respectively.
For those that have no chance, this is where they get angry at their professors and complain loudly that this “sucks man. They should work with [me] on this.” Some will decide that college “blows” and they instead will just get a job leaning heavily on the reasoning that “my [cousin, friend, uncle, etc.] makes $XXX,XXX a year and they didn’t even go to college.” That or “college isn’t for everyone.”
For the non-student, there is Thanksgiving to think about. Where are we having it? What are we eating (besides the staples)? How in the hell will I deal with (insert troublesome family member here)? Trips take some time to plan and can be fairly pricey. Time spent on priceline.com is time not spent on cokerchronicles.com and rowdyville.net.
What is your excuse?
Regardless, we have McNeese St this week. They are a solid team with some guys that can play. Darius Carey is a North Texas transfer and was expected to be the top guy in Denton until being unceremoniously let go because of a riff with the new staff. He transferred to McNeese and is now the leading pass catcher with 38 catches for 451 and 2 scores.
Fortunately they have been having trouble keeping Cody Stroud upright and the offense has been lackluster because of the offensive line. Sam Houston kicked their asses and had six sacks. The next week Stephen F. Austin rocked them for eight sacks off a simple four man rush.
Not only is their line terrible but injuries are killing them. Their starting linebackers were out and DE Desmund Lighten was hurt for the majority of the game. The replacement for the two injured starting corners was also taken out midway through the win over Nicholls State that stopped a four game skid.
So in a game that was billed by this site as a tough one looks like it could be a cakewalk. Yeah I said it. They are hurt, mentally beaten and barely scratched out a win over Nicholls State -- another hapless squad.
Their line is a sieve and their defense is injured. I’m predicting our first road win, guys.
PREDICTION: 34-10 on Senor Night in Lake Charles, LA. Home to 70,000 people.
