[Knucklehead]

Wish I could have been at the game, but it was my son's birthday and we had a huge party.
Incidentally if you ever think it's a good idea to take 15 12-14 year olds fishing at the same time, it's not.

[Cider Jim]

Knuckle, any time you need fishing reinforcements, let me know (and I even have a small jon boat). And I'm a former scoutmaster, so I do really well with that age group.

[Rocketfan]

Knuckle, any time you need fishing reinforcements, let me know (and I even have a small jon boat). And I'm a former scoutmaster, so I do really well with that age group.

aka - im bored with life, please give me something to do.

[Knucklehead]

Knuckle, any time you need fishing reinforcements, let me know (and I even have a small jon boat). And I'm a former scoutmaster, so I do really well with that age group.

YEA, help. Will do!
The on and off rain didn't help. We ended up crammed under a little shelter off the back of the inlaws house for cake and whatnot.
I can't believe I'm the parent of a teen. Man am I ever old!

[Cider Jim]

aka - im bored with life, please give me something to do.

Not really, Rocket, but I have no kids of my own, so I'm always willing to help people with theirs, especially if it involves the outdoors--fishing, hiking, camping, baseball.

[BJWilliams]

The offense pretty much dominated the entire spring. There were some good moments for the defense but they were just that...moments. I dont want to see us have to get in a shootout with some of the bigger teams on the schedule (like YSU)

Do you know anything about Youngstown other than they're a name? Seriously, I'm asking. Because if you did, you'd know their offense wasn't that great right now. You should've used Elon for an example.

Youngstown was the first school to come to mind, but Elon is going to be a HUGE game for us as well. They obviously showed last year that they can score a lot and in a hurry, and there is a very real chance that we could have a 14 game home winning streak going into that game. My point is we can't expect the offense to be the only thing that produces big.

I decided to do a little research and here are the number of points allowed over the course of the last 2 years:

2006

vs. St Paul's- 0 points
vs. Glenville St.- 7 points
vs. Towson (A)- 10 points
vs. Savannah State (A)- 0 points
vs. Wake Forest (A)- 34 points
vs. William and Mary- 14 points
vs. Gardner-Webb- 27 points
vs. Coastal Carolina (A)- 28 points
vs Western Carolina- 0 points
vs. Charleston Southern- 20 points
vs. VMI (A)- 32 points

2007
vs. Tusculum- 14 points
vs. Shippensburg- 14 points
vs. William and Mary (A)- 48 points
vs. Elon (A)- 42 points
vs. St. Francis (PA)- 10 points
vs. Toledo (A)- 35 points
vs. Charleston Southern (A)- 10 points
vs. Presbyterian- 14 points
vs. Coastal Carolina- 24 points
vs. VMI- 34 points
vs. Gardner-Webb (A)- 0 points

We can put up a lot of points, that is for sure. The question for me is, are we going to be able to consistently stop the other team. in 2006 we allowed 30 or more points 2 times (1-1 record). In 2007 we allowed 30 or more points 4 times (1-3 record). In 2006 we allowed 10 or fewer points 5 times (4-1 record). In 2007 we allowed 10 or fewer points 3 times (3-0 record). As reekingly obvious as this may sound, If we can get the defense that has allowed 10 or fewer points 8 times in 2 years and won 7 of those games, we'll be fine. If we get the defense that has allowed 30 or more points 6 times in 2 years and lost 4 of them, this could be a disappointing year even if we do defend the conference title.

[SuperJon]

BJ, you just can't look at scores and look at one side. In 2007, I think it's safe to say we gave up more points due to our 2nd team guys playing a lot in the fourth quarter.

[BJWilliams]

That may be true about our second team Jon, all Im saying is that I know that this is a team that can shut teams down. Are we going to get the defense that shut many opponents down (including CCU for most of that game), or are we going to get the team that was lit up by Elon and W&M

I looked at the numbers. I know we can score with the best of em. We cant get into a wild west shootout each and every time out though. Im not saying we are, I just think that it wouldnt be the best thing for us.