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Hey Braylon! Here is another MAC quarterback who transitioned pretty well.....ever heard of Ben Roethlisberger.Rookie year - stepped into the starting role and became unquestionably the best rookie quarterback to ever play the game. He led the Steelers to a 15-1 record as a starter, losing only in the AFC Championship game, and set many rookie passing records, including best passer rating (98.1), and highest completion percentage (66.4%). Following his rookie season - Superbowl Champion with a run in the playoffs defeating Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Denver all on the road. From Findlay, OH, and Miami University... the youngest quarterback to ever win the Super Bowl!Fortunately for Ben, he had protection and capable receivers.

And Kudos to J.D. for bring him here as a guard.You could say he is one of J.D.'s recruits, honestly I'm not sure we would have gotten him without J.D. That goes for Luke too!

It's great for Jason and a total diss on Akron. C'mon guys.

I did not like the part where they said "they did'nt even know where he played".

Wow, what happened to Daniel Bazuin from Central Michigan. He was/is a beast!

I am really excited to see Gary Pride. Guys like him, small and quick, can drive people crazy. With our depth at RB, where does he fit in?

Agreed. I just found it amusing. I think this is the best part...................

I wanted to pull this off the David Harvey thread. I realize this board is used primarily to discuss athletics, but we also have to be concerned about our academic reputation. The post from Zip Alum has me concerned about the staff in our English department. Zip Alum - if you are going to try and make a point about spelling, GRAMMAR, and punctuation, you may want to run your post through spell-check first. Your post has 5 typos in it and is difficult to read. I will help you a bit and I don't have a minor in English...... grammer = grammarAyone = anyonebeleive = believegramatically = grammatically

I doubt he is "under the radar". Not when your brother is the incumbent Defensive Player of the Year in the NFL. How about "Taylor Stadium", that might do it!

No Duke sympathy.....I just thought it was stupid and not very clever. The signs are clever, the song gives me a headache. I am from Maryland, I would have expected something better. Heck the guys at MACbbs take better jabs than this. No sense in arguing, I just thought it SUCKED.

That is really stupid. It is funny how they make fun of Duke fans camping out to see a game because "they have nothing better to do", but they have time to make a stupid video. In the video, they say Duke sucks because;Christian Laettner had a bad pro career? - what does that have to do with Duke other than he played 4 years and got his degree. People paint their faces and dress up? - yes they have great fansThey wore short shorts in the 80s? - who didnt? At least their asses are not hanging outCoach K looks like a llama? - couldnt think of anything else to say I guess. He is going to go down as one of the best coaches of all time.All players are white? - Wow, Don Imus made a comment similar to this and he is getting crucified.That is one of the dumbest things I have ever seen.

Can't wait to see you in our uniform Steve. You are about to become part of history at U of A!

You are right. We should all change our predictions to 12-0 with our first appearance to a BCS game.

No kidding. This is disturbing......where is he?

Any word on the health of Aaris Reed and Alex Allen? Anxious to see both of these guys.

The bad news is another conference, Colonial, is making a move past the MAC further limiting additional bids for us. Last year they had George Mason, the VCU win adds more credibility to them.

So, we despise Ohio State (because we consider them our "rivals"), but we cheer for Miami? Consider me befuddled. And consider me a Ducks fan for a day.

Oh well, as many people have already said.......It is time to start looking forward. I certainly hope KD does not get too discouraged by the recent events and starts to think about moving on. He has made great strides here and the team seems poised to continue progress with great new recruits and in a strange way I think we have gotten good exposure through this whole ordeal. Although they are key players, we only lose two seniors from this team. This has been a frustrating week but the future is bright.KD has a chance to be a legend here. There is no reason we could'nt consistently make the NCAAs every year. The key is for the administration to realize how important KD is to building that reputation. In most cases we are a stepping stone for hot young coaches. In KD's case I think we have a rare opportunity to keep one of the top coaches in the NCAA for his career.

Any thoughts regarding the Bracketbuster game we basically had to take vs. Austin Peay and the impact it had on our postseason opportunities. If I remember correctly - we won the game and lost spots in AP poll, Mid-major poll and RPI.

Check out the numbers on some of the teams going to the NIT, makes it even more confusing. I ommitted the schools from the major conferences because we know why they are in. How/why would these high profile teams be picked ahead of us? First numbers are the records, second numbers are Sagarin Ratings, third numbers are the RPIs. Akron 25-7 59 67 Vermont 25-7 111 85 Marist 24-8 119 104 So. Alabama 18-11 147 127 E. Tenn St. 22-9 159 123 :blink: Austin Peay 19-11 161 117 Delaware St. 20-12 175 120 Miss. Valley St 18-15 254 200 Even if you factor in the "human element", why would these teams go ahead of us. Our team could be a great story with the Dambrot, Rome, Dru and Labron rooting them on. I have to imagine we are much more attractive than these powerhouses.

Great comments by all. Only thing I can add with regards to Dials is.....thank you for hitting two clutch free throws at the end of the game. Like extra points with our football team, I have come to expect misses.

Seriously. How can you call traveling at that point in the game unless you are ABSOLUTELY SURE.

Yes. Dials has been getting fouled all game and no calls.

I cannot believe that

Wow, a nice late addition indeed at a position that needs it.. I was wondering what happened to this guy.