Lake Chuckin' --UTSA v McNeese St.

Game Day Chat: UC DAVIS

Come chat with us. Jared and I will be hosting, while we all huddle around the radio box, 1930s style. We begin 15 minutes prior to the game.

4pm on 92.5 the Patriot

Gameday UC DAVIS

Many apolgies for the dearth of posts this week, sports fans. It has been an interesting one to say the least.

So now let us get into the game at hand.

Quick Links:

Keys to Victory

Key matchups

UC-Davis Moving Up, Gives UTSA Model of WAC

Sacramento Bee Perspective

Morning Reading: South Alabama Gameday

Techa Tech people infiltrate the Aggie's midnight yell.



1. Red River Rivalry

Biggest game today is the Red River Rivalry. Brush up on it so you sound knowledgeable amongst your friends.

2. contribute@cokerchronicles.com

I'm sure some of you have wondered how you can get in on this whole writing thing without firing up a blogger account or shelling out some cash on the wordpress.com site. I have your answer: contribute something here. Email me and I'll give you the details, yo.

3.twiiter.com/elconvo

The revolution will be twittered. The site is not yet up but we have some good stuff in the queue for the start of basketball. For now, follow the twitter handle. Let me know if you would like to contribute to this site also. Email me and I'll give you the details.

4. Lekenwic Haynes Profile

He played special teams at Mississippi so everyone is thinking he will be able to do the same. Unfortunately, that is all. Mauricio Sanchez has the starting spot and tossed in twelve or so tackles last week. Even if the guy behind you look more like a player than you do, it is all about performance. Right now Lekenwic is still trying to catch up on something like seven weeks of football on the fly. Don't be surprised if doesn't crack the starting lineup until the last week of the season.


5. Depth Chartin'

Game day: Sam Houston State

It is game day. Be sure to check out Rowdyville, Rowdy Talk, and Mysa’s game chat for updates. 

As of this posting, we are about 30 minutes away.

Gonna try this last minute chat thing. For those of you who don't want to mingle with n00bs and/or don't  want to wait for message board updates only. 

Podcast Episode 4: Season Preview Edition

This week we had special guest Darrell from Rowdy Report to join us on a big community podcast special for the season preview edition.

This is a crazy two hour podcast. Enjoy:

1min: roster talk. Depth chart breakdown. We go position by position.

40th min: Player Interview Review and we talk mess about Mike Taylor of Ticket 760 a little.

50th min: Fearless Predictions!!

Hour+6 min: Northeastern State vs Bacone College breakdown and preview of Northeastern State.

Hour +16 min: Gameday talk, looking at Mysa Downtown Blog

Hour+25 min: Facial Hair talk with Jared. We rank the best facial/head hair styles on the squad.

Hour +32 min: Why Tx-San Antonio instead of UTSA.

Hour +43 min: Wrap up. Shout out to our twitter followers and other important info.








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Facility Problem and Gameday

Jared linked to this earlier. I found the tidbit about the lack of facilities, and football-specific interesting.

As McCarney said, the “Herculean fund-raising effort to get that done. Definitely something to keep an eye on in the coming years” will be just that.

Although there might be an official kick off to fundraising, the beginning of that saga has already started. The popularity of this season will no doubt determine the feasibility of said effort. Every shirt sold, every seat filled and every fan made will add to the coffers and quicken the pace.

The rapid rise to full-on BCS team has been remarkable.

Quick look at recent Genesis to FCS to BCS jumps:

FIU -- Started 2002, spent three years in FCS before moving to FBS in 2005. Fastest in history to achieve that.

FAU -- Started 2001, spent five years in FCS before moving to FBS in 2005.

The interesting thing about these two programs is the similarity to UTSA. Both are in recruit-laden states near large cities and in FAU’s case, run by a former Miami head coach.

Coker and future head coaches can only sell the Future and Potential for so long. Eventually they’ll need to point to wins, fans and STUFF. Ask any fan of a facility-poor school how much of a beating it is to either watch your team in a dilapidated stadium or seeing recruits leave for shiny new workout facilities.

The Alamodome is no doubt a huge selling point for the foreseeable future. If San Antonio can pack that thing with 20,000 people on a regular basis it will be an accomplishment. As the novelty wears off after a year or two, games against no-name FCS squads will not bring the people out especially if UTSA is losing ugly.

UTSA has been remarkably fortunate, thus far. The timing of the WAC’s um “troubles” coupled Lynn Hickey’s leadership has shortened the time frame considerably. This is awesome.

There is no reason to think the UTSA brass will sit back and rest after this. It is, as McCarney wrote, something to watch, however.

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Now that I've acknowledged the scary, serious stuff let's get to the fun stuff: With the first game just about a month away UTSA already has their gameday site up.

One of the coolest things about starting a program is that all the traditions are new. It is also kind of difficult as there is nothing to reference and no old-timer to ask for directions.

Coker Chronicles will most definitely be present. There are tailgate plans in the works. We shall see, however. What about you?

Quick glance:

• Friday Rally on the river. I'll be there.
• Rowdy Town. Not really my speed.
• Montana St. Icehouse. More my style.

There really is a ton of information there. Go there. Come back. Tell us what you will be doing!