Re: 2018-what would you consider a success?
Given our returning talent level, the bar is 8-3 and a playoff berth. We have a new coaching staff, so it'll be interesting to see how the new coaches and players adapt to one another. We do return our OL and DL coaches to help ease the transition, plus our OC from 2013 is back after a stint at Eastern Illinois. We could be really good or scuffle with new schemes and the meshing of personalities. We'll get a good idea starting today as spring practice gets underway.
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USD:
- Prove we are a playoff team w/o Strevler
- Win 7 games, make playoffs
- Split rough road non-conference games (Kansas State & Weber)
Going to be tough for USD this year to get to 7-4. K State and Weber will be difficult OOC games. Streveler was all-world for the Coyotes, it will be interesting how the next QB will do.
Re: 2018-what would you consider a success?
In my opinion for SDSU, we need to win a title or it’s a failure and Steig needs to leave then. I’m tired of the talent we have underperforming in the big games. JMU in the semis was the worst game in program history honestly. NDSU in the Quarters 2 years ago was horrendous.
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In my opinion for SDSU, we need to win a title or it’s a failure and Steig needs to leave then. I’m tired of the talent we have underperforming in the big games. JMU in the semis was the worst game in program history honestly. NDSU in the Quarters 2 years ago was horrendous.
Winning a title or bust when you’ve never made it past the semis? Wasn’t 2017 SDSU’s deepest season to date?
You all are improving but the expectation that a title is the minimum qualification applies to only ndsu right now.
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In my opinion for SDSU, we need to win a title or it’s a failure and Steig needs to leave then. I’m tired of the talent we have underperforming in the big games. JMU in the semis was the worst game in program history honestly. NDSU in the Quarters 2 years ago was horrendous.
Get a top 2 seed. Good goal for SDSU.
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In my opinion for SDSU, we need to win a title or it’s a failure and Steig needs to leave then. I’m tired of the talent we have underperforming in the big games. JMU in the semis was the worst game in program history honestly. NDSU in the Quarters 2 years ago was horrendous.
Stig needs to leave? Wow, dude, that’s a lot. We’ve gotten better season after better season, this is just way out there. Don’t worry, Stig likely retires sometime in the near future anyways and you can be happy then I guess. Good grief.
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Stig needs to leave? Wow, dude, that’s a lot. We’ve gotten better season after better season, this is just way out there. Don’t worry, Stig likely retires sometime in the near future anyways and you can be happy then I guess. Good grief.
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I just don’t know if he can get us to the next level, he’s never won the big games it seems like, he’s a heck of a guy and he’s done an outstanding job with the Jacks, he brought us from D2 to FCS. Maybe I’m overreacting I don’t know, I just know some fans I know want him gone.
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I just don’t know if he can get us to the next level, he’s never won the big games it seems like, he’s a heck of a guy and he’s done an outstanding job with the Jacks, he brought us from D2 to FCS. Maybe I’m overreacting I don’t know, I just know some fans I know want him gone.
I think that a lot of that is the ndsu affect. He’s taken a team that in D2 made the playoffs once. Ever. Then he made it a perennial FCS power that just went to the semi finals.
I’ll be honest, the reason that Jacks fans feel that way IMHO is due to a couple reasons. First it’s incredibly frustrating to lose at your biggest rival in the playoffs multiple times, and equally frustrating to lose in the semis the way we did. Add in the fact that we tend to have a head scratching loss every year people tend to lose sight of just how good the program is overall. I think nationally SDSU has the second or third longest streak of being ranked in the top 25, doubled the average attendance in ten years, and just went to the semi finals. Second, and this goes hand in hand with the growing fanbase, is we have a lot of “new” fans to FCS football that don’t have very good knowledge of the FCS. They see ndsu on their unprecedented run and just expect to knock them off and take their place without a deeper understanding of just how hard a natty is to get. A lot of Jacks fans I know don’t know what the difference is between the Pioneer league, the NEC, and the CAA. It’s part of growing as a fanbase and we will get there, but when you are growing the fanbase with unprecedented success for the program, some people are going to have over the top expectations. That’s just my $.02 though. Wanting to force out the most successful coach we’ve ever had because of coming up short in our most successful season ever is a bit shortsighted and emotional to me, especially when he is getting towards the end of his career. Outside of the recent events he has done more than enough with this program to decide how he goes out. Also don’t forget that getting a new coach likely will cost a decent amount more $ while the athletic department is still working on implementing full FCOA and remodeling Frost, without bumping up student fees unlike a certain school to the south.
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I think that a lot of that is the ndsu affect. He’s taken a team that in D2 made the playoffs once. Ever. Then he made it a perennial FCS power that just went to the semi finals.
I’ll be honest, the reason that Jacks fans feel that way IMHO is due to a couple reasons. First it’s incredibly frustrating to lose at your biggest rival in the playoffs multiple times, and equally frustrating to lose in the semis the way we did. Add in the fact that we tend to have a head scratching loss every year people tend to lose sight of just how good the program is overall. I think nationally SDSU has the second or third longest streak of being ranked in the top 25, doubled the average attendance in ten years, and just went to the semi finals. Second, and this goes hand in hand with the growing fanbase, is we have a lot of “new” fans to FCS football that don’t have very good knowledge of the FCS. They see ndsu on their unprecedented run and just expect to knock them off and take their place without a deeper understanding of just how hard a natty is to get. A lot of Jacks fans I know don’t know what the difference is between the Pioneer league, the NEC, and the CAA. It’s part of growing as a fanbase and we will get there, but when you are growing the fanbase with unprecedented success for the program, some people are going to have over the top expectations. That’s just my $.02 though. Wanting to force out the most successful coach we’ve ever had because of coming up short in our most successful season ever is a bit shortsighted and emotional to me, especially when he is getting towards the end of his career. Outside of the recent events he has done more than enough with this program to decide how he goes out. Also don’t forget that getting a new coach likely will cost a decent amount more $ while the athletic department is still working on implementing full FCOA and remodeling Frost, without bumping up student fees unlike a certain school to the south.
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Plus he is good at trick plays.
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Top 10 finish in the nation for Samford and Top 20 for Furman, Western Carolina, with UTC and ETSU making the top 30.