Georgia State will go 8-3. It will, however, lose 51-10 at Houston on Sept. 24. Which, when you consider the Panthers lost 63-7 at Alabama last season, will be a sign of progress.If we go 8-3 in 2011, I'll do backflips down Decatur Street. This would be an tremendous success.
Showing posts with label Kendall Houston. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kendall Houston. Show all posts
Friday, June 10, 2011
AJC: Georgia State Football Goes 8-3 in 2011
Not much in depth but a score prediction from the AJC's Mark Bradley:
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Checking In With Our Football Opponents: Houston
From my fellow SB Nation colleague Rivers McCown:
Read the Full Blog Entry at SB Nation Houston.
it was nice to see the White (defense) beat the Red (offense) in a 43-34 game that marked the end of the spring football season. UH has been held back by it's defense for a number of years, so any sign of optimism is a welcome one.
Cotton Turner started for the Red team, as Case Keenum is still recovering from his ACL injuries, and threw for 162 yards and two TD's. David Piland, who led the offense at the end of last year, tacked on 127 yards and a TD on 14-20 passing. The running game? Again, not much of a focus for the Coogs offense. Randall Hollimon led the charge with 62 yards on seven rushes.
Jon Witten recorded a team-high 10 tackles, and the White team managed six sacks (12 points) and seven defensive stops (7 points). D.J. Jones, a sophomore, notched the lone interception for the defense. The White team did still allow 643 yards of total offense, but if they're able to hold offenses of UH's caliber to 34 points, the Cougars may be able to win some of the shootouts that they couldn't last season.
Read the Full Blog Entry at SB Nation Houston.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
GSU Football Heading to FBS Houston
Via GSU Sports Communications:
The Georgia State football team will face its second Football Bowl Subdivision opponent next fall as the Panthers play at Houston, Director of Athletics Cheryl L. Levick and Head Football Coach Bill Curry announced.
The GSU-Houston contest is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011 at Robertson Stadium, which seats 32,000. Kickoff time is to be determined.
“We are very pleased to announce a game with a quality FBS program like Houston,” said Levick. “Attractive intersectional matchups like this raise the profile of Georgia State football and help us build our program.”
“This game presents another tremendous opportunity for our football team to test itself against a strong Houston program on their home field,” said Curry. “Houston has an impressive coach in Kevin Sumlin and an outstanding quarterback in Case Keenum, who was injured this season but has been granted a sixth year of eligibility.”
Ken Sugiura of the AJC reports that the payout is expected to be $300,000 from the Conference USA school. Quite a bit lower than what Alabama paid but the Tide also have much deeper pockets and a stadium nearly 3 times as big as the Cougars.
The Georgia State football team will face its second Football Bowl Subdivision opponent next fall as the Panthers play at Houston, Director of Athletics Cheryl L. Levick and Head Football Coach Bill Curry announced.
The GSU-Houston contest is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011 at Robertson Stadium, which seats 32,000. Kickoff time is to be determined.
“We are very pleased to announce a game with a quality FBS program like Houston,” said Levick. “Attractive intersectional matchups like this raise the profile of Georgia State football and help us build our program.”
“This game presents another tremendous opportunity for our football team to test itself against a strong Houston program on their home field,” said Curry. “Houston has an impressive coach in Kevin Sumlin and an outstanding quarterback in Case Keenum, who was injured this season but has been granted a sixth year of eligibility.”
Ken Sugiura of the AJC reports that the payout is expected to be $300,000 from the Conference USA school. Quite a bit lower than what Alabama paid but the Tide also have much deeper pockets and a stadium nearly 3 times as big as the Cougars.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Today was an important day for GSU Football
We've basically put the cabash on FBS talk on PantherTalk.com message boards recently and for good reason. It was getting just plain nuts. Many of those (including your humble blogger) who know how we are building and the potential is there.
So the title of this post indicates that today is especially important. I'll tell you why in a second.
I recently said the next 12-24 months will be extremely fascinating for those who follow our program. We are building and preparing for the CAA in 2012. There is some debate whether there will be a conference to join because of the expected pending move of Rhode Island to the NEC and Villanova to the Big East.
Speaking of the Big East (see I told you I'd get to the point): Today the conference presidents voted to go forward with an expansion plan that would increase the football playing membership from eight to 10 teams. From ESPN.com: "The cheers you heard were from athletic directors and coaches at the football schools, who long had wanted to add teams to help with scheduling. The Big East has survived as an eight-team league since 2005, but as the Big Ten and Pac-10 have expanded and more possible conference re-alignment in the future looms, the conference knew it had to get bigger or face extinction."
Read more via the ESPN.com Link
So you ask yourself, self what could this mean? Is Georgia State headed to the Big East? Not so fast, my friend (as the Sunshine Scooter Lee Corso would say).
First in line is likely the aforementioned Villanova. They have the plan in place and are the only non-football members of the Big East that is prepared to dive in head first. The next spot would be for the most attractive. There are rumors about TCU making a bid (leaving the WAC), Houston or Central Florida (leaving Conference USA) or even Temple (leaving the MAC). I believe it will likely be Temple as they are a hot team right now and have locked up another winning season after taking over a greasefire.
So then what? CAA football loses a member (likely 2 with URI moving on) and so does the MAC (which is not an attractive landing spot). What happens in 2014 when the current BCS agreement expires? I believe the Plus One game (1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3 and the winner in the BCS Title game the following week) is all but a formality. Again, what does that has to do with us?
The Big East will absolutely want to expand either to 12 or 16 teams by the time the BCS agreement is up. Whether that want develops into a plan, is another question but this is only the first step. If they look into emerging programs from Conference USA or the Sun Belt to fill those spots, guess what just opened up? Yep. Spots on the board. You do the math but I believe once again, patience is our best friend.
So the title of this post indicates that today is especially important. I'll tell you why in a second.
I recently said the next 12-24 months will be extremely fascinating for those who follow our program. We are building and preparing for the CAA in 2012. There is some debate whether there will be a conference to join because of the expected pending move of Rhode Island to the NEC and Villanova to the Big East.
Speaking of the Big East (see I told you I'd get to the point): Today the conference presidents voted to go forward with an expansion plan that would increase the football playing membership from eight to 10 teams. From ESPN.com: "The cheers you heard were from athletic directors and coaches at the football schools, who long had wanted to add teams to help with scheduling. The Big East has survived as an eight-team league since 2005, but as the Big Ten and Pac-10 have expanded and more possible conference re-alignment in the future looms, the conference knew it had to get bigger or face extinction."
Read more via the ESPN.com Link
So you ask yourself, self what could this mean? Is Georgia State headed to the Big East? Not so fast, my friend (as the Sunshine Scooter Lee Corso would say).
First in line is likely the aforementioned Villanova. They have the plan in place and are the only non-football members of the Big East that is prepared to dive in head first. The next spot would be for the most attractive. There are rumors about TCU making a bid (leaving the WAC), Houston or Central Florida (leaving Conference USA) or even Temple (leaving the MAC). I believe it will likely be Temple as they are a hot team right now and have locked up another winning season after taking over a greasefire.
So then what? CAA football loses a member (likely 2 with URI moving on) and so does the MAC (which is not an attractive landing spot). What happens in 2014 when the current BCS agreement expires? I believe the Plus One game (1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3 and the winner in the BCS Title game the following week) is all but a formality. Again, what does that has to do with us?
The Big East will absolutely want to expand either to 12 or 16 teams by the time the BCS agreement is up. Whether that want develops into a plan, is another question but this is only the first step. If they look into emerging programs from Conference USA or the Sun Belt to fill those spots, guess what just opened up? Yep. Spots on the board. You do the math but I believe once again, patience is our best friend.
Tuesday Quick Hitters - 11.2.10
Good Morning and Happy Tuesday Panther Nation! The football team is not practicing today and giving the players a chance to rest their bodies as we came out of the South Alabama pretty beat up.
I wanted to hit a few topics of discussion that we've seen on the boards and in conversations:
1) Moving to FBS - Talk is premature right now. Let's put a moratorium on it for a bit. It's great to have dreams but enjoy the next 2 games as the 1st year is winding down.
2) This Saturday is our last home game. Help us honor the 5 seniors on this team and let's send them out with a huge crowd. Try to bring at least one person who hasn't been to a game yet this year. I'm going to bring two of my friends (one is a GSU grad who hasn't been to a game yet) and will be hanging out at the PantherTalk.com tailgate in the Orange lot. Come by and say hello.
3) Being critical of coaches. I've been a fan of a major BCS conference program with 50 years of playing history behind it. Before you go on a board or in public and critique what any of our coaching staff is doing take a breath, count to 10 and realize that you have no body of work to judge. Coach Curry and his staff evaluate every play, every practice and every player. I'm confident that they put our players in the best position to succeed. Support them and support our teams.
On to the links...
Ken S from the AJC previews Lamar: AJC Link
South Alabama's Joey Jones recaps our game:
On Saturday’s win over Georgia State: Boxscore News Link
“I’m real excited about the win Saturday. I thought we played well. I didn’t think we came to play the second half like we normally do. We talked to our players about it at halftime. It’s happened so many times where we’re up at halftime, and we tell them to play their best in the second half and play like it was the very first play of the game. I don’t know that we did that, and that’s my responsibility to make sure they do so. But there have been so many times where a team would just fold, and they [Georgia State] didn’t fold. I think we learned a big lesson there. I never felt like we were going to lose the game, but we had to make first downs on that last drive.
"They were so hot on offense that last quarter, that I didn’t want to give them the ball back and give them the chance to win it. But we called timeout and brought the offense over, and the offensive line and Kendall Houston took over. He broke tackles and just did a great job. That’s a good feeling to close a game out like that and not give the other team a chance. That says a lot about the guts of our players.”
My take: Give credit where credit is due but I had the prevailing feeling at halftime that our offense would roar back and told my wife as much. Our offense is really only being stopped by its own mistakes (fumbles & INTs). As Coach Bond said yesterday, he's very comfortable with our passing game right now that he almost has to catch himself from calling pass heavy game plans.
Updated Sagarin Ratings: South Alabama drops to #111 with the wins vs. us. We sit at #185 and our opponent this week, Lamar, is currently ranked #204. AL.com Link
Checking In With Our Opponents with Bob R from the Examiner: Our opponents have a cumulative win-loss record of 47-42 (.528 Winning %) after a 5-3 week. Examiner Link
I look forward to seeing you Saturday at the Dome. Beat Lamar!
I wanted to hit a few topics of discussion that we've seen on the boards and in conversations:
1) Moving to FBS - Talk is premature right now. Let's put a moratorium on it for a bit. It's great to have dreams but enjoy the next 2 games as the 1st year is winding down.
2) This Saturday is our last home game. Help us honor the 5 seniors on this team and let's send them out with a huge crowd. Try to bring at least one person who hasn't been to a game yet this year. I'm going to bring two of my friends (one is a GSU grad who hasn't been to a game yet) and will be hanging out at the PantherTalk.com tailgate in the Orange lot. Come by and say hello.
3) Being critical of coaches. I've been a fan of a major BCS conference program with 50 years of playing history behind it. Before you go on a board or in public and critique what any of our coaching staff is doing take a breath, count to 10 and realize that you have no body of work to judge. Coach Curry and his staff evaluate every play, every practice and every player. I'm confident that they put our players in the best position to succeed. Support them and support our teams.
On to the links...
Ken S from the AJC previews Lamar: AJC Link
South Alabama's Joey Jones recaps our game:
On Saturday’s win over Georgia State: Boxscore News Link
“I’m real excited about the win Saturday. I thought we played well. I didn’t think we came to play the second half like we normally do. We talked to our players about it at halftime. It’s happened so many times where we’re up at halftime, and we tell them to play their best in the second half and play like it was the very first play of the game. I don’t know that we did that, and that’s my responsibility to make sure they do so. But there have been so many times where a team would just fold, and they [Georgia State] didn’t fold. I think we learned a big lesson there. I never felt like we were going to lose the game, but we had to make first downs on that last drive.
"They were so hot on offense that last quarter, that I didn’t want to give them the ball back and give them the chance to win it. But we called timeout and brought the offense over, and the offensive line and Kendall Houston took over. He broke tackles and just did a great job. That’s a good feeling to close a game out like that and not give the other team a chance. That says a lot about the guts of our players.”
My take: Give credit where credit is due but I had the prevailing feeling at halftime that our offense would roar back and told my wife as much. Our offense is really only being stopped by its own mistakes (fumbles & INTs). As Coach Bond said yesterday, he's very comfortable with our passing game right now that he almost has to catch himself from calling pass heavy game plans.
Updated Sagarin Ratings: South Alabama drops to #111 with the wins vs. us. We sit at #185 and our opponent this week, Lamar, is currently ranked #204. AL.com Link
Checking In With Our Opponents with Bob R from the Examiner: Our opponents have a cumulative win-loss record of 47-42 (.528 Winning %) after a 5-3 week. Examiner Link
I look forward to seeing you Saturday at the Dome. Beat Lamar!
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