Check out the photo. Would you want an athletic director that is posing to throw a football and doesn't even hold it by the laces? Bad sign.

I think Jerry is starting to "stick out like a sore thumb" if he and Smatresk didn't put a plan in place last week to be executed Monday morning should the team look lifeless against BYU! Smatresk said this would be evaluated on a week-to-week basis. This game couldn't have gone any worse. Well, the expected happened. The coaching staff didn't find a way to "get better". The defense didn't even phase BYU despite the "assignment adjustments". If they (Jerry and Smatresk) don't do something soon, they have some serious explainin' to do.

The problem is, Wink hasn't been leading by HIS PLAY all year. Some of his shot selection and decision making really has me scratching my head. Wink can help us the most by scoring the dang basketball...something he has NOT done well all year long. Shooting a paltry 35% from the floor, 23% from 3, and just shy of 70% from the foul line (as a 2 guard!?!?)...maybe WINK needs to try dunking in warm-ups. ;) We didn't lose because we were dunking in warm-ups, we lost because we stuggle executing on both ends of the floor. Not everyone has the same approach to a basketball game.

Interesting scoop though Rob, thanks for the coverage.

I will now patronize businesses on the anti-gay blacklist! Bravo to those standing up for what they believe. It is your RIGHT! This is stupid, you don't see those that believe in the sactity of marriage creating a pro-gay business blacklist. I hope to have my business on the anti-gay list someday soon. Consider me a donor! The homos' act of blackmail is not right! Let marriage live on THE WAY IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN.

I kind of agree with Lenny. As for going to the tourney as an at-large...the Rebels have dug themselves into a HUGE hole AND have a LONG ways to go at his point. Both of the teams that just beat us AT HOME will proably not sniff the NCAA tournament. Sad thing is, I don't think those wins were fluke wins. It just shows were this team is really at. Cal may be a bubble team, but Cincy will finish bottom half of their conf.

Just look at what we have and what is in front of you. There are a lot of remaining teams on the schedule that can and probably will beat us. We'll probably have 2-3 more losses in the OOC, and we'll be lucky to play .500 on the road in conference play. Even the last two years we have struggled to have winning records on the road in conference play. So, the way I see it, with at least 2 more losses coming in OOC and an 11-5 or 10-6 conf record, that puts us at 9-10 losses. That will be 9-10 losses without any quality wins (unless you count beating a 'March-time of a joke BYU squad' at home as a quality win).

We've seen a shift in "potential" from a hopeful Sweet 16 team to a bubble team overnight. I know a lot of us were hoping that we would reutrn to the NCAA tournament AND win. Winning an NCAA tournament game this year would be even more shocking than the win we posted last year with our favorable draw. Reality is setting in. Some people will choose to ignore it though until we mathmatically play our way off the bubble. That's is assuming we reach our newfound "potential" of becoming a bubble team. That new potential will be 9-10 losses with few quality wins (unless you count beating a 'March-time of a joke BYU squad' at home as a quality win). We will probably need to win the tournament just to get in as a 12 seed. Of course, that is all pending that we improve at the rate during the season that we have the last couple of seasons. If we don't improve and reach our potential, we're probably 17-14 and a CBI squad (that's the new post-season tournament that takes the NIT leftovers).

It's hillarious that people still think that we are still going to be a 6-7 loss team going into the NCAAs and take care of business. We've seen a shift in "potential" from a Sweet 16 team to a bubble team overnight. I know a lot of us were hoping that we would reutrn to the NCAA tournament and win. Reality is setting in. Take off the scarlet-colored goggles Rebel fans and look at what is in front of you. Some will choose to ignore it though until we mathmatically play our way off the bubble.

Remember Rebel fans, November games count too!

I stand corrected. They actually had a game AT TCU after playing us in '06. So technically they were playing for bowl eligibility, but not realistically.

AF was sitting on 4 wins and NOT fighting for bowl eligibility when we played them in the '06 finale. It was generally understood that it was DeBerry's last game as their HC. AF had very little to play for.

This was a terrible loss! Maybe we should have called the Cal-Poly coaching staff for some tips on how to win at Qualcom.

Where's Mo?

Should another team other than the Rebels win the tourney this year, I would fully expect their fans to rush the court, and it should be unrestrained!

Wow, the commissioner REALLY doesn't get it! MORE SECURITY is only going to cause MORE PROBLEMS as a mob of jubilant fans are trying to be restrained as they press forward. Here's an idea commish...try looking into security situations at other conference tournaments. Do what they do, and allow what they allow! Obviously, these other conference tournaments don't have these issues. We all know they don't erect walls and barracade the stairs. They also have FAR LESS incident as a result (and spend less on security as a result).

Back in 2006, I was right in the middle of the court rushing, and the only thing that was hurt that night were the "feelings" of those poor BYU fans. I was next to the BYU players as I was on the court and they were not in any kind of danger. I stood next to Cummard and Plaisted as they announced them to the all tournament team and I don't recall any fans being disrespectful to them. I didn't rush the court last year...not because there were barracades, but because I normally don't do that kind of thing. I only did in 2006 because it had been the first time in a while going to the dance.

If they seriously try to build a bigger wall and have more resistance, you can bet that my 6'5" 250lb butt will be rumbling down the steps and will make it onto the court, just out of spite. I'm sure I won't be alone! You can't hold back hundreds of fans that are experiencing the emotion of college basketball! Why fight it? To protect the feelings of those that believe it is their right to win at the expense of bodily harm to others? Continue being BYU's puppet if you want commish!