NorthoftheBorder

Didn’t see it, but I ain’t unhappy about it. I could give a rats arse about T-State. On another note, how did Illinois State, with 4 losses catch fire and make it to the semi’s. Someone in Beaumont needs to take note of how this happened!

Tarleton surprisingly lost to Villanova!

When I was watching the end of the SFA game on TV, and the after game interview with Carthel, he made the comment that a lot the players off of their 2024 team turned down paydays to stay for a chance to win the conference. I guess it turned out well for Carthel and the Jacks, and, I guess I hope it turns out well for the players who stayed! Looks like we will not have that kind of luck. We can fully expect that after every good year by one of the LU players, they will be moving on. Not exactly the same, but LU is somewhat like the line that Brad Pitt said in Moneyball, that the Oakland A's were just a farm team for the Yankees and Red Sox!

I guess we can expect most of our all conference players to jump in and shop for a payday.

https://lamarcardinals.com/news/2025/12/9/football-mcdowell-named-freshman-all-american.aspx Hopefully he doesn't jump in the portal.

From what I know, Winslow would be the biggest loss, followed by Simpson. If in fact they leave. Hope they don’t. The biggest thing I noticed was Winslow and Simpson have reps. Nothing more scum sucking and bottom feeding than agents, whether repping a 9 figure pro athlete or a small school FCS player. This has to be a nightmare for FCS coaches, hell college coaches in general.

That means the FCS championship is wide open this year

Defense improving each year, offense staying basically the same, in the lower half of the FCS

After reviewing the bio's, I wouldn't say the kids that we signed were highly recruited. I noticed that UIW and NW State were the only two conference schools that were listed as offering any of the kids we signed. Surprises me that we are not bumping up against SFA or McNeese on the kids we recruit. That said, I would like to see who else recruits the kids that NDSU signs, since they seem to win the FCS championship year in and year out. Are they continually recruiting against Group of 5 schools, or do they just do a significantly better job of developing kids than the rest of FCS.

Well Puddin, the QB Immhoff can throw the rock! If Rossomando will let him!

Disappointing to lose the last 3 games and not make even a small splash in the FCS playoffs. That said, we have improved each of the last 3 seasons. Not sure if we have hit Rossomando’s ceiling or he can get us to 10 wins, a conference championship, and a playoff win or two. But he has taken us from the hell hole that Blaine Morgan left us with! I am happy to be here than where we were 3 years ago.

https://lamarcardinals.com/news/2025/11/28/football-cardinals-open-ncaa-fcs-playoffs-saturday-at-abilene-christian.aspx

Happy Thanksgiving to all the supporters and fans of LU sports!

https://lamarcardinals.com/news/2025/11/25/football-playoff-bound-cards-land-10-on-all-southland-squad.aspx

Massey only predicting 17 points for LU makes sense based on past offensive performances this year, but giving up 31 doesn’t make sense.

I am taking LU. Hoping the team that showed up the last two games is not the one that shows up Saturday. Hoping the team that beat S. Dakota and SELA shows up.

We have made another step forward improving the program and its success. It would be nice to win a playoff game this year as part of the program moving forward. I am happy with the progress, even if I complain sometimes.

Don't know what it will take for the coaching staff to get the team motivated, or for the players themselves to get motivated to play at the next level and win a game or two in the playoffs. Hoping Rossomando digs into his bag of tricks, or someone else's bag of tricks, for some offensive firepower and get on a run!

That will be a gift from God!

Somebody please check to see if the offensive coaches have any nuts. It doesn’t appear they do. As for the earlier comment about QB’s, I think McCown is good. The OC needs to open up the passing game more to fit his strengths. If not, we need a Johnny Manziel (Uugh! I hate using him as an example) type who creates plays out of nothing from what is very vanilla offensive play calling. Or, we need to improve the OL to the point that even Puddin or I could get at least 5 yards every carry.

I am thinking, sadly, that we do not get in. Our two ranked wins are going to be offset by our two losses to subpar teams. Also, our beloved LU doesn’t have a good reputation of prior success to lean on. The loss last night to the cowpokes plays into that reputation and that will likely stick with the committee. if the committee takes three teams from the SLC, they may take UTRGV, they are playing at the end of the season like they are ascending. LU playing like we are descending.

Not much I can say here. Disappointing doesn’t quite capture the feeling.

Game day! Let’s turn it up, win this game, and make a history by shocking the FCS and go deep into the playoffs!!

Well, that explains a lot.