Apologies now being accepted!

[AppSt94]

I still fall somewhere in the middle. I am as happy as anyone that we have won 3 in a row (2 at home), but look at WHO we beat. Even the ULM game, which was an exciting win was against a team that is now 3-6. We will know a lot more about this team after the next 2 weeks.

GO APPS!

Three of their losses are one the road at SEC schools. I don't think it is just to solely look at a team's record and decide how worthy a victory is.

[MJ1988]

I asked for my crow last week......cook it however you want......I will eat it and like it

[AppState89]

Wish we could give negative rep points to some posts.....Just saying....

[Saint3333]

Before the USA game I said this team would grow up and get better each game this year. I was off by two games as we haven't hit the bottom yet.

I still believe we're 10 point underdogs the next two weeks, but with our running game we can stay in the games. If we win either of the next two or even stay within 7, we are well ahead of my expectations for the season and the transition.

[T-Dog]

We're two kicks away from being 6-3. For a first year FBS team that changed starting QB's in the third game and have the youngest team in the conference, that's not bad.

[AppState89]

Before the USA game I said this team would grow up and get better each game this year. I was off by two games as we haven't hit the bottom yet.

I still believe we're 10 point underdogs the next two weeks, but with our running game we can stay in the games. If we win either of the next two or even stay within 7, we are well ahead of my expectations for the season and the transition.

HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!! I'm right there with ya.

[EastHallApp]

Did we win,yes. probably the worst 3 teams in the conf. yes.

ULM is not one of the three worst teams in the conference, and it's not even debatable.

And, with the exception of Troy's loss to Georgia, we gave both them and Ga. State their largest margins of defeat this season.

[EastHallApp]

We're two kicks away from being 6-3. For a first year FBS team that changed starting QB's in the third game and have the youngest team in the conference, that's not bad.

Two kicks, or two fumbles by a stud RB who has been kicking ass ever since.

[App1990]

The swings in rhetoric is amazing. Lose to Liberty. The world is ending. Beat some bad teams. The world is perfect. Let's get real. First, I never suggested firing Satt. I think he has been far from solid, but also I think he deserves time. But if we want to be honest with ourselves, the jury is still out on this year and our trajectory.

Yes, ULM is a better win than GSU and Troy, which isn't saying much because both GSU and Troy are simply horrid. Both would likely be at the bottom of the SoCon (GSU is 0-2 against he SoCon since joining the Sun Belt, and Troy lost to Abilene Christian this year). I point that out because ULM had a hard time beating Troy and the equally horrid Idaho. They did play TAMU tough, which certainly deserves consideration, but that was more TAMU who suspended their QB for this game and kept things simple for the new QB. Simply put, ULM is not a great team. A middle of the pack Sun Belt team. A notch above the horrid GSU, Troy, Idaho and NMSU. The win only shows we are in that range ourselves, which we already knew from our previous two wins. And the wins do not show that we have improved because there is no way of knowing whether we look better because we are better or because the competition was so much worse. Yes, Liberty could beat GSU, Troy, Idaho and NMSU.

Of course the schedule is the schedule, but of course strength of schedule matters. Heck, the experts had us favored, so ULM wasn't a great team and the win isn't a statement of any kind. So, let's not get ahead of ourselves on either side of the debate. The jury is still out. A win against either ULL or Ark St, or even a close loss, will be a reason to believe we are getting better. I hope so, and partly I expect we will show well. But even if we pull that off, taking the momentum to next year is not a given. As this past year showed.

The story from Saturday is that, despite coming off two wins and having awesome weather, and attendance was beyond disappointing. I've been at every home game, and it has been well below announced attendance figures--even half. It is the worst (actual) attendance in a decade, and the Thanksgiving weekend game will not help. Winning will help, but I worry that the people that were brought in with the transformative events (national championships and UM win) may not be drawn back with a few more wins. Need to get the AD office set so this and other things can be addressed quickly and effectively.

[AppState89]

The swings in rhetoric is amazing. Lose to Liberty. The world is ending. Beat some bad teams. The world is perfect. Let's get real. First, I never suggested firing Satt. I think he has been far from solid, but also I think he deserves time. But if we want to be honest with ourselves, the jury is still out on this year and our trajectory.

Yes, ULM is a better win than GSU and Troy, which isn't saying much because both GSU and Troy are simply horrid. Both would likely be at the bottom of the SoCon (GSU is 0-2 against he SoCon since joining the Sun Belt, and Troy lost to Abilene Christian this year). I point that out because ULM had a hard time beating Troy and the equally horrid Idaho. They did play TAMU tough, which certainly deserves consideration, but that was more TAMU who suspended their QB for this game and kept things simple for the new QB. Simply put, ULM is not a great team. A middle of the pack Sun Belt team. A notch above the horrid GSU, Troy, Idaho and NMSU. The win only shows we are in that range ourselves, which we already knew from our previous two wins. And the wins do not show that we have improved because there is no way of knowing whether we look better because we are better or because the competition was so much worse. Yes, Liberty could beat GSU, Troy, Idaho and NMSU.

Of course the schedule is the schedule, but of course strength of schedule matters. Heck, the experts had us favored, so ULM wasn't a great team and the win isn't a statement of any kind. So, let's not get ahead of ourselves on either side of the debate. The jury is still out. A win against either ULL or Ark St, or even a close loss, will be a reason to believe we are getting better. I hope so, and partly I expect we will show well. But even if we pull that off, taking the momentum to next year is not a given. As this past year showed.

The story from Saturday is that, despite coming off two wins and having awesome weather, and attendance was beyond disappointing. I've been at every home game, and it has been well below announced attendance figures--even half. It is the worst (actual) attendance in a decade, and the Thanksgiving weekend game will not help. Winning will help, but I worry that the people that were brought in with the transformative events (national championships and UM win) may not be drawn back with a few more wins. Need to get the AD office set so this and other things can be addressed quickly and effectively.

Since 2007, maybe before, I have been saying the same thing. We will 3 NCs and they jack up the price of the parking for the Yosef club. Now, with us having seasons like the past two year, people aren't showing up. Guess who is still there, guess who has been there since 1985? Me and I will be there even if we go 0-12!!!! I'm an App and always be an App!!!!

[APPARJ]

It was me and I also admitted fault the next day or so. I was pissed after the liberty game. However, I will never bite my tongue for fear of i told you so critics. I have the right to express my opinion right or wrong. Anyone who thinks I do so flippantly don't have a clue how hard it is for me to be so harsh.

I agree 100% those of us who have been here and celebrated good times and weathered bad times have every right to vent and call for the coaches head if the shoe fits. To be honest the shoe did fit for a while this year. The players were half ass playing and the coaching sucked. Frankly we do not look like the same team that lost to Liberty. I really can't believe how far we have come. Amazing what a little confidence will do for a team. I am a proud mountaineer but then again I was a proud mountaineer after the Liberty loss too ( just not real happy).

FYI - if the "shoe doesn't fit" at the end of the season, it didn't "fit" in the beginning.

What a ridiculous comment.

All of the spaz' on MMB are just hotheads who see a few bad games, blow up, claim they have every standing to say the stupid things they say about firing coaches and then have the gall to say "well, they deserved it then!"

No, they didn't. You see, this turnaround we're seeing is proof that the stupid shoe didn't fit.

[oldfart]

Great win, Im genuinely happy that you hillbillies finally seem to be getting it together. I'm actually glad we got our game out of the way early. I don't know if I'd want to play yall now. That said,good job, but yall have to take care of ULL in a couple of weeks for us. All we hear from those swamp dwellers is that we haven't played anyone... Hello? We didn't hand pick the teams we got to play. Anyway, we now get to play for the title or a share of it and it would be greatly appreciated if yall could do us a solid and beat ULL. Keep up the good work and we'll see you in Boone next year, hopefully the winner of that contest will take the SunBelt. Good luck, never forget we still hate yall. Oldfart out

[Yosef10]

The swings in rhetoric is amazing. Lose to Liberty. The world is ending. Beat some bad teams. The world is perfect. Let's get real. First, I never suggested firing Satt. I think he has been far from solid, but also I think he deserves time. But if we want to be honest with ourselves, the jury is still out on this year and our trajectory.

Yes, ULM is a better win than GSU and Troy, which isn't saying much because both GSU and Troy are simply horrid. Both would likely be at the bottom of the SoCon (GSU is 0-2 against he SoCon since joining the Sun Belt, and Troy lost to Abilene Christian this year). I point that out because ULM had a hard time beating Troy and the equally horrid Idaho. They did play TAMU tough, which certainly deserves consideration, but that was more TAMU who suspended their QB for this game and kept things simple for the new QB. Simply put, ULM is not a great team. A middle of the pack Sun Belt team. A notch above the horrid GSU, Troy, Idaho and NMSU. The win only shows we are in that range ourselves, which we already knew from our previous two wins. And the wins do not show that we have improved because there is no way of knowing whether we look better because we are better or because the competition was so much worse. Yes, Liberty could beat GSU, Troy, Idaho and NMSU.

Of course the schedule is the schedule, but of course strength of schedule matters. Heck, the experts had us favored, so ULM wasn't a great team and the win isn't a statement of any kind. So, let's not get ahead of ourselves on either side of the debate. The jury is still out. A win against either ULL or Ark St, or even a close loss, will be a reason to believe we are getting better. I hope so, and partly I expect we will show well. But even if we pull that off, taking the momentum to next year is not a given. As this past year showed.

The story from Saturday is that, despite coming off two wins and having awesome weather, and attendance was beyond disappointing. I've been at every home game, and it has been well below announced attendance figures--even half. It is the worst (actual) attendance in a decade, and the Thanksgiving weekend game will not help. Winning will help, but I worry that the people that were brought in with the transformative events (national championships and UM win) may not be drawn back with a few more wins. Need to get the AD office set so this and other things can be addressed quickly and effectively.

One of the more ridiculous posts in recent memory. If you actually are knowledgable about college football and know what to look for, you can easily tell the progression these kids have made since beginning of the year. Your ULM-A&M rhetoric is so off base it's maddening. A&M started the number 1 QB recruit in the country (Kyle Allen) against ULM. The kids an absolute stud, scoring 4 TDs in a W against #3 auburn ON THE ROAD. And regardless of who is playing QB in sumlins system it will be a simple system, all they do is call out a number for a play and maybe have about than 20-25 plays. And what really topped of this absurd post was you saying Ga St would finish bottom of SoCon, guess you haven't been keeping tabs on the old conference. The only thing I could remotely agree with in your rambling is about attendance which has been disappointing,but I'm confident that more wins will bring more people

[Saint3333]

Someone go tell Texas A&M that ULM isn't a good team.

Then claim something about the SoCon being any good.

What a joke, someone isn't paying attention.

[WVAPPeer]

Let's face the real facts here guys ---
SOME PEOPLE LIVE TO BITCH AND MOAN AND DEMEAN OTHERS ---

[hapapp]

The swings in rhetoric is amazing. Lose to Liberty. The world is ending. Beat some bad teams. The world is perfect. Let's get real. First, I never suggested firing Satt. I think he has been far from solid, but also I think he deserves time. But if we want to be honest with ourselves, the jury is still out on this year and our trajectory.

Yes, ULM is a better win than GSU and Troy, which isn't saying much because both GSU and Troy are simply horrid. Both would likely be at the bottom of the SoCon (GSU is 0-2 against he SoCon since joining the Sun Belt, and Troy lost to Abilene Christian this year). I point that out because ULM had a hard time beating Troy and the equally horrid Idaho. They did play TAMU tough, which certainly deserves consideration, but that was more TAMU who suspended their QB for this game and kept things simple for the new QB. Simply put, ULM is not a great team. A middle of the pack Sun Belt team. A notch above the horrid GSU, Troy, Idaho and NMSU. The win only shows we are in that range ourselves, which we already knew from our previous two wins. And the wins do not show that we have improved because there is no way of knowing whether we look better because we are better or because the competition was so much worse. Yes, Liberty could beat GSU, Troy, Idaho and NMSU.

Of course the schedule is the schedule, but of course strength of schedule matters. Heck, the experts had us favored, so ULM wasn't a great team and the win isn't a statement of any kind. So, let's not get ahead of ourselves on either side of the debate. The jury is still out. A win against either ULL or Ark St, or even a close loss, will be a reason to believe we are getting better. I hope so, and partly I expect we will show well. But even if we pull that off, taking the momentum to next year is not a given. As this past year showed.

The story from Saturday is that, despite coming off two wins and having awesome weather, and attendance was beyond disappointing. I've been at every home game, and it has been well below announced attendance figures--even half. It is the worst (actual) attendance in a decade, and the Thanksgiving weekend game will not help. Winning will help, but I worry that the people that were brought in with the transformative events (national championships and UM win) may not be drawn back with a few more wins. Need to get the AD office set so this and other things can be addressed quickly and effectively.

I don't think anyone is proclaiming that we are ready to compete for a conference championship. But, this ULM team that we beat on Saturday was giving up only 320 yards or so a game against a schedule that includes 3 SEC teams plus Wake. They easily have played the toughest out of conference schedule and yet, we gained more yards than their average. I would say that's a pretty good indication that this team has improved beyond where we were early season. The odds are that the next two weekends on the road against the two perennial powers in the SBC will be tough ones but that doesn't diminish what this team has accomplished over the last three games. There is still plenty of room for improvement but we have seen this team grow up before our eyes. Patience is a virtue that most football fans lack but fortunately our coaches have continued to work to find ways to make this team develop and gain the confidence they need going forward.

[ASUMountaineer]

Whoever started and participated in all those "Fire Satterfield" threads from weeks gone by should voluntarily step up now with their plates of crow and submit their sincere and humble apologies. Don't make us do a power search to "unmask" you. Just file up behind the reply button and admit that you were jumping the gun just a little with your predictions of almighty gloom and doom.

No, we understand the season isn't over yet, but you have to admit that the future looks a lot brighter tonight than when you were in your "accepting letters of resignation" mode.

OK, so step on up. And I'm only half kidding.

Are you Sh!!!ting me? I was/am one of those ones! Lets look at this. Yes we have played a lot better in the the last 3. O looks good. D could not get a stop when it mattered tonite. 2ndary is horrific. Did we win,yes. probably the worst 3 teams in the conf. yes. I do think things are looking up. I do think some players are/have been weeded out. Young guys are playing, gettin reps. getting better. Coaches have to get better as well. At the half very poor clock mgmt. 1 handed sportscenter catch bailed them out. 80% run on first down, anybody guess what the play is. We have a looooooonng way to go to become what we were. am i happy tonite, yes. am i convinced this is the staff that can get it done, the jury is OUT!

What must Satterfield do to win you over?

I agree that the jury is still out (said it all year, including before the season), but that doesn't mean it was reasonable to call for his job after 16 games like you did.

[JTApps1]

I guess Chuck's post hit a little too close to home for some on here judging by their reactions. How can anyone not be excited by the improvement this team has shown since USA? Many of us were called out for "making up excuses" by saying we were young, and that the coaches were forced to put young guys in due to the lack of talent in the upper classmen. We kept saying people had to be patient and let the young guys grow up before calling for Scott's job. We haven't arrived yet, but we are competitive while having the youngest roster in the league. The future is bright!

[clayton]

I never remember what I write. But, I was at least thinking about whether we needed to fire Satterfield. I generally landed on the side of "give him through next season."

I'm still there.

Scott Satterfield is getting better. I think we could get an upset over the next two weeks.

Liberty was on the schedule so we could get an easy win. We lost two of those games last year. We clearly were not headed in the right direction. A lot of us had similar feelings in the middle of October last year. Then, we closed out the year 3-2 (with an understandable loss to UGA and a close L to a good Chatty team).

We turned it around a week early this year and we are expected to improve by one game. If that happens, there won't be much "fire Satterfield" talk in the offseason.

But, it will be a very important offseason. Because, Satterfield has proven that he is a good in-season coach. But, something's off about whatever he does with the team in the winter, spring, and summer because his teams come out flat in the first month of the season. He's got to change that.

[appvette]

The swings in rhetoric is amazing. Lose to Liberty. The world is ending. Beat some bad teams. The world is perfect. Let's get real. First, I never suggested firing Satt. I think he has been far from solid, but also I think he deserves time. But if we want to be honest with ourselves, the jury is still out on this year and our trajectory.

Yes, ULM is a better win than GSU and Troy, which isn't saying much because both GSU and Troy are simply horrid. Both would likely be at the bottom of the SoCon (GSU is 0-2 against he SoCon since joining the Sun Belt, and Troy lost to Abilene Christian this year). I point that out because ULM had a hard time beating Troy and the equally horrid Idaho. They did play TAMU tough, which certainly deserves consideration, but that was more TAMU who suspended their QB for this game and kept things simple for the new QB. Simply put, ULM is not a great team. A middle of the pack Sun Belt team. A notch above the horrid GSU, Troy, Idaho and NMSU. The win only shows we are in that range ourselves, which we already knew from our previous two wins. And the wins do not show that we have improved because there is no way of knowing whether we look better because we are better or because the competition was so much worse. Yes, Liberty could beat GSU, Troy, Idaho and NMSU.

Of course the schedule is the schedule, but of course strength of schedule matters. Heck, the experts had us favored, so ULM wasn't a great team and the win isn't a statement of any kind. So, let's not get ahead of ourselves on either side of the debate. The jury is still out. A win against either ULL or Ark St, or even a close loss, will be a reason to believe we are getting better. I hope so, and partly I expect we will show well. But even if we pull that off, taking the momentum to next year is not a given. As this past year showed.

The story from Saturday is that, despite coming off two wins and having awesome weather, and attendance was beyond disappointing. I've been at every home game, and it has been well below announced attendance figures--even half. It is the worst (actual) attendance in a decade, and the Thanksgiving weekend game will not help. Winning will help, but I worry that the people that were brought in with the transformative events (national championships and UM win) may not be drawn back with a few more wins. Need to get the AD office set so this and other things can be addressed quickly and effectively.

One of the more ridiculous posts in recent memory. If you actually are knowledgable about college football and know what to look for, you can easily tell the progression these kids have made since beginning of the year. Your ULM-A&M rhetoric is so off base it's maddening. A&M started the number 1 QB recruit in the country (Kyle Allen) against ULM. The kids an absolute stud, scoring 4 TDs in a W against #3 auburn ON THE ROAD. And regardless of who is playing QB in sumlins system it will be a simple system, all they do is call out a number for a play and maybe have about than 20-25 plays. And what really topped of this absurd post was you saying Ga St would finish bottom of SoCon, guess you haven't been keeping tabs on the old conference. The only thing I could remotely agree with in your rambling is about attendance which has been disappointing,but I'm confident that more wins will bring more people

I suggest you do NOT go visit appfan.com. It is full of knee jerk, "I won't be happy till we win the SEC" people