Thoughts on the frogs?
Disciples of GP: What can I say? The last 2 wks off following “that which shall never be spoken of again” has been tough. I’ve consulted 5 different shrinks, 2 ministers, and a homeless man dressed as a wizard. All said the same thing: “you’re not going to find solace in the drugs, booze, and the occasional game of Russian Roulette that you continue to search for answers in, you must acknowledge what happened and talk about it” So, much like a rape victim, I will try to do that. We lost to Utah. There I said it. We lost to a team that we dominated and would beat 9 out of 10 times handily. We had 2 missed FG’s and were twice sacked on 3rd down taking us out of FG range. Trade us their cyborg kicker (who can make those longer range FG’s) and the game is ours 24-7, probably 24-0. Losing that way, in that big of a game, with everything at stake, well that is about as bad as it gets. I can’t really find a lot of fault outside of the obvious special teams (and a fairly stagnant offense), because we absolutely are a better team and we played better until we hit some sort of rift in the natural universal order of things when we ran into a team on “their night.” You know what I’m talking about. Everyone here has played and watched enough sports to know that twisting feeling you get in your gut indicating it’s a team’s “night.” Sometimes it’s not clear until after the game, often watching a team you’re very emotionally invested in blurs your ability to see it, but this was one of those “the stars aren’t aligned, the ball isn’t bouncing our way, it just isn’t your MOTHER FUCKING night” type games. Sorry, but after going all the way to Utah to watch the universe conspire against me, I needed to get that out…I feel a little better, but not really. I now look at the BCS and wonder the possibilities- will Org St. win out enabling the Pac-10 two teams in the BCS? A Pac 10 we have dominated. Which 7-3 team- #22 North Carolina, #25 Maryland, or #23 Miami will be the ACC’s representative? What about the Big East, will it be the winner of #19 Cincy and #20 Pitt this wk that decides their rep? Maybe Missouri ends up wining the Big 12 and we can see the following 10 BCS teams this year:
Big 12: Missouri and TTU/OU/UT
SEC: Winner of AL/FL
Pac 10: Org St and USC
Big 10: Peeeeen State
ACC: North Carolina/Maryland/Miami
Big East: Cincy/Pitt
At large: AL/FL loser or Ohio St
At large: Non BCS Utah, Boise, or WTF BYU???
Not likely it plays out like this- but mark my words 60-70% of teams that end up going to a BCS bowl this year couldn’t hold this Frog team’s jock. Terrible. It’s not so much the BCS that bothers me though. I think we have a team that can play with just about anybody and I want to see them go to a bowl to face an opponent that will allow the seniors to showcase how good they really are. Regardless of whatever money the bowl we end up going to decides to throw at us- I’d vote to play in the Southwestern Tijuana County Chiclet Piñata Stuffers Union Dot Com Bowl if you told me we could play a good top tier team. BCS and money all aside- I want to play someone besides a #8 Pac 10 team in any bowl that would accommodate it. Why you ask??? Because THEY deserve it. Not us the fans, nor dare I say the administration- but for them. They’re better than that. This senior class deserves the chance to show how good they really are.
As far as the G-Pa situation goes, obviously I hope he stays. Hearing that fake announcement was without a doubt a low point of my life. He “fits” in Fort Worth. Fort Worth isn’t the kind of town that needs, respects, or desires a “slick” talking fly-by-night coach. Fort Worth embraces its past, and is proud of its heritage- kind of like GP who plays a speed driven modern day version of old school smash mouth football and who has dedicated a decade of his career to building a program at TCU. A man who is more concerned about the kids and coaching the game than with looking good on TV at half time or preparing for his next job interview. He’s a defensive genius and a proven winner who has shown he can recruit, develop, and coach talent. Our program’s trajectory is pointing straight up between momentum, recruits, and facilities we have both built and are about to build. The MWC has proven itself to be the #3 conference in the country this year, and hopefully can continue to build on that.
If GP does go, I do understand and I will hope the best for him. I think if he did leave, whoever ended up with him would be getting not only a great football mind, but also a great person. I can only hope that the school administration does whatever is necessary to keep him. I think every TCU fan and maybe even Fort Worth to a certain extent owes him some gratitude. He has given the town and the school a lot throughout his tenure, and it’s reaching the point to where he’ll have to decide between leaving for any number of lucrative higher profile jobs or finishing the game…finishing the game and truly becoming TCU’s G-Pa by completing what he’s been building for over a decade. Finishing the game in something that no doubt ends with his statue outside the stadium and his name ensconced in record books and trophy cases.
I will be at the Air Force game from kickoff until those seniors leave the home field for the last time. These guys have given the fans and the university a hell of a lot in their 4 years at TCU and deserve to be properly honored. I will stand in the stadium until the last one has left the field, and pay my respects to them and our coach, G-Pa. Some say our guys won’t be up for this game. Some say G-Pa is probably gone after this year. I am but a simple fan with only history and passion as my compass, both of which lead me to Section X of Amon G Carter Stadium at 2:30 this coming Saturday, where I will remain until we finish the game.
“You remember the stories John use to tell us about the three Chinamen playing Fantan? This guy runs up to them and says, "Hey, the world's coming to an end!" and the first one says, "Well, I best go to the mission and pray," and the second one says, "Well, hell, I'm gonna go and buy me a case of Mescal and six whores," and the third one says "Well, I'm gonna finish the game."........ I shall finish the game, Doc. –Billy the Kid
SchultzHater: My Status on November 20th, 2008
It happens every year for me. The point in every frog season where I have to sign off. Good bye. I need to consider my health. Depression kills you know.
I know this feeling – kind of like a break-up…but one of those where you’re pretty sure you just might be getting back together soon, you just don’t know when…..
So life is getting slowly less sports-internet dominated…I am working a little more now and I seem to be a little more interested in my nieces and nephews soccer games. I have blocked certain sports sites…yep, I blocked ESPN from my computer. College Football is dead to me.
I am only going to give one reason I am feeling this low and only because I am so painfully reminded of this today……
#1 Our Bowl tie-ins suck dick.
I am through with the Fort Worth Bowl, the Poinsettia, and all the rest of the shit bowls we get to play in every year against the 5th and 6th best team from a BCS conference – or even better – a good non-bcs team. A 6-6 Baylor team gets to play in a better bowl game than us….
So about the game, yep that one…..
No details on the game, but everyone saw it, we threw the game away and there is only one place to put blame…sorry GPa, this is your best team and you blew it by allowing so many mistakes (we are one of the most penalized teams in college football). The mediocrity on offense and bad special teams sealed the deal. I don’t believe that it was “their” night, we didn’t put them away, it could have been ours. It wouldn’t be as painful if we weren’t soooo much better than Utah.
Question: Take the top 5 teams in football today, would ANY of these teams put a punt returner on the field that can’t run? Would any of these teams be happy about winning by 1 point? The Florida’s and the Oklahoma’s don’t stop until they’re up by 50.
On a lighter note, I got some great news…I have officially figured out Shultz and I feel bad for bashing him in the past, the poor guy has bi-polar disorder – and he needs to stay on his medication during games….
Side Note: BYU will beat Utah. I am going to bet the farm on the Cougs in that one, it’s my lock of the year (so far I am 2-5 on my ‘locks of the year”)
Another side note: All said and done, I do appreciate the fact that GPa is a real coach in a world where a head coach resembles a CEO far too often.
So next year Frogs, next year, I cannot WAIT for the awesome home games our administration has put together. Did you hear SW Texas State is coming to town? How about smu or the tough Cowboys from Wyoming…….I’m so excited…….way to give your fans some excitement…..fucking idiots…
I will be there Saturday, mostly because the players deserve a good crowd. They are top 10 football team this year and should have another chance to show how good they are in a bowl game that has less than 4 words.
Same game fans, same game. The good news is that we should be excited about the future…….yeah…..another 9 months till the 2009 season….
Dear coach GPa,
Go ahead and leave if you have to, I will still be appreciative of what you have accomplished in your 8 years. But I am going to warn you……you won’t be happier somewhere else. If you do leave for a big time BCS program, understand that they will skin you alive after one season with Shultz. And the people that hired you will FORCE you to fire him or they will fire you.
Also, the control over just about everything else in your program won’t even be close to what you have now.
TCU has been good to you and has watched you mature into a great coach over time. You’re thankful for that, it’s going to be hard for you, I know, but if you have to leave, I understand. We play big time college football at a high level but not on the big stage.
However if you do want a National Championship, your best shot just might be at TCU. Someday soon we will have a playoff system (Obama said so) and when that happens you can forget about the BCS hurdle.
I don’t want to see your next stop end short; I don’t want to see you coaching a MAC team playing Kent State on Tuesday night 3 years from now. We will forgive you for going 7-5 two seasons in a row, most other “big time” programs will not. They don’t know you. They don’t care about you. They have to win, and if you don’t….your gone….maybe even after 2 years….you’re a nobody to them, only a coach that can win games, but if you don’t win…..which is likely with a struggling team in a BCS conference…you’re done….mark it down. I am trying to warn you. You have an enormous amount of leniency at TCU; you won’t even come close to that elsewhere. So go….go and give away what you have built over the last 8 years at TCU….but don’t forget….coaches come and go 99% of the time in college football….TCU will still be a football program in 3 years….will you still be a top head coach?
Q&A:____________________________________________
Disciples of GP: Do you think it is un-American to root against Air Force? Does the fact that we are at war impact your opinion?
SchultzHater: Air Force, Army, Navy, I could care less. Yes, root against them, even hate them – but only once a year when they play your team. Every other week you should root for the Academy teams or you are not American – at least not a good one anyway. But College Football has nothing to do with these organizations. It is sport. I do however have a soft spot for these teams due to the poor athletes they seem to field every year. At least something can be said of the discipline they have for turning out victories despite having a running back that runs a 5.2 in the 40. Being at war you say? Ummm, no, doesn’t change anything. But seriously, every other week I am rooting for them….unless they are playing a team that could increase our strength of schedule….or a team in the MWC….
Disciples of GP: Is it racist to root for Air Force when they are playing other teams b/c they have a bunch of scrawny white dudes that look smaller and slower than me? What about the feeling of superiority I have when I see my Frogs lined up against this athletically challenged AF opponent and my corresponding militant like hatred towards the Air Force and everything involving airplanes or eagles? Or am I way off base and the Academy is racist for only recruiting slow white people?
SchultzHater: Why would a good athlete choose a military academy over TCU or any “normal” school to play ball? The ones that do are a lot better than me. You get 4 years on the field and then 4 more in the service – probably at war. I root for any Academy team all the time for this reason. In fact, they are one team I wouldn’t want to run up the score on. It’s not racist to root for slow white guys whose only experience on the football field was playing Tuba in their high school marching band. It’s like rooting for a beagle in a pit bull ring when watching the Academy teams. You want to see the beagle put up a fight. And should the Beagle win? We should never lose to one of these teams, but hell, sometimes it happens (last year at AF, omg – how depressing was that)….…I am not sure about your hatred for eagles and airplanes, maybe you should go consult your homeless wizard on that one.
Disciples of GP: Game prediction?
SchultzHater: I am not going to predict a score on this one and because there is an enormous difference in talent and the only way to properly describe this game is to come up with some analogies, like…
Air Force playing TCU is like………
-Britney Spears trying to put on panties
-USC trying to take on the showboys (cowboys)
Disciples of GP: What can I say? The last 2 wks off following “that which shall never be spoken of again” has been tough. I’ve consulted 5 different shrinks, 2 ministers, and a homeless man dressed as a wizard. All said the same thing: “you’re not going to find solace in the drugs, booze, and the occasional game of Russian Roulette that you continue to search for answers in, you must acknowledge what happened and talk about it” So, much like a rape victim, I will try to do that. We lost to Utah. There I said it. We lost to a team that we dominated and would beat 9 out of 10 times handily. We had 2 missed FG’s and were twice sacked on 3rd down taking us out of FG range. Trade us their cyborg kicker (who can make those longer range FG’s) and the game is ours 24-7, probably 24-0. Losing that way, in that big of a game, with everything at stake, well that is about as bad as it gets. I can’t really find a lot of fault outside of the obvious special teams (and a fairly stagnant offense), because we absolutely are a better team and we played better until we hit some sort of rift in the natural universal order of things when we ran into a team on “their night.” You know what I’m talking about. Everyone here has played and watched enough sports to know that twisting feeling you get in your gut indicating it’s a team’s “night.” Sometimes it’s not clear until after the game, often watching a team you’re very emotionally invested in blurs your ability to see it, but this was one of those “the stars aren’t aligned, the ball isn’t bouncing our way, it just isn’t your MOTHER FUCKING night” type games. Sorry, but after going all the way to Utah to watch the universe conspire against me, I needed to get that out…I feel a little better, but not really. I now look at the BCS and wonder the possibilities- will Org St. win out enabling the Pac-10 two teams in the BCS? A Pac 10 we have dominated. Which 7-3 team- #22 North Carolina, #25 Maryland, or #23 Miami will be the ACC’s representative? What about the Big East, will it be the winner of #19 Cincy and #20 Pitt this wk that decides their rep? Maybe Missouri ends up wining the Big 12 and we can see the following 10 BCS teams this year:
Big 12: Missouri and TTU/OU/UT
SEC: Winner of AL/FL
Pac 10: Org St and USC
Big 10: Peeeeen State
ACC: North Carolina/Maryland/Miami
Big East: Cincy/Pitt
At large: AL/FL loser or Ohio St
At large: Non BCS Utah, Boise, or WTF BYU???
Not likely it plays out like this- but mark my words 60-70% of teams that end up going to a BCS bowl this year couldn’t hold this Frog team’s jock. Terrible. It’s not so much the BCS that bothers me though. I think we have a team that can play with just about anybody and I want to see them go to a bowl to face an opponent that will allow the seniors to showcase how good they really are. Regardless of whatever money the bowl we end up going to decides to throw at us- I’d vote to play in the Southwestern Tijuana County Chiclet Piñata Stuffers Union Dot Com Bowl if you told me we could play a good top tier team. BCS and money all aside- I want to play someone besides a #8 Pac 10 team in any bowl that would accommodate it. Why you ask??? Because THEY deserve it. Not us the fans, nor dare I say the administration- but for them. They’re better than that. This senior class deserves the chance to show how good they really are.
As far as the G-Pa situation goes, obviously I hope he stays. Hearing that fake announcement was without a doubt a low point of my life. He “fits” in Fort Worth. Fort Worth isn’t the kind of town that needs, respects, or desires a “slick” talking fly-by-night coach. Fort Worth embraces its past, and is proud of its heritage- kind of like GP who plays a speed driven modern day version of old school smash mouth football and who has dedicated a decade of his career to building a program at TCU. A man who is more concerned about the kids and coaching the game than with looking good on TV at half time or preparing for his next job interview. He’s a defensive genius and a proven winner who has shown he can recruit, develop, and coach talent. Our program’s trajectory is pointing straight up between momentum, recruits, and facilities we have both built and are about to build. The MWC has proven itself to be the #3 conference in the country this year, and hopefully can continue to build on that.
If GP does go, I do understand and I will hope the best for him. I think if he did leave, whoever ended up with him would be getting not only a great football mind, but also a great person. I can only hope that the school administration does whatever is necessary to keep him. I think every TCU fan and maybe even Fort Worth to a certain extent owes him some gratitude. He has given the town and the school a lot throughout his tenure, and it’s reaching the point to where he’ll have to decide between leaving for any number of lucrative higher profile jobs or finishing the game…finishing the game and truly becoming TCU’s G-Pa by completing what he’s been building for over a decade. Finishing the game in something that no doubt ends with his statue outside the stadium and his name ensconced in record books and trophy cases.
I will be at the Air Force game from kickoff until those seniors leave the home field for the last time. These guys have given the fans and the university a hell of a lot in their 4 years at TCU and deserve to be properly honored. I will stand in the stadium until the last one has left the field, and pay my respects to them and our coach, G-Pa. Some say our guys won’t be up for this game. Some say G-Pa is probably gone after this year. I am but a simple fan with only history and passion as my compass, both of which lead me to Section X of Amon G Carter Stadium at 2:30 this coming Saturday, where I will remain until we finish the game.
“You remember the stories John use to tell us about the three Chinamen playing Fantan? This guy runs up to them and says, "Hey, the world's coming to an end!" and the first one says, "Well, I best go to the mission and pray," and the second one says, "Well, hell, I'm gonna go and buy me a case of Mescal and six whores," and the third one says "Well, I'm gonna finish the game."........ I shall finish the game, Doc. –Billy the Kid
SchultzHater: My Status on November 20th, 2008
It happens every year for me. The point in every frog season where I have to sign off. Good bye. I need to consider my health. Depression kills you know.
I know this feeling – kind of like a break-up…but one of those where you’re pretty sure you just might be getting back together soon, you just don’t know when…..
So life is getting slowly less sports-internet dominated…I am working a little more now and I seem to be a little more interested in my nieces and nephews soccer games. I have blocked certain sports sites…yep, I blocked ESPN from my computer. College Football is dead to me.
I am only going to give one reason I am feeling this low and only because I am so painfully reminded of this today……
#1 Our Bowl tie-ins suck dick.
I am through with the Fort Worth Bowl, the Poinsettia, and all the rest of the shit bowls we get to play in every year against the 5th and 6th best team from a BCS conference – or even better – a good non-bcs team. A 6-6 Baylor team gets to play in a better bowl game than us….
So about the game, yep that one…..
No details on the game, but everyone saw it, we threw the game away and there is only one place to put blame…sorry GPa, this is your best team and you blew it by allowing so many mistakes (we are one of the most penalized teams in college football). The mediocrity on offense and bad special teams sealed the deal. I don’t believe that it was “their” night, we didn’t put them away, it could have been ours. It wouldn’t be as painful if we weren’t soooo much better than Utah.
Question: Take the top 5 teams in football today, would ANY of these teams put a punt returner on the field that can’t run? Would any of these teams be happy about winning by 1 point? The Florida’s and the Oklahoma’s don’t stop until they’re up by 50.
On a lighter note, I got some great news…I have officially figured out Shultz and I feel bad for bashing him in the past, the poor guy has bi-polar disorder – and he needs to stay on his medication during games….
Side Note: BYU will beat Utah. I am going to bet the farm on the Cougs in that one, it’s my lock of the year (so far I am 2-5 on my ‘locks of the year”)
Another side note: All said and done, I do appreciate the fact that GPa is a real coach in a world where a head coach resembles a CEO far too often.
So next year Frogs, next year, I cannot WAIT for the awesome home games our administration has put together. Did you hear SW Texas State is coming to town? How about smu or the tough Cowboys from Wyoming…….I’m so excited…….way to give your fans some excitement…..fucking idiots…
I will be there Saturday, mostly because the players deserve a good crowd. They are top 10 football team this year and should have another chance to show how good they are in a bowl game that has less than 4 words.
Same game fans, same game. The good news is that we should be excited about the future…….yeah…..another 9 months till the 2009 season….
Dear coach GPa,
Go ahead and leave if you have to, I will still be appreciative of what you have accomplished in your 8 years. But I am going to warn you……you won’t be happier somewhere else. If you do leave for a big time BCS program, understand that they will skin you alive after one season with Shultz. And the people that hired you will FORCE you to fire him or they will fire you.
Also, the control over just about everything else in your program won’t even be close to what you have now.
TCU has been good to you and has watched you mature into a great coach over time. You’re thankful for that, it’s going to be hard for you, I know, but if you have to leave, I understand. We play big time college football at a high level but not on the big stage.
However if you do want a National Championship, your best shot just might be at TCU. Someday soon we will have a playoff system (Obama said so) and when that happens you can forget about the BCS hurdle.
I don’t want to see your next stop end short; I don’t want to see you coaching a MAC team playing Kent State on Tuesday night 3 years from now. We will forgive you for going 7-5 two seasons in a row, most other “big time” programs will not. They don’t know you. They don’t care about you. They have to win, and if you don’t….your gone….maybe even after 2 years….you’re a nobody to them, only a coach that can win games, but if you don’t win…..which is likely with a struggling team in a BCS conference…you’re done….mark it down. I am trying to warn you. You have an enormous amount of leniency at TCU; you won’t even come close to that elsewhere. So go….go and give away what you have built over the last 8 years at TCU….but don’t forget….coaches come and go 99% of the time in college football….TCU will still be a football program in 3 years….will you still be a top head coach?
Q&A:____________________________________________
Disciples of GP: Do you think it is un-American to root against Air Force? Does the fact that we are at war impact your opinion?
SchultzHater: Air Force, Army, Navy, I could care less. Yes, root against them, even hate them – but only once a year when they play your team. Every other week you should root for the Academy teams or you are not American – at least not a good one anyway. But College Football has nothing to do with these organizations. It is sport. I do however have a soft spot for these teams due to the poor athletes they seem to field every year. At least something can be said of the discipline they have for turning out victories despite having a running back that runs a 5.2 in the 40. Being at war you say? Ummm, no, doesn’t change anything. But seriously, every other week I am rooting for them….unless they are playing a team that could increase our strength of schedule….or a team in the MWC….
Disciples of GP: Is it racist to root for Air Force when they are playing other teams b/c they have a bunch of scrawny white dudes that look smaller and slower than me? What about the feeling of superiority I have when I see my Frogs lined up against this athletically challenged AF opponent and my corresponding militant like hatred towards the Air Force and everything involving airplanes or eagles? Or am I way off base and the Academy is racist for only recruiting slow white people?
SchultzHater: Why would a good athlete choose a military academy over TCU or any “normal” school to play ball? The ones that do are a lot better than me. You get 4 years on the field and then 4 more in the service – probably at war. I root for any Academy team all the time for this reason. In fact, they are one team I wouldn’t want to run up the score on. It’s not racist to root for slow white guys whose only experience on the football field was playing Tuba in their high school marching band. It’s like rooting for a beagle in a pit bull ring when watching the Academy teams. You want to see the beagle put up a fight. And should the Beagle win? We should never lose to one of these teams, but hell, sometimes it happens (last year at AF, omg – how depressing was that)….…I am not sure about your hatred for eagles and airplanes, maybe you should go consult your homeless wizard on that one.
Disciples of GP: Game prediction?
SchultzHater: I am not going to predict a score on this one and because there is an enormous difference in talent and the only way to properly describe this game is to come up with some analogies, like…
Air Force playing TCU is like………
-Britney Spears trying to put on panties
-USC trying to take on the showboys (cowboys)
-An Obama supporter being asked why they voted for obama
-A senior girl in college being more attractive than a freshman girl
-Mexico vs. the Untied States….in anything
-Robert Henson vs. any running back
-Robert Henson vs. any quarterback
-Robert Henson vs. fear itself
-smu vs. TCU
-Hillary Clinton trying to be sexy
Disciples of GP: I think I get it, so it’s kind of like
-First base compared to a threesome
-Winnie the Pooh having to fight Batman
-Delivering a danger close air strike vs. having to call one in on yourself
-Colorado’s Super Max Prison to a paid vacation in Fiji
-Taking names to kicking ass
-Giving shit vs. eating shit
-Dalton being a ginger vs. just being a ginger
-Lakers vs. a Neil Dougherty team
-Stubbing your toe vs. getting Aids?
SchultzHater: Exactly
-A senior girl in college being more attractive than a freshman girl
-Mexico vs. the Untied States….in anything
-Robert Henson vs. any running back
-Robert Henson vs. any quarterback
-Robert Henson vs. fear itself
-smu vs. TCU
-Hillary Clinton trying to be sexy
Disciples of GP: I think I get it, so it’s kind of like
-First base compared to a threesome
-Winnie the Pooh having to fight Batman
-Delivering a danger close air strike vs. having to call one in on yourself
-Colorado’s Super Max Prison to a paid vacation in Fiji
-Taking names to kicking ass
-Giving shit vs. eating shit
-Dalton being a ginger vs. just being a ginger
-Lakers vs. a Neil Dougherty team
-Stubbing your toe vs. getting Aids?
SchultzHater: Exactly
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8 comments:
i always feel like these posts go unappreciated, but they're probably my favorite on the blog. I will miss them.
This post speaks to me
sir ww, they're probably you're favorite because they are the only posts not written by yourself.
i was talking some SB talk down here in Houston and a friend thought that SWW was actually employed by SB - he was amazed that you actually have a day job.
I agree Sir Wesley. These posts are insightful, full of anger and profanity, and generally a kick in the balls to opponents and the ineptness of one idiot offensive coordinator. In other words, they're great.
Bravo WWHD, bravo.
haha yes, I remember last year someone wrote in the comments of one of my posts "Dont you have a job?" The easy answer is yes. The hard answer is describing my daily work related activities.
there was strategy behind taking away the time of day on the posts...
ahhh, good call
maybe on the comments as well???
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