Weekly FCS Poll and discussion...McNeese in top 10 (finally)

If they send Sam Houston St. to McNeese, that's absolute horse shite.

The ADs of both schools and the commissioner should ensure that doesn't happen.

Not surprising to me. That's what you get when they try their best to make "regional" matchups. Thisnwould be at least 2 years they have set up for the SLC to either cut themselves down to 1 or both be eliminated early.

If anything, they should be trying to avoid early round matchups. If we beat Sam Saturday, I don't want to see them again a month from now. That might sound crappy, but rematches tend to favor the losing team. They have more to learn from a loss than a winner does from a win. What happened to doing things like we saw back in the early 2000s? They clearly didn't care about travel when Montana, Montana State, and Villanova all had to travel to Lake Charles. I was at 2 of those 3 games (my first college football games to ever attend). Great games. I know Northern Arizona came in back in 2007, but that's been 8 years now.

Any other week and this game is at capaciously. Unfortunately, McNeese has to deal with a fanbase that largely supports two teams. When they compete in the same time slot, you get this situation. Its not ideal, but that's the reality.

Jacksonville St may be Auburn's best win this season

When the 9-6 game was played, McNeese moved it to 2 pm.

McNeese has a similar tradition to LSU whereas they like to play at night. Every home game is scheduled for 6 unless it's preempted by TV.

The game is on ESPN3, so that may something to do with it, but I doubt it.

If McNeese gets SHSU at home in the second round I can suck it up and be a Cowboys fan for the night. Nothing makes me more happy than seeing all those illiterate prison guards pissed off.

It's a problem at SLU as well.

I was impressed with what I saw at McNeese a few weeks ago, didn't realize it used to be a notably bigger function.

SLU attendance has been poor this season, and it will only get worse the final two home games. Comes with the territory when the territory includes LSU being 45 minutes away.

Considering Southeastern has an offense that can't get out of its own way coupled with the game kicking off only an hour before LSU/Bama, I expect almost no one in the stands Saturday.

Now this was obviously 13 years ago, at the height of the program, but the Montana and Montana State games were literally standing room only. This was before the field house was there, and it was basically a hill. That hill, and the one where the scoreboard sits, were filled with people. The stands were maxed out. Greatest thing I've ever personally been a part of, and I was 13 at the time.

I don't know if we will ever see anything like that again, but I think the attendance that year was over 100k at home.

There was a point in time that I don't think a team in the country wanted to go into Cowboy Stadium. It was not an easy place to win. Still isn't, but to me, it's lost part of its glory. It's not the same environment anymore. When those Cowbells get going, when that place is rocking, it is awesome.

Now, it's just a cliche of every college football tradition. Jump Around. Enter Sandman. Zombie Nation (remixed, which isn't terrible). It seems like they've done it all the past few years.

You don't see the Christopher Walken "More Cowbell" skit anymore. Loved that, that got the place rockin on 3rd down. No more, "That's good for another Cowboy" from the announcer, and the whole crowd answers "FIRST DOWN"!

Most noticeable difference this year has been no mystery rider, and I have never seen why we haven't had him. The intro this year is even weak (the guy rhymes the whole time).

At the end though, I still support that team. I've never been to a college football game not involving McNeese. I've watched LSU since I was little, but McNeese is my team. Just a shame to not see the support from Lake Charles. A college town that has historically not supported the college. The past few years have gotten better with a lot of businesses supporting the school, and "Geaux Blue" fridays, but it doesn't really show in the stands. Maybe its wishful thinking hoping that the stands will be filled to capacity for big games like this.

It's a bigger thing than football to me though. The football games are just a symbolism of the support that school gets in general. You have the people dedicated to the school, and then there are those that wouldn't even notice if it was gone tomorrow. They would just go on wearing their purple and gold.

I never saw a mystery rider anytime we went to McNeese to play them. But then again I was not worried about what was going on in the stands or sidelines.

I do remember getting cussed out by a 6 or 7 year old though.


My worst was being spit on at Jax St., that was uncalled for as I did not do anything to the drunk frat guy.

At Liberty, they threw hotdogs and Skittles at us all game.