McNeese State Thread

[A1fan]

McNeese has lost one of its advantages over the Viks...the weather. Temperatures are going to be below average on Saturday and the evening game means no mid day sun. I hope the McNeese fans will have their hankies at the game for all the tears they will shed. /users/31/07/37/smiles/mw_thumb.gif

Five days away and today the temp at 7PM today is forecast to be 83 degrees but with the 94% humidity it will feel like 103 degrees.

Unless, we get a freak cool front before next Saturday (don't hold your breath on that one), next Saturday's temps won't be much different than today.

Doc

Either way the temp goes, you should be advised to take your hankies to the game.

 

[A1fan]

McNeese has lost one of its advantages over the Viks...the weather. Temperatures are going to be below average on Saturday and the evening game means no mid day sun. I hope the McNeese fans will have their hankies at the game for all the tears they will shed. /users/31/07/37/smiles/mw_thumb.gif

Ummm hummm.

Are you nervous? There has to be a lot of speculation going on in Portland about all the hype being given Jerry and the boys. Can they produce in their first game with new offensive and defensive schemes? Do you have enough wide receivers to keep the offense going for 4 quarters in the "below average" temperature next Saturday?

On the other hand, we know exactly what we are bringing to the field. The cowboys are experienced, focused and ready to go. There are a few players that were in PGE in 2004 so they will be looking to settle that score as well.

Please tell everyone that does make the game tailgating starts early on Saturday (actually Friday evening) so do not wait until late afternoon to come to the game. /users/31/07/37/smiles/595146.gif

If we make it to the tailgate we will say hello to your players. Drinking seems to be the thing to do in Mac Knees State. /users/31/07/37/smiles/smily40.gif

 

[cut41]

McNeese has lost one of its advantages over the Viks...the weather. Temperatures are going to be below average on Saturday and the evening game means no mid day sun. I hope the McNeese fans will have their hankies at the game for all the tears they will shed. /users/31/07/37/smiles/mw_thumb.gif

Ummm hummm.

Are you nervous? There has to be a lot of speculation going on in Portland about all the hype being given Jerry and the boys. Can they produce in their first game with new offensive and defensive schemes? Do you have enough wide receivers to keep the offense going for 4 quarters in the "below average" temperature next Saturday?

On the other hand, we know exactly what we are bringing to the field. The cowboys are experienced, focused and ready to go. There are a few players that were in PGE in 2004 so they will be looking to settle that score as well.

Please tell everyone that does make the game tailgating starts early on Saturday (actually Friday evening) so do not wait until late afternoon to come to the game. /users/31/07/37/smiles/595146.gif

If we make it to the tailgate we will say hello to your players. Drinking seems to be the thing to do in Mac Knees State. /users/31/07/37/smiles/smily40.gif

A1 good point, becuz I donnt tink acidemics iz the fokus at Mcneeeze St..Drinking on the other hand???

 

[PSUVikings2]

There are some MSU fans on their board that think they will win by 4 TDs /users/31/07/37/smiles/645213.gif

They're in for a rude awakening.

 

[Wyokie]

There are some MSU fans on their board that think they will win by 4 TDs /users/31/07/37/smiles/645213.gif

They're in for a rude awakening.

Gee, they sound like Virginia fans.

 

[JohnStOnge]

McNeese has lost one of its advantages over the Viks...the weather. Temperatures are going to be below average on Saturday and the evening game means no mid day sun. I hope the McNeese fans will have their hankies at the game for all the tears they will shed. /users/31/07/37/smiles/mw_thumb.gif

What I hope is that the forecast changes because right now it's saying 50% chance of rain...at least for the entire day. When you look at it it kind of looks like the area may be entering a rainy weather pattern.

Also hoping that if it does rain it's the typical summer pattern...where the rain falls in the afternoon but has mostly stopped by the time this game will be starting.

 

[WiViking]

Rain could help PSU, especially if it keeps the temperature @ a comfortable level.

 

[McNeese75]

McNeese has lost one of its advantages over the Viks...the weather. Temperatures are going to be below average on Saturday and the evening game means no mid day sun. I hope the McNeese fans will have their hankies at the game for all the tears they will shed. /users/31/07/37/smiles/mw_thumb.gif

Ummm hummm.

Are you nervous? There has to be a lot of speculation going on in Portland about all the hype being given Jerry and the boys. Can they produce in their first game with new offensive and defensive schemes? Do you have enough wide receivers to keep the offense going for 4 quarters in the "below average" temperature next Saturday?

On the other hand, we know exactly what we are bringing to the field. The cowboys are experienced, focused and ready to go. There are a few players that were in PGE in 2004 so they will be looking to settle that score as well.

Please tell everyone that does make the game tailgating starts early on Saturday (actually Friday evening) so do not wait until late afternoon to come to the game. /users/31/07/37/smiles/595146.gif

If we make it to the tailgate we will say hello to your players. Drinking seems to be the thing to do in Mac Knees State. /users/31/07/37/smiles/smily40.gif

Sorry to disappoint you but you will not find any of the players at the tailgate area. My post was to simply extend an invitation to those fans who are making the trip (I doubt you are). Those that come will find friendly McNeese fans who will talk football and offer all the food and drink they would like free of charge. This is more than I can say for your "tailgate" area in 2004 which offered all you could drink and eat as long as you could pay for it.

 

[McDABest]

There are some MSU fans on their board that think they will win by 4 TDs /users/31/07/37/smiles/645213.gif

They're in for a rude awakening.

/users/31/07/37/smiles/246125.gif Yeah, but some of your fans think ya'll will win by more than 2 T.D.'s too, but i'm not a believer in that. Anyone can win.

P.S. I think we will win by 1 or 2 T.D.'s at the max just because we are at home.

P.S. again: The "below average" weather is still pretty bad to me, and I'm in the stands ringing a cowbell.

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!!!

GEAUX COWBOYS!!

 

[McNeese72]

Rain could help PSU, especially if it keeps the temperature @ a comfortable level.

Not if it is just a quick afternoon thundershower. All that does is raise the humidity and when the sun comes back out the heat index goes through the roof. It is like being in a steambath.

The only way it would keep the heat index down would be if it was a long drawn out almost full day rain.

Doc

 

[A1fan]

Rain could help PSU, especially if it keeps the temperature @ a comfortable level.

Not if it is just a quick afternoon thundershower. All that does is raise the humidity and when the sun comes back out the heat index goes through the roof. It is like being in a steambath.

The only way it would keep the heat index down would be if it was a long drawn out almost full day rain.

Doc

I suppose that the weather will slow down the Vikings and keep the score close.

PSU 35 MSU 20

 

[PSUVikings2]

Ahh....that Crow gets bigger and uglier every day.

 

[FormerPokeCenter]

We can cook any kind of winged, finned, clawed or hoofed animal down heah in Louisiana. Y'all bring that big ole ugly crow with you when you come. We'll clear a space on the grill and cook him right, just for you.

In honor of Jerry Glanville, we'll prepare it "blackened!"

Considering you boys are from the Northwest, we'll go easy on the spices, just for y'all...

 

[martymoose]

Why am I picturing 'Mama' Boucher's cooking from The Waterboy?

 

[A1fan]

We can cook any kind of winged, finned, clawed or hoofed animal down heah in Louisiana. Y'all bring that big ole ugly crow with you when you come. We'll clear a space on the grill and cook him right, just for you.

In honor of Jerry Glanville, we'll prepare it "blackened!"

Considering you boys are from the Northwest, we'll go easy on the spices, just for y'all...

We'll bring a few bottles of Willamette Valley pinot to go with the Tillamook sharp, Hood River pears (one bite will cool the palate), Jubillee(made from Southern Oregon bings), and, to top it off, the finest Washington County strawberries. Save room in your coolers.

 

[VikThunder1]

Stick with what works when predicting McNeese season (8/27)

http://www.americanpress.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1559&Itemid=96

By GARY LANEY AMERICAN PRESS

This job has gotten more complicated over the years.

Every year, I reserve the Sunday afternoon before the season opener to review what I saw in McNeese State's August camp, pour over reports from opposing camps and boldly project the Cowboys' season results.

After hours of deliberation, scientific data cross-referencing, and review by both an audit board and a scholarly panel of my peers, the results would be published for your consumption.

But that's a lie.

Truth be told, the Sunday before the opener every year, I'd write a column predicting McNeese would go 9-2 and be in the field of 16 in the Division I-AA playoffs.

It was always a no-brainer.

This is McNeese we're talking about. The Cowboys are supposed to make the playoffs. They are supposed to win eight games on an off year, 10 or 11 on a good year.

It was easy, something you can pound out on the keyboard and be done in time for Sunday brunch. Say nine wins. Take the criticism for "bad-mouthing" them by saying they might possibly lose twice. But be safe from being called a homer, because if you pick them at 10-1, well, the critics will say you're just pumping up your team.

Nine and two. It sounded just right. I'd file it away and pull it out the last weekend of each August, dress it up with some justifications until the column was done, then file it away again until the next year (the irony is, since I became the beat writer in the 1998 season, McNeese has finished 9-2 just once).

But these last three seasons have changed things.

Even after a Southland Conference championship run last season, the Cowboys are a mere 16-16 with one playoff game in the last three seasons. Once a program that was slotted on most postseason projections before the season even started, McNeese now gets looked at with a healthy dose of skepticism.

In the last few years, McNeese has seen teams, and I'm not talking about BCS teams, put up 50 points. In the last few years, the Cowboys have seen a midseason coaching change. They've seen Nicholls State — Nicholls State! — celebrate a conference championship after beating the Cowboys. And they've seen Texas State — Texas State! — beat them three years in a row.

So the days of calling for a 9-2 season without giving it a second thought are over.

Now, the research I acted like I was doing in years past is a necessity. Fortunately, in the YouTube era, I can not only read up on McNeese's opposition, I can actually watch them.

So there I was late Saturday and Sunday morning, reading Ian Ruder's Portland State blog on OregonLive.com and the Advertiser's Dan McDonald's accounts from Louisiana-Lafayette (or should I say, University of Louisiana, as the Advertiser calls it) training camp.

I have created an account on anygivensaturday.com, a message board for fans of the FCS to find out who's being arrested at Texas State (a wide receiver named Alex Darley over the weekend) and who's getting transfers (Sam Houston State, but what's new about that?).

I reviewed interviews from the Southland Conference media days, which is now streamed online as the conference attempts to offset the lack of actual TV coverage, since Fox SportsNet seems more interested in broadcasting high school games these days.

I put all that data in front of me and took into account McNeese's three preseason all-Americans and about 17 returning starters from a team that was fitted for SLC rings.

I poured it together, cross-referenced it, had it all audited and professionally reviewed. And I came up with ...

9-2.

 

[FormerPokeCenter]

Hey A1fan,

I think I've had me some of that there Willamette Valley pinot, cher. Boone's Farm puts that out, right? I like the late July 2007 vintage best, myself...

Y'all bring all that stuff and any other critter y'all gots that needs cookin. We'll fix it up right....

I don't think y'all got to worry much about the heat this year. It's gonna be nice and cool for gametime, only in the high 80's, low 90's. The humidity ain't gonna be that bead neither. Prolly somewhere in the high 50%, low 60% range.

It'll be comfortable....

 

[A1fan]

Yo Poke,

Ya'll might be able to fool those cowboys down thar but this Oregon cowboy knows it'll be near 80 at game time and in the high 70's shortly after. I'll bet ya a pound of Poke Salad...Don't bother grilling it!

 

[McTailGator]

Yo Poke,

Ya'll might be able to fool those cowboys down thar but this Oregon cowboy knows it'll be near 80 at game time and in the high 70's shortly after. I'll bet ya a pound of Poke Salad...Don't bother grilling it!

We wish,

But heat index today is 103, humidy is 86%. No wind.


Elvis has his tickets.

 

[PSUVikings2]

Yo Poke,

Ya'll might be able to fool those cowboys down thar but this Oregon cowboy knows it'll be near 80 at game time and in the high 70's shortly after. I'll bet ya a pound of Poke Salad...Don't bother grilling it!

We wish,

But heat index today is 103, humidy is 86%. No wind.


Elvis has his tickets.

So has Farmer Fran

Don't worry, after PSU wins you "-liv-a-pay-anoda-day!"