WT Football

[Buffalo/Islander Alum]

Lynn made a good hire with the new OC. Then he countered that by promoting the DC from within. The D is a FAIL.

It may be time to start a new thread about the future WT HC search and who our AD will go after, Looking at the schedule before the season, I had the Western Oregon game at home down as a win. 3-1 odds for WT to win. Now I'd say is 3-1 for a WO win.

I did too and still do think WT should beat WO.

The Mines game gave me hope that WT was close but after Chadron beat Mines at home this past weekend then its obvious both programs are much weaker than their peak.

Western Oregon should be Lynn's Alamo if they lose and join Mike Gundy in the unemployment line.

[Buffalo/Islander Alum]

They play tough against everyone. They're a tough out for anybody.

Western Oregon is a team that if they were in the GAC, would challenge and maybe even get the #2 spot. We'll have to see what Southern Arkansas and Henderson look like this weekend to confirm that. But the LSC is just loaded this year.

Bottom line WO is a team WT should beat if the university as a whole is taking football seriously especially if WO is funding their football program at half strength.

[MeanMachineOffense]

WOU has earned my respect. They play tough and don't quit, at least against WT.

They play tough against everyone. They're a tough out for anybody.

Western Oregon is a team that if they were in the GAC, would challenge and maybe even get the #2 spot. We'll have to see what Southern Arkansas and Henderson look like this weekend to confirm that. But the LSC is just loaded this year.

[WT_TKW]

WO always has a tough defense. Their failing is usually on the offensive side compounded by stupid penalties. So... good luck!

WOU has earned my respect. They play tough and don't quit, at least against WT.

[WT_TKW]

Lynn made a good hire with the new OC. Then he countered that by promoting the DC from within. The D is a FAIL.

It may be time to start a new thread about the future WT HC search and who our AD will go after, Looking at the schedule before the season, I had the Western Oregon game at home down as a win. 3-1 odds for WT to win. Now I'd say is 3-1 for a WO win.

Promoting from within is fine, but not when they were lousy at their previous job, which I believe was special teams and secondary coach. Neither was or is good. The punting looked like they hadn't practiced in a couple of weeks while the placekicking is useless. Even the extra point last week was WAY off. I don't care if the regular kicker is hurt, not having a decent backup is on the coaches.

[IronOre]

Lynn made a good hire with the new OC. Then he countered that by promoting the DC from within. The D is a FAIL.

It may be time to start a new thread about the future WT HC search and who our AD will go after, Looking at the schedule before the season, I had the Western Oregon game at home down as a win. 3-1 odds for WT to win. Now I'd say is 3-1 for a WO win.

WO always has a tough defense. Their failing is usually on the offensive side compounded by stupid penalties. So... good luck!

[BuffaloChip]

Western Oregon, Kingsville and Eastern New Mexico are all losses. The only wins left are Sul Ross and Midwestern.

WT defense has given up over 160 points in 4 games.

Lynn made a good hire with the new OC. Then he countered that by promoting the DC from within. The D is a FAIL.

It may be time to start a new thread about the future WT HC search and who our AD will go after, Looking at the schedule before the season, I had the Western Oregon game at home down as a win. 3-1 odds for WT to win. Now I'd say is 3-1 for a WO win.

[WT_TKW]

This season might have the rest of us moving on. I think everyone should be prepared for a 3-8 WT record with most games not even being competitive.

We’re 9-16 soon to be 9-17 in the past 3 seasons. Seems like a fever dream if you experienced the years of 20,000 fans at Kimbrough, LSC championships and games against ACU, Tarelton, ASU and Kingsville. I’m not going to spend a weekend driving 250 miles to Canyon to watch a 1-4 team play Sul Ross. I did drive to Canyon usually 5 times a season from 2006-2013 and took the whole family. Now I sweep the garage and check the score before bedtime. Oh the Buffs lost by 4 touchdowns again with 3800 in attendance.

I stopped going after the last game at Kimbrough. It's over 600 miles to Canyon and the air fares are a lot higher than they used to be. Sitting in a AAA high school stadium watching a lame team is not worth my travel dollars, but I did invest $100 to watch the games anyway.

What happened to the football program? It got McBroomed.

[Buffalo/Islander Alum]

Yep... Sports message boards in general are declining thanks to X, streaming, etc.

When your team (like TAMUK and WTAM) has been stuck in the ditch of mediocrity to just bad football for over a decade and some change now, it is very, very hard to stay engaged.

To be honest this board still gets more traffic than I see from D2 facebook pages.

95% of peeps dont care about D2 unless family has a player directly involved in D2 sports.

The other 4.44495% of peeps that do care are on this board.

I went to the Angelo State football facebook and X page and saw their post about beating Western New Mexico.

Only 3 peeps from facebook and 1 from X and they were all comments saying "great game".

[LSC Fan]

I think most of the WT posters have moved on to other things as have other posters from former LSC powers when their programs started to suck.

I do keep in touch with "Merm". He and His Wife retired and moved to Thailand.

Yep... Sports message boards in general are declining thanks to X, streaming, etc. This board used to have high traffic when it was the only source to follow games of interest in real time before streaming or real time stats became a thing.

When your team (like TAMUK and WTAM) has been stuck in the ditch of mediocrity to just bad football for over a decade and some change now, it is very, very hard to stay engaged. Plus when you see weight being added to the survival of your program by external and internal factors, you really get discouraged.

[Buffalo/Islander Alum]

This season might have the rest of us moving on. I think everyone should be prepared for a 3-8 WT record with most games not even being competitive.

We’re 9-16 soon to be 9-17 in the past 3 seasons. Seems like a fever dream if you experienced the years of 20,000 fans at Kimbrough, LSC championships and games against ACU, Tarelton, ASU and Kingsville. I’m not going to spend a weekend driving 250 miles to Canyon to watch a 1-4 team play Sul Ross. I did drive to Canyon usually 5 times a season from 2006-2013 and took the whole family. Now I sweep the garage and check the score before bedtime. Oh the Buffs lost by 4 touchdowns again with 3800 in attendance.

I am totally with you. I moved from Amarillo in 2014 which was the time that WT started the collapse. I havent attended a game since. I think its time for a modern coach instead of recycling coaches/coordinators from the old school D2 style of coaching, recruiting, etc.

[Rockofwesties]

I think most of the WT posters have moved on to other things as have other posters from former LSC powers when their programs started to suck.

I do keep in touch with "Merm". He and His Wife retired and moved to Thailand.

This season might have the rest of us moving on. I think everyone should be prepared for a 3-8 WT record with most games not even being competitive.

We’re 9-16 soon to be 9-17 in the past 3 seasons. Seems like a fever dream if you experienced the years of 20,000 fans at Kimbrough, LSC championships and games against ACU, Tarelton, ASU and Kingsville. I’m not going to spend a weekend driving 250 miles to Canyon to watch a 1-4 team play Sul Ross. I did drive to Canyon usually 5 times a season from 2006-2013 and took the whole family. Now I sweep the garage and check the score before bedtime. Oh the Buffs lost by 4 touchdowns again with 3800 in attendance.

[Buffalo/Islander Alum]

Whatever happened to “Let the Buffalo Run?” Is he still at the Amarillo Airport waiting for John Sharpe?

I think most of the WT posters have moved on to other things as have other posters from former LSC powers when their programs started to suck.

I do keep in touch with "Merm". He and His Wife retired and moved to Thailand.

[LSC Fan]

Whatever happened to “Let the Buffalo Run?” Is he still at the Amarillo Airport waiting for John Sharpe?

[ASUPops]

Pops is known for his humor. ASU could start a lineman at QB and still beat WT.

Who? What? Me?