4 Games in 18 Days !!!

[EastHallApp]

Begging out of Thursday games is a non-starter. If we didn't want weeknight games, we shouldn't have joined the Sun Belt (or moved up to FBS at all, for that matter).

Alternately, we could just start going 3-9 every year. That would keep the league from showcasing us in its primetime spots.

I don't think anyone is advocating begging off Thursday games. However as has need pointed out, 4 games in 18 days is too much. If the conference wants to showcase us or anybody else for that matter with more than one midweek game in a season, at least schedule them further apart or maybe throw an off week in there somewhere so these kids can recover and be safer. This schedule was a form of athlete abuse.

Well, again, it was actually four games in 20 days (Oct. 17-Nov.5), whereas a normal four-week stretch is four games in 22 days. And if we'd played Southern on Saturday instead of Thursday, we'd still have played the exact same number of games in the exact same 20-day time frame.

I do agree that the short weeks in general aren't great, and Thursday games would be better if they followed an off week. Or maybe we'll see a shift away from Thursday in favor of Tuesday games followed by a Saturday off.

[PhillyApp1]

How about 3 games in 15 days...lol
Still to much but who's counting.

[EastHallApp]

How about 3 games in 15 days...lol
Still to much but who's counting.

Then we're going to need to ban playing on three straight Saturdays. Those are Greece-like working conditions.

[weavneerfan]

We will be analyzing this loss for days if not weeks but my simple observation is that they were bigger, faster, more athletic and the qb was awesome. Plus...terrible schedule, triple overtime game, GS hangover, injuries...I can't list anymore...perfect storm for a loss. Gotta be patient as we continue to play with the big boys!

[clayton]

It's about getting 4 days rest between games instead of 6...and then having to do it again.

We lost a very good offensive lineman in both of the Thursday games.

This is a bigger issue in the NFL because they only have 3 days rest for Thursday games and 20-year-olds recover quicker than 30-year-olds. But, this still matters.

[T-Dog]

App is the only team in FBS this season who had two five-day turnarounds in a three week span.

We got beat but Gillin needs to make sure this doesn't happen again.

[bojoWolf]

It was a tough game for y'all and I know the injuries are a killer (See our 2014 season).

Good luck the rest of the way.

[WXAPP]

Hate that ESPN really screwed the football pooch on this one with the NCAA. Years ago, schools and the NCAA should have said.. nope.. thanks.. we play football on Saturday... period... I think there are legit concerns about overall health, both physically and mentally, for our student athletes when this sort of scheduling shenanigans is in play. I don't like it and I'll tell you, most football coaches don't like it either.

Has a school ever said to the ESPNS' and NCAA.... No.. we won't be doing that... ? And forgive my ignorance, but schools don't have to be a part of the NCAA... do they? There's no law that requires it. What's to stop a bunch of schools breaking off and starting another association? Contracts can be broken and such. Seems to me with ESPN in trouble, and the Fox Sports Nets coming on line, the pendulum could finally swing the other way. Maybe there is some sort of restoration for Academics first.. Football on Saturday. The national exposure argument.. show me the data that directly brings a payoff for schools that put up with this Thursday night crap. In short, university leaders, not just App, prove it.

OK that's off my chest...

[appfanz]

I always wondered if we had a choice on these Thursday games. I remember years ago when ESPN wanted to change a Clemson game and they said no because it was homecoming. So I wonder what the policy is today??

[WXAPP]

Good question...

[boonetown1]

Still think all this "bigger, faster, stronger " stuff about ark state is crap. We beat them last year, we beat them the first half. Plain and simple, we lost because our guys looked gassed, unmotivated and underprepared the second half..... THATS IT.

Yes, we have injuries and the other factors could be due to the time between games, but I don't know. I mean we had more time for Troy and came out flat (no crap about GS taking it out emotionally, there was enough time). Now we see if the coaches are actually earning their paycheck and can rescheme and refocus for the rest of the year. IM LOOKING AT WOODY AND THE RUN PLAYCALLING. We have injuries, cannot run that same run plays every time, or give up 40.

[appbio91]

Still think all this "bigger, faster, stronger " stuff about ark state is crap. We beat them last year, we beat them the first half. Plain and simple, we lost because our guys looked gassed, unmotivated and underprepared the second half..... THATS IT.

Yes, we have injuries and the other factors could be due to the time between games, but I don't know. I mean we had more time for Troy and came out flat (no crap about GS taking it out emotionally, there was enough time). Now we see if the coaches are actually earning their paycheck and can rescheme and refocus for the rest of the year. IM LOOKING AT WOODY AND THE RUN PLAYCALLING. We have injuries, cannot run that same run plays every time, or give up 40.

Agree if coaches can pull 2 out 3 they earn their pay.

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[hotrod2001]

Hopefully the Vandals are still a dumpster fire by the time we go to Moscow and then the week off following should be good to rest before finishing out the season.

Could be worse, Texas State had like their two bye weekends within three weeks of each other at the beginning of the season.

[NewApp]

It's about getting 4 days rest between games instead of 6...and then having to do it again.

We lost a very good offensive lineman in both of the Thursday games.

This is a bigger issue in the NFL because they only have 3 days rest for Thursday games and 20-year-olds recover quicker than 30-year-olds. But, this still matters.

One difference is, is that NFL players don't have to go to class, study, and take tests.

[hapapp]

Hopefully the Vandals are still a dumpster fire by the time we go to Moscow and then the week off following should be good to rest before finishing out the season.

Could be worse, Texas State had like their two bye weekends within three weeks of each other at the beginning of the season.

They are 2-3 in the conference and currently lead USA 24-0 in the first half.

[fjblair]

Begging out of Thursday games is a non-starter. If we didn't want weeknight games, we shouldn't have joined the Sun Belt (or moved up to FBS at all, for that matter).

Alternately, we could just start going 3-9 every year. That would keep the league from showcasing us in its primetime spots.

Nobody is begging out of Thursday games. Who the hell else is playing two in two weeks? It is a big deal.

[App91]

I don't want to take anything away from Ark St, I still think one of the main reasons we lost last night was our coaches failure to make adjustments in the second half, that's happened In the last 2 ball games. But there was no doubt our players looked exhausted in the second half, they looked slow, alot of arm tackling, and on offense, Lamb was being caught from behind the entire game, something that didn't happen in the first half of the season, the backs also seem slow, and were not able to break tackles for extra yds. We are really thin on the Ol, even when healthy, we didn't have much room for error, if we are going to take the next step, the freshman and redshirt freshman, have got to be ready to play next year, and somehow, we have to find a capable replacement for Blair, and depth on the DL. I agree, this schedule sucked, I don't know how much say our administration had in the scheduling, remember ESPN dictates alot of when we play, but, no one can disagree that this was one of the worst schedules we have ever had. I guess its the price of being on tv and playing FBS football.

This, 1000k times. I am not sure what happened in the locker room at half time. But a completely different team came out. They made great adjustments, and we either did not, could not, not sure. we certainly did not counter anything. Looked lost, out of place, arguing with each other and the ref's over calls. We lost our composure and for that we have to look at the staff. Will be interesting to see where we go from here, not really sure to be honest.

[NewApp]

When did we have to replace the center?